ROBERT Kilroy-Silk, the former Labour MP who became a chat-show host, is eyeing the constituency of Geoff Hoon, the defence secretary, in Ashfield in the east Midlands in the hope of dealing the government an embarrassing defeat at the general election. Now a leading figure in the anti-Europe UK Independence party, Kilroy-Silk was elected as a Euro MP for the east Midlands in June’s European elections.
Moscow police thwart terrorist attack
POLICE in central Moscow intercepted a car packed with explosives yesterday and said they had thwarted a terrorist attack. The driver told investigators he was being paid $1,000 to take the car to a road used by President Vladimir Putin to travel to and from the Kremlin. He died from a heart attack in hospital after questioning.
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A FATHER flying a kite on a seaside cliff with his five-year-old son was killed when he fell 150ft over the edge. The accident happened when Barry Ripley, 38, of Newhaven, East Sussex, was on Seaford Head cliffs.
Homes decision
RESIDENTS of Dolphin Square, the Westminster housing complex that has been home to Princess Anne, William Hague and the spy John Vassall will hear tomorrow if their homes will be sold to a property firm.
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Culkin arrested
THE former child actor Macaulay Culkin has been arrested on drug charges. Culkin, 24, best known for the film Home Alone, was detained in Oklahoma City after marijuana was found in a car.
Darfur oil threat
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THE United Nations security council has threatened oil sanctions against Sudan if it does not stop atrocities in Darfur. An estimated 50,000 people have been killed and 1.2m forced out of their homes in the region.