BBC News | UK Politics | Prescott's transport changes grind to halt (#)
„UK PoliticsPrescott's transport changes grind to haltPrescott's greatest challengeBy Political Correspondent Nick Assinder Exactly a year ago, deputy Labour leader John Prescott unveiled his integrated transport white paper amid great fanfares and claims it would transform the country's crumbling infrastructure. People would be encouraged to abandon their cars in favour of public transport with a series of measures such as road tolls, parking taxes and improved bus and train services. The measures held out the prospect of creating a "green" Britain with happy commuters leaving their polluting motors at home and jumping onto one of the regular, clean and reliable busses or trains that would whisk them to work.“
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„Dr Murray thought the planet should be one to ten times the mass of Jupiter . However Dr John Matese came to the Planet X conclusion independently, and thinks the planet should be bigger - about brown dwarf (that is, a failed star) size. If this is the case it raises interesting questions, including how did it get there? It is much too far out to have been formed the way the other planets were.The Nemesis theory was suggested to explain why comets get sent in toward the Sun.“
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BBC News | SCOTLAND | Kvaerner plant 'set for take-over'
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„Johnny Murtagh triumphs on board Royal Rebel in a dramatic Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. BBC Sport presents full coverage of the race.“
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BBC SPORT | Other Sports | Horse Racing | Royal Ascot 2002
„Jockey Johnny Murtagh is dismayed to be given a four-day ban for his Gold Cup-winning ride on Royal Rebel.“
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