2014年11月30日 星期日

2014-12-01 U.K. Spotlight


Sailing the Canadian Arctic   
Financial Times
“Gam”, “frazil”, “inukshuk”, “esker” . . . Among the multiple pleasures of sailing the Canadian Arctic is a blizzard of new and intriguing words to wrap your tongue around. As I soon learn, these terms describe a school of whales, ice crystals, a stone cairn, and a ...


   


The Guardian
   
'How the hell can you privatise water?' – when Harry Leslie Smith (91) met Owen ...   
The Guardian
...... The veteran campaigner for the poor and the NHS had plenty to say about the brutal Great Depression, the horror of postwar Hamburg – and the advice he gave Ed Miliband. 'You're a Yorkshireman – I was born in Sheffield' … Owen Jones and Harry ...


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International Business Times UK
   
Black Friday 2014: Asda Offers Big Discounts on Televisions, Tablets and ...   
International Business Times UK
Asda is taking part in the Black Friday shopping bonanza, launching a page on its website dedicated to promoting televisions, cameras, tablets and more at heavily discounted prices. The discounts go live in stores across the UK on 28 November but the ...


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Scots voted to preserve an ever more distant union   
Financial Times
This month, in a plebiscite on Catalan independence, four out of five voters opted to secede from Spain. The vote was symbolic: Madrid does not recognise Catalans' sovereignty or their legal right to leave the Spanish state. Artur Mas, the Catalan president, ...


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BBC News
   
Terminally ill woman sues over cancer diagnosis delay   
BBC News
A terminally ill woman who claims a hospital did not treat her suspected cancer as urgent has launched legal action against a health board. Katie Maytum, 35, from Maesteg, was given an urgent referral by her GP for an appointment at the Princess of Wales ...


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Express.co.uk
   
FREEZING BRITAIN: UK faces SNOWSTORMS and plunging temperatures as ...   
Express.co.uk
WEATHER forecasters have in the past few hours issued the terrifying warning that devastating snowstorms which crippled parts of America will rip into Britain IN DAYS. Published: 06:00, Wed, November 26, 2014. By Nathan RaoNathan Rao ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
I'm a Celebrity 2014: Mel Sykes breaks down in tears after news from home   
Mirror.co.uk
Viewers saw I'm A Celebrity mum Melanie Sykes break down in tears last night when she received a care package from home. The 44-year-old TV presenter's show of emotion came after her best friend said that he feared she could crack up because she ...


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BBC News
   
Whatever happened to the Brics economies?   
BBC News
Remember the Brics - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the nations that were set to reshape the world economy? Two of them, China and Russia have the potential to cause some serious and rather unwelcome reshaping in the near future.

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Moneywise Magazine
   
Black Friday Weekend: the best deals   
Moneywise Magazine
Black Friday takes place on 28 November 2014, the day when shoppers across the UK will hit the shops to find the best Christmas bargains, though many of this year's deals continue into the weekend and beyond. You can read all about Black Friday in our ...


   


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck by ball   
Telegraph.co.uk
Phillip Hughes, the Australian test batsman has died, two days after being hit on the head by a ball. Peter Brukner, Australia team doctor, said he never regained consciousness and died in hospital in Sydney. "He was not in pain before he passed and was ...


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