Secret letters reveal how a deal to bring MI5 man back to UK collapsed
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Former MI5 employee David Shayler received 40,000 pounds sterling for selling his story to the Mail on Sunday and then went into self-imposed exile in Europe. It has been revealed through secret letters between UK government lawyers and civil rights group Liberty that complex negotiations to return him to the UK collapsed. He sought an agreement that guaranteed him some form of immunity from prosecution if he returned to the UK, while the government sought control over his writing.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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Giant wave could hit coast of Britain, say experts
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A future eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands would create a tsunami larger than any recorded, according to scientists at the Benfield Greg Hazard Research Centre at University College London. Most of the tsunami would hit the eastern seaboard of the US, but some would travel north towards the English Channel, causing extensive coastal damage.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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Britain could become as cold as Moscow
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There are indications that the warm Gulf Stream, which has a strong impact on the UK climate, is starting to slow. Global warming could move the Gulf Stream further south, and this would mean that northwestern Europe would experience much lower temperatures.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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