Apr
2008
Articles from 12th Apr 2008
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Can Nigella help fight additives?
Apr 12 2008 | Unsorted
A TEAM of researchers from the University of Southampton has said that removing artificial additives from foods could dramatically cut the number of hyperactive children. Read
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“Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money” – Playwright Alan Ayckbourn who was born on April 12, 1939
Apr 12 2008 | Unsorted
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1 Which two teams will contest this year’s FA Cup Final?
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2 Which major galaxy is approaching the Milky Way on a collision course at 300 kilometres a second – with an estimated time to collision of 2.5bn years? Read
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WASHDAY turned out in an unexpected way for Mrs Minnie Bell, 64, on April 13, 1964. She was hanging out the washing at her home in Robinson Street, Aspley, when she was pinned to the wall by a cow which had escaped from the nearby cattle market. It ran off and was cornered by police and bystanders.
Apr 12 2008 | Unsorted
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What do you do with a blue whale?
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Try to cheer him up! Read
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The world salutes first man in space
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YURI Gagarin’s name entered the history books when he became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. Read
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Sunday April 20, 1.30pm – Spring on the Moors, meet Avis at the large car park on the north side of Digley Reservoir, Holme for a six and a half miles medium/hard walk which will include some steep hills. Enquiries: Oliver 07971 192383 (evenings).
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Sunday April 20, 2pm – A Wood and a Park. Meet Sumiya Mann at Batley Station, Upper Station Road, Batley for a six and a half mile leisurely walk around Batley. No dogs please. Enquiries 01924 478740 or 078715 410787. Read
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Red, white, gold and black – a rainbow of radishes
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‘The winter radishes, looking more like parsnips than radishes, are traditionally sown in late summer for autumn use’ Read
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Tower of Terror
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It is reckoned to be the most terrifying theme park thriller of them all. Travel writer PAUL COLE books into a Hollywood hotel long past its sell-by date and discovers things that go bump in the night. Read
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Save our taxi buses
Apr 12 2008 | Unsorted
(To the tune of Jerusalem, with apologies to William Blake) Read
