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Diving hopefuls can’t take the plunge

Tim Walters — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:39:39 +0000

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Crash sparks M6 chaos

Tim Walters — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:16:09 +0000

A lorry driver had to be cut free from his cab then flown to hospital in a rescue operation lasting more than two hours on the M6.

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Lily, 81, hurt by broken-paving fall

Tim Walters — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:38:41 +0000

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Lenders cash in on home buyers

Tim Walters — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:35:27 +0000

There was a time when building societies were mutual organisations, dedicated to helping people become home owners at the lowest possible price.

When mortgages were in short supply, your loyalty as a saver would be rewarded with a loan. Charges would be so small they were hardly noticed.

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Number’s up for super casino

Tim Walters — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:03:49 +0000

It didn’t take long for Gordon Brown to start sawing the legs off Tony Blair’s legacy.

And the first one on the rubbish heap is the ludicrous idea that you can regenerate an area of abject poverty by sticking a great big casino in the middle of it.

It was the ideal target for our new Prime Minister: the famously prudent Iron Chancellor is the son of a Church of Scotland … [visit site to read more]

House boom will end in tears

Chris Leggett — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:50:16 +0000

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It’s the new Gordon McFluffy

Ian Harvey — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:55:57 +0000

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Brown has last fling

Ian Harvey — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:22:31 +0000

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Bulldozing Olde England

Matt Lever — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:30:45 +0000

Labour and the Conservatives are today desperately trying to outdo each other with their green policies.

Tory leader David Cameron announces plans for council-tax reductions for people who install double glazing.

Prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown has doubled the … [visit site to read more]

Posh nosh on the menu

Matt Lever — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:30:19 +0000

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Stop pussyfooting about race

Matt Lever — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:30:52 +0000

A drunken woman fights with a police officer and he restrains her. Today, the officer has been suspended pending a civil claim for damages by the woman.

Meanwhile, a Conservative front-bencher who served in the Army for 25 years condemns “lazy and useless soldiers” who use dubious excuses for their failings.

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Home help charges a disgrace

Matt Lever — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:00:36 +0000

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