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Female bishops The Reverend Libby Lane was ordained as Bishop of Stockport, the Church of England’s first female bishop. —…
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Poor data Oxfam complained of an ‘inequality explosion’, citing an estimate that by next year 1 per cent of the…
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Not Charlie Some cases which make Britain a pretty poor champion of free speech: — In 2005 Bristol pub landlord…
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Teen queens The Duke of York denied allegations in court papers that he had had sexual relations with a girl…
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Election omens Reasons for Ed Miliband to feel confident in 2015: — Only three parliaments since 1945 have run to…
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Marking a century Some things which celebrate their 100th birthday in 2015: 3-D films The first was shown at the…
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A fatal shot The sad death of Australian batsman Philip Hughes was a reminder that a cricket ball can kill.…
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Dear Santas A £22.50 a head Christmas theme park in Warwickshire designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen closed temporarily for improvements after…
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Yeah, Bob, they know The answer to the rhetorical question posed by the Band Aid single, ‘Do they know it’s…
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States of criminality A 90-year-old Florida man feeding the homeless was arrested under a Fort Lauderdale law which makes it…
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Space to dream Richard Branson’s dream of commercial space flights has suffered a setback after a prototype craft crashed. But…
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What’s special about Rochester What is special about Rochester and Strood? — Rochester has the second oldest cathedral and school…
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Dirty dancing David Cameron was accused of causing racial offence by posing with blacked-up Morris dancers, though it was pointed…
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How to deal with a troll In Scandinavian mythology, trolls were shady creatures who lived below ground and varied in…
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Paisley power Paisley pyjamas were in the news. While associated with the town in Renfrewshire, whose mills produced the patterns from 1805,…
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Pot plants A 65-year-old Devon woman rang a BBC gardening show to enquire about a mystery plant only to be told…
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Draconian sentence Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius was cleared of murder but convicted of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter in English law.…
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Birth of a nation A reminder of how England and Scotland came to be one country: — Proposals had been…
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In poor taste US Ambassador Matthew Barzun attracted the ire of chefs for complaining that he had been served lamb…
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Not in their name The BBC decided to start calling the Islamic terror group Isis by the acronym IS instead.…
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Tough at the top The clocks on Big Ben were cleaned by abseiling window-cleaners. Some other big cleaning/painting jobs: —…
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Ministerial needs Home Office minister Mark Simmonds resigned, complaining he couldn’t afford to live in London on his junior minister’s…
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Off the shelf How do we boycott Putin? Some things we traded with Russia, by value, between March and May…
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Commons inheritance Emily Benn, granddaughter of Tony and niece of Hilary, has won the right to stand for Labour in…
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What Germans do worst Some things Germans aren’t very good at: — Making reliable car engines. According to a survey by Warranty Direct…
