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• Why are so many workers going on strike?

  27-10-2022 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Hundreds of thousands of workers have walked out, or threatened to, causing widespread disruption.
  
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• US economy rebounds in third quarter - Financial Times

  27-10-2022 18:08 via news.google.com
  US economy rebounds in third quarter  Financial TimesUS economy bounces back from recession territory even as storm continues to brew  Sky NewsUS economy bounces back to growth despite surging inflation  The GuardianU.S. economic growth rebounds in Q3, but demand stalling  ReutersUS economy beats expectations with 2.6% growth | Business  The TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Vladimir Putin says Liz Truss was 'crazy' when she raised concerns about nuclear weapons - Sky News

  27-10-2022 17:53 via news.google.com
  Vladimir Putin says Liz Truss was 'crazy' when she raised concerns about nuclear weapons  Sky NewsIn farewell speech, Truss calls for continued support to Ukraine against Russia  Hindustan TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ECB raises interest rates again, cuts bank subsidies - Reuters

  27-10-2022 17:52 via news.google.com
  ECB raises interest rates again, cuts bank subsidies  ReutersEuro falls sharply as ECB vows to keep printing money until 2024 - live updates  The TelegraphHow high will interest rates rise in Europe?  IG UKECB raises benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points to 1.5%  Financial TimesEuropean Central Bank raises interest rates by 75 basis points to 1.5%  CNBC TelevisionView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Live Ukraine-Russia war latest: Vladimir Putin says world facing 'most dangerous decade since WW2' - follow live - The Telegraph

  27-10-2022 17:38 via news.google.com
  Live Ukraine-Russia war latest: Vladimir Putin says world facing 'most dangerous decade since WW2' - follow live  The TelegraphWatch: Putin speech live at the Valdai Club forum in Moscow  The TelegraphUkraine-Russia war – live: Putin says West is playing ‘dangerous and dirty game’  The IndependentVladimir Putin accuses West of playing ‘dangerous, bloody’ game as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on  Evening StandardPutin ac
  
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• VAR furore at Tottenham and Atlético a sign of what football has lost - The Guardian

  27-10-2022 17:34 via news.google.com
  VAR furore at Tottenham and Atlético a sign of what football has lost  The GuardianEXPLOSIVE Antonio Conte interview as he blasts VAR decision to rule out Kane's 95th minute effort  BT SportOpinion: Player ratings from Spurs’ controversial 1-1 draw with Sporting  The Spurs WebJamie O'Hara & Jason Cundy react as VAR denies Tottenham last-minute Harry Kane winner! #ucl  talkSPORTPeter Walton verdict: I'm sorry Antonio Conte – Harry Kan
  
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• Rishi Sunak latest news: Nicola Sturgeon issues demands to new PM - The Telegraph

  27-10-2022 17:00 via news.google.com
  Rishi Sunak latest news: Nicola Sturgeon issues demands to new PM  The Telegraph'Trounced by a PM who lost to a lettuce': Starmer attacks Sunak at first PMQs  Guardian NewsLabour tells MP Nadia Whittome to delete Rishi Sunak tweet  BBCRishi Sunak has made a dangerous bargain with the populist right  The New StatesmanPrime Minister Rishi Sunak Is Celebrated by Indians for Good Reason  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk claims he has acquired Twitter ‘to help humanity’ - The Guardian

  27-10-2022 16:44 via news.google.com
  Elon Musk claims he has acquired Twitter ‘to help humanity’  The GuardianElon Musk carries a SINK into Twitter headquarters after CEO hit deadline to complete $44b takeover  The SunElon Musk makes splashy visit to Twitter headquarters carrying sink  The GuardianNew York Times spills more ink on Elon Musk, but Twitter's 'Chief Twit' will have last word  Fox NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• No 10 backs Suella Braverman after MI5 leak report - BBC

  27-10-2022 16:17 via news.google.com
  No 10 backs Suella Braverman after MI5 leak report  BBCCivil service chief won’t investigate Braverman appointment amid doubt over her version of resignation events – UK politics live  The GuardianSpies could be reluctant to share secrets with the UK if Suella Braverman is home secretary, Labour ex-minister Lord Blunkett warns  Sky NewsSuella Braverman? Sorry, but Rishi Sunak has just blown his chance to govern like a grown-up  iNewsSunak is ke
  
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• Prince Harry memoir to be called Spare, publishers reveal - BBC

  27-10-2022 16:06 via news.google.com
  Prince Harry memoir to be called Spare, publishers reveal  BBCPrince Harry's Tell-All Memoir Release Date Revealed  AccessPrince Harry's new book SPARE is out in January - and takes readers back to one of 'most searing images of the twentieth century'  Sky NewsPrince Harry's memoir has release date  Associated PressPrince Harry's memoir, titled 'Spare,' to come out Jan. 10  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘This generation is really brave’: Iranians on the protests over Mahsa Amini’s death - The Guardian

  27-10-2022 16:05 via news.google.com
  ‘This generation is really brave’: Iranians on the protests over Mahsa Amini’s death  The GuardianMahsa Amini: Protesters take to Iran's streets 40 days after her death  Channel 4 NewsIran protests: Police fire on Mahsa Amini mourners - witnesses  BBCDemocratic South Africa cannot be silent on Iran's fema...  Daily MaverickIran: hundreds flock to Mahsa Amini's grave 40 days since her death  Guardian NewsView Full coverage on Goo
  
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• Meta's value plunges more than $80bn amid falling sales and rising costs - Financial Times

  27-10-2022 15:45 via news.google.com
  Meta's value plunges more than $80bn amid falling sales and rising costs  Financial TimesMeta: Shares in Facebook owner dive 20% as investors lose faith  BBCMark Zuckerberg urged to spend less on metaverse after suffering 'supersized and terrifying losses'  Sky NewsMeta financial results: What is going wrong for Mark Zuckerberg?  The Independent$80bn wiped from value of Facebook and Instagram owner Meta  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google N
  
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• “Blueprint for all future European aways” – Liverpool fans laud treatment at Ajax - This Is Anfield

  27-10-2022 15:06 via news.google.com
  “Blueprint for all future European aways” – Liverpool fans laud treatment at Ajax  This Is AnfieldAjax v Liverpool (0-3) | Klopp's Reds progress to Round of 16 | Champions League Highlights  BT SportAjax 0-3 Liverpool: Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott send Reds into Champions League knockouts  Sky SportsWhat Ajax did to Virgil van Dijk in penalty box as Stefan Bajcetic 'injures' Liverpool midfielder  Liverpool Echo(Video) &l
  
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• Leah Croucher's family says hope she was alive has been 'brutally extinguished in the cruellest and harshest of ways' - Sky News

  27-10-2022 15:02 via news.google.com
  Leah Croucher's family says hope she was alive has been 'brutally extinguished in the cruellest and harshest of ways'  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Bird and birdsong encounters improve mental health, study finds - The Guardian

  27-10-2022 15:02 via news.google.com
  Bird and birdsong encounters improve mental health, study finds  The GuardianListening to birdsong may be key to feeling chirpy  The TimesSpending time around birds 'can improve mental wellbeing for up to eight hours'  The IndependentFeeling down in the dumps? Try BIRDWATCHING!  Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes: ‘My father thought makeup was a phase. I’m still going through it 40 years on’ - The Guardian

  27-10-2022 15:00 via news.google.com
  Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes: ‘My father thought makeup was a phase. I’m still going through it 40 years on’  The Guardian
  
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• Headless body trial: Woman guilty of murdering and decapitating friend - BBC

  27-10-2022 14:25 via news.google.com
  Headless body trial: Woman guilty of murdering and decapitating friend  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pensions: Downing Street refuses to commit to triple lock - BBC

  27-10-2022 14:14 via news.google.com
  Pensions: Downing Street refuses to commit to triple lock  BBCSunak dismantles remainder of Truss legacy on first full day in office  The GuardianScrap the triple lock but protect benefits, Tory think tank says  The TelegraphDon't Count on Sunak to Protect Your UK Pension  BloombergRishi Sunak ditching manifesto vow on pensions triple lock ‘should trigger election’  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ - The Guardian

  27-10-2022 14:06 via news.google.com
  Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’  The GuardianClimate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight  BBCClimate change: No 'credible pathway' to 1.5C limit, UNEP warns  UN NewsThe world needs more urgent climate action  Hindustan TimesClimate change: World so far off targets needed to stop global warming it will destroy economies, says UN report  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Maura Higgins left a tampon inside her for THREE MONTHS - Daily Mail

  27-10-2022 13:28 via news.google.com
  Maura Higgins left a tampon inside her for THREE MONTHS  Daily MailMaura Higgins 'could have died' after tampon got stuck inside her for months  Manchester Evening NewsMaura Higgins reveals she nearly DIED from toxic shock syndrome and was ‘so ill’ she ‘didn’t know what was...  The SunMaura Higgins almost died after leaving tampon in for THREE months  The MirrorView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Shell ready to 'embrace' higher taxes as third-quarter profits double - Financial Times

  27-10-2022 13:25 via news.google.com
  Shell ready to 'embrace' higher taxes as third-quarter profits double  Financial TimesShell pays no UK windfall tax despite profits jump  BBCShell reports profits close to $10bn  Sky NewsShell posts $9.5 billion profit, plans to boost dividend  Upstream OnlineFTSE 100 higher as US GDP tops expectations  Proactive Investors UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Helen Flanagan hints why she hasn't addressed rumours she's split from Scott Sinclair - Daily Mail

  27-10-2022 13:16 via news.google.com
  Helen Flanagan hints why she hasn't addressed rumours she's split from Scott Sinclair  Daily MailHelen Flanagan ditches engagement ring days after split from Scott Sinclair  The MirrorITV Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan splits from Celtic and Aston Villa star Scott Sinclair | Worcester News  Worcester NewsHelen Flanagan and Scott Sinclair’s engagement from not sharing a bed for 7 years to ditching ring  OK! magazineITV Coronation Street Helen Flan
  
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• Moral panic, culture wars and Ron DeSantis: will Florida stay red in 2022? – video

  27-10-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Oliver Laughland travels to Walt Disney World, Florida, to see how a law restricting the teaching of LGBTQ+ issues is affecting voters in the run-up to the midterm elections. Republicans extended their majority in the state in 2020, and with far-right Governor Ron DeSantis up for re-election, will his divisive culture wars help him win a second term? Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow threatens to strike western satellites - The Times

  27-10-2022 12:40 via news.google.com
  Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow threatens to strike western satellites  The TimesRussia-Ukraine updates: Russia threatens West's satellites  DW (English)Russian Official Says Western Commercial Satellites Could Become 'Legitimate' Targets  Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyRussia warns West: We can target your commercial satellites  ReutersRussia Says U.S. Satellites Assisting Ukraine Are 'Legitimate' Targets  The Moscow TimesView Full coverage on Goog
  
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• Lewis Hamilton on whether Michael Masi's Abu Dhabi actions were deliberate - Planet F1

  27-10-2022 12:00 via news.google.com
  Lewis Hamilton on whether Michael Masi's Abu Dhabi actions were deliberate  Planet F1Lewis Hamilton expects Mercedes to end 2022 Formula 1 season without a race win  Sky SportsHamilton interview: New F1 deal on despite fresh ‘kick’ over 2021 title loss  Motorsport.comHamilton contract extension with Mercedes  The Judge 13Formula One: Lewis Hamilton set to extend Mercedes contract beyond next season  The TimesView Full coverage on Goog
  
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• FTSE 100: Unilever raises prices of hundreds of products in biggest ever hike - Yahoo Finance UK

  27-10-2022 11:54 via news.google.com
  FTSE 100: Unilever raises prices of hundreds of products in biggest ever hike  Yahoo Finance UKUnilever reports record 12.5% quarterly price increase  Financial TimesUnilever lifts prices by 12.5% but sales rise even more  The TimesUnilever expects high inflation next year amid further price increases  Kidderminster ShuttleUnilever CEO Jope: Inflationary Pressures to Continue Into 2023  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• University student stabbed to death in Manchester - Sky News

  27-10-2022 10:39 via news.google.com
  University student stabbed to death in Manchester  Sky NewsMurder investigation underway after student, 19 stabbed to death while walking home from party in Fallowfield  Manchester Evening NewsFallowfield stabbing: Student's killing a 'terrible shock'  BBCScreams heard as Manchester Metropolitan University student, 19, killed in random attack ‘while walking h...  The SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Newsletters v social media: why one retailer’s advertising budget moved to email

  27-10-2022 10:36 via theguardian.com
  With the cost of advertising on social media increasing, email marketing is now more important than ever as a way to grow your business – as the founders of a preloved baby-clothes retailer discoveredSolicitor Anna Cargan wasn’t expecting to swap legal briefs for secondhand clothes permanently when she launched Buildabundle from her living room in 2018. The Cumbrian mum of three had started selling her children’s outgrown clothes on eBay to make some extra money, and friends an
  
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• ‘Celebrate your team and your values’: how to make a newsletter that connects with your customers

  27-10-2022 10:35 via theguardian.com
  For any brand wanting to build loyalty, it’s important to communicate authentically. Here, two entrepreneurs who set up a beer, wine and hot sauce retailer explain how a personal approach to email marketing can help keep shoppers coming back for more …New Zealanders Jen Ferguson and Glenn Williams didn’t have big ambitions to become entrepreneurs when they moved to London in 2012. But two years later, they quit their jobs and opened an independent craft beer, hot sauce and win
  
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• Cephalgia is ‘top’ Covid symptom in double vaccinated and is seen in 69% of cases - Express

  27-10-2022 08:54 via news.google.com
  Cephalgia is ‘top’ Covid symptom in double vaccinated and is seen in 69% of cases  ExpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Urgent warning issued to all Windows and Android users - ignoring it will be costly - Express

  27-10-2022 08:01 via news.google.com
  Urgent warning issued to all Windows and Android users - ignoring it will be costly  ExpressAndroid hacking warning as criminals target TikTok and PayPal for 'malicious' campaign  Daily RecordTyposquat Campaign Targeting Android, Windows Users Now Counts 600+ Domains  Infosecurity MagazineWarning as hackers target people trying to use sites like PayPal and TikTok  Berkshire LiveHackers and Bad Actors Are Weaponizing Your Typos  LifehackerView Ful
  
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• Cost of living crisis: Stop the Squeeze calls for wealthiest to ‘pay proper share’ of tax

  27-10-2022 07:01 via theguardian.com
  Coalition of 40-plus charities and groups launches amid fears of spending cuts to plug public financesPressure is building on the leaders of Britain’s two biggest political parties to support higher taxes on wealth amid growing fears over the impact that a renewed austerity drive would have amid the cost of living crisis.In an intervention which comes as the new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, considers options for filling a £35bn black hole in the public finances, a new coalition of 40
  
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• 'Wine o'clock' lifestyle blamed for 'worrying' rise in liver cancer in last decade - The Telegraph

  27-10-2022 07:00 via news.google.com
  'Wine o'clock' lifestyle blamed for 'worrying' rise in liver cancer in last decade  The Telegraph'Wine o'clock' culture 'may be to blame for 40 PER CENT spike in liver cancer over past 10 years'  Daily MailLiver cancer red flags as charity warns of 45 per cent increase in UK cases  Daily RecordItchy skin and 10 other red flags of liver cancer as cases increase 45%  Devon LiveCharity sounds alarm over ‘worrying rise’ in liver cancer  T
  
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• Rishi Sunak will help this fund's returns – and it's on offer at a bargain price - The Telegraph

  27-10-2022 07:00 via news.google.com
  Rishi Sunak will help this fund's returns – and it's on offer at a bargain price  The TelegraphLiving in Downing Street: Rishi Sunak and family move back in  BBCRishi Sunak to move back to Number 10  The TelegraphDowning Street’s famous pets from Larry the Cat to Rishi Sunak’s dog Nova  Evening StandardRishi Sunak and his family to return to No 10 flat  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta confirms midfielder's PSV absence as FA confirm Gabriel decision - Football.London

  27-10-2022 05:00 via news.google.com
  Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta confirms midfielder's PSV absence as FA confirm Gabriel decision  Football.LondonArsenal news: Gunners player believes he will score against PSV tonight  SPORTbiblePreview: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal | Pre-Match Report | News  Arsenal.comSaka AND Martinelli? They are MACHINES! | Gabriel Jesus | PSV v Arsenal  HaytersTVBoost for Oleksandr Zinchenko in injury recovery  Daily CannonView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Can Rishi Sunak pull the Conservative party back together? – podcast

  27-10-2022 04:00 via theguardian.com
  After the chaos of Liz Truss’s short-lived stint as PM, there were claims the Conservative party was ungovernable. Can Rishi Sunak unify it once more?Rishi Sunak has been the prime minister for only a few days but yesterday he faced his first PMQs. A week earlier the party had spectacularly fallen apart after a chaotic vote on fracking. The deep divisions it exposed led to yet another leadership contest – and claims the Conservatives had become ungovernable.After Sunak’s win he
  
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• Black women missing from tech industry, says report

  27-10-2022 03:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A report says an additional 20,000 black women need to be recruited to match numbers in the wider workforce.
  
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• Afro hair: School bans probably illegal says watchdog

  27-10-2022 02:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Equality and Human Rights Commission issues guidance to combat "potentially discriminatory policy".
  
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• Biggest NHS union ballots staff over strike action

  27-10-2022 02:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Unison is urging nurses, paramedics, porters and cleaners to walkout over a below-inflation pay rise.
  
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• The Papers: 'Rishi's roar' and 'Truss legacy rejected'

  27-10-2022 01:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Most of Thursday's papers look at the different issues facing Rishi Sunak as begins his new role.
  
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• Many skip work over hygiene poverty shame, charity says

  27-10-2022 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Some 3.2m adults struggle to afford basic hygiene products leading to shame and exclusion, charity says.
  
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• Rishi Sunak urged to raise defence spending by Estonia

  27-10-2022 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The new PM has not matched a Liz Truss target to spend 3% of national wealth on defence.
  
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• Liam Christie: Man charged with murder after Antrim killing

  27-10-2022 00:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Mr Christie, 44, was shot eight times in his home in the Ballycraigy estate last week.
  
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• Gender recognition reforms to face Holyrood vote

  27-10-2022 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The Scottish government wants to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender.
  
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