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Nursing home group unveils £550m flotation
Monday 05 June 2006
Britain's biggest operator of nursing homes for the elderly, Southern Cross, is to list on the stock market, with a valuation of some £550m.
Wealth Check: 'What can I do if my saving for the future is out of tune?'
Saturday 03 June 2006
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LBC 97.3 FM Living London Awards 2006
Wednesday 17 May 2006
The Independent has teamed up with LBC 97.3 FM to bring you the best of Local London 2006. We are running the Living London Awards again after 2005's success and so are calling on you to vote for your favourite local amenity. Whether it be a much-loved cinema or bookshop, or a sports facility or bar we want you to let us know about it by voting for who you believe to be the best in your neighbourhood.
Cod Liver Oil: Should I continue taking it?
Tuesday 16 May 2006
A recent study showed that taking cod-liver oil supplements may have no benefits and indeed may be harmful. My husband and I, both in our seventies, have been taking cod-liver oil tablets for the past five years. We take regular exercise and have a good diet. Should we continue taking cod-liver oil?
Rare attack by pair of sharks claims life of teenage surfer
Friday 17 December 2004
The second fatal shark attack in Australia within a week claimed the life of an 18-year-old surfer off a popular Adelaide beach yesterday, in an area scientists are calling the predators' "Grand Central Station".
Swimmer, 77, believed dead after shark attack off Cape
Tuesday 16 November 2004
A 77-year-old woman taking an early morning swim in Cape Town yesterday became the third victim of shark attacks in the tourist hot spot this year.
Shark hunt proves worthwhile for Briton in photography awards
Thursday 21 October 2004
An image of a grey reef shark swimming off the coast of New Zealand yesterday won the innovation award at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards in London.
Family Outings: Dive Scylla, Plymouth
Sunday 12 September 2004
There's a new captain on this ship - but he's got fins and a tail
Don't shoot: family of dead surfer pleads with authorities to spare the sharks that killed him
Tuesday 13 July 2004
Bradley Smith was a popular and experienced surfer. At the weekend he met an horrific end, mauled to death by two sharks off Western Australia. Yesterday, as fisheries officers armed with rifles searched for the fish, Australians agonised over whether they should be killed.
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Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
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Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
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After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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