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Save £25,000 at university and join the ‘tuition fee refugees’| Money | The...

Welcome to the £9,000 tuition fee refugees. The number of British students applying to Dublin’s Trinity College has jumped by 20% to nearly 2,000 this year. At University College Dublin (UCD),...

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Video: Twin panda cubs born in China – Telegraph

The male baby was born 25 minutes after the female baby cub, at approximately 22:50 pm (1350GMT) on Wednesday. Footage showed the mother panda holding both cubs in its mouth as soon as they were born....

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Prince William saves drowning surfing sisters in rescue helicopter – UK –...

Two schoolgirl surfers who nearly drowned as they were swept out to sea were recovering today after being saved by Prince William’s rescue helicopter. The sisters, aged 16 and 13, were plucked from the...

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I had a whale of a time! Cancer girl, 16, finishes bucket list of of dreams...

A teenager girl dying of cancer has fulfilled her ‘bucket list’ of things she wanted to do. But Alice Pyne’s final dream came true after her parents made a ‘terrifying’ late-night decision to fly her...

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Amanda Holden cuddles up to her girls as she flies into Los Angeles for...

With a ‘Superstar’ shaped hole in her diary, Amanda Holden has decided to make the most of her free time by jetting off on a family holiday. The actress and TV judge brought her young daughters, Lexi,...

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Family forced to sleep on benches and eat from vending machines after being...

A distraught family of four were stranded at an airport for five days in an echo of Tom Hanks film The Terminal. They were forced to sleep on metal benches and wash their clothes in bathroom sinks...

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Cheap ‘staycations’ cost more than foreign holidays – Telegraph

Two-thirds of people who have holidayed in the UK this year said that they did so in order to spend less money. However fewer than a quarter of these people said that they ended up spending less on...

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Yard chief suggests Madeleine probe may be wound down – Telegraph

Scotland Yard is to ask David Cameron whether the Government will continue to fund the inquiry into the missing child, who was last seen in her parents’ holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in...

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You’re SURE they’re not Great Whites, daddy? The look of terror on youngsters...

When you’re sat in a flimsy kayak and surrounded by huge sharks, even the most unswerving faith in fatherly wisdom might wobble a bit. Which might explain the looks of concern on the faces of the...

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BBC News – Tropical storm Isaac gathers pace

Tropical storm Isaac has been battering the Dominican Republic and gathering strength as it moves on its expected course to Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Keys. Wendy Urquhart reports. via BBC News –...

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Nice out? We are not amused… – Home News – UK – The Independent

Families enjoying the last days of the school holidays were faced with torrential rain on the Aberystwyth promenade yesterday, in common with tourists in many other parts of the UK. Around 300,000...

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Disney may take control of Paris park – Telegraph

Disney currently owns 39.8pc of the French business, which opened in 1992 and comprises two theme parks as well as seven on-site hotels. Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed holds a 10pc stake and the...

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Boy, 11, trapped in Gulf after developing fear of flying is now terrified by...

A British schoolboy trapped abroad by a flying phobia is now marooned permanently in the desert by an acute terror of all travel. Joe Thompson, aged 11, had hoped to return home by land, sea and train,...

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Matteo Walch, 8, strikes remarkable friendship with a clan of marmots in...

They are notoriously shy around humans, beating their tails and chattering their teeth to try to warn us off before emitting loud whistles to tell other members of their colony to flee. But when these...

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‘I miss my husband and kids too much’: Danielle O’Hara quits her girlie...

Danielle O’Hara looked like she was making most out of her girlie holiday away from motherhood in Marbella. But it all seems to have got too much for the 28-year-old as she revealed on Twitter she has...

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Rachel Stevens’ daughter Amelie enjoys her freedom after recovering from...

Many mothers can sympathise with the strain of having to care for a sick child with chicken pox. So its no wonder Rachel Stevens and her young daughter Amelie were thrilled to get out of the house...

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Why ‘I’m bored’ is the sound of the summer as parents look forward to their...

The average child complains of being bored 106 times during the summer holidays, and three-quarters of parents wish they could go back to school now. A study also shows that parents expected to spend...

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BBC News – Children in hospital after jet ski sinks off the Anglesey

Four children have been taken to hospital after their jet ski sank off the Anglesey coast. The youngsters, one aged 15 and three aged 12, were taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, suffering from...

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BBC News – Boy picks up WW2 bomb on County Londonderry beach

A young boy has escaped injury after lifting up a live World War II mortar shell from a beach in County Londonderry. The child found the bomb while he was walking on the shoreline around Magilligan on...

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Great British days out: readers’ tips – part two – Telegraph

Sea Palling, Norfolk The spectacular stretches of white-gold beach, scalloped with bays formed by the man-made sea defences at Sea Palling, provide perfect sand and swimming for any small child or the...

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Video: Cheetah septuplets make their debut at Whipsnade Zoo – Telegraph

The litter of Northern cheetah cubs spent their first weeks tucked up behind the scenes with mother Dubai before making their public debut in the Zoo’s Cheetah Rock enclosure. The cubs are the second...

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Baby boy born in Emirates airplane toilet named EK after airline code | Mail...

A mother who gave birth to a baby boy on a Emirates flight named him after the airline code, EK. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Vietnam after the Filipina woman delivered the...

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LORRAINE CANDY: Whenever I reach for the suncream, my kids move faster than...

Family holidays are sometimes best described as a triumph of endurance over self-preservation. Ours are often filled with exhausting activity from dawn until dusk, which is why for the past ten years...

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UK weather: Fun but no sun! Surfers make the most of a chilly summer’s day at...

Britain’s rotten summer hit a new low last night as it suffered its coldest August evening in 40 years – but that didn’t stop children making the most of their last few days off from school. Despite...

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Family of three have crossed 48 countries in a 1962 double-decker to perform...

A couple who gave up their life in Britain to take their circus act around the world in a double-decker bus have now crossed five seas, six deserts and visited a total of 48 countries. Scott Harrison,...

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Coney island kid: Harold Feinstein took some of the great photographs of New...

The child of Jewish immigrants, his father from Russia, his mother from Austria, Harold Feinstein grew up during the Second World War, yet in the photographs he began taking as a very young man around...

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British boy, nine, drowns while swimming with his family on United Emirates...

A nine-year-old British boy has drowned while swimming at a beach in the United Emirates. The child, whose name is unknown but is believed to have been of Somali origin, suddenly drifted away from...

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Video: Baby panda cub has check up at San Diego Zoo – Telegraph

The cub was measured and weighed, and all indications were that it is growing normally. “So the baby is doing great. Obviously feeding, lots of full meals, has a full belly. Very content. Good...

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Parents with young children hand out candy with sweet message on flight |...

An overly considerate couple is being praised for going above and beyond to placate their fellow air travelers. The parents, accompanied by their 14-week-old twin boys, distributed sweets to passengers...

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Top 10 family days out in south and west Dorset | Travel | guardian.co.uk

From hunting for fossils along the beach to discovering amazing sculptures in a disused quarry, there are plenty of ways to fire children’s imagination in south and west Dorset As featured in our...

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Top 10 family days out in east Dorset | Travel | The Guardian

Swanage and Wareham Swanage is an unspoilt seaside town with a lovely beach, traditional deck chairs, a funfair and amusement arcades. Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre (swanagemuseum.co.uk, open...

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Wide-eyed baby lemur gets piggy-back tour of new home at Chessington World of...

This baby lemur took a piggy-back ride around his new enclosure at Chessington World of Adventures today. Raiky is one of two new arrivals at the zoo. He climbed on to the back of his older brother,...

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American Airlines ‘refused family their first class seats because captain...

A family have claimed they were stopped from boarding a flight because their son has Down’s Syndrome and was not wanted in the first class section. Joan and Robert Vanderhorst are threatening to sue...

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Jordan Webb and David Briggs: Two teenage boys take off in parents’ Mercedes...

Two teenage boys planning to change their identities that fled to an unknown destination in a Mercedes Benz after leaving notes for their parents saying they are ‘sorry’ and ‘starting new lives’ have...

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LORRAINE CANDY: The nuclear nappy that put me off flying abroad for life |...

Right, so where were we? Oh yes, I was at work, then the children broke up from school, the next minute I was on holiday, and suddenly I was back at work again, the six weeks of summer gone in the...

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Pregnant in a big way – News – Art – The Independent

A 65ft-high statue of a naked pregnant woman by Damien Hirst is one step closer to being put up in a seaside town. Councillors from North Devon District Council have agreed that the bronze statue,...

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French Alps shooting: Girl, 4, found ALIVE under bodies of ‘British family’...

A four-year-old girl has been found alive and unharmed hiding under the bodies of her mother, father and grandmother who were massacred in a car at a French alpine beauty spot. Police failed to spot...

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Ryanair boss slams ‘idiot’ who forgot boarding pass – Telegraph

Last month, Suzy McLeod received the backing of more than half a million Facebook users after the airline charged her €300 (£236) to print out five boarding passes before a flight from Alicante to...

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Revealed: The baby twins whose parents handed out candy on plane to...

The thoughtful parents of twin boys who brought sweets, ear plugs and a kind note for the people on their cross country plane trip today explained why they went to such great lengths to appease their...

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BBC News – France shootings: Girl hid under bodies in car

A four-year-old girl has been found hiding inside a British-registered car in which three bodies were discovered eight hours earlier, French police say. The three are thought to be British – a husband...

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Many children among 60 dead as boat carrying migrants sinks off Turkey |...

At least 61 migrants, most of them Palestinian and more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank less than a hundred metres off Turkey’s western Aegean coast on Thursday, a...

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Damien Hirst’s giant, naked pregnant mother to stand tall over seaside town –...

Hirst’s offer to loan the bronze work for 20 years has been accepted by North Devon Council, despite plans to place the statue at the town’s harbour attracting more than 100 complaints. Councillors...

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BBC News – Who, What, Why: In which countries is Coca-Cola not sold?

After almost 60 years, Coca-Cola is on sale again in Burma. It’s one of the world’s most recognised brands, so are there any countries where the drinks giant still remains unsold? Coca-Cola says it...

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My two alien life forms | Life and style | The Guardian

A couple of months ago, I collected my elder son from school, as usual. Shouldering his gigantic school bag, we walked companionably along the corridor to collect his younger brother. “We had horse for...

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British mother Lisa Darlington left fighting for life after quad bike...

A British holidaymaker is fighting for her life after a quad bike accident in Spain. Lisa Darlington, 45, is in a critical condition with serious head injuries after falling from the vehicle on the...

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BBC News – Term time holiday fines rise 400% in Essex schools

The number of Essex parents fined for taking their children on term-time holidays has risen more than 400% in the past five years, figures show. Parents wanting to take their children away during term...

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Disney World’s Magic Kingdom to serve alcohol for first time – Telegraph

The park’s strict no-alcohol policy is being relaxed for the opening of the new Beauty and the Beast themed restaurant, Be Our Guest, which is due to open in the park this November. As part of the...

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German army under fire for underage advertisement – Telegraph

Accompanied by a jaunty YouTube video extolling the virtues of the camp to a disco soundtrack, the advertisement comes with images of bikini-clad girls playing volley ball and an aerial shot of a...

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Family reunited with 800 lost pictures after diver recovers missing camera...

A family has been miraculously reunited with a lost digital camera and over 800 precious pictures on it by the dedicated diver that sought them out after finding it sitting on the seabed. Paul McGahan,...

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Little girl’s message in a bottle travels from England to Australia

Jasmine dropped the bottle in the water at the end Bournemouth Pier, Dorset while on a family holiday at Bournemouth, hoping it would reach her aunt who lives on Gernsey in the English channel. Five...

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