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Mad Men’s sassy secretary has been given government sanction for her body shape – but how realistic is it for women?

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Civil servants have been accused of ignoring advice to double check data on school building projects.

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Professor Robert Winston on how creative block has tormented great artists and even those in the sciences.

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Residents in Cardiff will continue their fight against a planned incinerator despite it being given the go ahead.

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A man travelled more than 30 miles from his home to take part in a riot in north Belfast, a court is told.

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Troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan created the “perfect storm” for an overstretched army, a former army chief tells the Iraq Inquiry.

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Flooding in China continues to cause chaos, with 30,000 people trapped in one town and explosive chemicals washed into a major river.

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A teenager pleads guilty to causing the death of a young stunt cyclist who was a passenger in his car which crashed.

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Post-mortem examinations on two girls found dead along with their parents do not reveal any signs of knife wounds.

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Home Secretary Theresa May has said it is time to move “beyond the Asbo”, signalling the possible end of its use.

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The government loses an appeal against allowing two former terror suspects to sue for damages over the use of control orders.

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Midges have been blighting summers in the Scottish Highlands for generations, but new research suggests that the insects aren’t as indiscriminate in their choice of victims as previously thought.

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An Airblue plane crashes into hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.

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Oil from BP’s damaged Gulf of Mexico well has cleared from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began.

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David Cameron begins a two-day visit to India with the aim of strengthening relations and creating jobs back in Britain.

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