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Comment: Lucian Freud's early works show familiar taste for the ugly
Though his official biographer tends to deny it, there is a very noticeable
gap between Lucian Freud's present style and the way he painted at the
outset of his phenomenal career.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:13:12 BST
Devout Muslim guilty of making boys beat themselves during Shia ceremony
A Muslim was found guilty of child cruelty yesterday for forcing two boys to
beat themselves with a bladed whip during a religious ceremony.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:08:48 BST
Grant Wilkinson guilty of running one of UK's biggest ever gun factories
A gunsmith who set up a factory in his garden shed to make murder weapons for
gangland Britain will be sentenced to a long term in prison today.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:05:59 BST
Mick Channon injured in car crash
Mick Channon, the former England footballer turned racehorse trainer, is
recovering in hospital following a car crash on the M1 yesterday.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:29:20 BST
People in poor areas die decades before affluent counterparts
People living in deprived areas of the UK are likely to die decades earlier
than their counterparts in more affluent areas, according to a new report
which reveals a postcode lottery in life expectancy.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:10:39 BST
Four months to save £300m masterpieces by Renaissance master Titian
In
Depth: Nervous curators fear for art | Comment:
Jewels that rank among greatest treasures | Comment:
Nation much seize bargain
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:50 BST
Nation must grab this bargain by a sensual master
To the wider public Titian himself is not as widely known nor does he seem
quite as accessible as some of the other painters who have fetched high
prices in the saleroom in recent years. He is not a Matisse or a Van Gogh.
And his mythological subject matter, no matter how sensual its treatment may
seem, can look somewhat remote from us.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:38 BST
Farmers count the cost as rain ruins wheat harvest
Thousands of farmers across Britain fear that they could experience the worst
harvest in years after this month's relentless rainfall.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:34 BST
Nervous curators fear for art as duke calls in his loan
The moment that every museum chief most dreads came to John Leighton late last
year.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:25 BST
Jewels that rank among the greatest treasures
An imminent sale of important pictures rarely makes me gasp. I suppose I am
immune to it. However, the news that the Sutherland Trustees are selling
both their great Titians is certainly alarming. They have been on loan to
the National Gallery of Scotland since 1945 and have been in Britain since
1798. As far as big fish are concerned these two pictures must constitute
the biggest left in private hands, positive leviathans in a dwindling stock
pool.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:22 BST
French call for help in taming British speed fiends
British motorists have become a safety menace on France's roads, regularly
flouting the speed limits after crossing the Channel, French police say.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:07 BST
British claim to Ascension seabed raises the stakes over quest for Falklands oil
Britain laid territorial claim to a swath of seabed around Ascension Island in
the remote South Atlantic yesterday, in a move that threatens a replay of
the Falklands conflict with Argentina.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Plastic surgery for bullied girls
A plastic surgeon reshaped the nose of a 14-year-old girl who was being
bullied and gave breast implants to other girls who had been teased about
their appearance, it emerged yesterday.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Deafness breakthrough as doctor grows critical cell type
The search for new therapies for deafness has taken a significant step forward
after scientists successfully grew a critical type of ear cell in mammals
for the first time.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Businessman Christopher Foster and family missing after ‘arson attack’
Christopher Foster, a wealthy businessman, appeared to enjoy an idyllic
lifestyle with his wife and teenage daughter at their Georgian mansion deep
in the Shropshire commuter belt. But investigators were preparing last night
to trawl through rubble and blackened timbers in a search for their bodies,
after their £1.2 million home was gutted in a suspected arson attack.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Case study: ‘All because of greed’
The parents of Michael Dosunmu, 15, who was killed with one of Grant
Wilkinson’s weapons in a case of mistaken identity, said that the gunmaker
had their son’s blood on his conscience.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Police cautions and on-the-spot fines leave magistrates with nothing to do
Adult and youth courts in the Midlands are being cancelled because more
offenders are being given on-the-spot fines, according a letter leaked to The
Times.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Rainy Manchester may need defending, but it scores highly in happiness league
There is no Tesco, no Marks & Spencer, and the residents – heavily
outnumbered by sheep – are among the poorest in the land.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Map of obesity hotspots shows that problem has spread to remote regions
The isles of Scotland, valleys of Wales and parts of the South East have the
biggest concentrations of overweight people in the country, according to a
new map of obesity in Britain.
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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST
Super-jails are waste of £1bn, say governors
Prison officers, governors and penal reform groups will today condemn plans to build up to three 2,500-space jails as a waste of more than £1 billion of taxpayers’ money, while in a separate warning, prison governors say that there is a danger of staff losing control of the so-called “Titan” jails.
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