The Japanese car maker, Honda, says it plans to reduce the number of cars made at one of its UK factories. This is due to a parts shortage following the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The 3,000 workers at the plant will remain on full pay.

Reporter: Mark Gregory

French investigators say they have found more pieces of an Air France jet, which crashed over the Atlantic Ocean two years ago. All 228 people on board died. This latest search is the fourth attempt to try and establish what caused the crash.

Reporter: Vanessa Buschschluter

The [...]

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A research study published this week suggests that after the end of a relationship, a broken heart really can hurt. The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that physical pain and the emotional pain can ‘hurt’ in the same way.

Reporter: James Cowling

The US Supreme Court is reviewing whether or not a court case about women being treated unfairly at work can proceed. Six women, who worked for the supermarket group Wal-Mart, want to sue on behalf of over one million other women.

Reporter:  Rajini Vaidyanathan

The women claim [...]

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I Know I know, I’m a bad boy and certainly a bad model for users.  I keep reminding people to read the blog and leave a comment to help them with their English and then I don’t post for over a week – and when I do it is only sporadically

My humblest apologies and I [...]

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A British designer has won an award for a sculpted, low-energy light bulb. The Plumen bulb won the Design of the Year award in a competition run by London’s Design Museum. The bulb is said to last eight times longer than a traditional light bulb.

Reporter: Will Gompertz

On Tuesday, it’s only 500 days until competition begins in the London 2012 Olympics. In preparation for the games, there has been huge redevelopment in East London. This includes building the largest urban park in Europe for 150 years.

Reporter: Matthew Pinsent

The London 2012 Olympic stadium [...]

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The Tokyo Electric Power Company has been criticised for not telling the public very much about emergency repairs at the Fukushima nuclear power station. Engineers are still trying to cool down the nuclear rods and prevent a major radiation leak.

Reporter: Mark Gregory

Technicians have battled to [...]

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I am sorry for the amount of posts in the last weeks; I have been a little ‘under the weather‘

and also had a small OP yesterday

Everything is back on an ‘even keel‘ now and I am  convalescing and on ‘The road to recovery‘

under the weather
not feeling well

even keel
Nautical term meaning back to normal

convalescing
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There are 1,210 people in the world now worth more than $1 billion, according to business publisher Forbes. That is 214 more billionaires than last year. There is a growing number of fortunes in Asia and emerging countries.

Reporter: Caroline Hepker

Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is [...]

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