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A message in a bottle thrown into the sea by four-year-old Alesha Johnson as part of a nursery school project has been found 9,000 miles away in Australia, The Sun reported. Her message was found by ten-year-old Bob, who sent a letter back to Alesha at Time for Nursery in Heysham, Lancashire. From the moment they give birth, women get stuck on a 'mummy track' of low pay and low prospects, said TheGuardian. A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies found the average hourly wage for female workers falls to just 67 per cent of the male average after having children. Even when children have left home, women's hourly wage remains at just 72 per cent of the male average.

From the moment they give birth, women get stuck on a 'mummy track' of low pay and low prospects, said TheGuardian. A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies found the average hourly wage for female workers falls to just 67 per cent of the male average after having children. Even when children have left home, women's hourly wage remains at just 72 per cent of the male average.

Scientists have developed a nectarine that fits neatly into lunchboxes.

Satellite nectarines - so called because of their wide, flat shape - have also been made sweeter to appeal to children's tastebuds, said the Daily Mail.

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