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Parents forced to turn to payday loans to fund baby daughters head deformation treatment after NHS refuse to help
Doctors diagnosed her with a severe skull deformity called plagiocephaly or ‘flat head syndrome’ – but told Michelle and Peter Askham that treatment wasn’t available on the ...
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Scientists warning over poisons in your home Experts say chemicals in items including tin cans and till receipts should face stricter controls
Phthalates are found in everything from car dashboards to shower curtains while bisphenol A is used in regular items such as till receipts, tin cans and ...
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Easy access to web porn is making teen boys see girls as sex objects and encouraging them to engage in risky sexual behaviour
Easy access to online pornography encourages teenage boys to see girls as sex objects and to engage in risky sexual behaviour, according to a major ...
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1200 extra police on the streets to guard key locations as EDL thugs exploit tragedy
More than 1,200 additional police officers took to the streets last night amid heightened fears of further violence targeted at the Muslim community by far-Right ...
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Diabetes warning over use of statins People who take the drugs are at increased risk of developing condition
The study involved 1.5 million people in Ontario, Canada, and the statins involved were fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin and ...
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Drummer Lee Rigby killing The enemy within that hates our tolerance by MAX HASTINGS
Yet now, instead, we are confronted with the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby, of the Royal Fusiliers, in the most brutal fashion imaginable, in broad daylight before witnesses in a London street, by savages bent upon flaunting their martyrdom before the ...
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Drummer Lee Rigby murder RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on the Toytown jihadists and a lack of political willpower
The senseless slaughter of a British serviceman on the streets of South-East London by a pair of deranged Toytown jihadists has followed the usual script, with the odd ...
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How first gentleman of football Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a blonde communist spy
On the right wing, their legendary player, Stanley Matthews, known as the Wizard of the Dribble, had seemed subdued. At 38, perhaps the bandy-legged hero was finally slowing ...
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A classic Concert tribute to Valery Gergiev the maestro at 60
Mr Gergiev, the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), carefully planned the programme for the special Gala at London’s Barbican Hall, and described the evening as ‘full of ...
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A tearaway boy. His frail great grandad. And the magical mutt who transformed both their lives
He’d relished the company of dogs all his life. Before my grandmother Joyce, a tireless charity worker and magistrate, died in 2000 they’d had a succession of hyperactive hounds — most memorably Sheba, an assertive border collie who would round up guests and trap them in a ...
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Get ready for the McMega potato McDonalds creates 1400 calorie fries dish with more than half the recommended daily intake
The box of chips is not only double the size of a normal large order of fries at the restaurant, but it contains more than half the recommended daily amount of calories for ...
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Students who created conductive paint that can be used for wiring a light switch without sockets see product take off around the world
The paint acts as a form of liquid wiring and, unlike conventional wires, it can be applied to almost any surface, including paper, plastic, metal and even ...
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Photographer who shot iconic Second World War images after serving with elite Navy unit dies aged 94
His best-known wartime photograph shows a wounded pilot being pulled from a downed fighter plane - an aircraft Miller himself had been scheduled to be aboard before it was shot down. The photographer who took his place was ...
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Charlotte 8 has an IQ of 130 and is perfectly well behaved at home.... so why has she been expelled from THREE schools for attacking her teachers
Eight-year-old Charlotte Tait has an IQ of 130 but she has been known to slap, bite and pull the hair of her teachers after quickly losing her temper when she feels she is not being listened ...
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Woolwich attack Man and woman both 29 arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder following terror attack
A total of four people including the two men shot by police have now been arrested in connection with the killing - and the latest two arrested were being questioned at a south London police ...
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Two jailed for carrying out cold blooded execution to settle a gangland feud in the family of celebrity gangster Dave Courtney
Two killers who carried out a 'cold blooded execution' to settle a gangland feud in the family of celebrity gangster Dave Courtney have each been jailed for a minimum of 31 ...
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The Queen hops on a single decker as she tours Cambridge Nobel Peace Factory
Well she does qualify for a bus pass the Queen hops on a single decker as she tours Cambridge 'Nobel Prize Factory' (and true to form, it turned up 15 minutes ...
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Alaskan volcano pictured from space Nasa astronauts capture eruption from International Space Station
Belching ash and spewing lava, Pavlof Volcano in Alaska has been erupting for ten days - and Nasa today released this remarkable picture of it, taken by crew on board the International Space ...
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Open-plan offices make employees less productive less happy and more likely to get sick
Research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health revealed that people who work in open plan offices take 62 per cent more sick days than those who work in their own, enclosed ...
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University education is a financial gamble as study shows advantage of a degree has dropped drastically over the last 20 years
The graduate premium is shrinking rapidly and makes getting a degree a ‘gamble’ despite the fact that more and more jobs now require higher ...
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Charles and Camilla in hairy mid-air drama as helicopters technical fault forces them to land minutes after take-off
Prince Charles, pictured as he is welcomed into the historic town of Hay-on-Wye had to sit through a 'hairy' mid-air drama today when the royal helicopter was forced to divert to a nearby ...
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Police officers son 21 with underwear fetish broke into womans home to steal her knickers
At Northampton Magistrates Court Cox pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, one count of possessing a weapon designed for the discharge of CS gas and possessing a police ...
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Hands up who knows which one this belongs to Fascinating palm prints from famous names of the 1920s including Albert Einstein to go on sale
They were collected by German palmist Marianne Raschig who spent 60 years taking more than 2,000 handprints of around 1,000 leading artists, actors, scientists, musicians and writers in ...
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14-year-old schoolboy becomes Britains youngest football HOOLIGAN after being banned from all matches for three years
A 14-year-old Hartlepool pupil is officially the youngest football hooligan in Britain after he was slapped with a three-year banning order by ...
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A reason to do the washing up boys Women DO use sex to reward good behaviour
Two thirds of British women admit using sex to reward their partner for good behaviour, with helping around the home being the most common reason they will give their partner saucy payback, according to new ...
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Seattle fixing Mercer Mess
Seattle’s Department of Transport has plans to improve the Mercer Corridor or Mercer Mess as it is known to many residents of the city, Seattle news media have been reporting on the plans for some time, but a groundbreaking ceremony now marks the beginning of the major project.
The Mercer Corridor was built over forty years ago when the city’s transportation needs and traffic volumes were entirely different to present day. Mercer Street is a primary artery for the city of Seattle and over 80,000 people drive along it every day, but because of increased traffic and inefficient infrastructure, major bottlenecks occur at peak rush hour and limit access to the South Lake Union area, the Seattle Waterfront, the port, major highways and the Seattle Center. Read more
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