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A great white shark that was spotted crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other is on its way to hold discussions with the board of directors at the Co-op Bank, according to the head of the expedition tracking it.

Last weekend, the satellite-tagged shark, called Lydia, crossed the mid-Atlantic ridge, with a team of scientists in hot pursuit on board the research vessel M/V Ocearch. They used a 34,000 kg capacity hydraulic platform, operated from the vessel, to lift the shark safely from the ocean so that researchers could search for clues as to its destination. The data linked the shark to the Co-op Bank’s communications centre in Manchester.

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Posted: Mar 11th, 2014
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Industry analysts have identified that the global shed business could be worth billions, particularly as the concept of shed ownership becomes embedded into India and China.

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Posted: Mar 11th, 2014
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David Cameron has confirmed that at least one of the soon to be proposed Battleships Galactica would not be built. ‘Frankly we don’t have the technology and neither is due until the 24th century anyway,’ he said.

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Posted: Mar 11th, 2014
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Posted: Mar 11th, 2014
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Evidence is mounting to suggest that middle class parents have found a new way to help their children get ahead in an increasingly competitive world. With much made of the need for ‘sharp elbows’ to improve life chances for their children in terms of school selection and internships, parents with naturally blunt elbows are turning to plastic surgeons to give themselves a competitive advantage.

‘We were prepared to spend whatever it took to get little Tarquin into a grammar school, but we were perpetually thwarted by the fact that he’s thick,’ said Marion Greenthwaite, 36, from Kent. ‘Even poor children who smelled a bit got in before him, which was an embarrassment in front of the neighbours. But since I’ve had my elbows sharpened, you just give them a quick shove in the ribs on open day and they go down in a trice.’

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Posted: Mar 10th, 2014
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