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“A Nottingham couple who were seriously injured in a suspected gas explosion have both lost limbs, the son of one of the victims has revealed.”
“Nathaniel Shaw's mother Sandra Shaw, 42, and her partner Alex "Sonny" Kirk were injured in the blast at a house on Stockhill Lane on Sunday.”
“Neighbours have been moved to temporary accommodation”
“The explosion was heard up to half a mile away and caused part of the house's rear wall to collapse and much of the first floor to give way.”
“A Durrell spokeswoman said it is estimated that there are 500 breeding pairs of choughs in the British Isles.”
“The bird, Britain's rarest crow, has been absent from Jersey for more than 100 years.”
“one of three servicemen from 40 Commando to have died in as many days in Sangin, Helmand province.”
“became the 300th member of the UK forces to die in the Afghan conflict.”
“died in a Birmingham hospital eight days after being wounded in a blast.”
“The school, 18 miles up the valley from Selkirk, has emerged as Scottish winner”
“He said he would honour the agreement reached with the US in 2006 to move the Futenma base to a less populated area of Okinawa.”
“Mr Kan was on his official first visit to Okinawa to mark 65 years since the end of a bloody World War II battle.”
“Swindon Village Primary School in Cheltenham was badly affected during some of the heaviest flooding in living memory in the county in July 2007.”
“A council spokesman said work to alleviate flooding at other schools in Gloucestershire would be starting in the coming months.”
“The school was flooded three years ago when water from a park across the road poured through the grounds, building up in the corner of a playing field.”
“The first Spitting Image puppets were made in 1975 by the show's creator Roger Law.”
“Spitting Image ran on ITV from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s, poking fun at celebrities, royalty and politicians.”
“The report says at least 17 banned militant groups are operating in the province under different names.”
“Punjab is Pakistan's most populous province and is home to more than half of the country's 160 million people.”
“It says the group has close working relations with Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella group of anti-Pakistan militants whose leadership is based in the North Waziristan tribal region. The report reveals that members of Ghazi Force …”
“On 3 July 1938 the Mallard broke the world speed record by reaching 126mph.”
“The Mallard broke the world speed record by reaching 126mph.”
“Mallard has always been a favourite with our visitors since it first featured on the museum floor in York in 1975 - but now we think its time to share one of the jewels in our crown with our sister museum, Locomotion, in Shildon.”
“The Mallard and Tornado will arrive in tandem from the National Railway Museum in York on Wednesday at about 1730 BST.”
“Three of a row of six terraced properties were affected by the fire”
“Crews from nine different Hampshire fire stations were called to the property in Claudeen Close, Swaythling, in Southampton, at 1803 BST on Tuesday.”
“Fire crews used 35 sets of breathing apparatus and three jets, as well as ladders and a rope pack, to bring the fire under control.”
“The annual Wigton Parade, taking place on 26 June, is a popular family event.”
“which will also result in a number of road closures from 1300 BST.”
“Each year, 25 works nominated by the public and a panel of experts are preserved for future generations.”
“Shakur, who was shot dead in 1996, becomes the third rap act to be inducted into the registry, following Grandmaster Flash and Public Enemy.”
“Despite officers blocking more than 60 SIM cards, the man has plagued them since January 2009.”
“In the past three months he has made 700 calls, lasting between three and five minutes”
“The latest unrest over pay began on Saturday, and have been followed by a wave of violent demonstrations.”
“Mushrefa Mishu, president of the Garment Workers' Unity Forum, told the BBC that employees returned to work because of government assurances to increase the minimum wage by the end of July. "If the minimum wage is not increased to 5,000 t…”
“Our correspondent says food and property prices have risen sharply since the minimum wage was last raised in 2006.”
“The embassy has been financed through charitable fund-raising. It is thought to be the first time one country has given an embassy to another.”
“But Mr Ramos Horta's five-day visit comes at a time when relations between the two neighbours are tense.”
“the BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says that in a country where 50% of the population gets by on just $1 (£0.70) a day, many view Australia and its resources companies as mean-spirited...”
“Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his government had no preference as to how to extract the deposits, adding the issue was between East Timor and the developers.”
“In a letter to the Australian ambassador on the eve of his visit, he claimed that the vast majority of donor money was spent not on East Timor but consultants, study missions, reports and recommendations.”
“A self-portrait by Edouard Manet sold for £22.4m at auction in London on Tuesday night.”
“That was a record for the artist, yet there was disappointment as it was near the bottom of its estimate of £20m-£30m.”
“Then Christie's in Paris staged the extraordinary sale of artwork, and much else, left by the late Yves St Laurent, who died eight months previously.”
“A Giacometti sculpture sold for £65m ($104m) at Sotheby's London in February this year.”
“Last month, even that was eclipsed by the Picasso painting Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, which sold at Christie's New York for $106.5m (£72m).”
“Its Impressionist and Modern Art sale was by no means a flop - it made £112m, the company's third-best total for an Impressionist sale.”
“It went for £5.5m, well above its estimate.”
“created in 1981, principally to help save the Great Indian bustard”
“The population grew for a few years to up to 40 birds”
“not a single Great Indian bustard has been sighted since 1994”
“the Great Indian bustard has not been seen in more than 10 years”
“there are more than 35,000 people living in villages adjoining the sanctuary”
“In an attempt to save the 15 or so birds left, the area was classified as a sanctuary in 1981”
“worked for more than six years in the sanctuary in the late 1980s and early 1990s”
“the figures of 35 to 40 bustards were inflated”
“protecting pockets of about 200 hectares in different parts of the park”
“In an attempt to save the 15 or so birds left, the area was classified as a sanctuary in 1981. The population grew for a few years to up to 40 birds”
“the 200 sq-km (124 sq-mile) sanctuary”
“It sold for £22,441,250 at Sotheby's auction house in London, towards the lower end of its £20-30m estimate.”
“The previous highest price for a Manet was £16m in New York in 1989.”
“Other sales at the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale included Arbres a Collioure by French painter Andre Derain, which sold for more than £16m”
“and Odalisques Jouant Aux Dames by Henri Matisse, which fetched almost £12m.”
“Christie's are holding their own auction on Wednesday, featuring 63 works expected to fetch up to £230m.”
“Two masterpieces - one of Claude Monet's celebrated water lily paintings and Picasso's 1903 Portrait d'Angel Fernandez de Soto - are expected to sell for between £30m and £40m.”
“Christie's are also offering a portrait by Gustav Klimt's last great female portraits, expected to fetch between £14m and £18 million.”
“However, neither Chagall's La Revolution nor Picasso's Portrait de Mr Minguell were sold at the event as neither reached their reserve price.”
“After their loss 3-0 loss to Uruguay almost a week ago, this was South Africa's chance to redeem themselves and once again enjoy the overwhelming support the team started this tournament with.”
“Social networking sites Facebook and Twitter were populated with predictions about the game, many saying South Africa would get the five goals they needed to qualify for the second round.”
“We should have scored a lot more goals. France was playing with 10 people, we had 11 players.”
“During his time as a smuggler in the 1980s, he had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines and 25 companies trading throughout the world as fronts for laundering drug money, according to his official website.”
“Marks, 64, said being on a red carpet for the premiere was the "most surreal experience" he had had.”
“there were 15.7% annual out-of-work benefit claimants in Wales, compared to just 8% in the south east of England, and an average rate of 11.8% across Britain as a whole”
“a three-year freeze in child benefit payments”
“pensioners in Wales will benefit from the chancellor's announcement that the earnings link will be restored to the basic state pension from April 2011”
“there were 15.7% annual out-of-work benefit claimants in Wales”
“compared to just 8% in the south east of England”
“and an average rate of 11.8% across Britain as a whole”
“the chancellor's announcement that the earnings link will be restored to the basic state pension from April 2011”
“The paintings date from the second half of the 4th Century or the early 5th Century, the restorers and Vatican officials believe.”
“The frescoes in a tomb of a Roman noblewoman in the Santa Tecla catacomb were known about but their details came to light during a two-year restoration project funded by the Vatican.”
“Andrew, Peter and John were among Jesus' original 12 apostles.”
“Paul was an influential early Christian who travelled widely in the Mediterranean area in the 1st Century.”
“The Yorkshire Regiment attended a special service in York Minster on 19 June where their new regimental colours were blessed.”
“The Yorkshire Regiment was formed in 2006 from the merger of three infantry regiments: The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, The Green Howards and The Duke of Wellington's Regiment.”
“Bombardier Craig Hopson, 24, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, was helping to make preparations for last year's elections in the country when he died... on 25 July.”
“A team from RAF Valley has run the 131 miles (210km) of the Anglesey coastal path in 24 hours.”
“Some 55 runners took part in various sections of the run,”
“All the runners were back at the base by 1200 BST on Tuesday.”
“The Right Reverend James Langstaff will be officially installed later this year.”
“I was in one of the toughest areas of Birmingham for about 11 years.”
“The former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the Church's first non-white diocesan bishop, retired last year.”
“The vast majority of housing benefit claimants are either pensioners, those with disabilities, people caring for a relative or hardworking people on low incomes, and only one in eight people who receive housing benefit is unemployed.”
“many mothers would be feeling very anxious”
“less than half - 48% - felt their rail ticket was value for money, although this was up from 40%.”
“Where individual train companies were concerned, the Wrexham & Shropshire company had the highest overall satisfaction figure - of 99%.”
“Last year's inflation figure halted the normal New Year season ticket price hike which improved many train companies' value for money scores.”
“they are still dissatisfied with facilities and services at stations and on trains, the availability of staff and how well train companies deal with delays,”
“This is because we still have the most expensive rail fares in Europe under the system whereby private train operators put shareholders' interests ahead of passengers'”
“has welcomed its millionth visitor since opening nine years ago.”
