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In his bestselling book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell repeatedly referenced the '10,000-Hour Rule', based on research by Swedish psychologist Anders Ericsson. Despite its subsequent controversy, the rule's premise is in someways fairly pedestrian: achieving greatness in any skill requires time and effort.

ING, AIB and two Chinese state-owned banks expected to agree extension on £190m loan

Residents in an Oxfordshire village have claimed the sewage has blighted their lives

It took a sewage-plagued Boat Race to do it, but people can now see the appalling state of England’s water industry and waterways, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Fall to 14.4p comes after shareholders said they were unwilling to inject further funds

Crunch talks expected after investors refuse to secure short-term cashflow and parent company due to repay £190m loan

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The River Thames was shown to have high levels of E coli in the race buildup but Oxford ‘cannot definitively’ identify the cause of the stomach bug that affected three members of their team

Participants in Oxford v Cambridge competition were warned to cover wounds due to risks from E coli-polluted waterway