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Around the world in 80 days: Alex Thomson finishes third in gruelling Vendee Globe race
Wednesday 30 January 2013
British sailor makes history after completing the 28,000-mile, three-month solo race
Alex Thomson finishing Vendée Globe in cautious mode
Monday 28 January 2013
Foot off the pedal and doing everything to protect his third place over the last 500 miles, Alex Thomson was sounding happier as he added “I don’t care where I finish (in the Vendée Globe solo round the world race) just as long as I finish.”
Inside Lines: Sir Brad, Dame Jess? Where the gongs will go
Sunday 12 August 2012
The column that runs rings round the rest
The well runs dry
Wednesday 02 June 2004
Inkjet cartridges don't come cheap and there's no way of knowing how long they will last. Is anyone standing up for consumers? Michael Pollitt reports
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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