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Starwatch: Venus on 147-years high
Mars shines bright and reddish low in the east at nightfall at present and climbs high into the south by midnight. Nothing in the current night sky can compare, though, with the spectacle being played...
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In praise of … Ogatsu's fishermen | Editorial
The tsunami sank the coastline by a metre. Now thanks to the fishermen's spirit, the sea is beginning to give something backA year ago, the tsunami devastated the fishing village of Ogatsu and over 300...
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Liberal Democrats: taking their medicine | Editorial
Party is paying the price for completely underestimating the public's unswerving commitment to the NHSApart from the spring weather, and the equally splendid Sage Centre, the Liberal Democrats have few...
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Children leaving care say they are 'poorly prepared' for adult life
Survey finds almost half think they are made to leave care too early, but 61% feel time in care has improved their livesAlmost half of young people leaving care think they are made to do so too early...
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Food security: our daily bread | Editorial
Scientists have tested a new strain of wheat that could increase yields in saline soils by 25%Australian scientists have just tested a new strain of wheat that could increase yields in saline soils by...
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Radio 4 pilots US version of News Quiz
Transatlantic take on topical quiz show marks first time a BBC Radio 4 comedy programme has been remade in the StatesBBC Radio 4 is piloting a US version of its topical satirical show The News Quiz,...
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BBC's The Voice aims to overpower Britain's Got Talent
BBC battles to win Saturday night viewers from ITV by investing £25m in talent show in which auditions are done 'blind'It is billed as a unique take on the TV talent show, but BBC1's The Voice has...
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BBC's The Voice is an attack on the Simon Cowell juggernaut
Behind new reality show are three men determined to challenge the X Factor and Britain's Got Talent – but at huge riskIt may look like on-screen entertainment, but behind the scenes the arrival of The...
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British author's 'mommy porn' becomes US bestseller
EL James is the toast of literary circles, where she is credited with introducing 'graphic, heavy-breathing erotica'With her debut novel at the top of the New York Times bestseller list and the subject...
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Council tenants offered £75,000 discount in right-to-buy scheme
Residents of houses could get 35% discount after five years and another 1% for each further year, up to maximum of £75,000David Cameron will try to breathe new life into the right-to-buy scheme by...
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Incomes likely to dip again
Better-off families face biggest drop in income, and the squeeze is set to continue with rising fuel and commodity pricesUK consumers face another year of falling disposable incomes as higher fuel and...
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Banks' macho culture 'holds women back'
Fall in number of women at management board level last year, 17 FTSE 100 firms had no top female executivesBanking's "macho culture" is the biggest barrier to women reaching the top, according to a...
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Blaze in dormitory tent kills 14 on building site in Turkey
Short circuit might have sparked fireA fire engulfed a tent being used as a dormitory for workers at a construction site in Istanbul on Sunday , killing 14 people. The workers were housed in a large...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's doghouse for young fan on show
Celebrated architect had indulged a boy's plea for a doghouse in 1956 to match family home, it is rebuilt now using original plansFrank Lloyd Wright designed hundreds of buildings during a prolific...
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Osborne urged to rethink passenger duty rise
Treasury's plans would mean a family of four would face a £500 levy to fly to AustraliaBritain's four largest airlines have urged the chancellor to reconsider plans to raise air passenger duty by...
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Mumsnet launches campaign to support sex attack victims
We Believe You campaign set up after survey finds many victims do not report attacks due to shame and low conviction ratesThe parenting website Mumsnet has launched a campaign to support sex attack...
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Misys suitor Temenos pulls out
Vista's bid reportedly values Misys at about £1.2bn, far higher than the Temenos merger proposals, which valued the company at about £918mSwiss banking software company Temenos has pulled out of its...
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Inquest opens into IRA men shot dead by SAS in 1990
Belfast coroner to examine 21-year-old case which raised fears of a shoot-to-kill policy by security forcesMore than two decades after two IRA men were shot dead by the SAS an inquest is to open in...
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Israeli air strikes kill three in Gaza
Two Palestinian militants and a schoolboy die as cross-border fighting escalatesIsraeli air strikes have killed two Palestinian militants and a schoolboy in Gaza as Palestinian rocket squads barrage...
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