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  • Deal of the Day: 20% off half-term Devon cottage

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    7 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pm
    Holiday details: A cosy 300 year old cottage that sleeps 7 on the edge of the South Devon village of Kingston is now 20% off for a week’s stay during half-term. The living room at 3 Gabberwell Cottages has a pretty woodburner and comfy sofas while the friendly village pub is just 600yds away, the sandy beach a mile.   Price: £412 (was £516) Date: 10 February 2012 Book with: Helpful Holidays   This is another great post from the 101 Holiday Ideas blog. Try the Personal Travel Finder to discover where to go on holiday. Optimised by Travel SEO

  • Are You Suffering From This Silent Epidemic?

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    The Healthier Life
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    The next time you're in a crowded space — at the supermarket filled with holiday shoppers, at a football game, in a busy restaurant — take a look around and consider this: One in every four people you see has a disease called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and most of them have no idea they have it because they have no symptoms. In fact, most of them have probably never even heard of it. What's MOST disturbing, is that you might be included in that one-in-four.

  • Police hold 158 in raids on gangs

    BBC News - England
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:37 am
    Nearly 160 people are arrested during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police's new dedicated unit tackling gang crime.

  • Leveson inquiry: Paul Staines AKA Guido Fawkes, Keir Starmer - live

    Latest news and comment from Britain | guardian.co.uk
    Josh Halliday, Dugald Baird
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:43 am
    • Steve Coogan among 15 people settling phone-hacking claims• Heather Mills to give evidence to Leveson on Thursday• Blogger says he will expose privacy junctions in public interest2.43pm: Starmer says there are three types of statutory defences for journalists. The first is that there was an "express public interest" in the act; the second is statutes where there is an implied defence of public interest in terms of the right to free speech; the third concerns the Official Secrets Act.Jay asks if section 55 of the Data Protection Act falls under the category one defence. Starmer…

  • Pay freeze for MPs in 2012/13

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    8 Feb 2012 | 9:27 am
    MPs' pay is to be frozen at £65,738 for 2012/13, it was announced today. Related StoriesOsborne warns over bonus bashingDavid Cameron denies NHS Bill 'disaster' claimMoD to buy new C-17 transport claimDavid Cameron urged to sack 'missing minister'MoD to buy new C-17 transport plane
 
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  • Leveson inquiry: Paul Staines AKA Guido Fawkes, Keir Starmer - live

    Josh Halliday, Dugald Baird
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:43 am
    • Steve Coogan among 15 people settling phone-hacking claims• Heather Mills to give evidence to Leveson on Thursday• Blogger says he will expose privacy junctions in public interest2.43pm: Starmer says there are three types of statutory defences for journalists. The first is that there was an "express public interest" in the act; the second is statutes where there is an implied defence of public interest in terms of the right to free speech; the third concerns the Official Secrets Act.Jay asks if section 55 of the Data Protection Act falls under the category one defence. Starmer…

  • Reading the Riots launches Community Conversations

    Symeon Brown, Fiona Bawdon
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:29 am
    Guardian/LSE's groundbreaking study into last summer's disorder now holding series of debates in riot-affected citiesSix months on from the unprecedented events of last August, the Guardian/LSE's groundbreaking collaborative study into the disturbances is hosting a series of grassroots debates in riot-affected cities across England.These meetings will be open debates, organised in conjunction with local community groups, and will be a chance for the people directly affected by the riots to give their views about what happened in the summer and in the aftermath.The first debate took place this…

  • Liverpool will elect a city mayor on 3 May

    Martin Wainwright
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:29 am
    Merseyside becomes the first really big city outside London to take the plunge, with all sorts of putative candidates among its illustrious daughters and sonsMacca? Our Cilla? Ken Dodd even? You never can tell, but probably not. It looks as though the first really big city mayor outside London will be Liverpool's current Labour leader Joe Anderson.He has played a skilful game over local government with the coalition in Whitehall and it's now culminated in an overwhelming vote to bypass the coming mayoral referenda and go for an elected first Scouser citizen on 3 May.An extraordinary meeting…

  • Abu Qatada row: Cameron pushes for deportation deal with Jordan

    8 Feb 2012 | 8:27 am
    PM to kick-start negotiations over Qatada's deportation with King Abdullah of Jordan following European court's rulingDavid Cameron has personally intervened in the Abu Qatada affair to accelerate efforts to find a diplomatic solution with the Jordanian authorities that would clear the way for the radical Islamist cleric to be deported.The prime minister will try to kick-start talks over fresh diplomatic assurances by speaking to King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday and the Home Office minister, James Brokenshire, is to travel to Amman next week to press the issue further.Tory and Labour MPs…

  • Politics live blog + PMQs: Wednesday 8 February 2012

    Andrew Sparrow
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:25 am
    • My PMQs verdict• Lunchtime summary2.15pm: MPs will get a chance to pay tribute to the Queen in a debate on 7 March, David Cameron said at PMQs. This will probably appall the Labour MP Paul Flynn. This is what Flynn says about MPs and royalty in his new book, How To Be An MP.Parliament is infantalised by royalty. Strong minded intelligent Members are reduced to quivering jelly at the sight or mention of the Windsor family. Ludicrous thirteenth century rules bandage the mouths of MPs from even the mildest criticism of not only the monarch but all the forty minor royals.How To Be An MP is…
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  • Pay freeze for MPs in 2012/13

    8 Feb 2012 | 9:27 am
    MPs' pay is to be frozen at £65,738 for 2012/13, it was announced today. Related StoriesOsborne warns over bonus bashingDavid Cameron denies NHS Bill 'disaster' claimMoD to buy new C-17 transport claimDavid Cameron urged to sack 'missing minister'MoD to buy new C-17 transport plane

  • Reward after rope fells Durham trail biker

    8 Feb 2012 | 9:02 am
    A reward has been offered to help catch a saboteur who left a rope stretched across a woodland trail which knocked a cyclist off his mountain bike. Related StoriesWedding and funeral fees to riseCycling safety: Riding the 'Tour de Chance' – and living to tell the taleThe case against Abu QatadaRail signal staff to strike againBank of England set to add £50bn economy boost

  • Sunday Mirror chief authorised hacking, says blogger Guido Fawkes

    8 Feb 2012 | 8:30 am
    Sunday Mirror editor Tina Weaver personally authorised hacking and blagging, political blogger Paul Staines told the inquiry into press standards today.Related Stories'Staring' police officer faced News of the World leak allegationsPaul Merson handed road banAirport tweet 'made law look silly'Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield appeal bid rejectedGazza's phone-hacking 'distress'

  • Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield appeal bid rejected

    8 Feb 2012 | 8:18 am
    Former bouncer Levi Bellfield lost a bid today to challenge his conviction for the kidnap and murder of teenager Milly Dowler. Related Stories'Staring' police officer faced News of the World leak allegationsPaul Merson handed road banAirport tweet 'made law look silly'Gazza's phone-hacking 'distress'Sunday Mirror chief authorised hacking, says blogger Guido Fawkes

  • Airport tweet 'made law look silly'

    8 Feb 2012 | 8:11 am
    A man found guilty of sending a "menacing tweet" was the victim of a legal "steamroller" that threatened to make the law look silly, it was argued at the High Court today.Related Stories'Staring' police officer faced News of the World leak allegationsPaul Merson handed road banMilly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield appeal bid rejectedGazza's phone-hacking 'distress'Sunday Mirror chief authorised hacking, says blogger Guido Fawkes
 
 
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  • Bresnan raring to go

    8 Feb 2012 | 8:13 am
    Tim Bresnan admits he cannot wait to pull on an England shirt again in the limited-overs matches against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Flower expects England response

    8 Feb 2012 | 7:12 am
    Team director Andy Flower admits he is looking forward to seeing how England bounce back from their recent setbacks when they take on Pakistan in four ODIs and three Twenty20s this month.

  • Lane looking to the future

    8 Feb 2012 | 4:29 am
    Coach Mark Lane is hoping to discover his best XI ahead of an important 18 months when England women travel to New Zealand later this month.

  • Pietersen to open in Pakistan ODIs

    7 Feb 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Kevin Pietersen will open the batting for England during the four one-day internationals against Pakistan, team director Andy Flower has revealed.

  • Azhar earns place in ODI party

    7 Feb 2012 | 8:35 am
    Batsman Azhar Ali has been rewarded for his outstanding Test form with a place in Pakistan’s 16-man squad for the four one-day internationals against England in the United Arab Emirates.
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    The London 2012 Blog

  • London 2012 qualification round-up – 3 February

    3 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am
    Welcome to the weekly blog following the London 2012 qualification process as athletes and teams compete to secure their place at the Games.The qualification process can at times be quite complex, so we’ve put together a brief guide which explains how it all works.

  • Test event whets the appetite for London 2012 Gymnastics

    1 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am
    With the UCI Track Cycling World Cup presented by Samsung just over a week away, the Visa International Gymnastics – a test event ahead of the Games held at North Greenwich Arena – is nearly a distant memory here at London 2012 HQ. But what an event it was!

  • The Paralympic Games will help change attitudes towards disability

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    In my latest audio blog I talk about the positive impact that the Paralympic Games can have in helping to change attitudes towards disabled people.Listen to the blogView the transcript

  • Spotlight on scale with six months to go

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Six months from today, the eyes of the world will be on London with the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. With excitement building around the globe, I feel this day marks a good opportunity to look at the enormous scale of the project.I often talk about the Games being a massive logistical exercise, the largest in peacetime. This is evident when considering the range of people whose needs we have to satisfy between now and the end of the Games.Heart of our GamesFirst, the athletes – the people at the heart of our Games. There will be over 10,000 Olympic athletes and over…

  • Photos of the week: six months to go

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Welcome to this week's round up of what's been going on at London 2012. With today marking just six months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority has handed over the Olympic and Paralympic Village to the London 2012 Organising Committee.
 
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    Mashable!

  • 7 Pinterest Clones: Can You Tell the Difference?

    Sarah Kessler
    8 Feb 2012 | 9:11 am
    “It’s like Pinterest, but…” Welcome to my inbox for the last several months. Just as the world now has a Groupon and a Birchbox for everything, so too is Pinterest creating a wake of copy-cat sites. We’re not talking about sites that merely incorporate Pinterest’s design elements. There are sites that have copied Pinterest’s style, functionality and even portions of its name. Pinterest hasn’t released user numbers, but one study found it drives more traffic to websites than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn combined. Copy-cat sites are another…

  • Brazil Sues Twitter Over Speed Trap, Roadblock Tweets

    Todd Wasserman
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:55 am
    In what may be the first test of Twitter‘s new international censorship strategy, Brazil is suing the company over tweets that warn drivers of police roadblocks and speed traps. The suit, filed in a federal court in Goias by the attorney general’s office, is also going after users who compose the tweets. Brazil’s government is levying fines of $290,000 until Twitter changes course. The government charges that such tweets break the law and directly endanger “life, safety and property,” CNN reports. The roadblocks, the suit contends, may thwart purveyors of other…

  • Sprint Reports Strong iPhone Sales in Q4 2011

    Stan Schroeder
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:39 am
    Sprint‘s Q4 2011 earnings report is out, and the results aren’t stellar, but strong iPhone sales are among the highlights. The company reported a $1.3 billion net loss on a $8.72 billion revenue, with much of the losses attributed to iPhone subsidizing costs. Sprint said its iPhone sales in the quarter were 1.8 million, 40% of which were to new customers. However, one has to keep in mind that if Sprint sold more iPhones, its loss would be even bigger. Overall, Sprint now has 55 million net subscribers — 1.6 million more than in Q3 2011; 33 million of those subscribers are…

  • 8 Legal Steps for Starting Your Business

    Nellie Akalp
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:23 am
    This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. With each new year, budding entrepreneurs look to turn their vision into a business. These startups are often overflowing with tremendous ideas, energy and optimism — but don’t always have a roadmap for the legal aspects involved in starting a business. In the flurry of drumming up new customers, getting ready for a website launch and building the first prototype, it’s all too easy to put off some of the less…

  • Paul McCartney’s Next Performance Is Coming to You Live, and for Free, on iTunes

    Lance Ulanoff
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:48 am
    Ever since The Beatles and Apple kissed and made up in 2007, Apple products and its fans can’t seem to get enough of the fab four and its surviving members. The service already has the legendary group’s 13 studio albums (added to iTunes in 2010) and now Apple is helping former Beatle Paul McCartney promote his latest album with a free live stream of his performance from Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 9. The album, Kisses on the Bottom, is not a Beatles retrospective. Instead, McCartney is treading the well-worn path of countless other aging rockers and singing songs…
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    Latest Articles in News and Analysis

  • MoD unfazed by satellite phone encryption crack

    8 Feb 2012 | 8:50 am
    The Ministry of Defence has said that the cracking of two commonly-used satellite phone encryption algorithms will not affect military operations(ZDNet UK - Security Threats)

  • Heat promises to speed up hard-disk data storage

    8 Feb 2012 | 7:16 am
    A UK-led team of scientists has found a way to use heat to reverse the polarity of magnetic media, which they say could let data be recorded at a rate of terabytes per second, for lower energy drain(ZDNet UK - Emerging Tech)

  • VMware promises to cut steps to populate clouds

    8 Feb 2012 | 6:26 am
    vCloud Integration Manager orchestrates a service provider's VMware software to cut the steps needed to build a cloud for a new customer, and provides features that make it easier for other companies to resell a large cloud(ZDNet UK - Cloud)

  • Chrome browser arrives on Android

    8 Feb 2012 | 4:23 am
    Google's desktop browser is now available in beta form for the company's mobile platform, bringing copious synchronisation features to Android-based phones and tablets(ZDNet UK - Mobile Apps)

  • Apple bucks a falling PC trend in UK and France

    8 Feb 2012 | 3:11 am
    Sales of traditional PCs fell sharply in the UK and France in the fourth quarter, while Apple and tablets picked up the slack(ZDNet UK - Desktop Hardware)
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    Tech Digest

  • Cineworld cinemas go 4D with D-BOX movement technology seats

    geraldlynch
    8 Feb 2012 | 8:27 am
    If you pine for a traditional movie-going experience, away from the madness of 3D screenings, you may want to stop reading. Everyone else though, get excited; trips to the cinema are about to get a lot more immersive, as Cineworld...

  • Mass Effect 3 game heading to the iPhone with Infiltrator

    geraldlynch
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:49 am
    Sci-fi fans rejoice! EA have confirmed that a new third-person shooter set in the Mass Effect universe is headed to iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. Mass Effect Infiltrator is a companion app to Mass Effect 3 for the PC,...

  • Olympus SZ-31MR super-zoom compact camera rears its peeping head

    geraldlynch
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:19 am
    Thought we were done with Olympus cameras for one day? Think again! Next up on their long list of releases today is the SZ-31MR super-zoom compact camera. The successor to the SZ-30MR, it offers the same 16 megapixel backlit sensor...

  • Get touchy with the new Logitech Touch Mouse M600

    geraldlynch
    8 Feb 2012 | 6:41 am
    Logitech have today launched a new gesture-enabled mouse called the Logitech Touch Mouse M600. Set to take on the Microsoft Explorer Touch Mouse and Apple's Magic Mouse, it has a touch-sensitive top surface that lets you swipe and scroll...

  • LG Optimus Vu is a 5-inch, 4:3 aspect Android oddity

    geraldlynch
    8 Feb 2012 | 4:53 am
    If LG are looking to take on Samsung's Galaxy Note in the giant phone stakes, they're sure going about it in an unusual way. The Korean arm of LG have just revealed a teaser for an LG Optimus Vu...
 
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    Shiny Shiny

  • Path 2 has been storing your personal details on its servers

    beccacaddy
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:25 am
    The Path mobile application was re-launched back in December as Path 2 and has since become increasingly popular among iPhone users. It's meant to be a simple way to share key moments of your life, through photos, videos, thoughts...

  • OPINION: Is Pinterest just a beautiful but sad fantasy land?

    beccacaddy
    8 Feb 2012 | 5:20 am
    Now before I begin, know that I'm a big fan of Pinterest. I see how the very clever and popular visual inspiration site is useful to individuals and even brands alike. I use it for all different kinds of...

  • Has Facebook copied Google+ with new photo viewer?

    beccacaddy
    8 Feb 2012 | 4:00 am
    Facebook has begun rolling out a new way to view photos that has the very same 'lightbox' look as Google+, with a huge photo in the centre and darkened edges. Now if you click on any photo it'll pop-up...

  • 5 Vibrating Valentine's gifts for sex toy beginners

    beccacaddy
    7 Feb 2012 | 9:41 am
    Usually people fall into one of two groups when it comes to the subject of sex toys. There are those who laugh nervously and desperately try to change the subject and there are those who start reeling off stories about...

  • Nokia Lumia 800 now in magenta, black, cyan AND white

    beccacaddy
    7 Feb 2012 | 7:12 am
    Before this week the Nokia Lumia 800 line-up was already pretty diverse and colourful, with a choice between black, cyan and magenta handsets. However, yesterday the brand announced a new glossy white device to add to the range. Tiina...
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    TechCrunch Europe

  • Mobile games distribution startup BoosterMedia raises €1.75 million from Truffle Capital, Solid Ventures

    Robin Wauters
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:36 am
    The Netherlands-based BoosterMedia has raised €1.75 million in funding from previous backers Truffle Capital and Solid Ventures to boost its HTML5 mobile games distribution network and expand it internationally. By providing mobile gaming destinations to online media and gaming brands, BoosterMedia aims to reach gamers beyond the traditional channels (such as the many app stores). BoosterMedia also boasts its own HTML5 social game development studio. The company claims it reaches millions of mobile gamers in over 25 countries in Europe, Latin America and South-East Asia. BoosterMedia says…

  • Could New York be a better US base for European startups than the Valley?

    Mike Butcher
    7 Feb 2012 | 6:34 pm
    For many technology startups today, Silicon Valley remains the quintessential place to look towards for inspiration, trends and – for some – a place to set up shop at some point in their startup’s life cycle. That remains true of some European entrepreneurs as well. But with the Valley “mindset” of fast-paced innovation and the global Internet explosion, some eco-systems are looking to vie to become at least as significant. For a long time New York was the poor relation to the Valley in this respect, but with tech startups back in vogue the city is building its…

  • HitFox acquires Chili Entertainment, game advertising network ad2games

    Robin Wauters
    7 Feb 2012 | 6:20 am
    Berlin-based game deals provider HitFox has purchased Chili Entertainment, thus adding the latter’s game advertising network ad2games to its own game marketing portfolio. Chili Entertainment was previously majority-owned by Gameforge, but the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the press release that landed in our inbox, ad2games is Germany’s largest game advertising network with more than 75 million clicks on ads from games suppliers generated in 2011. For HitFox, which launched in mid 2011, the acquisition is a way to get closer to becoming a fully…

  • Online sportswear retailer Heverest.ru raises $4.3 million

    Robin Wauters
    7 Feb 2012 | 4:57 am
    Moscow-based Heverest.ru, an online retailer of sportswear, leisure and travel goods, has scored $4.3 million in financing from an unnamed “large” Russian investment fund and previous backer eVenture Capital Partners, bringing its total raised to $6.7 million. The startup says it will use the additional funding to finance the expansion of their online product offering, boost sales and marketing efforts, as well as improving the quality of their customer service by enhancing the current CRM system. Today, Heverest.ru offers more than 6,000 items from 150 major sport and leisure…

  • Populis acquires its way into South America with purchase of Brazil’s Cidade Internet

    Robin Wauters
    7 Feb 2012 | 3:30 am
    Exclusive - Internet publishing company Populis is expanding its network operations to South America with the acquisition of Cidade Internet, a popular Brazilian Web portal. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Populis says, despite not having a physical presence there, its Blogo network already generated over 2.6 million unique monthly users and 10 million pageviews in Brazil. The acquisition of Cidade Internet provides the online vertical media publisher with an extra two offices (in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) and will include an additional staff of 30 by the end of…
 
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    Style Bubble

  • Delicate Shell

    susie_bubble
    7 Feb 2012 | 5:59 am
    Vauxhall Fashion Scout's Ones to Watch show will be my first stop at London Fashion Week and out of the line-up, Myrza de Muynck is already the one that's getting my heart a-fluttering.  Does the heart flutter over clothes?  It does when faced with Muynck's charm, which came in mega doses when I visited her studio.  Four interns quietly sewing away something vaguely old (Dusty Springfield perhaps?) on  the radio and the room awash with dainty pastel embroidery and beading.  Then you delve into the pieces in tandem with Myrza's drawings and the fluttering begins. …

  • Fly and Mighty Thank You

    susie_bubble
    6 Feb 2012 | 1:29 pm
    >> I do like it when content gets a bit creative and doesn't just default to the mind-numbingly obvious.  Case in point, I've received four interview questions in the past week all asking what my favourite S/S 12 trend is.  Beurgh.  Bluefly were responsible for one of my favourite videos that I've ever participated in - which is saying a lot because I permanently grimace whenever I see myself moving on camera - and Fly & MIghty blog have come up with a little infographic illustrating some of the weird and wonderful stats that my wardrobe holds.  These are all…

  • The Good Life Continued

    susie_bubble
    6 Feb 2012 | 4:58 am
    Yokoo, for a lot of longtime Etsy followers and sellers represents one of the site's breakout success stories.  She could well have been content with her business of knitting up a chunky storm for life but she's now officially diversified to create a new Etsy store, Mother.  I suspect the thinking was that if she chucked the towel in with the day job, why not go the whole hog and pursue all those creative inner desires.   "Mother stems from the desire to rid the fashion world of the notion that modern feminism is the absence of femininity.  But true feminism is not the…

  • White Out

    susie_bubble
    5 Feb 2012 | 11:27 am
    >> What sort of a fashion blogger would I be if on the 2-out-of-365 snow days, I didn't get my lazy self out there for a snap or two.  A whiter than ground of snow reflects a weird luminosity on to your clothes and your face, rendering everything brighter than what they usually are, even if it quickly turns to grey sludge in London.  My courtyard hasn't been wrecked by tyre marks just yet and so I took this idealistic no-spag-bol outfit out for a road test.  I say the words "no-spag-bol" and "road test" because this all white crispy (that's how it…
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    Health News from NHS Choices

  • Spoon-feeding compared with 'baby-led' weaning

    8 Feb 2012 | 4:22 am
    “Spoon feeding makes babies fatter,” the BBC reported today. According to the broadcaster, babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger foods. This high-profile news is sure to be of interest to parents. However, the research behind the coverage is not strong enough to support such claims. The study compared information gathered on the diet and BMI of 92 child weaned on finger foods (“baby-led” weaning) and 63 children weaned using spoon-feeding. In total, 10 spoon-fed children were above a healthy weight compared to nine in the…

  • Woman gets artificial jawbone transplant

    7 Feb 2012 | 12:00 pm
    An 83-year-old woman has been implanted with the world’s first “3D printer-created jaw”. Using cutting-edge laser manufacturing techniques, doctors and metal experts were able to build up layers of titanium to form a custom metal jawbone to exactly fit her face. The metal jawbone was then inserted into her lower jaw, replacing a large section of bone that was destroyed by a chronic infection. The technique of 3D printing has been used to build prototype products for some time, but in recent years scientists have begun experimenting with the medical possibilities offered by the process.

  • Diabetes 'increases birth defect risk'

    6 Feb 2012 | 11:00 am
    “Diabetic mothers-to-be have high risk of giving birth to children with congenital abnormality,” The Guardian said today. The news is based on UK research that compared the rates of birth defects in women with and without diabetes. It found that about 7% of pregnancies in women with diabetes were affected by birth defects that were not caused by problems with the number or structure of the chromosomes. This was 3.8 times higher than the rate in women without diabetes. The study also found that women who have worse control over their blood sugar around the time of conception were at…

  • Mutation linked to 42% rise in stroke risk

    6 Feb 2012 | 10:45 am
    A “single genetic mutation can double your risk of stroke”, the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper added that scientists hope the discovery could lead to tailored treatments for the condition. The news is based on research which looked for genetic variations that were more common in people who had had an ischaemic stroke than in people who had not had one. Ischaemic strokes occur when the blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked. They account for 80% of stroke cases. By testing the DNA of several thousand participants, the researchers identified a new genetic variant that was…

  • Malaria deaths 'higher than expected'

    3 Feb 2012 | 3:42 am
    “Malaria deaths twice as high as was thought,” The Independent has reported today. Many newspapers have covered research that found that malaria claimed 1.2 million lives worldwide in 2010. The Guardian also reveals that the study “demolishes conventional thinking” that almost all malaria deaths are in babies and small children under the age of five. Malaria-related deaths in the UK were not examined in this study. Malaria is not generally present in the UK, but this preventable disease is commonly contracted by unprepared travellers visiting tropical and subtropical regions. In…
 
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  • How The Media Paints A Rosy Picture On Statin Use

    The Healthier Life
    30 Jan 2012 | 9:09 am
    In the UK, advertising for prescription pharmaceutical drugs on television, in newspapers and mainstream popular magazines, is currently banned. In the US, however, it's a completely different kettle of fish. There, your favourite primetime television drama will often be interrupted by an ad for a powerful cholesterol-lowering statin drug or some new cancer treatment. There's no escaping these ads!

  • Vitamin B6 Reduces The Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    The Healthier Life
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:59 am
    A recent study that linked aspirin with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer. First — the study only included patients with Lynch syndrome, a condition that sharply increases colorectal cancer risk. So while aspirin may have protected some Lynch syndrome patients from colorectal cancer, those results can't be extrapolated to the general population. Second — subjects in the study received 600mg of aspirin daily. And that's a long LONG way from the 81mg low dose that's commonly recommended for heart benefits. Those extra 519mg per day would dramatically increase risk of stomach bleeding,…

  • Protect Against Shingles Without Being Vaccinated

    The Healthier Life
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:49 am
    If you had chicken pox as a child, then you're at risk of developing a case of shingles. Long after the chicken pox is gone, the virus that caused it (varicella zoster virus, VZV) lies dormant in nerve roots. VZV may rest quietly there for all your days. But for people whose immune systems are compromised by stressful events or immunity-suppressing drugs, VZV may suddenly come roaring back as a case of shingles. The shingles vaccine (known as Zostavax) was approved by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006, and in the European Union (EU), in 2007. However, you know how it…

  • Are You Suffering From This Silent Epidemic?

    The Healthier Life
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    The next time you're in a crowded space — at the supermarket filled with holiday shoppers, at a football game, in a busy restaurant — take a look around and consider this: One in every four people you see has a disease called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and most of them have no idea they have it because they have no symptoms. In fact, most of them have probably never even heard of it. What's MOST disturbing, is that you might be included in that one-in-four.

  • Have You Been Caught Out By The Salmon Scam?

    The Healthier Life
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:11 am
    The demand for fish has become so intense that HALF of all commercial seafood is now raised on fish farms. And unfortunately, some of the "aquaculture" techniques used on those farms are as deplorable as anything you'd find in a factory farm on dry land. So before you buy your next fish, there are three things you must know...
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    Number 10 » News Stories

  • PM at European Council

    klee
    30 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    Prime Minister David Cameron joined other EU leaders for an Informal European Council session. The extra summit was called to discuss growth and competitiveness. Following the meeting, the Prime Minister spoke at a press conference: “My message to other leaders was clear. We’ve got to be bold and decisive. EU action should match the ambition that we are showing back at home. So it’s a step forward, I believe, that we agreed today to accelerate the legislation that will do the most to generate growth; to consider a clear plan at our March summit to cut red tape; to remove…

  • PM Holocaust Memorial Day Message

    klee
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 pm
    The Prime Minister has given a message on Holocaust memorial day. Mr Cameron said: “Last year I had the privilege of meeting an extraordinary, courageous woman. Trude Levi was just twenty when she was ripped from her family. She was forced on a journey that can only be described as hellish, through concentration camps, work camps and death marches.     She saw and suffered some unspeakably evil things, but she survived to tell her story and pass it on to the next generation.   It is so important that stories like Trude’s continue to be heard, and read, and spoken…

  • 'Bold' action needed for growth in Europe

    ghudson
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:03 am
    In a speech to politicians, CEOs and economists, the Prime Minister today set out the need for bold action to drive economic growth. As global growth forecasts are revised down and world trade continues to contract, the Prime Minister set out his belief that Europe can recover its dynamism only if challenges are confronted with real political will. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, David Cameron said: “This is a time to show the leadership our people are demanding. Tinkering here and there and hoping we’ll drift to a solution simply won’t cut it any more.  This is a…

  • Latest Business Plan Data published

    jpoole
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    The latest Quarterly Data Summaries (QDS) have today been published. The Quarterly Data Summaries are designed to fit on a single page to provide a quarterly snapshot on how each department is spending its budget, the results it has achieved and how it is deploying its workforce. The summaries follow commitments made in the 2011 Budget and the Written Ministerial Statement on Business Plans. Their primary purpose is to make more of the management information currently held by government available to members of the public on a regular basis. This information is not audited and the quality and…

  • Asda creates 5,000 new jobs

    jpoole
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:25 am
    Supermarket chain Asda has announced plans to create 5,000 UK  jobs this year in a £500 million expansion. Asda plans to open 25 stores, refurbish 43 existing outlets and invest in three new depots in 2012. The chain said it will create up to 5,000 jobs on top of the 30,000 staff it took on last year when it opened about a dozen stores and absorbed 147 Netto sites and their staff following its acquisition. Asda said nearly half of the jobs it created last year had gone to young people, while 8,500 jobs went to people who had signed up through Job Centre Plus. The chain, which currently…
 
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  • Defence News: 8 February 2012

    News Team
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:12 am
    King's Troop RHA moves into state-of-the-art facilities in WoolwichLast known Service person from WWI diesBritish and Afghan troops take on insurgency in GereshkUK soldiers help Afghan government officials meet village elders

  • Defence in the Media: 8 February 2012

    News Team
    8 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am
    SummaryVarious media outlets continue to cover the worsening security situation in Syria along with the Russian Foreign Minister's visit. | There is also various media coverage of the decision to release from prison radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada. | Sky News reports that Argentina is to make a formal complaint to the UN Security Council after accusing Britain of 'militarising' the dispute over the Falkland Islands. | The Daily Mirror reports on the inquest into the death of Trooper James Leverett who died when his Viking vehicle triggered a low-metal improvised…

  • Image of the Day: 8 February 2012

    News Team
    8 Feb 2012 | 6:24 am
    A combined arms battle demonstration took place yesterday on Salisbury Plain Training Area. The day was broken down into themed areas of capability and joint integration, culminating in a live firing demonstration. Pictured is a firing team from the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in a WMIK Land Rover mounted with a .50-calibre heavy machine gun. [Picture: Richard Watt, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]

  • Defence Diary: 8 February 2012

    News Team
    8 Feb 2012 | 6:03 am
    Today, Wednesday 8 February Inquest in Plymouth into the death of Corporal Mark Palin, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, who was killed in Afghanistan on 18 July 2011.



House of Commons Defence Committee Operations in Libya report published.



Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) lecture: The UN's Response to the Arab Spring - One Year On.



RUSI Under 35s Forum: The UK's Cyber Security Strategy and Beyond. Tomorrow, Thursday 9 February Inquest in Plymouth into the death of Sergeant Barry Weston, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, who was killed in…

  • Defence News: 7 February 2012

    News Team
    7 Feb 2012 | 6:56 am
    IN PICTURES: King's Troop RHA leaves St John's Wood for new home in WoolwichHMS Liverpool shadows Russian carrierArtillery regiments start Diamond Jubilee year with a bangHMS Protector cuts through Antarctic icePrime Minister meets Royal Marines back from Afghanistan
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  • Newslinks for Wednesday 8th February 2012

    Conservative Home
    8 Feb 2012 | 2:33 am
    2.15pm Local government: Baroness Warsi writes to Conservative councillors to back Council Tax freeze Simon Randall and Stephen Greenhalgh to champion fight against housing red tape 1.15pm ToryDiary: Not exactly clear support for Lansley from Cameron at PMQs 11.30am ConHomeUSA: Hat-trick of victories in GOP race for Rick Santorum 11.30am WATCH: Daniel Hannan - The EU wants everybody to copy it ToryDiary: The ECHR - Cameron is trapped in a bind which he himself has approved Columnist Jill Kirby: Shared access is a sideshow – the Government must do more for marriage Samuel Kasumu on Comment:…

  • Newslinks for Tuesday 7th February 2012

    Conservative Home
    7 Feb 2012 | 2:31 am
    7.45pm WATCH: Theresa May: "The Government disagrees vehemently" with Abu Qatada decision 7.30pm ToryDiary: George Osborne says anti-business hysteria should be shunned and rewards for success permitted 5pm: The row over the Government's inability to deport Abu Qatada leads our teatime newslinks 3.45pm Local government: Tory councils serve notice of legal challenge to HS2 3.30pm Bill Cash MP on Comment: The failure of previous governments to veto EU treaties is to blame for our troubles today 1.30pm Columnist Andrew Lilico: Should Christians be able to claim that "God…

  • Newslinks for Monday 6th February 2012

    Conservative Home
    6 Feb 2012 | 2:36 am
    6.30pm Local government: WATCH Boris campaign Council Tax cut video Labour council leader accused of jumping housing queue Aylesbury Vale District Council swicthes to back Council tax freeze 6pm Chris Pincher MP on Comment: Wind farms are expensive, unreliable, damage local environments and subsidise foreign industry 5pm Newslinks: Justine Greening wins Railtrack battle as Directors give up bonuses and money will go to fund to improve passenger safety 3pm ToryDiary: Five lessons from Prevent - following today's Home Affairs Select Committee report 1pm Dr Rachel Joyce on Comment: Doctors,…

  • Newslinks for Sunday 5th February 2012

    Conservative Home
    5 Feb 2012 | 3:01 am
    9pm WATCH: It is "beyond doubt" that Prince Charles will succeed Queen Elizabeth, insists John Major 6pm Roger Helmer MEP on Comment: The Tories can shoot UKIP's fox with an In/Out referendum 3.30pm ConHomeUSA: Video report on Romney's big win in Nevada 3pm ToryDiary: To mark 200 years of Dickens, Jeremy Hunt gives one of the great author's books to Cabinet colleagues 2pm David Binder on Comment: Introducing transferable allowances for married couples would be MORE progressive than taking people out of tax 10am MPsETC: Full text of 'cut the subsidies for…
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  • Opinion: Jenny Willott is wrong on the Welfare Reform Bill

    7 Feb 2012 | 1:03 pm
    On Sunday Jenny Willott wrote an article on LDV explaining the reasons behing Lib Dem MPs voting to reject the Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill. However, I'm afraid that, as someone who has been campaigning on this for several months, I am not satisfied with her explanation and think that there are several flaws in her justifications. For example, to put what Jenny said another way, 4 in 10 people affected by the time limit will lose ESA completely. That'll be 280,000 people with long term illness or disability that prevents them from working. Those who lose it ...

  • A Journey to Europe and Back - Part 0

    7 Feb 2012 | 1:03 pm
    It was back in the summer of 2010 when I decided to announce our plans to Alex. I use the word announce as back then Alex had little say in what activities we would take part in. Being the laid-back fellow he was easily (foolishly?) influenced in decision making, and so when I suggested we went to Europe for a month he took 30 seconds to think about it. And think he did. I saw his eyes gaze into the near distance, there were a couple of things to consider. Money - always an issue, and the fact I'd just ...

  • Comment is Free: Why chess deserves a place in schools

    7 Feb 2012 | 12:40 pm
    I have an article with this title on Comment is Free today: Does this mean British chess has always been confined to a social elite? [Malcolm] Pein suggests not. Talking about the match held by radio between Great Britain and the Soviet Union in 1946, he says: "Yes, the British team were all Oxbridge types - probably because everyone else was too busy earning a living. But if you look at photographs of the audience, they don't look particularly middle class." My own experience as a member of the feared Market Harborough team of the 1980s bears this out. When ...

  • Six of the Best 223

    7 Feb 2012 | 12:25 pm
    "Lawyers appear in 11 of his 15 novels. Some of them even resemble humans. Uriah Heep ("David Copperfield") is a red-eyed cadaver whose 'lank forefinger,' while he reads, makes 'clammy tracks along the page ... like a snail.' Mr. Vholes ('Bleak House'), 'so eager, so bloodless and gaunt,' is 'always looking at the client, as if he were making a lingering meal of him with his eyes.' Most lawyers infest dimly lighted, moldy offices 'like maggots in nuts.' In the New York Times, Joseph Tartakovsky consider birthday boy Charles Dickens' treatment of lawyers. The business case for HS2 - the ...

  • Don't go to my talk. It's been cancelled

    7 Feb 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Yes. Heart breaking I know. But UCL have had a room crisis and had to postpone my talk tonight until some later date. How will you fill your evening...
 
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    A Modern Mother

  • How to make #snow ice cream

    Susanna
    5 Feb 2012 | 7:50 am
     What do you do when life give you snow? Make snow ice cream of course! Ingredients: 250 ml (1 cup) milk 125 ml (1/2 cup) sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 5 - 7 cups snow! (clean and fluffy, not packed) To make:Mix together milk, vanilla, and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Slowly add the snow, stirring constantly, until it is thick. Enjoy!

  • Ever wonder what people say when you leave the room?

    Susanna
    29 Jan 2012 | 1:02 pm
    I have a board meeting Monday, remember? Huh? As I flipped on the coffee maker Saturday morning, hubby still in PJs, I stared blankly at the coffee grounds. Erm, no I don’t remember. It really didn’t matter. This was all code of course. He wanted me to occupy the girls for a couple hours while he locked himself in the office. So ... off we went to Cafe Nero. I let the girls put on whatever they wanted -- which manifested in a rainbow of pink leggings, green and yellow summer dresses and navy jumpers. I pulled on the first thing I could find -- Gap curvy jeans with some sort of splotch on…

  • Kate and her 90 women challenge

    Susanna
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:01 pm
    Kate on Thin Ice is absolutely shining in her new role at BritMums helping to connect bloggers with good causes. Her latest endeavour is to get 90 women to write 90 words about Breakthrough Breast Cancer. So, here goes... My first memory is my mother, kissing my forehead and tucking me in bed. She has always been there. Though I live 5,000 miles away we can pick up the phone and chat about our day. Mainly she does the chatting, while I stir the bolognaise, check the spelling homework and run the bath water. She doesn’t mind my multi-tasking, I don’t think. In fact I can feel her each…

  • On haggis and Burns Night

    Susanna
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:38 am
    I love my Scottish husband. I would do anything for him. Give up my career, spend my days wiping dirty bottoms, make endless meals from morning 'till night. But I absolutely, resolutely refuse to eat haggis. Never will a forkful of that oatmeal/lamb innards mixture pass my lips. I don't care if it is a national dish. Or if my marriage depends on it. The thought of it makes my tummy turn. I know this is not fair. I know that many people relish haggis, enjoy it even. Especially on the 25th of January, Burns Night, the birth date of the beloved Scottish poet Robbie Burns.

  • What happened to Susanna's shattered iPhone 4? Hint: Och Aye, the noo

    Susanna
    15 Jan 2012 | 5:24 am
    I know you are just DYING to know what has happened to my little shattered iPhone 4 on her O2 Recycle journey. Well, here's the scoop. My little girl has made it to the remarketing centre in Scotland. She was inspected there, and because of her slight blemishes (OK, her entire glass back was shattered), they offered me £157.50 (down from the web site estimate £210). I thought about it for about a second and agreed. Those Scots sure are fast. I already have the cheque! Here she is all package up. She was given a grade "C" (oh dear) because so much work had to be done on her.
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    Premier League blog, soccer news and football shirts from EPL Talk

  • FOX’s Americanization of the English Premier League

    Aaron Gordon
    8 Feb 2012 | 6:30 am
    Most fans of the Premier League in the United States want the game to grow, and broadcasting games on a major network is a tremendous step forward. Unfortunately, this means soccer is jeopardizing one of the major areas where it breaks from every American sport. In a country where almost every televised game is sandwiched by balding men shouting declarative presumptions of questionable logic, where animated robots jump around 30-foot television screens flexing metal-muscles, we have to ask ourselves, is this the path we want the EPL to follow? Soccer is a graceful and beautiful game to watch.

  • Adventures in Fantasy Premier League, Gameweek 24

    David Yaffe-Bellany
    8 Feb 2012 | 4:30 am
    1. The Fantasy Cup-  For the first time ever, my fantasy football team is on a cup run, beating some poor, helpless bloke to reach the Fantasy Cup eighth round. Just to put that in perspective, I still have to win nine more “matches” before my results are featured for all to view on the front page of the Fantasy Premier League website. Is the Cup distracting me? Yes, probably. I have plummeted down the EPL Talk standings over the last month in a half, focusing instead on designing a team to neutralize my Cup opponents’ best assets. All my eggs are firmly in one basket. Wish me luck. 2.

  • Why Can’t Kenny Dalglish Drop It About the Luis Suarez Case?

    Rory Marsden
    7 Feb 2012 | 6:44 pm
    Monday evening’s match at Anfield between Liverpool and Tottenham was a low-key affair. However, it did feature one standout moment: the return of Luis Suarez from his lengthy suspension for racially insulting Manchester United’s Patrice Evra. Entering the fray with 25 minutes to go, Suarez did not conjure the winning goal, but flashes of inspiration reminded everyone of his importance to a Liverpool side who have now drawn eight times at home in the league. The relatively low key nature of Suarez’s return was the perfect opportunity for all involved to put the troublesome last few…

  • What Is It That We Really Want From Our Soccer TV Coverage?

    Guy Robert
    7 Feb 2012 | 6:30 am
    As a daily reader of EPL Talk and sometimes contributor, I generally pay close attention to the comments about articles. It is, after all, a form of entertainment all to itself. One of the things I really enjoy about the commentary is that it is usually of a caliber beyond what you find on many other blogs. Not too many raving lunatics and few posters who just seem mad at the whole world or suffering from keyboard diarrhea. Most of the regular posters make their points well and get out of the way. There is often a vein of humor in them that I particularly enjoy. I love that we have readers…

  • Removing John Terry’s England Captaincy Causing Leadership Tensions for Capello & The FA

    James Pennington
    6 Feb 2012 | 7:35 pm
    Lightning, it appears, does strike twice. Two years to the day after Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the England captaincy, the FA through its chairman, David Bernstein, made the same decision in far more controversial and emotive circumstances amid the allegations of racism currently surrounding Terry and his July court hearing. And so for the second time in two years, England face the prospect of a divided and distracted camp ahead of a major tournament, because of the alleged actions of one player. Looking at this case, one needs to separate the on-field implications of the FA’s…
 
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    101 Holidays blog

  • Deal of the Day: 20% off half-term Devon cottage

    101newsdesk
    7 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pm
    Holiday details: A cosy 300 year old cottage that sleeps 7 on the edge of the South Devon village of Kingston is now 20% off for a week’s stay during half-term. The living room at 3 Gabberwell Cottages has a pretty woodburner and comfy sofas while the friendly village pub is just 600yds away, the sandy beach a mile.   Price: £412 (was £516) Date: 10 February 2012 Book with: Helpful Holidays   This is another great post from the 101 Holiday Ideas blog. Try the Personal Travel Finder to discover where to go on holiday. Optimised by Travel SEO

  • Deal of the Day: Save £296 pp skiing in Zermatt

    101newsdesk
    6 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pm
    Holiday details: Inspired to get your skis on by the latest downfall of snow? Fly to the popular Swiss resort of Zermatt and stay at the 4* Ambassador Hotel. It combines great skiing  for intermediate skiers with a wide variety of red and blue runs, beautiful scenery, a lively après ski scene and easy access to the neighbouring resort of Cervinia. Price: £799 pp (was £1095 pp). Price includes return flights from Gatwick to Geneva and resort transfers, regional flights are also available at a supplement. Date: 18 February 2012 Book with: Inghams This is another great post from the 101…

  • Deal of the Day: Save £820 pp on all-inclusive St Lucia

    101newsdesk
    5 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pm
    Holiday details:  Set on a beautiful volcanic sand beach, The BodyHoliday in St Lucia is an adults-only resort for most of the year. Stay for a week on an all-inclusive basis and enjoy a  complimentary spa treatment every day of your holiday. Facilities also include a selection of watersports, fencing, archery, fitness centre, tennis courts, swimming pool and a spa pool.   Price: £1,689 pp (saving £820 pp) including scheduled flights from Gatwick, all-inclusive accommodation, and transfers. Date: Book by 15 February 2012, travel selected dates between 9 April and 7 July 2012 Book…

  • Deal of the Day: 3 nights for 2 Valentine’s deal in Florence

    101newsdesk
    2 Feb 2012 | 5:01 pm
    Holiday details: Treat your loved one to 3 nights at the 4* superior Santa Maria Novella hotel in Italy this Valentine’s day.  Located on one of Florence’s main squares, it is only 5 minutes walk from the Duomo and the prestigious Via Tornabuoni shopping street. Guide notes and entry to the Uffizi Gallery are included in the package for those who wish to view the works of great Italian artists, including Botticelli, Giotto, Cimabue, Michelangelo and Raffaello. Price: £589 pp includes flights from London, private transfers, 3 for 2 accommodation with breakfast, concierge service…

  • Get a grip: Our pick of the week’s best travel blogs

    Mark Hodson
    2 Feb 2012 | 9:06 am
    By Holly Cave Forget the glossy high rises of Dubai, Middle East expert Maria Laborde introduces us to the delights of Abu Dhabi in her latest photo essay, Abu Dhabi: The rising Emirate. With some really interesting background on the status and history of the United Arab Emirates – most of which I must admit was completely new information to me. This blog article acts as a great introduction to the region and highlights some of the best attractions, both man-made and natural, that can be accessed from Abu Dhabi. If it’s a more laidback Middle Eastern holiday you’re in search of, Maria…
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