Gardeners are warned to wash their hands after using compost following a series of Legionella cases in Scotland over the past five years.

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Gardeners told ‘wash off compost’

Stars from the world of TV have begun arriving for the Bafta Awards.

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Small screen stars are gearing up for the annual TV Bafta awards, to be held later, with Fred West drama Appropriate Adult leading the nominations.

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TV stars ready for Baftas show

Hundreds of households are being warned to take action against high levels of a gas thought to lead to lung cancer.

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Lung cancer fears over radon gas

A tropical storm warning was in effect for parts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida thanks to subtropical storm Beryl, which is forecast to bring rain and cause dangerous surf over the busy Memorial Day weekend.

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Beryl to bring rain, wind to Southeast

Dutch-born Nazi war criminal Klaas Carel Faber, wanted by the Netherlands after escaping from jail there in 1952, dies in Germany, aged 90.

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Wanted Nazi dies in Germany at 90

A new stage production of CS Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has opened in London’s Kensington Gardens.

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VIDEO: ‘Magical’ play hits London park

“Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion,” forecasters warn has Hurricane Bud nears Mexico's Pacific coast.

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Bud nears Mexico, now a tropical storm

Knicks guard had outstanding bench warrant.

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J.R. Smith Arrested in Miami

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Something exceedingly strange is happening at the John Edwards trial : all four alternate jurors dressed in red shirts Friday. They each wore bright yellow the day before.    Coincidence? Few here think so. Read full article > >

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John Edwards trial: Alternate jurors — all in red — are talk of the courtroom

Memorial Day (originally called Decoration Day) began after the Civil War as a chance for the country to commemorate and visit the graves of citizens who died during military service. Some contributors to The Washington Post’s faith leader network shared their religion’s prayers of remembrance intended to honor those who have passed away. Read full article > >

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Memorial Day a time for prayers of remembrance from all faiths

GREENSBORO, N.C. — They want it all. Every private jet receipt, every handwritten note, every voice-mail transcript.    No scrap of evidence introduced in the four weeks of John Edwards’s corruption trial is too trivial for a second look by the punctilious jury that entered its fifth day of deliberations Thursday in a downtown federal courthouse in this Piedmont region city. During its first four days of deliberations, the jury sent notes to the judge requesting 23 prosecution exhibits, most dealing with the $700,000 that Virginia heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon funneled to Edwards’s cohorts while he was running for president and later angling for a vice presidential nod in 2008. But on Thursday, the jury said it wanted more — much more.  Read full article > >

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John Edwards jury wants second look at all the evidence

Incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda says the world must stop being “blackmailed” by alleged war criminals.

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War crime accused ‘use blackmail’

A 122-year-old, 6,200-tonne building in Zurich has been moved 60 metres westward to make way for the expansion of a nearby railway.

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VIDEO: Move of 6,200-tonne building complete

During the 17th and 18th centuries in England, people’s attitudes toward sexual behavior — and, of course, sexual misbehavior — changed dramatically. To a large degree, this revolution pivoted on the dynamic between private actions and public, civic and religious ideals. How much, or in what way, should society police the erotic life of individuals? Was adultery a crime? Were prostitutes the devil’s snare, or were they the pathetic victims of male callousness and exploitation? Should both sexes be held to the same moral standards? And exactly what standards should those be? Read full article > >

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Book World: ‘The Origins of Sex,’ an early awakening