Help! Sir Humphrey has done a bunk

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Ian Watmore, former Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office. Did he jump, or was he pushed? Hercule Poirot himself might struggle to work out what happened to top civil servant Ian Watmore. Mr Watmore was (f ...
Full article at: Daily Mail - UK  More like this  17 hours ago, 5:21pm CDT

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Silicon Valley cannot be replicated

Source: The Next Web

In the past month I’ve travelled to Berlin, Amsterdam, London and Hawaii and I keep hearing the same debate over and over again: ‘How can we become the next Silicon Valley?’ Having observed the special sauce that makes u ...
Full article at: The Next Web  More like this  21 hours ago, 1:08pm CDT

Organ suspect 'held in Israel'

Source: BBC News

25 May 2012 Last updated at 13:52 ET Interpol issued an alert for Moshe Harel A key suspect in an organ-trafficking case in Kosovo has been arrested in Israel, European Union prosecutors say. Israeli police have not conf ...
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Cool Summits Everest Again With Medal

Source: Outdoors Magic

Cool hits the Gloucestershire headlines on the BBC news site as he summits Everest again, this time with an Olympic gold medal in his pocket. Top British mountaineer and guide Kenton Cool has summited Everest again, this time with ...
Full article at: Outdoors Magic  More like this  1 day ago, 5:30am CDT

BBC double for radio at Freesat Awards

Source: Radio Today

BBC Radio 1 Xtra has been named Best Digital Radio Channel the 2012 Freesat Awards. Radio 5 live, meanwhile, picked up the prize for Best News Channel – beating a handful of television channels to the award. Other nominee ...
Full article at: Radio Today  More like this  2 days ago, 9:10am CDT

Bloodhound diary: 'Flying Scotsman'

Source: BBC News

24 May 2012 Last updated at 09:07 ET By Andy Green World Land Speed Record Holder A British team is developing a car that will capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, th ...
Full article at: BBC News  More like this  2 days ago, 8:16am CDT

Election coverage is changing fast – can traditional media keep up?

Source: Guardian Unlimited

On bank holidays in the UK, the BBC Parliament channel has taken to sometimes showing re-runs of old general elections. The last such broadcast was from 1992, as Neil Kinnock snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and, as it wa ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  2 days ago, 7:07am CDT

Minogue movie the talk of Cannes

Source: BBC News

24 May 2012 Last updated at 06:24 ET Minogue was joined at the Holy Motors premiere by director Leos Carax (left) and actor Denis Lavant A French film in which Kylie Minogue makes a cameo appearance has emerged as one of the favourites to win the Palme d ...
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C-section may double risk of childhood obesity: study

Source: Firstpost

London: Babies born by Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese than their naturally-delivered counterparts, a new research claimed. A team at the Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts looked more t ...
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