Britain's happiest places revealed

The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers.

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House prices 'fall 10.5% in year'

UK house prices are down 10.5% on a year ago, the first annual double-digit fall since 1990, the Nationwide says.

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Churchill urged to keep wartime secret agency going in peacetime

Newly released files show that Winston Churchill was urged to keep Britain's Special Operations Executive going in peacetime.

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Leaking mushroom soup forces plane into unscheduled landing

A Ryanair flight was forced to land after a passenger had an allergic reaction to mushroom soup, the airline confirms.

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Bill Clinton hails Barack Obama

Bill Clinton resoundingly endorses Barack Obama, who is formally nominated by US Democrats as their presidential candidate.

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Map highlights 'obesity hotspots'

Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.

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Star attractions

Clooney and Pitt charm Venice on festival's first day

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Arsenal cruise into group stages

Arsenal cruise into the Champions League group stage with an easy win against Steve McClaren's FC Twente.

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Spider forces family out of home

A soldier's family are frightened out of their home by a spider thought to have been brought from Afghanistan.

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Social factors key to ill health

Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy, a report concludes.

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String of deaths

Man's converted guns linked to eight murders

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Flogging ritual

How a Muslim ceremony ended in child abuse

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Gerrard misses England qualifiers

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard is to miss England's World Cup qualifiers in September as he requires a groin operation.

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Hidden crisis

Food shortages facing thousands in southern Sudan

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Livingstone to be Chavez adviser

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone is to work as a consultant for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

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Arson attack house still 'unsafe'

Police hope to be able to enter the home of a missing family that was destroyed in an arson attack later, once it is declared safe.

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John Lewis makes new application

A fresh planning application to build a new John Lewis store at Sprucefield near Lisburn is set to be unveiled.

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New direction

With the Games over, where does China go next?

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Sudan plane hijackers surrender

Two hijackers of a Sudanese plane surrender after flying it to Libya and releasing the passengers, officials say.

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Driven apart

Afghan air strike drives wedge between allies

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Met's knife crime policy attacked

Police use of stop and search could make gangs stronger and knife crime worse, the BBC hears.

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GP explains life expectancy gap

A GP reacts to a report which says there is a 28-year gap in life expectancy around the Glasgow area.

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£100m appeal to keep Titian works

Two UK galleries are hoping to raise £100m to buy a pair of paintings by Italian Renaissance artist Titian - estimated to be worth £300m.

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Driving tests 'harder' in north

Claims learner drivers in north Wales find it harder to pass their tests than others across the country are under scrutiny.

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What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

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World Catalog : online education

World Catalog : online education

online education:

Future of Freedom Foundation: Education

Collected essays presenting a libertarian perspective on the U.S. education system. Among the issues addressed are vouchers, compulsory attendance laws, and school violence.

http://www.fff.org/issues/education.asp

Bathroom Vanities

A non-profit organization assists in the recruitment, selection and administration for J-1 visa sponsorship for exchange teachers to teach in bilingual, math, science and ESL programs.

http://payson.tulane.edu/cordellhull/

Microscopy Educational Resources for K-12 Education

Collection of links offering learning activities, lesson plans, and photo gallery of the microscopic world.

http://www.microscopy.info/microscopy/educational/student.aspx

Association for Hospital Medical Education

A national nonprofit professional organization involved in the continuum of medical education.

http://www.ahme.org/

Apple Education

Contains information about educational technology research, reports, funding, as well as links to other websites.

http://www.apple.com/education/

Human Scale Education

Educational charity promoting small alternative schools, small classes and home education. Background to the charity, their objectives, events and project news.

http://www.hse.org.uk/

Ancient Philosophy Forum for Lifelong Learning and Education

A forum for the discussion of Lifelong Learning and Education as a product of Ancient Philosophy.

http://www.geocities.com/philosophylle/philosophylle.html

Journal of Religion and Education

A journal of analysis and comment, with the purpose of advancing public understanding and dialogue on issues at the intersections of religion and education.

http://www.uni.edu/coe/jrae/

National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education

A national partnership with a vested interest in health science and technology education. Purpose is to stimulate creative and innovative leadership for ensuring a well prepared health care workforce

http://www.nchste.org/

A Nonlinear Theory of Education

Article that describes how chaos theory can be applied to education and teaching. Includes citations.

http://www.ceap.wcu.edu/Houghton/ThesisM/chaosthesis.html

Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

Independent scheme for investigating student complaints in England and Wales. Includes details of participating institutions, complaint guidelines and board/staff details.

http://www.oiahe.org.uk/

Higher Education and Research Opportunities

Official gateway to universities, colleges and research organisations. Information about institutions, studying, research, business, culture and sport.

http://www.hero.ac.uk/

Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Education

Discusses the study conducted by Sheila Tobias about two groups of science students that are separated by personal math class experience. Also, explains ways to discover a student's strong point as far as assimilating and processing knowledge.

http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Secondtier.html

NESSIE - New England Space Science Initiative in Education

A NASA program dedicated to connecting scientists with educators throughout New England to participate in astronomical discovery.

http://www.mos.org/nessie/

Legal Ethics Seminar Education

Author of many books and articles and a top trial lawyer provides continuing legal education seminars on legal ethics and related topics

http://www.bucklin.org/Seminars_education.htm

The Journal of Economic Education

A scholarly journal catering to undergraduate and graduate economics instructors. Online articles cover teaching methology, and evaluations.

http://www.indiana.edu/~econed/

State Board of Education

Governing and policy making body for the Tennessee system of public elementary and secondary education. Includes master plans, policies, regulations, teacher certification requirements, and related topics.

http://www.state.tn.us/sbe/

Wikipedia: Jewish education

Encyclopedia article on education in Judaism including both formal and informal education.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_education

Independent Voices for Better Education

Dedicated to improving education and educational accountability.

http://www.ivbe.org

National Center for Science Education

Clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and certain other theories out.

http://www.ncseweb.org/