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Govt announces nuclear plant locations The government has announced eight potential sites for new power station developments, despite concerns over nuclear plants after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Bradwell in Essex, Hartlepool in Lancashire, Hinkley Point in Somerset, Oldbury in Gloucestershire, Sellafield in Cumbria, Sizewell in Suffolk and Wylfa in Anglesey have all been earmarked for nuclear plants by 2025.But after the tsunami in Japan, which caused radioactivity to leak from a plant at Fukushima, nuclear power was called into question.Andreas Speck from Stop New Nuclear, which opposes nuclear plants, told the BBC that the group would oppose the plants with a blockade at the Hinkley Point site on October 3rd.He said that it was “always clear” that the government would press ahead with plant developments despite what happened in Japan.Energy Minister Charles Hendry said: “Around a quarter of the UK’s generating capacity is due to close by the end of this decade.

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Having a child is a huge transition. Regardless if it’s your firstborn or your fifth, the birth of a baby is a tired, chaotic time. Your life is a commotion of feedings and diapers, no sleep and no showers. The last thing on any new parent’s mind is updating a will. After the whirlwind of introducing a new baby into your routine calms down to a quiet breeze, updating your will should take top priority. You

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When Christi and her finance began to plan their May wedding, they knew they’d have to do things differently. They didn’t have a huge budget, like the national average wedding price tag of $27,800, and they were shouldering much of the costs themselves.

So they faced a challenge: How do we put on the wedding of our dreams at a low cost?

The result: A beautiful and sneakily frugal wedding.

Christi shares a few ways they saved some dough and made their wedding unique and special.

“Monday was one third of the price.”

Christi and her beau got married on a Monday. Not you

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An awful lot happened yesterday during the third Global Day of Action for financial transaction taxes.

From New York where the nurses union led a demonstration on Wall Street, to Nepal where campaigners met with the Deputy Prime Minister. The toolkit, banners and links to all pictures shared via posterous, flickr and youtube are on the Make Finance Work website.

Karen Higgins, a Co-President of National Nurses United, told the crowd on Wall Street:

“Around the world, we’re calling for a more fair and just economy. The finance tax we’re talking about comes from the trillions of trade of stocks and bonds sold here every day. The re

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