Newsdesk notes for Thursday February 7
guardian.co.uk | 2008-11-06 01:08:56
<div><p>The Bank of England cut interest today rates for the second time in three months - Ashley Seager discusses the implications for the UK's economy.</p><p>As the results of the US election's Super Tuesday come in, Guardian America Michael Tomasky's gives us his analysis - including where Barack Obama needs to do more work.</p><p>&amp;#8226; <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=136697329&s=143444">Subscribe free to Newsdesk, via iTunes</a></p><p>&amp;#8226; <a href="http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Guardian/Newsdesk/2008/02/07/gdn.new.080207.ad.Newsdesk.mp3 "> or download this to your computer </a></p><p>&amp;#8226; The Newsdesk podcast <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/podcast/0,,329442287,00.xml">feed URL</a></p><p>A study of 5,000 pairs of twins shows that obesity in children is mostly down to nature, not nurture. Study author Susan Carnell explains what it means for parents.</p><p>As England beat Switzerland in a friendly match at Wembley, is new manager Fabio Capello's magic already shining through? Kevin McCarra gives us his thoughts.</p><p>Our arts correspondent Mark Brown was at Christies last night for a record-breaking sale of Francis Bacon works - find out how much a lucky punter paid for the precious paintings.</p><p>And as seminal kids' TV drama Grange Hill is axed by the BBC, Gareth McLean recalls some of the programme's finest moments.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=36428611&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>
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