TV poll backs Berwick border move
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According to a television poll, 60% of people in Berwick-upon-Tweed want the town to become part of Scotland.
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The British National Party has supported Margaret Hodge in calling for British-born families to take priority over immigrants in the queue for council homes.
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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Labour paints doom-laden picture of Scotland under SNP Families, economy and security all to be in deep trouble if the Nats get control SNP say Scotland would be safer without Labour, however Key quote ...Comment
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By The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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AT ISSUE: Critics accuse Border Patrol of underreporting number of illegal immigrants who die crossing border. Border Patrol says its vigilance has helped reduce deaths.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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Support for Prime Minister Tony Blair's policy of keeping British troops in Iraq until a &quot;stable democracy&quot; is ensured has increased over the past three months, according to an opinion poll.
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Officials have announced that Transdnestr, a breakaway region of ex-Soviet Moldova, has voted overwhelmingly in a referendum in favour of joining Russia, strengthening Moscow's hand in this outpost on the edge of the European Union.
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THE ballot is finally to lay the bullet to rest in Northern Ireland. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, will travel to Belfast this week to formalise a historic agreement ...
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LABOUR have called for a review of access laws after a landmark ruling let Scotland's richest woman ban ramblers from the grounds of her home.  They want the Lord Advocate to tell sheriffs the "right to roam" is an integral part of the land reforms passed by parliament.
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About 2,000 people have demonstrated in icy cold weather in the streets of Edinburgh against plans to merge Britain&#39;s Black Watch Army regiment with other units as part of a major military overhaul.
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Telegraph - England wants its independence The United Kingdom should be broken up and Scotland and England set free as independent nations, according to a huge number of voters on both sides of the border.Comment
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Cumbria is the safest place to live in England and Wales after recording no killings over a year, according to figures.
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Â· Inspectors split difference over building in south-eastÂ· Tories accuse PM of reneging on green belt
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WASHINGTONâThe 700 MHz spectrum situation just got worse. The Senate Commerce Committee voted 13-9 Wednesday to possibly never require TV broadcasters to return spectrum in the 700 MHz band.
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By Conor Reilly, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Sep. 6--The dividing line is clear for residents of the Richland Hills  neighborhood.   City Council can either vote for the citizens of Lynchburg next Tuesday,  or against them.