David Cameron, infuriated by the corporation's election coverage, appoints BBC critic John Whittingdale to "sort out the BBC" ahead of the royal charter review next year...

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Did you consume more than the recommended limit of 11 units for women, or 17 for men? In Ireland, a standard drink contains 10 grams of pure alcohol, equal to a 35.5ml pub measure of spirits, a small 125ml glass of wine, a half pint of standard strength beer, or a 275ml bottle of alcopop. A bottle of 12.5 per cent proof wine contains about seven units of alcohol. The recommended limit for men is 17 standard drinks per week. Consuming six or more in one sitting is considered binge drinking.

etiquetas: alcohol consumition, booze, health, drugs, ireland

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For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are raised to help end world hunger through the World Food Programme.

etiquetas: freerice, rice, hunger, english vocabulary, world food programme

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Anyone who has opened a Playboy magazine from the 1960s-70s will recognize the “What sort of man” advertising campaign. These self-promotions appeared in every issue for many-a-year, terminating before the 1980s arrived. Each advert was a full page consisting of a photograph of a studly male being admired by the ladies and text explaining why they are such awesome consumers – why companies should be lining up to put adverts in Playboy to target these jetsetting big-spenders.

etiquetas: playboy, readers, cover, front page, advertising, market niche, target

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You've left education, you've got a job - you should have the money to rent your own place, right? For Rosie, Polly and Edward, it hasn't been that simple. As average rent prices grow across large parts of the country, they've had to find cheaper solutions - but at a potential cost to their standard of living. Rosie: "For just over a year I shared a bed with my best friend Katie," explains university graduate Rosie. "It was a bonkers situation," she adds.

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Scientists have broken new ground in the search for an Alzheimer’s cure, discovering a new potential cause of the disease, which it may be possible to target with drug treatments.

etiquetas: alzheimer, breakthrough, inmunne cells, potential cure

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Cold, desolate conditions on Mars make it difficult to support liquid water, but thanks to some natural anti-freeze, a thin briny film may be forming in the soil near the equator at night. Although, the liquid evaporates just after sunrise.

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