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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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Accessing the child database: Asking for trouble?
Child database closed

By politics.co.uk staff Activists are counting down until noon today, when the child database Contactpoint is closed. The controversial database, which was designed to protect children but resulted in accusations of privacy abuse, will be closed for two months before it is destroyed. The coalition government appears to have given a sympathetic hearing to the… Read more »

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Hollobone told the Independent he would refuse to meet constituents who did not remove their burkha
Liberty threaten burkha MP with court fight

By Ian Dunt Liberty has promised to take the Tory MP who refused to meet constituents wearing a burkha to court if he acts on his remarks. Philip Hollobone, who currently has a private members bill going through parliament on banning the burkha, said he would refuse to meet with any of his Kettering constituents… Read more »