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27/02/2013
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Savile Home To Be Demolished
Jimmy Savile's former penthouse in Leeds is to be demolished and new apartments built on the site, the new owners have said.
The Roundhay Park property, which went on the market in September for £325,000, was bought for £250,000 by a couple living in the next-door flat.
Malcolm and Angela Statman said the disgraced broadcaster's former home was in a "terrible condition".
Investigation Launched Into Climbers Death
An investigation has been launched after a climber died during an operation to rescue him on Ben Nevis.
51-year-old Mark Philips fell about 50m (164ft) while climbing in the Raeburn's Buttress area on the north face of the mountain on Monday.
RAF and Royal Navy helicopters were called to the scene, along with Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
It is not yet known exactly how Mr Philips died during the resuce.
However, newspaper reports suggested that Mr Phillips fell during the rescue operation.
PCC Clear The Sun Of Subterfuge
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled that the Sun did not breach rules on subterfuge when it obtained details of a police evidence list at the scene of the Norfolk Broads deaths.
However, PCC did say the paper misled readers by suggesting that the evidence log on which its story was based had been provided voluntarily by police sources.
In an article published on 4 September last year, the Sun reported that a number of items – including a purple sex toy and a sheet covered in blood – had been retrieved from the river near the boat where John Didier and Annette Creegan had been staying before their deaths.
The Sun article did not explain how it discovered the log of items – but it later emerged that a press agency photographer had captured a police officer's evidence list when taking pictures at the crime scene.
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Jimmy Savile's former penthouse in Leeds is to be demolished and new apartments built on the site, the new owners have said.
The Roundhay Park property, which went on the market in September for £325,000, was bought for £250,000 by a couple living in the next-door flat.
Malcolm and Angela Statman said the disgraced broadcaster's former home was in a "terrible condition".
Investigation Launched Into Climbers Death
An investigation has been launched after a climber died during an operation to rescue him on Ben Nevis.
51-year-old Mark Philips fell about 50m (164ft) while climbing in the Raeburn's Buttress area on the north face of the mountain on Monday.
RAF and Royal Navy helicopters were called to the scene, along with Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
It is not yet known exactly how Mr Philips died during the resuce.
However, newspaper reports suggested that Mr Phillips fell during the rescue operation.
PCC Clear The Sun Of Subterfuge
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled that the Sun did not breach rules on subterfuge when it obtained details of a police evidence list at the scene of the Norfolk Broads deaths.
However, PCC did say the paper misled readers by suggesting that the evidence log on which its story was based had been provided voluntarily by police sources.
In an article published on 4 September last year, the Sun reported that a number of items – including a purple sex toy and a sheet covered in blood – had been retrieved from the river near the boat where John Didier and Annette Creegan had been staying before their deaths.
The Sun article did not explain how it discovered the log of items – but it later emerged that a press agency photographer had captured a police officer's evidence list when taking pictures at the crime scene.
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The first person to be charged in relation to Operation Tuleta, an investigation into alleged computer hacking and privacy breaches, is former Sun reporter Ben Ashford, who is facing once offence of passession of criminal property and one of unauthorised access to computer material.
Former Sun Reporter First To Be Charged Under Operation Tuleta
The first person to be charged in relation to Operation Tuleta, an investigation into alleged computer hacking and privacy breaches, is former Sun reporter Ben Ashford, who is facing once offence of passession of criminal property and one of unauthorised access to computer material.
20 August 2008
Rescue Teams Find Body In Missing Tourist Hunt
Rescue teams searching for a missing 48-year-old man have found a body. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team discovered the remains while searching for Simon Bally of Stoke-on-Trent, at the head of the Buttermere Valley on Tuesday.
Rescue Teams Find Body In Missing Tourist Hunt
Rescue teams searching for a missing 48-year-old man have found a body. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team discovered the remains while searching for Simon Bally of Stoke-on-Trent, at the head of the Buttermere Valley on Tuesday.
20 January 2005
Foreign Office to issue death certificates for tsunami missing
The Foreign Office has confirmed that it will issue death certificates for British nationals missing, presumed dead, in the Boxing Day tsunami disaster.
Foreign Office to issue death certificates for tsunami missing
The Foreign Office has confirmed that it will issue death certificates for British nationals missing, presumed dead, in the Boxing Day tsunami disaster.
06 February 2009
Police And Army Come To Aid Of Motorists Trapped In Snow
Emergency crews have rescued around 200 people after they became stranded in heavy snow in Devon, as wintry weather conditions continue to blight the UK. Police, soldiers and civilian volunteers came to the aid of those stranded and brought them to a series of shelters after 1ft of snow fell.
Police And Army Come To Aid Of Motorists Trapped In Snow
Emergency crews have rescued around 200 people after they became stranded in heavy snow in Devon, as wintry weather conditions continue to blight the UK. Police, soldiers and civilian volunteers came to the aid of those stranded and brought them to a series of shelters after 1ft of snow fell.
12 March 2007
British skiers die on Norwegian mountain
Two British cross-country skiers are believed to have frozen to death in blizzard conditions on a Norwegian mountain. The bodies of Peter Wilson, 18, from Inverness-shire and James Ross, 50, from Ross-shire, were found in the Hardangervidda region by chance by a Red Cross rescue patrol.
British skiers die on Norwegian mountain
Two British cross-country skiers are believed to have frozen to death in blizzard conditions on a Norwegian mountain. The bodies of Peter Wilson, 18, from Inverness-shire and James Ross, 50, from Ross-shire, were found in the Hardangervidda region by chance by a Red Cross rescue patrol.
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