UK should begin decriminalising drugs, say Richard Branson and Nick Clegg

Virgin founder and deputy prime minister argue that ‘war on drugs’ has failed and urge UK to follow Portuguese exampleA drug dealer poses with cannabis products as he waits for customers in downtown Lisbon. Photograph: Francisco Seco/APPatrick Wintour, political editorTuesday 3 March 2015 17.00 EST Last modified on Tuesday 3 March 2015 19.52 ESTShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via EmailShare on LinkedInShare on Google+Share on WhatsAppSir Richard Branson and Nick Clegg are urging the UK to begin decriminalising the use and possession of almost all drugs, following the example of Portugal.The Virgin founder and deputy prime minister are to address a conference on fighting drug addiction on Wednesday,...

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The @realmadrid account is the first sports club profile to reach this figure.

Real Madrid have reached 15 million Twitter followers on their account in Spanish @realmadrid. It is the profile belonging to a club or sports institution that has the most worldwide followers, with 600,000 more than the second most popular account and 1,700,000 more than third place.Real Madrid joined Twitter in May 2008. Since then, @realmadrid has tried to provide minute by minute information on the team, strengthening bonds between Spanish speaking Madrid fans throughout the world. Last summer, it became the most popular profile of any sports club and now it is the first to reach 15 million followers.@realmadrid is the first place to announce the starting lineup before each match, as well as providing live coverage of games, the...

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Real Madrid won the nine games that they played in the league, the Euroleague and the Copa del Rey.

Real Madrid had a perfect February. Nine wins from nine games from three in the league, three in the Euroleague and another three in the Copa del Rey, including the final that they won against Barcelona. A demanding schedule in February meant that Madrid played a game every 3 days. There were four home games and five away games, in which they scored a spectacular average of almost 90 points per game (89.3).In the league they beat Gipuzkoa Basket 86-70 (on the 1st) and Fuenlabrada 86-69 (8th) at the Palacio and beat Valencia Basket away by 87-99 (15th). In the Euroleague Top 16 they beat Barcelona at home by 97-73 (5th), Zalgiris in Kaunas by 71-88 (12th), and Red Star at the Palacio by 85-61 (26th).Copa del ReyThree games in three...

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Real Madrid are the first team to reach this figure from the sides in Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal and France.

Real Madrid face the visit to Athletic having managed ten wins away from the Bernabéu. The Whites are the only side from the six best European Leagues to have reached the figure this season. After Madrid, Barcelona and Benfica are the teams with the most away wins (9).Ancelott's side are very close to surpassing their away tally for the 2013/2014 La Liga season: 11 wins, 38 points and 41 goals. In the current campaign, they have notched up 30 points and have also stood out in terms of attacking, with 39 goals. &nb...

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He is the first player to achieve this in the history of the Spanish top flight.

Cristiano Ronaldo is hitting tallies that are unprecedented in the history of football. This weekend, he became the first player in La Liga to reach 30 goals in five separate seasons. What's more, the Portuguese has achieved the feat in consecutive campaigns: a record that was almost unthinkable until his arrival at Real Madrid.The only season at the Whites in which he has finished below this figure was his first with the club. In the 2010/11 campaign he scored 41, with his 30th goal coming against Barcelona on matchday 32. The following year, in 2011/12, he claimed his largest haul so far: 46. That season he hit the 30 mark on matchday 25, just as he did this term, in a match against Espanyol.Two stunning goalsIn 2012/13, Cristiano brought...

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Ed Sheeran covered 'Dirrty' because it's 2002 again

Ring the alarm, Ed Sheeran's throwin' elbows.We've all been waiting for Sheeran to embrace his "grown up" phase, and here it is. The singer covered Christina Aguilera's 2002 hit "Dirrty" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and turned it into a soulful, acoustic guitar piece that was oddly pleasing to the ea...

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Christina Aguilera does a spot-on impression of Britney Spears singing

Wait, is it the '90s again?Christina Aguilera and Jimmy Fallon took turns doing musical impressions of famous singers on Monday's Tonight Show. Christina tried her hand at Cher and Shakira, during which she sounded mostly like herself, but her Britney Spears impression? Spot on.Guess X-Tina spent a lot of 1998 listening to "Baby One More Time" — much like the rest of the wor...

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