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England swing catches Aussie Ashes eyes
Michael Clarke doesn't want his team losing focus and getting too engaged in England's series with New Zealand, but it seems the swing and seam at Lord's was too obvious to ignore.Stuart Broad's ominous second-innings spell in the first Test against the Black Caps might have left a few of Clarke's top order allies shaking in their boots.But at least Australia's ...
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Kate Middleton pregnant Duchess of Cambridge to attend Queens summer garden party at Buckingham Palace
More than 270,000 cups of tea will be consumed along with 20,000 sandwiches and slices of cake at the event which a highlight of the Queen's ...
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Denise Whylie Model with long toes conned clinic into carrying out corrective surgery
A model with "excessively long toes" conned a clinic into carrying out 5,000 of surgery to put them right, a court heard yesterday.It was alleged Denise Whylie booked into London's Premier Foot and Ankle Centre as Denise Stephens and said her father, and then an uncle, would be paying.But Blackfriars crown court was told three stolen credit cards were used to settle the ...
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Michael Bubles pregnant wife too randy for him
Michael Buble's pregnant wife has admitted wearing him out by demanding sex.Luisana Lopilato giggled as she told a chat show: "I don't know if it's true about pregnant womenbut he sees me and says, 'My head hurts, I'm tired, I've had enough'."Stunning Argentine model Luisana, 26, also revealed they had initially struggled to conceive."After ...
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Pope Francis exorcism Did Pontiff perform ceremony on boy in wheelchair
Religious experts claim the Pope carried out an "exorcism" on a boy in a wheelchair.Footage from a Roman Catholic TV channel apparently shows Pope Francis gripping the boy's head and pushing him down hard into his chair while reciting a prayer.The youth's mouth is said to have dropped open and he convulsed several times before slumping back in his wheelchair.An exorcism ...
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Oscar Pistorius Athletes brother cleared over death of woman motorcyclist
Oscar Pistorius' brother wept today as a court cleared him over the death of a woman motorcyclist.Carl Pistorius was acquitted of culpable homicide by a magistrate in South Africa over the 2008 road accident.Maria Barnard was ruled to have been riding her motorbike too fast when she crashed into the back of his vehicle.Pistorius' stepmother and sister hugged a tearful Pistorius in ...
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April Jones trial Murder accused Mark Bridger set to give his version of events in witness box
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Steve Bell on David Camerons message to Tory party members – cartoon
MichaelWhite: Even gentle Jim Naughtie gives D Cameron dressing down on R4's Today. A bit of " Oderint dum metuant" for Tory rebels might not go ...
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The anti-nature narrative in UK politics is hard to fathom | Tony Juniper
An absence of positive political debate about the natural world is even more troubling than the decline in UK wildlife revealed by State of Nature ...
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Big banks are still gaming the state but whos got the courage to say it | Richard Paton
A demonstration by Occupy Economics in Canary Wharf, London, last week. 'Who do [banks] think we are? This is money they're only able to make at our expense.' Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ...
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Britains wildlife declining at worrying rate
MORE than half of UK species are in decline with one in ten at risk of disappearing altogether, according to a new report. Sir David Attenborough, who launched The State of Nature report this week, said the study of native species - the first of its kind in the UK - came as a stark warning.He said: "This report shows that our species are in trouble, with many declining at a worrying ...
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The Freemasons Code Dan Brown reveals the message that told him the door to the lodge is open
His best-selling novels illuminate the shadowy organisations that supposedly run the world. But Dan Brown was "honoured" to receive an invitation to join the Freemasons, the arcane fraternity whose tentacles are said to extend into the highest echelons of ...
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Weather Rain And Wind Ahead Of Bank Holiday
Rain and wind are set to lash the UK ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend with temperatures hovering below average. "A squally area of low pressure in the North Sea will bring wind and rain to eastern and southern Britain later tomorrow and into Friday," said Sky News weather presenter Isobel Lang. Heavy showers will start to sweep across Scotland from Wednesday, spreading to most ...
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Nick Clegg Reads Tory Right The Riot Act
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has insisted that the coalition will last until 2015 as he attacks Conservative backbenchers for being "consumed by game playing". The Deputy Prime Minister will have infuriated Tory MPs by accusing them of "disappearing into a parliamentary rabbit warren" after a week of revolts over Europe and gay marriage. But he dismissed speculation about ...
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Camerons Today interview and Cleggs speech Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments, including David Cameron's Today programme interview, Nick Clegg's speech and Ed Miliband's speech at a Google ...
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NHS chief announces he will quit next year
Julie Bailey, founder of Cure the NHS, protests outside an NHS board meeting where NHS boss Sir David Nicholson was attending. Photograph: Martin ...
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RBS to issue statement on capital position shortly - sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland will issue a statement on its capital position later on Wednesday morning, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.One of the sources said that the state-backed lender would look to reassure the market about its financial health after rival Lloyds said earlier on Wednesday it would not need to issue new equity or contingent capital to meet ...
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Lloyds says wont need to issue new equity CoCos
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group said on Wednesday that it would be able to meet new capital requirements without having to issue new equity or contingent capital, after Britain's financial regulator updated the bank on its position.Lloyds said it was confident in its capital position and re-affirmed previous targets for its core tier 1 ratio."Our strong capital position enables ...
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Oklahoma tornado Eyewitness account of the apocalyptic devastation
Nothing could prepare you for the scene of sheer devastation. No blockbuster movie. No TV programme. No book.Here in Oklahoma, it is all very real.Every single foot of the 20 mile-long scar created ...
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Julian Stevenson Grandparents of children killed by their dad in France tell of their devastation
The grandparents of two children killed by their dad in France told last night how devastated they feel for their ex-daughter-in-law.Michael and Diane Stevenson have been crushed by the deaths of grandchildren Carla, five, and Mathew, 10.Their son Julian has been arrested after the two youngsters were found with their throats slit on Saturday.Jobless Julian, 47, killed his children after being ...
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Oklahoma tornado Teachers shielded pupils as school was flattened by killer twister
one of the most powerful tornadoes in US history made a direct hit on their school.Debris rained down on them as the 200mph, two-mile wide twister flattened Plaza Towers elementary in a suburb of Oklahoma City.Rescuers are still searching for survivors as the official death toll from yesterday's tornado stood at 24, including nine children.Seven youngsters trapped beneath the rubble are ...
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Xbox One hands-on with controller and Kinect
Xbox One launch event , there were rumours the controller would be a wildly different beast, perhaps with its own touch pad in response to Sony's refreshed PS4 Dualshock. The truth is simultaneously more mundane and more intriguing. The new pad looks and feels a lot like the ...
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Thinking Digital gets underway for 2013
The Sage in Gateshead throws open its doors today to an assortment of technologists, geeks, scientists and entrepreneurs who'll be making their way north east for the annual Thinking Digital ...
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The NHS is killing disabled people | Ian Birrell
Tina Papalabropoulos with her mother Christine, who says doctors treating people with disabilities often think: 'Is there any point in trying to save this child's ...
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British gay marriage bill to pass hurdle
LONDON--Britain's gay marriage bill was set to pass a crucial parliamentary hurdle on Tuesday, after Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to strike a last-minute deal with the opposition to stop members of his own Conservative party wrecking the ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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