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09 Feb ' 02:17
Tottenham strive to keep Redknapp
Tottenham Hotspur have claimed that the appointment of Harry Redknapp as England manager is “not a foregone conclusion” as they begin the battle to hold on to their prize asset. After Fabio Capello resigned from the position last night and Redknapp was cleared of tax evasion in what was described as a “perfect storm”, it has been widely assumed that the Spurs manager would take charge of the national team. But Sir Keith Mills, a non-executive director at White Hart Lane, suggested that the club are prepared to dig their heels in over the future of Redknapp and ruled out the possibility that he could “jobshare”. “Harry needs to make a decision whether he’d like the job or to stay at Tottenham,” Mills said. “I’m sure Harry won’t be the only candidate. Whether Harry’s approached or not is not a forgone conclusion.” Speaking about the possibility that R
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Hacking costs News Corp $250m in a year
The telephone hacking scandal that closed the News of the World has already cost the tabloid’s parent company at least $250 million (£157 million) in this tax year alone. That figure included lost revenue and the costs of closing the paper, said Tom Mockridge, chief executive of News International, but “it could not be estimated what the full-year cost of this would be”. Nine people settled their claims against News International over phone hacking yesterday. “The fallout in the UK from hacking and related issues will cost the company at least $250m this fiscal year in expenses and forgone revenue,” said Mr Mockridge in a statement to staff this morning. “News Corp [News International’s parent company] has not hesitated to step-up and fund this as part of its commitment to put the mistakes of the past right.” His statement followed the rele
PM and Labour back #cyclesafe campaign
The Cities fit for cycling campaign won cross-party support yesterday, with the Prime Minister throwing his weight behind it and Labour endorsing calls to spend Highways Agency funds to build cycling infrastructure. In the week since The Times began the drive to improve cycle safety, 22,900 written pledges of support have been received and 1,100 of the 50,000 people who have visited the campaign page have written to their MPs. David Cameron, who used to cycle from his home in north Kensington to Westminster before moving to Downing Street, said: “As a keen cyclist, I congratulate The Times for drawing attention to this issue. We want to encourage cycling as a cheaper, greener, more healthy way of getting from place to place, and making people feel safe cycling on the roads is crucial to that.” The Shadow Transport team visited the junction in East Lond
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Players will shed no tears over Capello exit
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Three Lions need manager with Midas touch
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Lawyers have fears over the use of compulsory mediation
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08 Feb ' 14:14
Redknapp cleared
Harry Redknapp was cleared today of tax evasion. The verdict paves the way for him to become the next England manager. The jury took just five hours to reach not guilty verdicts on charges that the Tottenham Hotspur manager had received “bungs” totalling £192,000 from Milan Mandaric, his former boss at Portsmouth Football Club. Mandaric was also cleared of all charges. Mandaric and Redknapp embraced in the dock as the verdicts were read out at Southwark Crown Court. Outside court Redknapp’s son Jamie, who has attended every day of court, hugged him on the court steps. Mr Redknapp gave a speech thanking his supporters but criticised the prosecution, saying it was a case “that should never have come to court”. “Five years this thing has been hanging over [my family], and now I’m looking forward to going home and seeing my wife Sandra. It has been a nightmare,” said Mr Redknapp. He praised fans who had believed in him. “The Wigan game last week was the most moving I have ever felt, for me personally, with fans singing my name throughout the game, I’ll never forget that,” he said. He thanked Daniel Levy, the chairman of Spurs, who had kept faith in him since he gave him the job as manager three years ago. “He knew it should never have come to court,” said Mr Redknapp. Earlier Mr Mandaric described his court ordeals as a “horrible dream”, but said he had never lost his faith in British justice. “I am delighted that
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Last updated February 8 2012 1:49PMLast updated February 8 2012 1:35PM- RBS boss: quitting ‘self-indulgent’Stephen Hester speaks about his bonus decision
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Syria’s Assault
The opposition is fragmented and sectarianism is a risk, but the West cannot stand by as a regime bathes in slaughter. The rebels must be armed
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Leading Article
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The Floor in the Plan
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Successors in the frame
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Davies banned for rest of Six Nations
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08 Feb ' 09:16
Redknapp cleared of tax fraud ‘nightmare’
andJenny BoothLast updated February 8 2012 1:38PMHarry Redknapp was cleared today of tax evasion. The verdict paves the way for him to become the next England manager. The jury took just five hours to reach not guilty verdicts on charges that the Tottenham Hotspur manager had received “bungs” totalling £192,000 from Milan Mandaric, his former boss at Portsmouth Football Club. Mandaric was also cleared of all charges. Mandaric and Redknapp embraced in the dock as the verdicts were read out at Southwark Crown Court. Outside court Redknapp’s son Jamie, who has attended every day of court, hugged him on the court steps. Mr Redknapp gave a speech thanking his supporters but criticised the prosecution, saying it was a case “that should never have come to court”. “Five years this thing has been hanging over [my family], and now I’m looking forward to going home and seeing my wife Sandra. It has been a night
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PM appeals to King of Jordan on Abu Qatada
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‘Premature babies die’ in Syria attack
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The RBS chief executive said was in an ‘emotional bunker’ as he debated the political and media firestorm over his bonus
England manager is determined to go on the offensive when he meets the FA chairman for showdown talks today
Redknapp the obvious choice for FA
After the Tottenham Hotspur manager’s trial, there is nothing preventing him from taking over from Fabio Capello, writes Oliver Kay
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08 Feb ' 04:05
Breaking: Redknapp cleared of tax fraud
David BrownUpdated 7 minutes agoHarry Redknapp was cleared today of tax evasion. The verdict paves the way for him to become the next England manager. The jury took just five hours to reach not guilty verdicts on charges that the Tottenham Hotspur manager had received “bungs” totalling $295,000 (£192,000) from Milan Mandaric, his former boss at Portsmouth Football Club. Mandaric was also cleared of all charges. Mandaric and Redknapp embraced in the dock as the verdicts were read out. The case was the second prosecution following a series of major investigations by the police and taxman into football finances. It can now be reported that Mr Mandaric and Peter Storrie, the former Portsmouth chief executive, were cleared last year of evading tax on payments allegedly made to two players, Amdy Faye and Eyal Berkovic. Mr Redknapp and Mr Mandaric were accused of avoiding tax on two payments
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RBS chief: it would be
self-indulgent to quitStephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, admitted today that he considered resigning over the bonus row but concluded it would have been self-indulgent to quit. Mr Hester, who waived his near-£1 million bonus last week after coming under intense pressure from politicians, indicated that he had felt the strain of the affair. “I’m certainly not a robot,” he told the BBC Today programme when asked whether he had considered resigning, “And there’ve been some deeply depressing moments in the last three years. “In the intensity of it [the bonus row], I came to the conclusion it would have been indulgent for me to resign and I had to draw on the resources I have.” Mr Hester also said that accepting the bonus would have been “damaging” to RBS, which is 83 per cent owned by the taxpayer. Since David Cameron’s campaign against “excessive executive pay” throughout January, Mr Hest
Romney humbled by Santorum wins
Rick Santorum thundered back into presidential contention last night with a stunning hat-trick of victories as the Republican nomination race swept into the Midwest. The contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado left Mitt Romney with a bloody nose as Republican voters in the American heartland signalled their deep unease with the former Massachusetts Governor. Mr Romney, whose campaign had expected to win virtually all of the primaries and caucuses in February, was forced to admit: “This was a good night for Rick Santorum.” His muted speech in Colorado was delivered in sharp contrast to Mr Santorum’s vibrant rally in Missouri where the former Pennsylvania senator secured a massive 30-point victory. “Wow!” he said as he walked on stage. “Conservatism is alive and well.” After eight GOP presidential votes, Mr Santorum has now won four states com
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07 Feb ' 22:23
Santorum back in the race with brace of wins
The contests in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado left Mitt Romney with a bloody nose as Republicans backed Rick Santorum
Superbowl ad ‘ripped off’ Australian song
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07 Feb ' 18:05
Attacks go on despite Assad pledge end to bloodshed
Alice FordhamDamascusFebruary 8 2012 12:01AMThe Russian Foreign Minister said yesterday that the Syrian President was committed to stopping bloodshed but, even as crowds cheered Sergei Lavrov in Damascus, government artillery was shelling rebel areas in Homs. Mr Lavrov said that President Assad had given assurances that he was ready for dialogue with all political groups and planned a referendum on a new draft constitution, to be followed by free elections. After struggling to crush the 11-month uprising, the President had told Mr Lavrov that he would welcome an enlarged Arab League monitoring mission. The previous mission collapsed in disarray. Russia, one of Syria’s few allies, joined China to veto an Arab-led resolution in the UN Security Council last week condemning the Assad regime’s violence. Mr Lavrov’s mediation did not slow the diplomatic withdrawal from Damascus by EU and Gulf states, or their denunciation of the veto. “It’s clear that efforts to stop the violence should be accompanied by the beginning of dialogue among the political forces,” Mr Lavrov said. His visit was greeted by a sea of Assad supporters cheering Moscow’s veto. “Thank you Russia and China,” read one banner. Many stood in the rain with Syrian and Russian flags. The mood contrasted with the terror in Homs, parts of which are controlled by the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The Bab al-Amr neighbourhood was said to be surrounded by snipers, with no way in or out, shortages of food and medicine
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Argentina goes to UN over Falklands ‘militarisation’
Argentina has announced that it is to present a formal complaint to the United Nations over Britain’s “militarisation” of the situation in the Falklands. Speaking to politicians and Falklands war veterans, President Cristina Kirchner said:. “We will present a complaint to the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, as this militarisation poses a grave danger to international security.” Britain “is once again in the process of militarising the south Atlantic,” Mrs Kirchner said. “We cannot interpret in any other way the deployment of an ultra-modern destroyer accompanying the heir to the throne, who we would prefer to see in civilian attire.” In an address broadcast nationally, Mrs Kirchner said that Argentinians were united in their desire to win back the islands through diplomacy and negotiation, and, speaking directly to David Cameron, ur
Last updated February 7 2012 11:13The Editor of The Times apologised to a High Court judge yesterday after admitting at the Leveson Inquiry that the court had not been informed that one of the newspaper’s reporters had hacked into an e-mail account. James Harding also apologised to Richard Horton, the detective whose identity as the author of an anonymous “NightJack” blog on policing was revealed by The Times in 2009. The Times had brought a High Court case in 2009 seeking to overturn an injunction preventing it from naming Mr Horton. It claimed in evidence that Patrick Foster, the reporter, had identified Mr Horton using legitimate means. Mr Harding told the inquiry that he had not been informed that the company’s legal manager, Alastair Brett, had taken the case to the High Court and he believed that Mr Justice Eady was owed an apology for the fact that the unauthorised access to the
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Banker shares pain of rogue trading scandal
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Capello not for turning
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Cameron backs Lansley amid sniping from No 10
Roland WatsonandJenny BoothLast updated February 7 2012 3:55PMDavid Cameron vowed to plough on with the Government’s controversial health reforms, dismissing renewed sniping at both the Bill and his Health Secretary. Downing Street said the Prime Minister had full confidence in Andrew Lansley and aides insisted there was no question of dropping the Bill. The renewed push, the day before the Bill begins its report stage in the House of Lords tomorrow, follows a meeting between Mr Cameron, Nick Clegg and Mr Lansley yesterday. With Ed Miliband joining health professional critics in calling for the measure to be abandoned, No 10 insisted that it would be going ahead. Mr Cameron’s official spokeswoman said: “As far as we are concerned the reforms are going to deliver a better NHS. It means less bureaucracy and less interference and means healthcare workers can get on with delivering good care for their patients.” It was understandable that people had different views on the reforms, she said. But she added: “The fact is we have to reform the NHS. As the population gets older we cannot continue to put money into the NHS in a similar way. “We think that putting money in the hands of health professionals rather than to bureaucrats is the way forward.” The spokeswoman said she did “not recognise” reports suggesting that some in Downing Street are so exasperated with the reforms that they have floated the idea of giving Alan Milburn, the former Labour Health Secretary, a peerage
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Hacked Assad e-mails show TV interview advice
The international hacker group Anonymous has released confidential e-mails from the office of President Bashar Assad instructing him how to behave in an interview with US television, and telling the Syrian leader how the “American psyche can be easily manipulated”. The hacker group, which has in the past allied itself with WikiLeaks, attacked the inboxes of top advisers to the President, some of which were protected only with the password 12345, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The leaked e-mails focused on preparation for President Assad’s interview with ABC news anchor Barbara Walters last December, during which he denied accusations that he was killing large numbers of his own people by saying “No government in the world kills its people, unless it’s led by a crazy person”. The United Nations recently said it was unable to keep count of the numbe
Last updated February 7 2012 11:46Times Editor in hacking apology
The Editor of The Times apologised today to a detective whose e-mail was hacked by one of the newspaper’s reporters. James Harding told the Leveson Inquiry into press standards that he “sorely” regretted the intrusion and expected “better of The Times”. He also apologised to a judge who was misled over the case. Scotland Yard detectives are investigating claims that the former Times journalist, Patrick Foster, accessed the e-mail of Lancashire detective Richard Horton in 2009 to unmask him as the author of the anonymous NightJack blog. Foster has since left the paper over a separate matter. Mr Harding told the inquiry on January 17 that one of his reporters was issued with a formal written warning for professional misconduct for gaining unauthorised access to an e-mail account. The inquiry has heard that The Times fought a High Court battle to na
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Football has ‘lost its way’, judge says
The judge in the Harry Redknapp trial told the jury football had become so commercial that some may think “it has rather lost its way”
‘Well-intentioned’ barrister caused rape trial collapse
The trial collapsed after a prosecuting barrister met the vulnerable teenage victim - who later commited suicide - in his own home
Greeks ‘drafting’ bailout agreement
990 Lloyds staff in ‘devastating’ cuts
The part-taxpayer owned bank said the cuts were part of the 15,000 announced as part of a strategic review last June
ICC denies Ajmal claims of special treatment
Pakistan spinner’s claims of 23.5-degree leniency for straightening of arm are rejected
Deposed captain planning to make himself available for the European Championship finals despite anger at treatment by FA
Williams eyes fresh start as testing begins
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Russia in talks with Syria as army pounds rebel city
Russia’s Foreign Minister arrived in Syria for talks with President Assad as the army bombarded the rebel city of Homs for a fifth day.
Hours after brutally murdering a nine year old, 15-year-old girl wrote in her journal that it was ‘ahmazing’ and ‘enjoyable’
President of the Maldives resigns after coup
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Pomp and royalty for Dickens memorial service
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VIDEO: Speaking to cyclists at a go-slow protest around King’s Cross: what junctions would they change, why are they protesting?20,000 back #cyclesafe as Mayor acts
Teenager: killing my child neighbour was ‘ahmazing’
Hours after she had strangled, stabbed and slit the throat of a nine-year-old girl on her street, a teenager wrote in her journal that it was an “ahmazing” and “pretty enjoyable” experience, before heading off to church. Alyssa Bustamante, who murdered her neighbour, Elizabeth Olten, because, she told police, she “wanted to know what it felt like” seemed stunned by her own actions, according to her journal entry. “I just f*** killed someone. I strangled them and slit their throat and stabbed them now they’re dead. I don’t know how to feel atm,” the then 15-year-old wrote. The entry from her journal was read in a Missouri court on Monday during a sentencing hearing to determine whether Bustamante, now 18, should get a life sentence. The teenager, who looks younger than her years, sat silently as police officers, lawyers and forensics experts read alo
Updated 51 minutes agoGrieve: hands are tied on Abu Qatada
Dominic Grieve, the Attorney-General, said today that the Government was working to obtain assurances from Jordan that would allow Abu Qatada to be deported. The radical Muslim cleric is to be released from jail within days despite posing a serious threat to national security after an immigration judge granted him bail yesterday. Mr Grieve said that the Government was very concerned about the case and very much wished to see Abu Qatada leave Britain. “He cannot be deported unless the assurances which are required following the judgment in the European Court of Human Rights can be secured,” Mr Grieve said. “What the court is anxious about was that there was a risk that when Abu Qatada was put on trial in Jordan that some of the evidence against him might have been obtained under torture. And that is the issue that the Government is currently tryin
Last updated February 7 2012 9:04Unholy row over orthodox rabbi’s Kosher Jesus book
Author of Kosher Sex, and Kosher Adultery declared a heretic
Lawyers for five killer whales sue over slavery
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The editor-in-chief of the Mail group denied ever knowingly publishing a story gained from phone hacking as he renewed attack on Hugh Grant
Xstrata shareholders to vote against deal
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UBS to cut bonus pool by 40 per cent
The Swiss bank announced the reduced bonus pool as it reported its investment banking division had sunk into the red
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Obama backers linked to Mexican criminal
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The first Westerner to see Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman facing death by stoning, says she is no longer recognisable
Two main Palestinian factions to form a transitional unity government to prepare for elections this year but breakthrough raised questions
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February 7 2012 12:01AMRadical cleric to be freed in days despite security threat
Last updated February 6 2012 5:45PMLast updated February 7 2012 12:01AMNetwork Rail bosses waive their £20m bonus pot
Network Rail’s chief executive and directors will decline bonuses this year and invest the money in improving safety at level crossings
Mail chief says Hugh Grant ‘hijacked Leveson’
The editor-in-chief of the Mail group denied today that he had ever knowingly published any story gained from phone hacking as he renewed an attack on Hugh Grant
Ashtiani a shadow of herself after six-year wait for death
The first Westerner to see Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, says she is no longer recognisable
Obama faces $100m election onslaught
A cabal of conservative billionaires led by the secretive Koch brothers have pledged $100 million towards defeating President Obama in 2012
Bitter Palestinian rivals unite to resist Israeli presence
The two main Palestinian factions are to form a transitional unity government to prepare for elections this year. But the breakthrough raised many questions
US lifts first sanction against Burma
The move will allow assessment missions and limited technical assistance by international financial institutions to Burma
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06 Feb ' 16:13
Assad’s wife backs husband as he steps up deadly attacks
Martin Fletcher12 minutes agoThe British-born wife of Syria’s president has spoken for the first time since the uprising began last March with a carefully worded message to The Times. In an e-mail sent via an intermediary from her office, Asma Assad appears to offer full support to her husband as his security forces try to crush the opposition, but also claims to be encouraging dialogue and comforting the bereaved. The message was greeted with anger and incredulity by Syrian experts and opposition activists. They accused her of an “ostrich attitude”, “intolerable hypocrisy” and being delusional. It coincided with a dramatic escalation in the regime’s efforts to break the opposition. For the third consecutive day security forces pounded the city of Homs with rockets, shells and mortars, killing and maiming scores more civilians in the fiercest sustained attack of the uprising. The United States closed its embassy in Damascus, and Britain recalled its ambassador in protest. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office summoned Syria’s ambassador to hear what William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, called “our abhorrence at violence that is utterly unacceptable to the civilised world”. Addressing the House of Commons, Mr Hague condemned Russia and China for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for President Assad’s removal. He said that their vetoes were a “betrayal of the Syrian people” that increased the likelihood of civil war and placed th
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‘Dangerous’ radical to be freed in days
The radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada is to be released from jail within days despite posing a serious threat to national security after a judge granted him bail yesterday. The man, once described as Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe, will leave a top security prison to rejoin his wife and five children at their home. The Home Office reacted with dismay to the ruling, insisting that Qatada was a dangerous man who had not changed his views or attitude towards the United Kingdom. Officials are to impose draconian bail conditions on him when he leaves Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire, including a curfew amounting to 22 hours a day and curbs on whom he can meet. The decision to grant him bail was triggered by a ruling in the European Court of Human Rights that he could not be deported to Jordan because it feared that evidence gained through
12 minutes agoReview ordered for dangerous junctions
The most dangerous junctions in London are identified today as a review of the capital’s streets gets under way and a campaign by The Times to improve road safety gathers momentum. Fourteen junctions which pose a serious risk to cyclists will be inspected urgently by engineers to make them safer as a priority, the Mayor of London says. Boris Johnson vowed to review 500 of the capital’s key intersections, including Albert Embankment and Highbury Corner, after The Times launched its Cities fit for Cycling campaign, which includes a call to identify the 500 most dangerous junctions across Britain. Andrew Flintoff, the former England cricket captain, and Lawrence Dallaglio, the former captain of the England rugby team, yesterday became the latest celebrities to support the campaign. David Wild, the chief executive of Halfords, the retailer, also gave his
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Derailing Bonuses
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The Eleventh Hour
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Tongue-Tied
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Gloomy high street sales figures have quashed any hope of consumers pulling the British economy clear of a double-dip recession
French businesses ‘ready to come to UK’
Dozens of French businesses are considering crossing the Channel if François Hollande defeats Nicolas Sarkozy in the election this spring
Britain’s proves its got talent to take over album charts
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Chinese airline ruling threatens to kill off EU carbon charge
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Terry rules out quitting England team
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