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Eau de Bruce - what does Die Hard smell like?
Actor Bruce Willis is the latest celebrity to launch his own signature fragrance, but how do you sum up a personality in a smell? |
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World Class World Cup
Schools around the world celebrate their favourite World Cup teams. |
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School Report Sports Day as it happens
A minute-by-minute account of School Report Sports Day, involving hundreds of school children around the UK - and beyond. |
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Coming soon - a satire boom?
John O'Farrell on why the most biting satire of the past 10 years was aimed not at politicians but the uneducated working class. |
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Today: Wednesday 30th June
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is to outline plans to reduce the number of prisoners in England and Wales. And medical researchers have doubled their estimate of the number of people with the brain condition, Huntington's disease. |
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Fight or flight - would you 'have a go'?
How would you react if you saw someone being attacked in the street? Britain has been called a "bystander society" but new research shows we are more likely to intervene than expected. |
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Hysterical, deluded and thoroughly English
Why do English football fans never learn to manage expectations? |
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Today: Friday 25th June
David Cameron has arrived in Canada for his first international summit as prime minister, calling for them to be "more than just grand talking shops". And doctors say there's no evidence that human foetuses can feel pain before 24 weeks, and there's no scientific case for a change to abortion law. |
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Can Wimbledon be done on a budget?
With Budget day bringing the age of austerity back to the fore, can Wimbledon be done on a budget? |
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Sonic branding: An earworm to your pocket
They may sound like mere jingles and ditties, but so-called "sonic branding" is big business indeed. How do advertisers capture your soul with just five musical notes? |
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World Class World Cup
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Who invented the Mexican Wave?
The World Cup has seen its fair share of Mexican Waves, but where did this crowd phenomenon start and how do you actually start one? |
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Shannon Matthews timeline
Map and timeline detailing progress in the search for Shannon Matthews and subsequent court case. |
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As it happened: Labour hustings
All the action and expert analysis as the Labour leadership hopefuls went head-to-head on BBC's Newsnight. |
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Why is To Kill A Mockingbird so popular?
Fifty years after being published, To Kill A Mockingbird is still devoured by British schoolchildren, while simultaneously loved by their parents. Why? |
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Cancer fund cash 'will run out'
A BBC investigation discovers that the government will need more money to meet the promises made for its new fund for cancer drugs. |
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Have prime ministers ever been well paid?
New figures show 172 civil servants earn more than the prime minister. Has this job ever been well paid, and when did their salary become a benchmark for high salaries? |
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The mystery of the human regurgitator
Stevie Starr's "Regurgitator" performance on Britain's Got Talent has horrified and fascinated the nation. But how does he do it? |
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New MP diaries: The first three weeks
What has life been like for five new MPs as they begin their professional lives in Westminster? |
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Papers react to Bradford murders
"It could have been me" are the haunted words of a friend of the three murdered women in Bradford. |