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Positive impact marketing agency becomes Certified B Corporation

Program has announced its certification as a B Corporation (B Corp), joining a growing movement of over 2,000 UK companies that are reinventing business for the benefit of all people and our shared planet.

An award-winning brand and marketing agency based in Bristol and Exeter, Program works with positive impact organisations and innovators intent on doing good in the world.

Caroline Orr, Marketing Director at Program, said: “I”m so proud of the team for this achievement. It is testament to the way that Program does business, the clients we work with and how much we care...

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Hackers take credit for "taking down" Instagram website

Hackers have claimed responsibility for taking down the website of popular photo sharing app Instagram.

The website, Instagram.com, was down for a number of hours yesterday. The company have not released a statement but members of the internet hactivist group Anonymous claimed responsibility.

Hackers claimed that the site was down in 35 countries and Twitter user @AnonymousOwn3r claimed responsibility. (NewsPoint)

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Powerful explosion hits building in Prague, at least 40 injured

Police say a powerful explosion occurred in central Prague, injuring at least 40 people, including four seriously, local media reported on Monday.

The explosion took place in a building on Divadelni Street, close to the National Theatre.

The area around the explosion has been sealed off by police. Up to 400 people have been evacuated, according to local media.

Three people are believed to be trapped under the rubble.

A police spokesman said the explosion was probably caused by natural gas and that there had been around 15 people in the building, which...

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Syria's Prime Minister survives Damascus bomb attack

A large explosion, thought to be a bomb attack, has occurred this morning in Mezzah, Damascus, local and state media reported.

Syrian State TV claimed there were casualties, however numbers have not been confirmed. According to local media, the target of the bombing this morning was the Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi who survived the assassination attempt.

Eyewitnesses say the explosion targeted the Prime Minister's convoy when a bomb exploded on a bus. (NewsPoint)

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Country legend George Jones dies aged 81

The veteran American singer George Jones, one of the greatest stars of country music has died at the age of 81.

Jones, a disciple of country's early 'honky tonk' stars such as Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff, enjoyed huge success in the US with a string of hits as well as a certain notoriety for his alcoholism, drug problems and broken marriages.

His first success came in the 1950s - the rockabilly influenced White Lightning an early crossover hit in 1959. He had hits in each of the next three decades and famously married his sometime signing partner Tammy Wynette...

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Over 160 feared dead after building collapse outside Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka

Rescue efforts are continuing at a building outside the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after it collapsed yesterday, killing at least 160 people. Primark, a clothes retailer with a large presence in Britain, confirmed that one of its suppliers was on the second floor of the Rana Plaza, and Bonmarche and Matalan are also thought to also be customers.

A spokesperson for Primark said: "The company is shocked and deeply saddened by this appalling incident at Savar, near Dhaka, and expresses its condolences to all of those involved.

"Primark confirms that one of its suppliers...

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Paris celebrates passing of equal marriage law

Thousands gathered in Paris' Place Baudoyer on Tuesday evening to celebrate the passing of the equal marriage bill in France.

The bill met some of the strongest opposition seen in Europe, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets of towns and cities across the country in recent months.

The bill, which also legalises adoption by same-sex couples, was passed by 321 votes to 225 in the French parliament. (NewsPoint)

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Boston marathon bombs suspect captured

The second Boston bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been captured after he was found hiding under the tarpaulin of a boat parked in a suburban backyard of Watertown. His whereabouts were discovered after a member of the public spotted blood in his garden. Dzhokhar's capture came after a frantic night of violence that left one MIT police officer dead, an MBTA Transit Police officer wounded and an all-day manhunt and house-to-house search by thousands of elite police officers. The dramatic stand-off ended with the 19-year-old being given first aid on the lawn next to the...

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Search for suspect two continues in Watertown

The whole greater urban area of Boston has been put into a state of virtual lockdown as the search for suspect two continues in the streets of Watertown. All public transport has been suspended including buses and subways in the Massachusetts Bay area. People at stations were asked to “please go home”.

The suspects - named Dzhokhar A Tsarnaev, 19, who is on the run, and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, moved to the US a year ago from a Russian region near Chechnya.

Residents shared photographs of the ongoing police operation. The images were taken on Laurel Street...

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Police officer shot to death at MIT campus near Boston

One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was killed early Friday morning, following an attack on police officers in Watertown that involved explosives and gunfire, local media reported.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s office said that the first suspect died in hospital after being taken into custody. Middlesex Co. DA confirmed the death of Watertown suspect.

The second suspect, also known as the 'white-hat suspect', is still on the loose. Boston police commissioner tweeted: "One suspect dead. One at large. Armed and dangerous. White hat suspect at large.”

The...

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Explosion at fertiliser plant in Texas

At least three people were reportedly killed, dozens of others were injured and about six firefighters were missing after a massive blast and huge fireball tore through a Fertiliser facility in West Texas, about 20 miles north of Waco.

A huge plume of smoke - laden with toxic anhydrous ammonia - was visible for miles and was being pushed by winds blowing from the south, officials said.

Eyewitness reports say up to four blocks of houses have been destroyed . The Texas Department of Public Safety says between 50 and 75 houses have been damaged. Witnesses also reported heavy...

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