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+47 +8'Dismaland' theme park brings $30M boost to U.K. town
An anarchic amusement park by street artist Banksy that mocked capitalism and consumer culture has brought an economic boom to a faded British seaside town.
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+24 +527th September 1960 - Sylvia Pankhurst dies
British suffragette and international socialist, dies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the age of 78. Born in Manchester, England, in 1882, Sylvia Pankhurst was the daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, a champion of woman suffrage who became active in the late 1880s.
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+19 +6'Cannabis forest' discovered in London
Scores of cannabis plants up to 5ft tall are discovered growing in a remote area of disused land in south-west London.
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+25 +326th September 1580 - Drake circumnavigates the globe
English seaman Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, in the Golden Hind, becoming the first British navigator to sail the earth.
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+22 +6Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Music video by Robert Palmer performing Addicted To Love. From the album 'Riptide' (1985).
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+23 +6Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary
Music video by Robert Palmer performing Johnny and Mary. From the album 'Clues' (1980).
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+38 +9These Nazi bombs are more dangerous now than ever before
Thousands of World War II bombs still lurk underground – and they’re even more dangerous now than in the 1940s, making defusing a risky, delicate process. Jon Excell investigates.
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+27 +4British car, German tuner, Vegas style
Meet the monstrous, 987-horsepower Mansory Bentley GTC.
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+29 +6Billy Idol - White Wedding
Official video of Billy Idol performing White Wedding from the album Billy Idol. Directed by David Mallet, the music video featuring Idol attending a gothic wedding and is one of his best-known videos. The bride in the music video is played by Perri Lister, Idol's real-life girlfriend at the time.
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+22 +5Pride and Prejudice at 20: The scene that changed everything
It is 20 years since Mr Darcy rose dripping from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Television – and Jane Austen – have never been the same, writes Nicholas Barber.
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+51 +9The man who bought Stonehenge - and then gave it away
Today Stonehenge is England's most important monument, but 100 years ago it was up for sale. The man who bought it helped seal its fate.
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+21 +5Souter Lighthouse in South Shields to get £120,000
A Tyneside lighthouse, which was the first in the world designed and built to be powered by electricity, undergoes a £120,000 facelift.
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+25 +3Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
From the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret released in the United Kingdom on 27 November 1981.
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+21 +7Wine bar fined after woman's stomach removed following liquid nitrogen shot
A wine bar has been fined £100,000 after a woman needed to have her stomach removed after drinking a smoking liquid nitrogen cocktail handed to her for free. Gaby Scanlon, now 20, had been with friends at Oscar’s Wine Bar and Bistro in Lancaster when she was given the Nitro-Jägermeister shot in celebration of her 18th birthday. But upon drinking the normally £3.95 drink she described feeling agonising pain...
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+17 +4Do The #Hakarena
We all know how awesome The Haka is, but what might an English version look like? Do the #Hakarena and show your support for England. Featuring ex-England captain and World Cup winner - Matt Dawson and players from the Battersea Ironsides.
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+23 +3Justice vs Simian - We are your Friends
In 2006, the single "We Are Your Friends", which is a remix of their song "Never Be Alone", was released on a reactivated Virgin Records subsidiary label called Ten Records. This single was credited to "Justice vs Simian", and started life as a submission by the French electrohouse outfit Justice in a remix competition.
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+21 +6Kasabian - Underdog
Kasabian's official music video for 'Underdog'. From the album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009)
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+19 +6Lamb - Gorecki
From their debut album 'Lamb' (1996)
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+21 +7Julian Cope - World shut your mouth (1987)
From the album "Saint Julian".
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+19 +4Battle of Britain: Historic flypast for 75th anniversary
A fleet of Battle of Britain aircraft - the most in one place since World War Two - is taking part in a flypast to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the aerial struggle.
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