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Council aims to acquire former Dambusters base with plans for new aerospace jobs

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (504+ words) A council has unanimously agreed to press forward with plans to buy the former home of the RAF's Dambusters squadron, hailing the project as a once-in-a-generation regeneration opportunity. West Lindsey District Council said the decision over the former RAF Scampton…...

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David Ellis reviews Cafe Kowloon: Mischief is encouraged

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (146+ words) Review at a glance: " That impish encouragement tops the menu, too. Pointed out by staff are the two "5 "sips, thimble-sized stiffeners to get things going. If the lime leaf white lady was a little plain " just gin and citrus " the…...

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More security in London schools 'if needed' after Brent stabbings, says minister

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (644+ words) The Government "won't hesitate" to increase security in schools if shortcomings are identified by the investigation into the Brent stabbings, says a minister. Schools standards minister Georgia Gould, MP for Queen's Park and Maida Vale, told how the attacks at…...

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Two boys, 12 and 13, stabbed at London school

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (618+ words) Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have been stabbed at a school in Brent, north-west London, and officers are searching for a teenage suspect, the Metropolitan Police said. Police were called to the scene at Kingsbury High School in Bacon Lane at…...

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Ronnie Scott's unveils new upstairs revamp and future members' club plans

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago  (609+ words) As London nightlife seems to be continually under threat, it is therefore a joy to find Ronnie's not simply surviving but revamping and expanding. Upstairs at Ronnie's has this week relaunched with a stunning new refurbishment " and this is far…...

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Ronnie Scott's unveil new upstairs revamp and future members' club plans

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (635+ words) As London nightlife seems to be continually under threat, it is therefore a joy to find Ronnie's not simply surviving but revamping and expanding. Upstairs at Ronnie's has this week relaunched with a stunning new refurbishment " and this is far…...

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De Montfort University ‘devastated’ after fatal stabbing of student

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1012+ words) A university said it is "devastated" after one of its students was killed in a stabbing just yards from its campus. Police were called just after 5pm on Tuesday after a report that a man in his 20s had collapsed in Oxford…...

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Body of British tourist found on beach in Australia after search

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (555+ words) The body of a British man was found on an Australian beach after he had been missing for a week. Police were called to the scene on Billy's Beach in Corunna after receiving reports of a body that had been…...

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Woman in her 60s dies after ‘getting into difficulty’ off UK beach

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (398+ words) A woman in her 60s has died and two other swimmers were taken to hospital after getting into difficulty at sea at a popular UK beach. Witnesses raced to help the trio who got into difficulty at Helen's Bay in County…...

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Family caused ‘indescribable distress’ by health board’s admission, inquiry told

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1162+ words) A health board's change in position on the possible cause of infections at a flagship hospital has caused "indescribable distress" to the family of a patient who died, an inquiry has heard. The grief of Molly Cuddihy's parents was "further…...