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A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, December 3, 2012 .

Inverness police seize £45,000 worth of heroin [edit]

The Northern Constabulary have conducted a seizure of a significant amount of heroin in Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a police operation there. The drugs, which were thought to be worth £45,000 on the street, were seized Saturday after Northern Constabulary officers had made enquiries.

Three people are scheduled to make an appearance at Inverness Sheriff Court in relation to this seizure today.

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"Police seizure of large amount of controlled drugs (Heroin)" — Northern Constabulary, December 2, 2012
"Class A drugs seized in Inverness area worth more than £45,000" — STV (TV network), December 2, 2012

Bristol police appeal for help to find 'vulnerable' missing man [edit]

Avon and Somerset Constabulary have appealed for public assistance in finding 59-year-old man Stephen Cooper after he was recently reported missing. The South West England force has described the man, who is from the Fishponds area of Bristol, as "vulnerable".

Cooper was sighted leaving Rosemary Residential Home, where he resides, at 0530 UTC Saturday. At the time he was wearing black shoes, a grey polar fleece, dark-coloured trousers and a blue jacket. The force have reported the possibility of Cooper travelling to London by train.

Cooper, who suffers from Huntington's disease and depression because of having the disease, is described as being 5 feet 2 inches tall and having a dressing-covered cut on his forehead.

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"Vulnerable missing person (Fishponds)" — Avon and Somerset Constabulary, December 2, 2012
"'Vulnerable' man missing in Bristol" — ITV News, December 2, 2012

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African Olympians and Paralympians prepare for their London odyssey

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:56:05 GMT

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Paul Mutharike. "Malawi Olympic Committee treasurer in contract scam" — Nyasa Times, June 27, 2012
"Malawi Olympic team touches down in Gloucestershire" — Gloucestershire Echo, June 27, 2012
Jocelyn. "Blade Runner may miss London Games" — The Roar, June 29, 2012
Esther Addley. "London 2012: Olympic training camps spread Games fever across the UK" — The Guardian, June 25, 2012
Mohamed Touileb. "Serrer les gants et monter d’un cran" — La Tribune (Algeria), June 23, 2012 (French)
"L’équipe algérienne a pris part au tournoi de Trakai (Lituanie)" — La Tribune (Algeria), June 27, 2012 (French)
Ronel van Zyl. "Team SA @ the London Olympics: Kate Roberts" — The South African, June 28, 2012
Associated Press. "Last chance for Pistorius to qualify for Olympic" — ESPN, June 28, 2012
Nick Cremona. "Longhorns past and present take over Olympic Trials" — The Daily Texan, June 24, 2012
Steve Phillips. "With the summer Olympics six weeks away, athletes are training around the globe to prepare for London." — WBIR, June 20, 2012
Orkula Shaagee. "Nigeria: Ndanusa Sure of Olympics Medals in Relays, Others" — Daily Trust, June 26, 2012
Gowon Akpodonor. "No room for jamboree athletes in London, AFN insists" — The Guardian (South Africa), June 29, 2012
William Njugna. "Kenya: Bristol Storm" — The Star (Nairobi), June 26, 2012
Bernard Momanyi. "Kenya: Olympian Kemboi in Knife Fight With Woman" — Capital FM (Nairobi), June 28, 2012
Collin Matiza and Godknows Matarutse. "London Games Countdown" — The Herald (Zimbabwe), June 28, 2012
Angola Press. "Athletes Participate in Penultimate Competition Before London2012" — AllAfrica.com, June 26, 2012
Rwanda Express (Kigali). "Rwanda: Paralympic Athlete Nsengimana Qualifies for London Games" — AllAfrica, June 26, 2012
New Vision (Uganda). "Uganda: Achola, Chemos Confident" — AllAfrica, June 26, 2012

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Rioting develops throughout England

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:22:01 GMT

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A fireman puts out a fire in Tottenham caused by rioters.
Image: Christophe Maximin.

Rioting, theft, vandalism and other acts of violence are currently occurring in various cities throughout England. There is a substantial rioting problem, primarily in the capital of London, which has spread to the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham.

David Cameron, the current UK Prime Minister, condemned the violent acts, referring to them as "sickening", proclaiming that those involving themselves the incident "will feel the full force of the law". At least 563 individuals have been arrested in relation to these incidents. He also reported that Parliament is to be recalled this Thursday. The number of police officers in London tonight is to be increased from six thousand to sixteen thousand, the Prime Minister said, with any pre-arranged leave being abandoned.

The riots were sparked by the fatal shooting by police of 29-year-old Mark Duggan on Thursday in Tottenham, during the planned arrest of Duggan as part of anti-gun unit Operation Trident. Reports from the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) claimed that Duggan had been shot in retaliation, however the IPCC later admitted there is no evidence that Duggan shot at the police. On Sunday, a peaceful protest in Tottenham held by Duggan's family and friends sparked a series of disturbances in the area, which quickly became a violent riot, with youths from the area looting and clashing with Police.

For three consecutive days, London has experienced what the Metropolitan Police have referred to as "copycat criminal activity". Hundreds of arrests have now occurred, with 105 individuals having been charged for a variety of crimes. The Metropolitan Police are now contemplating the concept of using plastic bullets as a disciplinary method within the riots. As of yet, English police have never used such a weapon in this context.

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"Parliament recalled to tackle riots - David Cameron" — BBC News Online, August 9, 2011
Andrew Sparrow. "David Cameron announces recall of parliament over riots" — The Guardian, August 9, 2011
"Man dead and police officer hurt in Tottenham shooting" — BBC News Online, August 5, 2011

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UK newspapers face libel, privacy action over murder coverage

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:11:09 GMT

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Six UK newspapers are facing actions claiming libel and breach of privacy from Chris Jeffries, a man who attracted intense media coverage when arrested in December for the murder of Joanna Yeates. Jeffries was subsequently released and a different man has been charged instead.

Lawyer Louis Charalambous says Jeffries "seek[s] vindication of his reputation for the terrible treatment he received" from six newspapers – The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Star, The Daily Express, The Daily Mail, and The Daily Record. The papers all covered the man's arrest following the discovery of a body near the Clifton area of Bristol, England, on Christmas Day; Yeates had been missing from her flat since December 17. Jeffries was the flat's landlord.

Another man who shared the Clifton address – Vincent Tabak – was later arrested when police eliminated Jeffries from any involvement with the murder. Tabak's next court appearance is set for May 4 and the trial is scheduled to take place in October.

Media coverage of Jeffries attracted criticism at the time; Roy Greenslade wrote for The Guardian that the suspect was facing "a character assassination" and Attorney General Dominic Grieve warned papers they may be in breach of contempt of court legislation. Although no prosecutions have been launched to date, Grieve recently succeeded in an action claiming contempt of court by two of the papers targeted by Jeffries – The Sun and The Daily Mail – over their coverage of a different murder.

In addition to the six national papers that have received writs, action is anticipated against several local papers. "Mr Jefferies will not be making any statement about these claims until their conclusion, which he hopes will be in the very near future," according to his legal team at solicitors Simons Muirhead and Burton.

Charalambous has previously sued all the papers except The Daily Record - alongside The Sunday Express, The London Evening Standard, Metro, The Sunday Mirror, The News of the World and The Scotsman - while representing Robert Murat, over in excess of 100 "seriously defamatory" articles linking him to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. In 2008 Murat received £600,000 and an apology, as well as a separate undisclosed amount from broadcaster BSkyB.

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Daniel Barrenger. "Landlord of Joanna Yeates to sue for libel" — The Independent, April 22, 2011
Roy Greenslade. "Six newspapers sued for libel over Joanna Yeates coverage" — The Guardian, April 21, 2011
"Jo Yeates' landlord Christopher Jefferies to sue papers" — BBC News Online, April 21, 2011

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House fire in Bristol, England kills two

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:30:33 GMT

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A house fire in Bristol, England has caused the deaths of two brothers, identified as Charlie, aged five, and seven-year-old Mackenzie. Emergency services were called to the scene in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The bodies were discovered by firemen, at the scene in the suburb of Bradley Stoke around 0630 UTC. Police and ambulance services were also in attendance. Prior to their arrival, three other children and two adults escaped from the building in Merryweather Close through windows.

	This is probably the worst fire I've seen in my 32 years.
—William Roberts, Avon Fire and Rescue Service manager

Speaking on behalf of Avon Fire and Rescue Service, manager William Roberts explained: "When crews arrived, the fire was fully developed and engulfing the first floor and roof space. Sadly, when crews entered the building they found the children. They were both upstairs, one in back bedroom, one in front. It is a sad day for the Bradley Stoke community and Avon fire. The ceiling has fallen in on itself and on top of our evidence. This is probably the worst fire I've seen in my 32 years."

According to Roberts, smoke alarms were in the building, however the damage was "so extensive" that it is uncertain as to whether or not they were functioning correctly. "A full investigation has been launched by the police and fire investigators. No formal identification has yet taken place," Avon and Somerset Constabulary's Detective Sergeant Simon Chubb stated.

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"Two Children Found Dead In Bristol House Fire" — Sky News, March 20, 2011
"Two brothers aged under 10 found dead after fire tears through family home" — Daily Mail, March 20, 2011
"Two children killed in Bristol house fire" — BBC News Online, March 19, 2011
"Two children die in fire tragedy" — Bristol Evening Post, March 19, 2011

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UK Jobcentre call centre staff on 48-hour strike

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:06:01 GMT

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File photo of Jobcentre Plus office building in Galashiels.
Image: Walter Baxter.

As-announced Wednesday evening, 3,500 staff from UK Jobcentre plus call centres engaged in a 48-hour walkout. Centres in Newport and Glasgow were picketed by members Thursday and Friday mornings as part of a coordinated strike at seven of the thirty centres handling benefits and unemployment-related queries for the UK public.

Wikinews spoke to Katrine Williams, one of the representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), and a member of the Civil Service since 1991, to establish the grievances leading to the public-sector industrial action.

Balloted in December, over 70% of PCS members voted in favour of strike action; according to Williams, this forced minor concessions from call centre management, but left staff being constantly monitored. With a target of five minutes or less to handle any query related to Job-Seekers' Allowance, staff have been threatened with disciplinary action should they take too long for calls. Williams expressed concern that, with many claimants, it took longer than this to simply establish what the issue was for a member of the public calling in.

The number provided for the public to call in relation to benefits is an 0845 number, usually charged at a local call rate when dialled from a landline within the UK; for many claimants, they may only have a mobile phone and be subject to higher charges, or even in a position where a benefit payment has been delayed, and this is their sole contact with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) when they may be in financial difficulty.

Both Williams and David Coventry, who spoke to the UK Press Association, feel let down that their members' expertise is being dismissed; that what is the only option for the unemployed, and a public service, is being managed as-if a commercial enterprise. This, according to Williams, is the prevalent attitude for approximately ten years; managers previously in the private-sector constantly describe the service as a "business", and members of the public requiring assistance as "customers".

In describing negotiations with management to avert industrial action, Williams stated: "contact centre managers are [the] worst [within the DWP]", and they, "renege on verbal agreements".

The centres hit by strike action are: Bristol, Glasgow, Makerfield near Wigan, Manchester, Newport, Norwich, and Sheffield. Williams stated that a failure on the government's part to resolve the dispute could lead to further action involving the full 30 call centres operated by the DWP. In combination with threats of action by passport office staff in the PCS union, the UK's current coalition government may be faced with significant disruption to essential public services at a time when unemployment figures are climbing.

When Wikinews contacted the DWP press office, only a prepared statement was available. Forwarded to Wikinews by Elise Simpson, the department expressed disappointment at industrial action being taken by staff, stating: "only 21% across the centres" were taking action. Appeals for further clarification, and answers to other queries were not returned. Considering the union selectively took action at seven of thirty centres, it would appear the walk-out at those was virtually all staff. Calls to the Jobseekers' 0845 number gave no indication calls may take longer to be connected to someone able to assist with a query or claim.

In late December, Brendan Barber of the Trades Union Congress warned that 2011 may be a year where the UK faces widespread public-sector industrial action. £81 billion (US$128 billion) is set to be cut from the UK's expenditure, with the possible loss of over a quarter million public-sector jobs.

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UK Press Association. "Jobcentre staff in 48-hour strike" — Google News, January 20, 2011
"Jobcentre Plus call centre workers begin 48-hour strike" — BBC News Online, January 20, 2011
AP. "UK labor unions warn of surge in strikes" — Google News, December 30, 2010

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2010 UK general election results

Fri, 07 May 2010 09:41:15 GMT

Thursday, May 6, 2010

A colour-coded map of the constituencies contested. Please click the image to expand.
Image: Wereon.

This table shows the results for 649 of 650 constituencies in the 2010 general election in the United Kingdom (not including the delayed constituency of Thirsk and Malton, which will hold its election on 27 May).

The "Constituency" column shows the name of each constituency, linked to the relevant Wikipedia article. the "Result" column shows the winning party, and whether they held or gained the seat (and, if relevant, who they gained it from). The "Votes" column shows how many votes were received by the winning party, the "Share" column their share of the vote, and the "Swing" column the swing in the direction of the gaining party.

In the general election, people over the age of eighteen around the United Kingdom may choose to vote for a candidate at their local polling booth, and Members of Parliament are elected to each constituency based on the first past the post system. Whichever party has a majority of MPs after all constituencies have announced their results has the opportunity to form a government.

The incumbent party before the dissolution of parliament was Gordon Brown's Labour Party, exit polls suggested a small Conservative Party majority, which—when this swing is projected nationally—would cause a hung parliament. The exit polls also suggested that despite reports that support for the Liberal Democrats had surged following the first national televised leaders' debates in the United Kingdom, the Liberal Democrats would suffer from a third party squeeze.

On the morning of Friday 7, 2010 the accuracy of the exit polls was demonstrated when it was revealed that there was indeed a hung Parliament and that although the Conservative Party had the greatest number of seats and votes it would be impossible for them to achieve an outright majority. The constitution of the United Kingdom allows for the incumbent Labour Party to first attempt to form a government and incumbent Prime Minister, Gordon Brown announced that he would allow civil servants from the Cabinet Office to help facilitate negotiations. Despite the Labour Party openly courting the Liberal Party, their leader Nick Clegg has stated that as the party with the most seats and most votes the Conservatives have the right to attempt to form a government.

Some seats were also be contested by one or more of a number of smaller parties and independents, including the United Kingdom Independence Party, the British National Party, and the Green Party of England and Wales, who all already hold seats in the European Parliament and local government authorities, all hoped to gain their first seats in the House of Commons in this election. History was made when the Greens won their first Parliamentery with their leader Caroline Lucas winning Brighton Pavilion. In Northern Ireland the Alliance Party also won their first seat with Naomi Long taking Peter Robinson's seat.

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Overall standings [edit]

Party	Seats	Net gain	Votes	Share
Conservative Party	305	+97	10,681,417	36.1%
Labour Party	258	-91	8,601,441	29.1%
Liberal Democrats	57	-5	6,805,665	23.0%
Democratic Unionist Party	8	-1	168,216	0.6%
Scottish National Party	6	0	491,386	1.7%
Sinn Féin	5	0	171,942	0.6%
Plaid Cymru	3	+1	165,394	0.6%
Social Democratic & Labour Party	3	0	110,970	0.4%
Alliance Party	1	+1	42,762	0.1%
Green Party of England and Wales	1	+1	284,566	1.0%

1 Overall standings
2 Table
3 Sources

Table [edit]

Colour		Party
	Red	Labour
	Blue	Conservative
	Yellow	Liberal Democrats
	Yellow (Northern Ireland)	Alliance
	Bright Yellow	Scottish National
	Green (England)	Green
	Light Green (Wales)	Plaid Cymru
	Light Green (N. Ireland)	Social Democratic and Labour
	Dark Green	Sinn Féin
	Brown	Democratic Unionist
	Purple	Conservatives and Unionists
	Grey	Independent
	Black	Poll delayed
	White	Undeclared

Constituency	Result	Votes	Share	Swing
Aberavon	Labour hold	16,073	51.9%	5.3% (to LD)
Aberconwy	Conservative gain from Lab	10,734	35.8%	7.6%
Aberdeen North	Labour hold	16,746	44.4%	1.0%
Aberdeen South	Labour hold	15,722	36.5%	2.5%
Aberdeenshire West and Kincardie	Liberal Democrat hold	17,362	38.4%	4.9% (to CON)
Airdrie and Shotts	Labour hold	20,649	58.2%	3.9% (to SNP)
Aldershot	Conservative hold	21,203	46.7%	1.4% (to LD)
Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative hold	22,913	59.3%	12.0% (from LAB)
Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative hold	24,176	48.9%	0.8% (to LD)
Alyn and Deeside	Labour hold	15,804	39.6%	8.1% (to CON)
Amber Valley	Conservative gain from Lab	17,746	38.6%	6.9%
Angus	SNP hold	15,020	39.6%	2.2%
Antrim East	Democratic Unionist hold	13,993	45.9%
Antrim North	Democratic Unionist hold	19,672	46.4%
Antrim South	Democratic Unionist hold	11,536	33.9%	3.6% (to UCU)
Arfon	Plaid Cymru gain from Lab	9,383	36.0%	3.7%
Argyle and Bute	Liberal Democrat hold	14,292	31.6%	2.7% (to CON)
Arundel and South Downs	Conservative hold	32,333	57.8%	3.0%
Ashfield	Labour hold	16,239	33.7%	17.2% (to LD)
Ashford	Conservative hold	29,878	54.1%	2.3% (to LD)
Ashton Under Lyne	Labour hold	18,604	48.4%	7.3% (to CON)
Aylesbury	Conservative hold	27,736	52.2%
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour hold	21,632	47.1%	0.3% (to CON)
Ayrshire Central	Labour hold	20,950	47.7%	1.5%
Ayrshire North and Arran	Labour hold	21,860	47.4%	2.3% (to SNP)
Banbury	Conservative hold	29,703	52.8%	5.9% (to CON)
Banff and Buchan	SNP hold	15,868	41.3%	10.7% (to CON)
Barking	Labour hold	24,628	54.3%	1.7%
Barnsley Central	Labour hold	17,487	47.3%	4.2% (to LD)
Barnsley Easy	Labour hold	18,059	47.0%	14.0% (to LD)
Barrow and Furness	Labour hold	21,226	48.1%	0.4% (to CON)
Basildon and Billericay	Conservative hold	21,982	52.8%	9.3%
Basildon South and Thurrock East	Conservative gain from Lab	19,624	43.9%	7.5%
Basingstoke	Conservative hold	25,590	50.5%	4.6%
Bassrtlaw	Labour hold	25,018	50.5%	0.7% (to CON)
Bath	Liberal Democrat hold	26,651	56.6%	5.8%
Batley and Spen	Labour hold	21,565	41.5%	2.5% (to CON)
Battersea	Conservative gain from Lab	23,103	47.3%	6.5%
Beaconsfield	Conservative hold	32,053	61.1%	4.7%
Beckanham	Conservative hold	27,597	57.9%	3.2% (to LD)
Bedford	Conservative gain from Lab	17,546	38.9%	5.5%
Bedforsdhire Mid	Conservative hold	28,815	52.5%	2.3%
Bedfordshire North East	Conservative hold	30,989	55.8%	2.6%
Bedfordshire South West	Conservative hold	26,815	52.8%	0.7%
Belfast East	Alliance gain from DUP	12,839	37.2%	22.9%
Belfast North	Democratic Unionist hold	14,812	40.0%	5.0% (to SF)
Belfast South	SDLP hold	14,026	41.0%	8.4%
Belfast West	Sinn Féin hold	22,840	71.1%	1.1%
Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Liberal Democrat hold	21,590	48.4%	1.6%
Berwick-Upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat hold	16,806	43.7%	8.3% (to CON)
Banff and Buchan	Liberal Democrat hold	22,230	45.4%	0.7% (to CON)
Bethnal Green and Bow
Banff and Buchan	Conservative hold	22,230	45.4%	1.6%
Bexhill and Battle	Conservative hold	28,147	51.6%	4.0% (to LD)
Bexleyheath and Crayford
Birkenhead)
Birmingham Edgbaston	Labour hold	16,894	40.6%	0.5% (to CON)
Birmingham Erdington
Birmingham Hall Green
Birmingham Hodge Hill
Birmingham Ladywood	Labour hold	19,950	55.7%	2.5%
Birmingham Northfield
Birmingham Perry Barr
Birmingham Selly Oak	Labour hold	17,950	38.5%	4.8% (to CON)
Birmingham Yardley
Bishop Auckland	Labour hold	16,023	39.0%	7.2% (to CON)
Blackburn	Labour hold	21,751	47.8%	1.1%
Blackley and Broughton
Blackpool North and Cleveleys	Conservative gain from Lab	16,964	41.8%	6.9%
Blackpool South	Labour hold	14,449	41.1	6.2% (to CON)
Blaenau Gwent	Labour gain from Ind	16,974	52.4%	29.2%
Blaydon	Labour hold	22,297	49.7%	3.3%
Blyth Valley
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Conservative hold	24,087	51.4%	2.3%
Bolsover	Labour hold	21,994	50.0%	11.2% (to CON)
Bolton North East	Labour hold	19,870	45.9%	1.3% (to CON)
Bolton South East	Labour hold	18,782	47.4%	5.6% (to CON)
Bolton West	Labour hold	18,327	38.5%	4.9% (to CON)
Bootle
Boston and Skegness	Conservative hold	18,782	47.4%	7.0%
Bosworth	Conservative hold	23,132	42.6%	5.9% (to LD)
Bournemouth East	Conservative hold	21,320	48.4%	1.8%
Bournemouth West	Conservative hold	18,808	45.1%	2.9%
Bracknell	Conservative hold	27,327	52.4%	1.0% (to LD)
Bradford East
Bradford South
Bradford West
Braintree	Conservative hold	25,901	52.6%	6.7%
Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat hold	17,929	46.2%	0.3% (to CON)
Brent Central
Brent North
Brentford and Isleworth
Brentwood and Ongar	Conservative hold	28,792	56.9%	3.1%
Bridgend	Labour hold	13,931	36.3%	6.0% (to CON)
Bridgwater and Somerset West	Conservative hold	24,675	45.3%	2.9% (to LD)
Brigg and Goole	Conservative gain from Lab	19,680	44.9%	9.8%
Brighton Kemptown
Brighton Pavilion	Green gain from Lab	16,238	31.3%	8.4%
Bristol East	Labour hold	16,471	36.6%	4.5% (to CON)
Bristol North West
Bristol South
Bristol West	Liberal Democrat hold	26,593	48.0%	9.0%
Broadland
Bromley and Chislehurst
Bromsgrove
Broxbourne	Conservative hold	26,844	58.8%	6.4%
Broxtowe	Conservative gain from Lab	20,585	39.0%	2.6%
Buckingham
Burnley	Liberal Democrat gain from Lab	14,932	35.7%	9.6%
Burton	Conservative gain from Lab	22,188	44.5%	8.7%
Bury North
Bury South
Bury St Edmunds	Conservative hold	27,899	47.5%	2.8%
Caerphilly	Labour hold	17,377	44.9%	6.5% (to CON)
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat hold	11,907	41.4%	6.4% (to LAB)
Calder Valley
Camberwell and Peckham
Cambourne and Redruth	Conservative gain from Lib	37.6%	15,969	5.2%
Cambridge	Liberal Democrat hold	19,621	39.1%	7.0% (to CON)
Cambridgeshire North East	Conservative hold	26,862	51.4%	0.8%
Cambridgeshire North West	Conservative hold	29,425	50.05%	2.6%
Cambridgeshire South	Conservative hold	27,995	47.4%	2.5% (to LD)
Cambridgeshire South East	Conservative hold	27,629	48.0%	2.7% (to LD)
Cannock Chase	Conservative gain from Lab	18,271	40.1%	14.0%
Canterbury	Conservative hold	22,050	44.8%	5.4% (to LD)
Cardiff Central
Cardiff North
Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour hold	17,262	38.9%	6.0% (to CON)
Cardiff West	Labour hold	16,893	41.2%	5.3% (to CON)
Carlisle
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru hold	13,546	35.6%	4.2% (to LAB)
Carmarthen West and Pembrokeshire South	Conservative gain from Lab	16,649	41.1%	6.9%
Carshalton and Wallington
Castle Point
Ceredigion
Charnwood
Chatham and Aylesford
Cheadle
Chelmsford
Chelsea and Fulham
Cheltenham
Chelsham and Amersham
Chester, City of
Chesterfield
Chichester
Chingford and Woodford Green
Chippenham
Chipping Barnet
Chorley
Christchurch
Cities of London and Westminster
Clacton
Cleethorpes	Conservative gain from Lab	18,939	42.1%	7.8%
Clwyd South	Labour hold	13,311	38.4%	5.8% (to CON)
Clwyd West	Conservative hold	15,833	41.5%	8.4%
Coatbridge, Chryson and Bellshill
Colchester
Colne Valley
Congleton	Conservative hold	23,250	45.8%	2.3% (to LD)
Copeland	Labour hold	19,699	46.0%	2.1% (to CON)
Corby	Conservative gain from Lab	22,886	42.2%	3.4%
Cornwall North	Liberal Democrat hold	22,512	48.1%	0.3% (to CON)
Cornwall South East	Conservative gain from Lib	22,390	45.1%	9.1%
The Cotswolds	Conservative hold	29,075	53.0%	1.1%
Coventry North East	Labour hold	21,384	49.3%	5.5% (to CON)
Coventry North West	Labour hold	19,936	42.8%	3.9% (to CON)
Coventry South	Labour hold	19,197	41.8%	3.4% (to CON)
Crawley	Conservative gain from Lab	21,264	44.8%	6.3%
Crewe and Nantwich	Conservative gain from Lab	23,420	45.8%	13.7%
Croydon Central	'Conservative gain from Lab	19,657	39.5%	3.3%
Croydon North	Labour hold	28,949	56.0%	0.3%
Croydon South	Conservative hold	28,684	50.9%	1.7% (to LD)
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Labour hold	23,549	57.2%	1.9%
Cynon Valley	Labour hold	15,681	52.5%	8.6% (to PC)
Dagenham and Rainham	Labour hold	17,813	40.3%	4.9% (to CON)
Darlington	Labour hold	16,891	39.4%	9.1% (to CON)
Dartford	Conservative gain from Lab	24,428	48.8%	11.6%
Daventry	Conservative hold	29,252	56.5%	0.7% (to LD)
Delyn	Labour hold	15,083	40.8%	6.7% (to CON)
Denton and Reddish	Labour hold	19,191	51.0%	6.2% (to CON)
Derby North	Labour hold	14,896	33.0%	7.4% (to CON)
Derby South	Labour hold	17,851	43.3%	9.3% (to CON)
Derbyshire Dales	Conservative hold	24,378	52.1%	3.7%
Derbyshire Mid	Conservative hold	22,877	48.3%	5.7%
Derbyshire North East	Labour hold	17,948	38.2%	8.6% (to CON)
Derbyshire South	Conservative gain from Lab	22,935	45.5%	9.8%
Devizes
Devon Central	Conservative hold	27,737	51.5%	6.1%
Devon East	Conservative hold	48.3%	25,662
Devon North	Liberal Democrat hold	24,305	47.4%	0.3%
Devon South West	Conservative hold	27,908	56.0%	5.6%
Devon West and Torridge
Dewsbury
Don Valley
Doncaster Central
Doncaster North
Doset Mid and Poole North
Dorset North
Dorset South	Conservative gain from Lab	22,667	45.1%	9.3%
Dorset West	Conservative hold	27,287	47.6%
Dover
Down North	Independent gain from UCU	21,181	63.3%
Down South	SDLP hold	20,648	48.5%
Dudley North
Dudley South
Dulwich and West Norwood
Dumfries and Galloway
Dunfiesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Dunbartonshire East
Dunbartonshire West
Dundee East
Dundee West
Dunfermine and Fife West
City of Durham	Labour hold	20,496	44.3%
Durham North	Labour hold	20,698	50.5%
Durham North West
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Ealing Central and Acton
Ealing North
Ealing Southall
Easington	Labour hold	20,579	58.9%
East Ham
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
East Lothian
Eastbourne
Eastleigh
Eddisbury
Edinburgh East	Labour hold	17,305	43.4%
Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West	Labour hold	19,473	42.8%
Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat hold	16,684	35.9%	-11.4%
Edmonton
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Elmet and Rothwell
Eltham
Enfield North
Enfield Southgate
Epping Forest
Epsom and Ewell
Erewash
Erith and Thameshead
Esher and Walton
Exeter	Labour hold	19,942	38.2%
Falkirk	Labour hold	23,207	45.7%
Fareham	Conservative hold	30,037	55.3%
Faversham and Kent Mid
Feltham and Heston
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Sinn Féin hold	21,304	45.5%
Fife North East
Filton and Bradley Stoke
Finchley and Golders Green
Folkestone and Hythe
Forest of Dean
Foyle	SDLP hold	16,922	44.7%
Flyde
Gainsborough	Conservative hold	24,266	49.3%
Garston and Halewood	Labour hold	25,493	59.5%
Gateshead
Gedling	Labour hold	19,821	41.1%
Gillingham and Rainham
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East	Labour hold	19,797	61.6%
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East	Labour hold	20,100	68.3%
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glenrothes
Gloucester
Gordon
Gosport
Gower
Grantham and Stamford
Gravesham	Conservative hold	22,956	48.5%	9.1%
Great Grimsby	Labour hold	10,777	32.7%	10.5% (to CON)
Great Yarmouth
Greenwich and Woolwich
Guildford	Conservative hold	29,618	53.3%	6.9%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Halifax
Haltemprice and Howden	Conservative hold	24,486	50.2%	6.6%
Halton
Hammersmith	Labour hold	20,810	43.9%	0.5% (to CON)
Hampshire East
Hampshire North East
Hampshire North West
Hampstead and Kilburn
Harborough
Harlow
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Harrow East	Conservative gain from Lab	21,435	44.7%	7.0% (to CON)
Harrow West	Labour hold	20,111	43.6%	5.7% (to CON)
Hartlepool
Harwich and Essex North
Hastings and Rye
Havant
Hayes and Harlington
Hazel Grove
Hemel Hempstead
Hemsworth
Hendon
Henley
Hereford and Herefordshire South	Conservative gain from Lib	22,366	46.2%	3.8%
Herefordshire North	Conservative hold	24,631	51.8%	3.8% (to LD)
Hertford and Stortford	Conservative hold	29,810	53.8%
Hertfordshire North East	Conservative hold	26,995	53.5%	1.9% (to LD)
Hertfordshire South West
Hertsmere	Conservative hold	26,476	56.0%	5.6%
Hexham
Heywood and Middleton
High Peak
Hitchin and Harpenden
Holborn and St Pancras
Hornchurch and Upminster
Hornsey and Wood Green
Horsham
Houghton and Sunderland South	Labour hold	19,137	50.3%	8.4% (to CON)
Hove
Huddersfield	Labour hold	15,725	38.8%	7.1% (to CON)
Hull East
Hull North	Labour hold	13,044	39.2%	12.2% (to LD)
Hull West and Hessle
Huntingdon
Hyndburn
Ilford North
Ilford South
Inverclyde
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Ipswich
Isle of Wight
Islington North	Labour hold	24,276	54.5%
Islington South and Finsbury	Labour hold	18,407	42.3%	3.3%
Islwyn
Jarrow	Labour hold	20,910	53.9%	6.4%
Keighley
Kenilworth and Southam
Kensington	Conservative hold	17,595	50.1%	5.2%
Kettering
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kingston and Surbiton
Kingswood
Kilcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Knowsley
Lagan Valley	Democratic Unionist hold	18,199	49.8%
Lanark and Hamilton East
Lancashire West
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Leeds Central	Labour hold	18,434	49.3%
Leeds East
Leeds North East	Labour hold	20,287	42.7%
Leeds North West
Leeds West	Labour hold	16,389	42.3%
Leicester East
Leicester South	Conservative hold	27,000	49.5%
Leicester West
Leicestershire North West
Leicestershire South
Leigh	Labour hold	24,295	51.3%
Lewes
Lewisham Deptford
Lewisham East
Lewisham West and Penge
Leyton and Wanstead
Lichfield
Lincoln
Linlithgow and Falkirk East
Liverpool Riverside	Labour hold	22,998	59.3%
Liverpool Walton
Liverpool Wavertree
Liverpool West Derby
Livingston
Llanelli	Labour hold	15,916	42.5%	4.0% (to PC)
Londonderry East
Loughborough
Louth and Horncastle	Conservative hold	25,065	49.6%
Ludlow
Luton North	Labour hold	21,192	49.3%	0.5%
Luton South	Labour hold	14,725	34.9%	4.6% (to CON)
Macclesfield
Maidenhead	Conservative hold	31,937	59.5%	7.8%
Maidstone and the Weald	Conservative hold	23,491	48.0%
Makerfield
Maldon
Manchester Central
Manchester Gorton
Manchester Withington
Mansfield
Meon Valley
Meriden
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East	Labour hold	18,138	39.2%
Midlothian
Milton Keynes North
Milton Keynes South
Mitcham and Morden	Labour hold	24,722	56.4%
Mole Valley	Conservative hold	31,263	57.5%	2.3%
Monmouth
Montgomeryshire
Moray
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Morley and Outwood
Motherwell and Wishaw
Na H-Eileanan An Iar	SNP hold	6,723	45.75%
Neath
New Forest East
New Forest West
Newark
Newbury
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour hold	15,692	45.9%	0.6% (to LD)
Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour hold	17,043	45.0	4.6% (to LD)
Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour hold	17,950	40.8	4.5% (to LD)
Newport East
Newport West
Newry and Armagh
Newton Abbot	Conservative gain from Lib	20,774	43.0%	5.8%
Norfolk Mid
Norfolk North
Norfolk North West
Norfolk South
Norfolk South West
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Northampton North
Northampton South
Northamptonshire South	Conservative hold	33,081	55.2%
Norwich North
Norwich South
Nottingham East
Nottingham North
Nottingham South
Nuneaton
Ochil and Perthshire South	Labour hold	19,131	37.9%
Ogmore
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham West and Royton
Orkney and Shetland
Orpington
Oxford East
Oxford West and Abingdon
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Pendle
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Penrith and the Border
Perth and Perthshire North	SNP hold	19,118	39.6%	2.9%
Peterborough
Plymouth Moor View	Labour hold	15,433	37.2%	7.8% (to CON)
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	Conservative gain from Lab	15,050	34.3%	6.9%
Pontypridd	Labour hold	14,220	38.8%
Poole
Poplar and Limehouse
Portsmouth North
Portsmouth South
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Preston
Pudsey
Putney
Rayleigh and Wickford
Reading East
Reading West
Redcar	Liberal Democrat gain from Lab	18,955	45.2%	21.8%
Redditch
Reigate
Renfrewshire East
Rhondda
Ribble Valley
Richmond Yorks
Richmond Park
Rochdale
Rochester and Strood	Conservative hold	23,604	49.2%
Rochford and Southend East
Romford
Romsey and Southampton North
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Rossendale and Darwen
Rother Valley
Rotherham
Rugby
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Runnymede and Weybridge
Rushcliffe
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutland and Melton
Saffron Walden
St Albans
St Austell and Newquay	Liberal Democrat hold	20,189	42.7%
St Helens North	Labour hold	23,041	51.7%
St Helens South	Labour hold	24,364	52.9%
St Ives
Salford and Eccles	Labour hold	16,655	40.1%
Salisbury
Scarborough and Whitby	Conservative hold	21,108	42.8%
Scunthorpe
Sedgefield	Labour hold	18,141	45.1%	11.6% (to CON)
Sefton Central
Selby and Ainsty	Conservative hold	25,562	49.4%
Sevenoaks
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	'Labour hold	21,400	55.0%
Sheffield Central	Labour hold	17,138	41.3%
Sheffield Hallam	Liberal Democrat Hold	27,324	53.4%
Sheffield Heeley
Sheffield South East	Labour hold	20,169	48.7%
Sherwood
Shipley	Conservative hold	24,002	48.6%
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shropshire North	Conservative hold	26,692	51.5%
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Skipton and Ripon
Sleaford and North Hykeham	Conservative hold	30,719	51.6%
Slough
Solihull	Liberal Democrat gain from Con	23,635	42.9%	0.3%
Somerset North
Somerset North East
Somerton and Frome	Liberal Democrat hold	28,793	47.5%
South Holland and the Deepings
South Ribble
South Shields	Labour hold	18,995	52.0%
Southampton Itchen	Labour hold	16,326	36.8%
Southampton Test	Labour hold	17,001	38.5%
Southampton West
Southport
Spelthorne
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire South
Stalybridge and Hyde
Stevenage
Stirling	Labour hold	19,558	41.8%
Stockport	Labour hold	16,697	42.7%
Stockton North
Stockton South
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Stoke-on-Trent North
Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour hold	15,446	38.8%
Stone
Stourbridge
Strangford
Stratford-on-Avon
Streatham
Stretford and Urmston
Stroud
suffolk Central and Ipswitch North
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk South
Suffolk West
Sunderland Central	Labour win (new seat)	19,495	45.9%
Surrey East (UK Parliament constituency)	Conservative hold	31,007	56.7%	0.7% (to LD)
Surrey Heath	Conservative hold	31,326	57.6%	4.6%
Surrey South West	Conservative hold	33,605	58.7%	8.6%
Sussex Mid	Conservative hold	28,329	50.7%	0.3%
Sutton and Cheam
Sutton Coldfield
Swansea East
Swansea West
Swindon North
Swindon South
Tamworth
Tatton
Taunton Deane	Liberal Democrat hold	28,531	49.1%
Telford
Tewkesbury	Conservative hold	25,472	47.2%
Thanet North
Thanet South
Thirsk and Malton	Delayed until 27 May
Thornbury and Yate
Thurrock
Tiverton and Honiton	Conservative hold	27,614	50.3%
Tonbridge and Malling
Tooting
Torbay	Liberal Democrat hold	23,126	47.0%
Torfaen
Totnes	Conservative hold	21,940	45.9%
Tottenham
Truro and Falmouth	Conservative gain from Lib	20,349	41.7%
Tunbridge Wells
Twickenham
Tynemouth
Tyneside North
Tyrone West	Sinn Féin hold	18,050	48.4%
Ulster Mid
Upper Bann	Democratic Unionist hold	14,000	33.8%
Uxbridge and Ruiislip South
Vale of Clwyd	Labour hold	15,017	42.3%
Vale of Glamorgan
Vauxhall
Wakefield
Wallasey
Walsall North	Labour hold	13,385	37.0%
Walsall South	Labour hold	16,211	39.7%
Walthamstow
Wansbeck
Wantage
Warley	Labour hold	20,240	52.9%
Warrington North
Warrington South
Warwick and Leamington
Warwickshire North
Washington and Sunderland West	Labour win (new seat)	19,615	53%
Watford
Waveney
Wealden	Conservative hold	31,090	56.6%
Weaver Vale
Wellingborough	Conservative hold	24,918	48.2%
Wells	Liberal Democrat gain from Con	24,560	44.0%	3.6%
Welwyn Hatfield
Wentworth and Dearne
West Bromwich East
West Bromwich West
West Ham
Westminster North	Labour hold	17,377	43.9%
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Weston Super-Mare
Wigan
Wiltshire North
Wiltshire South West
Wimbledon
Winchester
Windsor
Wirral South	Labour hold	16,276	40.8%
Wirral West	Conservative hold	16,726	42.5%
Witham
Witney
Woking	Conservative hold	26,551	50.3%	0.7% (to LD)
Wokingham	Conservative hold	28,754	52.7%	4.7%
Wolverhampton North East
Wolverhampton South East
Wolverhampton South West
Worcester
Worcestershire Mid	Conservative hold	27,770	54.5%
Worcestershire West
Workington	Labour hold	17,865	45.5%
Worsley and Eccles South	Labour hold	17,892	42.9%
Worthing East and Shoreham	Conservative hold	23,458	48.5%
Worthing West	Conservative hold	25,416	51.7%
The Wreckin
Wrexham	Labour hold	12,161	36.9%	5.7%
Wycombe	Conservative hold	23,423	48.6%
Wyre and Preston North	Conservative hold	26,877	52.4%	3.9%
Wyre Forest	Labour hold	11,490	33.4%
Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour hold	17,987	44.1%
Yeovil	Liberal Democrat hold	31,843	55.7%	2.7%
Ynys Mon	Labour hold	11,490	33.4%	1.8%
York Central	Labour hold	18,573	40.0%	6.0% (to CON)
York Outer	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	22,912	43%	3.7%
Yorkshire East	Conservative hold	24,328	47.5%	0.1% (to LD)

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British nursery worker admits sexually abusing children

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:41:57 GMT

Thursday, October 1, 2009

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Sarah White and Dan Bell. "Spotlight on trio of child abusers" — BBC News Online, 1 October, 2009
Steven Morris and Adam Gabbatt. "Nursery worker Vanessa George pleads guilty to sexually abusing children" — guardian.co.uk, 1 October, 2009
Nigel Bunyan and Richard Savill. "Nursery worker Vanessa George: judge asks her to reveal identities of victims" — The Daily Telegraph, 1 October, 2009

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UK firm gets ESA funding to ground test new jet engine for spaceplane

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BBC Radio Bristol presenter fired over 'racist' phone call

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:13:22 GMT

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A United Kingdom radio presenter with the BBC was fired on Saturday, and replaced, after an allegedly racist off-air phone call. Sam Mason of BBC Radio Bristol had earlier called up a taxi firm to arrange a booking for her 14-year-old daughter.

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Mason asked the operator not to send an Asian cab driver. She said, "A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out." After the operator refused Mason snapped back claiming, "You’ve managed it before."

The original female operator had passed the call over to another operator. Mason then accused the first of having "a bad attitude", and said, "I work at the BBC. I’m far from racist and that uneducated woman has no right to call me one." The call then ended but she called back to complain.

The female operator who took the call was also fired from her job for illegally recording the call.

A statement from the taxi firm stated that "We confirm that a telephone call from Radio Bristol presenter Sam Mason to the company was illegally recorded by an employee. That employee was dismissed for similar offences on 3 November."

A copy of the call was sent to British tabloid The Sun, which broke the story on Tuesday. The Sun informed the BBC.

	A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out.
—Sam Mason, BBC Radio Bristol

A BBC spokesman said: "Although Sam Mason's remarks were not made on-air, her comments were completely unacceptable and, for that reason, she has been informed that she will no longer be working for the BBC with immediate effect."

According to BBC News, Mason, who worked at the station for only six weeks, was unavailable for comment.

The incident comes just weeks after the Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross prank call scandal involving Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

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"BBC host replaced in 'racism' row" — BBC News Online, November 11, 2008
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Tattoo with identifying details leads to prosecution of thief in Bristol, UK

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:30:55 GMT

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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A thief in Bristol, United Kingdom, has been prosecuted due to incriminating evidence in the form of a tattoo on his neck with his name and date of birth that was captured by police CCTV, when he was in the process of stealing a Satellite navigation system in a car planted by police to find criminals.

Aarron Evans, the thief, today pleaded guilty to charges of theft at Bristol Magistrates' Court. He is aged 21 and he is illiterate and has no fixed address.

The sentence was for seven months imprisonment.

Ian Wylie, who is police superintendent for the Bristol district commented on the incident. "Criminals won't be tolerated in Bristol and we will keep catching them and bringing them before the courts," he said. "We get such excellent images from these cameras that there is often, and never more so than in this case, no doubt who the criminal is and what they are doing. When faced with such evidence, there is no other way to go than 'guilty'."

"The photographs don't just lead us to the person breaking into the car either. Further police work has also led us on many occasions to the handlers of the stolen property and people the car criminal is working with. We have also received information from members of the public through Crimestoppers where they have reported stolen property being sold on the streets, door-to-door or in local pubs," Wylie continued. "The covert car has been a magnificent asset to the teams working to reduce car crime happening and those arresting car criminals. "

"We will continue to play our part but members of the public can still help us in reducing the opportunity for thieves; don't leave valuables on display in your vehicle and, better still; take them out of the car completely."

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Press Release: "Incriminating tattoo leads to imprisonment of car criminal (Bristol)" — Avon and Somerset Constabulary, October 7, 2008
"Tattoo clue led police to thief" — BBC News Online, October 7, 2008

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Storms hit UK, five dead

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:13 GMT

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Five people have now died from the storms that hit the United Kingdom today and yesterday.

One of the dead was a 27-year-old man from Stroud. He died while working in a construction site. A trench he was working in collapsed, with his death being caused by the five tonnes of soil that buried him. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

A motorcyclist was killed yesterday when crashing into a tree off the A66 due to the heavy gales.

A seventeen year old was killed after the vehicle she was traveling in was overturned. She was traveling with two others, who are currently still alive. Inspector Robert Price of Dyfed-Powys Police described the incident. "A 4x4 overturned and came to rest in a river. Three people have been airlifted to Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, two of them suffering from hypothermia. One casualty tragically died following arrival at the hospital."

Two other people were also killed for different reasons.

The United Kingdom's government weather agency, the Met Office, yesterday put much of the UK on flood alert with severe weather warnings for the majority of England and Wales and much of Northern Ireland.

The office said that a total of ten regions have a greater than eighty percent chance of "severe or extreme weather." These regions were Southwest Scotland, Lothian and Borders, Northern Ireland, Wales, Northwest England, Northeast England, Yorkshire and Humber, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, Southwest England and London and Southeast England.

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"U.K. Endures Heavy Downpours; One Killed in Wales Accident" — Bloomberg L.P., September 6, 2008
"Weather: Five die as heavy rain batters Britain" — The Daily Telegraph, September 6, 2008
"Storm Chaos: UK On Flood Alert" — Sky News, September 5, 2008
"Autumn storm wreaks havoc" — Press Association, September 5, 2008
Press Release: "Weather warnings overview" — Met Office, Retrieved September 5, 2008

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Bristol Organic Food Festival 2008 lauched, 100 thousand expected to attend

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:04:00 GMT

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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Millennium Square was filled with different stalls for the festival
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The Bristol Organic Food Festival, which is Europe's largest festival for organic food, launched today in Bristol. Wikinews reported from the event.

The event was opened at 11:00 local time (10:00 UTC) by Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association, who said that the festival was " the benchmark for what I hope will be the future development of festivals all over the country."

The event includes a large farmers market, music, and a variety of different features run by 212 organic food and drink related organisations from the region.

Other events that took place today within the festival incuded a BBC run stall promoting organic food, and several stalls which encouraged young children to eat organic food, including a 'cookery bus,' which showed children how to cook different foods.

The festival takes place as sales of organic food in the UK are starting to fall. Research has found that organic food sales have fallen by 8.1% over the last year.

The event was launched despite the heavy rain which has occurred throughout the day in Bristol.

"People have got less money, their ordinary food shopping has gone through the roof; they're cutting out luxuries. And I'm afraid organic is a luxury," said economic analyst Ben Yearsley. This downturn in the organic food market has meant that some companies, such as WholeFoods Market are planning to close some of their stores. WholeFoods Market are one of the organisations that displayed at the festival.

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Dave Harvey. "Is the organic party over?" — BBC News Online, September 5, 2008

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Bristol Harbour Festival 2008 lauched, 200 thousand expected to attend

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:15:02 GMT

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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The Bristol Harbour Festival 2008, which is expected to have 200,000 people attending over the weekend, has been launched in the British city of Bristol. The event features a variety of different bands and circus acts. The festival resulted in the closure of some of the roads in the centre of Bristol. Well known ships from the Royal Navy were also displayed in the event.

The market at the festival
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Organisers have claimed that the event is the biggest free event in the South West of England. The director of the event told BBC News that "it is a unique opportunity for a weekend of celebrations of the Bristol harbourside and its yachting and shipping history."

Bristol was a major port in the 18th and 19th century, and the city's involvement in the slave trade, and its abolition in 1807 has been highlighted in previous years of the festival, which was launched in 1871.

The police presence at the festival was high, although no higher than in previous years.

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"Tall ships arrive for festival" — BBC News Online, August 1, 2008

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British doctor killed while on honeymoon

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:08:30 GMT

Thursday, July 31, 2008

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"Scotland Yard asked to help in inquiry into murder of Catherine Mullany" — Times Online, July 31, 2008

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