2014年12月6日 星期六

2014-12-07 U.K. Spotlight


Financial Times
   
fight to save Paddington from deportation   
Financial Times
He is short, cuddly and every immigration lawyer's favourite film star — not quite a person but a cinematic emblem of the human aspect of our work. A new arrival from a distant country devastated by earthquake, he was cared for by his uncle (now missing) ...


   


BBC News
   
Scotland-England drink-drive difference highlighted   
BBC News
The Scottish justice secretary is visiting Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria to highlight the new drink-driving limit north of the border. The legal level in Scotland will be reduced from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood on Friday. The Scottish Parliament ...


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New Scientist
   
Slowing down time helps us savour it all the more   
New Scientist
Come to Washington DC, and the first work you'll see at the Hirshhorn Museum's Days of Endless Time exhibit is Su-Mei Tse's 2003 video L'Echo, in which we see the artist sitting on a clifftop overlooking the Swiss Alps, playing the cello. She plays a short ...


   


Financial Times
   
George Orwell's luminous truths   
Financial Times
The title of this book is especially apposite. George Orwell's luminous gift was for seeing things, for noticing what others missed, took for granted or simply found uninteresting, for discovering meaning and wonder in the familiarity of the everyday. In Culture ...


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The Independent
   
A long list of sex acts just got banned in UK porn   
The Independent
Pornography produced in the UK was quietly censored today through an amendment to the 2003 Communications Act, and the measures appear to take aim at female pleasure. The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 requires that ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
What happens when you drink 10 Cokes a day for a month?   
Telegraph.co.uk
Ten years ago, in 2004, documentary maker Morgan Spurlock decided to see what would happen to his body if he ate nothing but McDonald's food for 30 consecutive meals. The 32-year old consumed over 5,000 calories a day and by the end of his ...


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ECB division on wording fails to impress   
Financial Times
Markets expect much from next ECB meeting. If Mr Draghi does not deliver, fall-out will be painful. You need JavaScript active on your browser in order to see this video. No video. More video. Perhaps this is what happens when Italians and Germans argue in ...


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The Guardian
   
The Claridge's breastfeeding incident is absurd – I refuse to be offended   
The Guardian
'Every person who thinks that they should not be exposed to breastfeeding needs to ask themselves how they got so messed up in the head.' Photograph: Getty Images. Tuesday 2 December 2014 11.24 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
The best films of 2014   
Telegraph.co.uk
Paddington (Paul King). The little bear from Peru gets the big screen treatment in Paul King's Paddington. Voiced by Ben Whishaw, Paddington must adapt to London life while escaping the clutches of Nicole Kidman's evil taxidermist. Read The Telegraph's ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
Man drinks TEN cans of Coke every day for a month – you'll never guess how ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Super-fit George Prior set himself the fizzy challenge to show the effects of the amount of sugar in the world's most popular drink. And in just 30 days, George, 50, was transformed from boasting a healthy and muscular physique to sporting a pot belly, love ...


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