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Ascot Ladies Day 2013 live All the gossip posh frocks perfect hair and elegant hats
See who races ahead in the style stakes as thousands of women flocked to Berkshire bringing with them a breath-taking range of bright outfits, skyscraper heels and LOOK-AT-ME ...
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Jeffrey Osborne Barack Obama confuses chancellor George Osborne with his favourite RB singer
George Osborne tried to restore his name as Chancellor last night - after Barack Obama kept calling him JEFFREY.The US President got his monicker wrong three times at the recent G8 summit, sources revealed last night.Insiders described it as "cringeworthy" and a crushing blow to the top Tory's ego.The president was reported by the Financial Times to have apologised to the ...
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Rhoose school car crash which injured nine including five children and lollipop lady not deliberate
The car is thought to have lost control and overturned as children crossed the road near to Rhws Primary School in Rhoose at around 8.50am this ...
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Cumbria hospital deaths police widen investigation
Furness general hospital, where up to 16 babies and two mothers are feared to have died between 2001 and 2012 because of poor care. Photograph: Owen ...
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GM crops the British public still need convincing
Owen Paterson , the environment secretary, is just the latest occasion in a long string of speeches and expressions of public support for genetically ...
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Public urged to use smartphone app to aid bee scientists
Earthwatch to develop the free app, through which smartphone users can help collect data about the bees, beetles, hoverflies and other pollinating insects in their gardens and which plants they prefer to visit the most.The data will be fed in to a University of Sussex research project - funded by the crown estate - which aims to create a more detailed national picture on pollinator activity and ...
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UK weighs price cuts for some drugs in drive for value
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Department of Health is considering cutting some drug prices by between 10 and 20 percent as part of a drive to ensure the state healthcare system gets good value for money. Governments across Europe have been taking a tough line on medicine costs as stagnant economic growth hits budgets. The planned price cuts would apply to branded drugs not covered by the ...
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Ex-UBS Citi trader Hayes in UK court on Libor charges
C.N ) trader Tom Hayes appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of conspiracy to defraud in connection with a global investigation into the Libor interest rate rigging ...
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Exclusive British investors step back from executive pay battle
Elon Musk, Tesla Motors CEO, tells the Reuters Global Tech Summit that he'll talk to politicians who back local car dealers trying to keep Tesla from selling directly to ...
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Number of rough sleepers rises again in London
annual figures show that 6,437 people were seen rough sleeping in 2012-13, compared with 5,768 the previous year, a 13% rise year on year and an increase of 62% since ...
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David Beckham causes a stir in China and more from Royal Ascot the best news photographs of the day
There are some wonderful creations appearing at Royal Ascot today: racegoer Larisa Katz adjusts her, um, hat as she arrives for Ladies' Day. Photograph: Darren ...
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Why does Michael Gove not want me in schools | Tristram Hunt
Michael Gove these days. Asking me this. Demanding that. Wanting a clarification on the other.If I were him, I would focus on the day job. There is a looming crisis ...
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Mortgage lending up 21 in May
The CML said the recent surge in mortgage lending may reflect sales delayed due to poor weather earlier in the year. Photograph: Nigel ...
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Edward Snowden spoke so why did the British press turn a deaf ear
here . And most of the main metro papers across the US weighed in too.Well, you might say, it's a big story in the USA, what with Snowden being an American who leaked American secrets.But it was taken to be a big story across Europe ...
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Glastonbury 2013 takes a rain check on mudfest talk as sunshine predicted
previous threats of rain , meteorologists now predict next week will be full of sun. Nevertheless, don't leave your wellies behind if you are heading to Somerset.Although it doesn't look like there will be much precipitation between Wednesday 26 June and Sunday 30 June, there's no guarantee Worthy Farm will be dry.Moderate rain is predicted at Glastonbury over the course of the ...
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Could Dementia be the wrong diagnosis
Many people expect to experience some level of memory loss in their later years, however, when this then moves to confusion, most would consider Dementia or Alzheimer disease to be the diagnosis. But according to one expert this isn't necessarily always the ...
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Foot and Ankle Surgeon nominated for a Laing and Buisson award award 2013
Spire Cardiff Hospital is pleased to announce that one of our Foot and Ankle Surgeons Mr. A Perera has been announced asa finalist in the Independent Healthcare Awards ...
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BMI consultant recognised for innovation at national healthcare awards
Independent Healthcare Award 2013. The national awards recognise outstanding innovation and quality in the independent healthcare sector and rewards teams and individuals whose dedication and commitment helps make the UK healthcare sector ...
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Britains FTSE hits 5 month-low after Fed plans stimulus slowdown
* Prudential Regulation Authority sets new curbs on sector* Finds end-2012 aggregate capital shortfall of 27 bln stg* Findings apply to RBS, Lloyds, Barclays, Co-op, Nationwide* Five have already outlined plans to cut gap by 13.7 bln* RBS accounts for just over half of shortfallBy Matt Scuffham and Huw JonesLONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Britain's banks will have ...
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Schools letting down invisible minority of poorest pupils
The Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has called for the Government to deploy an army of top teachers in schools failing their poorest pupils.Teachers could be offered incentives such as bigger pay packets, higher status and faster career progression to sign up to become a National Service Teacher in "less fashionable, more remote or challenging places".In a major ...
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UK considers 10-20 percent price cut for medicines
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Department of Health said on Thursday it was considering cutting drug prices by between 10 and 20 percent under pricing arrangements with industry to ensure the state healthcare system gets good value for money.Governments across Europe have been taking a tough line on medicine costs as stagnant economic growth hits budgets. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler; editing ...
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British Royal FamilyRoyal Baby Surprise 2 weeks for Prince William Duches Kate baby UK News
Will it be a girl or a boy ?In less than Two weeks, the Royal offspring at Windsor is expected,The British bursting with curiosity, but the expectant Prince William and Kate want to be ...
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Prince Andrews ex-girlfriend Koo Stark walks free from court as she returns painting to a former partner
Koo Stark, a former girlfriend of the Duke of York, walked free from court today after she returned a 40,000 painting she was accused of stealing from a former ...
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Mickey Arthur says Australia have better bowlers than England for Ashes
the Ashes with a superior bowling attack.In an extended interview with ABC radio in Australia, Arthur declared his confidence that Michael Clarke will return from his back problem to lead the team in their first four-day tour match against Somerset starting in Taunton on Wednesday, and insisted that Warner could still come into contention for the first ...
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Richard Dawkins on memes - Cannes Lions 2013 video
Richard Dawkins coined the word 'meme' to mean a unit akin to a self-replicating gene which transmits cultural ideas. But even he could not predict its influence when he wrote his seminal work The Selfish Gene in 1976. Now, the concept is well established in marketing, as he tells the Guardian's John Plunkett at ...
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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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