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Is a minimum price for alcohol the best way to stop Britain boozing?

Professor Richard Tiffin from the Centre for Food Security ponders on whether introducing a minimum price per unit will calm… Read more>>>

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Celebrating 60 years of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’

Saturday 5 January marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most important plays of the 20th century, Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’.… Read more>>>

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Record-breaking year when drought became flood

The Met Office confirmed this morning that 2012 was the wettest year on record for England, and the second wettest… Read more>>>

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  • Providing technology to help develop a new Foot and Mouth vaccine
  • Research offers hope in solving polar communication and defence system problem
  • Survey explores how gardeners are adapting to a changing climate
  • New York’s super-sized drinks ban divides opinion among food economists
  • World Book Day: ‘Books still key for children’s development’ – education experts
  • Reading law expert praised by MPs for research into secret courts
  • Revealed: the earth’s ‘electrical heartbeat’ seen in clouds
  • New research shows anti-wrinkle cream chemical works

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