Air Traffic Control Prestwick opens 2010-01-26
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The new air traffic control centre at Prestwick in Ayrshire is set to be formally opened.
About 130 controllers have relocated from Manchester to complete a decade-long strategy to control UK airspace from two centres instead of four. (more…)
Woman Rips Priceless Picasso 2010-01-25
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![[Picture of Picasso Painting "The Actor"]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/the_actor_pp.jpg "The Actor")
A woman who was taking an art class at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has accidentally fallen into a Picasso painting and damaged it.
The painting called The Actor sustained a vertical tear (more…)
Top Six Albums of The Decade 2009-12-29
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James Blunt will have an extra reason to celebrate this New Year; his album ‘Back To Bedlam’ has been named the best-selling record of the last decade. (more…)
Glasgow 2014 Venues “Late” 2009-11-20
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Money, Scotland.Tags: 2014, commonwealth, commonwealth games, games, Glasgow 2014, Glasgow Games, NISA
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Key venues for the 2014 Commonwealth Games are months behind schedule, according to a report by Audit Scotland.
They say that the new national indoor sports arena (NISA) is being delayed, as is the revamp of the national swimming centre in Glasgow.
The news has prompted calls (more…)
Joss Stone: Music To be Free or Live 2009-11-03
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Humanities, Money.Tags: copyright, downloads, file-sharing, itunes, joss stone, lily allen, mp3, music, pop, riaa, royalty, torrent
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The 22-year-old soul singer Joss Stone — who recorded her new album ‘Colour Me Free” in her mother’s live music bar ‘Mama Stone’s’ in just a week — believes music should be shared for free whenever possible, (more…)
Biological Clock Affected by Weather 2009-10-20
Posted by clype in Health, Science, Scotland.Tags: biological clock, body clock, jetlag, sad, sleep, weather
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Our internal body clocks are shaped by the weather as well as by the seasons, scientists have discovered. (more…)
UK Has Poorest Quality of Life 2009-10-12
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According to the UN, the UK has been ranked the 21st best place in the world to live prior to the recession, and a recent uswitch report puts the UK as having the worst quality of life in Europe.
The report highlights the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many consumer goods in Britain. (more…)
Fingers Lost in Art Class Tragedy 2009-10-12
Posted by clype in Health, Humanities.Tags: art, burns, giles, health and safety, HSE, plaster of paris, school accident, tragedy
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Giles Visual Arts School has been ordered to pay 19 000 GBP after a 16-year-old girl lost most of her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of ‘plaster of Paris’ during a school art lesson.
The teenager was attempting to make a sculpture of her own hands during a lesson in 2007-01 when the horrific accident happened, Boston Magistrates’ Court in Lincolnshire was told. (more…)
More Like The Olivers 2009-10-06
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![[Picture of The Oliver Family]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/olivers.jpg "The Olivers")
Jamie and Jools Oliver and their brood have been named the family to which most parents of young children aspire, ahead of the Obamas and Beckhams. (more…)
