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| UK house prices fall at fastest rate in nearly eight years UK house prices posted their largest monthly drop in almost eight years in April in the latest sign the housing market is weakening, according to the country's biggest mortgage lender. The 3.1% drop, the biggest since September 2010, knocked £7,140 off the average price of a home to £220,962 last ...
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| 'Robust' economic growth in Asia-Pacific last year and 'promising' prospects ahead – UN report "The prospects for mobilizing financing for development purposes are promising," said Shamshad Akhtar, the Executive Secretary of ESCAP, which is based in Thailand. According to the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific – ESCAP's long-running flagship publication – developing ...
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| Quirky conveniences: the toilets of Tokyo – in pictures Not all of the loos are this luxurious – 40% of public toilets in the country's main tourist destinations are still traditional squats. But this is all set to change as the government plans to update and "westernise" them in time for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. As an apparent authority on toilets, Japan is also ...
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| Deadly flash floods hit east African countries already in dire need "We are concerned about the flooding that has displaced so many people in Somalia, Kenya and Rwanda," said Farhan Aziz Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary general in a statement to the Guardian. "Our hearts go out to all the people who have been harmed by the rains and flash floods," he ...
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| 'It's a hidden nasty': Parents in dark over need to top up student loans How many parents realise that if their child goes to university, the government expects them to stump up thousands of pounds a year on top of the debt their offspring will incur from loans? According to the latest submissions to the current review of HE finance, the government is keeping parents in the ...
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| Stranger than fiction: Ian McEwan's son got a C in an A-level essay about one of his father's books I think you misunderstand. McEwan only got a C in English A-level quite recently. Seriously? Yes. In a way. In what way? Well, a couple of years ago his youngest son, Greg, was preparing an English A-level essay. Right. And the subject was the novel Enduring Love, from 1997. I vaguely remember that.
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| Four Gunners feature in England U-17s win Vontae Daley-Campbell, Bukayo Saka, Xavier Amaechi and Tyreece John-Jules all play in victory against Italy.
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