Police injured smothering a man on fire
Surrey: Two police officers were taken to hospital after using their own bodies to smother flames engulfing a knife-wielding man who had set himself ablaze.
Police had been called after the 23-year-old man threatened to attack fellow residents of a home in Cranleigh with a knife late last night.
London: A vigil was due to be held today in memory of an 18-year-old student fatally stabbed yards from his home.
Frederick Moody Boateng died in Lambeth last week.
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Weather for Edinburgh
Thursday 16 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 5 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 5 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west

