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Pope Benedict XVI made use of the same mobile platform used by his long-ailing predecessor John Paul II for the first time on Sunday with the Vatican saying it was to ease his tiredness. HT Image The 84-year-old Pope used the wheeled platform to make his way from the sacristy to the altar of St Peter s Basilica for a Sunday mass in honour of global evangelisation. Starting in December 1999, John Paul II who was 79 at the time and suffering from Parkison s disease began making use of the platform in the basilica. Vatican spokesman said there was no illness or diagnosis behind the use of the platform adding that it would simply ease his tiredness . Some commentators had speculated that Benedict could make use of the traditional portable throne 鈥?known as a sedia gestatoria 鈥?on which Popes were carried by porters until 1978 before the election of John Paul II. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and ot
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Britain s public finances came in slightly better than economists had expected in March, but official figures on Wednesday still confirmed the 2009/10 fiscal year as the worst since records began after World War Two. HT Image The Office for National Statistics said public sector net borrowing in March rose to 23.498 billion pounds from 20.060 billion pounds in March last year, in what is typically a heavy-spending month as civil servants rush to use up funds before the end of the fiscal year. This was the highest monthly borrowing for March since records began in 1993, and just below private-sector economists consensus forecast of 24 billion pounds. For the fiscal year as a whole, borrowing totalled a record 152.842 billion pounds $236.2 billion , equivalent to 10.87 per cent of GDP, and up from 86.913 billion pounds in 2008/09. The deterioration in Britain s public finances sin
crocs ce the start of the financial crisis has been a key point of contention in the political campaign ahead of a May 6 national election. Labour finance minister Alistair Darling has argued that the spending was necessary to avoid an even deeper
asics recession, while the Conservative opposition has warned it has pushed Britain dangerously close to a downgrade of its triple-A debt rating. In his 2010 budget in March, Darling forecast that public-sector net borrowing excluding the cost of interventions to support the fi
hoka nancial sector would hit 166.5 billion pounds in 2009/10, equivalent to 11
