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£130 Million Worth Silver Discovered on Shipwreck off Ireland Coast

A shipwreck loaded with silver worth more than £130million has been discovered at the bottom of the Atlantic. Odyssey Marine Exploration announced that it has confirmed the identity and location of the shipwreck site of the SS Gairsoppa nearly 4,700 meters below the surface of the North Atlantic, approximately 300 miles off the coast of Ireland in international waters.
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Unsafe Sex Higher Now Among Teenagers: Study

In a recent report, 43 percent of the sexually active teenagers in Britain, aged between 16 and 19, have confessed to unsafe sex without adequate protection with new partners. This is far more than 36 percent of teenagers who responded the same way in 2009.
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UK Urged to Support DotScot Domain

The Scottish government hopes to receive support from the rest of the UK in its bid for the distinctive "dotSCOT" suffix, in the Top Level Domains (TLDs) application window.
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Ed Miliband Aims to Slash Tution Fees

Labour leader Ed Miliband pledges that tuition fees in maximum universities would be reduced by £6,000 a year, from the current £9,000, if his government will come into the power.
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English Speaking ‘Forest Boy’ First Words

English Speaking ‘Forest Boy’ First Words. "I'm alone in the world. I don't know who I am. Please help me." Those are the haunting words of the 17 year old boy named Ray that has been discovered living rough in a forest in Germany for the past five years
A court has heard that travellers evicted from Dale Farm are threatening to return.

Injunction Halts Dale Farm Eviction

A court injunction has been granted to a group of travellers attempting to avoid being evicted from a controversial settlement at Dale Farm in Essex.
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Scientists Vow to Fight “Religious Fundamentalist” Teaching Creationism

A group of 30 scientists, including Sir David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins, are urging the government to toughen its guidance on the promotion of creationism in classrooms, saying it is sometimes portrayed as a scientific theory by "religious fundamentalists" working in publicly funded schools.