Enfield and Edmonton riots: 'The mood was calmer, it felt premeditated'
The Guardian
With no focal point of protest, the crowds were more fluid, directed by a combination of word of mouth, quiet gestures and BlackBerry text messages. Small, disparate groups of up 20 people, roamed the streets looking for unguarded shops. …

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Supermarket sweep
The Guardian
In April, there were two riots in Stokes Croft: one in response to a police raid on a squat in search of alleged petrol bombs, which ended in the new Tesco's windows being smashed; the other in the wake of a peaceful demonstration that had been …

Edinburgh's street corner universities – libraries don't just lend books
Public Service
A search box appears in two obvious places, top and bottom of the page, throughout the site. Click in the box and it expands to offer you four options: the site, the library catalogue, Your Edinburgh (a directory of community resources), …

Top 50 Palace Games Countdown: No.2 – Stockport 0 Palace 1
Five Year Plan
one word i did remember. So I wasn't a big fan of it, it's fair to say. And one of the main reasons my head was not in a French book was the perils of my club Crystal Palace. I was a wide-eyed 16-year-old, with gangly limbs and dyed blond hair (don't …

One Dead Hen by Charlie Williams – review
The Guardian
Nathan, the sinister landlord of the local pub, "wants a word" – and that can only mean trouble, especially since Royston isn't able to pay for his drinks. Worst of all, someone is chopping off women's heads around his hometown, Mangel, and Royston is …

The Anfield gap: Any hope for Liverpool?
Nigeria Daily Independent
The Liverpool board is too immersed in financial machinations to embark on a sufficiently comprehensive search for a new figurehead and any incoming manager may well be submerged by the same issues troubling Hodgson. If a clean break is desired, …

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The weekend starts here…
Maidenhead Advertiser
There will also be colouring and word search competitions, as well as plant pot decorations, and children making designs for the new outdoor play area. DORNEY: Come along to Dorney Court Kitchen Garden in Court Lane, Dorney between 11am-4pm. …

I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards – review
The Guardian
If you worked at Google, Google was your life. by Douglas Edwards Douglas Edwards was "Google's word guy" between 1999 and 2005, responsible for official text and branding. A former journalist with a literature degree, he portrays himself as a rather …

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UK police say they've arrested LulzSec's 'Topiary'
CNET
A search is ongoing at the address." Police are also searching a home in Lincolnshire and interviewing a 17-year-old, but that teen has not been arrested, the statement said. Topiary was believed to have handled LulzSec's Twitter feed, at least for a …
LulzSec leader "Topiary" arrested in BritainSalon

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Taking Reading Comprehension by the horns and conquering it
PaGalGuY.com
Without having actually 'read' that word! Having said all the above, the CAT in its online avatar has not been featuring very large RC passages so the role played by reading speed has reduced to some extent. But in exchange, the role of comprehension …