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Lawyers treatment of gang grooming victims prompts call for reform
"I want to ask you once more why you are telling lies?" demands defence barrister Tayyab Khan. He is cross-examining a witness on her evidence relating to the multiple violent rapes she suffered at the instigation of a child-grooming gang operating in the West Midlands."No," she says. "I'm not telling lies." She breaks down, but the court transcript shows the ...
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Jobseekers and benefits data release postponed by DWP
benefits as a result of a tougher sanctions regime introduced by the coalition in October.The DWP said there were "some significant doubts about the quality of the new regime statistics", due to have been published this week, adding it was not possible to give a date when they would be in a form fit to print.Ministers have also suspended planned publication of the figures from ...
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Workfare placements must be made public tribunal rules
The DWP has been ordered to publish the names of firms taking part in the controversial schemes. The setback follows a recent ruling that staff had been unlawfully made to work unpaid for organisations including Poundland. Photograph: Martin Argles for the ...
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Man mugged outside 24 Hour Fitness
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO -; A man in his 30s was beaten and robbed outside the 24 Hour Fitness at Horton Plaza on Sunday morning, the San Diego Police Department ...
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Alexander Fury ‘Issie’ Blow the pioneer who gave us style – and bags of it
As you may or may not have heard, the life and wardrobe of the late Isabella Blow will be celebrated in an exhibition entitled Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, opening at London's Somerset House in ...
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Test your beer logo IQ
The first long weekend to kickstart summer is here. Family get-togethers, BBQS and a drink or two will be on the agenda for many Canadians. To whet your appetite, we've got a beer quiz for you. How many of these logos can you ...
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Motherlode Blog Ending the Secrecy of a Child’s Addiction
Almost two years ago my wife and I became aware that our 22-year-old son, William, was using heroin. At the time he was already seeing a psychotherapist. Over the next two years we added an addiction psychiatrist, out-patient treatment, treatment with Suboxone, in-patient detox, in-patient treatment, out-patient treatment, out-patient detox, treatment with Vivitrol, more out-patient treatment, ...
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SNL A Lovely Day ends an era
career during his last show 10 years ago.) I’d say that mark was met — and possibly exceeded — by the closing sketch of tonight’s show, in which Fred Armisen (as punk rocker Ian Rubbish, first introduced when Vince Vaughn hosted a few weeks ago) sang a sweet original tune filled with simple, evocative lyrics like, ';It’s been all right, I’ve had a lovely ...
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Rock Hall of Fame Blah blah BLAH
Image Credit: Kevin Kane/HBO It’s always been a great irony of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that induction ceremonies might be the least rock ‘n’ roll thing ever. But Public Enemy, Rush, Heart, Donna Summer, Quincy Jones, Lou Adler, Albert King, and Randy Newman took their spots in the canon last night — the actual ceremony happened at L.A.’s Nokia Theater in ...
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Three killed in Vegas highway crash wrong-way driver blamed
Three people were killed and four others were critically injured Sunday in a collision involving an apparent wrong-way driver in Las Vegas, police said. The Nevada Highway Patrol said an Acura was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 15 and plowed into an oncoming sport utility vehicle. Both drivers and a passenger in the SUV were killed. Four others were taken to hospitals in ...
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Lifestyle Facebook blocks social suicide app
Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded ...
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Law Minister Kapil Sibal speaks to Sports Minister Jitendra Singh proposes anti-fixing law
New Delhi : In the wake of controversy over spot-fixing in IPL matches, the Sports Ministry has started holding consultations with the Law Ministry to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports."Yes, I talked to (Sports Minister) Jitendra Singh.We will soon draft a new law to deal with the malice of betting," Law Minister Kapil Sibal told PTI in New Delhi today.He said the ...
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Government mulling a new law to deal with betting in sports
Yes, I talked to (Sports Minister) Jitendra Singh.We will soon draft a new law to deal with the malice of betting," Law Minister Kapil Sibal ...
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Sports Roman Abramovich to pay over £30m for Wayne Rooney
Chelsea claim Roman Abramovich would be prepared to splash out over 30million for Rooney and match his 250,000-a-week United salary. It is believed Abramovich is determined not to be outbid by Paris Saint-Germain for Rooney and will blow any interest from Arsenal out of the ...
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Sports CHELSEA are set to sell Fernando Torres
And that is why Chelsea hope today's match against Everton will be his final one. Overall, Torres has 34 goals in 130 appearances since signing from Liverpool in January 2011. That equals more than 2m a goal when you add his 22m pay to the 50m transfer fee. Incoming boss Jose Mourinho wants a new-look attack and hopes to splash 70m on Napoli star Edinson Cavani and Bayer Leverkusen's ...
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Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting. Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won the event, watched by around 125 million people across Europe, with 281 points while German act Cascada was 21st ...
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Pope warns Church against closing in on itself
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by more than 200,000 people, urging the faithful to be open and present in a new and changing ...
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Hundreds of students athletes get free sports physicals
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Local physicians helped hundreds of South Mississippi high school students wanting to throw, kick or dribble a ball get the medical all clear to play. Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists and Encore Rehabilitation gave free sports physicals to 1,400 students on Saturday for the 2014 - 2015 school year. The students attend 14 high schools in Harrison and Jackson counties. ...
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Sports Ferdinand to sign new Man Utd deal
The deal - approved by incoming manager David Moyes - ends any doubts over the future of the 34-year-old, who would have been out of contract next ...
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Sport picture of the day David Beckham bows out in Paris
At the point where David Beckham sees his number is up during the second half of PSG's Ligue 1 match against Brest, the former England midfielder becomes emotional, applauding the crowd as he is ...
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Be Awesome Modern Life for Modern Ladies by Hadley Freeman – review
Like Ephron's non-fiction books, it's a series of anecdotes dressed up as a survival guide: "Sex tips for smart ladies; Every dating guide you'll ever need; But do you like him?" It's packed with cultural references: Nancy ...
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Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg – review
Melvyn Bragg 's latest novel, the 71-year-old John coaxes his 92-year-old mother into a chorus of the Hokey Cokey. "Their voices rose and the nurse who had stopped outside beckoned a fellow nurse and her patient in a wheelchair to listen." Slowly the song builds momentum: "The audience and the chorus swelled along the corridors of the nursing home as they all sang." ...
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Top beers for outdoor adventures this summer
Being outdoors beer in hand – it's the definition of what long weekends ought to be about. As much fun as it can be to let it all hang out for a few days, it’s important to remember that there are some activities that don’t mesh well with drinking beer. Any activity that involves an outboard motor is the kind that you should not mix alcohol with. Same goes for fireworks. ...
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Mutko Lauds Rebirth of Sports Units in Russian Army
MOSCOW, May 19 (R-Sport) - Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has hailed the arrival of the first all-athlete military units since Soviet times. Thirty-six athletes who could represent Russia at the Sochi Olympics took their military oath Sunday at Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. "Sports units are the right decision from the point of view of the economy and the strategy for ...
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I dont want children but worry my husband is getting broody
A young woman loves her lifestyle too much to want children, but worries that her husband feels differently. Mariella Frostrup says suffragettes did not fight for such shallow ...
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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