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Museums put oddball objects on show
Oddball objects that are normally hidden away in museum curators' stores - including a working guillotine carved by Napoleonic prisoners of war from a cow bone left over from dinner - are going on display for the first time ...
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First Time Out exhibition – in pictures
Ten previously hidden objects, weird, wonderful and beautiful by turn, go on display in First Time Out, a unique collaboration in which 10 museums and galleries each exhibit an artefact from their archives that has never been seen before. Artefacts will be switched between partnered venues midway through the project, with fresh interpretations provided by the new ...
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Eddie Braben friends and fellow comic writers pay tribute
Friends and fellow comic writers paid tribute on Tuesday to Eddie Braben after his death at the age of 82.His manager, Norma Farnes, who announced his death, said: "It was Billy Cotton Jr at the BBC who recognised the brilliance of Eddie's writing was the ideal marriage that would guarantee the success of Morecambe and Wise."Eddie was a very humble man, a very quiet man and a very ...
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Sell your shares if youre unhappy says MS chief Marc Bolland
Marks and Spencer's chief executive Marc Bolland has told shareholders that if they are unhappy with the business they should sell their shares, as the underperforming womenswear division dragged the company to a second consecutive decline in annual profits.UK sales fell 1% overall, with a particularly poor performance in general merchandise - mainly fashion and homewares - where sales ...
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From swivel-eyed loons to lesbian queens what fresh hell for the Tories | Hadley Freeman
a lesbian queen should gay marriage be legalised. Now, depending on your cultural reference points, the phrase "lesbian queen" will bring to mind a dodgy calypso song you once heard on holiday, a giant yacht ploughing its way majestically through the Indian ocean, or Clare Balding. Honestly, I'd be fine having any of the above as the ruling figure of Great Britain. Seriously, who ...
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Texas senior 18 bags 800-pound record alligator
A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator - the heaviest ever certified in Texas - on his first alligator ...
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Gandhis blood sample fails to sell in Britain
LONDON -; Dozens of Mohandas Gandhi's personal items have been sold at an auction, but a sample of blood purportedly from the Indian independence leader didn't draw high enough ...
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Grinham prevails in British Squash Open
Queensland's Rachael Grinham has reached the second round of the British Open Squash championship with a hard-fought win over Guyana's Nicolette ...
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Ashford Castle sold to British hotel group
Ashford Castle - the iconic hotel which hosted Oscar Wilde, John Lennon and Ronald Reagan as guests - has been sold to the UK-based Red Carnation Hotel group. The castle in Cong, Co Mayo had been bought for €50m by developer Gerry Barrett in 2007 but was on sale for about half that amount. Receivers Ernst & Young were appointed to sell the property by Lloyds bank after its division ...
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Bicester death Mum and dad of toddler Sarah Dahane were involved in bitter custody row
A mum feared to have killed her toddler before fleeing to Kenya was in a bitter custody row with the girl's dad, police revealed today.Angela Whitworth, 40, and her ex Nabil Dahane, 33, were due in court next month over 20-month-old Sarah. Police and social services had also contacted them over non-violent rows.A senior detective investigating the death told the Mirror the cause of death ...
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Video introducing the Xbox One Meet Microsofts new games console
Xbox fans have been eagerly awaiting the announcement from Seattle about what Microsoft has in store for their new console.After Sony's February announcement of the next generation PlayStation, Microsoft have been next to declare their hand with the new-look Xbox.Originally rumoured to be called the 720, Durango or Infinity, the reality was more mundane (and slightly bizarre given its older ...
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Miami Cannibal victim smiling again a year after losing eyes and nose in horrific face-eating attack
'Miami Cannibal' victim Ronald Poppo is finally smiling again.The former homeless man lost both of his eyes, his nose and 80 per cent of his face when he was pounced on by Rudy Eugene.He only survived the horrific Memorial Day attack, on May 28, after police shot dead crazed Eugene, 31, after he would not stop savaging ...
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Pope Francis exorcism video 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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Ukip foster scandal Council apologises after removing kids from home of party members
Council chiefs have apologised over the removal of three foster children from the home of UKIP members.Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council maintained that the removal of the siblings last November was in their "best interests".But it also said membership of the UK Independence Party was not a valid reason to take foster children from their carers, and the issue was badly ...
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Youngest widow of Afghanistan war determined daughter will know about dads bravery
The youngest widow of the Afghanistan war, who was pregnant when her husband was killed, has spoken out nearly a year on, saying: "He would've been a great dad." Last June Sam Stone, 21, learned her childhood sweetheart Gregg, 20, had been shot dead by the Taliban while trying to free a local policeman. She was pregnant with daughter Grace at the time - and she is determined to ...
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Proud mum of Lance Corporal James Ashworth receives Victoria Cross on behalf of hero son
A proud mother received a Victoria Cross from the Queen on behalf of her hero son who died saving the lives of his comrades in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal James Ashworth, 23, was killed as selflessly stormed a Taliban sniper team which was attacking his platoon. Despite the hail of bullets ahead of him, he broke cover to throw his last grenade. After picking up his posthumous bravery award at ...
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Mr Blobby home prank Honeymoon couple return to find house painted bright pink
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Oklahoma tornado Watch TV weather presenter take cover from twister as he reports on it
A weather presenter reporting on the Oklahoma City tornado had to evaucate his TV studio to take cover from the twister. Viewers of Kansas' KSN-TV were told staff at the station had been urged to get shelter as the huge storm approached. One presenter was seen to dart off screen during his broadcast as he received the message to leave the building. Some employees scrambled to the ...
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Britains inflation falls to 2.4 in April
(MENAFN) Britain's consumer price index (CPI) fell to 2.4 percent in April on annual basis, reported Xinhua News.One of the main reasons that caused this fall is the decline in transport costs, mainly in prices of fuels and airfares, according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS).On the other hand, Britain's retail prices index (RPI), which is another inflation measure, declined ...
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British Royal Mail posts USD612.78m annual profit
(MENAFN) UK's Royal Mail announced that adjusted operating profit more than doubled in the year to March 31, reaching USD612.78 million from USD231.12 million posted in the previous year, reported Reuters.The state-owned company added that it has refocused on parcels, which rose 9 percent in the year, representing nearly half of its revenue.At the end of 2013, Royal Mail is projected to ...
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Hospitals freeze AE targets - because they can’t hit them
Hospitals across Britain have been forced to suspend targets to see accident and emergency patients within four hours because they can no longer cope with demand, doctors and managers have ...
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Karachis king over the water Altaf Hussain of the MQM
From an unassuming office in Edgware, the Pakistani metropolis is ruled by a party Imran Khan accuses of murdering his Movement for Justice colleague Zhara Shahid ...
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Newspaper royal charter plans are bizarre says Liberty director
Shami Chakrabarti , has hit out against politicians and newspaper barons, accusing them of letting down the public over promises to set up a new press watchdog.One of six assessors on ...
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Just because Royal Mail is in a fit state to be sold doesnt mean it should be | Nils Pratley
Royal Mail 's full-year profit numbers were intended to be read as the first draft of a flotation prospectus. Chief executive Moya Greene was in full warm-up mode. "Our strategy is delivering," she declared, as operating profits rose from 152m to 403m.In business terms, her claim is fair. Royal Mail is quite clearly in a fit state to be sold, if the government really is committed ...
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Bumper SSE results expected to provoke consumer outrage
Accusations that the big energy firms are profiteering at the expense of UK households will be centre stage again on Wednesday if Scottish & Southern Energy, as expected, reveals bumper profits for a second year running.Analysts are predicting the Perth-based company, which supplies 9.6m households with gas and electricity, could announce profits as high as 1.4bn for the last 12 months - a ...
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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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