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“Finally another Cambridge graduate garnered enough support to join the contest proper. When the left winger John McDonnell withdrew from the contest this morning he hoped his largely left-wing backers would transfer their support to Diane …”
“And the former home office minister Phil Woolas made it clear to Diane Abbott privately that he would only nominate her if she was one vote short of the threshold.”
“While there is a sense of relief today in the party hierarchy that this three-month long contest will not be an all-male affair...”
“Ed Miliband, who wrote the party's last manifesto, is placing himself firmly, but not too far, to the left of his brother - campaigning for a 'living wage', higher than the national minimum wage introduced by Labour.”
“Already 500 signatures have been collected on a petition calling to save Church Farm Museum”
“I think they are trying to pre-empt the planning system … it is a tactic that Tesco use up and down the country.”
“A tribunal ruled in April it discriminated against about 5,000 female workers over bonuses paid to male workers on the same pay grade.”
“But unions estimate the ruling could cost the council up to £80m in back pay to the women, who worked as cleaners, cooks, care assistants and caretakers.”
“Councillor Alan Rudge, the council's cabinet member for equalities, said the issue considered by the tribunal related to historical bonus schemes abolished in 2008.”
“solicitor Alan Cross of Alan Cross Solicitors, who represented 900 of the women, accused the council of "saying one thing and doing another".”
“It started formal membership talks in 2005, but has only been allowed to open 12 of the 35 chapters that candidate countries must complete.”
“It started formal membership talks in 2005”
“has passed the 10,000 signature mark.”
“Wrexham MP Ian Lucas said the fans' petition was a "major achievement".”
“Mr Lucas met council officials earlier this year to back the bid to have the football ground included in a list of named sites in the LDP.”
“"Getting 10,000 signatures is a major achievement for the organisers," said Mr Lucas.”
“"With just a few hundred more signatures, the petition's size will equal the capacity of the Racecourse ground itself.”
“RedPassion said the stadium was a "landmark entrance to an important artery into the town" and any threat to its future in the town would "damage Wrexham's aspirations to city status".”
“The organisers now plan to hand it in to the council in the next few weeks, before public consultation on the LDP ends in July.”
“The LDP sets out future long-term planning strategies and land use until 2021.”
“A petition calling on Wrexham council to protect the future of the town's Racecourse stadium has passed the 10,000 signature mark.”
“"With just a few hundred more signatures, the petition's size will equal the capacity of the Racecourse ground itself."”
“The savings made in 2009/10 will put us in a stronger position to manage effectively the inevitable budget challenges that will follow spending cuts announcements by the Government in the months ahead.”
“Last year there were about 450 officers involved in the operation for every day of the event.”
“Eleven arrests were made in total.”
“About 30 people, including some members of the Hells Angels, attended a meeting of the Shipston and Stour Community Forum in Lower Quinton on Tuesday.”
“Assistant Chief Constable Bill Holland, who was at Tuesday's meeting, said there would still be a 'significant' policing operation.”
“Last year it was very much built around a rigid system of road closures, funnelling people through specific routes and so on.”
“The department can offer no guarantees, however I can give my personal assurance that I will consider carefully the case for the funding of the Kingskerswell bypass.”
“the 12 victims of taxi driver Bird”
“In 1992 author Roy Moxham began an extraordinary correspondence with bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi after reading about her imprisonment.”
“She was shot dead at the age of 38 in front of her official residence in Delhi in July 2001.”
“Mr Moxham's book, Outlaw - based on his friendship with Ms Devi - was published at the beginning of June.”
“she spent nine years in jail.”
“She lost her seat in 1998, but made a comeback the following year.”
“Two years later she became a member of the Indian lower house of parliament.”
“France has two other major bases in Africa - one in Djibouti and one in Gabon - which will remain operational.”
“Confirmation of the decision follows a four-month campaign by local politicians, led by Labour MP for Central Ayrshire, Brian Donohoe, to halt the move.”
“led by Labour MP for Central Ayrshire, Brian Donohoe”
“Until Wednesday morning Ms Abbott had only 11 nominations - well short of the number required to get on the ballot paper.”
“However her bid was boosted when fellow left-wing MP John McDonnell withdrew from the race, saying he wanted to help her get through.”
“Mr Miliband then said he would give her his support and encouraged others to do so”
“She has also been supported by acting party leader Harriet Harman, who said she wanted to see a woman in the contest.”
“She has 20 years of experience and commitment. It is right she is on the ballot”
“She will face former cabinet ministers Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and David and Ed Miliband in the three-month contest.”
“and the result announced on 25 September.”
“Voting will take place between 16 August and 22 September”
“She said four million people were expected to vote in the contest, which would be 'the biggest and most widespread election of any political party or any organisation in this country'.”
“The leader is chosen by an electoral college system made up of three sections - Labour MPs and MEPs, party members and members of affiliated unions and other affiliated organisations.”
“People are balloted individually in each of the three sections, with the results from each making up a third of the final result.”
“Andy Burnham, who also only made it over the vote threshold in the last few hours of nominations”
“She said the leadership contest would be 'open, engaging and energising'.”
“500,000 of children would have benefited”
“could have given free meals to 500,000 more families”
“by nearly £200m”
“below £16,190”
“£600 a year”
“about 3 million children”
“656,500 children”
“50% of children”
“nearly four in five”
“The Treasury had said 500,000 of children would have benefited”
“The scheme, due to start this September, could have given free meals to 500,000 more families.”
“The projects were due to be extended this September to five other areas- Bradford, Islington in London, Nottingham, Cumbria and Medway in Kent.”
“It would have affected families with a household income below £16,190.”
“In the borough, one of the most deprived in England, 50% of children are entitled to free school meals under the national system.”
“"A year ago David Cameron promised a public inquiry and he's kept that promise."”
“future of a 90-year-old theatre”
“The Futurist theatre, on the resort's seafront, was built in 1921”
“the 2,000-seat theatre”
“The theatre was bought by Scarborough Borough Council in 1985”
“A £100,000 subsidy was agreed by the council in November 2009, securing the future of the theatre until at least the end of 2010”
“Further task group meetings, which are open to the public, will be held at 1700 BST on 15 June and 17 June in the council chamber at Scarborough Town Hall”
“In December 1963 the Beatles performed at The Futurist”
“The government stepped in after it was judged as 'failing' and incapable of making improvements in an Audit Commission report in April.”
“Some television viewers believe the watershed should be moved to 11pm at weekends, according to a survey for media watchdog Ofcom.”
“Some thought extending the watershed to 10pm or 11pm would be a solution.”
“The survey provided an indication of changing attitudes to language since Ofcom's last study in 2005.”
“the year-long £8.34m pilot, which was due to start in September, has been withdrawn.”
“£670m contribution to the government's overall £6.2bn deficit reduction.”
“the £85m budget for this year put aside by the last government 'falls far short of the true cost of £125m'.”
“A review panel set up by the Scottish government to consider where the cuts should be is due to report in July.”
“On that basis, the Scottish government has set up an independent budget review panel to dispassionately consider options and make recommendations by the end of July.”
“freed following international condemnation”
“Monjeza told Malawi's Nation newspaper that he had been coerced into the gay relationship, and was now with a woman named Dorothy Gulo”
“When freed last month, they were taken separately to their home villages”
“I'd heard about men getting involved in a sexual relationship. I was curious so I accepted him”
“I'm scared he is going to beat me up”
“anti-gay pressure had split the 'star-crossed lovers'”
“It is a tragedy that homophobic threats and abuse have forced this couple apart," he said. "They were deeply in love. The pressure has got to Steven.”
“Under pressure from donor countries, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika granted them a pardon, citing humanitarian grounds”
“His announcement followed a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who praised the decision as courageous”
“President Mutharika was recently reported as saying Mr Chimbalanga, 20, and 26-year-old Mr Monjeza's acts were disgusting”
“Under pressure from donor countries, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika granted them a pardon, citing humanitarian grounds. His announcement followed a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who praised the decision as courageou…”
“Harriet Dempster will step down from the role at Highland Council in August after 11 years in the post.”
“On Tuesday, after a heated debate, the foreign relations committee of the Chamber of Deputies voted by six votes to five to ask President Sebastian Pinera to sack him.”
“Mr Pinera, who took office in March, was the first conservative elected president since Chile's return to democracy 20 years ago.”
“In September last year, former health secretary Andy Burnham announced that hospital car parking charges for in-patients, their families and friends would be scrapped within three years in England.”
“The 30 organisations that receive funds from the UK include the World Bank, the UN, the Red Cross, the Central Emergency Response Fund and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria.”
“There are over a billion people living in extreme poverty around the world.”
