MP Fiona Mactaggart's £14K For Comic Relief

An MP owes more than £14,000 to Comic Relief after promising to donate £1 for every retweet of an appeal. Labour's Fiona Mactaggart posted on Twitter soon after 8pm on Friday that she would put up the cash for every person who backed her pledge on the...

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Jessie J Has Hair Shaved Off For Charity

Singer Jessie J said goodbye to her famous locks when she had her head shaved to help raise money for a good cause. The Price Tag star underwent the daring deed on live TV during Red Nose Day. Comedian Lenny Henry started off the process of cutting...

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Victoria Cross Award For L/Cpl James Ashworth

A soldier killed protecting his comrades in Afghanistan is to be awarded the Victoria Cross - the UK's top bravery medal. Lance Corporal James Ashworth's courage was hailed as "beyond words" by friends who served with him until his death last June....

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Primary School Teacher On Child Sex Charges

A primary school teacher has appeared in court charged with sex offences against children. The 31-year-old defendant was said by North Yorkshire Police to have worked in three primary schools in York. The man, who appeared before magistrates in the...

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Pope Francis Wants 'Church For The Poor'

Profile: The Chemist Who Became A Pope Updated: 1:17pm UK, Thursday 14 March 2013 Francis is the first ever pope from the Americas, an austere Jesuit intellectual who modernised Argentina's conservative Roman Catholic Church. Known until Wednesday...

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Sick Morrissey: Remaining US Tour Dates Axed

Former Smiths frontman Morrissey has cancelled the remaining 22 dates of his US tour because of continuing ill health. The singer has been suffering from mounting problems in recent months, including a bleeding ulcer, a condition of the oesophagus and...

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Missing Prisoner John Anslow Arrested In Cyprus

A prisoner who had been missing since he escaped from a police escort van in January 2012 has been arrested in Northern Cyprus. John Anslow, 32, had been wanted by police since he absconded near HMP Hewell in Worcestershire while on his way to court....

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Cameron Urges Party To Fight On For Britain

David Cameron has faced down critics within his own party and urged the Tories to focus on the fight against Labour. The Prime Minister used a speech to the party's Spring Conference to insist he was sticking to traditional Tory values after a...

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Cyprus Bailout: Savers Lose Money In EU Deal

Cyprus Savings Raid Crosses Rubicon Updated: 4:04pm UK, Saturday 16 March 2013 By Ed Conway, Economics Editor Back in 1941, with the memory of the Great Depression still weighing heavy, an American wrote into the Federal Reserve with an idea....

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India: Tourist Gang-Raped And Husband Beaten

A Swiss tourist has been gang-raped in India during a cycling trip in the country with her husband. The pair were in the impoverished Madhya Pradesh state when they were attacked by seven to eight men while they were camping. The perpetrators tied...

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