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Warhammer 40,000: Can it Save Your Marriage and Why is it so White?

A minor storm has broken out on the BBC website after Samira Ahmed wrote a piece on the enduring popularity of the game Warhammer 40,000, which has just marked its 25th year in existence. With over 600 comments already (and still counting) it seems an odd subject for a raging debate but that is what seems to have happened.
Older drivers behind the wheel increasing in the UK

UK, a Nation of Ageing Drivers

About 80 per cent of the people aged between 60 and 69 hold driving licences in the UK and are expected to continue to drive their vehicles on the busy roads in the country for the next 20 years.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bows in the memory of his people

Japan One Year On: Tohoku Quake Victims Remembered

On 18 March 2011, I bought a copy of the Daily Star newspaper. A photo in the bottom right-hand corner caught my eye at first and then the paper's headline. The photo showed two small children sitting on a railway line, warmly dressed against the cold with the little girl at least holding a school satchel on her back.