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Unveiled: The world's largest hybrid aircraft – and it could make air travel a lot greener

The Airlander, which was originally developed for the US military before the project was cancelled due to budget cuts, is the world's longest aircraft
Part airship, part helicopter and part plane, it's designed to stay airborne for up to three weeks
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The invasion begins: Armed Russian-speaking gunmen with Crimea in their grip

Scenes from Crimea yesterday, where unidentified armed men took over airports and shut off roads
LATEST Obama warns Moscow over military intervention in Ukraine as Kiev accuses Putin of 'naked aggression' and deploying troops in the region to provoke 'armed conflict'
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Man sues McDonald's for $1.5m 'because they only gave him one napkin'

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Life means life: The killers who will die behind bars, alongside some of the most notorious criminals in British history

51 prisoners serving whole-life sentences in the UK
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Martin and Ernest Kohout have rubbished reports that their Austrian-born father Hans was a Nazi-sympathiser

The descendants of Britain’s ‘Nazi ring’

Austrian-born Briton Hans Kohout was named as a Hitler sympathiser in declassified WWII documents
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Despite a decade of reform, prosecutions and convictions of rape has remained consistently low

Raping drunk or mentally ill women 'has effectively been decriminalised'

Prosecution rates when accuser has learning difficulties condemned
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Mr Williams is now recovering in hospital

'Dead' man wakes up in body bag at funeral home

Walter Williams had been officially pronounced dead hours earlier
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An artist's impression of the theme park

On the third day God created an 800-acre theme park with a replica Noah's Ark

Group behind Creationist Museum to build attraction, including the US' largest timber-framed structure
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Patricia Hewitt said that as the NCCL's general secretary the 1970s she took responsibility for the mistake

Patricia Hewitt 'called for age of consent to be lowered to 10'

Report claims former MP also approved calls for legalisation of incest
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Police believe a van was used to carry out the theft

School's deputy head accused of filming pupils in toilet

Man faces voyeurism and indecent images charges
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The video's subtitles mock the Government's data.care scheme

NHS boss sorry for tweeting Hitler video

Downfall spoof mocked Jeremy Hunt's health database scheme
Environment

There is no proof humans cause climate change – says Greenpeace co-founder

Patrick Moore says Greenpeace has taken a 'sharp turn to the political left' and lost interest in science
Student

Third of female strippers 'are students trying to pay for education'

'Workers are often from middle-class families'
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President Obama is reportedly considering killing a man who was high in the ranks of al-Qa’ida in Pakistan but was born in Texas

Obama’s choice: to kill or not to kill US-born ‘terrorist’ hiding in Pakistan

President’s dilemma highlights ethical doubts about drone strikes
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Mike Penning, Minister for Disabled People

Woman in coma told to find work by DWP

Minister apologises as woman’s father says it was welfare reform that left her fighting for her life
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Activists from the movement ‘Housing Rights’ demonstrate in Rome for better housing conditions

The fall of Rome? Mayor claims hard-up city will shut down without bail-out

After handouts every year since 2008, can a new mayor and new Italian president change entrenched attitudes in the Eternal City? Michael Day reports from Rome
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People in California can use map apps on their smartphones while driving, even though they are not allowed to talk or text on their mobiles

Judges say it’s fine to use smartphone while driving

Californian court allows use of use of apps such as Google Maps while driving at 65mph
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Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey

I regret not paying for MPs expenses scoop, admits Brooks

Old Bailey told of ex-editor's 'error of judgement that is quite high on my list'
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Former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau Chun-to is fighting for his life after he was stabbed on Wednesday

Stabbing of editor fuels fears of ‘Chinese attack’ on press freedom

Journalist stabbed in the back and legs in Hong Kong
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Family says they've killed a chupacabra (that's an animal that doesn't really exist)

Mythical creature has a reputation for sucking blood from live-stock across America
Student

Oxford student who hanged herself 'harassed' by a lecturer, inquest told

Woman subjected to a 'campaign of harassment'
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A statement from professional bodies said that practitioners who offered “cures” and “treatments” for homosexuality were harming their patients

Top psychiatrists unite to condemn 'gay cure' therapies

They're 'abusive and scientifically unsound'

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Queen Elizabeth II meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Buckingham Palace Ellen E Jones The fear behind our ridicule of Germany Lewis Gill lands the punch that killed pedestrian Andrew Young Howard Jacobson Any punch at a man's face is barbaric
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The quiz claims it can determine whether you are ‘right-brained’ or ‘left-brained’ in just 30 seconds

Which side of your brain is dominant? Take this quiz to find out

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Naomi Watts stars as Princess Diana which came out on top at this year's Barfta Awards

Diana reigns at this year’s Barfta Awards

arts + ents Awards recognise the clangers to have disgraced the screen this year
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Visitors and cats at 'Lady Dinahís Cat Emporium' in London

Feline fresh: Introducing Britain's first cat café

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The set of five concept cars were inspired by the Batmobile which features in Batman Begins

Yours for $1m: A real, road-legal Batmobile

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Hollywood re-ink-arnated

galleryWhat would Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando and Spock look like if they were heavily tattooed?
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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 19: Philip Seymour Hoffman poses for a portrait during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the Getty Images Portrait Studio at the Village At The Lift on January 19, 2014 in Park City, Utah.

Hoffman died accidentally after toxic drugs mix

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The suit dominated Christian Dior’s autumn/winter ready-to-wear show in Paris

Dior swaps the garden for the city in Paris

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Paul Walker tops list of the most searched for People of 2013

Fast and Furious 7 filming to resume five months after star died in crash

film Paul Walker was killed in November
Sport
Yarnold takes part training session - the 25-year-old farmer's daughter from Kent was pointed in the direction of the skeleton at a National Lottery talent identification day

Ticket to slide

sportHow Team GB's skeleton women conquered the slopes in Sochi
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He says: “I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘Wow, I’m really great-looking.’... I think I’m the greatest, anyway.”

Lust for life: Coming soon to a radio near you

peopleIggy Pop was a punk before punk was invented but now the master revivalist is set to take a regular BBC Radio 6Music slot
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Jennifer Lawrence 'deserves a rest' says producer Harvey Weinstein

Fancy a Jennifer Lawrence salami? Or maybe a Kanye Wurst?

peopleLab campaigns to make sausage meat out of celebs' body tissue
Arts & Entertainment
‘Notturnino’, by Thomas Hauert, part of tonight’s triple bill

Company challenges perceptions of disability

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This scene from Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse' music video has been edited to remove the 'Allah' pendant formerly seen hanging around this man's neck

'Blasphemy' cut

musicKaty Perry music video edited after causing Muslims offence
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The app boasts a number of

Too busy to text your girlfriend? There's an app for that

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Strange brew

food + drinkAfter the arrival of lamb beer, we look at some other weird and wonderful flavours
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In the bag: 10 best crisps

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The Spice Girls during their 2007-08 reunion tour

Could the Spice Girls become one again?

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Life & Style

'Surrounding our Dad with love and sarcasm'

techComedian's surprisingly touching live-tweet of her father's death
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Pharrell Williams is nominated for Best Song at the Oscars with

Will Pharell Williams get lucky at the Oscars?

oscarsMusic stars muscle in on Academy Awards glory
Life & Style
22 November 2013: Today's Google Doodle celebrates 50 years of Doctor Who

Are Google Doodles sexist and racist?

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Ukraine's fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych has funnelled millions of pounds through London front companies

‘Ukrainian assets owned or used by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych hidden behind trail of firms with links to UK’

Luxury residence famed for its taxpayer-funded petting zoo, life-sized Spanish galleon and golf course allegedly owned on Mr Yanukovych’s behalf through a company set up in London
Life means life: Cregan, Dennehy and Adebolajo will die behind bars, alongside some of the most notorious criminals in British history
Gambling: customers to set their own money and time limits on machines to curb addiction
Analysis: Without the secret letters to IRA suspects there would be no peace in Northern Ireland
Our welfare policies don’t work, says former RAF serviceman
Britain will not freeze Yanukovych's Ukrainian assets ‘until EU agrees’
Exclusive: High Court judge Anselm Eldergill ‘resigned in disgust’ from 1970s human-rights group over paedophile link
Sons of a man named as a Nazi sympathiser in newly declassified WW2 documents deny all allegations
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Scenes from Crimea yesterday, where unidentified armed men took over airports and shut off roads

Ukraine latest - The invasion begins: armed Russian-speaking gunmen with Crimea in their grip as Barack Obama warns Moscow

Kiev condemns armed violation as Russian-speaking troops seize key installations as deposed president insists that he will fight to regain power
‘Ukrainian assets owned or used by ousted President Viktor Yanukovych hidden behind trail of firms with links to UK’
Barack Obama warns of 'costs of intervention' over Russian military movements inside Ukraine
Paul Walker dead: Fast and Furious 7 filming to resume in April
The fall of Rome? Mayor claims cash-strapped city will shut down unless it is bailed out
Ukraine crisis: Russians accused of occupying Crimea airports in 'military invasion'
Philip Seymour Hoffman died accidentally after toxic drugs mix
Safe in Russia, defiant ousted President Viktor Yanukovych insists he is still Ukraine’s leader
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Even though Vanessa-Mae came last, her participation in the giant slalom was entirely in keeping with Olympic ideals

Errors and Omissions: Nothing unique in allowing rhetoric to trump logic

Our peerless pedant and Letters editor examines the flaws in this week's Independent
Uh oh, MPs, this one really doesn't look good for you
When councils shroud their deals with private developers in secrecy, you get the feeling something's up
The Big Six must return the £400m owed to customers
David Cameron hoped Angela Merkel would solve his Brussels problem. He should have known better
Letters: Greed is still good in the amoral world of banking
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Manchester City manager Mark Hughes (left) and Arsene Wenger clash on the touchline in 2009

Stoke City v Arsenal: Mark Hughes can become the first manager to beat the Gunners with four different Premier League teams

Hughes has defeated Arsenal as manager in the division with three teams
Manuel Pellegrini given two-match touchline ban following his outburst after Manchester City defeat to Barcelona
Premier League preview: A statistical look at this weekend's games including Everton v West Ham United; Fulham v Chelsea; Stoke City v Arsenal; Aston Villa v Norwich City; Tottenham Hotspur v Cardiff City
Liverpool's leaky defence explained by Brendan Rodgers: 'It is because we haven't pressed the ball high enough'
Liverpool 'have an advantage' in the Premier League title race, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger
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The trial needed to kill 70 per cent of the badger population to be effective. So far, it has only managed to eliminate 30 per cent

Figures emerge showing that up to a fifth of culled badgers took more than five minutes to die during recent trials

The full extent of the badgers’ suffering during the recent culls was laid bare today, as new figures showed nearly a fifth of the animals shot may have taken more than five minutes to die – while it emerged that marksmen frequently failed to take the appropriate biosecurity measures.
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore tells US Senate there is "no proof" humans cause climate change
Family of wild beavers seen in England for first time in centuries
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Iggy Pop was a punk before punk was invented but now the master revivalist is set to take a regular BBC Radio 6Music slot

The wildest of rock’s wild men, the drug fiend’s drug fiend is to be a DJ
Stephen Roche: Ireland is ready for Giro d'Italia's grand start
David Blaine interview: Just how does he do it?
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Barking blondes: There’s life in the old dog yet

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Dish of the day: Cheats cheese and potato tart

Serve up a generous slice with some fresh, crisp gem lettuce and you've got yourself a delicious lun...

Dish of the Day: How to … choose rum

Next week is carnival time in Trinidad and Tobago and what better way to replicate the warmth of the...

Children’s book blog: February reads – Weasels, Oliver and the Seawigs and In Bloom

My recommendations for February are Weasels by Elys Dolan, Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve an...

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Teen cancer survivor Elana Simon helps scientists study her own rare disease

The eighteen-year-old helped scientists discover a gene flaw that could play a role in how the tumour strikes
Could the Woolly Mammoth be brought back to life?
Is the right or left side of your brain more dominant? Take this quiz to find out
Ministers take next step towards approving IVF procedures that would allow three-parent babies
The search for 'Earth 2.0' continues apace as Nasa announces the discovery of four new 'Goldilocks' planets, taking the known total to nine
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The filming of Fast and Furious 7 is to continue following a hiatus after Paul Walker died

Paul Walker dead: Fast and Furious 7 filming to resume in April

Filming has been on hold since the actor died last year
The best of the worst: Diana film starring Naomi Watts reigns at this year’s Barfta Awards
Candoco: the dance company that’s challenging perceptions of disability
Iggy Pop was a punk before punk was invented but now the master revivalist is set to take a regular BBC Radio 6Music slot
Bret Easton Ellis and Rob Zombie join forces for Manson Murders TV drama
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Vladislav Inozemtsev: How the EU could wake up from its economic coma and restore Europe's influence in the world

The solution is in front of the member countries - they should grasp it, now
OUTLOOK: Surely floods will force MPs to wake up to the dangers of a greater catastrophe
OUTLOOK: Standard warning underlines the stark choice for Scotland
OUTLOOK: RBS makes the worst excesses of a Turner Prize look pretty
Hamish McRae: Ukraine lags far behind even the poorest European state but there is a way forward to a wealthy future
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Leading British businesses have signed up to the cause with more than 190,000 staff at Marks & Spencer, Argos, Homebase, Lloyds Bank and Lloyds Pharmacy set to become 'dementia friends'

Dementia revolution: Jeremy Hunt pledges £90m for early diagnosis

New package will also include introduction of 'dementia friends' in high street chains
Children taken into care for being too fat
Is breast really best? New study suggests feeding babies from breast over bottle ‘doesn’t have impact we think it does’
Baby boomer generation faces drink and drugs warning
Children born by caesarean section could be more likely to become obese as adults
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The network of Britons who spied for Hitler during Second World War
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The murder trial of the world's most famous disabled athlete begins in Pretoria next week
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Neeson's tough guy act is on target in Non-Stop

Non-Stop is not a film that will appeal to the airline industry but, true to the title, it strikes a relentless narrative tempo
All the presidents' meals: A new memoir spills the beans on cooking at the White House

White House chef spills the beans

John Moeller cooked family meals for the Bushes and Clintons, and banquets for world leaders
Citizen clean: Campaigners frustrated with the Government's failure to cut the amount of air pollution are uniting to tackle 'invisible killer'

Citizen clean: Campaigners tackle air pollution

Campaigners frustrated with the Government’s failure to cut the amount of air pollution in our cities are uniting to tackle the ‘invisible killer’ themselves
Spritz promises to boost reading speeds to a breakneck 500 words a minute - will it enhance our enjoyment of literature?

Will Spritz enhance our enjoyment of literature?

The new app promises to boost reading speeds to a breakneck 500 words a minute
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Wanderlust: 10 best Asia travel books

If you’re heading east or want to learn more about the continent, take a guided tour
Nicolas Anelka 'quenelle' gesture: Split second that changed everything

Split second that changed everything

Whatever he may have intended, English football now knows more than it would like about Dieudonné and his gesture
Dark shadow of Allen Stanford grips Antigua

Dark shadow of Allen Stanford grips Antigua

The ECB may have tried to quickly forget the 'Twenty20 for 20' but the fraudster's downfall cost thousands of jobs and left a giant hole in the island's economy
Stephen Roche: Ireland is ready for Giro d'Italia's grand start

Stephen Roche: Ireland is ready for Giro d'Italia's grand start

The cycling legend on how Belfast has geared up for May's big event
Mounting tension: Israel’s Knesset debates proposal to enforce its sovereignty at Al-Aqsa Mosque - a move seen as ‘an extreme provocation to Muslims worldwide’

Mounting tension in Israel

Knesset debates proposal to enforce its sovereignty at Al-Aqsa Mosque - a move seen as ‘an extreme provocation to Muslims worldwide’
Hindu nationalists are gaining power in India - and silencing enemies along the way

Hindu nationalists are gaining power in India...

... and silencing enemies along the way
Grow up, grandpa: Years after 'Sachsgate', Andrew Sachs reveals he is still not talking to his granddaughter

'Grow up, Andrew Sachs'

Years after 'Sachsgate', the Fawlty Towers star reveals he is still not talking to his granddaughter
Is it game over for Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda?

Is it game over for Nintendo?

The Japanese firm is in deep trouble with poor sales of its new Wii U console and sliding profits