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Tim Peake Next stop Mars | Aida Edemariam
European Astronaut Centre , where Peake is being trained, and where we meet, is in the far corner of a huge lot on the outskirts of Cologne, Germany, which is also home to the German Space Agency, where that future-past tension persists. The long, low prefab buildings, set among birch trees and wild flowers, feel like a throwback to the 60s. It has, however, been a valued part of the German ...
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Why marathon productions are big among the YouTube generation | Kirsty Lang
Berlin Alexanderplatz , Fassbinder's 15-and-a-half-hour adaptation of one of Germany's best-loved novels. Ticket sales for both events have been ...
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Clark doubtful for England tour
England flanker Calum Clark is a doubt for the tour of South America after an ankle injury ruled him out of Saturday's Premiership final. Clark sustained the injury during Northampton's semi-final win over Saracens and he has failed to recover in time for the Saints' clash with Leicester at Twickenham.he will be assessed by the England's medical staff on Sunday and a ...
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Conservative Nut Case Michelle Malkin Says British Progressives Are To Blame For Beheading Of Soldier
Michelle Malkin The tragic murder of a British soldier stunned the world this week, but Michelle Malkin used the opportunity to blame progressives for ‘bringing on themselves.’ It’s never surprising to ...
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First class rail travel – without breaking the bank
It is widely seen as an unaffordable luxury where - to the irritation of vexed commuters - supply still seems to outstrip demand.Canny regular travellers already know that at the first sign of major overcrowding on peak-time trains, perhaps due to the cancellation of other services, the train manager is likely to "declassify" one or two first class coaches to standard.Now first class ...
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Sifting the facts from the fiction about contactless cards
The reports of contactless charging errors on buses and in stores will have left some people nervous - and have prompted a flurry of theories about what's wrong with the technology and how you can protect yourself. But are people just peddling scare stories? We rounded up some comments attached to one of this week's Guardian articles and put them to two experts: Dave Birch of Consult ...
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Why contactless cards can leave you with a losing deal
If you keep your Oyster card in the same wallet as your contactless payment card you could unwittingly have money taken off both. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ...
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Car insurance one bump and your old car could be on the scrapheap
car insurance following a minor bump. The warning comes after one London motorist had her vehicle written off following the smallest of accidents, in which just the side light on her ageing Toyota was broken.Lesley Hall, who lives in London, was told by her insurer, Cova, that it would send her a cheque for just 40 for her perfectly usable and very reliable L-registration Corolla, after an ...
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Tiger kills zoo worker in Cumbrian park
A zoo worker has died after a tiger attack at an animal park. The 24-year-old woman was in the big cats' enclosure when she was mauled at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness.The woman, named as Sarah McClay, from the Barrow area, was taken by ambulance to Preston Royal Infirmary and the park has been closed. Cumbria police said they were investigating.A spokesman for the park ...
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Britain to investigate previous handling of attack suspects
LONDON - A government minister said Friday that police and security services would face inquiries into their previous handling of two men accused of hacking a British soldier to death on a busy London street two days ago.British security officials confirmed Thursday that the suspects were known to MI5, the domestic security agency, in the years before the attack.Eric Pickles, the communities ...
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A Trap to snare new audiences Agatha Christies The Mousetrap is coming to Dublin. Will this very British whodunit translate asks Kate Holmquist who visits the London production
A gatha Christie's The Mousetrap is theatrical Bisto: traditional, familiar and very British. It's a play so well constructed that all you have to do is add water and the meat juices - in the form of jobbing actors, actually - and it works. Now in its 60th year, The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in the world and, for many visitors to London, a must-see along with Madame ...
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Lackey goes 7 strong as Red Sox pound Indians
Justin Masterson is unexpectedly among the league's top pitchers. A day after the Indians enjoyed rare offensive display at Fenway Park, Masterson gets another chance at the longest scoreless streak of his career against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Cleveland (27-19) finished 68-94 last season, 20 games out of first place. To turn around the franchise, the Indians hired ...
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British spy services under pressure over soldier’s murder
Britain’s intelligence services came under pressure on Friday to explain how they let two Islamic extremists suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London slip through their ...
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Shoppers get on their bike for transplant games
Dedicated charity supporters got on their bikes and cycled over 200 miles to Kent - without leaving Sheffield - to show their support for the Westfield Health British Transplant ...
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Foresters gives customers access to 247 GP consultation service
Foresters Friendly Society has launched a free GP consultation service that provides customers with access to medical advice around the ...
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How the FCA will assess insurer culture
Culture shapes judgments, ethics and behaviour displayed at those key moments, big or small, that matter to the performance and reputation of firms and the service that it provides to ...
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Zoo employee killed by tiger in northern England
An employee at a zoo in northern England died Friday hours after she entered a tiger enclosure and was attacked. The tiger at South Lakes Wild Animal Park near Dalton-in-Furness inflicted severe head and neck injuries on Sarah McClay, 24, the BBC reported. She was transported to Royal Preston Hospital. David Gill, the owner of the park, said he had no idea why McClay entered a tiger enclosure ...
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Old museum in Britain displays master drawings to
The Ashmolean Museum, one of the world's oldest public museums, launched an exhibition of master drawings to mark its founding in 1683.The exhibition will run from Saturday to August 18, bringing together 70 pieces of works on paper, including those from Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Rubens, Titian, Rembrandt and Turner, among others."Looking closely at drawings is an ...
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Aussies bow out of British Open squash
Australia's chances of winning the British Open ended on Friday when Kasey Brown and Cameron Pilley bowed out of squash's showpiece event in the English city of Hull.Brown met her match against a red-hot Alison Waters and a badly cramping Pilley fell short in a five-game 107-minute marathon against third seeded Englishman James Willstrop.A day after completing a superb comeback to beat ...
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Slain British soldier’s family thought he was safe in U.K.
Lyn Rigby ,the mother of murdered soldier Lee Rigby, holds a teddy bear bought by Lee for his son, Jack, during a press conference at the Regimental HQ of his unit, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers at Bury in Greater Manchester on May 24, 2013. Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death in a brazen attack in broad daylight by two men wielding knives and a cleaver who later launched into a tirade ...
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Radical preacher claims to know Woolwich attacker
LONDON: A radical Islamist preacher has now been identified who is believed to have brainwashed Britain's most hated man this moment--Michael Adebolajo. Photographs and videos have been found showing Adebolajo taking part in Islamic rallies by Anjem Choudary, former head of the banned Islamist organisation Al Muhajiroun. Adebolajo beheaded British ...
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Security services tried to recruit London killing suspect Friend
An alleged friend of London soldier murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster that British security services had tried to recruit his ...
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Cardiff hit-and-run Van driver Matthew Tvrdon admits killing Karina Menzies as she walked her kids home from school
A van driver yesterday admitted killing a mum as she walked two of her children home from school.Matthew Tvrdon, aged 32, also pleaded guilty to attempting to murder seven other people during a series of hit-and-run incidents in which 13 people were injured in Cardiff last year.Tvrdon mowed down mum-of-three Karina Menzies, 31, in a white van.He admitted Karina's manslaughter on the grounds ...
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Perry shares lead at Senior PGA Championship
Kenny Perry , hoping to ignite his over-50 career with a major title, seized a share of the lead Friday after two rounds of the Senior PGA Championship. Perry shot a 5-under 66 at the Bellerive Golf Club to ...
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Sixth night of Stockholm riots as Britain U.S. issue travel warnings
Firemen extinguish a burning car in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm May 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix) STOCKHOLM - Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the hotspots. Nearly a ...
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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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