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“The 15 large storage boxes containing manuscripts, notebooks and letters offer an "extraordinary insight" into the novelist, said the British Library.”
“Empire of the Sun author Ballard died in April 2009 at the age of 78.”
“The library will hold the archive, which has been acquired through the Acceptance in Lieu scheme, satisfying £350,000 of tax.”
“The papers cover Ballard's output from 1962's The Drowned World to Miracles of Life in 2008.”
“His manuscript for 1984's Empire of the Sun runs to 840 numbered pages and contains "extensive" re-workings, the British Library said.”
“The archive takes up around 12 linear metres in shelf space in the British Library and is expected to be fully accessible by summer 2011.”
“The archive was acquired through the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme, which has previously helped the Library secure the archives of John Berger, Ted Hughes and Harold Pinter.”
“The preservation of our literary heritage is a matter of vital importance - and it's tremendously good to know that the expertise and attention of those on the panel of the Acceptance in Lieu scheme has been able to secure the papers of su…”
“Among the 70 competitors for the Nablus leg of the Palestinian motor-racing season”
“Among the 70 competitors for the Nablus leg of the Palestinian motor-racing season there is no shortage of boy racers.”
“The Speedsisters team is being partly funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as part of its efforts to encourage development on the West Bank.”
“Later in the summer, a team of coaches will fly out from London to offer training to the women.”
“Suna has to make do with a 1.4 litre hatchback donated by a local car rental company.”
“Some 70 competitors took part in the Nablus leg”
“In response, gunmen hijacked cars and temporarily set up at least 10 roadblocks in Monterrey.”
“A crowd of about 100 shouting and gesticulating hooligans, pushing in front of them a handcart loaded with stones and bricks were gathering in front of the shop.”
“My father Alberto was interned for four years, firstly in Barlinnie, then Brixton and York before being imprisoned at Peel on the Isle of Man.”
“It resulted in the death of more than 400 Italians on board.”
“Exactly 70 years ago the lives of thousands of people living in the UK were sent into turmoil by events hundreds of miles away.”
“By 1943, Italy's war with the Allies was effectively over and the internees began to return to the families and businesses they had left behind.”
“new £65m Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies”
“The prince's visit on Wednesday marked the 25th anniversary of the Oxford centre”
“In 1993, the prince gave a speech entitled Islam and the West at the inauguration of the centre's Distinguished Lecturer Programme”
“The prince has been a patron of the Oxford Centre since 1993”
“It was 70 years ago, 10 June 1940, that Italy declared war on the Allies sparking the internment of many Italians living in Scotland.”
“Many Italians and people of other nationalities lost their lives on the Arandora Star which was sunk by a U-boat on 2 July 1940”
“I have a painting of the sinking of the Arandora Star. It was painted by a German survivor at 'Donalsen POW Camp' (Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh) in 1941.”
“When I was born in 1947 and we lived in the Gorbals I was always known as 'the Tally's wean'”
“My grandparents, Lorenzo and Anna Esposito, came over from Amalfi in Italy in the early 1920s and settled in Dundee and had four children, including my mother.”
“He was married to Maria D'Placido and they had a large family of nine.”
“Three of their sons served during the war for Britain and all perished.”
“One died in the Arandora Star.”
“Alf Ramsey's men were beaten 3-2 by West Germany after extra time.”
“England had been 2-0 up.”
“Kevin Keegan had a hit three years earlier with Head Over Heels.”
“Bryan Robson, Gary Lineker and co were rightly punished when the record failed to reach the top 40.”
“Bobby Robson's men lost 2-1 to Argentina.”
“Glenn Hoddle's squad lost 4-3 on penalties to old foes Argentina.”
“Sven-Goran Eriksson's team were beaten 2-1 by a 10-man Brazil.”
“Sven-Goran Eriksson's men lost 3-1 on penalties to Portugal.”
“He said an extra £67m would go into countering insurgents' bombs. It is on top of £150m pledged last year by ex- PM Gordon Brown for a similar project.”
“The money is to fund a specialist IEDs team for every sub-unit of the UK deployment in Helmand province, as well as new vehicles, including seven armoured Mastiffs.”
“The government was committed to countering IEDs, and would also continue work agreed by the previous administration, said an MoD spokesman.”
“The £2.7m Temenos structure has taken four months to piece together on the banks of the River Tees near Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge.”
“It has taken four months to piece together Temenos”
“It is the first of five planned "Tees Valley Giants", with four other artworks planned for Stockton, Hartlepool, Darlington and Redcar.”
“Thousands of metres of steel wire have been woven between the two steel rings to create the 164ft (50m) high and 360ft (110m) long sculpture.”
“The Security Council voted by 12 votes to two in favour; Brazil and Turkey voted against, while Lebanon abstained.”
“Iran's two main opposition leaders have reportedly called off demonstrations planned for Saturday to mark the first anniversary of last June's disputed presidential election.”
“Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the imposition of the latest sanctions was a 'mistake'”
“President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the UN's resolutions were like a 'used handkerchief which should be thrown in the dustbin. They are not capable of hurting Iranians'”
“The resolution toughens rules on financial transactions with Iranian banks, and increases the number of Iranian individuals and companies that are targeted by asset freezes and travel bans.”
“Republican Senator John McCain was quoted by Reuters as saying the UN resolution was 'a lowest common denominator product'.”
“Beijing said on Thursday it 'highly' valued its relations with the Islamic republic after incurring Tehran's anger by voting for the measures.”
“On Wednesday, the UN Security Council voted to impose a fourth round of sanctions on Tehran for failing to halt its nuclear enrichment programme.”
“Chinese exports jumped 48.5% in May from a year ago, figures show, faster than analysts had expected.”
“Imports rose 48.3% year-on-year, also stronger than expected.”
“Maddie wants the memorial up in time for the tragedy's centenary in 2012.”
“He died in 1944 and is buried in Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, but walking through Barmouth, there is nothing visible to commemorate him.”
“Fifth Officer Lowe, played by Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd in the 1997 film”
“Former Barmouth town councillor and six-times mayor, Harry Allday.”
“On that fateful night in April 1912, Officer Lowe dispersed the occupants of his lifeboat among the other boats, and rowed back towards the sinking ship, managing to rescue four people still alive in the water.”
“Back in the 80s my wife arranged an information board about Mr Lowe in the Sailors' Institute in Barmouth Harbour but it disappeared.”
“It found that in the last financial year the most used domestic flight by assembly government ministers, AMs and civil servants was Cardiff-Edinburgh, 168 times.”
“The top short haul route was Bristol-Brussels in Belgium, taken 30 times”
“and the top long haul route was London-Luanda in Angola, used four times.”
“The Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 is thought to have blown up 137 seconds after take-off, said science minister Ahn Byong-man.”
“The rocket lifted off from Goheung's Naro Space Centre at 1701 (0801 GMT).”
“But contact was lost as the rocket reached an altitude of 70 kilometres (44 miles).”
“The launch was South Korea's second attempt to put a satellite in space, after a launch in August 2009 failed.”
“after a launch in August 2009 failed.”
“The country had been hoping to become only the 10th in the world able to put satellites into space, and thereby gain a lucrative slice of the growing space launch industry.”
“China has also sent three manned missions into space.”
“The KSLV-1, built partly in Russia and partly in South Korea, had cost 500 billion won ($400m; £275m).”
“The satellite - which had been intended to study the effects of climate change - should have separated from the rocket and deployed its solar panels some nine minutes after take-off, at an altitude of 302km.”
“lift-off was cancelled three hours before launch after fire extinguishing fluids were detected leaking from parts of the equipment.”
“The rocket stood 33m (108ft) tall and was launched from the country's new spaceport on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula.”
“Four months previously, an attempted space launch by North Korea was deemed to have failed when the US reported that both rocket stages had fallen into the Pacific Ocean.”
“referring to 600 tons of chemical dispersant that have been made available.”
“The figures were released to BBC News through a freedom of information request. They included 13 of the 15 ambulance services in the UK, although details were unavailable for the East Midlands and the Isle of Wight.”
“Reports of incidents - from hare coursing to wild bird persecution - increased by more than a third last year.”
“Scotland's natural environment covers a staggering 95% of our land”
“Figures show deer and hare coursing incidents have risen significantly in the past 12 months in Scotland.”
“Scotland's natural environment covers a staggering 95% of our land and contributes around £17bn to our economy every year.”
“The 17-month-old girl, who was reported missing by the social services in Banbridge on Monday, was found safe and well in a caravan park in the Dumfries area.”
“Sophie had been with foster parents for more than a year, but had been in regular contact with her birth parents.”
“However, he added: "The difficulty, though, is that there are thousands of access arrangements like this going on in Northern Ireland every month.”
“Every now and then something goes wrong, but this is less than 0.1% of all these arrangements.”
“The US government has given BP 72 hours to present its latest plans to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.”
“Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the man in charge of the clean up operation, has given the company three days to present its latest plans for cleaning up the Gulf.”
“Adm Allen said in a press conference on Wednesday that the operation was catching up to 630,000 gallons (2,800,000 litres) daily.”
“BP claims it will have almost completely contained the ruptured oil well by the early part of next week.”
“Oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank off the coast of the US state of Louisiana, killing 11 workers.”
“He also wrote to BP on Tuesday demanding "more detail and openness" about how the company was managing claims for compensation payments to individuals and businesses in the region.”
“The Obama administration is applying steadily more pressure on the BP, which claims it will have almost completely contained the ruptured oil well by the early part of next week.”
“Mr Purdham was the ninth person to be shot dead by Bird, 52, who killed 12 and wounded 11 before killing himself.”
“The service was broadcast to about 600 people who stood outside in the church grounds.”
“On Wednesday, thousands of people attended a series of memorial services for the victims, at which their names were read out and prayers were said followed by a minute's silence.”
“Further funerals are due to be held over coming days, starting with a service for solicitor Kevin Commons in Workington on Friday.”
“On Friday, Prince Charles will visit Whitehaven, the town at the centre of the killings, after being invited by the lord lieutenant of Cumbria.”
