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What people who knew Kavanaugh and his accuser are saying

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Amna Nawaz: That's right. We have spoken with a number of people who knew both of them back in high school. Those political battle lines we saw, they're definitely filtering down into the personal spheres of both Judge Kavanaugh and Professor Ford. Last week, you remember there were 65 women who stepped up to sign a letter of support for Judge Kavanaugh. They said they knew him back in high school. Read More...

David Bowie: Did he change attitudes to sexuality?

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Bowie, with flaming red hair and a skin-tight body-suit, played the song Starman. Last year, Dylan Jones published a book arguing that this remains a crucial moment in cultural history - When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World. Wasn't the book's premise a little overstated? ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o67CZ5qopV%2Bjsri%2Fjp6lrZ2iqa6qusyepa1lkafBtHmRam9yb2ZnhA%3D%3D

How a pub trip made the world's roads safer

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In 1934, the late Percy Shaw almost crashed while driving home from the pub on a foggy night in Yorkshire, in England. He was saved when his headlights were reflected in the eyes of a cat and it gave him a brilliant idea. He invented reflective studs for the road and called them cat’s eyes. Percy's great-niece, Glenda Shaw remembers the eccentric inventor. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7o67CZ5qopV%2Bjsri%2FjpqtaKukpL%2BqsdJmbW1tYWeAcoU%3D