Britain's in crisis: the real causes of chaos on streets
CITY A.M.
Equally tragically, most of the older rioters would never have any hope of going to university, regardless of cost, such is their educational poverty. What they wanted is free money and free goods and so they helped themselves. …

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Kenny Dalglish: A day with the King
Belfast Telegraph
10.29am: Climbs into a silver-grey Range Rover and is driven to the University of Ulster's Jordanstown Campus. 11.01am: Dalglish, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by UUJ earlier this summer, arrives at the sports complex and is taken indoors where …
Kenny Dalglish Endorses Boccia World CupUniversity of Ulster Online

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Manchester marks Rutherford centenary
BBC News
Until the end of October, Mosi is hosting an exhibition that celebrates the pioneering work of Rutherford, much of which was carried out while he was the Langworthy Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester. Visitors will be able to see a …

14-year-old boy is among hundreds of rioters facing charges
The Independent
The adult courts dealt with 21 men and three women including a self-employed car salesman, an organic chef and a university student. For some, it was their first court appearance. One man stood accused of beating a police officer with the officer's own …

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London riots: 'A generation who don't respect their parents or police'
The Guardian
University fees have gone up, education costs money. And there's no jobs. This is them sending out a message." The same depressing picture – a mixture of alienation, anger at the police, boredom and mischief – was reiterated by locals across the …
Shops smashed by crowd in SalfordBBC News
London riots: international reactionTelegraph.co.uk
Mobile mobs keep a step ahead of policeFinancial Times
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London riots spark shock and gloating around the world
Telegraph.co.uk
The hardline Iran newspaper claimed that the violence was carried out by students who were forced to drop out of university because of the rise in university tuition fees. Hojjatoleslam Hossein Ebrahimi, the vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's …

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Liverpool residents urged to stem trouble
BBC News
Students at the University of Liverpool who live in flats above shops have been moved to temporary accommodation outside the city centre. On Tuesday, Paul Brant, deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, said he wanted to see people "imposing a form of …
Major community clean up underway after violent riots break out in South LiverpoolClick Liverpool

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Soldier guilty of raping teenagers
The Independent
Haynes raped the girls after abducting them from the streets of the town and also attacked a University of Glamorgan first year student after breaking into halls of residence. The Royal Logistics Corp lance corporal, who was based at Buckley Barracks, …
Soldier guilty of rape and kidnapBBC News
Soldier guilty of Freshers' Week rapeNews Wales

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London riots: army should be last resort, say experts
The Guardian
There would be political and practical difficulties, said Dominic Bryan, director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University, Belfast, a city that experienced troops on the streets for decades. He said Northern Ireland had a divided …

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Hospital proposals for Cumbria outlined
Sunday Sun
If their bid is successful they would take over the provision of North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, which is currently responsible for both hospitals. At a meeting earlier this week in Penrith, Cumbria, the chief executives of the two trusts …
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustThe Guardian
Assurances sought over future of Cumbrian hospitalNews & Star
Aintree University Hospitals to be virtually paperless by XmasBritish Journal of Healthcare Computing

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