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News Reports: Tesco to announce MASSIVE losses

I do not know how much this is linked to the boycott, but I hope Tesco takes heed and changes its ways.

Tesco will guarantee itself an unwanted place in UK corporate history on Wednesday when it unveils an annual loss of well over £5bn, one of the biggest ever reported by a British company.

Sky News has learnt that the UK's biggest retailer will announce that statutory pre-tax losses were significantly above £5bn - a figure which represents the most 'pessimistic of market expectations.

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The Palestinians of Yarmouk and the shameful silence when Israel is not to blame

Palestinian refugees are being starved, bombed and gunned down like animals. “If you want to feed your children, you need to take your funeral shroud with you,” one told Israeli news website Ynet. “There are snipers on every street, you are not safe anywhere.”

This isn’t happening, however, in southern Lebanon, or even Gaza. And these particular Palestinians aren’t being killed or maimed by Israeli bombs and bullets.

Immigration: the big lie – video

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A quarter of Britons think the government should encourage immigrants and their families to leave. That's people like Mehdi Hasan. He argues that while hostility to outsiders may not be a new phenomenon, the so-called immigration debate is now toxically out of control. Anti-immigration sentiment isn't a result of increased immigration, but fear and prejudice

Ministers block move to lift Official Secrets Act provding cover to perpetrators of child sexual abuse

It is quite surprising to come across : the government defeated a bill which would have given immunity to "whistle blowers" uncovering or reporting child sexual abuse by high profile individuals.

Recently it has been reported that there was an investigation into a high profile paedophile ring involving westminister, but it was closed down, all documents taken and the officers threatened under the official secrets act.

This government seems to talk the talk when it comes to uncovering historical crimes against children of a sexual nature, but it doesnt want to walk the walk.

Tory candidate Afzal Amin suspended for allegedly colluding with EDL for election votes

From the "you couldnt make it up" category:

Tory candidate suspended for allegedly colluding with EDL for election votes

The Tory candidate in a key general election marginal has been suspended after allegedly hatching a plot with far-right extremists to win votes by stirring up racial tensions.

Afzal Amin is accused of scheming with the English Defence League (EDL) to announce an inflammatory march against a new ‘mega-mosque’ in the constituency of Dudley North, in the West Midlands. The idea, according to the Mail on Sunday, was for the protest to be scrapped, with Amin taking the credit for defusing the situation.

Almost Quarter of psychosis cases in study found linked to Cannabis use

'Skunk-like cannabis' increases risk of psychosis, study suggests

Smoking potent cannabis was linked to 24% of new psychosis cases analysed in a study by King's College London.

The research suggests the risk of psychosis is three times higher for users of potent "skunk-like" cannabis users than non-users.

The study of 780 people was carried out by KCL's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.

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Captain obvious strikes again.

Kenyan grandmother at school with her great-great-grandchildren

A 90-year-old Kenyan woman who goes to class with six of her great-great-grandchildren is believed to be the oldest primary school pupil in the world.

... she confronts children who are not in school and asks them why.

"They tell me they are too old," she says, "I tell them, 'Well I am at school and so should you.'

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