“Colourful and visually stunning - but also important in our understanding of scientific advances - the winners of this year’s Wellcome Image Awards range from a close up look at a bloody sticking-plaster, to the striking shades of a ruby-tailed wasp viewed through a microscope.”
—BBC News - Audio slideshow: Beautiful science
February 2011
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“In other words, peers will use an electoral system inside the Lords that many do not wish people to use outside the House of Lords.”
—Rebellious peers to use AV voting
“‘I would love to see tax reductions,” David Cameron told the Sunday Telegraph at the weekend, “but when you’re borrowing 11% of your GDP, it’s not possible to make significant net tax cuts. It just isn’t.” Oh no? Then how come he’s planning the biggest and crudest corporate tax cut in living memory?”
—To us, it’s an obscure shift of tax law. To the City, it’s the heist of the century | The Guardian
“Exclusive footage capturing the moment 6 robbers attempt a smash and grab raid at a jewellery shop in Northampton - only to be stopped by a pensioner fending them off with her handbag.”
—Anglia Tonight - ITV Local - Armed robbery footage
“Now, CollegeHumor.com has discovered that when those classic McBain clips are put together, they create a short film with main characters and an actual, logical plot.”
—Watch the McBain Short Film From The Simpsons
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