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Letters: The Bank of England is in denial over its role in the inflation crisis

SIR – Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England, has said that the Monetary Policy Committee could not have anticipated the shocks he claims have caused such high rates of inflation (report, May 17). ....

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Missing walker sheltered under boulder in 100mph winds

The woman is safe and well after being reported missing on a walk to Ben Macdui, Britain's second highest mountain. ....

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Aberdonian Alexander Kellas: The greatest Himalayan mountaineer of his day

Aberdonian Alexander Kellas: The greatest Himalayan mountaineer of his day
By Ian R Mitchell
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A century ago (June 5 1921), a man died on a bleak Tibetan plateau. He was on the First, 1921, Expedition aiming to conquer Mount Everest; indeed he was the very first “martyr” to Chomolungma (to give the mountain its proper name).
That man was, at that time, recognised as the greatest Himalayan mountaineer of his day, and after his death two memorials in Tibet were raised to him and two mountains, one in Sikkim and one in Tibet, named after him. ....

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