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    Don't dare sneer at your wife's cooking (and other marriage tips from 1913)

    Don't dare sneer at your wife's cooking (and other marriage tips from 1913) By SIMON CABLE 28th May 2007 Daily Mail They are words of wisdom for a happy marriage from nearly a century ago. Husbands hoping for a quiet life are told not to sneer at their spouse's cooking or leave things...
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    The Zimmers: World's oldest rockers, with combined age of 3000, set to storm charts

    Pensioners in bid to storm British music charts 28th May 2007 Daily Mail The single "My Generation": No. The Rolling Stones are NOT the oldies of rock music The Zimmers are: Winifred Warburton (99) Eric Whitty (69) Tim O'Donovan (81) Joan Bennett Alf Carretta (90 Lead singer)...
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    Pig daddy!

    Young hunter, 11, bags a monster porker By DAVID GARDNER 27th May 2007 Confronted with a pig the size of a pick-up truck, most youngsters would turn tail and flee. But 11-year-old Jamison Stone is too keen on his sausages for that. The boy from the wilds of Alabama is said to have...
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    You can't deport 3,000 criminals, EU tells Britain

    Thanks, EU, for allowing these wonderful people to stay in our country... You can't deport 3,000 criminals, EU tells Britain By JAMES SLACK 28th May 2007 Daily Mail Up to 3,000 foreign criminals will be released from prison on to Britain's streets without any attempt to deport them...
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    Trampling on Diana's grave: Outrage as Channel 4 to show image of princess dying

    Trampling on Diana's grave: Outrage as C4 to show image of princess dying By TOM KELLY 27th May 2007 Daily Mail Channel 4 was accused yesterday of "trampling on Princess Diana's grave" after it defied appeals by her sons not to broadcast a photograph of their mother dying. William...
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    Frankfurt to Paris train arrives...after a 6 year delay

    27 May 2007 Frankfurt to Paris trains arrive after six-year delay By Tony Paterson in Berlin Published: 26 May 2007 The Independent Rocert Stephenson's "Rocket", the world's first train, constructed in 1829 The event was billed as a "milestone in European rail history", but the...
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    The "missing persons" of Europe

    The English: the ‘missing persons’ of Europe Paul Johnson The Spectator A reader complains that in my list of the failings of European countries I omitted Britain, and our national vice: hypocrisy. Are we habitually hypocritical? The accusation is often made, chiefly by ourselves. (The...
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    Aim...fire! Bird makes its mark on President Bush during speech

    Aim...fire! Bird makes its mark on President Bush during speech 25th May 2007 Daily Mail It looks like a bird in the hand is worth "poo" in the Bush. US President George W Bush got in a real flap when a passing bird took aim at him during a press conference - and took a dump on his suit...
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    Revealed: The Queen's dismay at Blair's legacy

    Revealed: Queen's dismay at Blair legacy By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter 27/05/2007 The Telegraph The Queen has been left "exasperated and frustrated" at the legacy of Tony Blair's 10 years in power, friends have disclosed. The Queen and the Blairs see in the millennium together...
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    The United Kingdom of America

    BRITS are making it big across the pond in TV, sport, comedy, movies and film. CAROLINE IGGULDEN gives you the lowdown on the invasion and profiles some of the stars flying the flag for Britain in the United States. ****************************************** Stateside success ... Amy...
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    After 288 days, David Beckham is back in the England squad

    Real Madrid star David Beckham is back in the England squad. England's next game is a friendly against Brazil on Friday at Wembley. Five days later they play Estonia in a Euro 2008 qualifier. ------------------------------------------- After 288 days, Becks is back PALS ... McClaren...
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    Time for God to save our next Queen

    Time for God to save our next Queen By Simon Heffer 26/05/2007 The Telegraph The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall: Except for rare occasions, the Royal Family is always popular in Britain, but it is infinitely more popular than it was just 10 years ago There are two reasons why it is...
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    British soldiers kill Mahdi Army commander in Iraq raid

    British troops kill Mahdi Army commander in raid by MATTHEW HICKLEY 26th May 2007 Daily Mail Heroes: some British soldiers on patrol in Iraq A notorious Iraqi insurgent commander was killed in a raid by British troops in Basra yesterday as his spiritual leader emerged from hiding to...
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    A very British coup: The Brits running for election....in Spain

    A very British coup: The Brits running for election in Spain By RICHARD PENDLEBURY 26th May 2007 Daily Mail They don't speak the language and insist on British food. But British expats on the Costas are so fed up with Spain's corruption and crime they're out to seize power in tomorrow's...
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    The REAL Jack Sparrow: He would have eaten Johnny Depp for breakfast

    Meet "Black Bart" (real name Bartholomew Roberts), a British pirate who raided shipping off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722 and who would have made Jack Sparrow look like a kitten. He was the most successful pirate of the golden age of piracy, capturing far more ships than...
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    Six days that shook the world

    Six days that shook the world By MAX HASTINGS 25th May 2007 Daily Mail Most British schoolchildren, even in these dark days for historical knowledge, learn that seven centuries ago, the longbow enabled our fore-fathers to inflict overwhelming defeats upon the French at Crecy, Poitiers...
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    Second Test: Vaughan marks return with Century against West Indies

    The First Test between England and the West Indies finished as a draw. The reason for that was because on the fifth and final day of the match rain stopped play for a significant number of hours, so the match couldn't end properly with a proper result. So it was deemed a draw. So both teams...
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    Outrage as video shows Queen's guard literally spitting feathers

    Queen's guard spitting feathers By DUNCAN LARCOMBE Royal Correspondent, GUY PATRICK and ANTHONY FRANCE May 25, 2007 The Sun Fowl ... Briercliffe at Windsor Castle ONE of the Queen’s elite guards has sparked outrage for biting the head off a live chicken. Gruesome footage on YouTube...
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    The wildcat, the UK's rarest mammal, that's saving its species from extinction

    An article that shows that there may be hope in saving Britain's rarest mammal - the Scottish wildcat The Scottish wildcat kitten saving its species from extinction 25th May 2007 Daily Mail A rare Scottish wildcat kitten carries the hopes of its species on its tiny shoulders. The...
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    The racing pigs who will be barbecued after 40-metre dash at family fun day

    It's a hog's life! The racing pigs who will be barbecued after 40-metre dash at family fun day 25th May 2007 Daily Mail Animal charities have criticised a 'family fun' pig racing event after it emerged the animals would be barbecued to celebrate the end of the season. The four hapless...