The headteacher at The Leys school in Cambridge, is considering asking a porn star to speak at the school

A headmaster has suggested he could invite a porn star into his top private school to help pupils understand the difference between online fantasy and real relationships.

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The Chief Executive Officer of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot

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Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is to cut 700 jobs in the UK over the next three years and invest £330 million.

Kate Middleton told soldiers she wants a boy

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Most mothers-to-be avoid revealing which gender they would prefer their baby to be; if they are wrong, there is always the suspicion of disappointment.

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We know nothing of what goes on in Kate's mind - and shouldn't expect to

Sandi Toksvig ruffles feathers by suggesting Duchess of Cambridge has no opinions and is 'very Jane Austen'

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'I was set up as a hate figure': Hilary Mantel defends criticism of Kate Middleton

Award-winning novelist says she has "absolutely nothing to apologise for"

A BBC sub editor at the BBC World Monitoring station, Caversham Park

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Revolutionary computer system it promised to revitalise the text-based current system with artificial intelligence and the means to translate myriad languages from audio into written English

Rebecca Meredith, the Cambridge student at the centre of the row

Who said misogyny’s dead? Female students receive sexist heckles at Glasgow Ancients debating competition

There are some who would like to believe that sexism among the student population in the UK is becoming a thing of the past. Events unfolded this Saturday at the Glasgow University Union’s (GUU) annual debating competition, the ‘Glasgow Ancients’, that might make these people think again.

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