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• Train strikes: Every date in December and January 2023 - The Independent

  07-12-2022 18:32 via news.google.com
  Train strikes: Every date in December and January 2023  The IndependentWinter Strikes: Government has 'torpedoed talks' - RMT boss  Sky NewsAir passengers told to expect 'serious disruption'  BBCEverything you need to know about the Christmas rail strikes  Oxford MailBus strike dates: When London bus strikes are planned in December 2022 and which TfL routes are affected  iNewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• FTSE 100 slides into negative territory at the close despite GSK rally - Proactive Investors UK

  07-12-2022 17:45 via news.google.com
  FTSE 100 slides into negative territory at the close despite GSK rally  Proactive Investors UKFTSE dips into the red while US stocks rebound  Yahoo Finance UKFTSE 100 dogged by investors souring on Ashley's Frasers Group  City A.M.FTSE 100 Live: House prices in biggest fall since 2008, oil below $80  Evening StandardFTSE 100 finishes lower amid investor jitters regarding recession fears  Proactive Investors UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Discovery of world's oldest DNA breaks record by one million years - Phys.org

  07-12-2022 17:00 via news.google.com
  Discovery of world's oldest DNA breaks record by one million years  Phys.orgOldest DNA reveals two-million-year-old lost world  BBCTwo million year old DNA samples discovered, lodged in ancient sediment  The RegisterCould world's oldest DNA save the planet?  Evening StandardCambridge scientists find oldest DNA | News  The TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The five ways we’re killing nature and why it has to stop – video explainer

  07-12-2022 12:39 via theguardian.com
  Fighting the climate emergency is only one side of the story. Science tells us we must tackle the biodiversity crisis at the same time as addressing global heating to save the planet from further catastrophe.Both crises centre on carbon. Burning carbon in the form of fossil fuels has led to global heating, and that needs to stop, but biodiversity – nature – is also built on carbon and it can be part of the solution. The Age of Extinction reporter Phoebe Weston explains how
  
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• World Cup 2022: Morocco and Portugal thrill as the quarter-final ties are set – live

  07-12-2022 11:35 via theguardian.com
  All the latest news on the tournament’s first rest dayGet in touch: you can contact Martin hereIs it too early to start building up to Brazil v Croatia on Friday? Probably, but who is going to stop me? Certainly not Reuters, which has just published a little fact box about the clash, including these highlights:Brazil have reached at least the quarter-finals in their last eight World Cups. They were champions in 1994 and 2002 and runners-up in 1998, but have only reached the semi-finals onc
  
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• Elderly people who fall won’t be able to get ambulance during strikes, says Steve Barclay – UK politics live

  07-12-2022 11:35 via theguardian.com
  Health secretary says as things stand category three emergency calls won’t be covered during 21 December strikeGrahame Morris (Lab) is asking the questions now. He says legislating for minimum rail standards during strikes would be “hugely controversial”.Earlier in the hearing Harper said there would be no legislation on matters like pavement parking and e-scooters in this session of parliament. Yet the government intends to legislate on something much more controversial, Morri
  
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• ‘Winter is coming’ to UK housing market as prices tumble; China trade slumps – business live

  07-12-2022 11:31 via theguardian.com
  Average house prices fell 2.3% in November, biggest drop since financial crisis, knocking average house price down by almost £7,000Full story: UK house prices fall at fastest rate in 14 years, says HalifaxElsewhere this morning, greeting card company Moonpig has cut its annual revenue forecast on Wednesday after business was hit by postal strikes at Royal Mail.Moonpig told shareholders that trading conditions have “become progressively more challenging through October and November&rd
  
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• David Squires on … heroes and villains from the last 16 of the Qatar World Cup

  07-12-2022 11:29 via theguardian.com
  Our cartoonist looks at the winners and losers – and soiled reputations – from the second round of the World CupLike what David does? Consider supporting our journalismBuy a Squires cartoon from the Guardian Print Store Continue reading...
  
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• Moonpig cuts annual revenue forecast as Royal Mail strikes hit business

  07-12-2022 11:25 via theguardian.com
  Figure for personalised card retailer expected to be about £320m rather than £350mThe personalised card retailer Moonpig has lowered its revenue forecast for this year after Royal Mail postal strikes hit its business.The British firm said trading conditions had become progressively more challenging in October and November because of “macroeconomic uncertainty” and the run of industrial action by postal workers. Continue reading...
  
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• Jane Harris obituary

  07-12-2022 11:22 via theguardian.com
  Jane Harris, who has died after a short illness aged 65, was one of Britain’s most significant abstract painters. For 30 years she explored, through a set of self-imposed rules, the perceptual qualities of the ellipse. It was a shape that, in her hands, could be both ornate and Spartan, and that, through her beautiful handling of paint, could be visually mischievous. Carefully painted in oils, each of the meticulous brushstrokes that mark out her curvilinear shapes describes both a form, t
  
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• Rook and swift added to threatened bird species list in Wales

  07-12-2022 11:11 via theguardian.com
  Number of species on red list in the country doubled in last 20 yearsThe number of bird species seriously threatened in Wales has doubled in the last 20 years, with the rook, swift and greenfinch added to the red list.A report from a coalition of conservation groups places 60 species on the red list, accounting for a quarter of the species in Wales – more than ever before. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Blinken says US did not ‘enable’ Ukraine strikes inside Russia

  07-12-2022 11:10 via theguardian.com
  US secretary of state says it ‘neither encouraged nor enabled’ drone strikes deep inside Russia that damaged long-range bombersWhat we know on day 287 of the invasionMore now on Europe’s energy crisis, via AFP:Sky-high energy prices have caused numerous factories, particularly in Germany’s chemicals sector, which was highly dependent upon cheap Russian gas, to halt operations. But European nations were able to fill their gas reservoirs and no one has been cut off yet. Con
  
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• Ukraine calls on western allies to boycott Russian culture

  07-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Minister defends step in ‘civilisational battle’ but says it would not amount to ‘cancelling Tchaikovsky’Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine’s culture minister has called on the country’s western allies to boycott Russian culture, urging a halt to performances of the music of Tchaikovsky and other Russian composers until the end of the war.Writing in the Guardian, Oleksandr Tkachenko argues that such a “cultural boycott” would not
  
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• ‘So many people need help, but we can’t give them the care they deserve’: the diary of a nurse

  07-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  From staff shortages and closing clinics, to patients who haven’t had a face-to-face appointment in years – ahead of the nursing strike, a diabetes specialist reveals their day-to-day strugglesI get to the hospital at 8.30am for a multidisciplinary team meeting, at which consultants and specialist nurses get together to discuss complex diabetes cases. Today, we’re focused on patients who have severe mental health conditions in addition to their diabetes. We find that when thing
  
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• As Ukraine’s culture minister, I’m asking you to boycott Tchaikovsky until this war is over | Oleksandr Tkachenko

  07-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Russia is trying to destroy our nation’s history. Alongside sanctions, let’s pause performances of Kremlin-favoured works• Ukraine calls on western allies to boycott Russian cultureRussia isn’t just physically attacking Ukraine; it is also trying to destroy our culture and memory. In the occupied territories, Ukrainian libraries have been liquidated, the word “Ukraine” has been erased, and Ukrainian museums have been destroyed. Our ministry of culture and infor
  
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• The 50 best albums of 2022 – 50 to 31

  07-12-2022 10:59 via theguardian.com
  The countdown continues, with ice-cold wordplay from Pusha T, Bad Bunny’s romantic blend of reggaeton, dembow and bachata and Björk’s typically sideways glance at daily lifeThe year’s best musicMore of the best culture of 2022 Continue reading...
  
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• Amy Jones shines as England cruise to ODI series victory over West Indies

  07-12-2022 10:39 via theguardian.com
  England 260 all out; West Indies 118 all outJones and Dunkley make half centuries in AntiguaAmy Jones and Sophia Dunkley made half centuries as England beat the West Indies by 142 runs in Antigua to go 2-0 up in their three-match ODI series.England won the toss and chose to bat, with Tammy Beaumont and Emma Lamb quickly making good on the decision as they made 37 off the first eight overs before Lamb was run out for 25. That brought Dunkley to the crease and she set about punishing the bowling o
  
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• Sleet, frost, snow and -10C in parts of UK as winter takes hold

  07-12-2022 10:33 via theguardian.com
  Cold weather expected to remain through the weekend but south may get some respite from next TuesdayWinter is arriving across the UK as temperatures are expected to plummet to -10C at night in parts of the country and sleet, frost and snow are forecast for some areas.The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of Wales, Northern Ireland, England’s east coast, northern Scotland and the western isles. Continue reading...
  
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• German police raids target far-right extremists ‘seeking to overthrow state’

  07-12-2022 10:21 via theguardian.com
  Thousands of officers search 130 sites across country in operation againstReich Citizens plottersTwenty-five people including a 71-year-old German aristocrat, a retired military commander and former MP for the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) have been detained in Germany on suspicion of a terrorist plan to overthrow the state and renegotiate the country’s post-second world war settlement.Thousands of police carried out a series of raids across Germany on Wednesday morning
  
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• Family of three Australians killed in US single-engine plane crash

  07-12-2022 10:06 via theguardian.com
  Former Gympie resident Christian Kath, his wife Misty and their 12-year-old daughter Lily died when plane crashed in Gulf of MexicoThe Australian government is providing consular assistance to the family of three Australians killed in a single-engine plane crash in the US.Dfat officials have been dispatched to Florida following the crash in the Gulf of Mexico which killed three members of the same family. Continue reading...
  
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• Georgia’s runoff was a resounding rebuke of Trumpism. Will Republicans hear it? | Lloyd Green

  07-12-2022 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Come January, Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues will face a 51-49 Senate Democratic majority – making Biden’s job a little easierTuesday delivered a spate of bad news for Donald Trump and the Republican party. First, Bennie Thompson, chairman of the January 6 committee, announced that criminal referrals to the US Department of Justice would be forthcoming. A few hours later, a Manhattan jury convicted the Trump Organization on 17 counts of tax fraud, conspiracy and falsif
  
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• Body Am I by Moheb Costandi review – the new science of self-consciousness

  07-12-2022 10:00 via theguardian.com
  What gives us our sense of self? A fresh take on how the brain and body are connected offers answersMoheb Costandi’s title is taken from Nietzsche’s philosophical masterpiece Thus Spoke Zarathustra: “The awakened and knowing say: body am I entirely, and nothing more; and soul is only the name for something about the body.” The radical rejection of mind-body dualism expressed in this sentence is shared today by most neuroscientists, who believe that the mind is a product o
  
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• A Love Song review – heartwrenching performance in tender portrait of loneliness

  07-12-2022 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Dale Dickey’s first ever lead role is as a careworn woman waiting for a missed connection in a Colorado campsiteVeteran American character actor Dale Dickey gets the first lead role of her screen career in this tender emotional vignette: it is as sad as a country song. She plays Faye, a middle-aged woman on her own who is camping on a dusty site by a lake in the Colorado mountains. Faye is evidently waiting for a letter: the postman keeps showing up and telling her there’s nothing fo
  
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• Strep A: Antibiotics shortage in some Welsh pharmacies

  07-12-2022 09:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The Welsh government says it is confident suppliers are working to address stock issues.
  
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• UK weather: People urged to heat main rooms as cold snap begins

  07-12-2022 09:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Health officials advise warming living rooms in the day and bedrooms at night in the cold spell.
  
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• David Warner withdraws bid to have lifetime captaincy ban revoked

  07-12-2022 09:28 via theguardian.com
  In a lengthy Instagram post, Warner claimed the review panel wanted to ‘conduct a public trial of me and what occurred during the third Test’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDavid Warner will withdraw his bid to have his lifetime captaincy ban lifted, accusing the independent panel conducting the review of wanting to publicly lynch him.In a bombshell development on the eve of the Adelaide Test, Warner also claimed counsel assisting the review h
  
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• Harry and Meghan win racial justice and mental health award

  07-12-2022 09:26 via theguardian.com
  Duke and Duchess of Sussex honoured for their activism days ahead of revelatory Netflix showA US human rights charity has awarded Harry and Meghan its Ripple of Hope award for their activism on racial justice and mental health.In a statement celebrating their award, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said “a ripple of hope can turn into a wave of change”. The couple received the award on Tuesday night in New York, two days before the release of a tell-all Netflix show expected to include
  
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• Which schools will be hit by the Scottish teachers' strikes?

  07-12-2022 09:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Wednesday and Thursday's industrial action will cause partial or full closures across Scotland.
  
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• Harry and Meghan: 'A ripple of hope can turn into a wave of change'

  07-12-2022 09:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a gala in New York where they were honoured for their racial justice and mental health work.
  
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• Thousands of pupils miss school as teachers strike

  07-12-2022 09:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Members of the SSTA and NASUWT unions walk out on Wednesday and Thursday in an ongoing pay dispute.
  
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• UK house prices fall at fastest rate in 14 years, says Halifax

  07-12-2022 09:12 via theguardian.com
  Average price of property in November was £285,579, down 2.3% from £292,406 in OctoberHouse prices in the UK fell by 2.3% in November, according to Halifax, the largest monthly drop on its index since the beginning of the financial crash in 2008.The fall is the third in a row, and means the average house price last month was £285,579, down from £292,406 in October. Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: Alcoholics Anonymous allows cameras for the first time

  07-12-2022 09:05 via theguardian.com
  Deep-fake imagery protects recovering addicts at an AA meeting in this documentary. Plus: a celebration of Black music at the Mobo Awards. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• How do text messages turn into a prison sentence for black boys? | Roxy Legane

  07-12-2022 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Ademola Adedeji’s fate was sealed once the word ‘gang’ was mentioned in court. And many other black boys are caught in the same trap“Boys, the verdict is in.” Inside Manchester crown court, it was time to say goodbye (momentarily, I hoped) to the four boys I had spent so much time with over the months they had been in court. I hugged each of them, all of us silently wondering what it meant that the jury had returned a verdict so quickly after the long, nine-week tri
  
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• Sunderland death: Police appeal to find Alexander Carr

  07-12-2022 08:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Northumbria Police says Alexander Carr "may be actively evading arrest" over the death of the woman.
  
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• Which player has scored the most goals in World Cup knockout games? | The Knowledge

  07-12-2022 08:30 via theguardian.com
  Plus: last beating first in the group stage, thrashings in vain and the glory of the one-armed goalscorerMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“Lionel Messi finally notched his first goal in a World Cup knockout game on Saturday,” writes Andy Bailey. “This made me wonder: who has scored the most in knockout matches?”This isn’t the easiest question to answer because of the different ways the World Cup has been structured over the years. In 1934 and 1938, th
  
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• Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy review – a slow-motion study of obliteration

  07-12-2022 08:30 via theguardian.com
  The therapy sessions of a doomed maths genius – McCarthy’s first female protagonist in 50 years- make for a grim companion volume to The PassengerSome books arrive predusted with the shimmer of literary myth. Stella Maris is one of them: Cormac McCarthy’s 12th – and likely final – novel, a tale concocted at the Santa Fe Institute, “a thinktank for maverick brainiacs” where the 89-year-old author spends his days discoursing with quantum physicists and cla
  
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• RFU sends Jones packing but English rugby’s problems won’t go with him | Andy Bull

  07-12-2022 08:30 via theguardian.com
  Surely you would not sack the most successful coach you’ve had without a clear vision. So what is the RFU’s grand plan?Eight minutes to play and England are 14 points down against New Zealand. Will Stuart has just scored in the corner and Marcus Smith is standing over the conversion, on the 22, five metres in from the right touchline. It should be Owen Farrell’s kick.Farrell, who has made every shot at goal so far in the autumn, 15 out of 15 in 200 minutes of Test rugby, is on
  
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• Emancipation: the true story behind Will Smith’s slavery drama

  07-12-2022 08:03 via theguardian.com
  The Oscar-winner’s much-anticipated new Apple movie follows an enslaved man fighting for his freedomWhen Will Smith made a guest appearance last week on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, there was no avoiding The Slap – his eruption of anger at comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars. But first, host Trevor Noah wanted to talk about Smith’s latest film: “You play one of the most famous unknown people … from America’s history.”That person is today kno
  
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• Why did taking our dogs on a flight end in such heartbreak?

  07-12-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Although it had been arranged by the British Veterinary Centre one died and two were seriously illWhen we moved from the United Arab Emirates to Germany, I arranged for the British Veterinary Centre (BVC) in Abu Dhabi to organise the transport of my three bulldogs, Butch, Brutus and Biggie. The vet pronounced them in good health and they were booked on to the same Etihad flight as me. The BVC dropped them at the airport at 9.30pm, and they were kept in an air-conditioned animal lounge for three
  
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• Thinking outside the box: Photoworks festival – in pictures

  07-12-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Featuring obsolete technology, natural printmaking and African mythology, this year’s event repeats the radical experiment of the 2020 edition: it comes in a box! Continue reading...
  
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• ‘No lack of wildness’ - a car-free break on the John Muir Way, Scotland

  07-12-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The East Lothian segment of the coast to coast trail, dedicated to the great conservationist, reveals seabird colonies, beaches and historic housesPioneering conservationist John Muir was born in Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland in 1838, and his birthplace is now a museum. He moved to the US when he was 11 and went on to create the Sierra Club organisation, which still protects Yosemite and other national parks. “When I was a boy in Scotland, I was fond of all things wild …&rdqu
  
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• A moment that changed me: my grandmother was moved into a home – and her history erased

  07-12-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  My family rehomed my grandmother and she slowly stopped telling the stories that brought people and places so vividly to life – the stories that had soothed me when I was a childMy grandmother was a keeper of unofficial histories at a time when “the facts” of history were largely undisputed, and guarded by men like my grandfather. He was the editor of the local newspaper, when women’s stories were still often considered the province of gossip and old wives’ tales. A
  
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• PSNI: Northern Ireland police resignations double among new recruits

  07-12-2022 07:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Data shows that 49 probationary constables quit in the past year, up from 25 the year before.
  
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• The night Edinburgh's skyline glowed orange

  07-12-2022 07:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Twenty years ago a major fire in the heart of Edinburgh threatened to engulf its historic Old Town.
  
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• 'The baby I lost to miscarriage saved my life'

  07-12-2022 07:36 via bbc.co.uk
  If Laura Strathearn had carried her baby to term, she would have gone straight into hospice care.
  
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• Following in the footsteps of Billy Bremner

  07-12-2022 07:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A new heritage trail and exhibition celebrates the footballer on the 25th anniversary of his death.
  
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• Welsh independence: Experts to examine future options

  07-12-2022 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Three options for Wales' future to be discussed as new report says current way is "not sustainable".
  
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• Kirstie Alley was celebrated not because she was flawless – but because her flaws were so visible | Veronica Esposito

  07-12-2022 07:27 via theguardian.com
  From 80s sitcom Cheers to semi-autobiographical series Fat Actress, the actor brought unscripted intimacy to both her best roles and her lifeKirstie Alley obituaryIt was an impressively shocking moment in the hit sitcom Cheers when actor Kirstie Alley opened her mouth to reveal her tongue gripping a lit cigarette – in one short, catlike movement, she expertly flipped it over, caught it between her teeth and sunk in to a satisfied puff of smoke. In the scene, Alley is wearing a pink turtlen
  
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• Stillbirth: Aberdare mum's 'unforgiveable' two-year wait

  07-12-2022 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Hayley Ryan says it is "unforgiveable to leave somebody for two years when they've lost a son".
  
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• Cambridge: 'I nearly bought a stolen house on Zoopla'

  07-12-2022 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Max Holland had an offer accepted but then a detective called to tell him the home was not for sale.
  
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