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Donald Macintyres Sketch Another startling fact about William Hague...
Donald Macintyre writes political sketches for The Independent, having been Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, covering Israel and the Occupied Territories, as well as travelling for the paper to Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Libya and Egypt. As Political Editor and then Chief Political Commentator, he previously covered the John Major and early Tony Blair era. He has written for the Daily Express, ...
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British summer rain set to stay
Weather scientists said on Tuesday that a country that has been unusually soggy in recent years is not likely to dry out soon, and a warm Atlantic Ocean may be to blame.Meteorologists and climate scientists from around Britain met to discuss why this traditionally temperate country has recently experienced icy winters, the coldest spring in half a century and a string of washed-out ...
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Climate experts predict another 10 years of washout summers
Don't worry, summer is on its way - but you might have to wait until 2023.As the prospect of another gloomy Glastonbury and wet Wimbledon looms, leading climate scientists have warned that the UK could be set for a further five to 10 years of washout summers.The grim conclusion was delivered after an unprecedented gathering of scientists and meteorologists at ...
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Prism How can this level of state surveillance be legal | Anya Proops
Jeremy Bentham developed a new type of institutional establishment which had a singular advantage over its predecessors: it allowed the authorities to observe inmates without their being able to tell in any particular moment whether or not they were being watched. The name given to this new architectural form of state control ...
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Big ideas can be bad ideas – even in the age of the thinktank | Mark Mazower
Nudge : for years, it seems, big ideas have been heading our way across the Atlantic. It is hard to think of many similarly catchy slogans that have gone the other way of late - Tony Giddens' notion of ...
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Sikorsky picks S-76 service provider in Britain
Vector Aerospace Services' maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities in Britain have been designated customer service centers for Sikorsky S-76 helicopters. The arrangement between SAS, the aftermarket business of Sikorsky Aircraft, and Vector was announce at the Paris Air Show. "Vector Aerospace is recognized in the industry as a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair ...
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Experts to convene to consider unusual British weather patterns
Leading British scientists and meteorologists say they will convene to discuss the country's recent "unusual" weather patterns and identify research priorities. Meeting at the country's Met Office, the researchers will attempt to identify the factors that caused the exceptionally cold winter of 2010-11, the long, wet summer of 2012, and this year's cold spring, the ...
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South Africa want to reverse the ball to swing it like England
AB de Villiers is prepared to give England the benefit of the doubt over accusations that the Champions Trophy hosts have been guilty of ball-tampering. Ashley Giles, ...
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Champions Trophy England two games away from one day title
Bowlers James Anderson, left, and Stuart Broad, centre, will hope to deliver for their captain Alastair Cook, right, as England gear up for the remaining two matches to a possible maiden world title. Michael Steele / Getty ...
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British Irish Lions ACT Brumbies spring a surprise as Australia waits
British & Irish Lions had been given "a reality check" after they lost their unbeaten Australia tour record on Tuesday. The Lions went down 14-12 to ACT Brumbies at Canberra Stadium, and there could be few complaints from a team outgunned upfront for an hour before head coach Gatland summoned reinforcements from the bench. The injury-hit Lions, who dominated the first five games ...
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British Leader Trendsetter Or A Bit Too Casual
The G-8 leaders speaking at this news conference in Northern Ireland all lost their ties, but British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) went a step further by ditching his jacket and rolling up his ...
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Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema face jail over underage prostitute claims
French international football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema are facing jail - accused of sleeping with an underage prostitute.But the lawyer for Ribery, who plays for Bayern Munich, claimed she was "not a vulnerable person" in court today.Carlo-Alberto Bruso was speaking on the first day of a criminal trial.The pair are accused of having slept with Zahia Dehar, a ...
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April Jones and Tia Sharps parents unite to demand crackdown on internet child abuse
Tia Sharp united today to demand ministers do more to crack down on vile internet child abuse. April's parents Paul and Coral Jones and 12-year-old Tia's father Steven Carter said their children's killers were spurred on by sick images found online. Devastated mum Coral said: "I just want it stopped and I think the Government should put more pressure and get it done ...
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America and Taliban set for direct talks this week over Afghanistan peace deal
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Three museums in north threatened with closure saved after promise on funding cuts
Ministers today climbed down over plans to close one of the country's leading museums.The Science Museum said either the National Rail Museum in York, or the National Media Museum in Bradford or Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry would have to shut because of Government cutsThe plan, first revealed in the Daily Mirror, provoked a storm of protest and saw rallies and ...
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Jeremy Forrest trial Schoolgirls mum thought she was dead when she vanished with married maths teacher
Jeremy Forrest, 30, and his 15-year-old pupil fled to France after their relationship was about to be exposed in September last year.Forrest booked a cross-Channel ferry from Dover to Calais with the schoolgirl, from Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex, before spending seven days on the run.Scots-born Forrest, of Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, Kent, denies child abduction.The ...
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Nigella Lawson photos Husband Charles Saatchi pictured in public for first time since accepting caution for attacking wife
since accepting a caution for attacking wife Nigella Lawson. The millionaire art collector and advertising guru, 70, stepped out of his Chelsea home this morning and smiled at the amassed cameras but refused to speak to reporters.It was the first time he had ventured out after spending five hours in a police station yesterday ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary Dear Leader Dave dips his toe into the macho political pool
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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British military stock left over from Afghan war being moved out
The details of what has been happening to Britain's military equipment in Afghanistan were given today as the government there assumed responsibility for security across the country and international forces embarked on the final part of their exit strategy from the ...
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Enniskillen survivor asks Libyan prime minister to compensate IRA victims
G8 summit in Lough Earne, from Stephen Gault, who was badly injured in the Remembrance Sunday massacre.The Gaddafi regime supplied the Semtex explosive used in the IRA bomb that devastated the Co. Fermanagh town killing 11 people on Remembrance Sunday. A twelfth victim died after spending 13 years in a coma.Gault wrote that he was disappointed that Zeidan would not be meeting with victims' ...
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Asda slips as supermarkets battle for middle ground
Asda , the UK's second biggest supermarket, is suffering hardest from the squeeze as customers switch to cheaper rivals and the number three supermarket, Sainsbury's, threatens its position.Fraser McKevitt, a retail analyst for Kantar, said: "The jury is slightly out at the moment on when Sainsbury's will overtake Asda. The latter tends to do very well in the summer period, ...
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Burberrys London homecoming pays homage to Hockney and Bennett
London after a decade on the Milan menswear catwalks was always going to be a blockbuster show - but in the event, it was also an emotional homecoming. Designer Christopher Bailey created a subtle, nuanced collection which moved beyond the obvious pole stars of British menswear (Savile Row, punk, Bond, country gent) to celebrate instead the more eccentric, colourful, offbeat style of David ...
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Bank of England appoints woman as first chief operating officer
Bank of England governor, has appointed Charlotte Hogg, a senior executive at Santander and the scion of one of Britain's most blue-blooded political dynasties, to become the Bank's first chief operating officer.Hogg, who heads Santander's high street operations, will start at the Bank on 1 July - the day that Carney takes over from Sir Mervyn King. The 41-year-old will head all ...
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The weather may be grim but lets learn to enjoy it | Richard Mabey
Everyone bewildered by the seemingly unprecedented weirdness of this year's summer might spare a thought for those living in 1783, who went through another kind of trial by weather. Gilbert White of Selborne's account of the events of 23 June to 20 July is a masterpiece of deadpan gothic: "The sun, at noon, looked as blank as a clouded moon, and shed a rust coloured ferruginous ...
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Julian Assange will not leave Ecuadorian Embassy in London even if sex charges are dropped
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London even if sex charges against him are dropped, as he fears moves are already under way to extradite him to 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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