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Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:36 AM

England

Type: Country
Name: England
population: 50,233,272
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 34 Documents (in Environment)
An elemental force
The pictures seem as though they are from a distant continent. The raging brown water, the broken roads and bridges, the abandoned cars, and rescuers in inflatable boats ferrying families to safety: it looks more like a village hit by a Caribbean hurricane ... [Times Online - 5 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 11 Documents (in Environment)
Britain hit by floods after record rainfall
COCKERMOUTH, England - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped homes and roads Friday in northern England’s picturesque Lake District. One police officer was ... [The Saudi Gazette - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 10 Documents
Business big shot: Paul Sheffield of Kier
Importing fresh blood from outside has been the trend among recent chief executive appointments. In that context, yesterdays announcement from Kier that Paul Sheffield an employee of the construction group for 26 years would take over at the helm, was ... [Times Online - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 21 Documents (in Environment)
UK weather: North braced for more flooding
Northern Britain was braced for further flooding on Friday after a month's rain fell in 24 hours in places.Hundreds of properties across north west England, Wales and southern Scotland flooded on Thursday as water surged down rivers after extremely heavy ... [Telegraph - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 12 Documents (in Environment)
Forum for the Future - Click to view image in its original context
Forum for the Future
Newcastle 'most sustainable city'
Newcastle has beaten places with 'greener' reputations to come top in an annual league of Britain's most sustainable cities.The league table produced by sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future showed Newcastle outperformed previous winners ... [Virgin Media - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 7 Documents
Ryanair Holdings plc - Click to view image in its original context
Ryanair Holdings plc
Ryanair increase planes and routes at UK airports
Ryanair has announced that it plans to invest an additional $210m in UK tourism as it bases a total of 3 new aircraft in Bristol and Liverpool from 28th March and opens ten new routes from Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Prestwick) and Liverpool Airports, ... [Irish Independent - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 11 Documents (in Medicine)
Sir Liam Donaldson - Click to view image in its original context
Sir Liam Donaldson
Girl in Britain dies of Swine flu
A five year old girl in Britain has died after contracting swine flu.The girl, from Slough, Berkshire, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, and was treated at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London.She died there on November 11.She was in the reception ... [Sky News Australia - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 11 Documents
England test will see Carter / Wilkinson showdown
Sunday's keenly awaited test between the All Blacks and England at Twickenham will pit Dan Carter against Jonny Wilkinson for the first time since the 2005 Lions tour. It is a contest worth the price of admission alone, and in a year cut short by injury, ... [3 News - 21 hours ago]
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 9 Documents
Bank loses appeal over wheelchair access case
The Royal Bank of Scotland has lost its appeal over a ruling that it failed to cater for the wheelchair access needs of a disabled teenager who was awarded £6,500 damages.David Allen, 18, who has muscular dystrophy, took legal action after the bank failed ... [The Independent - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Police launch murder hunt after 19-year-old stabbed to death in street
Detectives launched a murder hunt today after a teenager was stabbed to death in the street.Passers-by dialled 999 after the 19-year-old was found collapsed in Stoke Newington, north London, last night.Emergency services arrived at Yoakley Road shortly ... [24dash.com - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 10 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
UN tribunal picks London lawyer for Karadzic
The UN war crimes tribunal on Thursday appointed a London lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic during his genocide trial, a legal adviser to the Bosnian Serb wartime leader said."The clerk informed us today that it had designated Richard Harvey," the ... [France24 - Africa - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Environment)
Britain hit by floods
COCKERMOUTH: Torrential rain of 'biblical proportions' caused serious flooding across northern England and southern Scotland on Friday as searches intensified for a police officer who went missing after a bridge collapsed.Flood defences in Cumbrian towns ... [The News International - 14 hours ago]

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...However, Rooke confirms that planning applications for developments on floodplains continue despite the risks: "In 2007/08, we lodged 6,200 objections to planning applications on the grounds of flood risk, but a high 96% of these were removed following dialogue with developers and local authorities to get them to understand the long-term risks of inappropriate development. However, although 16 major developments were approved against our advice, local authorities are improving year-on-year in terms of listening to our advice and following it."
Heeding high water [Public Service - 28 mins ago]

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A revised procedure for the review and, if nece... [Food Standards Agency - 7 mins ago]
Roman horror day at Zaha Hadid's Maxxi [Building Design - 10 mins ago]
Gold slips as US dollar firms [Business Spectator - 15 mins ago]
TBTM's Gillian Upton lands journalism award [Business Travel Magazine UK - 16 mins ago]
Bill will see expert witnesses identified in fa... [Communitycare.co.uk - 18 mins ago]
Thomas Silvestri elected chairman of American P... [Hellenic News - 22 mins ago]
Jamaica: Increased food production results in l... [Fresh Plaza - 23 mins ago]
Children's Minister launches action plan to add... [DCSF.gov.uk - 23 mins ago]
Cumby Makes the Grade [Convenience Store/Petroleum - 25 mins ago]
Heeding high water [Public Service - 28 mins ago]
Harman faces prosecution over car phone crash [First Post - 34 mins ago]
The Night Stalker: why it took 17 years to arre... [First Post - 35 mins ago]
Plans for new Birmingham station advance [International Railway Journal - 37 mins ago]
INFRASTRUCTURES IN 22nd CENTURY [Public Sector & Local Government Building - 40 mins ago]
Levi Johnston's Mother Gets 3 Years in Drug Case [ABC News - 42 mins ago]
British TV documentary tackles taboo of Israel'... [Electronic Intifada - 44 mins ago]
Tamil activists' shock on return to Jaffna [BBC - 44 mins ago]
Church of Ireland notes [Irish Times - 48 mins ago]
Feeling like a plum at Twickenham [Guardian.co.uk - 49 mins ago]
New Colorful Butterfly Bush [National Gardening Association - 50 mins ago]
Ardent Zionist and immensely successful bookmaker [Irish Times - 52 mins ago]
George F. Will: Fossil fuels belie environmenta... [washingtonpost.com - George F. Will Archive - 53 mins ago]
Soon, 'time-travelling' browsing technology to ... [NewKerala.com - 55 mins ago]
Stamp Duty cut has been a flop [CashQuestions.com - 59 mins ago]
An invasion of privacy [Vision Systems Design - 1 hour ago]
Joe Riley: Its time Catholic church apologised [Liverpool Echo - 1 hour ago]
Joe Riley: Freeze train fares [Liverpool Echo - 1 hour ago]
Joe Riley: Dont destroy our green and pleasant ... [Liverpool Echo - 1 hour ago]
Blair 'will bounce back' [The News International - 1 hour ago]
Lopsided transport planning slammed [Deccan Chronicle - 1 hour ago]
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Merck, Shopping in the UK? [Corante - 20 mins ago]
So, according to this report, Merck is scouting out locations for a UK facility. No word if it's supposed to have a research component, but. . .as a correspondent ...
Crime, race and incarceration rates (Mortons Mu... [Progressive Bloggers - 57 mins ago]
The incarceration rates per 100,000 adult population of First Nations here in Canada mirror very closely the incarceration rates per 100,000 adult population of ...
Upcoming #140conf City Meetups - December 2009 [The Jeff Pulver Blog - 1 hour ago]
Since the launch of the #140conf events, conferences have taken place in: New York City, Los Angeles and London. During the course of 2009 we have explored the effects ...
Backstage at #140conf London [The Jeff Pulver Blog - 1 hour ago]
Jeff Pulver @jeffpulver and Stephen Fry @stephenfry Photo taken by: Alan Weinkrantz - - - Tags: 140conf, social media, 140 Characters Conference, ...
Dennis Danziger: Every Day My Heart Gets Broken [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 2 hours ago]
Every day my heart gets broken. The hurt starts before I step foot onto my campus. I live six blocks from my work site in a diverse, middle-class neighborhood ...
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Audio/Video

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Deluge Drowns British Isles [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 3 hours ago]
Severe Rain Causes Flood Chaos In Northern England [Sky News - YouTube - 6 hours ago]
Hughes relishing Anfield clash [ITN News - YouTube - 6 hours ago]
Amplified London: Speech DeBelle [ABC News - YouTube - 9 hours ago]
Body found in flood search [CNN.com - Video - 10 hours ago]
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