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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Home Office exaggerated security leaks in Green case

By Ian Dunt The Home Office “exaggerated” the damage to national security by the leaks which prompted the arrest of Damian Green, an influential committee of MPs has found. In the first of various ongoing investigations into the actions which resulted in the arrest of the shadow immigration minister, the home affairs committee expressed concerns… Read more »

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Calls grow to wipe innocent’s DNA from database

By politics.co.uk staff The campaign to have the DNA of innocent people removed from Britain’s database has received a boost as a pioneer of the technology broke ranks to criticise the government. In an interview with the Guardian, the inventor of genetic fingerprinting, professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, said the practice left innocent people “branded as… Read more »