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Fussy eaters – what's wrong with GM?
With the world's food security facing a looming "perfect storm", GM food crops need to be part of the solution. |
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Calls for 'old-fashioned' revolution
Using "good old-fashioned" farming techniques will help deliver a sustainable green revolution in Africa. |
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The Budget: The full story
All the key points, analysis and reaction to George Osborne's first Budget as chancellor in the coalition government. |
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The Budget: The full story
All the key points, analysis and reaction to George Osborne's first Budget as chancellor in the coalition government. |
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Farmer defends bacon substitute
Coventry farmer Rod Adlington insists he is reacting to demand from traders in trying to give Muslims a taste of pork by producing bacon-style rashers from halal-slaughtered turkeys. |
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How ambush marketing ambushed sport
A Dutch brewery's World Cup publicity stunt has led to arrests, threats of legal action and the loss of an ITV pundit's job. Why is so-called "ambush marketing" such a high-stakes business? |
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Who invented the Mexican Wave?
The World Cup has seen its fair share of Mexican Waves, but where did this crowd phenomenon start and how do you actually start one? |
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What's behind Anyone But England?
As the World Cup kicks off, many football fans from the UK's celtic nations say they will support ABE - Anyone But England. Why? |
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10 ways football haters can tell it's World Cup time
National flags are everywhere. Watercooler chat is of little else. And then there are all those e-mails inviting you to join the office sweepstake. It's not hard to spot the signs, even for a football refusenik. |
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The Unswinging Sixties
A Radio 2 chart reveals that the biggest sellers of the 1960s include Ken Dodd, Rolf Harris and Engelbert Humperdinck. |
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Osborne gives £6.2bn cuts detail
Child Trust Funds are to be axed and a civil service recruitment freeze introduced in the first raft of government spending cuts. |
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Man dies, woman injured in crash
A man dies and a woman is injured when their car overturns on a road in Coventry. |
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Ice cream van driver hurt in crash
A driver of an ice cream van suffers serious injuries in a head-on crash with a car in Northamptonshire. |
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Catholics asked to fund Pope trip
Roman Catholic churchgoers are asked to pay a shortfall of more than £3m pounds in funding for Pope Benedict's visit to the UK. |
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Cyclist suspected of tree theft
A man in his 30s carrying a tree on the cross bar of a bike in Coventry is arrested on suspicion of theft. |
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Ex-boxer convicted of punch death
A former professional boxer is convicted of manslaughter after an unprovoked attack on an off-duty fireman at a Coventry bar. |
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Missing rivet 'caused jet crash'
A report into a private jet crash in which five people were killed finds a missing rivet may have led to the shutdown of an engine. |
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Groups unite against rail route
More than 30 protest groups against a proposed high-speed rail link have joined forces to fight the plan. |
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Vomiting obese woman photo pulled
A photograph of an obese woman vomiting is removed from an art exhibition in Warwickshire after visitors complained. |
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British climbers die in Pyrenees
Two British men die in a hiking accident in the Spanish Pyrenees, the Foreign Office confirms. |