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    Newton Faulkner: Hand Built By Robots

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW The Sun's Something For The Weekend interviews Newton Faulkner, a British guitar genius, whose album "Hand Huilt By Robots" is released on 30th July. The big, dreadlocked 22 year-old released the single Dream Catch Me on 23rd July... Our answer to Jack Johnson The Sun...
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    World's first prosthetic limb found on 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy

    World's first prosthetic limb found on 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy By JAMES TOZER 27th July 2007 Daily Mail The false toe worn by a 3,000-year-old mummy has always been regarded as a simple ornament, added after death as part of burial rites. But British scientists who have studied...
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    Don't panic.....it's only the latest disaster movie

    These pictures may look as though the Great Flood of 2007, the worst flood to hit Britain in living memory, has finally hit the metropolis of London but they are actually scenes for a new British disaster movie which, coincidentally, is about a great flood, a movie in which Britain is trying to...
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    Ye ende of ye worlde is nigh!

    The Daily Mail's Richard Littlejohn attacks the Left-Wing Guardian newspaper over its scaremongering about Global Warming. He also targets two of its correspondents, George Monbiot and socialist Polly Toynbee. In the article he writes as though it was being reported in a 17th Century version...
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    Sun on front line with troops

    Dawn attack ... British soldier shoots at Taliban fighters EXCLUSIVE Sun on the front line with troops By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor on the front line in the Upper Gereshk Valley, Afghanistan July 26, 2007 BRITISH troops in Afghanistan are making a daring push into an enemy...
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    The founding fathers of Australia: The story of convicts shipped to the New World

    In the 18th century, a British woman was sentenced to transportation to the British penal colony of Australia. Her crime? Stealing 12lbs of Gloucester cheese. Little did she know that she was one of the founders of a nation. However, as some anti-Pom (anti-British) Australians would have you...
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    ABC of "Elf and Safety" killjoys

    Barmaids ... the EU tried to ban barmaids from wearing skimpy tops ABC of 'Elf and Safety' killjoys July 25, 2007 The Sun TO coincide with the start of the summer holidays, killjoy “Elf & Safety” chiefs from the Institute of Sports and Recreation Management have banned some public...
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    Gerrard blown away by Liverpool's stunning new Stanley Park stadium plans

    Liverpool are to get a stunning, futuristic new stadium in the city's Stanley Park, costing £300 million..... Gerrard blown away by plans for new £300m stadium 25th July 2007 Daily Mail These are the first pictures of Liverpool's new 60,000-seat stadium, with Steven Gerrard admitting he...
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    The EU constitution is back and more dangerous than ever!

    The EU constitution is back and more dangerous than ever! By DANIEL JOHNSON 25th July 2007 Daily Mail Do you remember the European Constitution? Yes, the one rejected by the French and Dutch? That same European Constitution on which the Labour Government promised the British people a...
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    Web will transport 2 million Brits to their Australian convict cousins

    In the days when Britain was the most powerful country on Earth and ruled over much of the planet's people and much of its land, Australia, today a modern, English-speaking Western nation, was nothing more than a British penal colony. Many British felons (many of whose crimes were, in modern...
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    Police tell mother: Don't scold daughter 'because of Maddy'

    Police tell mother: Don't scold daughter 'because of Maddy' 25th July 2007 Daily Mail Ruth Ball and her four-year-old daughter Leigha Missing: Madeleine McCann A mother who scolded her tantrum-throwing daughter in a shop was outraged to be visited at home by police who told her...
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    Sweet serenity of Parliament's secret society

    Sweet serenity of Parliament's secret society By ROY HATTERSLEY (former leader of the Labour Party) 23rd July 2007 Daily Mail The magnificent Westminster Palace is home to Britain's two Houses of Parliament - the House of Commons and the House of Lords. It is one of the largest...
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    It's daylight robbery, lads

    CRICKET England were cruelly robbed of victory against India on the fifth and final day of the First Test at Lord's in London. With India nine wickets down, England needed to take just ONE more wicket to win and India needed 97 runs to win. England, though, weren't able to grab the last wicket...
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    Premature twins die after dramatic flood rescue in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

    Premature twins die after dramatic flood rescue 24th July 2007 Daily Mail A pregnant woman trapped in her home by floodwater gave birth to twin babies who both died, it was revealed today. She called for help after going into premature labour in Tewkesbury. A paramedic could not get to...
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    Rwanda in drive to join the Commonwealth

    Rwanda, despite being a former Belgian colony (one of the few colonies it had), wishes to join the British Commonwealth. Even cricket - beloved by every major Commonwealth nation except Canada - has become very popular there. Rwanda now refuses to join its former colonial master Belgium in the...
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    Former king of Afghanistan dies aged 92

    The former king of Afghanistan has died aged 92. Since Afghanistan gained independence from Britain in 1919 it has been governed by nearly every system of government, including a monarchy, republic, theocracy and communist state. Former king of Afghanistan dies aged 92 By staff and...
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    Global warming: Are we falling for the great green con?

    Are we falling for the great green con? by MICHAEL HANLON (Science Editor) 23rd July 2007 Daily Mail Planting a tree to 'offset' your holiday flight. Recycling the old banger for a new car. Eating organic food. Is this REALLY helping save the planet? Global warming is a terrible thing...
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    Humanitarian crisis as thousands left homeless in worst floods in living memory

    The biggest rescue operation in Britain since World War II is underway as thousands across the country are left homeless due to the worst floods in the country in living memory. The worst hit counties are Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. The village of Tewkesbury in...
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    New Harry Potter becomes fastest-selling book in history

    Harry Potter's swansong causes sensation By Chris Hastings and Roya Nikkhah, Sunday Telegraph 22/07/2007 Daily Mail The sense of excitement was palpable as the most eagerly awaited story-telling session in publishing history got under way. J K Rowling surrounded by children at the...
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    The firing of SAS leader for leading troops into battle was justified, says war vet

    There was uproar last week when the brave commanding officer of 22 SAS was fired for leading his men into battle, with people asking: "Doesn't the British Army like brave men anymore?" But Colonel Tim Collins, a veteran of the Second Gulf War in 2003, says that the decision was a right one...