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Black Caps crumble on third morning trail England
Black Caps off to slow start with bat New Zealand squandered their good work over the first two days of their Test against England, capitulating to fall 25 runs short in their chase for first-inning honours at Lord's. Beginning the day at 153-4, the Black Caps crumbled to 207 all out just before the lunch break, losing their final six wickets for 60 runs and their final four for just ...
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Italians unveil long-lost tomb medallion of Scottish MP
Amid rampant weeds and crumbling stones, Matteo Giunti makes his way to the tomb of Francis Horner MP, a Scottish Whig who co-founded the Edinburgh Review and died, in 1817, in what he would have known as the prosperous Tuscan port of Leghorn.But, as he reaches the once imposing grave, Giunti stops first at the Nike trainer and plastic bottle that have been left there overnight - not, ...
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Simplyhealth reseach on the hidden impact of poor oral health
While almost seven out of 10 people recognise that poor oral health can have an impact on the rest of their body, people are not as clued up when it comes to what diseases it has potential links with, according to new research by ...
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Bowel cancer is the second most claimed for cancer
Bowel cancer was the second most claimed for form of cancer last year, according to a Scottish Provident report on critical illness ...
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Simplyhealth says that people borrow to fund dental care
Credit cards, borrowing from friends and family and even pay day loans have been listed as common ways to pay for dental bills over 200, according to a recent survey of 5,000 adults by ...
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Staysure reveals top 10 medical conditions for travellers over 50
When it comes to medical conditions declared by older travellers, the latest figures from Staysure, specialist insurers for the over-50s reveal that: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, asthma, heart attack and arthritis consistently top the list of medical conditions declared by customers during their ...
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Bright Grey critical illness cover giveaway
To mark its 10th birthday, Bright Grey will offer customers a year's free critical illness cover when they apply for life cover. The free cover, up to a value of 20,000, is available for the first 10,000 people that ...
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Adorable moment sea lion worries about little girl who trips and falls in front of its tank
This is the adorable moment a sea lion stopped to check on a little girl who had tripped and fallen in front of its tank. Footage captured the creature looking genuinely concerned as the youngster took a tumble while playing at a US zoo. As the child falls to the floor, the sea lion stops abruptly and turns around to see if she is ok. The creature then appears to worriedly hover by the glass ...
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Woman who disappeared while swimming in sea after drinking found alive following search operation
The Humber Coastguard said the 23-year-old woman, who had been drinking alcohol, was found semi-conscious on the beach near a holiday resort in Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness, early today. Chapel St Leonards' Coastguard rescue team and the Skegness inshore lifeboat were alerted to assist, along with an RAF search-and-rescue crew based at Leconfield in East Yorkshire, after a 999 call ...
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Union Gove Like Fanatical Personal Trainer
Education Secretary Michael Gove has been likened to a "fanatical personal trainer" in a strongly-worded attack by the leader of a teaching union. Bernadette Hunter, president of ...
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Cannes 2013 For Those In Peril - first look review
This debut feature from young British director Paul Wright concerns a disturbed young man in a remote Scottish fishing village: Aaron, played by George Mackay. He was the only person rescued alive from a craft wrecked by a catastrophic storm; the other five crew-members, including his adored elder brother Michael (Jordan Young), were drowned. It is a study in grief, pain and survivor-guilt - ...
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Young film-maker runner-up Getting it Right - video
competition in association with the Guardian and the National Union of Students. In this film, Amber interviews three generations of the Curtis family to discover if it is really harder now to be young and ...
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Leeds NHS trust replaces chief embroiled in heart surgery row
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) next month, ahead of a management shakeup which follows fears over high mortality figures.Operations were temporarily suspended earlier this year after concerns were raised over death rates at the children's heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI).Boyle is not believed to have tendered her resignation.A trust spokesman would not confirm whether ...
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British woman died after drinking poisoned gin on holiday in Indonesia
The woman, named in reports as Cheznye Emmons, is said to have fallen ill after drinking from a bottle labelled "gin" bought from a local shop. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Indonesia and we are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time." Reports said the 23-year-old beauty therapist from Great ...
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Cameron Ally Calls Tory Activists Loons
A member of David Cameron's inner circle has reportedly described Tory activists as "mad swivel-eyed loons". The senior figure blamed local Conservative associations for pressuring Tory MPs into supporting a eurosceptic amendment to the Queen's Speech. Some 114 Tories plus two Conservative tellers voted against the Government and in favour of the amendment last ...
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Five-year-old British girl dies in a pool at Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in Egypts Sharm el-Sheikh resort
The grandmother of Chloe Johnson, from Forest Hill in south London, told Sky News that the family was "devastated" by her death. Chloe died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, travel company First Choice said. First Choice said it would carry out a "full and thorough investigation" in partnership with the hotelier. A ...
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Woman 37 stabbed boyfriend after he farted in her face during argument
A 37-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend because he farted in her face during an argument. Deborah Ann Burns is accused of knifing her partner of six years, Willie Butler, with an eight-inch blade at their Florida apartment last week. Burns claims the couple were rowing over money while watching TV when her 53-year-old lover got up to go to the kitchen and broke wind in her face. ...
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Murder hunt launched after mans body found in Coventry grassland
The victim, thought to be aged in his 40s, was found by a member of the public at about 5am on Saturday in Upper Spon Street, Coventry. A spokesman for West Midlands Police said a post-mortem examination would take place and added: "The death is being treated as murder and the area has been sealed off while forensic inquiries begin. "Officers at the scene are carrying out ...
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Schools Chancellor to Strike Back at Candidates Critical of Mayor’s Policies
Charter schools would no longer be allowed space in traditional school buildings. Neighborhood school boards would be given more oversight over superintendents and principals. Cellphones, long considered contraband in schools, would again be permitted past the ...
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Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to fly past Earth later this month
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Explosive device removed by Northern Ireland police investigating attempted murders
What is believed to be a bomb found by police investigating the attempt to murder three officers in West Belfast has been taken away, police ...
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Police review of Madeleine McCann case identifies new leads and more than a handful of persons of interest
The police review of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has identified "a handful of people of interest" in connection with the case, Scotland Yard confirmed ...
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Npower feels the heat after accusations of UK tax avoidance
Npower has become the latest firm to feel the heat of a mass consumer boycott after thousands of its gas and electricity customers said they plan to switch supplier to protest at its tax affairs.In April, chief executive officer Paul Massara revealed in the House of Commons that his company had paid almost no corporation tax between 2009 and 2011.When it later emerged that the energy giant had ...
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What do you do after a burglary
There has been good news on burglary in recent weeks. Official figures show that break-ins were down 9% in 2012, in part because the fall in electrical prices means there's less stuff that is worth nicking. The Economist last week analysed the ...
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British woman may face death in Indonesia for drugs
JAKARTA (AFP) - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms (three pounds, four ounces) of the drug, the ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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