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Gene's still going strong

Gene Pitney, who died two days after his Bradford gig

2:01pm Monday 3rd April 2006

Gene Pitney likes coming to Bradford. The reception he got from more than 1,200 people at his last concert was demonstrable proof of his popularity - with women and with men.

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Personal debt exceeds Britain's GDP

Personal debt exceeded the UK's GDP for a second year

Updated 1:29am Friday 22nd August 2008

Personal debt in the UK is higher than the income generated by the country as a whole for the second year running, research shows.


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I used the stop smoking service due to pressure from my wife (I didn't want to stop, but tried just to shut her up). I stopped for 2 months, but then noticed that I was as miserable as sin, and so started smoking again, and 3 years later I haven't looked back. − Bierley

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