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Jeff Overs was stopped by police after taking a picture of St Paul's Cathedral

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Mark Hughes and Jerome Taylor: Police warned over misuse of terror laws to stop innocent photographers

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Bin Laden son fails in UK marriage bid  new

Thursday, 3 December 2009

The son of al-Qa'ida terrorist Osama bin Laden has failed in his bid to come to Britain to get married, it was revealed today.

A worker at a palm oil plantation near Kuala Lumpur

Waitrose makes sustainable palm oil pledge

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Martin Hickman: Supermarket responds to environmental concerns about its policy.

Fiona Pilkington, left, and her daughter Francecca Hardwick suffered years of abuse at the hands of a 16-strong gang

Action on disability hate crimes

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Councils that fail to offer adequate protection will be sued, equalities body warns

The 5p toll bridge is sold for £1.08m  new

Thursday, 3 December 2009

A toll bridge over the River Thames was sold for £1,080,000 at auction today.

Tips 'still being counted towards wages'

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Hospitality employers are still abusing the tips system despite Government moves to stop them being counted as part of workers' wages, a leading union claimed today.

Councils' adult care provision under scrutiny

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Councils with the lowest quality adult social care services in the country were named and shamed by regulators today.

Cyclists three times more likely to die on UK roads than abroad

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Britain urged to follow example of bicycle-friendly Holland where fatality rates are much lower

Union warns over cuts in Tube checks

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Union leaders warned today that safety standards on London Underground were being cut to "dangerous levels" over moves to reduce inspections of escalators on a busy Tube line.

Two killed in Birmingham house blaze

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Two people were found dead today and a third was being treated for minor burns after a severe house fire.

Trains hit as industrial unit burns

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Train services faced disruption and around 250 homes were being evacuated today following a blaze involving acetylene cylinders at an industrial unit.

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