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    Channel Tunnel rail services resume after lorry fire

    Passengers using the Channel Tunnel are still experiencing delays after it reopened following a lorry fire. Services between London, Paris, Lille, Brussels and Disneyland Resort Paris resumed on Sunday morning but passengers have reported being held at the tunnels in both UK and France...
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    Is a serial killer nicknamed "The Pusher" on the loose in Manchester?

    In just the last six years, 61 bodies have been pulled from the waterways of Manchester, one of great cities of northern England. Most people just put these down to tragic accidents - people coming back drunk late at night from a pub or nightclub - and maybe even the odd suicide. But if the...
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    Queen Victoria's last-surviving subject dies aged 114

    Britain’s last living person born under the reign of Queen Victoria has died aged 114. Ethel Lang, who was born in 1900, lived to see six monarchs and 22 prime ministers. When she was born, the Tory Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil was in power. Her main hobby was dancing, which she...
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    Cyberbully

    In this very contemporary and chilling real-time thriller from Channel 4, first broadcast last night, Maisie Williams - from Game of Thrones - stars as a teenager battling with an anonymous, evil cyber-stalker. The plot of Cyberbully is inspired by dozens of real-life cases. Watch it here...
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    Britain's lost Beagle 2 probe found 'intact' on Mars

    The missing Mars robot Beagle 2 has been found on the surface of the Red Planet, apparently intact. High-resolution images taken from orbit have identified its landing location, and it looks to be in one piece. The UK-led probe tried to make a soft touchdown on the dusty world on Christmas...
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    Charlie Hebdo: Murdoch’s Sky News bows to the demands of murderers

    "Je suis Charlie", we were all saying. "We must stand up for free speech! We should have the freedom to offend! We musn't let the Islamists destroy free speech!" But then, of course, free speech went out of the window when a French journalist wanted to show the cover of the new edition of...
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    The Pub Landlord to run for parliament at General Election

    Trust the British to inject humour into an election campaign, whilst other countries' elections seem like boring, staid matters. Stand up comedian Al Murray's hilarious alter ego The Pub Landlord, who is renowned for his patriotic and xenophobic views, who hates anything non-British and has...
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    What if Charlie Hebdo had been published in Britain?

    It would have been crushed by the anti-free speech Left. Here's how: What if Charlie Hebdo had been published in Britain? It would have been crushed. Here’s how. 10 January 2015 Spiked...
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    Falkland Islands unveil statue of Margaret Thatcher

    Nearly 33 years after she liberated them from Argentina, and nearly two years after her death, the Falkland Islands have finally unveiled a statue to Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher is a hero to the Falkland Islanders and yesterday, on what was Margaret Thatcher Day in the islands, her 61-year-old...
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    The sinister, screeching mob who want to kill free speech

    British politicians. You know the ones. The gormless numpties who, since the Paris attacks, have come out saying how much they "cherish" free speech and how much it must be "protected". The ones who crowded into Westminster Hall holding up pens and pencils to show "support" for free speech and...
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    Why the liberals who defend Assange and Snowden should admit we are deluded

    A brilliant article from historian Max Hastings, which all those (mainly the Left) who supports the traitors Snowden and Assange should read: MAX HASTINGS: Why the liberals who defended traitors like Snowden and Assange should look at this photo and admit: We were deluded fools By...
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    Littlejohn: How the State will cede yet more ground to terrorists

    The Daily Mail's Richard Littlejohn looks at one of the consequences of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in his usual no-nonsense, non-PC style. Just bloody saying it as it is, as usual. (WARNING: Do not read if you love the Muslims).... This is how freedom is killed off. Little by little, piece...
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    We cartoonists must NEVER be silenced, says the Daily Mail's Mac

    Mac is renowned in Britain for his hilarious satirical cartoons and has been the Daily Mail's cartoonist since 1970. He views his role as making "dreary news copy of the daily paper brighter, by putting in a laugh". In most of his daily cartoons, Mac includes a small portrait of his wife...
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    It's 2015! So just how many predictions did Back To The Future II get right?

    Great Scott - is it that time already? 2015 has finally come around, and for movie buffs everywhere, there is but one pressing question - how many predictions did Back To The Future II get right about this year? Great Scott, it's 2015! So just how many predictions did Back To The Future II...
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    Cameron and Merkel meet for crunch EU reform talks

    The leaders of Europe's two biggest economies met at Downing Street earlier today for crunch talks, mainly on the EU, which Britain is keen to reform. Britain's David Cameron urged Germany's Angela Merkel to back his plans to claw powers back from Brussels as the only way to keep Britain in...
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    Stephen Fry, 57, to marry his toyboy lover, 27

    QI presenter, former Blackadder star and all-round brainbox Stephen Fry is to marry his lover, who is thirty years his junior. The 57-year-old has announced he is to marry 27-year-old Elliot Spencer in the next year. The couple were first seen together in November 2013, but the pair are...
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    Academics turn to crowd-sourcing to complete unfinished Dickens novel

    It is a mystery which has long baffled and excited fans of Charles Dickens, and caused arguments in literary circles. Some believe Charles Dickens' Edwin Drood is dead, murdered by his uncle or love rival, while others think the engineering student has simply followed his dreams to go to...
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    Cargo ship carrying 1,200 vehicles runs aground off Isle of Wight

    A 52,000-tonne cargo ship carrying 1,200 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles that was deliberately grounded by its crew in the middle of the world's busiest shipping lane could have been hit by problems before the incident as a result of human error, it was claimed today. The pilot and master of...
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    £50 million project launched to save HMS Victory for the nation

    In the year that marks her 250th birthday, Britain's most famous warship will undergo a multi-million pound make-over to save her for the nation. HMS Victory, which was first launched in 1765, was Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The battle was one of the...
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    As Prince Harry watches some matches, why darts is becoming posher

    Tonight, a large crowd is expected for the Final of the 2015 William Hill World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London, which will see England's sixteen-time world champion Phil "The Power" Taylor take on Scotland's Gary Anderson. And it seems like the sport is becoming popular again...