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On your marks: the great Christmas getaway starts
\"We're not expecting any one day to be the busiest, as it will be more staggered right across from the Sunday to the Wednesday.\" The busiest days would be the 22nd, 23rd and 27th, he added. \"In the week leading up to the holiday, we expect as many people to travel by train as those who flew in and out of Manchester Airport in the whole of 2007.\" Some cheap tickets are still available, however. Tickets for a London to Bristol service that leaves today at 12pm are now [pounds]13.50, while a single to Liverpool for the same day is [pounds]61.60. He said: \"The cheap fares are selling out. Based on the day of the week Christmas falls, we can anticipate the busiest and most expensive travel dates. We can predict there will be thousands travelling on 20 December.\" Travellers are, however, facing the possibility of delays over Christmas co. uk news.jsp LINKS because of extensive shutdowns on lines.
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On your marks: the great festive getaway starts
\"roads: 16 million people were expected to take to the roads over the Christmas period. Gavin Hill-Smith, of the AA, said it was expecting a rush this afternoon when schools closed, but the busiest days would be the 22nd, 23rd and 27th. Transport links MAINLINE RAIL: www.nationalrail.co.uk TUBE AND DLR: www.tfl.gov.uk/ tubeworks FLIGHTS: www.baa.com ROADWORKS: www.theaa.com/ travelwatch/travel_news.jsp
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A crowd of 50 watched but only he had the guts to tackle raiders
Gabrielle Henry, manager of WT Spa in the street, said: \"I saw this old guy go past and push one of them over. He grabbed his balaclava and shouted 'I've got your DNA'. The other guy was still hitting the window but then they ran off.\" The attackers were apparently targeting Rolex watches in the shop understood to have been robbed at least three times in the past year. \"There must have been about 40 to 50 people watching but he was the only one who thought, 'I'm not putting up with this'. We were all amazed he had the guts to do it.\" Sammy Coco, deputy manager of Gant, said the pensioner had saved the day. The story prompted much online debate. One reader, Tony D, wrote: \"Well done to the elderly warrior. I'm guessing he's been through some real wartime battles in his youth, and knows more about real bravery than most of the watching crowd put together.\" .. .. Do you know the pensioner? Call our news desk on 020 7938 7161..
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A crowd of 50 watched but only he had the guts to tackle raiders
Gabrielle Henry, manager of WT Spa in the street, said: \"I saw this old guy go past and push one of them over. He grabbed his balaclava and shouted 'I've got your DNA'. There must have been about 40 to 50 people watching but he was the only one who thought, 'I'm not putting up with this'.\" After the tackle Mr [William Grove] merely smiled at the crowd before walking to a nearby stop and boarding a bus. Tony O'Neill, caretaker of the development, said: \"He is a great guy but very modest.\" The story prompted much online debate. One reader, Tony D, wrote: \"Well done to the elderly warrior. I'm guessing he knows more about real bravery than most of the watching crowd put together.\" .. .. Do you know Mr Grove? Call our news desk on 020 7938 7161..
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Help me, help me, pleaded boy as he clung to pole on balcony
\"I was looking for my keys and then all of a sudden I heard: 'Help me, help me please.' I turned around and I saw the boy who died hanging on to a pole. He wasn't dangling his feet were resting on the balcony \"He looked me in the eye and said 'Call the police.' \" She said another youth had called out \"Come here, man\" as [Ahmed] pleaded with her. \"I think he wanted to hurt him and I could tell the boy was terrified. I didn't see any weapons on the one who was threatening him but I was too scared to look at him.\" Other witnesses said the gang caught up with Ahmed as he clung to the side of the building and hit his hands so hard he lost his grip and fell to the ground.
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(1) EXECUTION AT SUPERMARKET(2) They came into the store and fired shots twice
\" They had to restrain him and he ended up being bundled to the floor, I guess he was just overcome by emotion.\" A family friend said: \" Who makes the guns? Not kids. They're the ones who buy them and sell them. If they weren't made kids would not use them. That is the truth. Who is supplying them? That is the question.\" Detectives were today questioning a 19-year-old man arrested in connection with the killing . \"One of the shopkeepers at Costcutter told me they came into the shop and fired shots twice.\" Police sealed off a large section of the road as they carried out forensic searches. Officer's from the Met's Trident team, which deals with shootings in the black community, are investigating the killing. Police sources said the victim was not a major gang figure. \" He is not known to Trident he is not a major player. That does not mean he wasn't involved in more petty postcode rivalries.\" It is believed the victim had been with members of his family when the gunman appeared to brush past him and then shoot him.
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MOMENT CAMERON BECAME A VICTIM OF CRIME
I chained the bike through the wheel then put it around one of those bollard things. I have reported it using the police's new online facility but I'm not expecting to get it back any time soon.\" The bike is the one Mr [David Cameron] regularly uses to cycle from his home to the House of Commons. He appealed to the thief to return it, saying: \"If anyone has seen it I would very much like it back. \"He was embarrassed and a bit annoyed. He was going round talking to people asking them if they had seen it most people didn't recognise him.\" At one point the Tory leader asked two men outside a betting shop in a desperate attempt to recover his bike. The shop worker added: \"He was a bit cheesed off. One man asked if he could have his picture taken with him and he just said, 'Not now'.\" The theft happened outside the Portobello Road branch of Tesco at about 6.30pm yesterday.
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City's 21st stab victim killed near MP's home
Mrs Oblitey said: \"When [Mary] came out she saw police and ambulance. She saw Freddie lying there on the street. The paramedics were trying to resuscitate him while she was next to him.\" [Frederick Moody] was trying to enter a construction trade apprenticeship scheme. A family friend said: \"I am a decorator and he had asked me for a reference. He had been in a bit of trouble when he was younger but he wanted to better himself. \"He had his eyes open and was talking to the police. I don't know what he was saying. The paramedics were working on him for about an hour, putting the oxygen mask on and pumping his chest.\" Vida Oblitey, a neighbour who described [Freddy] as like a son to her, said she had been with his mother when he died in hospital last night. She said: \"Whoever has done this has taken the only son away from a very happy family.\" Ms Oblitey, 52, added: \"I had just come home from work and got a call from my kids they said Freddy had been stabbed. After rushing back I phoned Freddy's mother, who I was with until 5am this morning. I had been at the hospital with her and we were there when it was confirmed he had died.\" Frederick had just left his home when he was attacked shortly after 7pm.
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Driver, 20, dies in road rage attack
\"It was something to do with road rage involving a Ford Transit. My twin brother, Sammy, later saw a white van driving around near the scene. He stood in front of it and said: 'You can't come down here, someone's been attacked'. \"The guy just nodded at him then he heard other people in the van say: 'Go, go, let's go'. He got the licence plate number and told the police.\" Police said four people had been arrested in connection with the killing..
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