2014年9月19日 星期五

2014-09-20 U.K. Spotlight

  BBC News   
Scottish independence: Guide to Scotland referendum night  BBC News
Voters in Scotland will go to the polls in the independence referendum on 18 September. But what will happen, when? And what time is a result expected on 19 September? When does counting begin? An overnight count will begin immediately after polls ...


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Stop the world! Scotland wants to get on  Herald Scotland (blog)
In the late 1970s, as Solidarity came into being, the Polish protesters demanding freedom chanted, "żeby Polska była Polską" - let Poland be Poland. In the late 1970s, as Solidarity came into being, the Polish protesters demanding freedom chanted, "żeby ...


   


Yoshiko Yamaguchi, film star and politician, 1920-2014  Financial Times
The film producers came to Yoshiko Yamaguchi with their trade's usual promises of fame and fortune. But they had an added enticement for the beautiful, bilingual teenager with the sweet singing voice: “It's for your country.” That country was Japan, which she ...


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  The Guardian   
David Cameron makes emotional plea to Scotland as independence vote looms  The Guardian
David Cameron has spelled out to the people of Scotland the stark costs of a "painful divorce" from the rest of the United Kingdom as a poll showed nearly two-thirds of voters in England and Wales objected to the idea of sharing the pound. In an emotional but ...


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  BBC Sport   
FC United of Manchester: punk football v prawn sandwiches  BBC Sport
In front of 75,000 paying customers at a packed Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, Manchester United will parade up to £149m worth of new talent as they take on QPR in the biggest league in the world. Behind glass screens high in the cavernous stands ...


   


Fact and friction in Catalonia's quest for independence  Financial Times
I'm in a Scottish-themed bar in Barcelona, staring at the tartan-patterned chairs, listening to an old Phil Collins tune and waiting for Javier Cercas. There are just days until the Scottish referendum and the Spanish writer has suggested Bar Escocés to talk about ...


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The diplomacy of the Ukraine autonomy deal explained  Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Diplomacy often looks like a precise, punctilious activity: dapper, discreet officials armed with quill pens and cucumber sandwiches crafting cunningly worded documents with multifarious shades of meaning. That's an important part of it. But peep behind the ...


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  BBC Sport   
Mercedes: Teenager Pascal Wehrlein named reserve driver  BBC Sport
The 19-year-old, who has covered 12,000km in the team's simulator this year, had a first Formula 1 test last week at Portugal's Portimao track. The team were "impressed with his progress and feedback". "Pascal has a bright future ahead of him and we are ...


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Last-minute deals turn the spotlight on Westminster  Financial Times
So the most thrilling political debate in recent British history is over, and the divisive force of nationalism has been defeated for at least a generation. Already those amazing 12 days of panic are melting into the past following the salvation of the union.

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  The Guardian (blog)   
10 polite reminders from a football coach to pushy parents  The Guardian (blog)
This weekend will see tens of thousands of kids across the country kicking off their season. Before parents start barking from the touchline, one coach offers up some home truths • Abuse, death threats and withering numbers • Grassroots in crisis as Sport ...


   

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