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National Theatre Lives audience with the Queen breaks box office records
Helen Mirren as the Queen in The Audience, a National Theatre Live production at the Gielgud Theatre, London. Photograph: AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Johan ...
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Chutney at street festival left 400 people with food poisoning say officials
curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have found.The leaves were contaminated with several different bacteria, experts found, which led to 29 confirmed cases of salmonella at the Street Spice festival ...
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Estimate will start favourite in Royal Ascot Gold Cup for the Queen
the Queen has been absorbed by the stubborn refusal of racehorses to defer to power or status. "That is the fascination," John Warren, her racing manager, said this week, "that there is no control."But there is always hope, and ...
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NHS watchdog cover-up Jeremy Hunt says whole truth must come out
Link to video: NHS regulator apologises after report accuses CQC of cover-up The "whole truth" must come out about the cover-up of regulatory failures at a scandal-hit hospital, the health secretary has ...
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Rihanna strikes out at fan with microphone in Birmingham - video
Amateur footage shows Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna appearing to strike out at a fan with her microphone in Birmingham on Monday during the performer's Diamonds tour. The 25-year-old appears to hit out at the unidentified person after the fan grabs her arm as the singer walks near a screaming ...
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Soggy British weather likely to last for years
The best advice for visitors to Britain — pack an umbrella — is more vital than ever. Weather scientists said 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 from around Britain met to discuss why this traditionally temperate country has recently experienced icy winters, ...
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Yodelling singer Slim Whitman dies aged 90
Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeller who sold millions of records through TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!", has died in Florida aged ...
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Millions in danger through illegal tooth whitening
A new survey by Atomik Research for the British Dental Health Foundation' National Smile Month, says that more than one in four people would not go to the dentist for their tooth whitening treatment and purchase home kits over the internet, visit beauticians and kiosks ...
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Aria Assistance gains Care Quality Commission registration
Aria Assistance, which provides emergency assistance services to travellers across the globe, has achieved Care Quality Commission registration for two of its key ...
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Fatherless Families Growing in Number in Britain
Report Accuses Government of NeglectBy Father John Flynn, LCROME, June 14, 2013 (Zenit.org) - A report published this week by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a British think-tank, warned that lone parent families will soon reach a total of two million.There is a "tsunami of family breakdown battering the country," warned CSJ director Christian Guy in a foreword to the report, ...
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British Embassy in China establishes countdown clock for London Olympics
British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on earth next summer," said ambassador Sebastian Wood. Zuo ...
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Edward Snowden banned from entering United Kingdom
The UK authorities issued a circular, in accordance with which airlines were prohibited from transporting ex-CIA agent Edward Snowden to the territory of the United ...
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West Ham seal deal for England striker Carroll
"It's fantastic for me to be here," said England forward Andy Carroll after leaving Liverpool FC to join West Ham United FC in a permanent deal, signing a six-year ...
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FRC bans internal external auditor links
By Huw JonesLONDON (Reuters) - A British watchdog has banned accountants from asking customers' internal auditors directly for help in checking the books in a bid to bolster their independence.The Financial Reporting Council, which polices accountants and auditors, said on Wednesday the ban creates a clearer division of responsibility between internal and external audit.Internal auditors ...
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British Irish Lions Pride has taken a little dent
British & Irish Lions . The first choice side have been rolling along nicely and as such their leading players were probably wrapped up in Lions branded cotton wool and told to watch Tuesday's game from an oxygen chamber. Few of the players involved in the 14-12 defeat will have realistically been able to force their way into the Test side for Saturday's match against Australia, ...
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Watch the moment mother and six-year-old daughter are struck by lightning TWICE and survive
Tatiana Makhnevo and her daughter were sheltering under an umbrella at the side of the road during a heavy storm when the lightning bolt hit ...
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Nigel Farage targets Scotland with boast of success in European elections
Undaunted by the hostile welcome in Edinburgh last month and his thwarted campaigning in Aberdeen on Tuesday, the Ukip leader insists his party will take a Scottish seat in next May's European ...
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Ian Brady is chronically psychotic and should stay in hospital says doctor
Ian Brady wants to be transferred to prison, where he hopes to have more control over when he dies. Photograph: Greater Manchester Police/AFP/Getty ...
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Delays and high prices leave rail passengers dissatisfied
Passenger satisfaction on the railways is dipping, with value for money and how companies deal with delays being the biggest cause for complaint, according to a survey of thousands of train customers.Just one train company, Great Anglia, improved its overall satisfaction levels between spring 2012 and spring 2013, the poll by rail customer watchdog Passenger Focus found.Nationally, the ...
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Retailers must back British beef farmers
THE whole supply chain must pull together to ensure the future of British beef as uncertainty over the CAP continues. The NFU said farmers are keen to satisfy the renewed enthusiasm for British beef in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, but are looking for retailers and the food service industry to help deliver a more certain future and stimulate investment in production.NFU beef group chairman ...
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Crimewatch to show Edinburgh dismembered body parts case
A major inquiry was launched when a cyclist discovered the unidentified body on Edinburgh's Corstorphine Hill on June 6.Police say they have taken around 90 witness statements, fielded around 100 calls and distributed 10,000 leaflets to the public in an effort to find out who the woman was.So far, nine names of people have been put forward but all have been traced safe and well.Detective ...
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The UK enjoys warmest day of the year... with sweltering humidity and peak pollen levels
It was the warmest day of the year so far, with a temperature of 25.4C (78F) . But many areas were not so lucky with thickening cloud and some showers along the north Kent coast. Thuderstorms were also forecast.Meanwhile the well-above-average humidity means it will certainly feel sticky and individual misery will be heightened by "very high" pollen counts.Even this spell of warmer ...
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CCTV police appeal over sex assaults at flats in Canning Town
Police have released CCTV pictures of a man suspected of carrying out a string of sex attacks, targeting women as they enter blocks of flats in the Docklands area ...
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Furness general hospital failings hard to believe says bereaved father
Furness general hospital staff may have deliberately destroyed incriminating notes on the condition of Joshua Titcombe (above), says a coroner. Photograph: ...
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Anxiety or depression affects nearly one-fifth of UK adults
Office for National Statistics (ONS) said a higher proportion of women than men reported that they suffered from the conditions, with the highest indication of anxiety or depression occurring in the 50-54 age group.There was evidence of anxiety or depression in 19% of people aged 16 or over, with 21% of women reporting the symptoms and 16% of men.People who were divorced or separated were more ...
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Scotland's waterways seeing revival
Scotland’s waterways, the canals used to transport bulky goods and vast quantities of coal in the days before the development of the railways, are of great significance in terms of their role in the development of the country, new projects are making sure they remain so.
Scotland recently began investing heavily in its canal system with the introduction of the Millennium Link, a project to restore the Union Canal and Forth and Clyde Canals for use by recreational boaters, tourists and to encourage investment in the tourism, retail and commercial sectors. Read more
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