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BreakingNewsUK

  1. Police arrest 4 in connection with fatal Manchester pub shooting - @SkyNews bit.ly/JEAkQ5 about 1 hour ago via breakingnews.com
  2. UK holidaymaker in critical condition after falling from the balcony of Magaluf hotel room - @SkyNews bit.ly/JYiICD about 1 hour ago via breakingnews.com
  3. Germany sets new solar-power record, equal to 20 nuclear plants at full capacity, institute says - @reuters reut.rs/KPWKhC about 16 hours ago via breakingnews.com
  4. 15-year-old boy dies after jumping from a bridge into the River Thames at Oxford - @BBCNews bbc.in/LmtUHZ about 21 hours ago via breakingnews.com
  5. Pair of British men drown after their raft overturns and capsizes in a river in southern India, police official says - @AP about 23 hours ago via breakingnews.com
  6. Home Office draws up plans to deal with possible increase in immigration from Greece if euro collapses - @BBCNews bbc.in/KhO8Cq 3:14 AM May 26th via breakingnews.com
  7. Man dies and 3 others are wounded after a shooting in a pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, police say - PA 11:55 PM May 25th via breakingnews.com
  8. 1 dead, 3 injured in Droylsden pub shooting - @SkyNews bit.ly/K0G6ju 10:18 PM May 25th via breakingnews.com
  9. Laura Johnson jailed for 2 years for driving looters on late-night crime spree in London riots during August 2011 - PA 9:14 AM May 25th via breakingnews.com
  10. Avalon Guitars, instrument-maker whose customers included Bruce Springsteen, goes into liquidation - @BBCNews bit.ly/KfPxJV 8:56 AM May 25th via breakingnews.com
  11. UK Foreign Office confirms death of British national in crocodile-infested river near Bangalore, India. - @SkyNewsBreak 8:50 AM May 25th via breakingnews.com
  12. Daughter of PC David Rathband, who was blinded by gunman Raoul Moat, will take his place as Olympic torchbearer - PA bit.ly/LmN4u3 8:26 AM May 25th via breakingnews.com
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