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Owen Paterson UK must become global leaders on GM crops
genetically modified crops , which he will say will reduce fertiliser and chemical use and improve efficiency.Paterson's strongest speech yet in favour of the controversial practice is expected to make both a moral and economic case for them to be grown widely both in Britain and in developing countries."While the rest of the world is ploughing ahead and reaping the benefits of new ...
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Frank Langella to take on role of King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre
Frank Langella , the triple-Tony award winning actor who memorably portrayed Richard Nixon on stage and screen, is to take on King Lear for the Chichester Festival Theatre, it will be announced on Thursday.The role is often called the Everest of acting and has been played in recent years by Derek Jacobi at the Donmar Warehouse and Ian McKellen at the Royal Shakespeare Company.Langella has ...
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Workers in Britain suffer the greatest fall in wages since the 1930s
The UK is experiencing the deepest and most protracted economic downturn in a century. The decline in wages is even greater than that resulting from the Great Depression of the 1930s. A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies notes that workers in Britain have suffered unprecedented pay cuts of 6 percent in real terms over the last five years. With inflation, the figures point to a more than ...
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Britain France face EU action over high Eurostar charges
Four members of the Scot's Guards pose for a photograph next to a new Eurostar train, during a media event, in central London, October 7, ...
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Bernadette Lee inquest Dental nurse froze to death without coat on evening out
froze to death on a boozy night out , an inquest heard yesterday.Bernadette Lee, 25, was more than double the drink-drive limit when she was found on snow-covered grass just yards from the front door of her sister's home in Deal, Kent, on January 20.She had on only a dress, despite the freezing temperatures. The inquest was told she died of hypothermia and alcohol intoxication.A report from ...
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James Gandolfini dead Tributes to Tony Soprano actor after his shock death aged 51
has died aged 51 .Gandolfini, who played the conflicted head of the Soprano family, is believed to have had a heart attack while on holiday in Italy.As well as the groundbreaking HBO series, his film credits included Zero Dark Thirty and Killing Them Softly, and he appeared in the Broadway production God Of Carnage.It is understood triple Emmy Award-winning Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the ...
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National Briefing | New England Condoms Approved for Schools in Massachusetts
The Boston School Committee on Wednesday approved making condoms available in the ...
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Sports Briefing | Cricket England Advances to Champions Trophy Final
Host England sauntered into the Champions Trophy final after South Africa was bowled out for 175 in fairly benign conditions. England will play the winner of a semifinal between India and Sri Lanka in ...
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British amp Irish Lions XV for first Test
The British & Irish Lions have announced the team to play the Wallabies in the 1st Test at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday. The starting XV comprises eight new Test Lions and will be captained by Sam WarburtonIn the backs Leigh Halfpenny, Alex Cuthbert, George North, Jonathan Davies and Jonathan Sexton all make their Lions Test debuts, while experience is provided by Brian ...
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BT boss Ian Livingston made a Lord so he can be unelected trade minister
A top businessman who threw his weight behind the Government's savage cuts is to be made an unelected minister and handed a peerage.BT boss Ian Livingston was named by David Cameron as the Coalition's new trade minister yesterday.It was confirmed that he will be made a Lord to get round the fact that he hasn't been elected to Parliament.Mr Livingston, who will step down from BT, ...
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Dear Nigella Lawson Battered wifes open letter to TV chef after shock pictures
The survivor of domestic violence writes to Nigella, recounting her own story and explaining how she changed her ...
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Mentally Ill Locked Up In Police Custody
Too many people suffering from mental health issues are being locked up in police custody rather than being protected in hospitals, a joint inspection has found. Police have powers to take individuals suffering from mental health issues in a public place to a "place of safety" for their protection. But guidance states that in all but "exceptional" circumstances this should ...
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GM Crops Safe And Beneficial Says Minister
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to call on the Government, scientists and industry leaders to join forces to allay the public's fears on the use of genetically modified (GM) crops. In a speech later he will say that they "owe a duty to the British public to reassure them that GM is a safe, proven and beneficial innovation" for farmers and consumers. Mr Paterson, who has ...
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Sportscover sponsors Dame Kelly Homes Legacy Trust
Sportscover has become a sponsor of The Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust. The trust is committed to getting young lives on track through a range of innovative projects. Central to every project is the opportunity for each young person to work alongside elite sports ...
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Buy travel insurance if going to Spain
AA Insurance has welcomed the news that the European Commission is considering legal action against Spain for refusal by many Spanish hospitals to recognise the European Health Insurance Card ...
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Selena Gomez said to have hooked up with singer Ed Sheeran
Selena Gomez and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran are now involved in a trans-Atlantic romance, Us Weekly reports. The couple were brought together ...
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UK deputy speaker held again over new gay rape charges
Nigel Evans , already under arrest for alleged rape and sex assault, has been held on suspicion of three more counts of indecent assault on young men. The 55-year-old MP answered bail on Wednesday at Preston police station in the north-west of England following his arrest in May on suspicion of rape and sexual assault and was told that he faced the additional allegations. All the claims involve ...
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Let Ian Brady live and suffer
If a poll were taken on whether we should grant Ian Brady's wish to be allowed to starve to death there would be a landslide in favour.Especially after he told a tribunal that the murders he carried out on children were "petty". Revenge is a strong instinct and wanting to see this monster dead is understandable. But listening to the misery he's in, hearing his anger and his ...
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World Briefing | Europe British Court Rules Against Sanctions on Iranian Bank
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Video Country music star Slim Whitman dies of heart failure
Slim Whitman died Wednesday from heart failure. The singer know for "Indian Love Call" and his trademark yodel was 90-years-old. He once said he hoped to be remembered for two things: a good voice, and a clean suit. Scott Pelley ...
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Tell Sid Public will be offered shares in Lloyds Bank
The prospect of an eventual "tell Sid"-style sale of shares in Lloyds Bank was raised by George Osborne as he claimed Britain's economy had emerged from "intensive ...
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New banker bonus boom Payouts leapt 64 per cent to new record when Chancellor George Osborne cut top-rate tax to 45p in April
Bankers' bonuses soared to record levels in April as the Government's cut in the top rate of income tax came into effect, new figures have ...
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George Osborne readies City for Lloyds sell-off
Royal Bank of Scotland , in a move that could delay the bailed-out bank's return to the private sector.In his annual speech to City grandees at Mansion House on Wednesday night, the chancellor said he was "actively considering options for share sales in Lloyds", in which the government has a 39% stake. Speculation is mounting that a partial sell-off of the state's Lloyds ...
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Nigella Lawson spotted WITHOUT her wedding ring in first public appearance since assault pictures
Television chef Nigella Lawson was yesterday seen out in public - but was not wearing her wedding ring.It comes after her husband, Charles Saatchi, was pictured in the Sunday People grabbing her by the throat.Nigella, 53, was last spotted fleeing her London home on Sunday, when the dramatic pictures of the couple outside a restaurant emerged.Saatchi agreed to a police caution over the incident - ...
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Nigella Lawson pictures show its time for real men to man up
Nigellagate from some feminist commentators who usually appear to have the acronym AMAB (all men are b******s) tattooed on their typing fingers.Had Kerry Katona been snapped getting throttled by her partner outside a Toby Carvery in Warrington, and stayed silent, I'm sure there'd have been a tweetfest about Little Miss Thickoe betraying her gender by failing to report the Neanderthal ...
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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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