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Bill would force major polluters to pay into fund for flood defences and home insulation – but has little chance of becoming lawFossil fuel companies and their shareholders and owners of superyachts and private jets should have to pay into a fund for flood defences and ho...
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Health secretary instigates ‘carrot and stick’ policy for England that will award bonuses for cutting waiting timesBosses of hospitals with long waiting times or that overspend their budget will be denied pay rises in a tough new drive by Wes Streeting to improve the NHS’...
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Prevalence of hybrid over fully remote roles dashes hopes of greater geographical spread of talentThe post-pandemic shift to greater home working among highly skilled professionals has failed to level up Britain’s economy and help struggling regions as many had predicted ...
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Katrina Cripps tells Victorian trial that murder accused spoke of husband turning ‘nasty’ and motivation for hosting lunch with in-laws ...
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Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946A Magna Carta wrongly listed as an unofficial copy for nearly 80 years has been confirmed as an original from 1300.The discovery means the document is just one of s...
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The al Astal brothers are among the unlucky Palestinians who are fighting their own battle against cancer while stuck in a war zoneIt was a short distance but a very long journey from a bombed out hospital in ...
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AI bot goes on hours-long fritz, bringing up ‘white genocide in South Africa’, which it is ‘instructed to accept as real’Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok went on the fritz on Wednesday, repeatedly mentioning “white genocide” in South Africa in its response...
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The Spanish bank has funnelled $600m to firms clearing South America’s fragile Gran Chaco ecosystem for beef, palm oil and soya, Global Witness saysSergio Rojas recalls how, as a child, he would see bulldozers rolling into ...
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Lt Cdr Martyn Mayger, who took charge of HMS Tyne in February, under investigation over sexual allegationsA Royal Navy commander has been removed from his role less than three months into post while he is investigated over sexual allegations.Lt Cdr Mart...
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Man and woman stabbed in Tobruk Road area of Huyton, near Liverpool, at 4.25pm on Wednesday, Merseyside police saidA man suspected of a double stabbing has been shot by armed police in Merseyside.Officers were called to a report that a man and a woman h...