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Contract killers as young as 15 recruited to do drug syndicates' dirty work
Turkish crime gangs in north London thought to be linked to spate of killingsTo the killers who recruited him, teenager Santre Sanchez Gayle was cheap, disposable and, most importantly, unconnected to...
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High street banking cure needs time
There's no need to rush into a sale of 600 Lloyds branches to Virgin Money, no matter what Sir Richard Branson saysIt's good news that Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money has developed an appetite for...
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Yemen edges closer to civil war as tribal leader takes fight to Saleh
Clashes between Hashid clan and president's forces intensify as the two sides battle for government buildingsThe blown-out windows in the gothic-style mansion overlook a sandbagged courtyard strewed...
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Football, Fifa and failure | Paul Hayward
It may take a breakaway to resolve the crisis at the top of the world's favourite gameThe good news from Switzerland is that Fifa, football's world governing body, faces a corruption scandal so deep...
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Team Adele tops list of Guardian Music Power 100
Guardian releases list of the 100 most influential people in the music industry• Interactive: The Music Power 100• Blog: Find out the logic behind the list and have your say• The full list, at a...
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Jayne-Anne Gadhia: back to bid again– the woman who wants Virgin tied to a Rock
Never one to give up easily, the boss of Virgin Money wants her bank's brand everywhere – starting with buying Northern Rock and RBS branchesJayne-Anne Gadhia's motto is "never give up". Just as well,...
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Nick Clegg angers Tories with new delay to NHS reforms
Conservatives furious as Liberal Democrat leader says it will take at least six months to go through the bill for a second timeA full-scale row erupted at the highest levels of the coalition after Nick...
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Richard Branson prepares to take Virgin banking to the high street
The Virgin boss is bidding for Northern Rock and 600 branches of Lloyds which are expected to be up for sale next monthSir Richard Branson is preparing to make multibillion-pound parallel bids for...
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Innocent smoothie maker says charity cash bottled for best interest rate
• £520,000 in donations for foundation held back• Charity's projects run 'with due diligence'The glowing image of Innocent, Britain's biggest smoothie maker, has survived most knocks, including...
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Nick Clegg is taking a scalpel to Andrew Lansley's reforms
The Liberal Democrat leader is going ever further in his objections to the health and social care billIt would probably be useful if, the next time Nick Clegg shares his views about the health and...
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Gaddafi is paranoid and on the run, MI6 tells David Cameron
Libyan leader said to be hiding in hospitals by night, and many senior commanders appear to have stopped using phonesDavid Cameron has been told by UK intelligence that Muammar Gaddafi is increasingly...
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Cheryl Cole's accent is not worth the risk for X Factor, Fox decides
Geordie singer ousted from US talent show because executives judged that viewers could not understand herIt was supposed to be Cheryl Cole's big transatlantic break – but the geordie singer's attempt...
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Net migration to UK reaches highest level for the last five years
Gap between those arriving to live in the UK for 12 months and those leaving to live abroad jumped by nearly 100,000Net migration to Britain has risen to its highest level for five years, fuelled by a...
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Afghanistan blast kills nine Nato troops
Taliban bomb that exploded in field where soldiers were patrolling was worst such attack since October 2009Nine Nato service members were killed in Afghanistan, including seven US troops who died when...
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Wisconsin union law struck down by circuit court judge
Republican governor pushed for law – which took away public workers' collective bargaining rights – to help balance budgetWisconsin's law taking away nearly all collective bargaining rights from most...
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Letters: We need a Beveridge to handle the huge growth in centenarians
In London, a substantial majority of the social care workforce is from non-UK countries (How will we care for the centenarians of the future?, 24 May). According to a recent Economic and Social...
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Time Out strikes £21.5m deal to expand brand in the Americas
Listings magazine's part-owner takes controlling stake in Time Out New York, which controls brand in the US, Canada and parts of Central America and the CaribbeanThe owners of Time Out have struck a...
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Corrections and clarifications
• A feature about BBC radio's Today programme referred to Jenny Abramsky as the current director of radio instead of as a former holder of that post among others. It also gave 1993 as the year...
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Letters: Abortion debate and Life's role in it
As organisations working to promote women's health and equality, we strongly oppose the government's appointment of an anti-abortion group to advise it on women's sexual health, particularly at the...
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Letters: Kitchen cabinets
I was fascinated to get a look at Cameron's new Downing Street kitchen (Eyewitness: No 10 Downing Street, 26 May). I thought it looked comfortable, practical and a bit like mine. Tom Meltzer...
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