MPs have voted against a move to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 years old.
Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams had wanted to lower the voting age for parliamentary, local government and European parliamentary elections.
But his Representation of the People (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill was voted down by 136 votes to 128, leaving [...]

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An Islamic fundamentalist group which is being actively monitored by the FBI plans to build the largest mosque in Britain within yards of the new Olympic Village being created for the 2012 games in East London.
The group Tablighi Jamaat has come under scrutiny from western security agencies since the Twin Towers bombing. Two years ago, [...]

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As soon as Sophie walked past the huddle of youths loitering on the pavement, she sensed that getting off a night bus at Brixton, south London, had been a desperately bad move.
She and her friend, on their way home from an evening out with school mates, could have left the bus earlier, but Sophie felt [...]

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LONDON, England (CNN) — The White House characterized as “outlandish” Tuesday a British newspaper report that President Bush once discussed bombing the headquarters of Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera with Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Al-Jazeera, based in Qatar, called on the British government to confirm or deny the report, which appeared Tuesday in the Daily Mirror, [...]

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Multiculturalism has betrayed the English, Archbishop says
St George’s Day should be celebrated and the English should reclaim their national identity and culture, Dr John Sentamu says, a week before his enthronement in York.
BRITAIN’S first black Archbishop has made a powerful attack on multiculturalism, urging English people to reclaim their national identity.
The Archbishop of [...]

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Detectives hunting the killers of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky have named the three prime suspects they want to question.
The 38-year-old officer was shot dead during an armed raid by a gang at a travel agency in Bradford a week ago.
The suspects are Mustaf Jama, 25, from the north Kensington area of London, and [...]

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Three Asian men who boasted of killing a white man have been jailed for life.
Christopher Yates, 30, was kicked in the head by the group outside the University of East London in Barking last November, the Old Bailey heard.
Sajid Zulfiqar was overheard saying they had killed a white man but the judge [...]

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FOUR of the suspects seized over the gun slaughter of WPC Sharon Beshenivsky are asylum seekers.
Last night murder cops were urgently checking the Somalis’ status with immigration officials.
The Sun can also reveal Sharon’s killers are thought to have got away with less than £2,000 after gunning her down with fellow probationer cop [...]

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One British soldier has been killed and four British soldiers have been seriously injured following a roadside bomb attack in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.
Iraqi police Capt Mushtaq Khazim told Associated Press that a British vehicle was destroyed by the bomb but had no further details.

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Muslim students have voiced their concerns to the Prime Minister following the July bomb murders.
Around 50 students aged 16 to 25 were at a Leeds community centre to meet Tony Blair and discuss a range of issues including extremism.
The Prime Minister spent more than an hour chatting to them and to their concerns [...]

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CHRISTIAN dad Michael Simkins, who is embroiled in a row with his son’s school over the way that Islam is taught in RE lessons, has admitted he is a member of the British National Party.
But the 45-year-old from Arnolds Mead, Corsham, said that did not determine his beliefs that RE classes at The [...]

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The government has taken a first step towards bidding to host the World Cup for the first time since 1966.
Chancellor Gordon Brown said hosting the 2018 World Cup on the heels of the 2012 Olympics would be “a magnificent double for this country”.
The government will investigate the costs, benefits and legacy of [...]

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Media tycoon Conrad Black has denied charges of 11 counts of fraud in the US, linked to a $2.1bn (£1.2bn) sale of hundreds of Canadian newspapers.
US prosecutors say he and three other accused executives fraudulently diverted almost $84m from his media empire, Hollinger International.
An arrest warrant has been issued for the former [...]

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A VICTIM hailed for his bravery after losing a leg in the 7/7 bombings is a gang rapist who has cynically lied about his shameful past,
The Sun can reveal.
Garri Holness, 38 — leader of a campaign for compensation over the London terror outrages — took part in a horrific attack on two teenage girls.
When confronted [...]

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Leaflets showing a Muslim fighter holding a rocket launcher outside 10 Downing Street are being probed by detectives amid claims they are linked to exiled preacher of hate Sheikh Omar Bakri.
The sickening pamphlets shows a black Islamic flag flying over Parliament and invite people to a rally in east London.
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A 15-year-old was raped by a gang of four men at a house in Blackpool, a court has been told.
Awat Ahmed, 30, of Cookson Street in Blackpool, Lancashire, was one of four Kurdish men alleged to have carried out the attack in May this year.
He denied three charges of rape and one of [...]

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Police officers in Greater Manchester are learning Urdu to strengthen links with the Asian community.
Eight constables and civilian staff from Collyhurst and Cheetham are taking the 15-week course to get to grips with the basics of the language.
Pc Andrea Brennan says that the skills have already helped her work - she caught a wanted [...]

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Israel is to be advertised on the side of London taxi cabs for the first time as the Israeli tourism ministry launches an unprecedented campaign to attract British holidaymakers to the Holy Land.
Research into the trends of Brits heading abroad conducted by the ministry showed that people are becoming increasingly attracted by what [...]

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A British Holocaust charity has hit back at comments made by a UK Muslim leader comparing Tony Blair’s treatment of Muslims to Hitler’s actions against the Jews.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Mohammed Naseem, chairman of the Birmingham Central Mosque said he sees “similarities”.
Naseem was commenting on new powers put into place [...]

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British foreign secretary Jack Straw has praised Israel for the “astonishing amount” it has achieved since the establishment of the state nearly 60 years ago.
Speaking to the Labour Friends of Israel lobby group last Wednesday, Straw also noted the important contribution British Jews have made to UK society over the last 350 years. [...]

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