She was fascinated by Tokyo's apprentice geishas as they paraded around town, and she copied their fancy costumes and heavy make-up.

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Giaka wore heavy make-up and a "Shirley Bassey" wig - and the interview had to be conducted in a moving vehicle.

BBC: Waiting for the 'supergrass'

Heavy make-up or a mask will also work, as will tilting your head at a 15-degree angle, which fools the software into thinking you do not have a face, according to an online guide produced by hacktivist group Anonymous.

BBC: 'Privacy visor blocks facial recognition software'

Heavy goods vehicles make up less than 2% of all vehicles but they are responsible for a third of all nitrous-oxide emissions, nearly half of all particulates and a quarter of carbon dioxide generated by road transport.

ECONOMIST: Fuel taxes

The elephants, however, were too heavy to be lifted up, so used to make their grand entrance through the main gates.

BBC: Going underground at the Colosseum

Elsewhere, motorists have been warned to make journeys only if necessary following heavy snow, with up to four inches falling near Brecon in Powys.

BBC: Snow latest across the UK

PLEASE, PLEASE make sure we take advantage of this heads up and get our heavy data users set up on these unlimited plans before they change.

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He will hope to make up much more than that after getting the better of a qualifying session disrupted by heavy downpours in Sao Paulo.

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Tomohiko Ikeda, the head of global sales and marketing for Subaru parent company Fuji Heavy Industries in Japan, said in a press conference at the New York auto show that Subaru intends to make up for lost time.

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