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• Will Meghan Markle be walking down the aisle or up the nave? | Brief letters

  07-05-2018 19:10 via theguardian.com
  Network Rail | ‘UK Border’ | Biblical blunder? | Auto-corrected names | Royal weddingHow nice of Mark Carne to “strongly advise passengers to plan ahead this May” (Bank holiday heatwave may break record for early May, 5 May). Pity that when you visit the Network Rail website there are no schedules available for the next bank holiday weekend travelling from Sussex to London until 14 May at the earliest.
  Leigh Hughes
  Saltash, Cornwall• On Friday I landed at Bristol air
  
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• Merkel on the brink? German ministers to REJECT plot to prop up Eurozone

  07-05-2018 18:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a new crisis at home and abroad as senior conservative politicians meet today to pass a resolution rejecting any pooling of Eurozone debts in Europe.
  
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• Bitcoin price LIVE: BTC drops £300 - Warren Buffett described as 'monumentally baffling'

  07-05-2018 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN took a sharp fall this morning from $9,633 down to $9,233 as the long-awaited return to $10,000 lumbers on. Ethereum stands at $737 with Ripple at 0.82.
  
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• Sainsbury's-Asda deal risks environmental harm, say campaigners

  07-05-2018 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Regulators told shortcuts may be taken as pressure grows on producers from price cutsThe proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda puts too much power in the hands of large retailers and will have a damaging impact on the environment, regulators have been warned.Food campaigners, environmentalists and farmers’ leaders are claiming the proposed deal, and the accompanying promise to further drive down prices, will put more pressure on producers, many of which may be forced to cut corners
  
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• 'A pool in the basement is a clear marker of wealth': how the super-rich are digging down

  07-05-2018 16:43 via theguardian.com
  In London’s richest boroughs vast subterranean enclaves are being carved out over several floors to house cars, wine, saunas and private nightclubs. How did underground living – once associated with poverty and disease – become an investment scheme for the uber-wealthy?With its eclectic fusion of Regency and mythological motifs, Havona House stands out amid the stucco-fronted Victorian townhouses in Notting Hill’s Pembridge Villas. The newly built mansion’s mock neo
  
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• What lies beneath: the subterranean secrets of London's super-rich

  07-05-2018 16:39 via theguardian.com
  Study exposes thousands of opulent basement schemes with cinemas, pools … and a beachThe subterranean secrets of London’s super-rich are revealed in a study of 4,650 basements granted planning permission in some of the capital’s most affluent neighbourhoods, with hundreds of swimming pools and cinemas in the most luxurious developments.Almost 1,000 gyms, 376 pools, 456 cinemas, 381 wine stores and cellars and 115 staff rooms, including bedrooms for nannies and au pairs, were f
  
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• Why did RSPB lose focus on our binoculars?

  07-05-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  They accept responsibility for the repair, but won’t respond to my emails about collectionThree years ago, my wife purchased a set of binoculars from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds that lately developed a fault with the left eyepiece. Representations were made to the RSPB. Its response was prompt and businesslike. It was accepted that it needed to repair the item under the terms of the warranty. It was to be carried out at its workshops and it would arrange collection of the
  
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• Bitcoin set for SUDDEN CRASH? Billionaire 'BLASTS' crypto market and promises 'BAD ENDING'

  07-05-2018 04:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN has been blasted by a billionaire who stated that cryptocurrencies will have a “bad ending” and likened BTC to “rat poison squared” during a period of healthy market growth for virtual markets.
  
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