Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.
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Private Geoff Gray, from Hackney, East London, joined the Army on January 2001 – his 17th birthday – fulfilling a childhood dream. Nine months later, on September 17, while on guard duty at Deepcut barracks, in Surrey, he was found dead with two bullet holes in his head.
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How a gun converter's bolthole was uncovered
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With its tail between its legs, Britain's biggest company is being all but chased out of Russia. BP will try to put a brave face on the retreat of Bob Dudley, still nominally chief executive of TNK-BP, to the safety of an undisclosed location. But it does not look good. When you wish to assert your authority, the best way to conduct business is not by e-mail from an office thousands of miles away.
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AP - Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye.

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A new reality TV modeling competition features physically disabled contestants.
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Belgian brewer InBev has delivered an unsolicited bid worth $65 a share for the nation's largest brewery. Anheuser-Busch says it will evaluate the proposal.
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United Utilities (UU) told investors today that it was trading in line with expectations and proposed an increase in its final dividend of nearly 4 per cent.
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Scientists discover monkeys in Indonesia that know how to fish.
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Learn how they went from humble origins to massive moguls.
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Why crime maps may not make people feel safer
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Britain is to formally present its case to the UN to extend its territorial rights around Ascension Island.
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As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the tragedy that claimed the lives of four teenagers who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders.
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How to contact the BBC News website education team
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Skyrocketing fuel costs have led the airline to cut back on flights and pilots.
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Countrywide Financial Corp on Thursday said September mortgage lending fell 44.3 percent from a year earlier as it tightened underwriting standards, even as delinquencies surged.
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Politicians are "leaving black youths to die" by cutting funding to community groups, claims a Home Office adviser.
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Study shows Swedish septuagenarians are sexually satisfied.
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