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London celebrates Carnival and Olympic handover
Europe's biggest street party, Notting Hill Carnival, has kicked off with thousands of people ignoring the poor weather to celebrate the event in north west London.
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Serbs celebrate Bob Marley
Serbian village Banatski Sokolac has unveiled what it claims to be Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley in a bid to promote tolerance.
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Ferdinand and Beckham back anti-knife campaign
England footballers David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand and David James publicly backed a government anti-knife campaign on Monday.
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Jamaicans the world over celebrate Bolt
Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the men's 100 metres Olympic title here on Saturday in a new world record time of 9.69 seconds.
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Gloomy time ahead for job prospects
The latest quarterly Labour Market Outlook (LMO) survey of 1, 221 UK employers shows employment prospects weaker than at any time since the survey began in 2004, with recruitment activity falling and redundancies set to increase.
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Isaac Hayes – another untimely passing in Hollywood
Following the sudden passing of Bernie Mac, it was announced Sunday that yet another Hollywood great, Isaac Hayes, has passed at his home on Memphis Tennessee. He was 65.
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Head to head in the Hairdressing Awards
Finalists for the nine regional and six specialist categories for the British Hairdressing Awards 2008 was announced on the 8 August. Since 1984, the awards have celebrated and rewarded the best of British hairdressing creativity.
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The untimely passing of Bernie Mac
US comedian Bernie Mac died in hospital on Saturday, aged 50, following complications from pneumonia.
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More pupils achieving basic standard in English and maths
The number of students reaching the expected standard of level four in English and maths in this year's Key Stage Two Sats tests has risen, preliminary results show.
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Boxing lessons 'could benefit students'
Boxing lessons in schools could give pupils the opportunity to get fit and help tackle gang culture, the sports minister has said.
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Childhood obesity scheme receives mixed reviews
The National Obesity Forum has criticised aspects of the government's drive to reduce obesity among schoolchildren.
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Calls for end to child marriage in Yemen
A government body in Yemen has called for an end to child marriage, - common in rural areas - by proposing a minimum legal age for marriage. It has called for a one-year jail sentence for those who marry off youngsters below the age of 18.
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Crackdown on bogus students who abuse the system
Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet tighter new rules as will the universities and colleges hosting them under the student tier of the Home Office’s new Points Based System.
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Crime, statistics and trepidation among young people
21 teenagers so far have died violently in London this year. The last was 18-year-old Frederick Moody Boateng knifed on 17 July in Lambeth. Now a new survey says young people fear becoming victims of knife crime this summer.
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A sense of ‘Britishness’ will not achieve social cohesion
Addressing deprivation and how people connect is more important for social cohesion than trying to get everyone to adhere to the same fixed notion of “Britishness”, says a new research.
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GHANA: Dumping ground for used gadgets
At one of the many busy roadside shops in the capital, Accra, John Nuagbe displays the used, rusty and mostly broken electrical gadgets he recently imported from the USA.
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New technology to help young people tackle climate change and environmental issues
A ground-breaking schools project to raise awareness of climate change among young people using the latest communications technologies has launched in Liverpool.
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Pets’ way to beat the credit crunch
A report commissioned by the charity Dogs Trust last week finds that over 75% of dogs are banned from private rental properties.
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House of Commons to highlight impact of national criminal DNA Database
Despite Home Office findings that African Caribbean people are less likely to commit a crime, figures show that 77% of people on the national criminal DNA database are African Caribbean compared with 9% of Asians and just 6% of the whites.
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National search for role models to inspire our boys
A major national search to recruit male role models was launched on Tuesday calling for motivational Black and mixed heritage men to take a lead in inspiring the next generation of Black boys to achieve and succeed.
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