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  1. Dan Roberts RobertsDan Both police complaints authority & top pathologist say there was a case to answer http://gu.com/p/2thd9/tw but no justice for Ian Tomlinson 27 minutes ago via web
  2. Aditya Chakrabortty chakrabortty And Nigel Farage is so ANGRY about the burqa too. You'd have thought that plane crash would have taught him to lighten up a little. about 1 hour ago via web
  3. Aditya Chakrabortty chakrabortty Newsnight yesterday, Question Time today. When the BBC wants a reasoned debate on the burka its go-to man is... Nigel Farage. Knobs. about 1 hour ago via web
  4. Martin Kettle martinkettle A genuine sporting king in a world of unworthy princes | Martin Kettle http://bit.ly/bIK1SS about 2 hours ago via twitterfeed
  5. Allegra Stratton allegrastratton Edna Healey, author, film-maker and Denis's wife, dies at 92 http://bit.ly/dwI9GE about 3 hours ago via twitterfeed
  6. Henry McDonald henry_mcdonald Paramilitary gunman to serve two years for killing army recruitment sergeant http://bit.ly/bOHQAI about 5 hours ago via twitterfeed
  7. Randeep Ramesh tianran Pakistani army still in charge. RT @SalmanMasood: Gen. Kayani getting an extension! about 6 hours ago via web
  8. Randeep Ramesh tianran First the goosestepping goes. Now women soldiers line up in Wagah border. The end of Monty Pythonesque Indo-Pak antics. http://bit.ly/dkhY0U about 6 hours ago via web
  9. Randeep Ramesh tianran More hospital trusts set to go into red: regulator warns of pressures building as cuts start to bite http://gu.com/p/2th8y/tw about 6 hours ago via web
  10. Allegra Stratton allegrastratton Eric Pickles to scrap 'agents of Whitehall' in English regions http://bit.ly/bVfVYy about 6 hours ago via twitterfeed
  11. Helene Mulholland lnmulholland David Cameron unveils national service pilot scheme http://bit.ly/bfD8xO about 7 hours ago via twitterfeed
  12. AndrewSparrow AndrewSparrow If you think my blog is not complete rubbish, you could consider voting for it in the Total Politics poll. More here - http://bit.ly/9hAiLk about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  13. Guardian politics GdnPolitics George Monbiot: How scrapping the SDC to save money will cost the taxpayer a fortune http://bit.ly/abe6te about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  14. DaveHill DaveHill Sir Paul Stephenson on DPP's Ian Tomlinon decision http://bit.ly/9CJw63 about 9 hours ago via twitterfeed
  15. AndrewSparrow AndrewSparrow Labour peer accuses Cameron of 'scaremongering propaganda effort which Goebbels would have been proud of' re crime - http://bit.ly/dhYUfs about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. Helene Mulholland lnmulholland BNP leader Nick Griffin barred from Queen's garden party http://bit.ly/aISwn2 about 10 hours ago via twitterfeed
  17. AndrewSparrow AndrewSparrow CPS will be able to block private prosecutions in England and Wales for war crimes, Ken Clarke announces http://bit.ly/aGldOo about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
  18. Simon Jeffery SimonJeffery Bad technology day today. Drowned my iPhone and can't get on Facebook about 11 hours ago via Seesmic
  19. Guardian politics GdnPolitics Now comes with listen-on-demand functionality RT @DMiliband Shocked to hear Tory donor lobbying against Sheffield loan http://bit.ly/b8tiGV about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  20. Guardian politics GdnPolitics Not the shy type RT @DMiliband: Find out what I think is my greatest achievement and why I should be Labour leader: http://bit.ly/b4RpZz about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck