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15-year-old to become youngest Cambridge student for two centuries

Fri, 2010-09-03 08:13
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
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15-year-old to become youngest Cambridge student for two centuries

Fri, 2010-09-03 08:13
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
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Police target football hooligans

Fri, 2010-09-03 07:55
Known football hooligans are targeted by Avon and Somerset police ahead of England's Euro 2012 qualifying game in Switzerland next week.
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Police target football hooligans

Fri, 2010-09-03 07:55
Known football hooligans are targeted by Avon and Somerset police ahead of England's Euro 2012 qualifying game in Switzerland next week.
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Four charged in assault inquiry

Fri, 2010-09-03 07:39
A 16-year-old and three men are charged with false imprisonment and assault after an incident in Suffolk.
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Man is arrested after farm fires

Fri, 2010-09-03 07:34
A man is arrested on suspicion of arson after three farms are attacked within 24 hours.
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Shifting sands

Fri, 2010-09-03 07:26
WWII bomber to be raised after 70 years buried in a sandbank
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Mourners gather for sea death boy

Fri, 2010-09-03 07:14
Mourners will gather later for the funeral of a 17-year-old boy who died trying to save a teenage girl in the sea off Whitby.
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Wave Hub due to be placed in sea

Fri, 2010-09-03 06:33
Engineers behind a £42m wave energy scheme in Cornwall plan to lower a giant electrical socket on to the sea bed later.
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Town secures £100m redevelopment

Fri, 2010-09-03 06:26
Proposals to redevelop part of Rochdale town centre secure a £100m injection of funding.
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Teenager hurt in 25ft cliff fall

Fri, 2010-09-03 06:05
A teenage holidaymaker is in hospital after plunging 25 feet from a cliff in north Cornwall.
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Missing boy found safe and well

Fri, 2010-09-03 05:51
A four-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by his foster parents in Lincolnshire is found safe and well by police.
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Olympic Morris dancing?

Fri, 2010-09-03 05:48
Coe's quip leads to 100-strong Southbank display
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Big improvement in 999 responses

Fri, 2010-09-03 00:53
A health watchdog reports a marked improvement in 999 response times at Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
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School lottery 'failed in aim'

Thu, 2010-09-02 23:49
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
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Beckham eyes 11 September return

Thu, 2010-09-02 22:09
Former England captain David Beckham hopes to play for the LA Galaxy against Columbus Crew on 11 September.
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Sorting office threatens 400 jobs

Thu, 2010-09-02 20:26
Plans to modernise postal services in Kent could lead to 400 jobs being cut and the closure of four sorting offices.
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M4 closed after 10-vehicle crash

Thu, 2010-09-02 19:22
The M4 in Berkshire is closed in one direction after an accident involving up to 10 vehicles.
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Birth paramedic 'refused to help'

Thu, 2010-09-02 18:46
An ambulance paramedic put the life of a baby at risk by refusing to take the mother to hospital because they were on a break, a tribunal hears.
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Tin helmet councillor suspended

Thu, 2010-09-02 18:13
A district councillor who wore a tin helmet and waved a Canadian flag as part of a land dispute protest is suspended.
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