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Broad Bowls England to Emphatic Victory
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Tax avoidance how to change corporate behaviour
It is up to consumers and voters to change the lousy behaviour of big banks, energy giants and internet multinationals. They will not change by ...
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The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria By Prince Charles Dickson
By Prince Charles Dickson The Edos say "Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan". A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, but it is the hen who prevents it from performing its art during the day. (English) When my son was a baby one of his scary moments was seeing a ...
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Angelina Jolie gene flaw British businessman makes medical history after having healthy prostate removed
Earlier this week, Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed that she'd had a double mastectomy after discovering she carried the BRCA 1 ...
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Thugs rob man of camcorder in Horley
News A man on his way to have images developed off his camcorder in Horley was set on by two thugs who robbed him of it. The victim, aged in his 20s, was approached by the men near the junction of Church Road and Ringley Avenue. One of the pair grabbed him while the other swiped the camcorder, a black Sony Handicam, from his hand. They then made off, leaving their victim shaken ...
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West Middlesex hospital holds just-for-fun chocolatey clinical trials
West Middlesex Hospital ran a clinical trial that any chocolate lover would be rushing to take part in this week. The special just-for-fun chocolate trial, which was held in celebration of International Clinical Trials Day, proved unsurprisingly popular. Almost one hundred volunters were taken through a similar process to an actual clinical trial, and given a bar of either milk or ...
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Jeremy Hunt backs Lord Feldman in swivel-eyed loons row
Jeremy Hunt , the health secretary, has offered strong support for the Conservative co-chairman Lord Feldman, who is fighting allegations that he made disparaging remarks about Tory activists.Speaking ...
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Syrian forces launch airstrike on rebel-held city of Qusayr
Syrian forces launched an attack Sunday on the rebel-held city of Qusayr, killing at least 13 people, opposition leaders and state-run media said. The airstrikes came after months of fighting on the outskirts of the city in Homs province near the Lebanese border, ...
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England Beat Zealand by 170 Runs to Win First Test
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Lamborghini seized after driver catches cops attention while speeding
Speedy way to get caught: The seized Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder A rare Lamborghini, worth 157,000, has been seized for having no insurance after its speeding driver caught officers attention. Officers from Richmond's Safer Transport Team were on covert patrol in an unmarked police car when they spotted a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder driving at speed up and down Sheen Road in ...
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Lord Feldman loons and press hypocrisy
mad, swivel-eyed loons " remark about Tory activists, attributed to one of David Cameron's closest advisers - the one with "strong social connections to the PM", hint, hint - has taken on a life of its own in the Tory press. What the press doesn't spot, as usual, is how the incident also exposes the hypocrisy of the newspapers involved.Lord Feldman, top-drawer barrister ...
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Sutton school celebrates glowing report
Students hard at work A report into Homefield School in Sutton has described pupils as "confident, highly motivated, enthusiastic, with high self-esteem, excellent personal development and maturity." The school recevied the report from the independent schools' inspectorate (isi), which said good teaching was at the heart of the school's success. Little ones also ...
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Bank of Englands King sends message to successor Carney
Sun May 19, 2013 7:27am EDT * Says decisions must still be taken month-by-month * Carney expected to introduce long-term guidance * King warns housing plan must be temporary * Recovery still needs help, banks on the mend By William Schomberg LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out ...
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Eurosceptics running protection racket in Tory party says Lord Mandelson
Lord Mandelson, a former Northern Ireland secretary, appeared to liken the Eurosceptics to the provisional wing of the Irish republican movement. Photograph: Rex ...
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Southee Polishes Off England NZ Need 239 for Victory
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Mum panics after bus driver drives away with child on board
By Rachel Bishop A frantic mum was seen screaming after a bus as the driver drove away with her child on board last night. The driver pulled away from the bus stop outside Centre Court shopping centre in Wimbledon unaware of the little lone passenger. @daysofspeed said "I just heard her in obvious distress calling out about the bus, looked like member of public consoling her. ...
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust joint medical director back cosmetic surgery review
Welcoming change: Dr Ruth Charlton A senior doctor at Epsom, Sutton and St Helier hospitals has welcomed recommendations from an independent review of cosmetic surgery. Included in the recommendations are proposals to make sure people who give Botox injections have relevant qualifications, and creating new laws around injections to 'plump up' the skin. The review was ...
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David Cameron is losing control of Conservative party over Europe says Lord Howe
The former conservative minister Lord Howe, who served as foreign secretary under Margaret Thatcher, has claimed that David Cameron is "losing control" of his party over ...
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Rooney to miss Fergie’s farewell
Wayne Rooney will not travel with the Manchester United squad for Sir Alex Ferguson’s final game today – but he does so with the blessing of his retiring ...
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Man seriously injured after crash into lamp post
By Rachel Bishop A man has been seriously injured after he crashed into a lamp post this morning. The driver, who is in his twenties, had to be cut free from the vehicle by fire crews due to the severity of his injuries. Fire fighters from Mitcham attended the crash at the junction of Croydon Road and Cedars Avenue at about 5.20am this morning. Watch manager Dave Simpson ...
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Pop-up restaurant to promote fair trade
Guests at Stanmore Baptist Church A Harrow church was transformed into a restaurant for one day only to promote fair trade food. Guests feasted on West African jollof rice and Ghanaian kelewele (fried plantain) and listened to African drumming in the pop-up restaurant at Stanmore Baptist Church in Abercorn Road last Saturday. The event, organised by Harrow Fairtrade Campaign and ...
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Britain in Bloom gets Richmond gardening
Working together: Various agencies are helping everyone get green Garden lovers will welcome the introduction of the borough's Britain in Bloom campaign. The Garden Gang, Richmond Council, Continental Landscapes and Richmond in Bloom have officially launched the borough's Britain in Bloom campaign to provide employment and work experience for people living in the borough who ...
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Running so children can walk
A surgeon from Edgware is among a team of doctors who are running so children can walk. Verona Beckles, 36, who lives in Fairfield Avenue, is among a team of doctors, surgeons and professionals taking part in today's Super Hero run in Regents Park to raise money for CURE, a charity that pays for children in the developing world to have life-changing operations. She will join ...
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England v New Zealand – live | Rob Bagchi and John Ashdown
First hour on Sunday will be crucial, says Root Joe Root said that the first hour on Sunday would be crucial if England were to get on top of New ...
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Edmund Burke Philosopher Politician Prophet by Jesse Norman – review
Is this book about Edmund Burke or Jesse Norman? Should this review be about the "first modern conservative" or the man who might yet succeed David Cameron?I merely ask, as the pre-publicity for ...
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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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