2015-02-25 U.K. Spotlight

BBC Sport   

Premier League predictions: Lawro v Superbike legend Carl Fogarty   
BBC Sport
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures was seven-time World Superbike champion and reality TV star Carl Fogarty.

   

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International Business Times UK   

Oscars 2015: How complicated can an envelope be?   
International Business Times UK
The 87th Academy Awards promises to be an elegant affair, with glamorous celebrities, fashionable frocks, and priceless jewellery promenading down the large red carpet outside the Dolby Theatre, so why would the winner's names be printed on just any old ...

2015-02-25 U.K. Health

BBC News   

'Give HIV drugs to healthy gay men'   
BBC News
Healthy gay men should be offered daily HIV drugs to prevent infections, say UK Medical Research Council and Public Health England scientists. Their study, on 545 high-risk men, found one case of HIV could be stopped for every 13 men treated for a year.
Study That Paid Patients to Take HIV Drugs Fails   New York Times
HIV drug taken before and after sex cuts risk by 86pc   Telegraph.co.uk
Healthy gay men should be given HIV treatment to PREVENT infection   Daily Mail
Wall Street Journal   
Belfast Telegraph   
Reuters   
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Telegraph.co.uk   

Mind-controlled bionics help 3 men take control   
Times of India
LONDON: Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called "bionic reconstruction" enabling them to use a robotic prosthetic hand controlled by their mind. The British Medical Journal Lancet will announce the ...

2015-02-25 U.K. Science

South Wales Evening Post   

Dolly the Sheep is getting one, so should Swansea Jack have a blue plaque as ...   
South Wales Evening Post
IF Dolly the sheep can get a blue plaque - surely Swansea Jack can get one too? This may be your view after hearing that Dolly is to have a blue plaque in her memory in Edinburgh. The plaque will acknowledge her contribution to science as the first mammal ...

2015-02-25 U.K. Sports

New York Times   

In Champions League, Barcelona Is a Familiar Thorn in Manchester City's Side   
New York Times
MANCHESTER, England — Luis Suárez ran in every direction. He slid at midfielders' heels. He banged into defenders. Once, when the opposing goalkeeper was trying to throw the ball to a teammate, Suárez even jumped up in front of him, hand in the air, ...

2015-02-25 U.K. Entertainment

Telegraph.co.uk   

Immigration Street, review: 'a stitch-up?'   
Telegraph.co.uk
“Get out of this f---ing area. Next time, gunshot,” shouted a masked youth at a camera crew trying to film on Derby Road in Southampton, pelting them with grit. That was the vivid last image captured by cameras in Channel 4's Immigration Street, a new ...

2015-02-25 U.K. Technology

NEWS.com.au   

Pebble's third smartwatch, Pebble Time, features a microphone. Source: Supplied   
NEWS.com.au
THE year of the smartwatch has officially arrived. While iPhone users keenly await the arrival of Apple's first smartwatch, due in April, the original smartwatch maker smashed Kickstarter sales records overnight, earning more than $US1 million in less than hour ...

2015-02-25 U.K. Business

The Guardian   

Footsie's ascent should ring warning bells   
Financial Times
Back in 1999, the stock market was partying like it was, well, 1999. And on Monday, it was back in the party mood: the FTSE 100 briefly rose above its closing high of 6,930 on the last day of 1999, before being dragged back down by poor HSBC results.
FTSE 100 share index finally hits record high, ending 15-year wait   The Independent
Greek deal puts FTSE at record high   Tivyside Advertiser

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Los Angeles Times   

Asia bourses muted after Yellen remarks   
Financial Times
Wednesday 02:15 GMT. A record finish for Wall Street offered little momentum for Asia-Pacific bourses in spite of US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen giving an optimistic assessment of the world's largest economy to Congress. Speaking before the ...

2015-02-25 U.K. U.K.

The Guardian   

Going Green around the gills thanks to maths   
The Guardian
Natalie Bennett: 'It was an excruciating interview. I had a mental brain fade.' Photograph: Roger Askew/Rex Features. Contact author. @JohnJCrace. Tuesday 24 February 2015 20.19 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on ...

2015-02-25 U.K. World

Sydney Morning Herald   

Islamic State abducts more than 100 Christians in Syria: reports   
Sydney Morning Herald
Amman: Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in north-eastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian activists said on Tuesday. A Syrian Christian group representing several NGOs inside and outside the ...