Gordon Brown is back
Gordon Brown is to return to UK politics next week in order to cast his vote on a reform of the voting system.
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Michael O'Leary suggests stewardesses fly planes
Michael O'Leary, the ever-controversial Ryanair boss, has suggested that stewardesses should be taught to land planes in an emergency.
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X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing agree scheduling deal
X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing have struck a deal that will avoid scheduling clashes.
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Tax mess affects six million Britons
Approximately six million people in the UK are paying the wrong amount of tax, it has been revealed.
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Worshippers enjoy miraculous escape as Hare Krishna temple explodes
Worshippers at a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester had a miraculous escape when they managed to scramble to safety seconds before the building exploded.
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£1m worth of cocaine seized in raid on 'drugs factory'
Police have found £1 million worth of cocaine during a raid on a drugs factory in South Lanarkshire.
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Police officers crash drink-drive suspect's sports car into gardens
Two police officers are being investigated by their own force after crashing an arrested man's high-powered sports car into the front gardens of two local homes.
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Two men jailed for setting friend on fire as drunken prank
Two men who set one of their friends on fire as a drunken practical joke have been jailed for 14 months.
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Divers salvage world's oldest beer from Baltic Sea shipwreck
Divers have discovered what they believe to be the world's oldest bottles of beer from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, while attempting to salvage dozens of bottles of champagne.
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Ben Collins revealed as Top Gear’s The Stig: Rock The Week
This week’s headlines have been dominated by the news that Top Gear’s The Stig is, in fact, Ben Collins. After The High Court refused the BBC’s attempted block, The Stig’s helmet came off. Here is our playlist:
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'Jealous woman' threw acid in 'pretty girl's' face, leaving horrific injuries
A woman who suffered horrendous injuries after a passer-by threw acid into her face has vowed she would not let the attack wreck her life as she recounted her horror.
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'Puppy drowning girl' found by police
A young woman filmed in a disturbing video throwing puppies into a river has been traced in Bosnia, police announced today.
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Elvis Presley's old Mercedes-Benz set to make £200,000 at auction
This Mercedes-Benz was once owned by Elvis Presley and is expected to make £200,000 at auction. The 1969 car is being sold by Bonhams in Surrey in December.
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15-year-old maths genius to become youngest Cambridge undergraduate
A maths prodigy will become the youngest Cambridge undergraduate since 1773 next month, when he starts lectures aged 15.
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Rejected Britain's Got Talent wannabe fails in discrimination bid
A Britain's Got Talent hopeful failed yesterday in her bid to take her case for discrimination to a tribunal.
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'Cheating husband into kinky sex murdered wife'
A love cheat husband obsessed with kinky sex murdered his wife after she found out he was having two affairs behind her back, a court heard.
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Police tractor's bid to curb farm thefts
It wouldn't be much good at chasing bank robbers but this eight-tonne tractor is just the job for stopping cattle rustling.
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2-year-old smoker Ardi Rizal kicks 40-a-day habit in rehab
Ardi Rizal, the 2-year-old Indonesian toddler who smoked up to 40 cigarettes a day, has finally kicked the habit after being sent to rehab.
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Cabbie Iain Coombes delivers baby in the back of his cab
A taxi driver has told how he picked up a punter – and then delivered her baby. Iain Coombes was called to collect heavily pregnant Ayse Sabuncu and her fiancé, Matthew Scutt, for what he thought would be a regular journey.
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Homeless opera is up for lottery arts award
An opera company which features homeless performers has been nominated for an award for the best lottery funded arts project.
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Tony Blair: A Journey tops best-seller list
Tony Blair's memoirs have broken sales records after a ‘stupendous’ launch day, sellers claimed yesterday.
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Binge-happy Britons are 'drinking less'
The total amount of alcohol Britons knock back has fallen at its sharpest rate in 62 years – despite a surge in ‘problem drinking’.
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Oil slick seen by burning rig in Gulf of Mexico
A mile-long oil slick was last night leaking from an oil rig which exploded in flames in the heavily polluted Gulf of Mexico.
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Caterpillars line up for Africa’s shortest migration
It may not match some of Africa’s more famous mass migrations, but this remarkable march over a dirt track by more than 100 caterpillars still had tourists marvelling at the wonders of nature.
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Jubilant killer cheered after he bottled victim
A thug who celebrated fatally attacking a hospital worker as if he had just scored a goal was jailed for eight years on Thursday.
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