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Childrens phones blamed for increase in deaths on roads Sharp increase of youngsters distracted by texts and tweets
A boom in smartphone use is being blamed for an alarming rise in the number of children killed and injured on Britain's roads, a report reveals ...
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Our natural IVF baby Family celebrate birth of little Heath after pioneering new hormone technique thats safer for mum
His birth – the result of a groundbreaking technique dubbed ‘the natural IVF’ – could offer hope to thousands of women who are currently unable to have ...
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Is there something fishy about the smoked salmon in YOUR supermarket Prices are soaring - and as Anne Shooter reveals some brands are resorting to unsavoury short-cuts
When I was a girl, as a special treat my grandmother, who was rather sophisticated, would take me to the Jewish delicatessen at the end of her street to buy smoked ...
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Murray Walker Legendary Formula 1 commentator diagnosed with cancer weeks after breaking pelvis in a fall
Get well soon Murray and hope it's not long before you are up and on the go, go, go again and giving us your Murrayisms! 'Unless I'm very much mistaken....I AM very much mistaken!'". "I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong" . "And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round ...
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Modern Britons eat 600 calories less each day than 30 years ago...but weigh 30lbs MORE
Researchers found that an average person eats 600 fewer calories each day than 30 years ago – a 20 per cent drop – but weighs 30lb ...
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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN Its time to rein in these Town Hall truffle hounds
We’ve heard it all before. Town Halls are always pleading poverty. There’s never enough money to fill the potholes, sweep the streets or empty the dustbins once a ...
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STEPHEN GLOVER Shock horror Britain spies on other nations The Guardian rightly attacks the hacking of private phones - but glories in betraying Britain by revealing our State secrets
Five pages of The Guardian newspaper were yesterday given over to what was presented as one of the most outrageous scandals of modern times. Horror of horrors, Britain has allegedly been bugging other ...
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Vladimir Putin tells Barack Obama they dont agree on Syria but must push for negotiations in civil war
Russia and the U.S. disagree on how to end the conflict in Syria - but both want the bloodshed to stop and the warring parties brought to the negotiating table, Vladimir Putin said ...
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT The day for action to protect our children
Speaking for countless anxious parents, David Cameron has said the ‘appalling scourge’ of online pornography makes him worry every time any of his three children grabs holds of the ...
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QUENTIN LETTS Mr Straws caution no longer gets the bird...
Mr Hague’s response was broadly along the lines of ‘maybe, but let’s believe their good nature by their deeds rather than by talk’. Mr Straw reported that he knew Mr Rouhani of old and had always found him ‘courteous, engaged and straight-forward to deal ...
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Photographer stumbles upon huge hidden pay phone burial ground on the Upper West Side
Hidden spaces: Photographer Dave Bledsoe found 'at least a hundred' payphones in a fenced off area under the West Side Highway at West 135th Street and 12th Ave, near the parks ...
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As more youngsters than ever are prescribed drugs for hyperactivity experts pose a provocative question Could children diagnosed with ADHD just need better sleep
Yet many of those may not have the behavioural disorder but could instead be suffering from sleep deprivation, says a leading U.S. doctor. He estimates more than a third of children and a quarter of adults diagnosed with ADHD actually have sleep ...
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Expanding foam that stems troops wounds and stops them bleeding to death could save thousands of soldiers lives
The amazing expandable substance significantly reduces internal haemorrhaging - buying seriously-injured troops enough time to be transported to a field hospital for medical ...
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Hapless fish tank thief is catch of the day Criminal was caught when he went back to pet shop to buy goldfish to put in it
Prosecutor, Rory Byrne said Ball, of Wakefield, stole the hexagonal tank from the store just after 5pm on May 29 and carried it home for more than a ...
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No ties on them Dress-down Dave and the other G8 leaders opt for a casual approach at lakeside golf resort conference
And while the talk was undoubtedly 'business', the dress code was clearly 'casual' as the Prime Minister opted for an open neck shirt and dispensed with his tie as he greeted the world's most powerful ...
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African killer who entered Britain on false passport butchered pensioner after he stopped taking medication for personality disorder
A delusional killer who entered the country on a false passport was today sentenced to remain indefinitely in hospital for butchering a pensioner who he believed was the ...
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Worlds longest and widest cable bridge with a span of 10km is finally completed after seven years
The Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge stretches 6.2miles (10 kilometres) over the Hangzhou Bay, in Shaoxing, China. It is mainly supported by two cable-towers, both of which reach 745ft in the air, and has a main body stretching 2,560ft ...
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How could this glorious alleyway be deemed health and safety risk Council bans pot plants despite handing gardening neighbours award for their work
Angry residents have been ordered to remove carefully-tended flower pots from their street as the council has deemed them a health and safety ...
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Who you calling pug ugly Meet the ruff contenders battling it out at the worlds ugliest dog competition
Mangy mutts from around the globe will gather this week at the only beauty pageant they might ever stand a chance of winning - the world's ugliest dog ...
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400000 households avoid paying for a TV licence by watching BBC programmes on iPlayer
The BBC has revealed more than 400,000 households have said they do not need a TV licence because they only watch the broadcaster’s iPlayer ...
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Ocean Elliot Benjamin Curtis jailed for killing daughter who died after suffering terrible brain damage when he shook her
Benjamin Curtis, 30, of Eastbourne, East Sussex, was today jailed for two years at Guildford Crown Court in Surrey after admitting the manslaughter of Ocean Elliott, as his trial was due to ...
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Bankrupt businessman who blasted solicitor to death with a sawn-off shotgun after losing legal battle found guilty of murder
He calmly walked into MGW Law in Devizes, Wiltshire in July last year and blasted Mr Ward in the head once at close range as he spoke to a client on the ...
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Whatever you do dont kiss it Scientists successfully breed tiny blue frog thats so poisonous it can kill TEN men
A blue poison dart frog, found naturally in the tropical forests of Costa Rica and Brazil, has been successfully bred at Walford and North Shropshire ...
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Forgetful groom fails to mention his mother in wedding speech after thanking everyone else including the caterers
His mother helped him battle his dyslexia and supported him in his early days as he tried to make the grade as a chef. - who was still a young boy when his dad left home - was so mortified he made his own thank you for his mother as soon as he returned from ...
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Golfers have the best memories of all athletes and can remember astonishing detail psychologist claims
A combination of their visualisation techniques and the uniqueness of each shot they play contributes to their elephantine memories, said Dr Joel ...
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One survivor of the civil war masacres represents the injustice suffered by millions
Almost three decades ago, a young boy, Ramiro Cristales, watched as his family was killed by the Guatemalan army during the most tragic and shameful time in the nation’s history, the brutal civil war that last several decades and would ultimately claim the lives of over 200,000 people – men, women and children. Now, Cristales plans to testify in a humanitarian case against one of the soldiers involved in the massacre that saw his family killed. He represents the unfulfilled justice for those whose remains are still buried in mass graves around the country.
From 1960 to 1996 Guatemala was torn apart by the longest, and one of the most brutal, civil wars in the history of Latin America. To this day, the country is still trying to recover from the weighty and far-reaching effects it had on the country. During the civil war, the dictatorship-leaning government used all forms of repression and power at its disposal to remain in power. Read more
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