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• King Charles welcomes South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa - in pictures

  22-11-2022 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is welcomed to London as Charles III hosts his first state visit as King.
  
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• Huge Artemis 1 moon rocket blew the doors off its launch tower's elevators (video) - Space.com

  22-11-2022 19:14 via news.google.com
  Huge Artemis 1 moon rocket blew the doors off its launch tower's elevators (video)  Space.comPost Artemis Launch Look at Pad 39B  NASA's Kennedy Space CenterNASA Downplays Launch Pad Damage Caused by SLS Rocket  GizmodoStorm may delay launch try for NASA moon rocket  AP ArchiveTeams Assess Mobile Launcher and Pad After Successful Artemis I launch  NASAView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Richard Hammond reveals Top Gear crash coma dream

  22-11-2022 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The presenter has gone viral on TikTok talking about his experience following a high-speed car crash in 2006.
  
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• Syria, Mozambique and Ukraine: what it’s like to work in a disaster zone

  22-11-2022 17:40 via theguardian.com
  The British Red Cross’s global surge team is often deployed immediately in the wake of a crisis. Here, two of its members share their experiences of the reality on the groundAs a young lad, Richard Davill remembers taking a somewhat unusual interest in disaster management, which he first learned about during a geography class in high school. “I found it fascinating and spent the next 10 years trying to build a career in it,” says Davill, who was speaking just after flying into
  
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• From Grenfell to Covid: emergency responders on helping others through a crisis

  22-11-2022 17:38 via theguardian.com
  The British Red Cross has more than a thousand volunteer emergency responders across the country, who are among the first on the scene when a crisis strikes. Here, they speak about the experiences they will remember foreverRukia Shepherd’s voice breaks with emotion when she recalls the moment a grieving father put his hand in hers. His daughter had just died in the fire at Grenfell.She had travelled from her home in Manchester to join other British Red Cross emergency response volunteers t
  
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• ‘I’m grateful to give back’: the Ukrainian refugees helping others fleeing conflict

  22-11-2022 17:35 via theguardian.com
  With people escaping the conflict in Ukraine joining the millions already displaced globally, volunteers from the British Red Cross are doing everything they can to help those who arrive in the UKOn 24 February 2022, Olena became a refugee overnight. The landscape lighting designer had just arrived in the UK to visit her son, who is studying at a British college. But they woke up to the news of the escalation of armed conflict in Ukraine. “I couldn’t believe it was happening,”
  
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• ‘We create a safe space for people to recover’: how the Red Cross helps rebuild lives

  22-11-2022 17:34 via theguardian.com
  From being on the scene in the aftermath of an emergency to helping to reunite families with their loved ones fleeing conflict zones, the British Red Cross’s staff and volunteers work tirelessly to help others rebuild their livesNo one can know how close we live to crisis each day and just how vulnerable we might suddenly become – it can happen to anyone, says British Red Cross emergency response volunteer Dara Leonard.“Imagine the police and fire services calling in the middle
  
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• Urgent warning to anyone who’s had Covid over side effect which could impact you every day... - The Sun

  22-11-2022 17:08 via news.google.com
  Urgent warning to anyone who’s had Covid over side effect which could impact you every day...  The SunWarning over covid symptom that could be affecting your brain every day  Liverpool EchoCovid warning issued for age group as long-term sign could impact life every day  Daily RecordConstantly forgetting things? It could be a sign of Long Covid, Hull scientists say  Hull LiveCovid can affect memory function, researchers find  Bury TimesView
  
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• NASA’s new rocket blows the doors off its mobile launch tower - Ars Technica

  22-11-2022 15:23 via news.google.com
  NASA’s new rocket blows the doors off its mobile launch tower  Ars TechnicaNasa’s Orion space capsule captures stunning pictures of the moon  Metro.co.ukNASA's Orion capsule captures gorgeous close-up pictures of the moon  New ScientistNASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit  The IndependentWatch The Artemis I Rocket Pass By the Moon  FOX WeatherView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• People in the UK: tell us why you are unable to work despite wanting to

  22-11-2022 14:13 via theguardian.com
  We’d like to find out the reasons that prevent people in the UK from working as much as they’d like – whether it’s childcare, health issues, housingor travelWe’re keen to hear from people in the UK who would like to work or work more than they currently do and find out what prevents them from doing so.Whether it is your health, childcare, travel or being unable to find housing, or anything else that stands in the way, we’d like to hear from you. It doesn&rsquo
  
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• Jack Grealish doing my goal celebration in the World Cup 'like a dream'

  22-11-2022 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The England footballer celebrated scoring in the World Cup with a tribute to 12-year-old Finlay.
  
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• Why does my carpet smell and how can I keep wood floors clean? Tips from housework influencer Gemma Bray

  22-11-2022 11:28 via theguardian.com
  Whether it’s a rug that’s a bit musty or hardwood floors that are no longer gleaming, keeping a home clean can seem like a never ending chore. We asked an expert to share her top tips, tricks and hacks for keeping everything spick and spanMany of us know the dismay of unexpected guests popping over, only for them to be greeted by the whiff of wet dog ponging from the carpets. Or when you whip out the vacuum cleaner for a quick run round to discover it’s completely lost its suct
  
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• US receives stinging criticism at Cop27 despite China’s growing emissions

  22-11-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The country is highlighting China’s status as top polluter after being called out for climate inactionThe US, fresh from reversing its 30 years of opposition to a “loss and damage” fund for poorer countries suffering the worst impacts of the climate crisis, has signaled that its longstanding image as global climate villain should now be pinned on a new culprit: China.Following years of tumult in which the US refused to provide anything resembling compensation for climate damage
  
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• Cop27: another blow to 1.5C?

  22-11-2022 04:00 via theguardian.com
  At Cop27 in Egypt, negotiations ran 40 hours past the Friday night deadline. Country delegates were able to agree a historic deal on loss and damage, but less progress was made on global fossil fuel emission targetsThe Guardian’s environment correspondent, Fiona Harvey, has attended 16 Cops, and found the atmosphere at Cop27 in Egypt particularly fraught. “They’re not normally quite as bad as this,” she tells Hannah Moore. “We have a pretty dreadful geopolitical sit
  
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