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“Mr Prime, who runs a limousine firm in Cambridgeshire, said he was on a 2030 BST train from London to Peterborough the day before the crash when he felt the movement 15 minutes into the journey.”
“A station announcer also raised concerns over a set of points 16 hours before the crash, the resumed inquest was told.”
“Terence Moore said he raised the alarm at Stevenage station after feeling "violent" jolts travelling south of the crash site at about 2100 BST on 9 May 2002.”
“More than 70 people were also injured when the 1245 London to King's Lynn, Norfolk, train hit faulty points south of Potters Bar station.”
“Drivers in Surrey are facing 10-mile diversions following the closure of a major commuter route for gas works.”
“Seven Hills Road is scheduled to reopen to motorists on 30 August.”
“The final phase of the work by Southern Gas Networks (SGN) will last for nine weeks.”
“The controversial roadworks to lay a new gas pipe on Seven Hills Road between Cobham and Walton-on-Thames began at the end of last year.”
“Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blazes.”
“burned close to 9,000 acres.”
“Residents of several hundred homes remain under evacuation orders.”
“No serious injuries or property damage have been reported.”
“strong winds up to 50mph (80km/h).”
“moved within 450 metres (500 yards) of some homes”
“Five helicopters and eight air tankers aided ground crews on Monday by dropping fire suppression chemicals.”
“Arizona's 'fire danger' rating is considered high to extreme.”
“two wildfires burn more than 3,000 acres each in June.”
“The cause of the larger fire was unknown”
“hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blazes, the larger of which has burned close to 9,000 acres.”
“it had been spread by strong winds up to 50mph (80km/h).”
“which broke out on Sunday.”
“The larger blaze, dubbed the Schultz fire, moved within 450 metres (500 yards) of some homes”
“Five helicopters and eight air tankers aided ground crews on Monday”
“The state has already seen two wildfires burn more than 3,000 acres each in June.”
“The start date has been timed to avoid the high traffic period of Royal Ascot, and will carry on until March 2011.”
“The Windsor and Eton relief road is the busiest in Berkshire, according to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, carrying up to 22 million vehicles a year.”
“China is also the world's biggest growing producer of carbon emissions.”
“where two people were killed.”
“On 6 March, car dealer David Francis Brown, 58, of Nine Mile Ride, died when his car was hit by a train in Waterloo Road.”
“Two years earlier, a woman died when she was struck by a train on the same crossing.”
“There are thought to be up to 50,000 ring-necked parakeets in the UK”
“It found 13,000 yellow-tailed scorpions and between 30,000 and 50,000 ring-necked parakeets in south-east England.”
“About 10 coatis, which are also known as Brazilian aardvarks, and about 20 snapping turtles were also found.”
“The study, led by the University of Hull, studied sightings and population numbers for creatures introduced into Britain over the last 150 years.”
“The minister has asked them to report to him in two stages, firstly in the autumn of 2010 and the second stage by early 2011.”
“Dame Anne Owers was appointed HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in 2001.”
“Eleven people died when an explosion destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on 20 April.”
“Our focus as a company is 100% on the Gulf of Mexico, doing the right thing - doing the right thing on the seabed and our focus is also on the shore," he said.”
“The latest estimates suggest 35,000-60,000 barrels of oil are leaking into the Gulf every day in what many are calling the worst environmental disaster in US history.”
“Mark and Lisa Collins and two-year-old Magdalen, from Shrewsbury, spent three hours on the roof of their caravan before a helicopter came to their aid.”
“They had gone to bed as usual but Lisa said she was woken by a loud bang and thought Magdalen had fallen out of bed. [...] They had gone to bed as usual but Lisa said she was woken by a loud bang and thought Magdalen had fallen out of bed.…”
“We sat in the main window of the caravan for about 45 minutes and tried to call the emergency services, but they were permanently engaged.”
“At least 20 people died in the floods across south-east France on June 15.”
“Protesters have also collected thousands of names for a petition”
“who died aged 87”
“moved to Lanzarote in 1992”
“The novelist won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998”
“turned into a 2008 film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles”
“He became Europe's first US Open champion for 40 years when he clinched his maiden major title at Pebble Beach.”
“McDowell, who comes from Portrush, becomes the first man from Northern Ireland to win a major since Fred Daly clinched the British Open at Hoylake in 1947.”
“Northern Ireland now boasts three of the best golfers in the world in Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and current US Open champion Graeme McDowell which is an tremendous success here, given the size of Northern Ireland.”
“Graeme has made history through this landmark win, becoming Europe's first US Open champion for 40 years and the first Ulsterman to win one of golf's 'Majors' since 1947.”
“At Bradford College, about 50 people gathered.”
“Provisional figures for 2009 showed the total number of casualties fell by 4% to 15,103 - 575 fewer than 2008 - and the lowest since 1949.”
“The number of people killed on the roads also fell by 20%, to 216.”
“According to the statistics, 2,269 people were seriously injured on the roads in 2009, which is 301, or 12%, fewer than 2008.”
“A total of 12,528 people were slightly injured, 2% fewer than 2008.”
“There was also a 13% drop in the number of children injured in 2009, compared to the previous year.”
“Five children died on the roads last year, 15 fewer than in 2008.”
“In total, 43 bikers died in 2009, nine more than in 2008.”
“Just over 800 cyclists were injured, 10% more than the previous year.”
“Five cyclists were killed last year, four fewer than 2008.”
“There was a 20% year-on-year drop in the number of bus and coach passengers injured in crashes, according to the figures.”
“However, she added that the number of cyclists injured was now at a 'disappointing' 10-year high.”
“Some 3,550 people died within days and more than 15,000 in the years since.”
“over its 2008 documentary, The Jacksons Are Coming.”
“Channel 4, production company Studio Lambert and journalist Jane Preston accepted Mr Fiddes' denial - which was broadcast in the programme - that he had provided stories to the press for money.”
“Ms Rammell was among 3,000 people competing in The Great East Swim at Alton Water reservoir in Stutton, near Ipswich, on Saturday.”
“The first Great East Swim was held in September last year when 1,300 people took part.”
“Previous walkouts have resulted in the closure of some of the city's most popular museums and tourist attractions, including Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Gallery of Modern Art and the Burrell Collection.”
“Striking workers spent the weekend picketing outside a major swimming event at Tollcross leisure centre.”
“Three organisations have been selected to submit tenders for the multi-million pound rail link project between Edinburgh and the Borders.”
“Formal expressions of interest were received from five organisations which has now been narrowed down to three.”
“The current target for completing the line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank in the Borders is 2014.”
“It is hoped a contract to construct the rail route can be awarded late next year.”
“According to the association of Asian tobacco growers, the ruling could put an estimated 50 million jobs in the region at risk.”
“Abdus Setiawan, head of the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers' Association, said 93% of the cigarettes made in Indonesia are kretek clove cigarettes.”
“In September 2009, the United States banned flavoured cigarettes.”
“Two conservation areas in the Lake District are to be extended.”
“Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket were designated as conservation areas in 1983.”
“In 2007 the national park commissioned consultants to begin a review of 13 current conservations areas, including those for Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket.”
“The 885 sq mile (2,292 sq km) Lake District National Park includes more than 30% of the county of Cumbria from Caldbeck in the north to Lindale in the south and from Ravenglass in the west to Shap in the east.”
“The pair's on-screen chemistry and affable style proved an enduring hit with viewers, and a boon to The One Show's ratings - adding around 700,000 viewers in their first year.”
“Her big break came in 2003 when a BBC manager in Belfast asked her to step in front of the camera... In 2007, her profile rose further when she took her place next to Adrian Chiles.”
“On his final show, the broadcaster saved his warmest tribute for the co-host he had firmly gelled with over three years of teatime TV.”
“The 31-year-old, from Newtownards in Northern Ireland, has been a regular presence on national TV since filling the gap vacated by Chiles' original One Show partner Myleene Klass in 2007.”
“As well as its main campus in Dumfries, the Crichton also has a second campus 75 miles away at Stranraer and a smaller centre in Newton Stewart.”
“The volunteer-run TLC orphanage, set up 17 years ago, cares for 70 babies and children, some of whom have disabilities or are HIV positive.”
“The band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark played a sold out gig at the festival.”
“The survey showed more than two thirds thought the principle of forced retirement was wrong.”
“It says the government should scrap forced retirement immediately, currently set at 65 years for both men and women.”
“He was forced to leave work in July last year, despite the fact he loved his job and was good at it”
“He points out that the higher-paid professions, such as politicians, doctors and judges, can keep on working past 65 - the age at which the state pension is paid to men.”
“Women had been allowed to draw theirs from age 60, but that is now slowly changing to catch up with men.”
“The organisation says tens of thousands of workers were forced to retire last year.”
“Forcing people in later life out of the labour market when they want to work, save for their pensions and pay taxes, is nonsense”
“Age UK said Tuesday's Budget offered ministers the opportunity to say 'loud and clear' when they were going to abolish 'forced' retirement.”
“In 2009, Taiwan's birth rate stood at 1.0 births per woman.”
“This is well below the replacement rate of 2.1.”
“The ministry, in charge of Taiwan's population policy, says events should take place at least once a year in every agency under its control.”
