BT cabinets too ugly for Chelsea - Telegraph

BT cabinets too ugly for Chelsea - Telegraph:

BT cabinets too ugly for Chelsea

BT has withdrawn plans to upgrade their broadband network in one of the wealthiest areas of London after complaints over the size of their new broadband cabinets.

Woman jailed over racist rant on tube | UK news | The Guardian

Woman jailed over racist rant on tube | UK news | The Guardian:

Woman jailed over racist rant on tube

Jacqueline Woodhouse sentenced to 21 weeks in jail for racial abuse of Central line passengers which was posted on YouTube

MI5 feared British police attended terrorist camps - Telegraph

MI5 feared British police attended terrorist camps - Telegraph:

MI5 feared British police attended terrorist camps

MI5 warned Scotland Yard that policemen in its ranks were suspected of attending terrorist training camps, it can be disclosed.

British housewife, 56, arrested for 'smuggling cocaine worth £1.6million on to Indonesian island of Bali' | Mail Online

British housewife, 56, arrested for 'smuggling cocaine worth £1.6million on to Indonesian island of Bali' | Mail Online:

Four Britons - including housewife, 56 - face death penalty for 'smuggling cocaine worth £1.6m on to Indonesian island of Bali'

• Drugs weighing 4.7kg 'found in lining of woman's suitcase' at airport
• Police believe three Britons and an Indian man were waiting on the island to receive the haul
• Officials said Lindsay Sandiford was part of 'big international network'
• They said that despite her 'unassuming appearance' she had worked for the narcotics syndicate for a long time
• She said she had only agreed to smuggle drugs because her children were being threatened back in England
• Maximum sentence for drug trafficking in Indonesia is death by firing squad
• More than 140 criminals are currently on death row in the country
• Bali was once a haven for drugs but in the past ten years the authorities have cracked down on such crimes
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Double number of women directors or face quotas, firms warned | Business | The Guardian

Double number of women directors or face quotas, firms warned | Business | The Guardian:

Lord Davies tells big firms to double number of women directors

Lord Davies review of women in boardrooms threatens sanctions unless British firms improve equality record

Data roaming: don't let your smartphone run off with your wallet | Money | The Guardian

Data roaming: don't let your smartphone run off with your wallet | Money | The Guardian:

Data roaming: don't let your smartphone run off with your wallet

Alexandra Xanthaki used an iPhone app to find restaurants on a short trip abroad – and came home to a £2,600 bill. Will it be your turn to be stung this summer?

BBC News - IPCC receives 631 corruption allegation complaints about Welsh police forces

BBC News - IPCC receives 631 corruption allegation complaints about Welsh police forces:

IPCC receives 631 corruption allegation complaints about Welsh police forces

Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments | UK news | The Guardian

Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments | UK news | The Guardian:

Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments

Detectives from Scotland Yard's anti-corruption unit have allegedly received payments from a firm of private investigators

Oxford University to probe 'yeti' DNA (Wired UK)

Oxford University to probe 'yeti' DNA (Wired UK):

Oxford University to probe 'yeti' DNA

Murderers now allowed to work as bouncers in Northern Ireland pubs and clubs - Northern Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Murderers now allowed to work as bouncers in Northern Ireland pubs and clubs - Northern Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk:

Murderers now allowed to work as bouncers in Northern Ireland pubs and clubs

Double murderer wins legal fight to get door staff job

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/murderers-now-allowed-to-work-as-bouncers-in-northern-ireland-pubs-and-clubs-16162995.html?r=RSS&google_editors_picks=true#ixzz1voT57Wa5

Alarm over plan to dock benefits of alcoholics and addicts who reject help | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Alarm over plan to dock benefits of alcoholics and addicts who reject help | Politics | guardian.co.uk:

Alarm over plan to dock benefits of alcoholics and addicts who reject help

Charities say removing benefits could jeopardise addicts' recovery and goes against principles set out in NHS Constitution

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sees stock tumble amid IPO lawsuits | Technology | The Guardian

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sees stock tumble amid IPO lawsuits | Technology | The Guardian:

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sees stock tumble amid IPO lawsuits

Now they call it Fadebook – shareholders call in lawyers as stock price tumbles and regulators are not far behind

Wingman: British Stuntman Gary Connery Skydives Without Parachute | Strange News | Sky News

Wingman: British Stuntman Gary Connery Skydives Without Parachute | Strange News | Sky News:

A stuntman has entered the history books to become the first skydiver to land safely without using a parachute.

Gary Connery, 42, leapt 2,400ft from a helicopter while wearing a specially made "wing suit" and swooped towards a "runway" of 18,600 cardboard boxes in an Oxfordshire field.

BBC News - Google rejects automatic pornography block rules

BBC News - Google rejects automatic pornography block rules:

Google rejects automatic pornography block rules

Proposals to force users to opt-in to access adult content would be "a mistake", Google has said.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sued by shareholders over IPO - Telegraph

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sued by shareholders over IPO - Telegraph:

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sued by shareholders over IPO

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been sued by the social media network's shareholders over its disastrous IPO.

Revealed: types and quantities of drugs seized by police at UK music festivals | Society | The Guardian

Revealed: types and quantities of drugs seized by police at UK music festivals | Society | The Guardian:

Revealed: types and quantities of drugs seized by police at UK music festivals

The Press Association: Clegg hits out at class divides

The Press Association: Clegg hits out at class divides:
Clegg hits out at class divides

The UK is still a "long distance" from becoming a classless society, Nick Clegg has warned.

Outdated, snobbish attitudes are "cramping" society and "hobbling" the economy and must be shaken off, the Deputy Prime Minister said. The Lib Dem leader added it was a "damning indictment" on the UK that some people are born with a sense of entitlement, while others simply face exclusion.

World's biggest pool holds 66 million gallons and cost £1billion to build | Mail Online

World's biggest pool holds 66 million gallons and cost £1billion to build | Mail Online:

World's largest pool which cost $1bn and holds 66m gallons is so big you can even sail boats on it

• The Crystal Lagoon at San Alfonso del Mar resort, Chile, is large enough for sailing and comes with its own fake beach

Robin Gibb had music in his blood, says former Bee Gees star Vince Melouney - Telegraph

Robin Gibb had music in his blood, says former Bee Gees star Vince Melouney - Telegraph:

Robin Gibb had music in his blood, says former Bee Gees star Vince Melouney

Robin Gibb had music “in his blood”, a former member of the Bee Gees has said as stars paid tribute to the singer who died aged 62 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

BBC News - 'Ring of fire' eclipse to begin

BBC News - 'Ring of fire' eclipse to begin:

'Ring of fire' eclipse to begin

An "annular eclipse" will be visible from a 240 to 300km-wide swathe of Earth stretching from Asia across the Pacific to the western US on Monday.

Homicide map - Homicide Report - Los Angeles Times

Homicide map - Homicide Report - Los Angeles Times:

Showing 204 homicides from Jan. 1, 2012 to May 6, 2012

 

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Blanca Valdez,

a 38-year-old Latino female, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, after being stabbed in South Park, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

Homicides: Jan. 1, 2007 to May 6, 2012

By cause

• Blunt force234(234)
• Gunshot3,025(3,025)
• Other180(180)
• Stabbing413(413)
• Strangled43(43)
• Unspecified94(94)

By race or ethnicity

• Latino2,031(2,031)
• Black1,282(1,282)
• White477(477)
• Asian128(128)
• Other40(40)

By day of the week

• Monday548(548)
• Tuesday491(491)
• Wednesday449(449)
• Thursday507(507)
• Friday509(509)
• Saturday721(721)
• Sunday772(772)

By age

• 17154(154)
• 18210(210)
• 19202(202)
• 20202(202)
• 21177(177)
• 22163(163)
• 23151(151)

BBC News - Somerset torchbearer selling Olympic Torch on eBay

BBC News - Somerset torchbearer selling Olympic Torch on eBay:

Somerset torchbearer selling Olympic Torch on eBay

An Olympic torchbearer has put her torch up for sale on eBay to raise money for the project she represents.

Sarah Milner says she will used the money raised for the community garden project she represents

Sale of Olympic torches on eBay ignites controversy - Olympics - Sport - The Independent

Sale of Olympic torches on eBay ignites controversy - Olympics - Sport - The Independent:

Sale of Olympic torches on eBay ignites controversy

The man who ended the Krays' reign of fear: Sixties supergrass Bobby Teale breaks his silence 40 years on - Mirror Online

The man who ended the Krays' reign of fear: Sixties supergrass Bobby Teale breaks his silence 40 years on - Mirror Online:

The man who ended the Krays' reign of fear: Sixties supergrass tells his story after 40 years on the run

In an exclusive interview, Bobby Teale reveals why he decided to turn supergrass then went on the run

British officers could be deployed to Syria to increase pressure on Assad regime - Telegraph

British officers could be deployed to Syria to increase pressure on Assad regime - Telegraph:

British officers could be deployed to Syria to increase pressure on Assad regime

British military personnel could be deployed to Syria to increase pressure on the Assad regime over human rights abuses, David Cameron has signalled.

BBC News - Ambanis give first view inside 'world’s priciest house’ in Mumbai

BBC News - Ambanis give first view inside 'world’s priciest house’ in Mumbai:

Ambanis give first view inside 'world’s priciest house’ in Mumbai

BBC News - Murder victim's family sues PSNI over body part retention

BBC News - Murder victim's family sues PSNI over body part retention:

Murder victim's family sues PSNI over body part retention

Continue reading the main story

The partner of a murdered man whose body parts were retained by police for 19 years has begun legal action.

Police gadgets to take info from suspects' mobile phones | Metro.co.uk

Police gadgets to take info from suspects' mobile phones | Metro.co.uk:

Police gadgets to take info from suspects' mobile phones 

Police gadgets will swipe all data from a suspect’s phone and potentially keep the information, even if they are released without charge.