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    Drunken female thugs attack homeless man in the street

    Look what feminism has given us. A mob of drunken female thugs indulged in very unladylike behaviour when they attacked a homeless man in the street after he asked them for change in Cardiff, south Wales. Turning on him, they shout ‘get a f****** job’, but it does not end there. A fight...
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    Argentina players pose with Falklands banner before World Cup warm-up match

    Argentina's footballers have sparked outrage after they posed with a banner which read "The Falklands are Argentine" before their 2-0 win against Slovenia in a World Cup warm-up match in Buenos Aires yesterday But despite Argentina's dubious claims on the islands, which have intensified since...
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    New skyscraper, the world's tallest, will have world's fastest lift

    At 3,281ft, the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah will be the world's tallest building when it's completed in 2018. It will be 568ft taller than the currect world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The building, which will be the first human structure to reach the 1km high mark (it was...
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    The Queen honoured with renaming of Paris flower market

    The people of Paris have paid tribute to the Queen by naming a flower market in the city after her. Earlier today she and the Duke of Edinburgh, who travelled the fairly short journey from London to Paris by Eurostar, toured the market that will henceforth be known as Marche aux Fleurs -...
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    D-Day veteran goes missing from care home and is found in Normandy for commemorations

    When 89-year-old D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan was found to be missing from his care home last night, staff must have feared the worst. They alerted police, who began searching the area around his home and checked with hospitals, bus firms and taxi companies. The mystery was solved when the...
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    Why D-Day was the British people's greatest day

    Today’s commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day is one of the last at which a diminishing band of the men who took part will be present. A few cynics will say: Time to move on, anyway. We live in a new world. Should we not forget about the Second World War, and get on with our...
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    D-Day 70 - The Heroes Return

    557 miles from where I am now, in the small town of Arromanches overlooking the beaches of Normandy, thousands have gathered, including veterans, the Queen, Prince Charles and Camilla, and all the political leaders of the Allied nations, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. In this...
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    Police probe into 'whites not welcome' graffiti outside London primary school

    Police are probing racist graffiti which has been daubed outside a primary school in north London. The graffiti, which read "WHITES NOW WELCOME", was daubed on a path leading to Prince of Wales Primary School in the London Borough of Enfield. Hundreds of children saw the words but Enfield...
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    Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi made professor of music at Coventry University

    Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi has been made a professor of music at Coventry University. Iommi, 66, who has been the Birmingham heavy metal giants' guitarist since they were formed in 1969, had already been awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in November. He plans to return to...
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    Page boy collapses during State Opening of Parliament

    One of the Queen's young page boys dramatically collapsed in the House of Lords earlier today as the Queen was giving her Gracious Address - which sets out the government's agenda for the coming session of Parliament - to MPs and peers during the State Opening of Parliament. Witnesses...
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    Wood from Newton's tree. A Waterloo bullet. The Queen's new palace on wheels

    The Queen's magnificent new carriage - dubbed a palace on wheels - has been unveiled today, when it was used for the first time in the State Opening of Parliament. The new Diamond Jubilee State Coach, which is the work of the finest craftsmen from across the Commonwealth, is only the second...
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    Spain's King Juan Carlos abdicates

    Spain's King Juan Carlos has announced that he is to abdicate. The Spanish monarch, who has been on the Throne since Spain became a democracy nearly 40 years ago, will hand over the Throne to his son Crown Prince Felipe, who will "open a new era of hope" for Spain. For much of his reign...
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    Churchill's last surviving child, Lady Mary Soames, dies aged 91

    Churchill's last surviving child, Lady Mary Soames, has died aged 91 after a short illness. Mary, who was the youngest of Sir Winston and Clementines's five children, passed away peacefully at her west London home yesterday evening surrounded by her family, after a short illness. One of her...
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    Why the Scots MUST vote for independence! It'll save the rest of us a fortune

    An independent Scotland would soon realise what a pup they had been sold by First Minister Alex Salmond and his friends, and would be back with their begging bowls in no time at all: Why the Scots MUST vote for independence! It'll save the rest of us a fortune, says a very provocative SIMON...
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    Cameron has warned UK might quit EU if Juncker becomes president - Spiegel

    German magazine Der Spiegel has revealed that British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that the UK could quit the EU if Jean-Claude Juncker becomes the new (unelected) president of the European Commission, the executive body of the EU responsible for proposing legislation, implementing...
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    Giant sculpture of British Tommy reflecting upon the horrors of WWI unveiled

    As part of Britain's WWI centenary commemorations, a large sculpture of a British Tommy reflecting upon the horrors of WWI during the first minute after peace was declared has been unveiled. This imposing metal sculpture, entitled 1101, owing to the fact the armistice went into effect at 11am...
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    Pizza Hut's caramel and marshmallow pizza looks yummy

    Dale Winton or that pizza?
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    Pizza Hut's caramel and marshmallow pizza looks yummy

    In fact, this has given me a craving for a Liquorice Allsorts pizza. I might tuck into one whilst I'm watching In It To Win It later.
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    Amputees retrace WW2 Cockleshell Heroes journey

    Nine amputee British servicemen are to retrace the journey made during one of the most famous and daring raids of WWII. In December 1942, during Operation Frankton, ten Royal Marines set off in canoes from the Royal Navy submarine HMS Tuna to attach mines to enemy supply ships in Bordeaux on...
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    Cow slurry fetishist jailed for five years

    A man with a slurry fetish has been jailed after targeting a family who tried to stop him performing sex acts in their slurry. David Truscott, 44, of Camborne, Cornwall, repeatedely rolled around naked in slurry and developed an obsession with a farm in Redruth, Cornwall. Truscott initially...