Pensioner in deportation threat
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:56:40 +0100
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6756341.stm
An 80-year-old woman who moved to Scotland from America in 1929 has
been told she could be deported as an illegal immigrant.
Marguerite Grimmond was born in Detroit but moved to Arbroath with her
Scottish mother when she was two.
At the beg ...
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Race-hate fears over cash-for-crash claims
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:56:39 +0100
http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/NEWSW03.html
AN Oldham MP fears an increase in staged car crashes could see a rise
in discrimination against genuine Asian victims.
Gangs in Oldham are cashing in on fake car crashes, and latest figures
released by the Insurance Fraud Bureau show the area as the fourth
worst ...
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¡ê125,000 payout for Tube worker in 'jelly baby' race jibe
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:56:38 +0100
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=463258&in_page_id=1770
A Tube worker who accused two colleagues of racism - alleging they
taunted him by biting the heads off black jelly babies - has received
a reported ¡ê125,000 pay-out.
Daniel Jean-Marie received the out-of-court se ...
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?Extremism is on the rise?
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:56:37 +0100
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/hounslowchiswick/display.var.1489862.0.extremism_is_on_the_rise.php
A new report has found that religious extremism and strong
anti-immigrant sentiments are rife across Hounslow.
The Sharing the Future study, published last week, was commissioned by
Hounslow Council foll ...
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Muslims and identity
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:56:37 +0100
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7294978&story_id=9354590
OF FIVE Western countries polled by the Pew Research Centre, Muslims
in Britain were the most likely to identify themselves by religion
rather than nationality. A massive 81% considered themselves Muslim
first ...
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Pakistani mob burns queen's effigy in Rushdie protest
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:23:42 +0100
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070619/tuk-britain-rushdie-pakistan-a7ad41d.html
Islamic hardliners in Pakistan burned an effigy of Queen Elizabeth as
senators Tuesday joined mounting calls for London to withdraw Salman
Rushdie's knighthood.
The senate approved a unanimous resolution demanding London axe the
h ...
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BBC viewers angered by its 'innate liberal bias'
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:23:42 +0100
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/19/nbbc119.xml
The BBC is operating in a "left-leaning comfort zone" and has an
"innate liberal bias" according to a report commissioned by the
corporation.
The report, From Seesaw to Wagon Wheel, said that the BBC's drift
towards a liberal-minded a ...
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Muslim officer is first on the beat donning hijab
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:23:41 +0100
http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/features/2007/06/18/b6d3db74-45cf-4141-92a1-5960f6158597.lpf
RUKSHANA Begum is, without question, one of a kind. This week, the
23-year-old will become the first police officer ever to wear the
Muslim hijab, or headscarf, on duty in Cambridgeshire. And she can't
wait.
"I've ...
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Barclays could drop eagle logo because of 'Nazi connotations'
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:23:40 +0100
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=463010&in_page_id=1770
The eagle logo used by Barclays is under threat today amid fears that
its Nazi connotations could offend customers of its Dutch takeover
target.
The banking giant has informally agreed to ground the eagle after
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The country code.
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:40:29 +0100
You have taken an interest in a special newsgroup set up by
the government to plug the gaps created by the abysmal
failure of their Psychiatric Care in the Community Policy.
The uk.local hierarchy was devised to provide an outlet for
individuals who would otherwise be spending their days sitting
at home wearin ...
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