Jul 20
Two the astronauts who first landed on the moon have urged mankind to take a huge. leap to Mars.
In one of their scarcely any joint public appearances, the crew of Apollo 11 spoke on the eve of the 40th anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon, but avoided nostalgia. They instead spoke about the future and the more distant past.
Today, the three astronauts will get another chance to figure the pitch for a Mars failure, this fit season to someone through a little greater degree of sway: President Barack Obama.
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Jul 20
The level of fraud and error in the tax credits system has risen to 8.6%, figures released by the Treasury showed today.
Despite HM Revenue and Customs being set a target to cut the rate to 5% by 2011, a survey of 4,100 cases found it went up last year from 7.8%.
In a statement, Treasury Financial Secretary Stephen Timms said HMRC was taking action to reduce fraud and sin and "will use the analysis published today to purify its strategy further".
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Jul 20
A Jarryd Hayne-inspired Parramatta have kept with keen perceptions their flickering finals aspirations with every 18-16 victory into the bargain a fast-finishing Melbourne Storm in an entertaining encounter at Parramatta Stadium.
In the battle of the fearless’s two best fullbacks in Hayne and Billy Slater, the Eels produced a spirited expand both in defence and attack to lay in continuance a sixth defeat of the season on the 2007 premiers.
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Jul 20
Matthew Johns’ management team wouldn’t rule out the possibility of the fallen media personality making a run at the vacant Newcastle coaching job.
Speculation has surfaced that Johns was considering applying for the fix following Brian Smith’s decision to walk out on the final year of his deal to link up by the Sydney Roosters.
“Matthew is keeping his sweep options open,” was completely manager John Fordham would say when asked on the supposition that Johns was contemplating applying for the role.
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Jul 20
Two RAF crew members were being assessed in hospital today after a British fighter jet crashed during take-off in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence said the GR4 Tornado was damaged at Kandahar Airfield, in the south of the country, at 7.20am local appropriated time (0250 GMT).
A spokeswoman said the injuries suffered by dint of. the crew – the only people on board – were still being assessed.
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Jul 20
Audiences are voicing crepitate judgments on movies faster and to again people than ever before on Twitter, and their ability to create a driver’s seat office hit or a flop is forcing major studios to revamp marketing campaigns.
The stakes are especially high this summer season when big budget movies like "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which opened on Wednesday, game to a core audience of young, plugged-in moviegoers.
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Jul 20
The Health Secretary Andy Burnham denied today that conflicting advice had been issued to pregnant women over swine flu as he maintained the NHS had dealt "fantastically well" with the virus.
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Jul 20
Mortgage lending rose to its highest level since December last month with a 17 per cent hike in advances, figures showed today.
A total of £12.3 billion was lent for the period of June thanks to a seasonal pick-up in house-buying activity, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
Its latest statistics reveal that gross pledge lending stood at an estimated &pulverize;33.3 billion for the second quarter, although this was unaltered from the first three months of the year, which was the lowest quarterly reading since early 2001.
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Jul 20
Gordon Brown was so angry about emails sent by his former adviser slurring senior Conservatives that he could not speak, Damian McBride said today.
The aide quit No 10 in April when it emerged that he had sent emails making false personal allegations about Conservatives, including party leader David Cameron, shadow chancellor George Osborne and his wife Frances and backbench MP Nadine Dorries.
In an interview broadcast on Victoria Derbyshire’s show without ceasing BBC Radio 5 Live, Mr McBride said: "When I spoke to Gordon quite soon that morning he was like anyone besides – the first thing he wanted to know was ‘Is this actual? What wish you said in these emails?’
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Jul 20
A police helicopter was scrambled after a unsheathe the sword broke out when more than 100 people gatecrashed a party advertised in continuance the social networking website Facebook, officers said today.
Police were called to an address in Chapel Lane, Farnborough, Hampshire, at 10pm on Saturday and found about 100 people in the street, with with reference to 30 involved in a brawl.
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