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In Sweden, most residential heating and hot water comes from heating networks – helping to pool resources and innovationDistrict heating is sometimes talked about like some kind of unattainable utopia, but in the Swedish capital these low-carbon heating networks are not s...
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Paul Bamba was ambitious and loved by his friends and family. But his quest for success was built on dubious fights and a fatal disregard for his own healthAs 2023 drew to a close, Paul Bamba was a marginal club fighter with a record of five wins and three losses, compile...
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Some want to oppose ban, others are nervous, but all see it as a warning sign under Viktor Orbán’s governmentMarching with a pink, white and baby blue transgender flag, Corvus gathered with thousands of others in a central square of Budapest this week. The 20-year-old sta...
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Ukrainian president has learned Trump’s team demand positivity and there is little point in trying to ‘inject reality’At a press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, explaining where initial US-brokered peace negotiations had got to, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stru...
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Eight in 10 cars produced in Britain are exported, with high-end manufacturers much more reliant on the US marketThe UK’s automotive sector describes itself as “the engine room of Britain’s international trade”, boasting how it generates “£1 in every £8 the UK earns from ...
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Exhibition aims to help visitors get inside the minds that thought mercury and roasted apples would cure liceMedieval treatments might make you question the sanity of the doctors of the day, but a new exhibition is set to take visitors inside the minds of such medics and ...
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Support for Ukraine continues with divided opinion on Franco-British plan for ‘reassurance force’ to help ceasefireEuropean leaders have affirmed their support for Ukraine at a Paris summit and agreed now was “not the time” to lift sanctions against Russia, but with split...
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Exclusive: Simon Blake says progress of government’s bill could be exploited by those attacking rights globallyThe new head of Stonewall has pledged to fight for a ban on conversion practices that includes “every member of the lesbian, gay, bi and trans community”, as he ...
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Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayersMinisters may have to target pensioners and wealthier taxpayers at the autumn budget, as senior government figures voiced fears brutal welfare reforms would still not go ...
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Under terms of deal with Hobbycraft owner, 233-year-old brand will become TGJones...