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'Batman' delivers suspect to Bradford police

Unknown man dressed as 60s caped crusader collars suspected criminal and hands him in to Trafalgar House police stationIf Bane or the Joker were planning on moving their criminal empires from Gotham...

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Greater Manchester police deny failing child sexual exploitation victims

Police force rejects criticism that 'sexual abusers are walking the streets' and that officers do not have skills to win trust of victimsGreater Manchester police have angrily dismissed reports they...

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Liverpool Waters redevelopment gets government green light

Project that will dramatically alter Merseyside skyline to go ahead despite a warning city could lose world heritage site statusA £5.5bn redevelopment of Liverpool's docklands that will dramatically...

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Samantha Cameron turns red for Comic Relief cake bake

PM's wife donned pinny and scarlet wig in Downing Street kitchen as part of Red Nose Day charity fundraising effortWhen David Cameron tweeted a picture of his wife baking in the kitchen it probably...

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Baseball statues database launches featuring sport's biggest stars

Sheffield University researchers listed statues of players, managers and famous baseball fans in over 35 US states• Interactive map of baseball statuesWhat do the names Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio and...

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Scores on the paws: how one man changed the shape of dogs to come

As Crufts 2013 begins, historians show off the first classification of a dog breed based on physical formAs 27,000 dogs and their owners descend on Crufts, the international showcase of canine...

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Bradford Batman hangs up his cape as friend admits cheque fraud

Daniel Frayne, who was handed over to police by his friend Stan Worby, dressed as Batman, admits trying to cash stolen chequeA man who was handed over to police by a friend dressed as Batman has...

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Three men arrested over alleged sexual assault at Islamic girls' school

Police investigating reports of false imprisonment and sexual assault in relation to teenage girls at school in LancasterThree men have been arrested over reports of alleged sexual assault and false...

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Police investigate allegations of sex attack at Islamic girls' school

Inquiry is centred on alleged incident within the grounds of the Jamea al-Kauthar school in Lancaster last weekPolice have launched an inquiry into alleged sexual assault and false imprisonment at a...

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English Defence League exploiting sex-grooming fears, says report

EDL using concerns about gangs to fuel anti-Islam agenda and share tactics with other far-right groups, says universityThe English Defence League (EDL) is exploiting concerns about sex-grooming gangs...

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Coronavirus victim's widow tells of grief as scientists scramble for treatment

Azima Hussain's husband Khalid was first person in UK to die of new Sars-like disease• Coronavirus: is this the next pandemic?The widow of the first person to die of a deadly new Sars-like virus in the...

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Budget 2013 - reaction from business and industry

Reaction from business, lobby groups, politicians and the rest to chancellor George Osborne's budget 2013Josephine MouldsMark Smith

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Glossop battles over fate of town's historic gothic hall and new library

County council wants new library built away from Victoria Hall, while campaigners insist library should remain in 1888 buildingIt is probably the only town in Britain campaigning against a new library....

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Richard III replica head to go on show in York

Lifesize reconstruction made from detailed scans of skull found in Leicester car park will be Yorkshire Museum's centrepiece"King Richard, late mercifully reigning over us, was through great treason …...

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Google Street View gets peek inside Sheffield university buildings

University of Sheffield is first institution in the world to have full internal 360º panoramas available from Google Street ViewGoogle Street View has managed to capture butterflies, people mooning,...

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Cumbria police staff cleared over crime commissioner's expenses leak

Two suspended employees will be reinstated but two other people remain under investigationTwo Cumbria police staff suspended last month, after details of their chauffeur-driven police and crime...

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Rochdale child sex abuse case: council apologises for failings

Report says culture of complacency within the local authority allowed paedophile gangs to prey on girlsRochdale borough council has apologised for letting down victims of child sexual exploitation...

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Dale Cregan prison van involved in road collision

Police say collision of two prison vans near Preston not suspicious, after four prison officers and one prisoner injuredA prison van carrying Dale Cregan to his trial at Preston crown court has been...

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Rochdale council chief says systemic failures prevented capture of child...

Former Rochdale council leadership 'did not appear to be interested in children's social care issues' says reportThe paedophile gang jailed last year for sexually exploiting girls in Rochdale would...

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Watch Withnail and I at Crow Crag? I'll drink to that!

Cumbrian arts group to screen 1980s cult film at real-life location of Uncle Monty's house, with all proceeds going to charityTo Withnail and I fans, it will always be Uncle Monty's country bolthole,...

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