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Ben Kinsella wrote to Gordon Brown about knife violence before his fatal stabbing
Ben Kinsella, a teenager stabbed to death last week, had written a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to wipe out knife crime a few weeks before his death.
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Will Anglican debate end in fudge or schism?
As the Church of England's elders go into battle over women bishops and
homosexuality, Neil Tweedie assesses the mood in the parishes
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Church of England urged to "disagree in love" over women bishops
The Church of England has been urged to be an example of how Christians can "disagree in love" as it debates plans for women bishops that threaten to tear it apart.
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Hundreds of innocent people 'wrongly branded criminals', by CRB checks
Hundreds of innocent people have been wrongly branded as criminals by the
Government agency set up to vet people working with children, The Daily
Telegraph can disclose.
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Cocaine energy drink comes to UK
Cocaine, a controversial US energy drink, containing 350per cent more caffeine
than Red Bull, is preparing its UK launch, according to a new report.
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Gordon Brown won't holiday in Cliff Richard's Barbados villa
The bags under Gordon Brown's eyes may look heavier than ever these days, but
Mandrake hears that he is unlikely to avail of the lavish hospitality of Sir
Cliff Richard.
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Bungled post-mortem leaves windpipe in wrong body
A mother has spoken of her anger that a bungled post-mortem saw her son's windpipe removed and sewn into a different body.
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Protecting our children should be police priority
We are only half way through the year and already almost as many young men
have been stabbed to death in London as in the whole of 2007.
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Moon mistaken for UFO
Police in Wales were called to investigate a mysterious flying saucer, only to
discover it was the moon.
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Deputy London mayor Ray Lewis resigns
The resignation of Ray Lewis as deputy mayor to Boris Johnson came after his past caught up with him.
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Polyclinics will damage patient care, say doctors
Doctors in the NHS believe polyclinics are a waste of money and will damage
patient care, research carried out for the Telegraph has disclosed.
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Knife crime overtakes terrorism as number one priority for police
Fighting the knife crime epidemic has overtaken terrorism as the top priority
for police in London, a senior officer disclosed as details emerged of the
18th teenager murdered in the capital this year.
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Labour stalling on new railway carriages, Conservatives claim
Rail passengers are facing a long wait for the 1,300 extra carriages promised
to ease overcrowding, the Conservatives have claimed.
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Ray Lewis resigns as deputy London mayor to Boris Johnson over magistrate claims
Ray Lewis has said he will resign as deputy to Boris Johnson, the mayor of
London, after his claim to be a serving magistrate was contradicted by a
government department.
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Second council admits using anti-terror surveillance over school places
A second council in England has admitted using powers intended for
anti-terrorism surveillance to spy on a family believed to be lying on a
school application form.
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Human Rights Watch: 42-day terror detention 'unnecessary and counter-productive'
Government plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to 42 days
are "unnecessary, disproportionate and counter-productive" and
should be rejected in the House of Lords next week, Human Rights Watch said
in a report.
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Ray Lewis set to resign as deputy London mayor to Boris Johnson over magistrate claims
Ray Lewis is thought to be poised to resign as deputy to Boris Johnson, the
mayor of London, after his claim to be a serving magistrate was contradicted
by a government department.
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Delay formal school lessons until 6 years old, experts say
Children should not start formal education until the age of six , according to
the Government's own advisors.
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Boy tied to tree, made to drink petrol and set alight, detectives say
A 17-year-old boy died after being tied to a tree, made to drink petrol and
then set on fire, detectives have said.
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Gay Anglican vicars embroil the Queen in new controversy over homosexuality
The two gay vicars whose church marriage blessing plunged the Anglican
communion into fresh turmoil over homosexuality have triggered a new
controversy which threatens to embroil the Queen.
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Expenses reform rebel minister made £200,000 from flat
The former Labour minister who led the rebellion against reforming MPs'
expenses made a windfall of almost £200,000 last year from selling a flat
which could have been funded by his taxpayer-funded expenses, the Telegraph
can disclose.
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Injured soldiers to get new military ward
Injured soldiers are to benefit from a new military ward being built to
replace the beleaguered Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM).
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Four-year-olds 'should be given compulsory sex education'
Children as young as four should be given compulsory sex education lessons, according to three charities advising the government on how to cut teenage abortion rates.
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ETS Europe: The company behind the marking "fiasco"
ETS Europe won a contract in February 2007 to mark school tests for 11 and 14-year-olds.
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Top Gear's James May and Richard Hammond 'may leave' BBC motoring show
The future of Top Gear, the BBC's popular motoring programme, has been thrown
into doubt after reports that James May and Richard Hammond may leave the
show.
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