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Oh no, not again! Englands football team have crashed out of the Euro 2012 football tournament after losing another penalty shootout. The Three Lions, as England are known, were almost pipped at the post by a strong Italian team who came close to sco
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What age would you like to live to? Many people often live to a ripe old age, but 'Lonesome George', a giant tortoise, was estimated to have been over 100 years old. This week his keeper of 40 years, Fausto Llerena, sadly found him dead in his enclos
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The pundits are running out of superlatives to describe the Spanish football team after they lifted the Euro 2012 trophy on Sunday. They are the first football team in history to retain their crown in the European Championships having also won the co
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How high is too high? This week the tallest building in Europe was completed in London. The 95-storey, 310m Shard now soars over the citys skyline. The lofty building has been steadily erected on the south bank of the River Thames near London Bridge.
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Britain had its fingers crossed this weekend as tennis star Andy Murray prepared to battle it out against Roger Federer to become the UK's first Wimbledon Men's Singles champion since 1936. The weight of expectation was incredibly high: although Murr
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Does the removal of a wedding ring mean that marital bliss has gone or even that divorce is looming? That seems to be the message people are sending when they take off their wedding band. Actress Katie Holmes was seen in New York without hers after f
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The market for smartphones and tablet computers has boomed over the last few years, with over a quarter of adults and nearly half of teenagers owning one in the UK. But as our appetite for technology increases, so does the risk of our devices being s
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Can a computer create music as good as Mozart's? Armand Leroi from Imperial College, London, believes fantastic music can be made without a composer. Dr Bob MacCallum has been working on Darwin Tunes, a computer programme that can evolve music out of
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According to a forecast from the OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) 40% of the world's young graduates will be from China and India by the year 2020. This shows a far-reaching shift in the balance of graduate numbers fr
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Lack of exercise could be causing as many deaths around the world as smoking, according to an article in the science magazine The Lancet. As thousands of Olympic athletes prepare to push their bodies to the limit, most of us sit inactive for hours in
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Can we expect many world records at the Games? Some experts aren't holding their breath. Meaningful world records have only been achieved in a few Olympic sports. At the Beijing Games, world records were broken in 33 separate events: one in women's t
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The Olympic medal ceremonies have already begun. But some athletes hardly disguise their disappointment when silver and not gold is hung around their necks. The British judo silver medallist Neil Adams calls his two from the 1980s 'loser's medals'. U
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The Olympic medal ceremonies have already begun. But some athletes hardly disguise their disappointment when silver and not gold is hung around their necks. The British judo silver medallist Neil Adams calls his two from the 1980s 'loser's medals'. U
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Every athlete dreams of that moment: standing on the highest podium, having a gold medal hung around their neck and watching with pride, as their country's flag is raised and the national anthem is played. International sports stars are used to being
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Do you see yourself in your early 20s already wearing a smart suit and using a company phone? Recent trends have seen young people looking for internships rather than Saturday jobs. But should people be expected to do a 'proper job' at all while they
