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Following the broadcast of channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka's killing fields, three of the forty failed Sri Lankan asylum-seekers, scheduled to be forcibly removed from Gatwick to Colombo today, have had their deportations deferred.

Over 750,000 civil servants are set for strike action in support of the teacher's strike which will cause disruption to a million school children. The strike planned by teachers which now has the full support of civil servants is planned for Thursday June 30, with the dispute over public sector pensions.

As Britain renewed calls for Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of war crimes after video footage apparently showing the summary execution of naked and bound prisoners was broadcast on UK television, in the documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, the Sri Lankan authorities hit back at the documentary.

Tottenham Hotspur have rejected a £22m bid from Chelsea for Luka Modric, according to reports, in a move that could signal the start of a protracted wrangle over the Croatian's future, with Manchester City and Manchester United also interested in the player.

Up to 32 members of the hacking collective anonymous are currently either being detained by European law enforcement agencies or set to stand trial, some of whom are minors.

Crisis talks aimed at preventing a series of strikes by London Underground workers have broken down.

Cesc Fabregas has insisted that he will not press Arsenal for a summer transfer to Barcelona, but has admitted his frustration over the Gunners' lack of recent success.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 15 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

As is so often the case, fame alters relationships, and it appears to have twisted its cruel hand once again as the demise of Pippa Middleton and Alex Loudon's relationship testifies. Previous to Ms Middleton's rollercoaster ride to international attention -- as sister Kate's maid of honour when she married Prince William -- it was Loudon who was the more famous of the two due, in part, to his career as a professional cricketer. Loudon has since traded his whites and the limelight for ...

Chelsea enter the summer transfer window manager-less and with a jaded looking squad; nothing that a little injection of Roman Abramovich's cash won't sort out, mind.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 14 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged £814m to help vaccinate children around the world against preventable diseases like pneumonia at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (Gavi) conference in London.

The student behind a hoax blog which claimed to be written by a gay woman in Syria has defended his actions.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 13 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here

A blog purportedly written by a gay woman in Syria, which described life in Damascus amid the current political unrest, has been revealed to be a hoax.

O2 has today, for the second time in as many months, confirmed that its network is down in certain areas of East London and Essex.

The news that the Telegraph has gained access to 30 of Ed Balls' private emails to Gordon Brown will no doubt send a shiver down the spine of both Ed Balls and Ed Miliband. The newspaper has to exposed Ed Balls, Ed Miliband and Douglas Alexander for their part in 'Project Volvo' - a plot to undermine the leadership of Toney Blair and remove him from office in 2005.

Just after the hacking collective LulzSec issued a statement via email to the U.K.'s NHS warning the service that its online security and networks were out of date and vulnerable to cyber attacks, it has been revealed that the London Ambulance Sevice (LAS) suffered a massive software failure this Wednesday.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 10 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

New documents have shown how Gordon Brown and his supporters attempted to oust Tony Blair from office in 2005.

Shares in Fuller, Smith & Turner were flat on the FTSE in morning trading after pub owner and brewer reported a rise in revenue and pre-tax profit in the full year ended 2 April.

The level of threat cyber crime poses the world is a growing topic of debate, with hacks on titan companies like Google, Sony and now Citibank adding gas to the flame, the IBTimes takes a look at some of the biggest hacks carried out this year.

There are four separate strikes planned between 19 June and 1 July 2011 on the London Underground, Britain's Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said on Thursday.

London Underground drivers will walk out for between six and 15 hours on four occasions between 19 June and 1 July 2011, hitting commuters and tourists.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 9 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox has revealed that the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence is targeted by cyber attacks at least once every eight hours, suffering more than 1,000 attempted hacks each year.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 8 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

The British government is to publish an updated strategy for tackling extremism and terrorism, on Tuesday afternoon.

As the people and the state are locked in a stand-off it seems that nothing can stop Syria from further spiralling into violence thanks to President al-Assad decideding to cling on to power no matter what the cost. While the protests first surfaced in the provinces, they have now spread to the big cities, making it harder for pro-Assad supporters to pretend that the protestors are just a bunch of pro-Islamists and violent thugs.

A round up of the pick of the European football transfer rumours for 7 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.