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Vettori set for NZ Test return in England
Veteran NZ spinner Daniel Vettori could return to action in the second Test against England after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the ...
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Tim Peake Britains first astronaut says space will be less dangerous than career as Army helicopter pilot
A former soldier who flew Army helicopters for a living is set to become Britain's first official astronaut - but says jetting into space will be less dangerous than his old job.Major Tim Peake ...
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Tumblr bought by Yahoo for $1.1 billion just six years after its 26-year-old founder started it
US tech giant Yahoo has snapped up Tumblr in a major US deal that will reportedly net the blogging site's 26-year-old founder a 250 million US dollar (164 million) fortune six years after he started it.The $1.1 billion (720 million) deal makes New Yorker David Karp - who attended high school for only a year - the latest internet whizkid to scoop an astronomical windfall from a web ...
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Tom Hiddleston to play Coriolanus at Donmar Warehouse
one of the smallest stages in London's West End, the Donmar Warehouse , to play the title role in Shakespeare's blood-soaked tragedy Coriolanus.Hiddleston described it as "a play for our time", adding: "The fate of Coriolanus dramatises the conflict in the heart of every public figure: the war between integrity and popularity; the difference between military action and ...
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In pictures A preview of the Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Famous faces from Dame Helen Mirren to Joanna Lumley have turned up to view the stands, royal guests including, the Queen and Prince Harry will also be visiting the show today. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the show and to celebrate the occasion the ban on garden gnomes has been lifted for one year only. The gnomes will be auctioned off as part of the 'Chelsea Centenary ...
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Still behind bars Abu Qatada loses latest bail battle
Qatada was locked up in Belmarsh prison in March after allegedly breaching a bail condition which prevents him from turning mobile phones on in his house.The terror suspect, who recently pledged to voluntarily leave the UK after years fighting deportation, must remain in custody after immigration judge Mr Justice Irwin refused to grant him bail at a hearing of the Special Immigration Appeals ...
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UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients
cancer doctors , aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes be tested in more people. Researchers announcing the 2.7 million pound (2 million pounds) project, funded by the Wellcome Trust medical charity, stressed this was not a response to reports last week of Jolie's decision to undergo surgery to reduce ...
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Britons warned to expect hazardous weather with flash flooding and hail stones forecast for Scotland
The Met Office have released an amber weather warning across parts of south east Scotland and are asking residents in those areas to "be prepared" for severe ...
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Scottish nightclub investigated over alleged spy mirror in womens toilets
Allegations that a nightclub in Glasgow has secretly fitted a two-way mirror to allow male guests to spy on the women's toilets are being investigated by police and council licensing officers.Glasgow city council said it had received complaints that ...
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Pressure and job insecurity felt by UK workers at 20-year high
pay cuts and diminished control over their jobs among the biggest concerns, according to a national survey of employees' wellbeing.More than 3,000 workers aged between 20 and 60 were interviewed in 2012 for the latest in a six-yearly Skills and Employment survey, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.The first findings from the ...
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NBC News confirms ITVs Deborah Turness as president
ITN -produced ITV News in London, both companies confirmed on Monday.Her appointment makes the Hertfordshire-born executive the first female president of a network news operation in the US - a distinction she also secured in the UK in ...
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Labour tries to save gay marriage bill with new amendment
marriage bill by tabling its own amendment on civil partnerships for heterosexual couples - the area that had threatened to derail the entire ...
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The Tories need to get over gay marriage and swivel-eyed loons or give Jean-Claude Le Lunatique a chance
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Tanning addict Sarah Willmans shock confession I cant quit sunbeds
A 'real-life Barbie doll' is so addicted to tanning she sneaks behind her husband's back and gets up in the dead of night just to get her sunbed fix every day.Sarah Willman has been tanning for 20 minutes, five days a week, since she was 14.After each session she will ...
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Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp cuddle up in last photo - four days before he shot her dead
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Met gagged Leveson evidence over police leaks to News of the World
Scotland Yard: it has been claimed the Met gagged the Leveson inquiry from revealing evidence about police leaks to the News of the World. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ...
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Cameron refuses to say if he will quiz Google boss Eric Schmidt over tax
David Cameron has refused to say whether he will question Google's chairman over allegations that the internet giant is exploiting tax loopholes at a meeting on Monday that will discuss tightening up international tax rules.The prime minister's spokesman also refused to be drawn on ...
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Louise Menschs former business partner Luke Bozier accepts caution
Louise Mensch says he has accepted a police caution five months after being arrested on suspicion of viewing or possessing indecent images of children.Luke Bozier, who has also been an e-campaigns manager for the Labour party, said he had never been a paedophile and that some of the allegations made against him after a private email account had been hacked were false.Ending what he called ...
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British workers feeling less secure – and more stressed
pay cuts and diminished control over their jobs among the biggest concerns, according to a national survey of employees' wellbeing.More than 3,000 workers aged between 20 and 60 were interviewed in 2012 for the latest in a six-yearly Skills and Employment survey, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.The first findings from the ...
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British MPs to debate gay marriage plans
The British government's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons today with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the ...
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New England Kit Compared To Old German Strip
The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared to West Germany's 1970s outfit by some fans. New sponsor Nike have opted for a simple design, with a rounded collar and navy badge. But fans have taken to social media sites to vent their displeasure at the kit's likeness to England's great rivals. One user wrote: "New England kit? looks more ...
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Major Tim Peake stole my space age daydream | Suzanne Moore
David Willetts, the science minister, said he hoped Tim Peake, pictured above at the Science Museum, would inspire children to become the next generation of scientists and engineers Photograph: Suzanne ...
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Green heating payments to double for householders
Payments to help householders switch from heating their homes with oil to greener systems such as biomass boilers and solar thermal will double in most cases, the government is to announce on Monday.The grants were intended as a stopgap measure until the start this summer of the government's ...
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Protection for trees from pests and disease held back by skills gap
caterpillars that strip oaks of leaves are being hampered by a "skills gap", a government-appointed taskforce has warned.The taskforce, set up in the wake of a fungus that kills ash trees being found across England last year, also called for plant health to be put on a par with animal health, and for the creation of a chief plant health officer akin to the government's chief ...
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Word love is said and written six-times more than the word hate
LONDON: English speaking youngsters across the globe, who are 18 or under, use the word 'like' in conversation over five times as often as speakers who are over 70; 'because' is the most misspelled English word globally; the word 'love' is said and written over six times more frequently than the word 'hate'. These are the findings of a first-of-its-kind ...
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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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