Sunday, 29 May 2011

Hundreds of BBC staff disciplined over drink and drugs


A total of 410 disciplinary procedures have been recorded by the corporation since April 2006, with 11 employees rebuked for drug abuse – believed to be cocaine – and alcohol dependency.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392232/Hundreds-BBC-staff-disciplined-drink-drugs.html?ITO=1490

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Let the good times roll: Government announces plans for FOUR-DAY Diamond Jubilee weekend


Diamond Jubilee events will build on the 'feelgood factor' created when Britons were given the day off work celebrate last month's Royal wedding.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392035/Let-good-times-roll-Government-announces-plans-FOUR-DAY-Diamond-Jubilee-weekend.html?ITO=1490

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Gazza in hospital after car crash

The former England World Cup star Pau Gascoigne was in hospital today after suffering serious injuries in a car crash.

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7149906.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084

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Why springtime can be bad for depression sufferers

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/health-13546925

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VIDEO: I do not do blame, says Shoesmith

Ex-children's services director Sharon Shoesmith has said she "does not do blame" after winning a legal battle over Baby Peter's death.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-13583175

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'We aren't criminals' ... fume villagers as starting-pistol ban threatens traditional Whitsun


Villagers in Oxfordshire are smarting after being hit with a ban on using a starting pistol to send off competitors in a centuries-old race.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391791/We-arent-criminals---fume-villagers-starting-pistol-ban-threatens-traditional-Whitsun.html?ITO=1490

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This is a city built for a million people - but no one lives here


In a special dispatch PETER HITCHENS explores Kangbashi, Inner Mongolia, which has been thrust into the 21st century in a storm of steel and concrete.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1391868/This-city-built-million-people--lives-here.html?ITO=1490

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