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Welshman promises to silence “disrespectful”  American – but the odds are heavily against him

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Sussex University has decided to go private - and the students aren't happy

The Communist Party of France has removed the hammer and sickle from its membership card

A hammer blow for French Communists

The old phrase “workers of the world, unite thee” is looking a bit stale this week.

David Cameron greets US Vice President Joe Biden at 10 Downing Street yesterday

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The US Vice President, Joe Biden, is in London today for a working lunch with David Cameron, on the last day of a tour of European capitals.

Spanish corruption scandal further dents support for Rajoy government

Spain's opposition Socialist Party called yesterday for the resignation of the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, over a corruption scandal as a poll showed the lowest support on record for his centre-right People's Party (PP).

Greenham Common airbase protest, 1982

The women who changed Britain forever

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Super Bowl: San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver sorry for anti-gay remarks during media day

Culliver was talking in the build-up to this weekend's showpiece event

Cape Verde coach Lucio Antunes carries his country’s flag
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Mark Jones: The last place you want to be – the hotel business centre

The hotel tour is one of the small inconveniences of the travel professional's life. For 30 minutes you trudge in a group from floor to floor, room to room, trying to think of something polite to say. ("And here is the bedside table." "Yes … it is.")

club want new fourth tier

Macclesfield Town chief executive Jon Harris has asked the Football League to consider establishing two new regionalised League Two divisions, including the strongest of the sides in the Blue Square Premier.

Jose Mourinho is under pressure at the Bernabeu

Real Madrid move quickly to deny stars demanded Jose Mourinho sacking

The Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, has angrily denied a report in Marca saying there was a rift between coach Jose Mourinho and club captains Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos. The two Spain internationals backed Perez and Mourinho with a separate statement on the club's website, denying the newspaper's story of a "him or us" ultimatum.

I wanna eat you all up! Why pictures of cute animals could make us feel violent

Researchers claim to have found a link between cuteness and aggression

Chalk Talk: Teachers find it's even grimmer up north

To the North of England Education Conference in Sheffield last week – a quaint little ritual whereby the great and the good in the world of education gather in January in one of the areas of the country most likely to be snowbound.

Bishop of Liverpool launches scathing attack on Government cuts programme

'Social diabetes' warning offered to cities hit hardest by budget changes

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Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

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