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Weakest necks in Europe? Britain’s ‘whiplash epidemic’
MPs and insurance companies say the increase in whiplash claims is to blame for the rise in motor insurance premiums – and make Britain the whiplash capital of Europe. Carl Dinnen reports.
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Welsh football manager Gary Speed dies, aged 42
Gary Speed, manager of the Welsh national football team, has died. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
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What is fuelling the rise of the far right?
As Anders Behring Breivik appears in court charged with murder, Germany uncovers a new far-right terror group. But is the economic crisis to blame for the far right’s rise? Channel 4 News reports.
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FactCheck: What happens to the economy if we pull out of the EU?
“As a Daily Mail poll showed that 77 per cent of Conservative Party members believe there should be a referendum on Britain’s continuing membership of the EU, Mr Clegg launched a defence of the economic benefits of staying in Europe.”
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‘Disturbing’ rise in cyber attacks on UK government
A British intelligence agency warns cyber attacks on the UK government are on the rise, ahead of a major summit on cyber-warfare. But an expert tells Channel 4 News the summit will be “superficial”.
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Viking boat burial site discovered in Scottish Highlands
A Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists in the Scottish Highlands, who call the find “one of the most important Norse graves ever excavated in Britain”.
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New atlas charts environmental change
The latest edition of The Times atlas shows the effects of environmental change on the planet including the appearance of a new island.
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Two dead after Norwegian cruise ship catches fire
Two people died and nine were injured after a cruise liner caught fire off the coast of Norway.
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Lasting legacies and passing tragedies?
It has become quite fashionable to say 911 didn’t really change the world. A rash of commentary has recently argued that the decade of Al Qaeda while bloody and terrible will not have the future consequences we may once have feared. The argument runs : the world changed, the centre of economic gravity changed, the role and power of America in the world changed but much of it happened regardless of the “war on terror” and the clash of civilisations will never quite happen – especially now Bin Laden is dead. This makes for clever columns but seems ultimately rather unhelpful. The need to understand what has changed seems greater than ever before anyone claims victory and moves on, just because the troops are coming home from Afghanistan.
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FactCheck: Is Britain Nato’s top gun in Libya?
Britain “won’t be left behind” in the grab for Libyan oil contracts, William Hague said today, as world leaders flocked to Paris to plot out the new Libya. And why should we? Rumours are rife that Libya’s new government plans to hand the French the keys to 35 per cent of the country’s oil. And we’ve done just as much to help Libya as the French, haven’t we? Hmm not exactly, FactCheck discovers.
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Risks of breast cancer over-diagnosis ‘not made clear’
Women undergoing NHS breast cancer screening are being “misinformed” and are not told about the risks of over-diagnosis, researchers say.
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Turtles lured to UK by jellyfish feast
Endangered leatherback turtles are arriving in British waters to feed on a rising number of jellyfish as Science Correspondent Tom Clarke reports.
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Governments must act on ‘global obesity epidemic’
As new forecasts show obesity rates in the UK could surge to 40% by 2030, experts say governments need to take tougher action to fight the “global epidemic”.
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Breivik returns to shooting island
Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik shows “no remorse” as he returns with police to the island of Utoya, where he shot and killed 69 people last month.
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Britain in the grip of riots – but why?
After three nights of riots, looting and arson in London and across Britain, Channel 4 News looks at who the rioters are and why they are taking to the streets so violently.
