Mark Lowery's top 10 embarrassing moments in children's books
Ouch…Brace yourself for 10 of the most cringingly squirmy scenes in fiction, as chosen by Pants Are Everything author Mark Lowery"Of all the emotions you ever feel in life, embarrassment is probably...
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The girl who cries tears of BLOOD: Doctors mystified by rare condition
Yaritza Oliva, from Purranque, Chile, developed the condition earlier this month, and now bleeds from her eyes several times a day. She said that the pain is 'indescribable'. Reported by MailOnline 5...
View ArticleOxford child sex abuse ring: seven men jailed for total of 95 years
Five of the seven get life sentences for involvement in brutal paedophile ring that raped, tortured and abused vulnerable girls Seven men who were part of a brutal paedophile ring that raped, tortured...
View ArticleThe Sun should ditch Page 3 and make the paper relevant for today's reader
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View ArticleSteve Carell: despicably nice
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View ArticleChase & Status: 'The Rolling Stones? We'll have more lasers!'
Dance duo Chase & Status are going head to head with the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury. But they're too busy with their third album, record label and free school to worry about a little competition...
View ArticleGirl, 7, dies after fall from 11th-floor balcony
Youngster, named in reports as Nawaal Sayid, said to have plunged more than 100ft A seven-year-old girl has died after falling from an 11th-floor balcony, police said. The youngster, named in reports...
View ArticleDesmond Elliott prize goes to former computer programmer
Ros Barber, who remortgaged her house to write blank-verse novel about Christopher Marlowe takes £10,000 award Ros Barber, a former computer programmer turned poet who remortgaged her house to fund...
View ArticleWomen in engineering: the girl gap
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View ArticleLetters, June 28: Charity, Cheltenham Civic Society and education
This is Somerset -- In these times charity must begin at home It is reported that the UK pledged £375 million to feed the poor abroad. That is without the £18 million promised to Pakistan to help the...
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'Feeble-minded' Grimsby man jailed for sex abuse 20 years ago
This is Grimsby -- A WOMAN who was sexually abused as a child told a court how she only realised it was "not normal" after having sex education at school. Her abuser, Kevin Tyler, 53, of Heneage Road,...
View ArticleSay hello to the rest of the planet – the week in art
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View ArticleHaim at Glastonbury 2013 – review
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Search giant struggles to reassure bloggers after ambiguous letter warns it will delete some 'adult' blogs on Blogger network Google is struggling to persuade people running "adult" blogs on its...
View ArticleMark Lowery's top 10 embarrassing moments in children's books
Ouch…Brace yourself for 10 of the most cringingly squirmy scenes in fiction, as chosen by Pants Are Everything author Mark Lowery"Of all the emotions you ever feel in life, embarrassment is probably...
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The girl who cries tears of BLOOD: Doctors mystified by rare condition
Yaritza Oliva, from Purranque, Chile, developed the condition earlier this month, and now bleeds from her eyes several times a day. She said that the pain is 'indescribable'. Reported by MailOnline 2...
View ArticlePennsylvania girl gets second lung transplant after first failed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who sparked a national debate about child access to organ donation took her first independent breath this week on a second set of donor lungs after...
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Actor raped girl,14, and abused three other youngsters
This is Leicestershire -- An actor raped a 14-year-old girl and abused three other girls after "skillfully manipulating" vulnerable youngsters he met through his theatre work. Matthew John Wilson, who...
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