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Britain aims to make gene testing accessible for cancer patients
Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy.The project, involving the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, the U.S. gene sequencing firm Illumina, geneticists and cancer doctors, aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes ...
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Another shooting on Lutons troubled streets as man blasted near school
A man was shot near a school this morning in yet another Luton gun attack.The incident - the 10th shooting in the town this year - followed a rush-hour collision not far from Downside Primary School.A 27-year-old Asian man was in serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the leg. His attacker - described as white, skinny and around 6ft - fled in a silver saloon and is being hunted by ...
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David Cameron writes to Tory activists in bid to repair Loongate damage
the damage wreaked by "Loongate" . The PM says he has been a Conservative through good times and bad and insists he has a deep, lasting friendship with the party. Mr Cameron adds: "I am proud to lead this party. I am proud of what you do. "And I would never have around me those who sneered or thought otherwise." It comes after party chiefs quashed calls for an ...
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Major Tim Peakes pride at becoming the UKs first true astronaut
He led Army platoons into war zones, flew daredevil missions for special forces and was a test pilot on Apache helicopter gunships.So when Major Tim Peake is launched into space as the first "real" British astronaut, the dangers won't worry him at all.The former pilot in the British Army Air Corps today spoke of his excitement at the historic five-month mission which will see him ...
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Broadways biggest theater sold to British group
FILE - This May 12, 2011 file photo shows the marquee for "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" outside the Foxwoods Theatre in New York. Ambassador Theatre Group said Monday, May 20, 2013, it has acquired The Foxwoods Theatre, the current home of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. The theater has about 2,000 ...
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Man Citys Rodwell called up to England squad
Roy hits out at club friendlies Rodwell, 22, endured an injury-hit debut season at the Etihad Stadium after joining City from Everton last summer.However he returned to the first-team fold towards the end of the campaign, featuring in four of City's last five games ...
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Donald Macintyres Sketch Cross-eyed myopic or just old-fashioned soon these swivelling Tories will be making T-shirts
Donald Macintyre writes political sketches for The Independent, having been Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, covering Israel and the Occupied Territories, as well as travelling for the paper to Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Libya and Egypt. As Political Editor and then Chief Political Commentator, he previously covered the John Major and early Tony Blair era. He has written for the Daily Express, ...
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Saloon bar politics by Ukip could harm Britains climate change credibility and drag Tories to right on environment warns minister
The rise of Ukip risks fuelling climate change scepticism as Conservative politicians embrace the populist "saloon bar" politics of Nigel Farage's party, the Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, has ...
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Patti LuPone Seth Rudetsky Set For Musical Show At Londons Leicester Square Theatre
Despite a white-hot stage and screen career spanning more than four decades, Patti LuPone has no time for nostalgia -- and with good reason. The powerhouse performer is once again on a professional roll, having ...
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Program to repopulate Britain with cranes yields first egg
Wildlife experts say the first crane egg in southern Britain in more than 400 years has been laid by a nesting bird. Although hunting and the loss of habitat wiped out the crane population in Britain, the Great Crane Project has been rearing the birds in captivity and reintroducing them to southwestern England since 2010, they said. The egg, the first laid by cranes released by the project, is ...
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What would Angelina do British man has prostate removed in preventative surgery
US actress and director Angelina Jolie addressing the audience after premiere of her movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey" in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 2012. (Amel ...
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British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Heads For Scrap Yard
HMS Ark Royal steams into Portsmouth, England, for the last time on Dec. 3, 2010, in preparation for decommissioning. The people of Portsmouth turned out on Monday to bid farewell to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, destined for a Turkish scrap yard after its decommissioning two years ago. The Invincible-class carrier was a victim of a 2010 defense review that recommended scrapping ...
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Killed by DONKEYS Disabled pensioner dragged from mobility scooter and mauled to death
Rex A disabled pensioner has been dragged from his mobility scooter and mauled to death by a pair of crazed donkeys. Sandor Horvath, 65, was so badly bitten that investigators initially thought he had been savaged by a pack of wolves. He was chased and trampled by the animals while visiting a farmer friend. The farmer's daughter, Csikos Darda, said: "I noticed the donkeys were ...
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Mighty Ark Royals dark day Navy flagship final voyage as its towed away for scrap
mighty HMS Ark Royal as it was towed away to be scrapped today.Former crew members were among onlookers, many in black armbands, as the aircraft carrier left her Portsmouth home for the last time.The one-time flagship of the Royal Navy disappeared over the horizon bound for Izmir in western Turkey, where she will be broken up.The most expensive British warship ever, built at a cost of 333million ...
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Mairead Philpott appeal over sentence for killing six kids a waste of money says her OWN DAD
Mairead's plan to appeal against the 17-year prison term for killing her six children in a fire "a waste of taxpayers' money". He even claimed she should have been locked up for longer.He said: "She should just get on with her sentence. Six little children lost their lives and nothing will change that."Appealing will just drag it all back up and cost taxpayers a lot ...
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Britain is booming FTSE reaches 12-year high as record looms
FTSE 100 blue chip index matched levels from September 2000, just before the market's fascination with loss-making technology companies such as lastminute.com came to an abrupt end and the dotcom bubble burst. The closely watched index of the 100 biggest companies traded in London is also within sight of its all time peak of the 6,930 reached on 30 December 1999.The FTSE 100 is nonetheless ...
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Tim Peakes space station mission could put a rocket under Britains economy
Link to video: Tim Peake to become first official British astronaut to visit International Space Station There is the urge to explore the endless heavens, there are the mysteries of the starry cosmos to solve, but above all there is the faltering economy to revive.Of all the reasons nations give for sending their citizens ...
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Church of Scotland votes to allow gay men and women to become ministers
The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in a car crash that also left her best friend dead and three young men fighting for their lives have paid tribute to their "beautiful" ...
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
A gay couple who were beaten by a gang of youths in a suspected homphobic robbery last weekend - leaving one with head injuries - have urged politicians to moderate their language when debating same-sex ...
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Labour MP Tom Watson urges Theresa May to investigate suppressed Leveson evidence
The Home Secretary has been asked to investigate whether vital reports and documents in the possession of Scotland Yard were seen in full by Lord Justice Leveson before he reached key conclusions in his report on the ...
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Prince William Dont Forget Injured Forces
Prince William has issued a heartfelt plea to the nation not to forget the injured members of the British Armed Forces. "We must not let the wounded men and women of our Armed Forces down," said the Duke of Cambridge. The comments by the future king and serving member of the Armed Forces came as he joined his younger brother Prince Harry to open Tedworth House, a state-of-the-art ...
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UK delays award of prison privatisation contract - FT
Ministry of Justice following an investigation into whether it was overcharged on two contracts with private-sector companies, the Financial Times reported. The winning bidders for the privatisation of HMP Northumberland and South Yorkshire, which together total five prisons, had expected to be told this week, the paper said. The decision has been delayed partly because the personnel ...
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UPDATE 1-NBC News looks to Britain for its new president
Mon May 20, 2013 3:24pm EDT By Liana B. Baker May 20 (Reuters) - Deborah Turness, a former top TV news editor in Britain, will take over as NBC News president in August, at a time when it is looking to turn around the fortunes of its news division. Turness will replace Steve Capus, who left the network in February. She will report to Patricia Fili-Krushel, chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, ...
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Warning issued as number of fire deaths in Northern Ireland revealed
Five people were killed in fires caused by smoking materials during the last year, the Northern Ireland Fire Service revealed today. Crews were called to 811 accidental house fires - 66 of which were a direct result of the careless disposal of cigarettes, matches or other smoking related materials.Smoking in the home while drowsy or drunk was also another major factor in fatal house fires.Dale ...
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Newark gas explosion Survivors heartbreaking cry for wife and dad killed in blast
of a huge suspected gas blast kept asking for his wife and father who were killed.Nick Rourke was pulled alive from the rubble seconds after the explosion, but the bodies of his dad Leslie, 71, and wife Jeanette, 40, were not found until hours later.Jeanette Dixon, 34, who helped haul Nick to safety after spotting his bloodied hand sticking out of the debris, revealed: "He kept saying, ...
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