[This is very similar to the robbery in Northern Ireland a few years ago (in sheer size, scope and organisation) -not going short are we Gerry?-ed]

More than £25m in cash has been stolen from a depot in Kent after its security manager and his family were kidnapped by armed robbers posing as police.
The [...]

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VIENNA, Austria – Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after admitting to an Austrian court that he denied the Holocaust — a crime in the country where Hitler was born.
Irving, who pleaded guilty and then insisted during his one-day trial that he now acknowledged the Nazis’ World [...]

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Note: Sin Fein are Irelands richest political party-ed]

MPs have voted in favour of two government motions aimed at restoring Westminster allowances worth about £500,000 to Sinn Fein’s five MPs.
The allowances were withdrawn last year after allegations of IRA involvement in the Northern Bank robbery.
Prime Minister Tony Blair said the government was implementing [...]

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[There you go folks, pay up or go to jail....ed]
Council tax in England is set to increase by 4% on average this year, more than double the rate of inflation, a survey suggests.
The Local Government Association, which questioned 112 councils, found seven out of 10 were planning to set rises of between 3.1% and [...]

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THE elected mayor of Doncaster last night denied he had personally intervened in a planning application over a potential housing development which was settled in favour of a prominent Labour-supporting businessman.
Martin Winter said he “totally rejected” the revelations in yesterday’s Yorkshire Post, adding: “I never have intervened, nor will I intervene, in a specific planning [...]

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A crooked postmaster who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from benefits claimants in Borehamwood has been forced to hand back the cash.
Mahesh Patel, 52, is serving four years behind bars for cashing bogus welfare claims belonging to single parents, pensioners and disabled people as part of a national fraud ring.
He worked at the [...]

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ANYWHERE up to £200,000 of taxpayer’s money will be spent bailing out a faith school project after it was hit by ‘unforeseen’ costs.
Slough council will foot the potential bill to improve highway safety outside the Sikh school being built south of Wexham Park stadium.
But the decision to underwrite the sum has sparked fears that the [...]

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[Why has the police not made any arrests in this case-ed]

A LABOUR chief ‘made an obscene gesture’ to rivals after he was expelled from the council chamber in unprecedented scenes at the town hall.
Labour deputy James Swindlehurst (Lab: Cippenham Green) allegedly made a ‘V-sign’ as he swept out of the room with the entire [...]

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Carlisle MP Eric Martlew has been attempting to curry favour by nominating the Dhaka Tandoori for the “parliamentary seal of approval” as the best Bangladeshi restaurant in his constituency.
Cumbrian sources have said that the nomination may have more to do with the fact that the owner is a Labour supporter and council candidate than the [...]

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A LABOUR councillor has been released on police bail after officers discovered a suspected drugs haul in his car.
Officers are believed to be looking into whether drugs may have been planted on his car maliciously.
Asaf Ali, who represents the Alexandra ward on Oldham Council, was arrested on Friday after officers swooped on the car [...]

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Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council Leader Carole Claridge (Conservative) has been suspended from her position as a member of the local authorities ruling cabinet for the next nine months.
A three-man panel from the Adjudication Panel for England, heard allegations that Councillor Claridge had breached codes of conduct at both Burbage parish and Hinckley and Bosworth [...]

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[Could this be a way of Labour avoiding being slaughtered in the elections after they bomb Iran? Got news for you Tony....the war in Iran will be raging for decades-ed]
Next year’s local elections in England could be abandoned under plans being considered by the government, the BBC has learned.
Whitehall officials have told [...]

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Many local authorities in England are considering cutting services in an effort to keep council tax bills down, the Local Government Association says.
An LGA survey of 54 councils found 28% proposed cuts to jobs or services.
But 78% of councils also planned to raise bills by between 3% and 5% – up to £60 for [...]

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[I may note that having listening devices placed in rocks was widely used by the UK in Northern Ireland for many years-ed]
Russian state television has broadcast video footage of what it claims are British diplomats spying in Moscow.
In the programme, people claiming to be Russian intelligence officers say British agents planted a transmitter in an [...]

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In an environment more fitting of a James Bond film, the British government goes to court to try to obtain a High Court injunction, which would make it illegal for any publication in Britain of information published by a disaffected MI6 (Military Intelligence) spy in Russia.
Richard Tomlinson was dismissed from MI6 in 1994 and was [...]

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[Is this where our tax money ends up?-ed]
Manila, 16 Jan. (AKI9 – European Union funds are set to help the Islamic Sharia judicial system operating in the mostly Muslim Mindanao autononomous region of the southern Philippines, where separatist groups have waged war since the 1970s. Part of the money, according to a report from the [...]

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Police questioned Israel’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Zvi Heifetz, Friday morning over a money laundering affair connected to a Bank Hapoalim branch in Tel Aviv.
Heifetz, a former business manager to Russian-Israeli tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky, was first approached by investigators two months ago.
The ambassador was questioned over allegations that Gusinsky’s cash was “laundered” via [...]

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CHARLES KENNEDY was given a £10,500 barrel of malt whisky which is not registered with the House of Commons.
The ex-Lib Dem leader, who was forced to quit after admitting a drink problem, was presented with the “hogshead” by Glen-morangie distillery.
He pledged not to drink again when he announced his battle against alcohol.
Kennedy has not declared [...]

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THE Government was today accused of planning to divert lottery cash from good causes and charity to fund services normally paid for from general taxation.
MPs are today debating the second reading of the National Lottery Bill, which will merge three of the bodies distributing cash to good causes into a new Big Lottery Fund. [...]

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JOHN PRESCOTT, who has presided over a huge increase in council tax bills, is being challenged to declare whether he is avoiding paying any council tax himself.
Last week the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) admitted that he was not paying council tax on his grace-and-
favour apartment in Whitehall. The council tax on [...]

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