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- Congratulations to Tessella on winning key contract for ESA Solar Orbiter Mission
Stephen McPartland MP (Today) - Stephen McPartland, Member of Parliament for Stevenage, congratulated Tessella, the international provider of science powered technology and consulting services on its award of a contract for the development and design of the Attitude and Orbit... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich killing: residents reflect on murder of Lee Rigby
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Islamist extremism, politicians' failure to tackle terrorism and immigration blamed by people in multicultural, multifaith London communityFrom al-Muhajiroun's open-air stall on Powis Street, where suspect Michael Olumide Adebolajo was a volunteer, it is a five-minute... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Keep the living wage alive
Fabian Society (Today) - More needs to be done to raise the living standards of Britain’s five million low-paid workers. Yet so far, rather than addressing the problem of low pay directly, policy responses – whether it is Labour’s... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- David Cameron honours woman who kept Woolwich suspect talking
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - David Cameron pays tribute to Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, who felt she had to distract suspect to save those around herAs he stood outside No 10 on Thursday morning to reflect on the previous day's events in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Osborne puts his pride before national interest
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - An economically literate chancellor would rise to the challenge set down by the IMFThe International Monetary Fund is not usually known for racy language and dramatic press releases. When IMF chiefs come to national capitals,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Is China Inserting Itself Into the Taiwan-Philippines Spat?
The Diplomat (Today) - This week a Chinese warship and a couple of maritime agency vessels conducted a patrol in the areas of the Spratly Islands that the Philippines claims, prompting an official rebuke from Manila.According to Philippines officials,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Further Arrests in London Terror Attack
Views from the UK 2006 (Today) - BBC News Live - London: Has breaking news, two more people have been arrested in connection with the London terror attack, a man and a woman both 29 have been arrested on the grounds of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Responding rationally to the Woolwich murder
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- Wagner 200 in London – review
Martin Kettle (Today) - Royal Festival Hall, LondonWagner in the concert hall is an inevitable compromise, but this 200th-birthday anniversary concert, which also launched London's Wagner 200 festival, lacked nothing for commitment to the master's cause. The Bayreuth-style triple... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Capitalist crisis - socialist solution - new pamphlet
Communist Party (Today) - A new pamphlet by Bill Greenshields, 'Capitalist Crisis - Socialist Solution' - is available to download. The pamphlet sets out the case for support for the forthcoming People's Assembly on 22 June.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Scams Awareness Month
Claudia Beamish MSP (Today) - Throughout May, Citizens Advice Scotland are working with Trading Standards and other agencies across the UK to make people more aware of scams, how to spot them and how to report them. Scams come in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Andy McSmith's Diary: Woolwich Twitter witness, Boya Dee, refuses to sell story
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - The first that many people knew about the ghastly murder in Woolwich was from the Twitter feed of an eye witness, Boya Dee, a south London musician and filmmaker. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- No 10’s new energy adviser is a former British Gas lobbyist
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - David Cameron has appointed a former lobbyist for British Gas to be his personal advisor on energy and climate change. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Insight - In attacker's argot, Londoners shocked to hear one of their own
Reuters UK News (Today) - LONDON (Reuters) - In the lurid scene of the red-handed knifeman describing his motives for hacking to death a British soldier in broad daylight, perhaps the most chilling aspect for Londoners was the man's unmistakably... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - British police arrest two more over London attack
Reuters UK News (Today) - LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - GP leaders clash with Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, over A&E crisis
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - GPs’ leaders have clashed with the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in their increasingly acrimonious row over who is responsible for the crisis in Accident & Emergency departments. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Leading headteacher: Michael Gove 'chickening out' on return of grammar schools
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - One of the country's leading headteachers is to accuse Education Secretary Michael Gove of “chickening out” of bringing back a return to grammar schools. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Woolwich: Who to blame?
EU Referendum (Today) - In his own words: "I apologise that women have had to witness this today, but in our land our women have to see the same." That's at the very heart of the matter: A British... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Mike Penning comments on MP pay rise reports
Mike Penning MP (Today) - Hemel Hempstead MP, Mike Penning, has commented on news reports that the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) will recommend an increase in MPs’ salary of £10,000 when it releases its report next month. read more »... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Mike Penning MP condemns Woolwich Attack
Mike Penning MP (Today) - Hemel Hempstead MP, Mike Penning has condemned the cowardly murder of an off-duty soldier in Woolwich yesterday. read more »... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- FMQs and Free Access to Medicines
Graeme Pearson MSP (Today) - Today’s First Minister’s Questions focused on serious issues within NHS Scotland and patients’ access to treatment, with the First Minister failing to sufficiently answer many of the issues raised. Despite the Scottish Government claiming that... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Green Party Leader Blames Terror Attack on UK 'Acting Like World's Policeman'.
The Blue Guerilla (Today) - NATALIE BENNETT has told reporters today that she believes the brutal murder of a serving British soldier on the streets of Woolwich, London is due to UK foreign policy. The Leader of the Green Party... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- News story: Woolwich incident - government response
Ministry of Defence (Today) - Statements from Prime Minister David Cameron, the Home Secretary and the Metropolitan Police about the death of a soldier in Woolwich.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Cable welcomes German research group
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - The business secretary hopes opening a branch of the German applied research organisation will help British innovations become viable products... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- UK terror suspects known to security services
Financial Times - Politics £ (Today) - Security services investigate whether the attack in London marked the ‘beginning of a possible planned wave of attacks’ or was an isolated incident... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›


