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Georgina Clarke Pride month is the celebration of those who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. During this time, people come together to show how far gay rights have come and what work must continue to be done to result in full equality globally. ..
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Comedian Tim Vine beat the likes of John Bishop and Jack Whitehall to win the best joke award at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, so what did he say?
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As A-level results are released today pressure on students is higher than ever but there are several successful keynote speakers such as Simon Woodroffe who have succeeded without university, so is it really the be all and end all?
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In exactly two years time the London 2012 Olympics will finally commence and to mark the countdown motivational speaker Sir Chris Hoy will be the very first person to ride inside the cycling velodrome today.
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Deciding how Britain will pay for the care of its ageing citizens cannot be delayed any longer says Dame Joan Bakewell. Dame Joan has been travelling around the country to make a special programme for Panorama looking at the options of how to cope with the cost of caring for an ageing population.
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In his new book, When a Billion Chinese Jump, Jonathan Watts tells the story of an unfolding ecological crisis as seen from the ground. Here, he talks to Sam Geall about its economic and cultural implicationsAs the Beijing-based Asia environment correspondent for the Guardian, Jonathan Watts has reported on environmental issues in China for several...
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World Cup final referee Howard Webb has been greeted with both praise and controversy and few understand the pressures he has experienced like speaker Pierluigi Collina – widely regarded as the best referee in the world.
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Leo Johnson, keynote speaker, co-founder of Sustainable Finance Ltd, and partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, spoke at a roundtable discussion yesterday about the challenges of a low-carbon economy confronting government and investors.
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The women chosen by MT are imaginative and hard working, determined to thrive in tough times. Web entrepreneurs, record label executives, fashionistas, hedge fund managers and a structured credit sales woman made the list.
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?What If! guru Kris Murrin has taken on a senior role at No 10 and she is not the first of the ?What If! innovators to achieve such success. Keynote speaker Chris Barez-Brown has since set up his own company Upping Your Elvis and gone on to write a best-selling book on practical ideas to kick-start your creativity.
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The Borders Book Festival kicks off tomorrow in the stunning setting of Harmony Gardens in Melrose. The festival has grown in to a national UK event over 4 days in June. This year the organisers have once again bagged themselves an impressive speaker line up including, John Prescott, Kate Adie, Gervase Phinn, John Simpson, Victoria Wood and Rory Bremner.
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On Saturday night Spelbound took the crown of Britain’s Got Talent, and if they achieve anywhere near the success of last year’s winner dance group Diversity they will be on a dazzling trajectory.
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Sir Steve Redgrave is not one to turn down a challenge, and on June 12th he will begin the Race Against America (RAAM) regarded as the “world’s toughest bike race”.