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<TEXT>The contraceptive pill should be available to girls as young as 13 - WITHOUT a prescription..

That's according to an NHS report following a pilot scheme set up to reduce teenage pregnancies.

The two projects saw a significant drop in emergency
contraception after the pill was made available over the counter.
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<TEXT>Plans for over a thousand homes on the old RAF Locking site, as well as employment space which it's claimed could provide up to two thousand jobs, are going on display today.

Developers St Modwen say the buildings would sit alongside dedicated green spaces, and that they're committed to providing sustainable transport and infrastructure there.

A public consultation event runs from 2 o'clock this afternoon, and runs through to Saturday - at Plot 31-N of the Locking Parklands site.
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<TEXT>A new report's claiming there's no hard proof that using a mobile phone
increases your risk of developing things like brain tumours.

A Health Protection Agency study has come to that conclusion after bringing
together hundreds of other pieces of research.

But it wants monitoring to continue in the long term.

Despite the findings these phone users still seem cautious:

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<TEXT>Two energy companies are expected to appeal against a Sedgemoor Council decision to reject their plans for windfarms near Highbridge.

Applications from Ecotricity for Black Ditch in West Huntspill and Withy Farm in East Huntspill from EDF were recommended for approval but turned down this week - because of the scale, height and appearance of the turbines.
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<TEXT>Simon Cowell has apologised to anyone who's been embarrassed by a book written about him. 

He says the revelations made him "hide under a pillow."

Tom Bower's unauthorised biography 'Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell', reveals he had an affair with former X-Factor judge Dannii Minogue.
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