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Toulouse: French role model paves the way
Toulouse is showing the rest of Europe how it can clean up its cities and go green, writes Peter Bills.
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: No thanks Nanny - whoever you are
Whether it's the boss or the bureaucrats, the answer's the same: mind your own business.
Siena: There goes the neighbourhood
Head directly west of Siena's glorious main square and you're in a district of rhinos.
Convict's release causes alarm in Ireland
The release of a man suspected of several abductions of young women in Ireland has caused a frenzy of fear among locals.
Doctor wants statins served with fast food
Customers of fast food restaurants could be offered a free statin to mitigate the meal's damaging effects on the heart, a doctor suggests.
London tower named Britain's ugliest new building
A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.
UK: Speeding drivers revel in Oxford's great switch-off
Secret filming shows drivers taking advantage of speed cameras being turned off.
Stress reduces likelihood of getting pregnant, study finds
Living life to a tight deadline, juggling appointments and rushing from place to place may harm a woman's chances of becoming pregnant.
Russians fear worst as fires reach Chernobyl fallout zone
Experts have been warning for more than a week that the fires that have blanketed much of western Russia in thick smoke could stir nuclear debris.
'Poms' not a Kiwi insult, Brits told
Brits shouldn't be offended if visiting Aussies or Kiwis make jokes about "Poms", according to new UK tourism cultural tips.
Silk Road: Tracing the path of ancient footsteps
Jim Eagles travels a well worn path through a historic landscape and finds plenty of remnants from its fascinating past still in place.