Boot up: Facebook Home, Apple loses patent plea, Windows Phone failure, and more
Plus Google explains why it's forking WebKit (plus: translation), the soaring price of Apple's new build, and more A burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team *Facebook...
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Wrestler is locked up for part in scam
This is Staffordshire -- WRESTLER Ghent Wakefield has been jailed for his part in a £1.5 million VAT fraud. The former stripper was sentenced to 17 months imprisonment after he admitted conspiring to...
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Slow-go as city is named 24th worst in Europe for car snarl-ups
This is Nottingham -- CAR journeys in Nottingham take nearly a quarter longer in rush hour than at other times because of congestion, a report has revealed. This makes the city the fifth worst for...
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How rail fears led to safety on roads
This is Nottingham -- A NTI-lock braking was first designed for trains in the early 1900s and developed for jet aircraft after the Second World war. In the late 1960s, motor manufacturers began to...
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Schneider's airbags lesson
This is Nottingham -- NOT long ago, top German motor racing driver Bernd Schneider was hurling his Mercedes touring car around the twists and turns of Europe's most dangerous motor racing track, the...
View ArticlePressure is all on Toulon, says Leicester Tigers scrum-half Ben Youngs
This is Leicestershire -- Toulon will be under intense pressure to live up to their tag as favourites in Sunday's huge Heineken Cup quarter-final. That is the view of Leicester Tigers scrum-half Ben...
View ArticleSoros: Europe faces 'slow death' Japan is trying to escape
Billionaire investor cautions eurozone but warns Japan's drastic new monetary expansion is "dangerous". Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 4 hours ago.
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Stuart Hooper: Bath Rugby must focus on own game against Stade Francais
This is Somerset -- Captain Stuart Hooper has urged his Bath Rugby team-mates to forget about the occasion and instead just focus on the game when Stade Francais visit in the Amlin Cup quarter-finals...
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Nominees Announced for 2013-2014 Pioneers in Performance Awards for Europe;...
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View ArticleSlow-go as Nottingham is named 24th worst in Europe for car snarl-ups
This is Nottingham -- CAR journeys in Nottingham take nearly a quarter longer in rush hour than at other times because of congestion, a report has revealed. This makes the city the fifth worst for...
View ArticleBath must play own game, says skipper Hooper
This is Somerset -- Captain Stuart Hooper has urged his Bath Rugby team-mates to forget about the occasion and instead just focus on the game when Stade Francais visit in the Amlin Cup quarter-finals...
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Liverpool FC Brings Wi-fi to Anfield
Tweet Liverpool Football Club is to start offering free wi-fi to home fans at Anfield Stadium. The wi-fi, which will use wireless arrays from Xirrus, is deploying initially to the 12,000-seat...
View ArticleBulgarian and Romanian immigrants – how much impact will they really have? |...
We need to stop talking numbers and consider the relatively small impact eastern Europeans are likely to have on services Over the past few months there has been considerable speculation in the media...
View ArticleUps and downs
Promotion, relegation and the race for Europe in England and Scotland Reported by BBC Sport 10 hours ago.
View ArticleU.S. to press Europe on rebalancing demand: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will discuss ways that Europe can rebalance its demand to help grow the economy during a trip to the continent next week, a senior official said on...
View ArticleSteve Bould believes Arsenal can benefit from the demands of Europe
• Chelsea and Tottenham are still involved in the Europa League • Bould says league form of Arsenal's London rivals could suffer Steve Bould believes the demands of European football on Tottenham...
View ArticlePictured on trip of a lifetime - but days later this couple were dead....
This is Bristol -- SMILING happily together this young couple were enjoying the trip of a lifetime cycling round the world – but tragedy struck when they were killed in an accident in Thailand. Artists...
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Couldn't make it to Glastonbury? Then rock right here in Bristol at the Old...
This is Bristol -- FORGET about the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury one area of Bristol is staging it very own festival in the final weekend of June. Businesses and traders in the Old Market area of the...
View ArticleSlogan is no better than previous one
This is Devon -- WERE the people of Plymouth gripped with uncontrollable excitement at the unveiling of the welcome to Plymouth, Britain's Ocean City sign on the approach to our crumbling city. Is this...
View ArticleMillbay plans should include a Harry Truman Boulevard
This is Devon -- I FEEL that an injustice is being done by those mocking Cllr Tudor Evans' enthusiasm for a US Presidential visit to Plymouth at the time of "Mayflower 400" in the year 2020. This is...
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