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May 16, 2012
23:00
83-year-old gave blood 57 times - now he's donated a kidney
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An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in the UK and the oldest person in the country to give a kidney to a stranger.
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23:00
83-year-old man becomes UK's oldest living kidney donor
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An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in the UK and the oldest person in the country to give a kidney to a stranger.
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23:00
Two-tier priority system to be introduced for emergency calls requesting an ambulance
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Calls to the emergency services requesting an ambulance are to be prioritised for the first time in an attempt to save lives, it was announced yesterday.
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23:00
Romney Marsh set to become nuclear dump
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Romney Marsh in Kent, one of England’s most peaceful areas and most wildlife-rich wetlands, has been suggested as a site for Britain’s future nuclear waste dump.
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23:00
Government accused of abandoning poor families by slashing fuel poverty spending
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The Government has been accused of turning its back on hard-up families by slashing spending on fuel poverty.
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23:00
David Beckham to accompany Princess Royal to Athens to take delivery of Olympic torch
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Being no stranger to posh company, David Beckham was an obvious choice to accompany the Princess Royal to Athens to take delivery of the Olympic torch.
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23:00
i Editor's Letter: We are here to serve
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23:00
Hundreds of thousands of 11-year-olds leaving primary school unable to swim
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More than 200,000 11-year-olds quit primary school every year unable to swim, according to a report out today.
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23:00
English university students working harder since introduction of top-up fees
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Students at English universities are working harder since the introduction of top-up fees - but have got little else from universities, according to a report out today.
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23:00
Cameron's allies take control from critics in rebel Tory group
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Critics of David Cameron last night lost an acrimonious battle for control of an influential Conservative backbench committee with direct access to the Prime Minister.
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23:00
Pure elation for rights campaigners – but they still seek an apology
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"Sam's free!" they shouted down their phones as the news came in.
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23:00
Cameron to tell Hollande austerity works – but King raises alarm
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David Cameron will claim today that austerity is working despite Britain's slide back into recession as he urges eurozone countries to either "make up or break up".
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23:00
Liverpool sack Dalglish and approach Villas-Boas
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Liverpool's American owners have made contact with Andre Villas-Boas in the past two weeks, in an attempt to establish his interest in taking over at Anfield, where Kenny Dalglish was yesterday dismissed.
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23:00
James Lawton: Dalglish didn't fail to recreate the past, he failed to face the future
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It was a good idea at the time and for a little while it might just have been a brilliant one.
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23:00
Luxury goods boom is lifting Richemont
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Shoppers snapping up luxury looks while sitting on the sofa each evening have helped online fashion site Net-a-Porter match the sales growth of its stablemates like Cartier and Montblanc at designer brands giant Richemont.
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23:00
Syria: UN observers evacuated after bomb hits convoy
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A team of international observers has been evacuated from a town in northern Syria after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb.
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23:00
Roy clears up all the questions
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Q. Can England win the 2012 European Championship?
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23:00
Fund run by JPMorgan bet against Whale
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Hedge funders were not the only market whiz-kids betting against JPMorgan's disastrous London Whale trading positions. Another part of his own bank was too.
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23:00
James Lawton: Hodgson gets credit in bank for being brave and decisive
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For a man who must have felt these last few days like someone turning out his pockets in the hope of finding a little loose change, England manager Roy Hodgson put on a brave face yesterday. Better still, he gave the distinct impression that he was in charge of both himself and a European Championship squad which, frankly, looks barely competitive.
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23:00
We risk being shut out of financial markets, warns Spanish PM
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The Spanish Prime Minister has vigorously defended the austerity policies that united thousands who protested against the harsh cuts this week by warning that the country risked being shut out of the financial markets unless it works to bring its debt burden under control.
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23:00
Market Report: Barclays back on the rise after losing fifth of value
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Barclays offered a surprise glimmer of hope in a mostly overcast market yesterday, as the banking giant defied its financial competitors to register a 1.6 per cent jump in its share price. With investors shying away from high-risk options, such as banks, Barclays shares increased by 2.95p to 189.1p after UBS raised its rating on the stock from "neutral" to "buy".
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23:00
Demand drives up size of Facebook float
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Facebook has increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 per cent, and could raise as much as $16bn (£10bn) as strong investor demand for a share of the social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.
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23:00
Ian Bell: Cruel summer climes mean cuts are more crucial than drives
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It is strange to think that in 12 days' time we will have completed a third of our Test matches for the summer. We've got three Tests against West Indies, the first of which was due to begin at Lord's today, and then three against South Africa later in the summer.
23:00
Hollande delivers on gender in government
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President François Hollande showed an unexpectedly ruthless streak yesterday by shaping a gender-balanced French government from which several friends, and one notable foe, were excluded.
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23:00
Teachers in regions may be paid less
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Teachers in Wales and the North and South-West of England face earning less than their counterparts in the South-east after the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, called for the scrapping of national pay rates for the profession.
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May 15, 2012
23:00
Grace Dent: Twitter might have turned into a party with 10 million guests, but I'm still loving every minute of it
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Welcome, Britain's official 10 millionth Twitter user. Pull up a username, excrete your first techno-brainfart, make yourself comfy. If you're a Twitterland newby this week you'll notice we're mostly doing Joey Barton v Gary Lineker, the saga of Rebekah Brooks, silly Huey Morgan, Cameron's love for Pink Floyd, and that dog on Britain's Got Talent who "dances" for a cunningly hidden ham sandwich. Or perhaps that's just my timeline.
23:00
Joan Smith: Is this really how people should treat their pets?
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Dr Johnson was famously sniffy about dogs walking on their hind legs. So I'm not sure he'd have been entranced by Pudsey, the mop-haired pooch whose owner swept up a £500,000 prize at the weekend. Ashleigh Butler, who's 17, has trained her collie-cross to dance on his hind legs, and their barn-storming performance took them to victory in the final of Britain's Got Talent.
17:30
JPMorgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon survives shareholder push
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The CEO of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push today to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank.
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17:20
Two killed in Bogota explosion
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A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed at least two people today and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's commercial district, authorities said.
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17:20
Explosion in Colombian capital Bogota injures at least 19
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A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital and the city's health director says at least 19 people have been injured.
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17:00
Potato suppliers scammed Sainsbury's out of millions
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A director of a major potato firm who bribed a supermarket buyer with millions of pounds to secure huge overcharged contracts has been found guilty of corruption.
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16:59
Rebekah and Charlie Brooks' statements in full
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Here are the statements in full by Charlie Brooks and Rebekah Brooks, delivered outside their solicitor's London office this afternoon.
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16:56
Controversial Taliban poetry anthology to be published
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Controversy has erupted over the publication later this week of an anthology of Taliban poetry designed to “shed light on who these people actually are”.
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16:55
Angry Rebekah Brooks attacks police and prosecutors over charges
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Rebekah Brooks angrily attacked police and prosecutors for dragging her friends and family into the phone hacking scandal tonight as she said she was "baffled" to face charges.
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16:36
Boy's 'wicked' stepfather jailed for seventeen years for murder of five-year-old
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A "wicked and controlling" man who murdered his "fun-loving, mischievous" stepson has been ordered to serve at least 17 years in prison.
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16:22
Afghan torture claim detainee seeks review
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An Afghan detainee who says he was subjected to torture after being handed over to the Afghan authorities following capture by British forces today won permission to challenge the legality of his transfer.
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16:14
Owen Smith is new shadow Welsh secretary as Miliband reshuffles after Hain exit
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Ed Miliband made changes to his top team today by bringing in Owen Smith to replace Peter Hain as shadow Welsh secretary.
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16:09
Scotland Yard policeman charged with attempting to meet child for sex
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A serving Scotland Yard officer has been charged with trying to meet a child on the internet for sex.
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16:07
Syrian regime fires on funeral, say activists
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yrian activists say regime forces fired on a funeral procession in the presence of UN observers, causing many casualties.
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15:52
Government ends A4e welfare-to-work contract
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The Government has terminated a contract with welfare-to-work firm A4e after deciding that continuing would be “too great a risk”.
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15:50
BBC reveals digital Olympics plans
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The BBC has unveiled plans for its digital coverage of the London Olympics, which will allow fans to watch events on the move - and in the office.
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15:44
Two giraffes die in Polish zoo break-in
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Two female giraffes at a zoo in central Poland died after vandals broke into the facility, and officials said today they are trying to find a companion for their last remaining giraffe — a male.
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15:25
Indonesia bans Lady Gaga concert over fears she'll corrupt kids
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Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt young people.
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15:15
Dominique Strauss-Kahn sues rape allegation maid Nafissatou Diallo for $1m
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Former world finance boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has made a one million dollar counter-claim against the New York hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, saying she seriously damaged his reputation with what he calls a bogus allegation.
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15:09
Leveson defends his media inquiry
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Lord Justice Leveson defended his inquiry into media standards today and said he “was not in any way” seeking to challenge the right of Parliament to examine any of the issues his inquiry is covering.
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14:41
Bank of England set to cut growth forecast
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The Bank of England will paint a gloomier view of the UK's recovery tomorrow in its first assessment on prospects since the return to recession.
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14:19
New election for Greece as government talks collapse
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Greece will hold a new election in June after days of talks failed to resolve the country's political deadlock, party leaders said today.
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14:11
Scotland Yard sacks Ali Dizaei for second time
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Corrupt police chief Ali Dizaei has lost his job at Scotland Yard for a second time.
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14:08
Rocket blasts off from Kazakhstan as crew begins space station mission
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A three-man crew blasted off from a space centre in southern Kazakhstan on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a half-year stay at the International Space Station.
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12:45
Rebekah Brooks hits out over charges
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Rebekah Brooks came out fighting today as she became one of the first suspects to be prosecuted over the phone-hacking scandal.
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12:40
Francois Hollande becomes French president
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Francois Hollande became president of France today in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country worried about Europe's future and pledging to make it a fairer place.
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12:34
North sea ditch helicopter operator to resume normal flying next week
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The operator of a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea last week with 14 people on board is to resume normal flying in the next 24 hours.
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12:30
100,000 eye Olympics security jobs with G4S
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As many as 100,000 people have expressed interest in the 10,000 security jobs being made available at the London Olympics, G4S said today.
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12:24
Banksy gets the bunting out in north London
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A new piece of street art bearing all the hallmarks of a Banksy (pictured, above) appeared overnight in north London.
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12:23
Man sets himself on fire outside Anders Breivik trial in Oslo
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An unidentified man set himself on fire today outside the courthouse where right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik is being tried on terror charges for a bombing and shooting massacre on 22 July last year.
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12:17
Strong German growth helps eurozone avoid recession
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The eurozone has narrowly avoided recession thanks in part to stronger-than-expected growth figures in Germany.
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12:14
Cold air brings snowfalls to parts of the UK
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Chilly air brought snow to parts of the country today - days after the Premier League ended and weeks after the cricket season began.
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12:03
Total begins bid to 'kill' gas leak on North Sea oil platform
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An operation to stop a gas leak on a North Sea oil platform has got under way.
11:58
EU naval force airstrike on Somali pirates destroys equipment
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A Somali pirate says an airstrike by the European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean has destroyed speed boats, fuel deports and an arms store.
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11:57
Carlisle takeaway boss jailed for child sex
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A takeaway boss has been jailed for 15 years after paying under-age girls for sex and inciting others to become child prostitutes.
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11:51
NHS reform risk report veto is sign of freedom of information downgrade, says watchdog
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Blocking the publication of a report into the risks of NHS reforms is a sign that ministers want to downgrade freedom of information laws, a watchdog has warned.
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11:48
Picture preview: Other Worlds
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A new art exhibition at the gallery at Flannels department store in Leeds explores the landscape of Russia and former Communist satellites in the post-peristroika era.
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11:47
£1.6m settlement for Cattles stakes
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Shareholders who refused an offer of 1p a share for their stakes in sub-prime lender Cattles were celebrating a £16 million settlement today.
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11:36
Syrian troops are targeting health workers, says aid agency
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An international aid agency warned today that Syrian forces are targeting medical workers and patients who were wounded in the 14-month-old conflict, forcing doctors to scramble to help the injured in makeshift clinics.
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11:28
Trust has major part to play in business
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A recent study shows that trust remains the single most important asset within small businesses - an interesting fact when viewed against a finding in a separate report that claimed that some Britons have become less honest than they were a decade ago.
11:26
Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears
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Facebook is raising the price at which it plans to sell stock to the public.

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11:17
Drivers near 'breaking point' over fuel prices
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Continuing rises in the price of petrol could drive some motorists off the roads for good, according to a survey.
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10:49
Information Commissioner's Office website blocked by 'hackers'
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The website of the UK's data protection watchdog has been blocked in an apparent attack by hackers.
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10:44
HMRC man arrested in corrupt payments probe
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An employee of HM Revenue and Customs was arrested today by detectives investigating corrupt payments to public officials.
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10:34
Britney Spears and Demi Lovato join X Factor USA as new judges
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Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are joining the judging panel on the American The X Factor this autumn, as part of Fox's effort to boost its underperforming music competition shows.
10:13
Eurozone avoids recession as German economy powers ahead
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A strong export performance from Germany helped the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro narrowly avoid a recession in the first three months of the year, official figures showed today.
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9:28
Rebekah Brooks to be charged with perverting the course of justice
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Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with perverting the course of justice during the phone-hacking scandal.
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9:15
Francois Hollande sworn in as French president
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Francois Hollande has become president of France following a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in central Paris.
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9:00
'Amicable divorce'? Tycoon couple Dr Martin Coward and Elena Ambrosiadou show Greeks how millionaires do it...
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While thousands of impoverished people in the crisis-hit countries of Europe have been marching in opposition to more spending cutbacks and austerity measures, rather different scenes will soon be played out in an Athens courtroom.
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May 14, 2012
23:00
The manhood makeover: The rise of the penis enlargement
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A vast painting covers the wall above a marble mantelpiece on which rests a human skull. It depicts Maurizio and Roberto Viel, who are twin plastic surgeons, and a nude woman whose breasts they have augmented. The imposing work, called Creation, greets patients at the brothers’ clinic on Harley Street in London. Increasingly these patients are men and, increasingly, they come in search of a larger penis.
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23:00
Gary Neville: 'Red Nev' is a rebel with a new cause
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For the wider English football public Neville has made his reputation as an original thinker through his punditry this season with Sky Sports, especially his Monday Night Football slot in which he deconstructs the weekend action's finer points. For the reporters covering the England team he was always an open and honest analyst of the team's strengths and weaknesses - especially after elimination.
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23:00
Theresa May set for fierce reception at Police Federation conference
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Theresa May is expected to get a fierce reception tomorrow from police who took to the streets last week to protest against pay cuts and plans for privatisation.
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23:00
Panamanian castaway sues owners of cruise ship that failed to come to his rescue
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A Panamanian fisherman has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a luxury cruise ship claiming that it failed to come to his rescue as he drifted in a stricken boat with two friends, even though at least two passengers on the liner have said they saw them signalling for help and passed the information on to crew members.
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23:00
High security for first visit to Burma by South Korean leader since 1983 assassination attempt
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Security was stepped up in Burma yesterday for the first visit to the country by a South Korean leader since an assassination attempt by North Korean agents in Rangoon almost 30 years ago.
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23:00
First meeting between François Hollande and Angela Merkel to be 'cautious, polite and friendly'
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Anyone, especially anyone in Greece, hoping for a Franco-German showdown over “growth” when François Hollande meets Angela Merkel today will be disappointed.
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23:00
i Editor's Letter: A positive attitude to the Olympics
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23:00
Mary Peters: 'Bombs were often going off as I trained in Belfast'
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Working and training in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s meant training for the Olympics was far different for me than for many other athletes.
23:00
James Lawton: An exciting league season? Without a doubt. But the best ever? No chance
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There are two things to say about the Premier League season which is being so widely hailed as the best ever, if only to placate some of the more overwrought Manchester City fans who now seem to believe that what happened at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon was right up there with the relief of Mafeking and the storming of the Winter Palace.
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23:00
Poor pupil cash will not be ring-fenced
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The Government will not ring-fence the £2.5bn a year to be handed to schools for the most disadvantaged pupils to ensure all of it is spent on them, Nick Clegg admitted yesterday.
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23:00
E.ON to peg its prices
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E.ON, one of Britain's biggest energy suppliers, has said it will not increase tariffs for its UK residential customers this year, despite rising wholesale prices.
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23:00
Up to 450,000 children to lose their extra help for special needs
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As many as 450,000 children could be removed from school special needs registers because they have been wrongly labelled as requiring extra help, the Government will announce today.
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23:00
Knight to head trade body
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Angela Knight, the head of the British Bankers' Association, is to join a new trade association for the UK energy sector when she steps down from the BBA at the end of July after five "hairy" years.
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23:00
Number of 'under-employed' men doubles
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The number of men doing part-time work because they cannot find a full-time job has more than doubled in the past four years, according to a study by the TUC.
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23:00
James Moore: As Dimon finds new ways to say sorry, the blame is being laid further down
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Wasn't sorry supposed to be the hardest word? Not in Jamie Dimon's world. Since it emerged that his bank, JPMorgan, has lost $2bn (so far) through placing bad bets in the financial casino, the chief executive has demonstrated considerable creativity when it comes to finding new ways to express his regrets (sorry, we got it wrong, we were stupid, we've got egg on our faces, etc etc).
23:00
Former GM mortgage unit files for bankruptcy in the US
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ResCap, the subprime mortgage lender that was once owned by the US car giant General Motors, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday in a move that is expected to help its parent company, Ally Financial, focus on its main car lending business and put together a plan to pay back billions to US taxpayers.
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23:00
April showers mean slow progress for materials suppliers
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Travis Perkins, the builders' merchant, said yesterday that April's showers has hit demand . "After a good first quarter, record levels of rainfall contributed to a weaker performance in April and the early part of May, where activity levels at sites continue to be impacted by the very wet weather," it said.
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23:00
Plus to close after failing to find buyer
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London's junior, junior stock exchange, Plus Markets, is set to close, having failed to attract a takeover and running out of cash.
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23:00
Death on Earth: how the world's wildlife vanished
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The world's wildlife has declined by nearly a third over the past 40 years, a new estimate of the health of the planet suggests.
23:00
Balfour cashing in hospital stake
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Balfour Beatty, Britain's biggest quoted construction company, is poised to sell its stake in one of the country's best-known private finance initiatives for about £70m.
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23:00
Whale of a problem for JPMorgan chief
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T his wasn't the annual shareholder meeting that Jamie Dimon was expecting to have. Instead of a bullish gathering this morning, where the self-designated spokesman for Wall Street assailed regulation of the industry and boasted about his bank's fortress balance sheet, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive will instead be on the back foot, facing questions about his personal conduct and his future.
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23:00
UBM shareholders revolt against pay at the top
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The media group UBM has become the latest company to suffer a major revolt over pay as almost 48 per cent of shareholders refused to back its remuneration report.
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23:00
ETX is set to mop up some of the mess at WorldSpreads
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ETX Capital is poised to complete a deal that will rescue some of the wreckage from the collapse of spread-betting rival WorldSpreads.
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23:00
Greek exit panic sends UK borrowing cost into a dive
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The threat of a dramatic Greek exit from the euro sent the UK's cost of borrowing falling to an all-time low yesterday as panicky investors dumped shares and risky eurozone debt in a desperate search for safe havens.
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Best Buy's founder quits over CEO's secret affair
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The founder of Best Buy, the biggest electronics retailer on the American high street, lost his job last night after it was revealed that he had kept secret the fact that his chief executive was having "an extremely close personal relationship" with a female employee.
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Banking shares fall over Greek euro fears
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Nervous traders wiped £28.5 billion from the value of London's leading shares index today as fears intensified that Greece will crash out of the euro.
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