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Cover-up over 16 baby deaths Health bosses ignored damning warnings on hospital neglect
Even when a CQC official produced a dossier showing the inspection was flawed, bosses told him to destroy it to protect the commission’s ...
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Women who regularly use talcum powder increase their risk of ovarian cancer by 24
The researchers analysed data from 8,525 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and compared talcum powder use with that of 9,800 women who remained ...
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From compliments to cuddles the keys to womens confidence List shows top 20 feel-good factors
A compliment from a friend or partner topped the list of things with a feel-good factor. This was closely followed by having perfect hair and looking good in a ...
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Can chickens REALLY be cleverer than a toddler Studies suggest animals can master numeracy and basic engineering
Studies show hens to be masters of a number of complex skills, including numeracy, self-control, and it is claimed, basic structural ...
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Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. Did two chaps ever look less thrilled to see one another
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin sat next to each other in one of the little ‘bilaterals’ which have been held at the G8 summit in County Fermanagh. Boxing gloves, ...
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT A disgraceful way to reward our heroes
With 444 British dead, and hundreds more maimed, this should have been a day for our troops to celebrate a milestone on the road to withdrawal, with the hope of relief from the worst of the ...
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Taliban Britain to join U.S. for peace talks with the Taliban to finally end 12-year conflict
But Tory MPs warned the talks could lead to a sell-out that hands southern Afghanistan back to the militants who have killed 444 British servicemen since 2001. It also emerged last night that Taliban killers are likely to be released as a confidence-building measure during the ...
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE All is forgiven after Viscount Linley swipe at Princess Michael
Prince Michael of Kent and his wife, Princess Michael, rode in the third carriage at the Royal Ascot parade. With them, Princess Margaret’s son, Viscount Linley, and his wife, Serena. What a charming foursome. Obviously Linley is now forgiven after telling a magazine what he’d give his worst enemy for Christmas: ‘Dinner with Princess Michael.’ Dignified Prince Michael ...
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Red labels to warn of unhealthy food Logos to appear on items considered bad for health in anti-obesity drive
The colour will signal products that are high in fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt as part of an anti-obesity drive designed to encourage healthy ...
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ANDREW ALEXANDER Bad luck fear and historys gravest lesson
It was chance — pure chance — that France’s foreign minister Louis Barthou was killed during the assassination in Marseilles of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. He was the only statesman in the West who saw that Hitler could be stopped by an alliance eagerly offered by the ...
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Did Stuart Halls victims relive their agony just for this YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN says Halls lenient sentence shows judges learnt nothing from Savile
Perhaps it’s best that I wasn’t in court on Monday to witness Stuart Hall finally paying for his crimes against children, because I might have shouted at the judge or created a scene not allowed in our sombre houses of justice — if you can call this ...
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Jail reckless bankers Failed bosses could also lose right to claim bonuses for up to ten years says inquiry into financial malpractice
The bosses of failed banks should face jail or lose the right to claim bonuses for up to ten years for 'reckless misconduct', a report recommends ...
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Child porn summit that ended up a damp squib Internet giants still refuse to install automatic filters to force users to opt in
Britain's internet giants have agreed to put extra money into the fight against sickening child abuse images – but are refusing to install automatic filters that would force users to ‘opt in’ to online ...
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Camerons bid to spark Syria coup PM pledges not to remove Assad military if they overthrow tyrant
David Cameron last night made an appeal to Syria's military and security leaders in an extraordinary attempt to spark a coup against Bashar ...
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G8 Summit Michelle Obama Malia and Sasha have lunch with Bono in Ireland
The Obamas never miss an opportunity to mingle with the stars and during a two-day trip in Dublin, who better to have quintessential pub lunch with than iconic Irish rocker and philanthropist ...
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Dont try this at home Video shows man WALKING ON LAVA - and now scientists have explained exactly how he did it
A YouTube video showing a man taking five steps up a flow of lava on Mount Etna in Sicily has been analysed by a geoscientist who has confirmed it IS possible to walk on ...
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Labour politician admits an affair... with an ALIEN Father-of-three talks of his belief in extra-terrestial life and claims he fathered a love child with one
The married father-of-three, who represents Stakesby, said his wife had rowed with him after revealing he had a child called Zarka with an alien he refers to as the Cat ...
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Dangerous inmate escaped from prison after he stabbed himself and was taken to hospital where he was sprung by gunman
A prolific ex-convict who has committed almost 500 offences was today jailed for 10 years for breaking his cellmate out of prison in a terrifying gunpoint hold ...
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Former Army captain Britain Witty who preyed on women is guilty of more sex attacks on teenagers
A convicted date rapist was today jailed for life for three more rapes on teenage women - after publicity from an earlier case led to the victims independently reporting their own ...
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Man 20 appears in court accused of beheading 18-year-old woman then attacking five people while he was being treated in hospital
Hussein, of Sheffield, is also charged with assaulting five people at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital, where he was taken following his arrest by ...
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Global consumption of spirits is climbing thanks to Chinas thirsty middle classes - but Russia leads the way in vodka
Almost 28billion litres of spirits were drunk globally last year - an increase of 2 per cent - although this was a far smaller rise than 2011, when volumes went up by 7 per cent, figures ...
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Woman living on water-only diet stops on day 47 after realizing she could be encouraging others to starve to death
The retiree, originally from the UK, also says that she didn’t want to be responsible for others trying to 'live on light'; without having their 'belief systems lined ...
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One of the oldest pharmacies in the UK that once sold leeches in jars and took prescriptions in Latin celebrates its 190th anniversary
It was opened in 1823 by a 'chymist and druggist' and nearly 200 years later it is still serving customers as one of the oldest pharmacies in the ...
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Toddlers start using little words to form basic sentences far earlier than we realise
Dr Dye and her team found a clear, yet previously undetected, pattern of sounds which consistently replaced grammatical words in many of the children’s ...
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Its the end of the world as we view it The furthest extremes of the Earth visible on Google Maps
He said: 'I've always been drawn to the end of the road, to the edges of where one might be allowed to travel, whether blocked by geographic features, international borders, or simply the lack of any further ...
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El Salvadorian village getting outside help with water needs
A non-profit organization, the Minnesota State Mankato chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has set their sights on El Salvador and will be travelling to a small village in Piedras Azules to help the local community with their water access needs.
The problem is that in the village in Piedras Azules there is just one water source with unreliable water access as the water table changes depending on the time of year and the weather. This leads to long queues at the well, with some residents sometimes waking up at midnight to beat the water rush. Read more
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