Savile: Celebs 'Frightened By Police Probe'

Major stars from the 60s and 70s are terrified of being named in connection with the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, according to PR guru Max Clifford. Mr Clifford told Sky News that up to 15 celebrities in Britain and beyond had been in touch with...

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Savile Family: Our Hearts Go Out To Victims

Savile Family Statement In Full Updated: 11:25am UK, Saturday 27 October 2012 Jimmy Savile's nephew Robert Foster speaks in detail about the family's reaction to the scandal. "A year ago our uncle, Sir Jimmy Savile, passed away. It was a shock when...

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Victory For Man Who Took Cold Caller To Court

A businessman plagued by nuisance phone calls offering compensation for Payment Protection Insurance has secured £220 in an out-of-court settlement. Richard Herman, 53, was so fed up with the unwanted calls arriving from India, he decided to take matters...

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EDF To Raise Gas And Electricity Prices

Energy giant EDF is to increase prices for householders by an average of 10.8%. The rise, gas and electricity, around four times the rate of inflation, is set to be implemented on December 7. EDF, which has 3.1 million customers and 5.5 million accounts...

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British Oil Executive Shot Dead In Brussels

A British oil executive - named by Sky sources as Nicholas Mockford - has been shot dead in Brussels. The killing took place on October 14 but Belgian investigators have only just revealed information about his death. Mr Mockford, who worked for ExxonMobil,...

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Hospital Abuse: Six Former Carers Jailed

Care Home Abusers Sentenced Updated: 12:14pm UK, Friday 26 October 2012 The former staff admitted 38 charges of either neglect or ill-treatment of people with severe learning difficulties. They are: :: Wayne Rogers, 32, of Purton Close, Bristol,...

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April Jones: Police Teams Continue Search

The search for missing April Jones is continuing in mid-Wales nearly a month after her disappearance. The five-year-old was abducted as she played outside her home in Machynlleth on October 1. A month on and more than 120 officers are still involved...

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Ford UK Job Losses To Hit 1,300, Sources Say

Ford will make 1,300 employees redundant following the closure of its Southampton factory, according to Sky sources. The US company's stamping plant in Dagenham, which presses sheets of metal used to make Transit vans in Southampton, will also be shut...

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Recession Ends Amid Olympic Games Boost

How GDP Is Compiled Really Matters Updated: 8:11am UK, Thursday 25 October 2012 By Ed Conway, Economics Editor I've covered economics for a decade or so, but I confess that until very recently I didn't really know what GDP really is. I mean,...

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Savile: Abuse Charities Report Spike In Calls

Charities helping victims of sexual abuse have been swamped with inquiries – prompted by the widening Jimmy Savile controversy. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) has seen nearly a trebling of calls to its hotline. Napac...

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Equal Pay: Women Win Landmark Ruling

Women who earned less than men on the same pay grade when they worked for a local authority have won a battle for equal pay compensation at the UK's highest court. The Supreme Court said more than 170 former Birmingham City Council employees could...

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Obama Aggressive In Final Presidential Debate

Romney Avoids Foreign Policy Blow Updated: 10:35am UK, Tuesday 23 October 2012 By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent This was always going to be a tough one for Mitt Romney. The Republican challenger has not distinguished himself on foreign policy. ...

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Cyprus: Firecracker Injures Footballer

A Colombian footballer and team medical staff were left writhing in pain after a powerful firecracker exploded inches from their faces during a match in Cyprus. Ricardo Laborde, who plays for Anorthosis Famagusta in the Cypriot first division, was being...

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Jimmy Savile: BBC Boss Is Grilled By MPs

Why Child Abuse Goes Unchallenged Updated: 4:38am UK, Tuesday 23 October 2012 By Peter Saunders, Chief Executive, NAPAC I founded and am now privileged to work for NAPAC, the National Association for People Abused in Childhood. We run the UK's...

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BBC Editor 'Steps Aside' Over Savile Scandal

The Newsnight editor who dropped an investigation into claims Sir Jimmy Savile sexually abused people "is stepping aside", the BBC says. Peter Rippon, who says he dropped the report for editorial reasons, will leave his role with "immediate effect"...

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Rosneft To Buy 50% Stake In TNK-BP From BP

BP agrees to sell its TNK-BP stake to Russian's Rosneft in a multi-billion pound deal. The state-owned oil giant will pay $17.1bn and shares (£10.6bn) for the 50% stake. The agreement will also see BP take a 19.75% stake in Roseneft. It comes after...

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Lance Armstrong: UCI Upholds Usada Life Ban

Lance Armstrong has been banned for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles over his role in "the most sophisticated doping programme sport has ever seen". The International cycling union (UCI) said it would uphold the decision taken by...

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Tebbit: 'PM Incompetent Over Mitchell Row'

David Cameron has been criticised by Conservative grandee Lord Tebbit following Andrew Mitchell's resignation as chief whip. He said the Prime Minister had allowed "this dog of a coalition Government" to look incompetent. Accused of calling police...

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Seven Dead In Damascus Car Bomb Blast

At least seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded near a police station in the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to reports. An official speaking from the scene said an explosives-rigged taxi blew up 50 metres from the Bab Touma neighborhood's...

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Cardiff Hit-And Run: Dad Saw Van Target Child

A father has described the terrifying moment his young family were struck by a van in Cardiff. Adam Lewis' two-year-old daughter Amelia-May was catapulted from her pram during a 30-minute hit-and-run rampage across the Welsh capital. Luckily, she escaped...

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