The Conservatives have warned that town halls could face a "massive financial shock" and be forced into council tax hikes or cuts in local services.

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Regulating the types of models that can be used may be a good way to "shock" the system into making changes, she says.

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If, as I mentioned on Friday, the latest EU council has failed to solve the eurozone debt crisis in a sustainable way, what could shock eurozone governments into effective evasive action - or, in a worst case, be the explosion that causes the disintegration of the eurozone?

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Team doctor Simon Kemp says fly-halves Jonny Wilkinson (ankle) and Olly Barkley (hip) should be fit for the match with Samoa, who will go into the game on the back of a shock defeat by Tonga.

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The fingertip-sized UbiChip that forms the guts of the device can be put into pretty much anything provided it's in contact with your skin and it can detect the shock so you could turn on a Bluetooth headset by tapping your earlobe rather than fumbling for a button, or tweak the volume of your cellphone by tapping your face.

ENGADGET: A fingertap away