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MELANIE PHILLIPS The more abuse Mr Gove gets from the teachers the more you know hes right
Sometimes, you can gauge someone’s quality from the enemies they make. By that standard, the embattled Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is a person of the highest ...
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Lord Feldman A chance encounter in the Blue Boar - and a torrent of threats from No. 10
With its soft lighting, sumptuous sofas and leather-seated booths offering discreet hospitality, the Blue Boar Smokehouse – a short stroll from Parliament – is popular with MPs and ...
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British businessman has his prostate removed over cancer risk from Jolie gene
Last week Angelina Jolie revealed that she had had a double mastectomy after discovering that the BRCA1 gene gave her an 87 per cent risk of developing breast ...
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Facebook study Lives of Mr and Mrs Average charted online show how women discuss TV at 44 and men lose interest in their careers at 30
While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, for example, the average man waits until his 45th birthday before working hard to get in ...
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Vitamin D helps beat symptoms of asthma Supplements could soon be used as treatment alongside other drugs
A new study found the ‘sunshine’ vitamin resulted in lower levels of a natural chemical in the body that aggravates symptoms in asthma patients and cuts the effectiveness of ...
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Meltdown on gay marriage Cameron faces humiliating Commons defeat as Tory MPs prepare to back amendment which could delay weddings until after the next election
At least 100 Tory MPs are expected to join forces with Labour and the Lib Dems to back an amendment allowing heterosexual couples to have civil partnerships ...
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How three in four pharmacies give poor drugs advice Patients health is being put at risk
Which? sent trained undercover mystery shoppers into 122 pharmacies across the UK and an expert panel of three experienced pharmacists rated the advice they ...
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The day I was almost killed by a rampaging herd of cows by DAVID BLUNKETT
The death last week of retired university professor Michael Porter while walking with two dogs through a field of cows is a terrible reminder of just how dangerous these placid-looking beasts can ...
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Police take DNA of 27 primary children a week
Frances Crook, the league’s chief executive, said most children were ‘just up to mischief’ and it was wrong to treat them like hardened ...
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Sir Mervyn King says George Osbornes plan to help housebuyers could cause another crash
The outgoing Bank of England governor said George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme was ‘too close for comfort’ and could damage the mortgage market if allowed to continue for too ...
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The invisible beauty of flowers Images of petals leaves and pollen captured by electron microscope
Japanese artist Susumu Nishinaga uses a scanning electron microscope to delve into the fabric of petals, leaves and pollen, creating a stunning collection of plants from sunflowers to ...
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Divorced British father admits slitting throats of his son 10 and daughter 5 after being allowed to spend time with them for first time since bitter custody battle
A British father yesterday admitted cutting the throats of his two young children after being allowed to spend time alone with them for the first time since his bitter divorce from their French ...
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Definitely not a rubbish send-off Grandfather-of-four buried in skip-shaped coffin after lifetime of working on building sites
Grandfather-of-four Tony Bryan, 74, asked that the unusual casket be taken on a tour of his home town on the back of his work lorry before being buried in his back ...
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Customers charged twice for items because contactless cards were activated from their pockets
They say money was taken from their contactless payment cards – even when they did not try to use them – at stores including Marks & ...
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Over 55s smile the most People in that age group are happier than anyone else
Researchers found that those over 55 smile more than other age group, indicating that life gets better as we near retirement and start to put work stresses behind ...
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Tories expect UKIP to win first place in EU elections PM running scared says Howe
David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections despite his pledge to hold an in/out referendum on ...
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Fifty hospital beds a week axed under the Coalition pushing accident and emergency wards to breaking point
Fifty hospital beds have been axed every week since the last election – pushing overstretched accident and emergency wards ever closer to breaking ...
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Nine in ten parents want online porn automatically blocked by the Government
The National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) found nine out of ten parents want a default setting on computers and smartphones which prevents the viewing of adult ...
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Sandcastle hero Beach boy finds memory card... and traces family to return precious snaps
Jake, who found the memory card, said: ‘I was just digging and kicking the sand around. I didn’t know what it was and it was time to go so I showed my dad and he told me what it ...
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Shell Eco-marathon An electrifying challenge Thousands of students take part in three day event to find the blueprint for the car of tomorrow
They look like they could have come from a futuristic science fiction film, but these vehicles could in fact be the blueprint for the car of ...
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Double dippers The 5000 retired police who get pension AND salary
Nearly 5,000 retired police officers have been re-employed again by their old force and are ‘double dipping’ into the public purse, it has ...
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The woman who claims she is too pretty to take a job Graduate hounded by sex pests and jealous females
She said: ‘They [other women] assumed because I was pretty, I was stupid, so didn’t take me seriously at first and, because of their own insecurities, were jealous of my ...
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PETER MCKAY In 70 years have we gone from the greatest to the weakest Silly spats prove how weak our leaders are
Those who grew up during the Hungry Thirties, and fought in World War II, were called ‘the greatest generation’ in a 1968 book by U.S. author and broadcaster Tom ...
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Rising numbers of men have laser treatment to cure hairy hobbit feet
Dermatologist Dr Michael Prager performs two laser hair treatments on men's feet each day. He said the number of men having the procedure has doubled in the last ...
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Terrorised by a very protective mother goose Students forced to run for cover by birds looking after their eggs
But one particularly protective mum was causing chaos on campus yesterday as she viciously attacked students trying to get back to their halls of ...
Israel Focus
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Biggest construction project in Israeli history
The Port of Ashdod is the gateway to the economy of Israel, it has played a central role in the development of the state and will play a central role in future development, hence the reason for an ambitious $500 million expansion project currently underway in two stages (in the picture, green represents stage 1 and brown stage 2).
The Port of Ashdod is currently undergoing the largest construction project ever undertaken in the history of Israel. In 1999, Israel news media reported that the government wanted to double the cargo capacity of Ashdod, an ambitious construction project was therefore envisioned, involving the building of new piers, new docks, warehouses and cargo handling equipment. It was to take place in two stages, with the total project costing around $500 million. Read more
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