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Comment: Brunels wanted to engineer bright future
Last month, the British government signed a multi-billion pound agreement with China that paves the way for the building of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. It was hailed by many as a...
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Comment: Got satnav? Get a map, too, for Westcountry roads
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, so it is said. Even worse is no Knowledge at all. That's "The Knowledge" as in what London black cab drivers need to get a licence. It involves knowing the ins...
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Four-tonne 'drones' to be tested over Cornwall
Large pilotless "drones" could soon be flying over the Westcountry. The unmanned aircraft are to be given clearance to fly in and out of Cornwall if plans to expand airspace around the county's airport...
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Homes in parts of Westcountry still missing out on superfast...
Hundreds of thousands of homes and offices across the South West will still be missing out on superfast broadband in rural areas in two years' time, MPs have been warned. More than one in five premises...
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Twitter vows to defeat online trolls
Social media giant Twitter has pledged to clamp down on trolls once and for all, according to reports. Malicious users of the site are said to be hampering its efforts to be a frontrunner in the online...
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Nearly 200 in Devon and Cornwall still watching TV in black and...
It may be hard to believe, but more than 9,000 people in the UK are still watching black and white television, with almost 200 of these people in Devon and Cornwall. Nearly 50 years after the first...
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Why 3D printers could be future of business
The idea of using a printer to create an object, and not just an image on paper, may seem like science fiction – but it is already a reality. And one day – sooner than you think – you could have a 3D...
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VIDEO: World's first passenger drone unveiled as personal...
Airborne drones are rapidly becoming more popular than ever with interest in their potential growing by the day – but what if they could soon carry human passengers instead of only cameras? Even in the...
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The 1,000th cabinet installed in Axminster for superfast...
The 1,000th fibre cabinet has been installed in the rollout of superfast broadband across the Westcountry.Axminster is the latest community to benefit from fibre broadband thanks to the multimillion...
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Friends Reunited – original social networking site –...
Friends Reunited – one of the original social networking sites – is to close after one of its founders announced that it was time to 'put the site to bed'. Steve Pankhurst, who launched Friends...
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Tim Peake: How astronauts go to the loo in space and what the...
Tim Peake has added to his educational and informative videos from his orbit around Earth by answering one of the big questions that astronauts get asked the most: how do you use the toilet in space?...
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Google to pay back £130 million in tax
Internet giant Google has agreed a £130 million deal with the taxman to pay money it has owed for the last decade.The US online search firm said it had agreed a deal with HM Revenue and Customs...
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VIDEO: Astronaut Tim Peake reveals what it looks like to orbit...
Astronaut Major Tim Peake has given his fans and followers back on Earth a glimpse of what it is like to orbit the planet from the International Space Station (ISS) – in an online video. The European...
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Astronaut Tim Peake calls on school children to grow seeds that...
Astronaut Tim Peake has beamed a video message to thousands of schools asking them to grow seeds that have journeyed through space. The 43-year-old, who is on board the International Space Station, is...
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Astronaut Tim Peake captures Plymouth, Exeter and the Westcountry...
Astronaut Tim Peake has done the Westcountry proud with a stunning photograph that shows the region lit up at night – with Plymouth, towns along the English Riviera and Exeter aglow in the darkness...
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Will editing genes of human embryos lead to genetically modified...
Fertility chiefs have been accused of putting science before ethical principles after giving the go-ahead for scientists to edit the genes of human embryos. The decision by the Human Fertility and...
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Human embryo DNA: What is gene-editing and why is it so...
Fertility regulators have given scientists the go-ahead to alter the DNA of human embryos using a controversial gene-editing technique.Q: What has been announced?A: The Human Fertilisation and...
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Hinkley Point C: Ministers 'have nothing to apologise about' over...
Ministers have insisted they have "absolutely nothing to apologise about" over a row relating to steel procurement for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project. Iain Wright, the Labour MP for...
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Tim Peake heads global school lesson from space in 'cosmic...
Schoolchildren have made contact with outer space during a live question-and-answer link up with British astronaut Tim Peake. Around 300,000 children in the UK saw their usual lessons turned into a...
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BT Broadband down – telecoms giant apologises for UK-wide...
Telecoms giant BT has apologised after swathes of customers had their broadband temporarily cut off. The internet provider's website also crashed and many customers reported the customer service line...
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