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• Family pays tribute to much-loved dad after being trampled to death by runaway cow

  30-11-2022 23:50 via express.co.uk
  The family of Welshman Huw Evans said "he will be missed".
  
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• Fleetwood Mac: Singer-songwriter Christine McVie has died

  30-11-2022 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Christine McVie, who played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their most famous songs, has died.
  
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• Schoolgirl, 15, dies of rare cancer even after having her eye and leg removed

  30-11-2022 23:25 via express.co.uk
  Aleksandra's mum said she "took it better than we did" when the young girl was told she would need to have her eye removed.
  
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• Losing energy support will mean ‘fuel poverty for more than 7m’ in UK

  30-11-2022 23:00 via theguardian.com
  A new report calls for targeted help for those who will no longer qualify from changes next springMore than 7 million people who no longer qualify for energy support from next spring face years in fuel poverty if average heat and light bills remain at £3,000, according to a report calling for more targeted help.In his November budget the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced that the government’s energy price guarantee (EPG) would rise from April to £3,000 a year for the typical h
  
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• Hawaii site that measures global CO2 shuts down after Mauna Loa volcano eruption

  30-11-2022 21:50 via theguardian.com
  Scientists scramble to re-establish the crucial monitoring that has been situated on the volcano since 1958The world’s premier measurement site for global carbon dioxide levels has been shut down because of a volcanic eruption in Hawaii, with scientists scrambling to re-establish the crucial monitoring that has been situated on the volcano since 1958.Lava has been shooting more than 150ft into the air from Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, since Sunday night and a river
  
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• Cambridge University: Fossil overturns knowledge about origin of birds - BBC

  30-11-2022 21:00 via news.google.com
  Cambridge University: Fossil overturns knowledge about origin of birds  BBCCT scans of toothed bird fossil leads to jaw-dropping discovery  The GuardianFossil ‘overturns more than a century of knowledge’ about evolution of birds  The IndependentAncient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution  New ScientistFossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds  Phys.orgView Full covera
  
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• Two teens charged and two more arrests made in connection with murder of teenager in Cambridge - Cambridgeshire Live

  30-11-2022 20:58 via news.google.com
  Two teens charged and two more arrests made in connection with murder of teenager in Cambridge  Cambridgeshire LiveView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79

  30-11-2022 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The singer-songwriter, behind some of the group's biggest hits, dies after an illness, her family says.
  
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• Lady Susan Hussey quits over remarks to charity boss Ngozi Fulani

  30-11-2022 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  A palace aide steps down over remarks made to Ngozi Fulani at a reception hosted by the Queen Consort.
  
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• ‘We’re not here because it’s fun’: UK university staff join picket lines

  30-11-2022 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Rallies in Leeds, London and across UK demand better pay and pensions amid cost of living crisis“Get your arse out of your chair, get down here and speak to the people who matter,” a union leader urged university bosses, as hundreds of striking staff gathered in Leeds on Wednesday to fight for improved pay and pensions.A large crowd of pickets spilled from the steps of Leeds University’s distinctive Grade II-listed Parkinson Building, flooding on to the pavement below with bann
  
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• The Guardian view on NHS strikes: a last resort and a cry of despair | Editorial

  30-11-2022 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Conservatives cannot deflect blame for a crisis that has been building for the 12 years they have been in governmentIndustrial action can have many causes, but there are two responses available to governments – negotiation or confrontation. Which path ministers take depends on a calculation about public opinion. Sympathy with the strikers will encourage compromise; suspicion that their demands are excessive permits intransigence.Frontline health workers are generally held in high esteem, a
  
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• The Guardian view on the future of China’s unrest: more complex than it seems | Editorial

  30-11-2022 19:43 via theguardian.com
  A binary reading of these remarkable zero-Covid protests does not help anyone understand their significanceAmong the Communist rhetoric cleverly repurposed by China’s anti-zero-Covid protesters is a phrase that Mao Zedong employed: a single spark can start a prairie fire. When a political system is so rigid, observers can easily fall prey to one of two conflicting tendencies. The first is to seize upon any significant unrest as the first crack in the edifice, which could bring the whole sy
  
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• Energy bill payment delayed until after Christmas

  30-11-2022 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  There have been issues over the delivery of the UK-wide scheme in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Lecanemab: New Alzheimer's drug slows decline in memory - fuelling hope doctors will one day cure dementia - Sky News

  30-11-2022 19:36 via news.google.com
  Lecanemab: New Alzheimer's drug slows decline in memory - fuelling hope doctors will one day cure dementia  Sky NewsFirst drug to slow Alzheimer's hailed as momentous - BBC News  BBC NewsA glimmer of hope on treating Alzheimer's highlights the NHS's deficiencies  The TelegraphIt's just a first step, but this new Alzheimer's drug could be a huge breakthrough | Jonathan Schott  The GuardianI've forgotten the words Le Creuset. I need that Alzheimer's drug now
  
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• ‘We want action’: bereaved families launch Killed Women campaign

  30-11-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Campaigners hope collective voice will force change in Britain, where a woman is killed by a man every three daysCarole Gould’s 17-year-old daughter Ellie was killed by another sixth-former the day after she ended their relationship in 2019. Julie Devey’s daughter Poppy Devey Waterhouse, 24, was stabbed 49 times by her ex-boyfriend in 2018. Emma Ambler’s twin, Kelly Fitzgibbons, 40, and her nieces, Ava, 4, and Lexi, 2 were shot by their husband and father in 2020. Bekhal Mahmod
  
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• Two arrests over foiled attempt to smuggle migrants to UK across Channel on speedboats

  30-11-2022 19:30 via express.co.uk
  More than 43,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since the start of the year.
  
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• In Buckingham Palace and outside it, we know what it means when people ask ‘where are you from’

  30-11-2022 19:22 via theguardian.com
  When Susan Hussey asked that of a black British charity boss, she echoed the words of many who alienate people of colour“Where are you from?” is a question that every person in my family has been asked, from my parents in the 1960s to my little nephew, crying on his way back from school. I’ve faced the question from schoolteachers who want to know if I speak English, dates trying to exoticise me – and a manager who laughed afterwards, knowing he should not have asked.&ldq
  
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• Prisoners could be held in police cells to cut overcrowding

  30-11-2022 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  The government says adult male prisons have seen an "acute and sudden increase" in populations.
  
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• Jiang Zemin obituary - The Guardian

  30-11-2022 18:57 via news.google.com
  Jiang Zemin obituary  The GuardianFormer Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies aged 96 - BBC News  BBC NewsJiang Zemin: Former Chinese leader dies aged 96  BBCJiang Zemin May Inspire Nostalgia in China But Not for Democracy  BloombergChina Protests: With Jiang Zemin's Death, Xi Can’t Risk a Repeat of the Past  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man appears in court over English Channel dinghy deaths

  30-11-2022 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Harem Ahmed Abwbaker is accused of being the "right-hand man" in a people-trafficking gang.
  
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• A full exploration of the rise in gender-questioning girls is much needed | Letters

  30-11-2022 18:42 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an article on the huge rise in the number of adolescent biological girls seeking referrals to gender clinics in recent years. Plus, the gender-neutral pronoun ‘per’Thank you for investigating this aggravated debate in many of its aspects (‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity?, 24 November). In the light of so much uncertainty about the origins of the rise in the number of gender-questioning girls, it is esse
  
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• Care crisis left my brother relying on the kindness of friends and volunteers | Letters

  30-11-2022 18:41 via theguardian.com
  Shelagh Young writes about her brother being left without care, and says that trying to hold local councils or the NHS to account feels futileYour excellent reporting on the social care funding crisis is sorely needed (Disabled care home residents evicted in charity’s dispute with councils, 25 November). Your article states correctly that council or NHS funders have a legal duty to provide care. But with care homes closing beds and care workers driven out by chronic low pay, this duty is a
  
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• World Cup permutations: Who is into the last 16 and who could join them?

  30-11-2022 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport looks at which teams have already booked their place in the World Cup knockout stages - and who could join them.
  
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• MPs urge Rishi Sunak to attend biodiversity summit in Canada

  30-11-2022 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Tory backbenchers are among 40 parliamentarians who asked PM to ‘stand up for nature’ at talksUK politics live – latest news updatesForty parliamentarians, including seven Conservative MPs, have privately written to Rishi Sunak imploring him to attend the Cop15 biodiversity conference, which starts next week.In the letter, seen by the Guardian and organised by the all-party parliamentary group on the environment, the parliamentarians warn that a million species are facing extin
  
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• Six men jailed over Greenock firebomb murder plot

  30-11-2022 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Robert Warnock, 26, used a mobile phone from jail to instigate a "campaign of terror" in Greenock.
  
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• Abused, killed and let down - families demand change

  30-11-2022 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Families of three women, each killed by an abusive partner, tell the BBC how their loved ones were let down.
  
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• Yes, you can play as Hulk in Marvel's Midnight Suns - Eurogamer.net

  30-11-2022 17:58 via news.google.com
  Yes, you can play as Hulk in Marvel's Midnight Suns  Eurogamer.netMarvel’s Midnight Suns review – superheroes, strategy and Gen Z banter  The GuardianMarvel's Midnight Suns review - crush evil, DM the Avengers, and find that perfect bedside table  Eurogamer.netMarvel's Midnight Suns Xbox achievements now live  TrueAchievementsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Newborn baby's body found at Waterbeach recycling centre

  30-11-2022 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are appealing for the baby's mother to get in touch, saying she may need medical care.
  
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• Gwent Police: Mark Drakeford backs racism-probe force chief

  30-11-2022 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The force is being investigated amid claims of corruption, racism, misogyny and homophobia.
  
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• Win some, lose some: Wales celebrates a stunning victory – for its farmers

  30-11-2022 16:54 via theguardian.com
  Who needs the World Cup when there’s gastronomic renown to play for? Welsh leeks have just been officially recognised as a regional speciality, alongside Melton Mowbray pork pies and stilton cheeseName: Welsh leeks.Age: Wales and leeks have had a connection for hundreds of years. In Shakespeare’s Henry V, the King tells Fluellen that he is wearing a leek “for I am Welsh, you know, good countryman”. But it probably goes back way further. Continue reading...
  
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• HSBC to close 114 UK branches as more people bank online

  30-11-2022 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The Covid pandemic has sped up people moving to online banking, says the bank.
  
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• Ambulance staff in England vote for strike action

  30-11-2022 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Members of two unions have backed walkouts across England and Wales as the NHS pay dispute deepens.
  
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• EU unveils plans to cut Europe’s plastic and packaging waste

  30-11-2022 16:36 via theguardian.com
  Draft regulations would ban mini-shampoo bottles and throwaway cups, with push towards reuse over recyclingThe EU executive wants to ban mini-shampoo bottles in hotels and the use of throwaway cups in cafes and restaurants, as part of sweeping legal proposals to curb Europe’s mountains of waste.A draft EU regulation published on Wednesday also proposes mandatory deposit and return schemes for single-use plastic drinks bottles and metal cans, as well as an end to e-commerce firms wrapping s
  
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• Child sex abuse: Workers cannot be trusted to report concerns - Inquiry head

  30-11-2022 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Professor Alexis Jay defended the inquiry's recommendation to make failing to report abuse illegal.
  
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• Sunak v Starmer... on schools and houses in 65 seconds

  30-11-2022 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The two party leaders criticise their opponents' policies on public and private schools, and housebuilding.
  
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• Lucy Letby trial: Astonishing level of insulin found in baby, jury told

  30-11-2022 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucy Letby is accused of trying to murder a premature twin boy by intentionally giving him insulin.
  
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• Megan Newborough: Killer tells jury why he cut girlfriend's throat

  30-11-2022 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Ross McCullum says he was worried people would be "cross" with him after he strangled his victim.
  
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• How Iranians protested against country's regime during the World Cup – video report

  30-11-2022 15:19 via theguardian.com
  Iranians have used the World Cup to highlight some of the human rights abuses in their country. Protesters used the slogan "woman, life, freedom" through chants, banners and printed T-shirts but encountered problems with Qatari authorities. This including one man being pinned to the ground after the Iran v USA game and others reporting being watched. Following Iran's exit from the tournament, celebrations took place back home as many see the football team as representing the government and not t
  
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• Ambulance workers in England: tell us why you’re striking

  30-11-2022 15:19 via theguardian.com
  We would like to speak to ambulance workers ahead of the planned industrial actionAmbulance workers across England have voted to strike over pay and staffing levels.Thousands of 999 call handlers, ambulance technicians, paramedics and their colleagues working for ambulance services in the north-east, north-west, London, Yorkshire and the south-west will take industrial action, Unison announced. Continue reading...
  
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• Ambulance workers in England and Wales: tell us why you’re striking

  30-11-2022 15:19 via theguardian.com
  We would like to speak to ambulance workers about Wednesday’s industrial actionThousands of ambulance workers across England and Wales are striking on Wednesday over pay and issues including ambulance delays.Only the “sickest and most vulnerable patients” will be sent an ambulance during the 24-hour stoppage, the national clinical director for urgent and emergency care at NHS England, Prof Julian Redhead, has said. Continue reading...
  
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• From blank paper to alpacas: how protesters in China are voicing their anger – video

  30-11-2022 14:34 via theguardian.com
  The largest protests in a generation erupted in cities across China over the weekend against the government’s zero-Covid policy. The most widely used symbol in the demonstrations has been a blank sheet of paper. It symbolises censorship, and may also, some Twitter users pointed out, be read as a reference to the deaths last week of 10 people in a building fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, which was blamed on lockdown restrictions that protesters believe prevented the residents from escap
  
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• Preston teenager sentenced for mistaken identity murder

  30-11-2022 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Joshua Boardman stabbed Hiwa Ali-Khani to death after believing he had arranged to meet a young girl.
  
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• Woman arrested after two 10-year-olds stabbed

  30-11-2022 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A woman is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the boys were hurt in a nine-hour stand-off.
  
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• People in the UK: have you given up your Christian faith?

  30-11-2022 14:04 via theguardian.com
  We’re interested to hear from people in the UK who no longer identify as Christians, and whyChristianity is now a minority religion in England and Wales, according to the 2021 census. We’d like to hear from Britons who no longer identify with their Christian faith. We’re interested to hear what has brought this change about in people, and whether their families have also given up their Christian faith. Continue reading...
  
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• Egg shortages: What's causing the problem and how long will it last?

  30-11-2022 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The staple grocery is being rationed in some supermarkets - but why are there so few around?
  
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• Why Nigel Farage is wrong about London being 'minority white'

  30-11-2022 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage claims London, Birmingham and Manchester are "minority white".
  
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• Tell us: how has the rise in prices affected your plans for Christmas?

  30-11-2022 12:55 via theguardian.com
  We’d like to hear whether people in the UK are deciding to have a different, cheaper Christmas this year due to the cost of living crisis We’re keen to to hear how soaring prices are affecting the Christmas plans of people in the UK.Are you planning to have a leaner Christmas this year? Whether you’ve decided to buy fewer presents, do a less elaborate Christmas dinner than you usually would or whether you will go ahead with a traditional Christmas with all its trimmings despite
  
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• 'Soon there will be none left!' HSBC customer fury as 114 bank branches to shut across UK

  30-11-2022 12:42 via express.co.uk
  HSBC customers have slammed the news the bank is shuttering a quarter of its branches.
  
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• World Cup 2022: More than 16 million watch England knock out Wales

  30-11-2022 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  England's 3-0 win over Wales sends them into the knockout stages of the World Cup in Qatar.
  
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• Bird flu: What is it and what's behind the outbreak? - BBC

  30-11-2022 11:19 via news.google.com
  Bird flu: What is it and what's behind the outbreak?  BBCFears bird flu could mutate to infect humans and spark new pandemic after mink outbreak  iNews'A possible extinction event': the UK's worst bird flu outbreak – podcast  The GuardianMore than 40 birds found dead in London parks as avian flu cases top 250 amid outbreak  Evening StandardScientists on brink of creating bird flu-resistant CHICKEN that could spell end of egg shortages  Dail
  
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