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HMRC chief executive Lin Homer quits with £2.2m pension pot and a promise not to take a job which will embarrass ministers
The head of HM Revenue and Customs has quit with a £2.2million pension pot and a promise not to take a job in the private sector which will embarrass ministers.
Dame Lin Homer, who has run HMRC since 2012, will leave in April after MPs criticised a series of failings and "abysmal" levels of customer service for members of the public.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12092862/HMRC-chief-executive-Lin-Homer-to-quit.html
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Britain's hedgehogs at risk from unpredictable winter weather
The warm and wet weather in December followed by a cold snap this week is causing trouble for hedgehogs, which usually hibernate at this time of year
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/12093683/Britains-hedgehogs-at-risk-from-unpredictable-winter-weather.html
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HMRC chief executive Lin Homer quits with £2.2m pension pot and a promise not to take a job which will embarrass ministers
The head of HM Revenue and Customs has quit with a £2.2million pension pot and a promise not to take a job in the private sector which will embarrass ministers.
Dame Lin Homer, who has run HMRC since 2012, will leave in April after MPs criticised a series of failings and "abysmal" levels of customer service for members of the public.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12092862/HMRC-chief-executive-Lin-Homer-to-quit.html
Just to add insult to injury, she was made a Dame in the New Year honours!
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Ten dead and 15 wounded after 'suicide bomb attack on tourists' in Istanbul
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12094350/Explosion-in-Istanbuls-central-square-causes-casualties.html
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Human-Neanderthal relationships may be at root of modern allergies
Passionate encounters between ancient humans and their burly cousins, the Neanderthals, may have left modern people more prone to sneezes, itches and other allergies, researchers say.
The curious legacy comes from three genes that crossed into modern humans after their distant ancestors had sex with Neanderthals, or their close relatives the Denisovans, more than 40,000 years ago.
The prehistoric couplings left all non-Africans today carrying 1-6% of Neanderthal DNA. People whose ancestors never left the continent would not have crossed paths with Neanderthals or the Denisovans, a mysterious group of humans who lived in and around Siberia at the same time.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/07/human-neanderthal-relationships-may-be-at-root-of-modern-allergies
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12094088/Window-washers-in-Texas-rescued-after-dangling-71-stories-up.html
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Bronze Age settlement dubbed ‘Peterborough Pompeii’ due to amazing preservation
Archaeologists found complete roundhouses, pots containing meals and clothes hastily abandoned in the ruins of the site at Must Farm Quarry near Whittlesey
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/12093895/Bronze-Age-settlement-dubbed-Peterborough-Pompeii-due-to-amazing-preservation.html
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Facebook and Twitter help spread misinformation and conspiracy theories, scientists conclude
Information tends to be shared in ‘echo chambers’, the authors say, meaning that people tend to share information they agree with — whether or not it’s true
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-and-twitter-help-spread-misinformation-and-conspiracy-theories-scientists-conclude-a6806466.html
Unlike the coffee bar or the golf club.
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Facebook and Twitter help spread misinformation and conspiracy theories, scientists conclude
That's a real No Shit Sherlock moment, isn't it?!
Unlike the coffee bar or the golf club.
I blame Gutenberg myself. And Tim Berners Lee must shoulder some responsibility.
The internet was proving really useful, until they stuck the world wide web on it.
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Oo-er! How much do those guys earn an hour??! :unsure:
Tony
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Yeah, if that Mark Gutenberg bloke hadn't invented Fakebook we'd still 'ave t'send all that crap round by emale.
Wos Tim Burnersley gotta do wiv it? Thought 'e wrote some old book about some randy ole Italian army geezer an' 'is tangerine?