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Britain’s hotel workers – bullied, underpaid and with few rights
Exhausted cleaning staff, mainly women, are having to attend to more rooms for the same pay and are scared to join a union. But activists are recruiting more members and the workers are fighting back
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Theresa May wants to ban pleasure
The new law on legal highs is a bizarre piece of farcically bad drafting which could criminalise nuts, scented pillows, and the smell of flowers
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Shia Laboeuf Intense Motivational Speech To Kids
Shia LaBoeuf has delivered the most intense motivational speech of all-time, and now he's giving it to the kids! Click here for the Katie Hopkins Random Tweet Generator: http://funn.ie/KatieHopkinsTweets Subscribe to Comedy Central UK: http://bit.ly/1gaKaZO Check out the Comedy Central UK website: http://bit.ly/1iBXF6j
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The rewilding plan that would return Britain to nature
The UK has lost almost all its native wildlife, especially its forests and big animals. Rewilding would bring back everything from beavers to bears.
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Crossrail: The monster tunnelling under London streets
The huge machines carving out tunnels in London’s new railway – Crossrail – are approaching the end of their journey. Jon Excell hitched a ride.
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UK government switches to Google rather than Microsoft for cloud storage
The UK's HMRC -- the government department responsible for tax -- is switching allegiances in its choice of cloud storage providers. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs is switching to Google Apps as more and more departments move away from Microsoft services.
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Mass snooping fake mobile towers 'uncovered in UK' - BBC News
Fake mobile towers that scoop up data from passing phones are routinely being used in London, an investigation by Sky News suggests.
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Could seaplanes be the future of transatlantic flight?
Seaplanes could be the answer to at least two of modern aviation's greatest burdens: airport congestion and noise pollution.
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Don't look down! James Kingston climbs top of Wembley Stadium arch
A 24-year-old free-runner from Southampton has climbed to the top of the Wembley stadium arch.
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Four things we know about the secretive Bilderberg Group and one thing we'll never know
The Bilderberg Group has long been the subject of speculation. But what do we really know about the secretive international meetings between top politicians and bosses?
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Britain to sell shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Royal Mail
Chancellor George Osborne admits government could get less for RBS than it paid for it.
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Children's exposure to secondhand smoke in England has dropped 80 percent since 1998
A new study published today by the scientific journal Addiction finds that in England, children's exposure to secondhand smoke has declined by approximately 80 percent since 1998.
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The forgotten corner of London where Bob Dylan made music history
MTV and YouTube were effectively invented in this nondescript London alley 50 years ago – so why do so few people know about it?
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The Medieval Ruins of Donnington Castle, England
Just north of Newbury in Berkshire, stands the ruins of a castle I had never heard of. It took a drive to the small village of Donnington, down a quiet village lane to a typical English field to discover what remains of a 14th century castle.
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Lost in Castles
A place to explore the history of some British castles, with essays, computer generated reconstructions and much more.
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John Harrison and the Longitude problem
Harrison's marine timekeepers are the centrepiece of a permanent display at the Royal Observatory.
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How to stop planes colliding on world's busiest runways
CNN meets the air traffic controllers who get 73 million people a year safely through UK's Heathrow Airport
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Channel 5 sets UK premiere date for 'Under The Dome' season 3
The third season of CBS' Summer series Under The Dome will receive its UK premiere on Channel 5 on Monday June 29th at 10pm, it has been announced.
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New anti-malaria drug developed at Dundee University
Scientists at Dundee University develop an "exciting" new single-dose malaria drug to combat drug-resistant parasites.
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Meet the ordinary political party member who will cost the Treasury £4bn a year
In an illustration of how regular Lib Dem party members can influence policy, we catch up with the woman whose idea led to the current government’s flagship tax policy.
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