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The Queen Elizabeth II bridge linking Essex and Kent across the Thames

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Options on the table include a scheme that would pass through "environmentally sensitive areas"
Incredible footage has captured the moment a grinning Russian soldier had an AK-47 machine gun bullet removed from his head with a pair of pliers.

Grinning Russian soldier has bullet removed from forehead with pliers

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Aussies say bye to Britain as it becomes too pricey to stay

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Rival gangs MS-13 and 18 Street could break a ceasefire orchestrated by ousted security minister David Mungia Payes

As MPs squabble over gay marriage, is this the true face of tolerance in Britain?

Couple who were victims of homophobic attack in park tell MPs: you are legitimising bigots with vocal opposition to same-sex marriage
Pope Francis appears to have been captured on video performing an exorcism in St Peter’s Square

Astonishing footage of Pope Francis 'performing an exorcism' emerges

Video The Pontiff appears to have been captured on camera performing the ritual in St Peter’s Square
Cyril Smith, one of the best-known politicians of the 1970s and 1980s, escaped prosecution in 1970 for multiple indecent assaults on teenaged boys despite matching allegations against from eight men, according to prosecution filed released by the Crown Prosecution Service

Three former pupils complain of sex abuse by adults at school linked to MP Cyril Smith

Tim Cook has been having little luck keeping his backers sweet

Apple tax-dodging schemes 'highly questionable'

US Senate report finds all sales are made through subsidiaries registered in Ireland
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No possibility of forward being sold, say Tottenham, as they look to extend his contract with lucrative deal
Roche's Tamiflu limits the spread of the swine flu virus within the body. It may also be taken preventatively after exposure to swine flu

The 'shocking example of incompetence' over flu drug that cost taxpayers £74m

Around 6.5 million units of Tamiflu bought by the Department of Health had to be written off because it could not guarantee the antiviral had been stored correctly
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74

Founding member of The Doors dies

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France prepares to accept English teaching for university sciences
Bradley Cooper will reportedly receive cooking lessons from Gordon Ramsay for his next film 'Chef'

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Gordon Ramsay will reportedly give the Hollywood star a 'crash course in cookery' for his role in an upcoming film
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Ancient African coins lead experts to question who discovered islands
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Arrested Development tries to relive the glory days
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Germany adopts Bieber's monkey after star fails to claim him

Mally was seized by customs after the singer failed to show the correct documentation for his pet
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A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma

'There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms, bedrooms, classrooms': President Barack Obama says America is praying for Oklahoma in wake of tornado that claimed 24 lives

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The funnel of a tornado almost touches the ground near South Haven, Oklahoma

200 mph winds, 12 miles of devastation: What makes a tornado?

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Cannes Film Festival 2013 review: Behind The Candelabra - Michael Douglas brilliantly captures Liberace's showmanship

Had Hollywood been brave enough to back this made-for-TV biopic, Steven Soderbergh would be attracting serious Oscars buzz
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