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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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Award winning conductor Charles Hazlewood has joined forces with Dragons Den's Deborah Meaden to host a weekend of classical music with a contemporary twist. Play the Field is at Charles' farm near Glastonbury in Somerset this weekend - 29th & 30th August.
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The hedgehog gag won Dan Antopolski the Dave Award for the funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe. Nine critics sat through thousands of jokes before coming up with a shortlist of 27 for Dave viewers to vote on. 18% chose Dan Antopolski's one liner.
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The emergence of mass youth unemployment on a scale not seen since the early 1990s was confirmed by today's jobless figures, raising the spectre of a new generation scarred by being locked out of the labour market.The detailed figures showed that since the recession began, unemployment among under-25s has risen from 700,000 in February 2008, to 928,000...
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Having criticised the 'green' movement recently and being in the environmentally unfriendly airline business, entrepreneur Richard Branson still believes in doing his bit for the environment. As such, he has launched a green enterprise and Virgin's Green Fund will invest in renewable energy projects
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As a serial entrepreneur and founder of EasyJet and the EasyGroup, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has put his name behind The Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs 2009 encouraging people with disabilities to be pro-active in the business world.
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Former contestant Dick Strawbridge will take over from long-standing presenters Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers when its 11th series begins in September.
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Why are honeybee numbers falling at near catastrophic levels? High-profile campaigns and celebrity enthusiasts - like Bill Turnbull, the BBC presenter and conference facilitator, and Vince Cable, the Lib Dem leader and keynote speaker - have helped plant a once marginal issue firmly into the national consciousness.
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is set to be the biggest programme ever with over 34,000 performances in 265 venues. Comedy accounts for a full third of the programme and big names include Frank Skinner, Clive James, Denise Van Outen, Alistair McGowan, Rhod Gilbert & Ricky Gervais
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A visionary and lauded public intellectual, Harvard professor, Howard Gardner has not only revolutionized our understanding of intelligence and creativity, but he has also established himself as one of the world’s foremost authorities on leadership and professional responsibility. He is a contender for this year's Thinker 50 poll and is a much sought-after international keynote speaker
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Six pairs of celebrities from comedians to TV presenters, Apprentice stars to actors will travel Around the World in 80 Days in a giant relay in aid of Children in Need. Frank Skinner and Lee Mack, Nick Hewer and Saira Khan, Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker, Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin, Myleene Klass and John Barrowman and Josie Lawrence and Shane Richie make up the six teams
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Total government spending in June hit £49bn, up from £44.2bn a year earlier, so what do the experts think? Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS Global InsightIn some respects, the June public finance data provided some relief for the chancellor as they were not quite as dreadful as feared. Even so, it is hard to gain much comfort from a public...
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The 12th annual top 500 Superbrands survey has revealed the winners and losers during this economic downturn. A list of about 1,400 brands was considered by a panel of experts, with more than 2,000 UK consumers taking part in a vote.