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December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Merry Christmas everyone......

Here's the great 2025 Central Bylines Christmas Quiz

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The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content
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December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme

Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again
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UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme
Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again
centralbylines.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I'm a well known Christmas Grinch, so was pleased with my score of 13 out of 30 😂

But I did know that the Japanese love a KFC on Christmas day! It's a good quiz if you have the time!
December 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Merry Christmas everyone......

Here's the great 2025 Central Bylines Christmas Quiz

@gemmagould.bsky.social
The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content
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December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz

Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould
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The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content
centralbylines.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content | Gemma Gould
The great 2025 Bylines Christmas Quiz
Take the quiz, check your results, and cheat to your heart's content
centralbylines.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism

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December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A bylines twist on the classic Jingle Bells | Gemma Gould
A Very Bylines Christmas
A bylines twist on the classic Jingle Bells
centralbylines.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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A Very Bylines Christmas

A Bylines twist on the classic Jingle Bells | Gemma Gould
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A Very Bylines Christmas
A bylines twist on the classic Jingle Bells
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December 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A bylines twist on the classic Jingle Bells | Gemma Gould
A Very Bylines Christmas
A bylines twist on the classic Jingle Bells
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December 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.
Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics
There have been growing concerns about the influence of foreign powers in our politics for some years now. Now the government has acted
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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1/ The Monday night volunteers

In praise of Sussex Bylines’ editors| Mick Channon
The Monday night volunteers
In praise of Sussex Bylines’ editors
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’

Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain

By Sue Wilson MBE
Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’
Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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“The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end?” | Mark Cunliffe
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Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?

The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
@centralbylines.co.uk @markcunliffe.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end?
centralbylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Getting cervical screening appointments means dealing with impersonal NHS systems: a new pilot scheme in Birmingham hopes to change that | Cerise Andrews
Why are women missing out on cervical screening?
Getting cervical screening appointments means dealing with impersonal NHS systems: a new pilot scheme in Birmingham hopes to change that
centralbylines.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme

Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again
@centralbylines.co.uk
UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme
Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again
centralbylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Getting cervical screening appointments means dealing with impersonal NHS systems: a new pilot scheme in Birmingham hopes to change that | Cerise Andrews
Why are women missing out on cervical screening?
Getting cervical screening appointments means dealing with impersonal NHS systems: a new pilot scheme in Birmingham hopes to change that
centralbylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again | Sascha Stollhans
UK to re-join Erasmus+ – here are six benefits of the European exchange scheme
Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again
centralbylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Getting cervical screening appointments means dealing with impersonal NHS systems: a new pilot scheme in Birmingham hopes to change that | Cerise Andrews
Why are women missing out on cervical screening?
Getting cervical screening appointments means dealing with impersonal NHS systems: a new pilot scheme in Birmingham hopes to change that
centralbylines.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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I'm planning a huge foodbank collection with the Scouts as we speak.....
"I think everyone should help out at a soup kitchen, or a place of refuge, at least once in their lifetime. Such an experience would open their eyes, as the people who come to such places are a mixture of our societies."

#Homeless
#Poverty
#Austerity
A Glasgow soup kitchen
Those who visit a Glasgow soup kitchen have much to teach us about being a caring society – it’s a place where humanity shines through
bylines.scot
December 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?

The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end?
centralbylines.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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