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Following the success of loyalty cards and its own credit card, Tesco says it intends to fill another gap in the market: stable currencies.

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Posted: Aug 19th, 2010
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As Britain and other industrialised nations become increasingly hooked on solar energy, our reliance on the sun could see the country sucked into unwinnable wars, and sleepwalking into the dark ages, claimed controversial author Tony Harrington at the launch of his new book, ‘The Nights are Drawing In’.

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Posted: Aug 19th, 2010
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A-level students have expressed shock and disappointment after being denied the chance to excitedly jump up and down live on TV as they receive their results, following a BBC decision to re-broadcast video of last year’s pupils instead.

‘We simply cannot afford to go out and film yet more students jumping up and down,’ said BBC Director of News Helen Boaden, ‘Every year it’s the same. Two of them do really well and say, ‘Oh my God! Oh my God! I can’t believe it,’ while the other one looks a bit disappointed but puts on a brave face for the cameras.’

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Posted: Aug 18th, 2010
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UK Sunday tabloid the News of the World has published shocking details of substance abuse by celebrities hooked on the hair removal cream ‘Veet’.

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Posted: Aug 18th, 2010
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The Ministry of Comedy has officially ruled that no jokes will be allowed that imply any similarities between Tottenham Hotspur and the late Michael Jackson for at least one week, after the first leg of Tottenham’s Champions League qualifier to Young Boys Berne ended in a narrow 3-2 defeat.

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Posted: Aug 18th, 2010
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