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20/12/15
« on: Sunday, 20 December, 2015 @ 00:18:21 »
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Woman jailed for life for killing baby daughter by putting her in the microwave in US

Lawyers representing Ka Yang, from Sacramento in California, said she had an epileptic seizure and was not aware of her actions when she put one-year-old Mirabelle Thao-Lo in the oven for up to five minutes.

The child was fatally injured by the heating process in 2011 and medical experts told a previous court hearing that she would have been in severe pain as radiation burns penetrated her internal organs.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-jailed-for-life-for-killing-baby-daughter-by-putting-her-in-the-microwave-in-us-a6779576.html

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Re: 20/12/15
« Reply #2 on: Sunday, 20 December, 2015 @ 01:53:52 »
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Britain's last deep coal mine Kellingley Colliery closes

UK Coal closed Britain's last deep-cast coal mine Kellingley Colliery on Friday, 50 years after it opened.

The closure of the North Yorkshire mine marks the end of an era, given Britain's coal industry was at the heart of its economic growth in the early 20th century, when it employed some 1.2 million people at nearly 3,000 collieries.

Around 450 jobs are expected to be lost in the closure.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-coal-idUKKBN0U11BU20151218




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Re: 20/12/15
« Reply #3 on: Sunday, 20 December, 2015 @ 16:43:22 »
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The last surviving member of the Greek navy’s Papanikolis submarine, famed for its achievements in the World War II, has died. Nikolaos Tasiakos is to be buried in Halandri, northeastern Athens, on Sunday.

He died at the age of 101.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/204496/article/ekathimerini/news/last-surviving-wwii-greek-submarine-hero-dies

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Re: 20/12/15
« Reply #4 on: Sunday, 20 December, 2015 @ 20:31:58 »
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Essex teenager wins Scalextric world championship title
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35145243

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Re: 20/12/15
« Reply #5 on: Sunday, 20 December, 2015 @ 21:33:13 »
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Millions give up on home ownership as house prices soar

Middle class families are giving up their dreams of home ownership as soaring costs and a lack of supply price millions out of the property market, according to Bank of England research.

The Bank's annual survey of household finances revealed that just under half of all families who don't already own their own home believe they will never get on the housing ladder.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/12057861/Millions-give-up-on-home-ownership-as-house-prices-soar.html


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The average British homebuyer must save for 24 years for a deposit to buy their first property - up from just three years in 1997.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/uk-homebuyers-must-save-for-24-years-to-afford-first-property-says-new-study-a6780626.html
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Re: 20/12/15
« Reply #6 on: Monday, 21 December, 2015 @ 02:05:54 »
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Essex teenager wins Scalextric world championship title
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35145243
Brings back a few memories. Between my Scalextric and ahem 'my' train set,I'm not sure who had more fun me or my dad ! God bless him.