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Special report: Life in witness protection

On a sunny June morning in 2007, Ian left his home in Manchester's Moss Side. With his wife and baby son, he packed one suitcase into the boot of his car and drove away for the last time. Three years on he has never returned to the city where he had spent his whole life, and has not told any members of his family why he left or where he now lives.

Minister defends cut in Welsh MPs

A government minister has defended plans to reduce the number of MPs which the opposition claims will hit Wales harder than England.

Things which don’t go away

“They’re leaving as heroes. I want them to walk home with pride in their hearts,” declared Col. John Norris, the head of a US Army brigade in Iraq. [1]

Jailed vicar Alex Brown carried out 360 sham marriages in 4 years

The scam, thought to be the biggest of its kind in Britain, involved East European women being paid up to £3,000 a time to help the men, mostly Nigerians, by-pass UK immigration laws and settle in Britain.

Church of England vicar jailed for sham marriages scam

Reverend Alex Brown, 61, carrying out a marriage ceremony. Rev. Brown was jailed for four years yesterday for his part in Britain’s biggest sham marriage fraud to help hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in Britain.