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Interview with Kozzie, the young veteran
Lewisham MC Kozzie may be young, but when he speaks about his experiences in the grime scene you wou...
Social media keeps Mexico’s elites in check
A Mexican police officer has been fired after a YouTube video showing him humiliating a child sparke...
Children’s Book Blog: Recommended read – The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious villain tasked with murdering an entire family finds his mission thwarted when the youn...
Eastern Electrics: Owner Rob Star on the UK’s biggest ever underground dance festival
This weekend one of the UK's biggest ever underground electric music festivals takes place on the ha...
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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Apocalyptic images reveal the shocking scale of devastation in Syria
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David Cameron's Tories are still the 'nasty party', says ex-aide Derek Laud
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Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'
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EU warrant opt-out 'could free Julian Assange': Campaigners warn of four-month loophole before UK rejoins treaty
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'An absolutely ridiculous idea': Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales rejects David Cameron's online porn filter plan
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