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David Cameron backs Tory chief over ‘loons’ quip
DAVID Cameron last night gave his backing to Lord Feldman after the Tory chairman denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots party activists as “swivel-eyed loons”.
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Scouts told to be prepared for jail over knives
FOR more than a century its young recruits have been urged to “be prepared”. But now Scouts have been told they can expect to be arrested if they are found carrying a knife, even on a campsite.
12 commentsRelatives demand answers after British child dies
RELATIVES of a five-year-old British girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt said yesterday that they are angry and hurt that more was not done to save her.
The best of Abba outsells Beatles
ABBA’S greatest hits collection has overtaken the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to become the UK’s second-biggest selling album of all time, according to the Official Charts Company.
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Rod Stewart uses steroids that nearly killed him
IT WAS an addiction which threatened to bring his half-century of stardom to an abrupt and tragic end. But Rod Stewart has revealed he still relies on the steroids which almost cost him his life.
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SNP MPs to block move for early EU vote
SNP MPs will reject Eurosceptic Tory moves to introduce an early EU referendum that would take place before Scotland had time to achieve independence from the rest of the UK.
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Independence: Brown urges Scots not to give up on UK
GORDON Brown will return to front-line political campaigning tomorrow by spearheading Labour’s bid to keep Scotland within the UK, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
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Timorous Beasties accuse Topshop of ‘rip-off onesie’
ONE of Scotland’s leading design companies has accused a high-street giant of creating a “rip-off” of one of its most famous patterns.
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Independence: Sturgeon - ‘no’ vote is a ‘gamble’
NICOLA Sturgeon will warn Scottish voters tomorrow that a “no” to independence next year is a “gamble” that will pave the way to a “bleak” future of poorer children, longer working hours and a broken welfare state, as she turns her fire back on those supporting the UK.
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UK post offices ‘at risk of closure’
STRUGGLING post offices are facing an “extremely uncertain future” because of falling incomes and a lack of new work, according to a survey.
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Louis Walsh to form One Direction rivals
X Factor judge Louis Walsh has announced plans to form a new boy band to rival One Direction.
G7 countries firm on tax evasion, claims Osborne
THE G7 group of industrialised nations has agreed that there must be collective action against tax evasion and avoidance, George Osborne has said.
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Scottish independence: Battle over family finance
THE UK government is planning a “relentless” offensive on the impact that Scottish independence will have on household finances as the marathon campaign marks 500 days to go until the referendum.
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Nigel Evans: Rape accusers were my friends
Deputy Commons Speaker Nigel Evans has spoken for the first time about his arrest on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, saying the claims are “completely false”.
Coronation Street’s Liz Dawn suffers heart attack
Coronation Street actress Liz Dawn who became a household name as Vera Duckworth has suffered a heart attack, it has been reported.
Hall’s home put in wife’s name ‘to avoid costs’
DISGRACED television presenter Stuart Hall has been accused of avoiding a payout to his child abuse victims by signing over his £1.2 million house to wife, it was reported yesterday.
Major airlines copy no-frills rivals’ charges
THE days of the all-inclusive air fare are numbered, as traditional airlines move towards the introduction of budget-style extra charges, experts have warned passengers.
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One in five households use savings to pay bills
ONE in five households were forced to use their savings to buy food last month, amid spiralling bills and squeezed household incomes, a report has revealed.
Local elections: Cameron urged to cut Etonian links
PRIME Minister David Cameron has been urged to ditch his Etonian advisers and honour his pledge to hold a referendum on EU membership to counter the appeal of the UK Independence Party in the aftermath of council elections in England.
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Independence: ‘Voters want clarity on big issues’
VOTERS want more certainty about how the big issues will be handled by both sides before the independence referendum and want the Scottish and UK governments to hold talks before next year’s poll, according to data published today.
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First UK-based RAF drone missions take place
ARMED drone missions over Afghanistan have been flown by RAF pilots operating on British soil for the first time.
4 commentsBoris Johnson urges support for third Heathrow runway
MAYOR of London Boris Johnson yesterday urged the government to resist the “great Moloch of aviation capacity” and rule out a third runway at Heathrow before the next election.
6 commentsPM adviser defends his Eton claim
AN ADVISER to the Prime Minister has defended an interview in which he said Eton’s “ethos” of public service was why so many former pupils were in top positions in government.
5 commentsTributes to teen killed in ‘hen party’ crash
TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to the teenager who was killed in a horrific motorway crash involving a minibus taking a group of women to a hen party.
British rower takes on challenge of North Pacific
A BRITISH adventurer yesterday began her second attempt to become the first person to row solo from Japan to Canada.
Scots helm London Fire drama
A TELEVISION drama depicting one of the nation’s greatest disasters will be filmed later this year, ITV said yesterday.
Credit cards bridging payday gaps
ALMOST half of British consumers are relying on credit cards to bridge the gap between paydays, a report has claimed.
Primark urged to compensate building collapse victims
PROTESTERS targeted Primark’s flagship store yesterday to demand compensation for workers killed when a factory complex collapsed in Bangladesh.
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