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• Rail strikes 'will force families to hold virtual Christmas' - The Telegraph

  11-12-2022 22:40 via news.google.com
  Rail strikes 'will force families to hold virtual Christmas'  The TelegraphTrain strikes: Every date in December 2022 and January 2023  The IndependentHow will pre-Christmas transport be hit by strikes?  Evening StandardSimon Calder's travel advice ahead of Christmas strike action  ITV NewsUK strike days calendar – the public service stoppages planned for December  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Strep A: Another Bradford district school confirms cases - Telegraph and Argus

  11-12-2022 22:17 via news.google.com
  Strep A: Another Bradford district school confirms cases  Telegraph and ArgusMap shows where scarlet fever cases are confirmed in Essex  Essex LiveMap shows where scarlet fever cases have been reported in Cambridgeshire  Cambridgeshire LiveLeicestershire sees 22 scarlet fever infections in just one week as Strep A worries increase for parents  Leicestershire LiveScarlet fever cases rise week-on-week across Berkshire according to UKHSA  Berkshire
  
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• LadBaby and Martin Lewis rework Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas - BBC

  11-12-2022 22:01 via news.google.com
  LadBaby and Martin Lewis rework Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas  BBCLadBaby: YouTube duo attempt fifth Christmas UK No 1 for Trussell Trust  The GuardianLadBaby joins forces with Martin Lewis as they attempt fifth Christmas No 1  Daily MailMartin Lewis and LadBaby rework Band Aid song for Christmas number one attempt  Chronicle LiveView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA's Orion spacecraft splashes back down to Earth after successful moon mission - Sky News

  11-12-2022 19:26 via news.google.com
  NASA's Orion spacecraft splashes back down to Earth after successful moon mission  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Major' emergency services operation underway at Solihull

  11-12-2022 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Sophie Madden is in Babbs Mill Park, where emergency services are at the scene of the incident.
  
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• Five confirmed dead in Jersey explosion

  11-12-2022 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Four other people are still unaccounted for, police say.
  
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• Solihull: Search continues after people pulled from icy lake

  11-12-2022 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Reports suggest people were playing on the ice at Babbs Mill Park, Solihull, the fire service says.
  
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• Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Sony wants to "grow by making Xbox smaller" - Eurogamer.net

  11-12-2022 18:44 via news.google.com
  Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Sony wants to "grow by making Xbox smaller"  Eurogamer.netPhil Spencer claims PlayStation wants to grow 'by making Xbox smaller' | VGC  Video Games ChronicleXbox boss says Sony has "a very different view of the industry"  TrueAchievementsPhil Spencer says Sony objects to Activision acquisition because it's "trying to protect its dominance"  GamesradarSony Wants To Grow By Making Xbox Smaller, Claims Microsoft's Phil Spencer 
  
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• Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody

  11-12-2022 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The Libyan man is accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie.
  
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• Jersey fishing boat sinking: Robot used to inspect vessel

  11-12-2022 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The underwater vessel is surveying the L'Ecume II trawler which sank after a collision off Jersey.
  
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• Snow: Motorways shut amid treacherous conditions

  11-12-2022 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Parts of the M54 and M5 were closed following a number of collisions amid treacherous conditions.
  
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• Scientists Blown Away by the Toughest Material on Earth – “Unexpected Transformation” - SciTechDaily

  11-12-2022 18:08 via news.google.com
  Scientists Blown Away by the Toughest Material on Earth – “Unexpected Transformation”  SciTechDailyThis Alloy Is The Toughest Known Material on Earth, And It Gets Tougher in The Cold  ScienceAlertCombination Of These Three Metals Is The Toughest Known Material On Earth  NDTVWhich is the toughest material ever developed?  The HinduView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• UK weather: Snow, ice and freezing fog cause travel disruption

  11-12-2022 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Snow, ice and freezing fog sweep in over the weekend, with temperatures set to fall as low as -13C.
  
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• Met Office issues fresh warning for fog and ice as winter blast continues - Gloucestershire Live

  11-12-2022 17:18 via news.google.com
  Met Office issues fresh warning for fog and ice as winter blast continues  Gloucestershire LiveSwindon weather: Met Office issues yellow ice and fog warning  Swindon AdvertiserNorfolk: Fog weather warning as -8.6C recorded this morning  Eastern Daily PressPrepare for difficult journey to work on Monday morning as travel chaos continues  Gloucestershire LiveSchools close and trains cancelled amid further warnings of snow and ice  The TelegraphView
  
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• Strep A: Antibiotic deliveries to Northern Ireland being sped up - BBC

  11-12-2022 17:03 via news.google.com
  Strep A: Antibiotic deliveries to Northern Ireland being sped up  BBCStrep A: Pharmacists forced to pay £11 for course of antibiotics  The IndependentEurope: UK reports shortage in supply of antibiotics; doctors to recommend shorter courses | WION  WIONUK pharmacies say they are being forced to dispense Strep A antibiotics at a loss  Financial TimesPush for antibiotics amid ‘thin’ pharmacy supplies | News  The TimesView Full cov
  
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• Strep A: Antibiotic deliveries to Northern Ireland being sped up

  11-12-2022 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The Department of Health says supplies are available but the issue is distribution.
  
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• Nurses' union wants health secretary to talk pay

  11-12-2022 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal College of Nursing wants pay talks with the government, but a minister says it’s not their role.
  
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• World Cup viewing figures: 19.4m UK viewers watch England crash out

  11-12-2022 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The most-watched single TV channel moment of 2022 sees England lose 2-1 to France in Qatar.
  
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• Escaped cows: Traffic held up on M62 in West Yorkshire

  11-12-2022 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The cows were herded back into their field within 15 minutes, according to National Highways.
  
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• M&Co: Renfrewshire clothing chain appoints administrators

  11-12-2022 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The company, which used to be known as Mackays, currently employs 1,910 with 170 shops across the UK.
  
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• Two people die following house fire in early hours

  11-12-2022 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Dyfed-Powys Police say "our thoughts are with their family and friends at this tragic time".
  
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• World Cup: England fans despair as team knocked out of World Cup

  11-12-2022 07:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Fans watched as England are knocked out of the World Cup after losing to France.
  
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• The rural board game club tackling isolation

  11-12-2022 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  A County Tyrone village is the unlikely setting for a board game club that is growing in popularity.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: 'Lion hearts broken' after England World Cup loss

  11-12-2022 06:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Pictures of captain Harry Kane cover the front pages after England's World Cup loss to France.
  
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• First Martian Regolith Samples: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars - SciTechDaily

  11-12-2022 06:19 via news.google.com
  First Martian Regolith Samples: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars  SciTechDailyFirst sample from mars! NASA's Perseverance rover collects first dust samples on Mars  DNAIndiaNewsPerseverance's Latest Sample is Just Crumbled Regolith. When Scientists get Their Hands on it, we'll Learn so Much About how to Live on Mars  Universe TodayNASA's Perseverance rover snags its first dirt samples from sand and dust  Interesting EngineeringView Ful
  
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• 'I want people to ask about my burns'

  11-12-2022 01:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Roxy Rhodes, 37, fell into a bath full of scalding hot water when she was two.
  
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• Plebs: Bafta nominated sitcom comes to an end

  11-12-2022 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  After ten years, Ancient Rome sitcom Plebs is coming to an end with a feature-length finale.
  
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• Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer

  11-12-2022 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year-old girl.
  
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• Bank of England set to spoil the festive mood with another interest rate rise

  11-12-2022 01:05
  The Bank is likely to raise borrowing costs again this week – but how much longer can they keep going up?Bank of England officials are expected to take their foot off the accelerator when they meet this week to decide by how much the cost of borrowing should increase.The prospect of a year-long recession that will hit living standards, cut business investment and damage the long-term productive capacity of the British economy might have made them think twice about any increase at all, but
  
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• England head home from World Cup rueing another penalty miss

  11-12-2022 00:58
  Sting of latest knockout defeat will linger after Gareth Southgate’s team went toe-to-toe with the world championsThe scourge of missed penalties returned to haunt England last night as their World Cup dreams ended in familiar scenes of tears and shattered dreams.At the final whistle, as players slumped to the turf and hands covered their faces, the abiding memory was of Gareth Southgate comforting his captain Harry Kane. It was Kane who had the chance to equalise this pulsating quarter-fi
  
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• Gareth Southgate will wait before making decision on England future

  11-12-2022 00:36
  England out of World Cup after quarter-final defeat by France‘I want to make the right decision. I think it’s right to take time’An emotional Gareth Southgate said he needed time to make a decision on his future after Harry Kane suffered penalty heartbreak during England’s gut-wrenching quarter-final defeat by France.England’s hopes of winning the World Cup came to a tearful end after Kane, who had already scored one equaliser from the spot, blazed over from 12 yard
  
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• Heartbreak for England and more Moroccan miracles – Football Daily

  11-12-2022 00:35
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Philippe Auclair and Lars Sivertsen as England bow out of Qatar 2022Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.Today: England play well but not quite well enough as they lose out to France. There is agony for Harry Kane who misses a second penalty late on, but is there still good reason to be hopeful for the future – and should Gareth Southga
  
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• Triangle of Sadness takes four top prizes at European film awards

  11-12-2022 00:03
  Ruben Ostlund’s Palme d’Or-winning satire takes best picture, director, actor and screenplay at continent’s answer to the OscarsIt was plain sailing at this year’s European film awards in Reykjavík for Triangle of Sadness, Ruben Ostlund’s luxury yacht-set satire of western entitlement and self-regard, which won best film as well as three other major prizes.The Swedish director, fast becoming an EFAs favourite, also took best director and best screenwriter to
  
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• Peru’s new president swears in her cabinet with anti-corruption pledge

  11-12-2022 00:01
  Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female head of state, seeks to steady nation after turbulent 17-month rule of ousted Pedro CastilloPeru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, swore in her cabinet on Saturday just three days after becoming the country’s first female head of state, and asked each minister to pledge not to be corrupt while in office.The 17 ministers picked by Boluarte, who on Wednesday was elevated from vice-president to replace the ousted Pedro Castillo as the country&rs
  
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