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  Author Tremain scoops Orange prize

  British author Rose Tremain has won this year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction for her tenth novel The Road Home.
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  House prices fall as market continues to slow

  Property prices in the UK slipped by 2.4 per cent in May, figures from the Halifax show.
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  Med diet protects against diabetes

  A Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, fruit, vegetables, nuts and fish could help protect against Type 2 diabetes, a study finds.