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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Microsoft launches all-in-one home entertainment system Xbox One

    Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room. The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future. According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like "Xbox On", and "snap" will allow users to watch two things at ...

  • Lifestyle Special K the trend for names

    Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen have called their second son Klay. The name is more usually spelt Clay. It's part of a wider trend that is seeing "c" being substituted with ...

  • Wales could be the Silicon Valley of public services

    The NHS, public libraries and local education authorities all have roots in Wales, making it fertile ground for innovation. Photograph: The Photolibrary ...

  • Its time for a new model of specialist housing for older people

    I must declare up front: I'm not a housing expert or an ageing society expert, but I do know the numbers. And they all point in one direction - a huge demographic challenge for all generations, particularly on housing need.Everyone knows that our society is ageing. People are living longer and the birth rate is falling. Between 2002 and 2011, there was a 26% increase in the number of people ...

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Over the Hedge

Over the Hedge

The computer-animated comedy Over the Hedge, which is being billed as the new movie from the creators of Shrek and Madagascar even though the only thing they have in common is the fact that they were all produced by DreamWorks (no, wait, co-director Tim Johnson g ... ...

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  • Councils need to crack down on payday loan companies

    The booming payday loan industry demonstrates a fundamental failure to protect our most vulnerable citizens from exploitation. Lenders who charge massive multiples of interest dominating our high streets is bad enough, but now some payday loan companies are aggressively marketing via children and pushing standards to a new low.In Lambeth's deprived Coldharbour and Ferndale wards, Speedy ...

  • Lifestyle Students in Dadaab benefit from ICT training

    UNHCR ?s Representative in Kenya. ?Access to quality education is a key precondition for the economic development and self-reliance of refugees as well as the enjoyment of many other human rights.? The CTA project, whose foundations were laid in early 2012, targets three main areas for improvement: formal education, vocational training and community e- learning. In primary schools this year, 32 ...

  • How to get ahead in ... becoming an activism co-ordinator

    Sustrans , the shift from the fringes to the mainstream also means that lobbying organisations like themselves are now recruiting supporters from a much wider audience. Joe Williams, media and policy adviser to Sustrans, says: "I think this shift is probably a reflection of green politics as well its becoming more mainstream although the stereotype of local activists still remains, ...

  • Winger Ioane Faces Fitness Race for First Lions Test

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  • David Laws vetoes plan to force schools to check immigrant status of pupils

    David Laws decided the idea would be bureaucratic and difficult to implement.In a sign of the Lib Dems' determination to assert themselves in the coalition, Laws told the education ...

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