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24/10/15
« on: Saturday, 24 October, 2015 @ 00:40:28 »
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Coronation Street actor Peter Baldwin dies, aged 82

Actor Peter Baldwin, best known for his 21-year role as Derek Wilton in Coronation Street, has died aged 82.

The father-of-two played Derek in the soap opera between 1976 and 1997, marrying Mavis Riley, played by Thelma Barlow, in 1988.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34621006

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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, 24 October, 2015 @ 01:06:34 »

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, 24 October, 2015 @ 01:21:05 »
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TalkTalk cyber-attack: Boss 'receives ransom email'

The head of TalkTalk says she has had an email demanding a ransom from a group purporting to be behind the cyber-attack suffered by the company. Chief executive Dido Harding said she did not know whether the ransom email was genuine.

What should you do if you think you're at risk?

*    Report any unusual activity on your accounts to your bank and the UK's national fraud and internet crime reporting centre Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or www.actionfraud.police.uk
 *   TalkTalk is advising customers to change their account password as soon as its website is back up and running - expected to be later on Friday - and any other accounts for which you use the same password
*    Beware of scams: TalkTalk will not call or email customers asking for bank details or for you to download software to your computer, or send emails asking for you to provide your password
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34615226

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Britain’s child migrants: ‘I was told I was going on a picnic’
Up until 1970, the UK regularly shipped thousands of orphans and illegitimate children abroad to a life of virtual slave labour and, often, abuse. Giulia Rhodes meets two victims of a policy that robbed them of a childhood and a family
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/24/britains-child-migrants-i-was-told-i-was-going-on-a-picnic

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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, 24 October, 2015 @ 20:29:56 »
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Harley-Davidson's reputation as an 'old, white-guy brand' may be its downfall
Amid revenue losses and expected job cuts, the famous motorcycle manufacturer must face facts: its all-American bad boy image is no longer cool

It’s been nearly 50 years since Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper rode out on their custom Harley-Davidsons in Easy Rider. Fonda and Hopper live on in American culture – long-haired, wild-eyed expressions of bad boy cool. The motorcycles they rode? Not so much.
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/24/harley-davidson-brand-revenue-loss-easy-rider-image