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Archive for November, 2009

Meatloaf in dramatic climbdown over ‘that’

Meatloaf has officially announced that, contrary to previous statements in 1994, he would now be prepared to do ‘that’ for love. ‘Some nights I lose the feeling, some nights I lose control,’ admitted the corpulent rocker. Maybe I’m lonely and thats all I’m qualified to be.’

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Posted: Nov 23rd, 2009
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New Jerusalem denied planning permission

Sheffield’s town planning committee has rejected a plan to rebuild the ancient city of Jerusalem on designated Green Belt land. The plan by architects Blake & Co. allegedly failed to provide social housing, while plans for a new eco-abattoir for lambs and a proposed manufacturing facility for high class cutlery also caused controversy. Opposing the [...]

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Posted: Nov 23rd, 2009
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M.O.D warned that emphasis on heroes is undermining cowardly soldiers

'Always one who wants to go the other way'‘We’re creating a culture where armed forces personnel who make it back in one piece are viewed as somehow less capable than those who haven’t.’

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Posted: Nov 23rd, 2009
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Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope to meet head on in Large Hadron Collider

search for Higgs boson can wait
‘They have been praying together and wishing each other a safe journey before they meet again head-on in the middle of the 27km-long circular tunnel.’

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Posted: Nov 23rd, 2009
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Cockermouth ‘well placed to emerge from water-based recession,’ claims Chancellor

Deluge due to MET office policy of quantitative easingAlistair Darling today claimed that the government’s prudent management of the environment meant that Cumbria was better placed to emerge from flooding than many other regions.

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Posted: Nov 22nd, 2009
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