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Kelly warned of 'dark
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Weapons expert Dr David Kelly told of
"many dark actors playing games" in an e-mail to a journalist hours before his
suicide, it was reported on Saturday. The words appeared to refer to officials at the
Ministry of Defence and UK intelligence agencies with whom he had sparred over
interpretations of weapons reports, according to the New York Times. The message gave no
indication that he was depressed and said he was waiting "until the end of the
week" before judging how his appearance before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs
Committee had gone. |
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Kelly's life made
'intolerable' |
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Dr David Kelly, the scientist at the
centre of the row over the Government's Iraq dossier, said his life had been made
"intolerable", his family have revealed. Dr Kelly's wife Janice, and daughters
Sian, 32, and twins Rachel and Ellen, 30, issued a statement through Thames Valley Police
after it was revealed the defence official died after slashing one of his wrists. The
statement, read at Wantage police station in Oxfordshire by Acting Superintendent David
Purnell, also said the family were "utterly devastated" by the loss and paid
tribute to Dr Kelly's "integrity, honour and dedication". |
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BA walkout causes
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Flights to and from London's Heathrow
Airport were plunged into chaos and 80,000 passengers, including many holidaymakers, had
their travel plans cancelled after a walkout by British Airways staff. More than 360
flights were scrapped across three terminals at Heathrow after BA check-in staff staged a
second unofficial walkout over possible changes to working practices. BA said staff had
returned to work on Saturday night and that the airline would guarantee its services
tomorrow pending the outcome of discussions. |
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Baby dies in restaurant
roof collapse |
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A baby girl died after the roof of an
Indian restaurant collapsed on a busy shopping street. The 10-month-old was taken to
Sandwell Hospital along with her mother, who suffered a broken arm in the incident in High
Street, West Bromwich. A second woman also suffered a broken arm and a man, who police
said tried to get involved in the rescue, was taken to hospital suffering from shock. |
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Elderly stab victim
fights for life |
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An elderly widower stabbed 45 times by
a burglar was fighting for his life in hospital tonight. Malcolm Deighton, 70, was
confronted by the man, in his early 30s, in the hallway of his home. The pair struggled on
to the front drive where the attacker fled, leaving Mr Deighton bleeding on the ground. |
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5,000 call for end to
gun crime |
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Up to 5,000 people gathered for a rally
to highlight the rising level of gun crime in inner cities and called for community action
to stop it. The Black United Front, which organised the famous Million Man March in
Washington DC eight years ago, led the demonstration in Birmingham on Saturday. Organiser
Kofi Klu hoped the rally would put the issue of black-on-black killings under the
spotlight and give publicity to community perspectives on possible solutions. |
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Three dead in
helicopter crash |
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Three people were killed when their
helicopter crashed in a field. The aircraft - believed to be a Hughes 500 - came down in
Cudham Lane South, at Knockholt, near Sevenoaks, Kent. A Kent Police spokeswoman said
there were no survivors on board the helicopter, which had taken off from Biggin Hill
airport. |
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Runaway's boyfriend
freed on appeal |
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A Turkish court has released a
bartender who was jailed for more than five years for the statutory rape of a British
teenager who ran away from home to marry him, his lawyer said. Mehmet Sedat Ocak, 24, was
released from prison in the south eastern city of Gaziantep on Friday after an appeals
court in May overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial, lawyer Yasar Saglam said.
He is free until the outcome of the new trial. |
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Level crossing tragedy
man remanded |
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The driver of a minibus whose three
passengers were killed when the vehicle collided with a high speed train was named for the
first time in court. Adnan Kadir Karim, 25, from Iraq, appeared with his right arm in a
sling and using a crutch before magistrates in Worcester, charged with three counts of
manslaughter. The charges relate to a collision between a minibus, carrying eight foreign
nationals, and a First Great Western train, on a private level crossing at a farm in
Charlton, near Evesham, Worcestershire on July 7. |
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