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Truth and consequences: on the BBC, the GLC and MRSA | Katharine Whitehorn
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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It's all Ken's fault "Hurricanes are often blamed on the beating of a butterfly's wings on the other side of the world": Katharine Whitehorn cites an example of unintended consequences. Photograph: Corbis Hurricanes are often blamed on the beating of
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Greater London: The Story of the Suburbs, By Nick Barratt
Westminster :: CO :: USA | 5 months ago
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Suggested Topics My copy of Nick Barratt's exceedingly stout book was picked up by a number of my colleagues as I wrote this review. They flicked through the pages looking for mentions of their manor and seemed proud when they came across a line on
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Is it the end of the road for the Oyster card? London buses now accept pay-by-tap credit cards
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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13 December 2012 Scroll down for video Boarding pass: The buses will be quipped with MasterCard's PayPass system Gone are the days of not being allowed to board a bus because you don't have the right change or because your Oyster card has no money
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London bus fares go contactless
London :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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London buses to offer NFC contactless card payments Users are warned to be careful of swiping a wallet that contains more than one contactless card London buses are to start accepting contactless payments from Thursday. Passengers on the city's 8,500
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Ministers make it illegal for Church of England to hold gay weddings in bid to head off Tory rebellion
Leighton Buzzard :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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Peter Jones. , Badgers Drift, Germany, 11/12/2012 16:04 Colin Hart speaks good sense.Pity senior Church leaders are not calling out and saying just how wrong and bizarre these proposals are.It is a sobering thought but God is not to be mocked and
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One dead in nine-vehicle M6 crash
New York :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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One dead in nine-vehicle collision One person has died and two others sustained life-threatening injuries in a nine-vehicle crash on the M6. The collision, involving two lorries, two vans and five cars, occurred on the southbound carriageway near
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Fire tears through garage at Westport lawn and farm supply dealership, destroys vehicle
Westport :: CT :: USA | 6 months ago
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A lawn and farm supply company garage suffered heavy damage when fire tore through the structure Thursday afternoon. Fire broke out at Goldstein's Lawn & Farm Equipment on Gifford Road at about 2:50 p.m., damaging the garage and destroying a vehicle
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London jobs back at pre-recession levels as the City grows
Zurich :: Switzerland | 6 months ago
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Suggested Topics London's workforce is now greater than before the height of the 2008-9 recession, with the number of jobs across the City growing at a record rate in 2012, new figures have shown. Despite a raft of recent banking cuts, the recovery
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Mayor Johnson's India trip reveals shortcomings of "Brand Boris"
New Delhi :: India | 6 months ago
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EPA The value to London business of Mayor Johnson's trade mission to India last week is trickier to measure than is its use to "Good old Boris" himself. If his jokes and photo-ops have enhanced commercial links between the UK capital and New Delhi,
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Xmas decoration set off house fire
Christmas :: FL :: USA | 6 months ago
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The Durham Ct home caught ablaze, about 5.30pm, before being extinguished by Country Fire Service crews. No one was home during the fire and damage was estimated at $100,000...A Metropolitan Fire Service spokeswoman said it advised residents to turn
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