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Landlady Peggy Mitchell gazes in despair at the charred remains of her beloved Queen Vic tonight - after her memories and livelihood went up in smoke. Related Stories Google’s attempt at predictive text leaves web users lost for words Prince Charles ‘baffled’ by cilmate change sceptics Prince Charles ‘baffled’ by climate change sceptics Sacked Stig accuses BBC of hypocrisy Willow Smith, 9, signs record deal with Jay-Z

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Barbara Windsor bids final farewell to Queen Vic

The Prince of Wales said today he found the views of climate change sceptics “extraordinary”. Related Stories Google launches new search system Tate collection gains £14m of works New chilli could take world record, say producers Google’s attempt at predictive text leaves web users lost for words

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The Prince of Wales said today he found the views of climate change sceptics “extraordinary”. Related Stories Google launches new search system Tate collection gains £14m of works New chilli could take world record, say producers Google’s attempt at predictive text leaves web users lost for words Prince Charles ‘baffled’ by cilmate change sceptics

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Prince Charles ‘baffled’ by climate change sceptics

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should cut its target for biofuels use by 2020 so that tropical forests are not cut down to make way for biofuel crops, government climate advisors said on Friday.

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Government told to cut 2020 biofuels target

LONDON (Reuters) - The government launched an initiative on Tuesday to unlock new investment in low-carbon technologies and make London a global hub for green finance.

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UK launches investor forum to spur green finance

The world is heading for the next major climate change conference in Cancun later this year on course for global warming of up to 3.5C in the coming century, a series of scientific analyses suggest.

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Revealed: why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe - 3.5°

The world is heading for the next major climate change conference in Cancun later this year on course for global warming of up to 3.5C in the coming century, a series of scientific analyses suggest. The failure of last December’s UN climate summit in Copenhagen means that cuts in carbon emissions pledged by the international community will not be enough to keep the anticipated warming within safe limits. Related Stories Revealed: why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe IPCC feels the heat as it is told to get its facts right about global warming Revealed: why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe - 3.5°

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Why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe: 3.5°

An “experienced parachutist” died when he landed badly on a skydive at a family open-air music festival.

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Parachutist killed at family festival

A parachutist plunged to his death after he attempted to land at a family open-air music festival. Related Stories Climate protesters target RBS headquarters Authorities tried to help couple found dead Morning misery for Tube travellers Woman jailed for charity fraud found hanged RBS HQ targeted in climate change action day

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Aspiring players were today warned about a scam that could see them conned out of hundreds of pounds for non-existent trials with professional clubs. Related Stories Clegg prepares for World Cup inspection team Blatter boost for 2018 bid Coyle keeps Taylor in his thoughts RBS HQ targeted in climate change action day The biggest wins in the Premier League

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A vast flotilla of small, virtually undetectable jellyfish have stung hundreds of people on Spanish beaches this week - a swimmer’s nightmare that biologists say will become increasingly common due to climate change and overfishing.

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Flotilla of stinging jellyfish hit Spanish beaches

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s coalition sought to shift the blame for looming spending cuts to Labour Party on Wednesday, accusing the last government of “criminal” mishandling of the public finances.

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Coalition says Labour’s economic legacy is "criminal"

Britain is on track to have new nuclear power stations up and running within eight years, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne insisted today.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s coasts have become cleaner but sea levels and temperatures are rising due to climate change, a government report said on Wednesday.

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Seas cleaner but getting warmer and higher - government

Climate change threatens to undo years of work to tackle poverty in developing countries, a report warned today.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Controversial measures to force Britons to use less energy and cleaner forms of transport could be necessary to aid Britain’s fight against climate change, a senior Conservative member of parliament said on Monday.

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Britons need more incentives to cut emissions - MP

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to invest more in low-carbon technologies to reach its goal of cutting harmful greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050, a climate advisory body to the government said on Monday.

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Government urged to invest more in low-carbon technologies

One year after the murder of Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, her killers remain undiscovered by an investigation lacking in rigour and impartiality Related Stories Tracie Washington: This crime was a symptom of a wider sickness in the police Michael McCarthy: The symbol of nature’s battle with climate change Gerard Gilbert: At last, a sign that the BBC is serious about producing challenging drama Kim Sengupta: Tensions between UK and Afghan troops on patrol in Helmand Susie Rushton: The dull truth about holidays at home

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LONDON (Reuters) - The coalition government will reconsider the nation’s nuclear power plans, it said Thursday, surprising the nuclear industry, but added targets for first power generation by 2018 remain intact.

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Nuclear plan to be reviewed again, industry shocked

The minister for Climate Change, Greg Barker, will today launch a consultation on the Government’s strategy to boost energy self-sufficiency in communities. The public debate about microgeneration will look at ways to ensure the quality of generating technology and its installation, how to improve available products, and how to develop the microgeneration supply chain while providing more accessible advice.

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The third inquiry into the University of East Anglia climate change emails imbroglio has cleared Professor Phil Jones of any misconduct, although it still hasn’t quite explained why he wrote to a colleague that he had used “a trick” to “hide the decline” in temperatures implied by tree ring data.

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John Rentoul: The Betrayal of Science

The “rigour and honesty” of the scientists at the centre of a row over climate research, sparked when hundreds of emails were stolen from a world-renowned research centre, is not in doubt, an independent review said today.

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Climategate scientists’ honesty not in doubt, says review

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron reassured Liberal Democrat voters on Tuesday they were not being “taken for a ride” after a poll showed support for the junior partners in Cameron’s coalition falling after a tough budget.

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Cameron says LibDems not being "taken for a ride"

Britain is not on course to meet its climate change targets for reducing carbon emissions, the Government is bluntly warned today. Related Stories ‘£80 cost’ of hidden taxes to combat climate change

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Households are typically being charged more than £80 a year in hidden taxes to help combat the impact of climate change, research suggested today.

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‘£80 cost’ of hidden taxes to combat climate change

Thirty years ago it was one of the great environmental issues, along with the hole in the ozone layer and CFC chemicals. Now acid rain may be making a comeback – but this time, there’s a change in the chemicals responsible.

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Car fumes raise spectre of 1980s revival nobody wants: acid rain

LONDON (Reuters) - As an estimated 20,000 people gathered at Stonehenge on Monday morning to celebrate the solstice, a report was being presented to parliament on the advantages of keeping British Summer Time through the year.

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Thousands gather at Stonehenge for longest day

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs an energy revolution centred on efficiency and low-carbon technology and possibly including nuclear power to meet binding targets for carbon emissions, energy minister Chris Huhne said Thursday.

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Britain needs low-carbon energy revolution - Huhne

When Barack Obama addresses the nation on the oil spill tomorrow night, he will have numerous aims. First will be to assure the public that the federal government is doing everything it can to limit the unfolding environmental and economic catastrophe.

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Stephen Foley: Obama must convince the American public that he’s got this under control

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has become more sceptical about climate change, more supportive of nuclear power, and more worried about depending on energy imports, a poll by Cardiff University on Friday showed.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Diane Abbott and four former cabinet ministers will fight it out to lead the Labour Party, charged with turning the opposition back into a winning force in politics following its defeat in the May 6 election.

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Five candidates to fight for Labour leadership

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would increase its inspection of North Sea drilling rigs and monitoring of offshore practices in the light of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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UK to boost safety inspections after BP oil spill

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will double annual inspections of offshore oil and gas drilling rigs in the wake of the “devastating” Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said on Monday.

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North Sea oil rig inspections to be doubled

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain faces a 4 billion pound shortfall in covering the costs of nuclear decommissioning and dealing with waste over the next few years, the Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, hit out at his predecessors last night for leaving a £4bn “black hole” in the nuclear power budget.

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Huhne warns of £4bn hole in nuclear power budget

LONDON (Reuters) - Ian McEwan, renowned for serious literary prose, won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction on Tuesday for his novel “Solar.”

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LONDON (Reuters) - Former energy minister Ed Miliband is best person to replace Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour party, former party leader Neil Kinnock said in an interview published on Sunday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party gave itself four months on Tuesday to elect a new leader who will face the task of rejuvenating a party out of power for the first time since 1997.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Former Energy and Cimate Change Secretary Ed Miliband joined his elder brother in the race for leadership of the Labour party on Saturday, saying the party had lost touch with its progressive values.

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Race for Labour leadership becomes family affair

A survey has today uncovered levels of radioactivity up to 5000 times background levels in Mayapuri scrap market, West Delhi, after the area was previously surveyed and declared safe by government authorities Related Stories Lizards are dying out because of climate change, study says

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s central government will cut its emissions of climate-warming carbon by 10 percent in the next 12 months, while speeding up the wider move to a low-carbon economy, the Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The Liberal Democrats agreed to drop their opposition to a new generation of nuclear power stations in one of many “unpleasant” compromises needed to secure a power-sharing deal with the Conservatives, the new energy minister said on Thursday.

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Energy minister says nuclear compromise "unpleasant"

Conjoined twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf were reunited today for the first time since the mammoth operation to separate them.

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There was chaos and confusion at UK airports today as the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud wreaked yet more havoc with flight schedules. Related Stories Fresh concerns over ash cloud travel disruption Ash could disrupt air travel for a year, says government adviser Volcanic ash cloud continues to bring travel chaos Volcanic ash cloud brings further travel chaos Few UK hotels ranked among world’s best

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Travellers stranded as flights grounded by ash cloud

Chevrolet has added a new top-of-the-range variant to its Captiva SUV range, the LTZ.

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Chevrolet adds new top version of Captiva SUV

A team of archaeologists have discovered a fortification system at the Minoan town of Gournia, a discovery which rebukes the popular myth that the Minoans were a peaceful society with no need for defensive structures. Related Stories Picasso sells at auction for record £70 million Film4 boosted by 20% budget increase Intel revamps Atom platform for smartphone push Supermarkets slash beer prices Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ name mispelt on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Crete fortifications debunk myth of peaceful Minoan society

Two women who were killed when an inflatable artwork broke free and flipped into the air suffered accidental deaths, an inquest jury ruled today.

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Inflatable artwork deaths an accident, inquest rules

Insurance giant Prudential today suffered a setback in its launch of a record 21 billion US dollar (£13.8 billion) fundraising and mammoth Asian takeover. Related Stories Goldman agrees to pay fine over claims it broke short selling rules More job vacancies underline economic recovery Store price inflation highest since January UK budget deficit ’set to outstrip Greece’ Footsie falls again amid further Greek unrest

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FSA talks delay Prudential cash call

Police investigating violence which erupted after an FA Cup tie arrested 11 men today in a series of dawn raids. Related Stories Smash-and-grab jewel raiders strike at Westfield shopping centre Death crash court hearing postponed Student ‘hit gay man to protect female friend’ Torture case brothers lose sentence appeal Guru raped meditation woman, court told

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11 arrested over FA Cup tie violence

South Africa’s goal-shy team have been offered one million rand (£90,000) to share for every time they find the net at next month’s World Cup on home soil, a senior official said today. Related Stories World Cup bid: England’s 2018 hopes boosted World Cup countdown: Torres ‘uncertain’ for spain opener Capello holds breath over United quintet as doctor does his rounds Andrew leads praise as Catt swaps kicking for coaching Torres ‘uncertain’ for spain opener

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South Africa players offered cash reward for goals

A proposal to legally ban a teenager from wearing his trousers so low that the public could see his underpants has been rejected, it was revealed yesterday. Related Stories A night to remember: How to plan your election viewing A guide to hung parliaments The fourth debate: You ask the questions to the leaders of the three main parties TV debates clouded election campaign, says Brown The Independent guide to tactical voting

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Teenager avoids ban on trousers which show off underpants

The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be arriving today in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away. Related Stories Steel dome to contain oil leak will be ‘ready in days’ Kent State marks 40th years since shootings US court defends right to tell mother-in-law jokes Eight inmates killed in Venezuela prison riot Kent State marks 40 years since shootings

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Giant dome for Gulf oil leak is next best solution

The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be arriving today in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away. Related Stories Kent State marks 40th years since shootings US court defends right to tell mother-in-law jokes Eight inmates killed in Venezuela prison riot Kent State marks 40 years since shootings Giant dome for Gulf oil leak is next best solution

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BP caps 1 of 3 leaks at Gulf well

Two brothers who sadistically tortured a pair of young boys lost a challenge against their sentences today. Related Stories Teenager in court over death crash ‘Suspicious’ blaze at historic hotel Smash-and-grab jewel raiders strike at Westfield shopping centre Death crash court hearing postponed Student ‘hit gay man to protect female friend’

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Torture case brothers lose sentence appeal

A woman who struggles to leave her home due to panic attacks will spend much of her £4.5 million National Lottery fortune on her children, she revealed today.

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Panic attacks sufferer to spend Lottery jackpot on children

They misspelled Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ name on her Hollywood Walk of Fame star, but the Emmy-winning star of “Seinfeld” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” seemed tickled by the typo. Related Stories Turner Prize has grown up, says head judge Picasso sells at auction for record £70 million Film4 boosted by 20% budget increase Intel revamps Atom platform for smartphone push Supermarkets slash beer prices

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The UK borrowing deficit will outstrip any other country in the EU this year, according to figures from the European Commission today. Related Stories Pearson set for acquisitions after selling IDC to private equity firms for $2bn Goldman investors line up for lawsuits Goldman agrees to pay fine over claims it broke short selling rules More job vacancies underline economic recovery Store price inflation highest since January

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UK budget deficit ’set to outstrip Greece’

It seems certain that Thierry Henry will be leaving Barcelona in the summer after the club’s president Joan Laporta hinted that he would be willing to let the former Arsenal star move on.

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Barcelona happy for Henry to leave

Cardiff will be given more time to pay off their £1.9million debt to HM Revenue and Customs after their case to avoid a winding-up order was adjourned for the fourth time.

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Manchester City have consulted their legal team over Harry Redknapp’s claim that they stopped Tottenham from trying to sign Craig Bellamy in January 2009.

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An airline battle sparked by Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 returned to the High Court in London today - six years after the emirate won a judgment against Iraqi Airways which now stands at 1.2 billion dollars.

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Kuwait invasion airline battle back in court

With Labour and the Liberal Democrats each unlikely to secure an overall majority in the Commons tomorrow, tactical voting could play a major role in stopping David Cameron reaching Downing Street. Here, we present a guide to the key seats in which tactical voting may be crucial in securing a progressive majority in the Commons.

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The agency that represents Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis says the pair is teaming up again at Wimbledon. Related Stories Murray ‘hooked’ on election debates as he prepares for Madrid

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Steve Bates insists he is proud of Newcastle’s achievements this season despite having his contract terminated as Falcons rugby director. Related Stories World Cup winner Catt announces retirement Newcastle sack director Bates Newcastle sack coach Bates despite winning relegation battle

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has praised Russia’s bid for the 2018 World Cup, labelling it “remarkable”.

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Blatter lauds ‘remarkable’ Russia World Cup bid

Carlos Tevez hopes both he and Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini are still at Manchester City next season. Related Stories Wenger dismisses Spurs’ bid to snatch third place Benitez’s rift with boardroom grows wider Ferguson plans to ‘freshen’ United side over summer Foster resigned to Manchester United exit Evans on verge of new Manchester United deal

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Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Jonny Evans is on the verge of signing a new long-term contract with Manchester United. Related Stories Wenger dismisses Spurs’ bid to snatch third place Benitez’s rift with boardroom grows wider Ferguson plans to ‘freshen’ United side over summer Foster resigned to Manchester United exit Tevez gives Mancini his backing

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Evans on verge of new Manchester United deal

Ben Foster has accepted he will have to leave Manchester United to revive his flagging career. Related Stories Wenger dismisses Spurs’ bid to snatch third place Benitez’s rift with boardroom grows wider Ferguson plans to ‘freshen’ United side over summer Tevez gives Mancini his backing Evans on verge of new Manchester United deal

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Foster resigned to Manchester United exit

Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company, unveiled a new version of its Atom platform, promising lower power consumption, cheaper cost and smaller size to better target smartphones. Related Stories Naomi Campbell: My temper may stem from childhood abandonment Spielberg to make film of ‘War Horse’ Turner Prize has grown up, says head judge Picasso sells at auction for record £70 million Film4 boosted by 20% budget increase

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Intel revamps Atom platform for smartphone push

Tube stations in London were regularly left unstaffed, creating dangerous conditions for travellers, a union claimed today. Related Stories SAS comes out fighting as details of top-secret missions are exposed Mother challenges MoD to explain why her son died Sea cadet who fell to his death was ‘a wonderful son’ £1m expected for Churchill memorabilia Inquest reopens for soldier killed in Afghan blast

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Union warning over unstaffed tube stations

Annual shop price inflation hit its highest level since January last month as soaring petrol costs pushed up food prices, figures revealed today.

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An inquest will resume today into the death of a British soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.

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Inquest reopens for soldier killed in Afghan blast

Vacancies for permanent and temporary jobs continued to increase last month, showing that the employment market was continuing on the road to recovery, according to a report today. Related Stories Shop price inflation jumped again in April Adidas hopes to score big profits at World Cup Pearson set for acquisitions after selling IDC to private equity firms for $2bn Goldman investors line up for lawsuits Goldman agrees to pay fine over claims it broke short selling rules

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More job vacancies underline economic recovery

Channel 4 is ramping up its film financing budget, with new films involving Danny Boyle, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in the pipeline. Related Stories Florence And The Machine lead field for Mojo awards Naomi Campbell: My temper may stem from childhood abandonment Spielberg to make film of ‘War Horse’ Turner Prize has grown up, says head judge Picasso sells at auction for record £70 million

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Film4 boosted by 20% budget increase

The parents of a brother and sister who died from carbon monoxide poisoning said they were “beyond disappointment” after a Greek court cleared their tour company of any wrongdoing. Related Stories Corfu Thomas Cook staff ‘not responsible’ for child gas deaths Security scare disrupts Dutch war memorial tribute Thomas Cook reps cleared over child deaths in Corfu Berlusconi ally quits over apartment allegations Greek strike paralyses Greek public services

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Parent hit out as reps are cleared over gas deaths

A standup comedian who was sued for making mother-in-law jokes had the last laugh after a US federal judge threw the case out of court. Related Stories No explanation for bomb suspect boarding airliner New York bomb suspect ‘went to training camp in Pakistan’ Steel dome to contain oil leak will be ‘ready in days’ Kent State marks 40th years since shootings Eight inmates killed in Venezuela prison riot

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US court defends right to tell mother-in-law jokes

A pipe bomb exploded outside a police station in Northern Ireland, police said today.

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Pipe bomb explodes outside police station

The relatives of four students killed by National Guard troops at Kent State University remembered their loved ones along with hundreds of people who gathered at the site 40 years later.

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Kent State marks 40th years since shootings

Sleeping less than six hours a night increases the risk of early death, it was claimed today.

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Regular lack of sleep is ‘linked to early death’

In anticipation of the World Cup, The Independent will be running down the key people and factors to keep an eye out for in South Africa with our World Cup Watch series.

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World Cup Watch: The big name managers

In 1930, the 16-year-old George Nissen watched in awe as trapeze artists performed their daring stunts at a travelling circus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Seeing them dismount at the end of their routines, dropping from their swinging bars and bouncing into a safety net below set the keen gymnast and swimmer thinking about how the performers’ act would be even more spectacular if they could continue bouncing and doing more tricks

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George Nissen: Inventor of the trampoline

Tighter regulation of the banks would mean lower economic growth.

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Sean O’Grady: If only our banks would back some risky ventures…

Pearson, the group that owns the Financial Times and Penguin Books, has sold its stake in Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) to two private equity companies in a deal worth $2bn (£1.3bn) to the publisher. Related Stories Essar suffers worst IPO in eight years Prudential set to offer shares at 40 per cent discount Shop price inflation jumped again in April Adidas hopes to score big profits at World Cup Goldman investors line up for lawsuits

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The life insurer Prudential will today attempt to entice investors to back its £14bn cash call with new shares being offered at a 40 per cent discount. The rights issue, which will price this morning, is being launched to fund the $35.5bn (£23bn) takeover of AIA – AIG’s Asian businesses. Prudential has been battling to convince its shareholders of the merits of the deal, which will transform the company into Asia’s biggest insurance group if successful

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India’s Essar Energy stumbled in what was the London market’s biggest listing since December 2007 last night, with its shares slumping by more than 7 per cent to 389.5p on their first day of trading. Related Stories Prudential set to offer shares at 40 per cent discount Shop price inflation jumped again in April Adidas hopes to score big profits at World Cup Pearson set for acquisitions after selling IDC to private equity firms for $2bn Goldman investors line up for lawsuits

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The Australian property company Westfield has found tenants to fill nearly two-thirds of the retail space at its £1.5bn new shopping centre at Stratford ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Related Stories Prudential set to offer shares at 40 per cent discount Shop price inflation jumped again in April Adidas hopes to score big profits at World Cup Pearson set for acquisitions after selling IDC to private equity firms for $2bn Goldman investors line up for lawsuits

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Westfield signs up large retailers for Stratford site

Our view: Buy Related Stories Market Report: Millennium & Copthorne sidesteps market slump

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Investment Column: Go for G4S if you’re still feeling insecure

Recovery hopes shielded Millennium & Copthorne as the market lurched lower last night, with the FTSE 100 suffering its worst one-day fall since November last year. Related Stories Investment Column: Go for G4S if you’re still feeling insecure

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This election campaign has felt almost like a liberation.

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Leading article: This historic opportunity must not be missed

Voters vented their anger at Conservative jibes about Gordon Brown in Newcastle during yesterday afternoon’s Independent soapbox hustings. Audience members were annoyed after Tory candidate Nick Holder quoted a Labour party member in an ill-advised joke about the prime minister’s track record. Related Stories Brown’s legacy may be a party never again able to rule alone Ashcroft gave Tories a further £123,464 donation, figures reveal Clegg will use strong poll result as mandate for electoral reform Cameron embarks on marathon tour of Britain in last-ditch bid for votes Election result still in doubt with four in 10 voters as yet undecided

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Kenneth Clarke admitted the Conservatives had only a “slim” chance of securing an overall majority in tomorrow’s general election as the party launched a desperate last-minute effort to pass the winning post. Related Stories Brown’s legacy may be a party never again able to rule alone Ashcroft gave Tories a further £123,464 donation, figures reveal Clegg will use strong poll result as mandate for electoral reform Voters vent their anger on Independent soapbox Election result still in doubt with four in 10 voters as yet undecided

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Nick Clegg will tell voters today that he will use a strong Liberal Democrat poll result to secure electoral reform as he issues his “personal guarantee” to deliver a fairer voting system. Related Stories Brown’s legacy may be a party never again able to rule alone Ashcroft gave Tories a further £123,464 donation, figures reveal Cameron embarks on marathon tour of Britain in last-ditch bid for votes Voters vent their anger on Independent soapbox Election result still in doubt with four in 10 voters as yet undecided

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Oh, the excitement

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Nevin’s Notes (05/05/10)

New figures released by the election watchdog show the Conservatives accepted £123,464 from Lord Ashcroft, the deputy chairman of the party, who is spearheading the battle for the key marginal seats. Related Stories Brown’s legacy may be a party never again able to rule alone Clegg will use strong poll result as mandate for electoral reform Cameron embarks on marathon tour of Britain in last-ditch bid for votes Voters vent their anger on Independent soapbox Election result still in doubt with four in 10 voters as yet undecided

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Ashcroft gave Tories a further £123,464 donation, figures reveal

As BP raced to complete construction of a steel dome it intends to lower over oil leaks almost a mile below the surface of the sea in the Gulf of Mexico, the Governor of Florida warned that his state may sue the London-based company. “It is certainly in the realm of possibility,” Charlie Crist said. Related Stories California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger no longer backs offshore oil plan Times Square bomb suspect set for court appearance Times Square bomb suspect cooperating and will face terror charges No explanation for bomb suspect boarding airliner New York bomb suspect ‘went to training camp in Pakistan’

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Steel dome to contain oil leak will be ‘ready in days’

Goldman Sachs has been fined over allegations that it broke the short selling rules introduced to protect financial firms at the height of the market panic in 2008. Related Stories Prudential set to offer shares at 40 per cent discount Shop price inflation jumped again in April Adidas hopes to score big profits at World Cup Pearson set for acquisitions after selling IDC to private equity firms for $2bn Goldman investors line up for lawsuits

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Goldman agrees to pay fine over claims it broke short selling rules

Student fees will have to rise to £7,500 a year to maintain standards in higher education, a leading university vice-chancellor warns today. Related Stories Watching TV ‘makes toddlers less intelligent’ Conservatives back fines for parents who falsely accuse teachers

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Two Israeli soldiers were charged in a military court yesterday with forcing a 10-year-old Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip to handle objects they suspected of being rigged to explode. Related Stories Pakistani man guilty of Mumbai massacre Maliki supporters disrupt poll recount Iranian reformist former minister stabbed Why Yemen’s future threatens to destroy its past US envoy visits Israel for ‘indirect’ negotiations

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Soldiers charged with using boy, 10, as human shield

Tiger Woods may have hit the ball into water five times during nine practice holes at Sawgrass yesterday, but he believes he has the answer to the swing problems which caused him to miss just the sixth cut of his career last week. “I know what the fix is,” he said

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Woods claims to know ‘the fix’ for his swing troubles

Nothing can quite match the culmination of a rain-affected cricket match for that elusive combination of low farce and high drama. It is a piece of theatre beyond the most illustrious thespians, but with which any cricketer worth his jock-strap is well accustomed. Related Stories Rain dampens England’s spirits to set up knockout tie with Irish Collingwood wants perfect performance New Zealand qualify after Styris and McCullum shine with the ball Sutton defies doubters to keep Lancashire upright County Championship round-up: Hampshire’s wretched start salvaged by Carberry

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England stumble through after rain has the final say once again