• At this time of year, walking from one to the other will probably involve negotiating four jugglers, two unicyclists, a retro-clad maiden doing light operatics and a local who's trying make a quid from her world-record number of body-piercings.

    BBC: Edinburgh: Not just a pretty festival

  • Commercial airlines are using an increasing number of narrow-body aircraft and smaller regional jets.

    FORBES: Avoiding More Air Travel Turbulence

  • Admissions body Ucas said the number of non-EU applicants had risen 24.7%, with applications from the EU going up 6%.

    BBC: Non-UK applications to Scots universities rise

  • That should change next year when the council is scrapped in favour of a more independent body, which will have a number of full-time members, chosen for their technical expertise, alongside a 50-strong permanent staff of specialists.

    ECONOMIST: The land of disappointments

  • The British Association of Balloon Operators (BABO) - a UK trade body for commercial hot air balloon operators - said it had received an "unacceptably high" number of complaints about Go Ballooning.

    BBC: Wiltshire Go Ballooning firm folds with 30 jobs lost

  • The course is set against the backdrop of a cliff, and features nearly every shot you could possibly encounter in the wild. (Arnold's favorite is the number two, a straight-across-the-body, left-to-right flight).

    FORBES: Adventurer

  • The bill still has to be passed by the House of Lords but ministers have already said a number of other measures - including plans for a new body to support financial regulation and for consumers to be able to join together to make it easier to sue financial firms - have been dropped.

    BBC: Ministers drop plans for 10% increase in cider tax

  • During the last four miles, the 43-year-old Berti, who wore bib number 25472, felt his body shutting down, and his pace slowed.

    NPR: Marathon Runner Witnesses Double Disasters

  • Given intravenously, Kadcyla courses through the body, looking for breast-cancer cells with a distinguishing feature: a high number of a particular protein, called HER2, on their surface.

    WSJ: Drug Conjugates: 'Guided Missiles' to Treat Cancer

  • Full-body screening and other security measures are more effective in detecting threats from an increasing number of unsophisticated, mentally troubled suspects acting alone, he said.

    CNN: Body scanners not 'magic technology' against terror

  • The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPrep), a 26-nation and territories governmental body, has also asked for information from Moscow on a number of issues, including the types of material on board the platform.

    BBC: Putin demands successful Mir scuttling

  • We've known for some time that lead is a potent neuro-toxin that can cause significant damage to a number of organs in the body, including the central nervous system, and can lead to behavioural problems in children.

    BBC: Does lead poisoning make you violent?

  • Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at the ACCA accountancy body, said that it was still a small number of people who were evading tax in these markets.

    BBC: UK tax evasion action hunt identifies 100 individuals

  • In January, figures from the Scottish body Accountant in Bankruptcy revealed that 1, 098 companies in Scotland were declared insolvent during the year - a record number.

    BBC: Personal insolvencies at new high in England and Wales

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