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“started at about 1430 BST”
“took two hours to bring under control.”
“Seventy firefighters tackled the blaze”
“No-one was seriously injured in the fire.”
“In the space of five minutes you could not see anything in the whole street.”
“Marine Jonathan Wigley, 21, who died in 2006, was born in Melton Mowbray and grew up in Lincolnshire.”
“Acting Corporal Marcin Wojtak, 24, of Leicester, was killed in 2009 in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.”
“Corporal Ken Mogg, 29, who died in Northern Ireland in 1972, had the date of his death added next to his name.”
“Cpl Wojtak was killed when his vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb.”
“Marine Wigley was killed in a "friendly fire" incident involving an American aircraft, in December 2006, six days after returning to Afghanistan from leave.”
“Some of the funding for the work on the memorial came through the Leicestershire and Rutland War Memorials Project.”
“Led by Leicestershire County Council it records, researches and photographs war memorials and looks into the lives of the people they commemorate.”
“dark street corners eliminated under the scheme.”
“The council are bringing entrances forward to street level to reduce the covered areas for drug deals to take place.”
“The crime and grime clampdown is part of a key pledge made by the council to help rid Soho of its seedy reputation as part of its Living City programme.”
“A report earlier this year suggested that the UK's music industry was responsible for about 540,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, also known as greenhouse gases.”
“And this issue of audience travel is "one of the hardest areas to address because it is outside the festival operator's immediate control", says Ms Tickell. [...] people's journeys - be it by car or train, bus or plane - make up about two-…”
“Last week ten big-name festivals—including the Big Chill, and Lovebox—pledged to cut 10% of their emissions during 2010.”
“She says UK events such as Bestival are taking inspiration from a scheme launched at the Vuuv festival in Germany - which charges every attendee five euros and gives them a bag to fill with either waste or recyclables. The money is returne…”
“This year all electricity will come from generators driven by bio-diesel made from used cooking oil [...] Standon Calling - a festival for about 4,000 people set in the idyllic grounds of a Hertfordshire manor house.”
“With UK festivals set to attract more than one million visitors this year, people's journeys [...] make up about two-thirds of the greenhouse gas output linked to the UK festival scene, according to Julie's Bicycle.”
“And this issue of audience travel is "one of the hardest areas to address because it is outside the festival operator's immediate control", says Ms Tickell. [...] people's journeys [...] make up about two-thirds of the greenhouse gas outpu…”
“Last week ten big-name festivals - including the Big Chill, and Lovebox - pledged to cut 10% of their emissions during 2010.”
“Going carbon-neutral is an ambition of Benedict Addis - the sustainability manager at Standon Calling - a festival for about 4,000 people set in the idyllic grounds of a Hertfordshire manor house. This year all electricity will come from g…”
“Since 2001, British forces have been deployed rapidly on campaigns abroad”
“has donated 70,000 rand (£6,300) to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund”
“His 16-year-old son Jett died in the Bahamas last year.”
“Five people were held after further incidents in Scarborough and Harrogate.”
“Mr Spittal said the theatre incident aside, the force was "pleased that the vast majority of fans and other revellers were well-behaved and had a good time".”
“The four month operation was carried out in Blyth.”
“Twelve people were also issued with direction to leave orders barring them from certain areas for up to 48 hours.”
“Officers increased high visibility patrols in the identified problem areas and stopped and spoke to youths, seizing alcohol and contacting parents.”
“He was found at the bottom of the indoor pool at the Abshot Country Club, Titchfield Common in Fareham shortly after 1930 BST on Saturday.”
“has killed 15 people”
“left more than 50 injured”
“Five gunmen blew themselves up”
“one day before Iraq's new parliament was due to hold its first session”
“since 2006-07”
“A £10m programme to refurbish 25 East Midlands trains has been completed.”
“The refurbishment programme which has been carried out by DeltaRail in Derby, took 20 months to complete”
“Internally, the new look trains feature an improved seating layout with more than 10% more seats”
“In total, East Midlands Trains is investing almost £30m to improve its fleet, the company said.”
“The company's 11 High Speed Trains are also currently being refurbished.”
“A third day of fighting in the south of the country has claimed nearly 100 lives, officials say.”
“Uzbek emergency officials said at least 30,000 people had crossed the border from Kyrgyzstan.”
“Kyrgyzstan, an ex-Soviet Central Asian state of 5.5 million people, is home to an ethnic Uzbek minority of almost one million.”
“Kyrgyzstan's interim government extended a state of emergency to cover the entire southern Jalalabad region, as ethnic clashes spread there from neighbouring Osh.”
“Three men aged 20, 23, and 25, and a 25-year-old woman were taken to hospital with bullet wounds.”
“The 39-year-old died on 10 June in the same TT race that claimed the life of Austrian, Martin Loicht.”
“Bridget Dobbs has appealed for a motorcycle escort for the funeral, which will be held after 21 June.”
“Dobbs, from Onewhero, who had finished 22nd in the first Supersport race, also left two daughters, Eadlin and Hillberry.”
“'Fifty weeks of our year was spent planning and preparing for the next TT.”
“Clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks have left scores dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands traumatised.”
“where thousands were permitted to cross over by Uzbek border forces on Saturday.”
“An Uzbek boy armed with a gun shot dead three Kyrgyz men who were approaching them, the family said.”
“Southern Kyrgyzstan is home to a large ethnic Uzbek minority of almost a million people”
“that has gripped Osh since late on Thursday.”
“Clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks have left scores dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands traumatised. [...] trouble has also been reported in Kyrgyz neighbourhoods. On Saturday night there were reports that ethnic Kyrgyz had …”
“It has called for Russian to intervene but Moscow was quick to turn down the request.”
“A "fan park" for up to 11,000 fans had been set up in Queen Square, but this was not big enough to accommodate all those wanting to see Saturday's match.”
“We've had to turn people away which is unfortunate.”
“Around 100 people were expected at the service at the Antarctic 100 memorial near the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay on Sunday.”
“the death of Scott and four of his fellow explorers”
“exactly 100 years to the day the Terra Nova sailed past Penarth head”
“Capt Scott's fateful trip in the Terra Nova set sail from Cardiff 100 years ago this month.”
“just as one was held when the Terra Nova returned to the UK in June 1913, three years after the expedition set sail from Cardiff.”
“from 14 July until 10 October.”
“There have been 28 reports of dangerous and illegal behaviour at the Shiplake crossing since 2007.”
“These included five near-misses where trains have narrowly avoided hitting a vehicle.”
“It said the "true figure" of how many people misused the Shiplake crossing was "likely to be significantly higher".”
“Belgium is also taking on the six-month presidency in the European Union in July.”
“Government aid to poorer Wallonia, home to four million French speakers, has caused resentment among Belgium's 6.5 million Flemish majority, correspondents say.”
“I think the president potentially spoke that one time where he said British Petroleum and he's very keen to say 'BP' at this point.”
“some of the language being used by the Obama administration was 'inappropriate'”
“called the rhetoric a 'matter of concern'”
“four miles of traffic jams”
“at 8mph”
“Access to the island, which is about 450m (490 yards) off the mainland, is on foot across a causeway at low tide from the car park of the Captain's Wife pub.”
“The woman was taken to hospital after injuring her ankle wading through waist high water when cut off by the tide on Saturday afternoon.”
“Born in the city of Shenyang in north-eastern China, Gong Li has been involved with the FAO since 2002.”
“The organisation's 1billionhungry campaign aims to get the world angry about the fact that one in six people do not have enough to eat.”
“"Securing food is the basic task for all humans," she said in an interview with the BBC in Beijing.”
“"The most important problem at the moment is that we have less and less farmland. How are we going to grow food in the future?"”
“She is equally deft when asked why she became a Singaporean citizen in 2008, to the anger of many Chinese people.”
“Memoirs of a Geisha was nominated for six Academy Awards”
“In Raise the Red Lantern, released in 1991, Ms Gong played the reluctant concubine of a rich Chinese man.”
“The film - entitled Qiu Ju Goes to Court in Chinese - was released nearly 20 years ago, but it is story that still resonates today.”
“No one was hurt in the blaze at the three-storey former Notre Dame school in Victoria Circus.”
“At its height, the fire, which started at about 2030 BST on Saturday, took 60 firefighters to bring under control.”
“shortly before 0200 BST on Sunday”
“after four hours”
“from five locations - Aberdare, Abercynon, Merthyr, Pontypridd and Whitchurch”
“later on Sunday”
“just before 0200 BST”
“1.5 million population of Gaza”
“At the beginning of June Mr Moussa said the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab nations, would go to the UN Security Council to demand the blockade be lifted.”
“They were carrying 10,000 tonnes of aid, including building materials which are currently restricted under the terms of the blockade.”
“The restrictions mean life for the 1.5 million population of Gaza has become crippling, correspondents say.”
“Last week US President Barack Obama said the blockade was "unsustainable" and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in aid.”
“There is a clear and intelligent distinction to be made,”
