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Men ‘plotted suicide attack more deadly than 7/7’
Three men from Birmingham are accused of planning a suicide bombing campaign that according to the prosecution could have been more deadly than the 2005 London attacks.
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21/7 bombers to appeal as doubt cast on trial evidence
A former principal scientist at the Government’s forensic explosives laboratory says he raised concerns before the trial about the reliability of expert findings used by the prosecution.
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Ethiopian premier Meles Zenawi dies at 57
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies at the age of 57, state media says. State television in Ethiopia said he died after contracting a sudden infection.
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Olympic archive: sprinter Alan Wells (1978)
Two years before the 1980 Games, Scottish sprinter Alan Wells revealed to ITN that his ambition was to prove himself a “reasonable sprinter”. He went on to win gold and silver medals in Moscow.
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Olympic archive: building chaos in Montreal (1976)
With the 1976 games only months away, ITN’s Michael Brunson was dispatched to Montreal, where a flight over the Olympic Stadium revealed huge gaps between sections of the building.
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Border Agency has 275,000 case backlog
The troubled UK Border Agency faces a backlog of cases equivalent to the population of Newcastle, MPs warn.
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Deep Purple’s Jon Lord dies at 71
English rocker Jon Lord, who founded Deep Purple and co-wrote their most famous song, Smoke On The Water, dies aged 71.
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Pakistan airline chief in custody after crash kills 127
Pakistani minister blames airline for buying a 30-year-old “rickshaw” to fly passengers to their death but airline boss says heavy winds caused crash.
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FactCheck: Why the 17 euro members can’t stick two fingers up to the EU
As David Cameron slugged away on a deal to save the eurozone, David Davis hit the airwaves to insist that the PM should put his foot down should any seperate deal be tabled by the 17 euro members. All Cameron has to do is “point out the legalities”, Davis said, adding that the idea of a plan that didn’t include all 27 members was “not feasible”. Is he right or could the 17 go it alone?
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Northern Rock sold to Virgin for £747m
Northern Rock will be sold to Virgin Money for an initial £747m, at an estimated loss of over £400m to the taxpayer. But the government insists it was the best deal on the table.
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Just 27 per cent of drought aid money going to Somalia
The Disasters Emergency Committee tells Channel 4 News that just over a quarter of money it has raised towards the Horn of Africa Appeal is going to Somalia, the epicentre of the drought crisis.
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Npower to hike energy prices by 15.7 per cent
Millions of people will be face higher energy bills after utility giant Npower annouced it was raising gas prices by an average of 15.7 per cent.
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Norway funerals begin as police name 77 victims
The funerals for the victims of the Norwegian massacre have begun, as police name all 77 people killed by Anders Behring Breivik on Utoya Island and in Oslo.
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British Gas announces £270m profit
British Gas reveals profits of £270m for the past six months, weeks after announcing plans to raise electricity and gas prices.
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Police publish names of 77 Norway terror victims
As Norwegian police publish names of the 77 people killed in Oslo and Utoya nearly a week ago, Channel 4 News takes a closer look at the victims, some as young as 14.