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December 2004 in Britain and Ireland
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*The [[Equal opportunity|Equal Opportunities Commission]] has claimed that women are still being held back in terms of career development because of inflexible work practices and outdated attitudes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4133669.stm (BBC)]
*Proposals to control the size of the wild [[deer]] population are being published by the government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4133919.stm (BBC)]
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*South Africa held out in the final day of the second Test Match against England to secure a draw, bringing to an end their eight game winning streak.  Bad light stopped play with 15 overs left to play ; England : 139 & 570/9d, South Africa : 332 & 290/8 . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2004/12/7345/html/scorecard.stm (Full scorecard - BBC)]

==[[29 December]] [[2004]]==
*The confirmed British death toll in [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Sunday's earthquake]] has risen to 26 (20 in [[Thailand]], 3 in [[Sri Lanka]] and 3 in the [[Maldives]]); a granddaughter of [[actor]] and [[director]] [[Richard Attenborough]] is amongst the dead at [[Phuket]], his [[daughter]] is also missing, as is her mother-in-law. Up to 100 Britons are still unaccounted for in Sri Lanka alone. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4132227.stm (BBC)].
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