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David Blunkett to quit as Labour MP at 2015 general election
Former home secretary David Blunkett is to stand down from parliament at the 2015 general election, he announces.
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How We Used to Live – can you spot the London you know?
Cranes on the skyline, MP scandals, a post-work pint. London in the 1960s? Or 2014? Channel 4 News gets confused by Paul Kelly’s latest film, How We Used to Live.
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What we should hate about the World Cup
Love the World Cup? Football commentator, writer and curmudgeon John Anderson focuses on the things which will make us want to kick a hole in the TV screen over the coming weeks.
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Hillsborough inquest jury shown crush footage from 1981
An inquest jury sees footage from 1981 – eight years before 96 fans died in the Hillsborough tragedy – showing fans clambering over barriers after a crush at the same football ground in Sheffield.
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Lib Dems in crisis as peer quits and says Clegg should go
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott resigns from the party “with a heavy heart”, saying “it is heading for disaster if it keeps Nick Clegg”.
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Police hunt driver after fatal incident kills girl
Police are hunting for the driver of a car who failed to stop at the scene of a incident on Friday night in Sheffield that left one young girl dead and another seriously injured.
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Can Liverpool end 24 years of hurt and be champions again?
Liverpool entertain Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday in a match which could see the Reds taking a giant step closer to landing the title for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century.
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Hillsborough: government probes ‘sickening’ Wikipedia edits
The Cabinet Office says it believes “one or two” individuals are behind the “sickening” amendments made to the Wikipedia page on the Hillsborough disaster.
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Farage shrugs off racism claims to promise ‘earthquake’
Ukip leader Nigel Farage claims critics who say the party’s Euro election posters are racist are “outraged because we’re actually telling the truth”.
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Five big ideas that could change the future of air travel
BA’s planes will run on biofuel recycled from London rubbish. It comes as innovation in the aviation industry sees aircraft getting greener, faster and downright weirder than ever.
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Coulson tells hacking trial he heard Blunkett voicemails
Former editor of the News of the World Andy Coulson tells the hacking trial he was “shocked” to hear voicemails of David Blunkett “declaring his love” for a married woman.
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Hillsborough memorial remembers 96 victims 25 years on
A memorial service marks 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans.
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Hillsborough families hope for ‘the beginning of the end’
Relatives of the 96 football fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster arrive for long-awaited new inquests, hoping that “every stone is unturned”.
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Finally laid to rest: ten world war one soldiers named
Ten soldiers, who were killed during world war one, are formally identified after their relatives provide DNA samples.
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All-rounder Ben Sneesby goes for skiing glory at Sochi
A high-level performer in swimming and wheelchair basketball, 19-year-old Ben Sneesby is a gifted all-round sportsman. But skiing is his first love, and a medal at Sochi would be a career highlight.