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Scottish tennis sensation Andy Murray has defeated Marin Cilic in the Australian, to book himself a spot in the Australian Open Final, and also becoming the UK’s first winner of the Australian Open since 1933.
Murray beat Cilic in 4 sets, winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, however in a split second, the whole match changed.
Murray had [...]

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29th Jan 10

Tesco takes aim at PJs and slippers

by Paul Russell

UK shopping giant Tesco is threatening a ban on customers who turn up to do the groceries in their pyjamas, as the prevalence of people turning up in dressing gowns and slippers is becoming a common site in supermarkets across the nation.
Tesco Extra in Cardiff is the first shopping centre in the UK to threaten [...]

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29th Jan 10

Murdered children died of asphyxiation

by Katie Naylor

Police are hoping to commence the questioning of a mother suspected of killing her two young children prior to hiding their bodies in holdalls in the back of her car.
Preliminary results from post-mortem examinations undertaken on the three-year-old Harry and two-year-old Elise Donnison, revealed they had died of asphyxiation, but further tests were needed before [...]

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29th Jan 10

Simon Cowell provides Susan Boyle with security guards

by Harry Oldfield

Concerned friends of Susan Boyle, including Simon Cowell, have hired a team of minders to protect the singing star following her prowler hell.
The multi-millionaire pop icon has informed a security firm to guard SuBo at her home in Blackburn, West Lothian.
It has been reported that Edinburgh-based firm Clockwork Security will provide 24 hour protection for [...]

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29th Jan 10

Alex Reid the new favourite to win Celebrity Big Brother

by Adam Richards

Alex Reid, the on-off boyfriend of model Katie Price, is now the favourite to win the Celebrity Big Brother final, overtaking former favourite Vinnie Jones for the race for the title.
William Hill has said that Reid is now red hot favourite to win, 8/15, with the remaining four contestants, singer Dane Bowers at 7/2, Jones [...]

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28th Jan 10

Andy Murray first Briton to reach semi finals of Aus Open in 33 years

by Paul Russell

UK tennis star Andy Murray has put on a hot display to become the first Brit to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open Grand Slam in over 30 years.
The fifth seed was leading 6-3, 7-6, 3-0 when defending champion Rafael Nadal pulled out from their quarter-finals match with a knee injury yesterday.
Murray, 22, needed [...]

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28th Jan 10

Pete Doherty fined for bringing 13 wraps of heroin to court

by Sally Davies

Singer Pete Doherty has been fined for carrying four grams of heroin in his coat pocket while at Gloucester Crown Court on driving charges last year.
Doherty, who arrived 40 minutes late to his hearing at Gloucester Magistrates Court, claimed he had not realised the drugs were in his coat pocket.  The court heard that when [...]

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28th Jan 10

Susan Boyle fans concerned over break-in

by Katie Naylor

Susan Boyle fans have raised concerns over her welfare and safety after the news that she found an intruder in her home on Tuesday night.
It is believed that the 48 year old called police just before 10pm after returning to her home in Blackburn, West Lothian, where she found the male intruder on her staircase.  [...]

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28th Jan 10

Young teen drink and drug use on the wane

by Harry Oldfield

New health figures released yesterday have shown that children in London are among the least rebellious in England and are far less likely to drink, use drugs, smoke than those living in other parts of the country.
According to the report, secondary school students aged between 11 and 15 in the North East were most likely [...]

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28th Jan 10

Ireland’s flagship airline to rebrand

by Harry Oldfield

Irish flagship carrier Aer Lingus has unveiled itself as the new ‘civilised’ airline of Ireland in a bid to create a difference in branding between low-cost competitor Ryanair and full-service airlines such as British Airways.
Shares in the beleaguered carrier went up initially as the airline’s new CEO spoke to investors in London of plans to [...]

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