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“Mr Hayward made comments such as "I want my life back" and called the Gulf "a big ocean" in the wake of the disaster, which killed 11 people.”
“Search and rescue services (SAR) at HMS Gannet in Prestwick will be transferred to Glasgow Airport, it has been confirmed.”
“A private consortium, Soteria, has been appointed to take over SAR operations from 2012.”
“It operates three Sea King Mk 5 helicopters.”
“At around 1500 BST on Sunday, the boys suffered burns after an explosion in the pillbox in London Road.”
“I would like to reassure the community of Faringdon that we are treating this as an isolated incident and the neighbourhood team will be carrying out high visibility patrols in the area.”
“Seven months later, she is still living with her mother while her garage is converted into a downstairs bedroom.”
“Mrs Frisby, who has two children - seven-year-old Bethany and four-year-old Danny - is living at her mother's house nearby but wants to move back into her own home as soon as possible.”
“The eurozone crisis will be the focus of an EU summit on 17 June.”
“Their joint letter follows the surprise postponement of a Merkel-Sarkozy meeting on Monday, when they were expected to co-ordinate their position ahead of the summit.”
“He said it would be up to individual secretaries of state to decide whether they also wanted to do this at their departments but if they did, they would need a separate flag pole as they had to continue flying the union jack too. The prime…”
“Meanwhile, Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has written to all council chiefs in England telling them to take a 'common-sense approach' over any potential health and safety fears caused by people flying the flag of St George during t…”
“Some extremist groups have in the past tried to lay claim to the Cross of St George.”
“We are determined to stamp out problems of unregistered craft. "River Inspectors are on patrol so if you fail to register you are committing an offence and face a £1,000 fine."”
“US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has told a senate panel that a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling will stay in place until safety is assured.”
“Mr Salazar said the pause, which was put in place following the 20 April explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, would remain "until we can have a sense of safety, until we have a sense that this can never happen again".”
“Coast Guard Adm Thad Allen said the amount of oil captured from the leaking well could almost double by next week.”
“He said in a press conference on Wednesday that the containment operation was now catching up to 630,000 gallons (2,864,037 litres) daily.”
“He said he hoped the existing containment structure would soon be able to hold 1.17 million gallons per day.”
“"We're only at 15 [15,000 barrels] now and we'll be at 28 [28,000 barrels] next week. We're building capacity," said Adm Allen.”
“The government has estimated that 600,000 to 1.2 million gallons a day are leaking from the bottom of the sea.”
“Meanwhile, tests have shown that underwater oil plumes have travelled at least 64km (40 miles) from the leaking well, the US government says.”
“outside temperatures as low as -41C”
“since Thursday”
“The Workhouse Festival in Llanfyllin had been running for six years”
“an award-winning music festival which attracted up to 5,000 revellers”
“In 2008, the event, normally staged in July, won the Greener Festival Award for being eco-friendly.”
“A trust bought the workhouse five years ago”
“after it featured in the BBC Restoration series in 2004”
“The festival was launched in 2003”
“are encouraging people to donate a minimum of £10”
“bought about 100sq ft (9.2 sq m) of luscious grass.”
“He spent about two hours laying it on Saturday”
“about £60-£70 worth”
“The 30-year-old legal secretary”
“The European Commission is closing the bluefin tuna fishing season early because of depleted stocks, imposing a ban that will take effect on Thursday.”
“It affects fishing grounds in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.”
“It affects industrial purse seine fishing, which accounts for more than 70% of the annual EU tuna catch, the Commission says.”
“The season was originally due to end on 15 June.”
“The Commission has declared a zero tolerance approach towards overfishing and will take all necessary measures to ensure full compliance across the board.”
“Fans will be able to pay their respects in the grounds of California's Forest Lawn cemetery, but not at the mausoleum where the pop star was laid to rest.”
“Jackson died of a cardiac arrest at his home on 25 June last year.”
“Plans are expected to be finalised by the end of this week.”
“Jackson is due to be posthumously inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New York on 14 June.”
“The singer, along with his brothers, won a talent show at the New York theatre in 1967, which led to the Jackson Five being signed to Motown Records.”
“Gunn was fined £2,800 at Wick Sheriff Court.”
“The agency found 20,000 tonnes of subsoil and other waste had been deposited illegally.”
“He had been accused of allowing waste to be deposited at his farm between September and November 2005 without having a licence to do so.”
“Sepa followed up complaints from the public last year that the mound had been left on his land unattended since 2005.”
“Pc Nick Oliver, 30, attended the scene and was struck by a white Vauxhall Corsa van and taken to hospital with serious head injuries.”
“In all, 293 British servicemen and women have died in the country since 2001.”
“Maj Gen Andrew Mackay, a former commander in Helmand, said the previous Labour government had a 'complacent' approach to the Afghan mission.”
“It resulted, I believe, in the upper echelons of government going into Helmand with their eyes shut and their fingers crossed.”
“Gen David Petraeus said the UK-US alliance was at the core of efforts to fight extremism in the region.”
“'It's clear that, as was the case in Iraq, the scale of the British contribution in Afghanistan is such that the coalition cannot succeed without you,' he said.”
“"UK forces are, of course, in the thick of the fight in some of the toughest places in Afghanistan, while UK officers are serving in integral leadership roles throughout Isaf and its subordinate commands," he said.”
“Although traditional banks in Haiti are getting back to normal, only 15% of Haitian had a bank account before the disaster.”
“The earthquake destroyed more than one third of the country's banks, ATMs and money transfer stations, which meant that there were severe cash shortages for Haitians.”
“Mobile banking has exploded in the developing world. A system introduced in Kenya three years ago now has more than nine million users, 40% of the adult population.”
“About 70 people attended a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss the plan.”
“from 8-12 June”
“joined 2,000 polar scientists”
“One-hundred-and-fifty-million people live within one metre's elevation above sea level.”
“More than 2,000 people from 60 countries are expected.”
“Science writer and broadcaster Sue Nelson is at the world's largest polar science conference, which is taking place in Oslo, Norway from 8-12 June.”
“From 1 January 2014, a man who reaches the age of 65 will no longer be able to claim an additional payment for a younger wife.”
“The change, approved by the States in 2003, is not due to affect those already receiving a pension.”
“Currently, the full rate old age pension is £174.65 per week”
“a man aged over 65 can claim an additional £87.50 per week in respect of his wife while she is under 65.”
“The States approved our proposal for a 10-year lead-in to the removal of the increase of pension for a wife under 65.”
“With less than four years now remaining, we want to draw attention to the change that will occur from 2014.”
“We will shortly be writing to all men who, according to our records, reach 65 in 2014.”
“However, President Mutharika was recently reported as saying Mr Chimbalanga, 20, and 26-year-old Mr Monjeza's acts were disgusting.”
“BBC Radio 4's Money Box is broadcast on Saturdays at 1200 BST and repeated on Sundays at 2100 BST.”
“An Afghan Red Crescent official said about 500 families had arrived in Lashkar Gah in the past month.”
“The reporters, two from Portugal and the other from Spain, were not injured but passports and equipment were taken.”
“They got away with some money, passports, photographic material and clothing.”
“A mechanic was left "screaming and petrified" when he opened the bonnet of a van - to find a 4ft (1.2m) snake inside.”
“It was found to be a black rat snake - a constrictor that is not venomous or dangerous to humans. The species is not native to Britain”
“The guys at the RSPCA thought it was a wind up”
“The snake has been taken into quarantine by staff from nearby Heathrow Airport.”
“It was found to be a black rat snake - a constrictor that is not venomous or dangerous to humans.”
“The guys at the RSPCA thought it was a wind up - but we were dead serious.”
“RMT union members will cease work at 1900 BST on 23 June and 7 July”
“RMT union members will walk out at 1900 BST on 23 June and 14 July in a strike they say will have "severe consequences" across the Tube system.”
“On Tuesday BBC London revealed many track faults had been left for up to three years after being reported without being fixed by Tube Lines.”
“Meanwhile upgrade work by Tube Lines on the Northern Line will see many stations shutting at 2130 BST on Monday to Thursday evenings throughout July and August.”
“There will also be five weekend closures, it has been announced.”
“BP's cap on the well is currently, according to the company's estimates, capturing more than half of the oil.”
“About 10 failed Iraqi asylum seekers from the UK are being flown back to Baghdad despite warnings their lives may be in danger.”
“The first deportation flight to Baghdad since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, happened last October but proved unsuccessful.”
“In 2008 the courts found that we were able to return people to Iraq.”
“The security situation in Iraq is significantly better now than it was in 2008 and assisted voluntary returns to Iraq have increased every year since 2007.”
“The 48 passengers were delayed by four hours after the finds”
“after a stowaway and illegal tobacco were found onboard the vehicle. Forty-eight passengers on the Chenery Travel coach which was stopped at the Eurotunnel at Coquelles, in France.”
“Three passengers, two men and a woman, were questioned and then released over the tobacco”
“The £39 day trip from Norwich to De Panne in Belgium left Norwich at 0500 BST on Tuesday and arrived back at 0130 BST on Wednesday.”
“When asked about the illegal tobacco haul worth £12,000”
“The country has not had a unified functioning government since 1991.”
“Like the president, Mr Siad was a leader of the Union of Islamic Courts, which controlled most of southern Somalia for six months in 2006”
