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Electric car scheme has only 500 takers
Government's £5,000 grant intended to boost sales of electric cars which cost a third more than petrol vehiclesThe government's hoped-for electric car revolution, jump-started by a £5,000 purchase...
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BAT admits bankrolling newsagents' tobacco campaign
Health secretary Andrew Lansley will be asked whether he was aware of cigarette firm's role in fightBritish American Tobacco has admitted bankrolling an organisation of small shopkeepers that led the...
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David Cameron accused by former MP of misrepresenting his views on NHS
GP Howard Stoate, who stood down at last election, says claim that he supported NHS reforms was 'entirely misleading'Howard Stoate, the former Labour MP who left parliament to return to work as a GP,...
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St Andrews golf club on brink of admitting female members
Club has warned members that it could face prosecution under equality laws for failing to allow women to joinOne of the largest men-only golf clubs in St Andrews, the spiritual home of golf, is on the...
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Tesco Price Check campaign changed to halt profit seekers
Shoppers boast they have claimed back hundreds of pounds from Asda comparison scheme"Every Little Helps" is Tesco's motto but it turns out the supermarket doesn't like it when its customers take the...
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Syria: EU to respond as death toll rises
Five hundred now dead in crackdown, monitors say, while talks begin to find an international responseEuropean governments will meet on Friday to discuss imposing sanctions on Syria, responding to the...
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Tattoo formula forecasts ageing of body art
Mathematical model uses the way dye moves over time within skin to predict how a tattoo will blur and fadeIt may be small comfort if you wake up after a heavy night with a hazy memory and some...
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Child support body's accounts rejected over payment errors
National Audit Office questions data reliability and claims accounts contain over £50m in erroneous paymentsThe government's official spending watchdog has rejected the accounts of the body set up to...
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Bahrain: Four protesters sentenced to death by firing squad
Human rights activists claim men convicted of killing two policemen did not receive a fair trialFour anti-government protesters in Bahrain were sentenced to death on Thursday by a military court over...
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Vote yes to AV if you want to see Tories feel the fear again | Martin Kettle
But if you're happy to see Labour prime ministers snubbed by the royals and taunted by Cameron, go for the status quoOf course it is a snub. Of course it is deliberate. Not inviting Tony Blair and...
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Deadliest tornadoes since 1974 rip apart towns and lives in six US states
Death toll exceeds 240 after severe storm batters south, with authorities warning of more to comeThe hilltop town of Rainsville, Alabama, bills itself as a peaceful area surrounded by beautiful ridges,...
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Moroccan tourist cafe terrorist attack leaves 15 dead
One Briton reportedly among 11 tourists killed after suspected suicide bomb blows apart cafe in MarrakechA suspected suicide attack blew apart a well-known tourist cafe in the Moroccan city of...
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Royal wedding: Media prepares for enormous TV audience
Estimated 8,500 journalists in London for event, including some big names from major US networksHundreds of broadcasters from around the globe will be in specially-designed camera boxes, or crammed...
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Ed Miliband urges Labour voters to back AV
Yes campaign needs 60-40 split in its favour among Labour voters, but polls show majority oppose alternative voteEd Miliband has made a fresh call for Labour voters to back a change to the voting...
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Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad must go, Hamas insists
Islamist faction makes demand as part of Palestine unity pact with Fatah, set to be signed in Cairo next weekHamas has insisted on the departure of Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister favoured...
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Syria and the sectarian 'plot' | Salwa Ismail
Bashar al-Assad's regime has been fostering fears of a religious divide in order to undermine protestersThe role of sectarianism in Syrian politics and the position in the power structure of the Alawi...
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Archives shed light on back row goings-on at London cinema
Anonymous tip-offs alerting police to 'disgraceful conduct' at the Rink Cinema in 1916 have been rediscovered by PhD studentBack in 1916, the thrills and spills on the screen of the London cinema...
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Egypt's revolution brings new players to move Palestinian pieces into place
Reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas is partly the result of efforts of members of the post-Mubarak governmentAfter years of unsuccessful lobbying by the Egyptian authorities for a reconciliation of...
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Six Syrians who helped Bashar al-Assad keep iron grip after father's death
The core of the Syrian regime seems solid, with closeness to Assad's family more important than formal responsibilitiesBashar al-Assad came to power amid high hopes for reform after three decades of...
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Not the royal wedding: how else might you spend the day?
Prince William and Kate Middleton's nuptials are a daunting prospect, so here are some alternatives for the unpatrioticAll upstanding and right-minded British citizens will, of course, be either camped...
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