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WHITEHALL FARCE
Excited chatter about a ‘Whitehall of the North’ has been pretty much an annual pre-budget event since 2009. So far, it has been a reliable let-down. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plans to relocate 22,000 civil servants to the regions kick-started the latest seasonal wave of speculation. What can Manchester expect from the 3 March announcement?
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It was the second deadliest peacetime sinking of a European ship since Titanic
Treaty declared site a marine grave and prohibited any exploration of the wreck
Swedish filmmaker Henrik Evertsson, 33, says he used drone to film wreckage of the MS Estonia when his crew discovered a gaping hole in the hull of the ferry
Film reveals official Swedish report admitted ferry was used by Swedish forces to smuggle Russian military technology out of Tallinn weeks before it sank
The MS Estonia was some five hours into its overnight voyage from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, to Stockholm in Sweden when its captain, Arvo Andresson, noticed the first indications of trouble.
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Premier League met with the government twice over Newcastle United takeover
Questions have been raised about why the Foreign Office need a second meeting with the Premier League
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A general view outside the stadium is seen prior to the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St. James Park
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