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Audio: Marika Hackman
Friday 02 August 2013
Watch the videos below to take in tracks by Marika Hackman from her debut EP ‘That Iron Taste’.
Brecon Beacons deaths: Army names third soldier who died after SAS selection exercise
Wednesday 31 July 2013
A third soldier who died from injuries sustained in SAS selection training in mid-Wales last month, was today named as Corporal James Dunsby.
Drugs and alcohol in child victim reveal sacrificial secrets of the Incas
Tuesday 30 July 2013
Analysis of mummy's hair by UK team shows teenage girl was given coca and alcohol before ritualistic death
Plague infected squirrel discovered in National Forest near Los Angeles
Friday 26 July 2013
The diseased animal - a ground squirrel - was found to be carrying the disease, which if not treated with antibiotics is usually fatal
Tour de France 2013: Sir Dave Brailsford hails Team Sky effort that propelled Chris Froome to glory
Monday 22 July 2013
Froome became the second winner from Team Sky in as many years
Tour de France 2013: Bad crashes and cookery courses - on the road with the Tour’s riders
Monday 22 July 2013
Alasdair Fotheringham recalls the early bus stop, Thomas’ remarkable bravery and the power play that put Froome in yellow
Tour de France 2013: Chris Froome on top of the world
Sunday 21 July 2013
His victory is not just for Britain, but for the globalisation of cycling, writes Alasdair Fotheringham
Tour de France 2013: ‘I’d give anything to see my mother with me here today’ says Chris Froome
Sunday 21 July 2013
Tour de France winner has one last unfulfilled wish to share his victory with his late mother Jane
Tour de France 2013: 10 steps to glory for Chris Froome
Sunday 21 July 2013
How Froome went one better this time and ascended to the top of the podium
The Sport Matrix: Thursday 18 July 2013
Thursday 18 July 2013
Chelsea and United remain divided over Rooney future
Such a fungi! North Korean leader Kim Jong-un laughs as he is mobbed by screaming, crying women during visit to mushroom farm
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Despot surrounded in scenes more often associated with the likes of Harry Styles or Justin Bieber
Women’s Euro 2013: Toni Duggan finds late lifeline for struggling England in draw with Russia
Tuesday 16 July 2013
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Servicemen who died in searing heat during Brecon Beacons training were serving with Territorial Army
Monday 15 July 2013
A third man remains in a serious condition in hospital after the incident on Saturday
Chris Froome increases Tour de France lead
Sunday 14 July 2013
Chris Froome put his name in Tour de France history today with victory on the famed Mont Ventoux.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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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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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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