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Maureen died in the fire and her husband Alex died in hospital

A police force has been accused of “individual and systemic failings” after a couple were murdered following an 18-month terror campaign.Maureen and Alex Cochrane were killed in an arson attack on their Manchester home. Their daughter Lucy was hurt.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) failed to [...]

Gina McKee played Lady Falkender, then Marcia Williams, in the drama

The BBC is to pay £75,000 in libel damages to Harold Wilson’s former secretary over her portrayal in drama-documentary The Lavender List.The BBC Four drama wrongly claimed Lady Falkender had an affair with Harold Wilson and exercised undue influence over his resignation honours list.
Wilson’s honours [...]

Chappell saw his India side win just one match at the World Cup

Greg Chappell has resigned as India coach following their disastrous World Cup campaign in the West Indies.India failed to qualify for the Super 8s after losing to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the group stage.
Chappell, whose contract expired at the end of May, [...]

Passengers are sometimes not told about their right to compensation

Brussels has given airlines and national governments six months to make sure passengers get proper compensation for delayed or cancelled flights.For the last two years, airlines should have been paying passengers up to 600 euros (£400) for a cancelled flight.
However, the European Commission says passengers are [...]

Ben Sheets was in midseason form, breezing through one batter after another in a spectacular opening-day performance for Milwaukee.
“Sheets was tough,” Los Angeles Dodgers manager Grady Little said. “We were thinking all through the game we’d be able to get to him if we got him into the stretch — but it never happened.”
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 The British hacker accused of hacking into US military computers has lost his fight against extradition, and stands to face fines up to $1.75 million and a 70-year jail term when he is tried.
Gary McKinnon, known by the hacker handle “Solo,” does have one last appeal left with the highest court in the UK, the [...]

Hollyoaks is shown on Channel 4 in the UK

The BBC’s US cable channel BBC America is dropping classic shows including Benny Hill in favour of modern hits like Hollyoaks and Torchwood.The channel, which is available in 54 million US homes, is planning a “complete transformation”.
It will now feature more news and weekly themed nights - [...]

Credit card firm First Data has agreed to be bought by KKR

First Data Corp, one of the world’s largest credit card payment processors, is the latest firm on private equity companies’ shopping list.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) will pay $34 (£17.20) in cash for each share of First Data stock, a 26% premium over its share [...]

Most migration was because of family related reasons

Migration into Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries increased sharply in 2004, a report has shown.Switzerland and New Zealand had the highest inflow of foreign nationals as a proportion of their population.
But the US received the highest number of foreigners, nearly a million people, followed by [...]

Robert Mugabe said Mr Tsvangirai deserved to be beaten

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called on South Africa’s leader to act quickly and decisively to halt political violence in his country.President Thabo Mbeki was appointed to mediate between Zimbabwe’s government and Mr Tsvangirai’s opposition party.
Mr Tsvangirai said he felt threatened by President Robert Mugabe’s violent [...]