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Something that gets banded about quite often up here but I'm not entirely sure it will change attitudes and behaviour for the better.
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Maria Sharapova reveals Australian Open failed drugs testMaria Sharapova has been banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation after failing a drugs test. The Russian was provisionally banned in March after testing positive for meldonium at January's Australian Open. The heart disease drug, which 29-year-old Sharapova says she has been taking since 2006 for health issues, became a banned substance on 1 January 2016. The ITF said the ban would be backdated to 26 January 2016, the day Sharapova provided the positive test. The World Anti-Doping Agency admitted in April that scientists were unsure how long meldonium stayed in the system, and suggested athle…
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Carl Langdell lied to Katie Locke and told her he had his own law firm (Picture: SWNS) A disturbed fantasist who strangled a young teacher and had sex with her dead body described himself as ‘an ordinary decent human’ on social media. Carl Langdell, 26, met Katie Locke over dating app Plenty of Fish. After he had defiled her body, he took pictures of the 23-year-old and dumped her in a bush. On Friday, he received a minimum life sentence of 26 years. Langdell maintained an ‘ordinary’ everyman appearance on his Facebook page, but his disturbing poetry painted a different picture, reports Mirror. A poem he wrote last year called ‘Exhaustion’, reads: ‘My psyche’s a mes…
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/global-peace-index-2016-there-are-now-only-10-countries-in-the-world-that-are-not-at-war-a7069816.html Scary how scary the world is
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A study shows employees get sick less, have lower stress, and work harder For about a year, nurses at the Svartedalens retirement home have worked six-hour days on an eight-hour salary. They're part of an experiment funded by the Swedish government to see if a shorter workday can increase productivity. The conclusion? It does. As with any cultural shift in the workplace, the six-hour day has to prove itself more than just humane. For any employer, in Swedenor elsewhere (and perhaps especially in the U.S.), an abridged workweek can't damage productivity if it's going to have a chance. A year's worth of data from the project, which compares staff at Svartedalens with a c…
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BHS: former executives savage 'liar' Dominic Chappell 8 June 2016 From the section Business Media captionFormer BHS financial consultant Michael Hitchcock said Dominic Chappell was 'a premier league liar'Former BHS executives have launched a scathing attack on the man who bought the failed retailer. Dominic Chappell was accused of being a "premier league liar" and having his "fingers in the till". The claims were made to MPs at a Commons committee hearing into the collapse of the 163-store chain. Mr Chappe…
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EU referendum: MPs call for extended EU vote registration 8 June 2016 From the section EU Referendum Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and other MPs say voter registration for the EU referendum should be extended after technical problems hit the official website. The difficulties happened just before Tuesday night's deadline. Users reported a page displaying the message "504 Gateway Time-out" instead of the online registration form. The government blamed this on "unprecedente…
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Clinton projected to win New Jersey 8 June 2016 From the section US Election 2016 Hillary Clinton projected to win New Jersey Democratic primary, US networks say, cementing her hold on the presidential nomination This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article
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BHS managers blame Dominic Chappell for chain collapse 7 June 2016 From the section Business Image copyright Getty Images BHS management has blamed former owners Retail Acquisitions for the collapse of the department store chain. Managers said that the owners had not raised sufficient funds to keep the business going. In addition, Retail Acquisitions "did not give confidence" to credit insurers and suppliers, nine managers sa…
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Switzerland 'rejects basic income', poll projections suggest 5 June 2016 From the section Europe Media captionUnder the plan each citizen would receive an equal monthly payment, regardless of their circumstancesProjections from a referendum in Switzerland suggest voters have rejected a plan to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all. Some 78% of voters opposed the plan, a GFS projection for Swiss TV suggested. The proposal had called for adults to be paid an unconditional monthly income, whether they wo…
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Clinton 'wins Democratic nomination' 7 June 2016 From the section US & Canada Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party nomination for US president after reaching the required number of delegates, according to AP. The news agency's tally puts Mrs Clinton on 2,383 - the number needed to become the presumptive nominee. She reached the threshold with a big win in Puerto Rico and a burst of last-minute support from party insiders called superdelegates, AP said. …
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Istanbul: 'Deadly blast' hits police bus in Vezneciler 7 June 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright Reuters Image caption Blast happened at the morning rush hour in central Istanbul At least 11 people have been killed by a blast which targeted a police bus in central Istanbul, officials say. The remote-controlled device was reportedly detonated as the…
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Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley to be grilled by MPs 7 June 2016 From the section Business Image copyright PA Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley will be quizzed by MPs on Tuesday morning in a rare public appearance. He had been refusing to appear before the Business, Innovation and Skills select committee since March. On Sunday Mr Ashley decided that he would give evidence to defend the firm's "good name". MPs want to quest…
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EU referendum: Midnight deadline to register to vote 7 June 2016 From the section EU Referendum Image copyright Electoral Commission Image caption This month's vote is the first on the UK's relationship with Europe since 1975 People have until 23:59 BST on Tuesday 7 June to register to be able to vote in the referendum on whether the UK stays in the European …
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Frenchman 'planned Euro 2016 attacks', Ukraine's SBU says 6 June 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright SBU Image caption The SBU showed pictures of the arms haul found when the French suspect was arrested on 21 May Ukraine's SBU security agency has said that a Frenchman detained last month with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks on the Eur…
