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Fruit picker accused of murder at party

A Polish man was last night charged with murdering a fellow Pole at a party at a fruit-picking farm, police said. Thomasz Adamczyk, 22, of Millfield, Peterborough, was found dead early on Sunday in the grounds of Lutton Farm, near Oundle. He had suffered a single stab wound to the heart. Northamptonshire police said a 21-year-old man would appear before magistrates in Northampton today. Police were called by fellow workers to the farm, which employs about 200 workers to pick and prepare its strawberry crop. Nearly all the pickers are students from eastern Europe.
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School friends mourn boy killed in helicopter crash

Grieving school friends were among the mourners at the funeral of a six-year-old boy who died in the helicopter crash that killed the ex-rally driver Colin McRae. Tributes were paid to Ben Porcelli, a friend of McRae's son, who died when the aircraft went down in the grounds of McCrae's Lanarkshire home on September 15. McRae, 39, who was the pilot, was killed along with his son, Johnny, five, and Graeme Duncan, 37. Around 500 mourners attended the service at Greyfriars Kirk in Lanark. Among them were McRae's widow, Alison, their daughter, Hollie, nine, and his father.
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Ofcom backs Channel 4's use of Diana photographs

Ofcom has rejected scores of viewer complaints about Channel 4's documentary Diana: The Witnesses in the Tunnel in a ruling that backs the broadcaster's decision to show the programme. The regulator ruled that broadcasting photographs of Princess Diana's fatal 1997 car crash was justified by the context in which they were used, despite 62 complaints from viewers. Many viewers argued the programme was disrespectful to the wishes of Princes William and Harry, who had called for it not to be broadcast in a letter to the channel. Overall, more than 2,000 complaints were lodged to Channel 4.
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Suspected burglar electrocuted on roof

A suspected burglar has died after being electrocuted yesterday on the roof of an empty shop in Waterlooville, Hampshire. Ambulance crews and police were called at about 1.45am to the shop. Mark Horn, 22, of Waterlooville, was taken to the Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth, where he later died. A second man, also aged 22, from Waterlooville, was arrested on suspicion of theft and was being questioned by police yesterday. It is believed that the pair had broken into a generator room on the roof of the building, causing Mr Horn to receive a fatal electric shock.
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