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‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline
‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline
Like the soldiers they battle to save, combat medics in Ukraine are under constant attack. Three years after the invasion, one NHS doctor bears witness
“The frontline here is cold, hard, true war. My comrades and I had more than 40 bombs dropped on us by…
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline
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With news of Mick Lynch's retirement, I want to thank him for relentlessly standing up for trade unions and working people.
His speeches and highly memorable media interviews have been an inspiration for many, including me.
He is truly a once in a generation leader.
His speeches and highly memorable media interviews have been an inspiration for many, including me.
He is truly a once in a generation leader.
January 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
With news of Mick Lynch's retirement, I want to thank him for relentlessly standing up for trade unions and working people.
His speeches and highly memorable media interviews have been an inspiration for many, including me.
He is truly a once in a generation leader.
His speeches and highly memorable media interviews have been an inspiration for many, including me.
He is truly a once in a generation leader.
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‘Brain rot’ refers to the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”
‘Brain rot’ is Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2024
‘Brain rot’ refers to the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”
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December 2, 2024 at 9:25 AM
‘Brain rot’ refers to the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”
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Is it true that … running destroys your knees?
Is it true that … running destroys your knees?
Do those who run have a higher risk of osteoarthritis? And what should you do if you start to feel pain? We ask an expert
You know the warning people often give middle-aged joggers: don’t run too much or you’ll end up with bad knees? “It’s very much a…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Is it true that … running destroys your knees?
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Every Women’s Championship match to be shown live on YouTube next season
Every Women’s Championship match to be shown live on YouTube next season
* All 132 games in 2025-26 season will be streamed
* Sky continue to have rights to select TV fixtures
Every Women’s Championship match will be streamed live on the league’s YouTube channel from next season onwards, the Guardian can reveal.
The move…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Every Women’s Championship match to be shown live on YouTube next season
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Share your experience of doorstep deliveries in the UK that have gone missing
Share your experience of doorstep deliveries in the UK that have gone missing
We want to hear from people about the items they have lost after they were delivered and left on their doorstep
Now that Black Friday has come and gone, we’d like to find out more about the deliveries you have received but that have gone missing from…
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Share your experience of doorstep deliveries in the UK that have gone missing
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The rich will pay up when prodded. So let’s make tax-collecting great again | Torsten Bell
The rich will pay up when prodded. So let’s make tax-collecting great again | Torsten Bell
Investing more in revenue services pays dividends in returns to government coffers, new US research shows
What do we want? More tax inspectors. When do we want them? Ideally a few years back, but now will do. Maybe not the most exciting protest song, but…
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:12 AM
The rich will pay up when prodded. So let’s make tax-collecting great again | Torsten Bell
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Russia-Ukraine war live: EU’s new foreign policy chief visits Kyiv after overnight strikes
Russia-Ukraine war live: EU’s new foreign policy chief visits Kyiv after overnight strikes
Kaja Kallas’s visit comes on her first day in office with the new head of the European council, António Costa, also making the trip to Ukraine
Russia launched 78 drones against Ukraine overnight from the Russian cities of Kursk, Orel, and Bryansk,…
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Russia-Ukraine war live: EU’s new foreign policy chief visits Kyiv after overnight strikes
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⚡️CERN ends cooperation with Russian institutes.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Nov. 30 officially cut ties with research institutes in Russia, following a decision to allow the cooperation agreement to expire in light of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Nov. 30 officially cut ties with research institutes in Russia, following a decision to allow the cooperation agreement to expire in light of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
CERN ends cooperation with Russian institutes
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Nov. 30 officially cut ties with research institutes in Russia, following a decision to allow the cooperation agreement to expire in light of t...
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November 30, 2024 at 7:36 PM
⚡️CERN ends cooperation with Russian institutes.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Nov. 30 officially cut ties with research institutes in Russia, following a decision to allow the cooperation agreement to expire in light of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Nov. 30 officially cut ties with research institutes in Russia, following a decision to allow the cooperation agreement to expire in light of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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WCK said it was “heartbroken” by the airstrike and that it was pausing operations in Gaza.
Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills World Central Kitchen Workers
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people including employees of World Central Kitchen, and the charity said it was “urgently seek...
www.bloomberg.com
November 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
WCK said it was “heartbroken” by the airstrike and that it was pausing operations in Gaza.
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BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken "under the NATO umbrella" - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later "in a diplomatic way"
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news.sky.com/story/zelens...
Zelenskyy suggests he's prepared to end Ukraine war in return for NATO membership, even if Russia doesn't immediately return seized land
The Ukrainian president told Sky News's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay NATO membership would have to be offered to unoccupied parts of the country in order to end the "hot phase of the war", as lon...
news.sky.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:26 PM
BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested a ceasefire deal could be struck if Ukrainian territory he controls could be taken "under the NATO umbrella" - allowing him to negotiate the return of the rest later "in a diplomatic way"
news.sky.com/story/zelens...
news.sky.com/story/zelens...
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Irish language rap group Kneecap has won a discrimination case over the British govt's refusal to award them an arts grant
Kneecap win case over 'unlawful' UK govt funding block
Irish language rap group Kneecap has won its discrimination case against former Conservative minister Kemi Badenoch.
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November 29, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Irish language rap group Kneecap has won a discrimination case over the British govt's refusal to award them an arts grant
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Mysterious mass elephant die-off ‘probably caused by toxic water’
Mysterious mass elephant die-off ‘probably caused by toxic water’
Satellite data analysis suggests climate-induced algal blooms could be behind hundreds of deaths in Botswana that sparked flurry of theories in 2020
More than 350 elephants that died in mysterious circumstances probably drank toxic water, according to a…
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Mysterious mass elephant die-off ‘probably caused by toxic water’
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Højlund sinks Bodø/Glimt to give Amorim first Manchester United win
Højlund sinks Bodø/Glimt to give Amorim first Manchester United win
Ruben Amorim received a raptuous welcome from the Old Trafford congregation, then oversaw a helter-skelter victory in his first home as Manchester United’s sixth No 1 of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era.
Like the five predecessors of the past 11 years,…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Højlund sinks Bodø/Glimt to give Amorim first Manchester United win
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EU’s General Product Safety Regulation will come into effect on December 13th “turning up the dial on post-Brexit trade barriers & delivering yet another hammer blow to the wedge that the Windsor framework is driving between Great Britain & Northern Ireland”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Post-Brexit GPSR rules: pulling another thread in the fabric of the UK
EU General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) are set to create unique challenges for UK businesses and Northern Ireland’s place in the UK
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 1:26 PM
EU’s General Product Safety Regulation will come into effect on December 13th “turning up the dial on post-Brexit trade barriers & delivering yet another hammer blow to the wedge that the Windsor framework is driving between Great Britain & Northern Ireland”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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London Overground rebrand goes live: Here are the new names and colours of the lines
London Overground rebrand goes live: Here are the new names and colours of the lines
Changes to the lines, which were previously described as a "mass of orange spaghetti" on maps, aim to celebrate "untold elements of London's cultural history".
news.sky.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:23 PM
London Overground rebrand goes live: Here are the new names and colours of the lines
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Ikea opens Oxford Street shop dedicated to its famous blue carrier bag
Ikea opens Oxford Street shop dedicated to its famous blue carrier bag
Pop-up Frakta shop offering blue candy floss and mirrored room opens on site of delayed larger store
Glass cases house beautifully displayed arm-candy at the latest new entry on a reviving Oxford Street in central London.
This is not a designer handbag…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Ikea opens Oxford Street shop dedicated to its famous blue carrier bag
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Paris to Berlin - €49.99
London to Manchester - €324.36
Guess which train journey is 4x longer?
London to Manchester - €324.36
Guess which train journey is 4x longer?
November 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Paris to Berlin - €49.99
London to Manchester - €324.36
Guess which train journey is 4x longer?
London to Manchester - €324.36
Guess which train journey is 4x longer?
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Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation. An important read
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
How the UK became a nation of misinformation and disinformation
Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation. An important read
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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Frank Lampard returns to management with Coventry after 18 months out
Frank Lampard returns to management with Coventry after 18 months out
* Former England midfielder takes over from Mark Robins
* Team are 17th in Championship, two points above drop
Frank Lampard has been confirmed as the head coach of Coventry, returning to the dugout 18 months after he left Chelsea. He succeeds Mark…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Frank Lampard returns to management with Coventry after 18 months out
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Who will be Ireland’s next taoiseach? With only one day to go, it’s still wide open | Justine McCarthy
Who will be Ireland’s next taoiseach? With only one day to go, it’s still wide open | Justine McCarthy
With a housing emergency and the cost of living weighing heavily on voters’ minds, anything could happen at the polls on Friday
In Easter, 1916, his epic poem about the failed Dublin rebellion that eventually led to Irish independence, William Butler…
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November 28, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Who will be Ireland’s next taoiseach? With only one day to go, it’s still wide open | Justine McCarthy
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Ruud van Nistelrooy set to succeed Steve Cooper as Leicester manager
Ruud van Nistelrooy set to succeed Steve Cooper as Leicester manager
* Cooper sacked last Sunday after defeat to Chelsea
* Leicester are 16th in table, one point above drop zone
Ruud van Nistelrooy is poised to become the new Leicester City manager, making an almost immediate return to the Premier League after leaving…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Ruud van Nistelrooy set to succeed Steve Cooper as Leicester manager
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It is going to be the third Christmas underground in Kharkiv. No carols, only sirens. No snowflakes, only falling debris. For the third time, we will have only one wish.
November 27, 2024 at 8:17 AM
It is going to be the third Christmas underground in Kharkiv. No carols, only sirens. No snowflakes, only falling debris. For the third time, we will have only one wish.