Cavendish takes stage two but crashes the next day

Sports & Motors >> Cycling

The TeamSky rider was led out for the sprint by Geraint Thomas, who himself had produced a superb ride to take second place behind Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) in the individual time trial which opened the Giro d'Italia. Thomas, who has spent much of the season on the track and…

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Bankia boss resigns as rescue looms

News >> National

The executive chairman of Bankia resigned on Monday as it emerged that the government is willing to use public money to clean up bad loans at the bank. The Partido Popular government had insisted since it was sworn in last December that public money would not be used to rescue…

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Greek post election drama continues

as the anti-austerity movement across Europe gathers momentum in other countries.The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza bloc, Alexis Tsipiras, began attempts on Tuesday to assemble a government after the party that won the most votes failed to form a coalition. New Democracy leader Antonis Samaris, whose party topped the poll,…

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Father of missing children charged

News >> Andalucia

A Cordoba court has now charged the father of two children who have not been seen since October 8th last year with illegal detention and simulating a crime. José Bretón had told police on that date that his seven-year-old daughter Ruth and two year-old son José had wandered away from…

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