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22nd February

A teenage girl told police she was being repeatedly raped by a group of men who plied her with alcohol and demanded sex, a court has heard.



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22nd February

Comedian Frank Carson, best known for his catchphrase "It's a cracker", has died, his family has said.



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22nd February
LONDON (Reuters) - Clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill is to acquire two thirds of discount clothing retailer Peacocks stores, in a deal which will see 6,000 jobs saved, Peacocks' administrators KPMG said on Wednesday. The administrators said in a statement that Edinburgh Woollen Mill agreed to buy 388 stores from Cardiff-headquartered Peacocks, but the other 224 stores would be closed immediately, leading to 3,100 redundancies. Peacocks called administrators in and was put up for sale in January after succumbing to falling sales and high debts. ...
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22nd February
LONDON (Reuters) - The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair has begun legal action over the alleged interception of her private phone messages, her lawyer said Wednesday, making her the latest public figure to be drawn into a hacking scandal that has shaken the country's media. Barrister Cherie Blair, 57, issued a statement through a London law firm that has pursued phone-hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers on behalf of several high profile clients. ...
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