They were Tarmacing the pavements down the narrow street in north Coventry, much to the irritation of groups of bike-riding schoolchildren enjoying the start of a hot, glorious summer holiday.
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£172m worth of ashes? Fears that stolen art works could have been 'burned in stove'
Thursday 18 July 2013
Traces of canvas, paint and nails found in oven of suspect in multi-million pound art heist
How the CIA ‘un-tortured’ 9/11 bomber Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in strange tale of the al-Qa'ida vacuum cleaner
Friday 12 July 2013
Revealed: The extraordinary extent of efforts to rehabilitate mastermind behind terror attacks
Radu Vasile: Politician who as Romania's prime minister paved his country's way into the EU
Friday 05 July 2013
Radu Vasile, who died of colon cancer on 3 June, was a former Romanian prime minister who helped pave the way for his country's accession to the European Union but was finally brought down by political feuding and protests against economic reforms he struggled to implement.
Opera's 'dream couple' in domestic violence claim: Soprano Angel Gheorghiu says tenor husband subjected her to years of beatings
Tuesday 02 July 2013
She says Robert Alagna was violent in front of family and left her unable to sing
The Romanians at heart of UK tech boom
Saturday 29 June 2013
Eastern European immigrants won’t all steal British jobs
The Romanians at heart of UK tech boom
Saturday 29 June 2013
Eastern European immigrants won’t all steal British jobs
Aircraft sent to help survivors of Montenegro bus crash that has killed 18 and left more injured
Monday 24 June 2013
Bus carrying Romanian tourists fell from notorious bridge
Foreign-born men more likely to be in work than British counterparts - and migrant workers earn UK £7bn annual boost
Thursday 13 June 2013
Male migrants in the UK have had higher levels of employment than 'native-born men' from 2007
Suspected Jamaican rapist banned from UK for a decade as police employ new tactic
Friday 07 June 2013
Victory for new police unit Operation Nexus raises concerns at criminal cases being shifted to immigration
Ukip leader Nigel Farage brands John Bercow a 'disgrace' for saying eastern European migrants are better workers than Britons
Wednesday 05 June 2013
Anti-EU MEP says Bercow broke rules of the impartiality
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow under fire over migrant comments
Wednesday 05 June 2013
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has come under fire after suggesting that eastern European immigrants have more "aptitude and commitment" to work than British people.
Andy McSmith's Diary: It wasn’t ‘just like that’ in Tommy Cooper’s day
Tuesday 04 June 2013
As MPs gathered after the half-term break, you could hear the question whizzing around the building: “Do you know who they are?” The reference was to a mystery story festooned across the front of the Mail on Sunday about an extramarital affair between two unnamed famous people.
James Moore: CBI right to be jittery
over European exit
Tuesday 21 May 2013
There’s a risk in the CBI entering the European debate. Britain is in a sullen and surly mood right now.
Video: Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Sunday 19 May 2013
Sweden were the hosts for the latest edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, with Denmark claiming the title. The outfits worn are a big part of the night, so watch the winning video and a selection of the performances from the night below.
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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