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Music Strikes a Chord in Helping Problems

Although it may not yet come in pill form, there's increasing evidence music could be good for your health. Just as listening to your favourite songs can be relaxing or mood- enhancing, music therapists say it may also help treat a host of health problems, ranging from autism, dementia, strokes, neurodegenerative diseases and brain injuries, to mental health problems s and learning difficulties.

On This Day

1769: Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica. 1771: Sir Walter Scott, creator of the historical novel, was born in Edinburgh. 1842: The first regular British detective force was formed. This division of the Metropolitan Police assumed the name Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in 1878.

Birthdays

Jim Dale, actor, 76. Tony Robinson, actor/writer/ presenter, 65. Jenny Hanley, actress, 64. The Princess Royal, 61.

Thought

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Most days now pro and anti badger cull letters and news items appear in various newspapers and on TV, etc. To destroy these wonderful creatures based on a flawed science is wrong. It will be proven to be so. And as a reader said recently, rats carry the disease, we know starlings do, and deer of course, but the badger is the scapegoat. Its very lifestyle allows this suffering animal to be an easy target. I, too, feel desperately sorry for cattle with bTB. It is awful for them. But to blame ba...

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Coming Home to Shock of Real News in the Silly Season

We got home from our two weeks abroad in blissful ignorance of world events. In a haze of planes, trains, automobiles, and the euphoria of coming home (you've never seen two rabbits more thoroughly hugged) it had been days since we'd seen the news. Finally I got to my list of phone messages. "I'm really worried," said the first callee on my list. "I've got mates in Birmingham - I hope they're not caught up in these riots."

Newest Designs Set Off by Elegance of Stately Home

A beautiful Queen Anne house in West Cornwall is the setting for a design fair showcasing new work by Cornish design talent next weekend. And some of the designer-makers exhibiting at Trereife House for the Cornwall Design Fair are showing new pieces inspired by the "shabby chic" style of the house.

Holiday Dodging Suitcases and Riots Is Far From Restful

I have just returned from "holiday" during which I was attacked by a suitcase in Paris and then played dodgems with the looters in London. Happy days. You are permitted to laugh at the suitcase story but only because the bruising has gone.

Your Daily Stars with Claire Petulengro

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Marines to the Aid of Pirate-Stricken Ship

A Westcountry-based warship has dashed to the aid of a merchant vessel which had been boarded by pirates, forcing its crew to barricade themselves in a secure room. HMS Monmouth was on patrol in the southern Red Sea as part of an international operation to keep shipping lanes safe, when she was ordered to help MV Caravos Horizon, which had come under attack. The Maltese-flagged, Greekowned 63,000-tonne bulk carrier had been boarded by six armed men and its 24-strong Filipino crew had taken sh...

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Perfect Pete Rocks Crealy's Big Night

Pop and reality TV star Peter Andre thrilled nearly 6,000 fans at the first ever Crealy Rocks outdoor concert this weekend. Fans of the chart star flocked to Crealy Great Adventure Park, near Exeter, on Saturday to see the popular singer perform a one-hour set featuring his own hits and covers. Opening the show was Exmouth dance group Girl Force. For the last two months, five girls from dance school Western Dance Force - Sian Western-Moyle, 11, Chloe Farrow, 11, Jade Thomas, 12, Katie Shortla...