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Andy McSmiths Diary Send away the clown - Ukip sorry for unsuitable councillor
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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One giant leap for Britain UKs first official astronaut Tim Peake on tweeting like Chris Hadfield and missing his wife and sons
Ground control to Major Tim: former Apache helicopter pilot Tim Peake to be Britain's first official astronaut for 20 years with International Space Station ...
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Tom Hiddleston heads new Donmar Warehouse season as Hollywood stars make way for British talent
Hollywood imports are no longer required to make a buzz on the West End stage, the head of the Donmar Warehouse said, after unveiling a new Autumn season starring Tom Hiddleston and Jessica ...
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4 Americans to qualify for British Open in Texas
PLANO, Texas -; Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens ...
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Church of Scotland paves way for gays to become ministers
Scotland The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted to open the way to allowing actively gay men and women to become ministers.The vote affirms Church policy that the only appropriate expression of sexual activity should be in a marriage between a man and woman.However, it allows liberal parishes to opt out of that policy.The decision still has to be endorsed by the ...
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British man Julian Stevenson appears in court after confessing to slitting childrens throats
A 48-year-old British man has appeared in a French court today after allegedly confessing to killing his two children by slitting their ...
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New insurance for cosmetic surgery
In the wake of the findings from the government enquiry into cosmetic surgery, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has a new insurance scheme for ...
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Large waists increase risk of diabetes
The research, commissioned by Diabetes UK and Bupa, shows that just 37 % are aware that having a large waist is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes, despite strong evidence that this is the case. Diabetes UK defines a large waist as 31.5 inches or over for women and 35 inches and over for ...
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Game Hunting in Englands Premier League
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England ...
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Governments flagship Work Programme not helping long-term unemployed find jobs
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i Assistant Editors Letter A British crack at The Final Frontier
Ever since I was a little boy, I have been fascinated with space. I would spend hours looking through books on the Apollo missions, idolising Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for their lunar landing in 1969. I would lie in my bed dreaming of hurtling through space, trying to imagine what it was like for Michael Collins, the forgotten man of that mission who was left in the module orbiting the Moon ...
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Maria Stubbings case Call for inquiry after murdered woman was failed by police
The family of a woman murdered by a convicted killer has called for a public inquiry into the handling of domestic violence cases, following a second damning report into police failures over her ...
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Work Programme is giving least help to worst off
Private companies who win government contracts to help the jobless find work are "parking" some of the most disadvantaged people on benefits, MPs warn ...
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UK Healthcare donates to Simeon Centre Counselling Service
UK Healthcare has made a donation to the Simeon Centre; a Bolton based mental health charity that offers a confidential counselling service for people living in the ...
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National Dental Plan offers individual dental insurance
National Dental Plan will launch two new products; Wisdom Benefits provides savings on cosmetic dental treatment, and Dencover is a low-cost plan suitable for those looking for a less comprehensive package. Other products will ...
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British school takes lecture classes to new depths -- 60 feet down
Britain's University of Exeter says it has taken its marine biology lecture classes to a new level -- 60 feet beneath the sea off Indonesia, to be exact. The lectures were held during dives on tropical coral reef systems during the annual field trip to the Wakatobi Marine National Park in Indonesia for the school's School of Biological Sciences students, a university release said ...
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UK first in EU to get Mercks new Schmallenberg vaccine
Merck & Co , had been issued a licence for the new vaccine after an accelerated assessment to make it available this summer. As a result, farmers will be able to vaccinate sheep and cattle before most of them become pregnant, which is important as exposure to the virus can cause damage to foetuses. Schmallenberg virus - named after the German town where it was first detected - infected ...
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Spider-Man Broadway venue sold to Britains Ambassador Theatre
Mon May 20, 2013 7:58pm EDT May 20 (Reuters) - British theater company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the companies said on Monday. Lyric Theatre paid about $65 million for Foxwoods, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The Foxwoods ...
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London Journal Gnomes Pop Up at Chelsea Flower Show to Horror of Many
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Trade union leaders must team up to fight Coalition cuts warns PCS leader
Union eaders risk sliding into "irrelevance" unless they unite to fight the Tory-led Coalition's cuts, the leader of Britain's biggest civil servants' union will warn today. Mark Serwotka, in a keynote address at the annual conference of his 280,000-strong Public and Commercial Services union, will criticise the "entrenched defeatism" of some union leaders who ...
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Kate Middleton and Prince William will be great parents says Mike Tindall
William and Kate will make "great parents" .The ex-England rugby captain, who married the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips almost two years ago, said: "Willy, sorry Prince William, will be outstanding while Kate is a natural mother."It's great for them. The whole family is really excited about the baby. I think everyone's excited."I'm so happy for ...
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British explorer Philip Goodeve-Docker died from hypothermia during Greenland snow storm
A young British explorer died from hypothermia during a 400-mile trek across Greenland's vast ice-cap, an inquest heard yesterday.Philip Goodeve-Docker, 31, was on ...
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Mad cow disease alert Patient being treated in hospital for suspected CJD
Health chiefs last night confirmed a man suspected of suffering from the human form of mad cow disease is being treated in hospital.The unnamed victim is feared to have contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, known as CJD, said the Heath Protection Agency.CJD is linked to cattle disease BSE, which led to the slaughter of millions of cattle in the UK and a worldwide ban on British beef in the early ...
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Paul Hollywood and Marcela Valladolid on-screen chemistry First picture of American Baking Competition co-host
Bake Off star Paul Hollywood and his US co-host show off their on-screen chemistry in the first picture together since it emerged he has left his wife.Footage from The American Baking Competition - the US version of The Great British Bake Off - shows the heartthrob trading quips with Marcela Valladolid.In the trailer for the show which airs on May 29, Paul tells fans that he loves America - ...
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James Bulgers mum in personal plea to keep killer Jon Venables in jail
James Bulger's mother will make a personal plea tomorrow to keep killer Jon Venables in jail.Denise Fergus wants the Parole Board to look again at whether her son's murder was sexually motivated - evidence that was omitted from the 1993 trial of Venables and Robert Thompson.The pair were freed in 2001 but Venables, 30, was sent back to jail for two years after police found indecent ...
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Britain losing interest in leading?
Britain was once the most powerful country in the world, it ran an empire that was the envy of every other colonial power, and gave the world a number of modern institutions that are still widely used today, most notable in the realm of political systems and democratic checks and balances. But Britain today is a shadow of what it once was, some might say it is just another country, nothing special.
Perhaps it’s a little harsh to say there’s nothing special about the UK. The United Kingdom remains an influential country in international politics, especially throughout the Commonwealth, and the capital city, London, is headquarters to some of the world’s biggest companies and home to one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. Read more
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