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• Yellow weather warning issued for dangerous ‘freezing fog’

  20-01-2023 23:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Dense fog that could reduce visibility to below 100 metres set to blanket UK after sharp overnight frostA yellow weather warning was issued on Friday, with a dangerous “freezing fog” set to blanket parts of the UK after a sharp frost overnight.By Saturday morning, the fog could be so dense that visibility drops to below 100 metres in some places, the Met Office said. Continue reading...
  
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• Law student 'would likely still be alive if he had seen GP face-to-face' - The Telegraph

  20-01-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  Law student 'would likely still be alive if he had seen GP face-to-face'  The TelegraphCoroner rules student 'likely to have lived' if given in-person GP appointment  Wales OnlineDavid Nash: Coroner says student might be alive if GP had seen him  The TimesStudent who died after four remote consultations would have lived if seen by doctor  The MirrorDavid Nash inquest: Student 'likely to have lived' if seen in-person by GP  BBCView Full coverage o
  
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• Hottest day of 2022 saw 638 more deaths than normal in England

  20-01-2023 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts call major spike in deaths on 19 July and following day ‘extraordinary data’ and a wake-up call over dangers of extreme heatThe hottest day on record last summer resulted in 638 more deaths in England than normal, according to official figures, which experts said show the danger that extreme heat and climate change pose to human life.The following day, when temperatures remained almost as high, 496 more people died than would usually be expected. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on unpaid carers: labour, even if it is for love | Editorial

  20-01-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A growing number of people spend more than 20 hours a week caring for relatives or friends. They deserve more supportThe support for unpaid carers, of whom there are 5 million in England and Wales, is not good enough. The latest census release, showing that about 1.5 million carers spend more than 50 hours each week caring for elderly or disabled relatives, is an opportunity to address this. While the total number of unpaid carers has fallen by 600,000 since the last census – the pandemic
  
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• The Guardian view on AI in art: a challenge that must be met | Editorial

  20-01-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite Nick Cave’s broadside against computer-generated lyrics, they’re here to stay. Artists need to be educated and protectedFaced with an attempt by a new chatbot to imitate his own lyrics, the musician Nick Cave delivered a withering verdict: it was “replication as travesty”. He understood that AI was in its infancy, but could only conclude that the true horror might be that “it will forever be in its infancy”. While a robot might one day be able to creat
  
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• Canyon cuts the price of most bikes for UK customers - BikeRadar

  20-01-2023 18:42 via news.google.com
  
  Canyon cuts the price of most bikes for UK customers  BikeRadar
  
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• Symptoms of Orthrus Covid variant that could 'take over' as dominant strain in UK - Daily Record

  20-01-2023 18:32 via news.google.com
  Symptoms of Orthrus Covid variant that could 'take over' as dominant strain in UK  Daily RecordView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Why isn’t there universal faith in female priests? | Letters

  20-01-2023 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Women priests and bishops are here to stay, says Linda Hurcombe. Plus letters from the Rev Beth Honey and another female priestBravo to the Rev Martine Oborne for her clarifying piece about the appointment of Philip North as the next bishop of Blackburn (Why are female clergy cheering for a bishop who doesn’t believe in female priests?, 14 January).Philip North does not believe that women should be ordained either as priests or bishops. He claims that he is supportive of female clergy and
  
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• Blame poor leadership for police scandals | Letters

  20-01-2023 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior police bear responsibility for the officers who work with and for them, writes David GilbertsonAs someone who has been fighting the cancer of police sexual misconduct for more than two decades, I am increasingly frustrated by the tone of the debate (Don’t tell me that David Carrick’s crimes were ‘unbelievable’. The problem is victims aren’t believed, 17 January).At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, this is only marginally to do with vetting and recr
  
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• Lloyds and Halifax to close 40 more bank branches - BBC

  20-01-2023 18:10 via news.google.com
  
  Lloyds and Halifax to close 40 more bank branches  BBCYour three-minute digest | Business  The TimesBanks to vanish from the high streets by 2027 as Halifax and Lloyds unleash new closures  ExpressLloyds Bank confirms Beeston branch will close  Nottinghamshire LiveLloyds Bank branch in Ripley to close following 'in-depth review'  Derbyshire LiveView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank

  20-01-2023 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Right-leaning Onward claims Keir Starmer’s party needs to appeal more to ‘left authoritarians’Keir Starmer’s Labour should consider moving to the right on social issues to appeal to floating voters who have a left-leaning stance on economic matters but are more traditional on cultural policies, a thinktank report argues.The study by the right-leaning Onward claims that even a relatively small rightward shift on cultural values could deliver enough additional votes to brin
  
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• Britishvolt: how Britain’s bright battery future fell flat

  20-01-2023 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Startup that hoped to transform UK car production was once valued at more than £800m, but collapsed worth a tiny fraction of thatWhen Britishvolt, a startup hoping to transform UK car production by making batteries for electric vehicles, rented a seven-bedroom £2.8m mansion with a swimming pool and Jacuzzi-style bath for workers, some employees were uncomfortable with the impression it gave of lavish spending.Founded in 2019, Britishvolt began with grand ambitions – hailed by t
  
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• Norovirus warning as cases of winter vomiting bug start to surge - Yahoo News UK

  20-01-2023 17:19 via news.google.com
  Norovirus warning as cases of winter vomiting bug start to surge  Yahoo News UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Gut Microbes Control the Body’s Thermostat - Neuroscience News

  20-01-2023 17:10 via news.google.com
  
  Gut Microbes Control the Body’s Thermostat  Neuroscience News2 simple ways to improve mental and physical health, studies suggest  South China Morning PostMindfulness key to well-being  The Star OnlineNewfound Ways Deep Meditation May Improve Gut Health  Psychology TodayGut microbes control the body's thermostat  Medical XpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Britain's Tim Peake retires from European astronaut corps - BBC

  20-01-2023 15:53 via news.google.com
  
  Britain's Tim Peake retires from European astronaut corps  BBCTim Peake to retire as astronaut | News  The TimesTim Peake retires as astronaut to become 'space ambassador'  The TelegraphTim Peake retires: MailOnline looks at his greatest achievements  Daily MailTim Peake retires as astronaut to become space ambassador  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Leopard 2 tanks: what are they and why does Ukraine want them?

  20-01-2023 14:10 via theguardian.com
  
  The German-manufactured tank first came into service in 1979 and has been in wide service in EuropeRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Leopard 2 is a German-manufactured main battle tank with a range of about 500km (311 miles). It first came into service in 1979 and has a top speed of 68km/h (42mph). Equipped with a 120mm smooth bore gun as its main armament, it is also armed with two coaxial light machine guns. Continue reading...
  
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• Glass bottles excluded from deposit return plans - BBC

  20-01-2023 13:44 via news.google.com
  
  Glass bottles excluded from deposit return plans  BBCPlastic bottle return scheme's start date 'postponed to 2025'  Wales OnlineShoppers to soon pay a deposit when buying drinks in plastic bottles  Newbury TodayPrioritise reducing waste – LGA responds to announcement on deposit return schemes  Local Government AssociationLitter pickers to make about 20p per can or bottle in 'cash for rubbish' scheme  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Googl
  
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• Nadhim Zahawi ‘agreed on penalty’ to settle tax bill worth millions

  20-01-2023 13:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Claim over sum imposed by HMRC likely to raise further questions for Conservative party chair
  The Conservative party chair, Nadhim Zahawi, agreed to pay a penalty to HMRC as part of a seven-figure settlement over his tax affairs, the Guardian has been told.The former chancellor, who still attends the cabinet, has been subject to extensive questions in parliament and the media in recent days after it emerged he agreed to pay millions to HMRC in December after a settlement with the tax agency. Con
  
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• England school defibrillator rollout after dad's campaign

  20-01-2023 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark King campaigned for all of England's schools to have defibrillators, after his son Oliver died.
  
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• Lunar new year and ‘Toadzilla’: Friday’s best photos

  20-01-2023 13:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Transfer news LIVE: Chelsea eye Spurs' Bissouma, Arsenal agree Trossard deal plus Man Utd's Dumfries battle - The Mirror

  20-01-2023 11:26 via news.google.com
  Transfer news LIVE: Chelsea eye Spurs' Bissouma, Arsenal agree Trossard deal plus Man Utd's Dumfries battle  The MirrorArsenal transfer news: Arteta now eyeing another PL player after Trossard  TBR - The Boot Room - Football NewsAFC Bournemouth's Jaidon Anthony keen to stay at the club  Bournemouth EchoTransfer news: Trossard set for Arsenal medical, Chelsea agree Madueke fee  Express‘Later today’: Romano has bad news for Arsenal and Newcastle
  
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• Nato nine in pledge to Ukraine as Britain sends 600 missiles - The Times

  20-01-2023 10:00 via news.google.com
  
  Nato nine in pledge to Ukraine as Britain sends 600 missiles  The TimesRussia-Ukraine war live: Will the West deliver the tanks Ukraine is asking for?| War in Ukraine live  WIONUkraine: US and European countries pledge heavy weapons  BBCNato nations pledge ‘unprecedented’ military aid to Ukraine – but no German tanks yet  The IndependentVladimir Putin to send heavy T-14 Armata main battle tanks into Ukraine, says UK defence chiefs &n
  
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• Alec Baldwin breaks silence after being charged in Rust shooting - The Independent

  20-01-2023 10:00 via news.google.com
  
  Alec Baldwin breaks silence after being charged in Rust shooting  The IndependentAlec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter after Rust shooting  Channel 4 NewsAlec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter over Rust shooting  BBCAlec Baldwin will be charged over fatal shooting on film set of Rust  The Times and The Sunday TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Leo Varadkar admits regrets over Northern Ireland protocol - The Guardian

  20-01-2023 09:43 via news.google.com
  Leo Varadkar admits regrets over Northern Ireland protocol  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Davos day 4: IMF’s Georgieva says economic outlook ‘less bad’ than feared; Russia heading for ‘incredible poverty’ – business live - The Guardian

  20-01-2023 09:24 via news.google.com
  Davos day 4: IMF’s Georgieva says economic outlook ‘less bad’ than feared; Russia heading for ‘incredible poverty’ – business live  The GuardianRecession watch: Why the IMF has begun to strike a more positive tone  This is MoneyGlobal economic outlook may be less bad — but we're still not in a good place, IMF chief says  CNBC'We don't expect a global recession' in 2023: IMF chief Georgieva • FRANCE 24 English  
  
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• Ukraine war: Give us tanks, says Zelensky, as Western allies meet - BBC

  20-01-2023 09:14 via news.google.com
  
  Ukraine war: Give us tanks, says Zelensky, as Western allies meet  BBCNATO Sends Support To Ukraine | Russia Vs Ukraine War Updates | English News LIVE | News18 LIVE  CNN-News18Russia-Ukraine war live: US says ‘history is watching’ as Kyiv’s allies meet to decide on supply of tanks  The GuardianUkraine-Russia news – live: Moscow warns Western tanks will not affect Putin’s war  The IndependentNATO military leadership addresses
  
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• Christmas cutbacks cause shock drop in shop sales - BBC

  20-01-2023 09:14 via news.google.com
  
  Christmas cutbacks cause shock drop in shop sales  BBCUK retail sales fell by 1% in December 2022  Sky NewsRetail sales fall as shoppers cut spending over Christmas  The TimesRetail Sales Drop Could Be More Than a Blip  BloombergRetail sales fall unexpectedly in run-up to Christmas - latest updates  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump news – live: Judge fines Trump $1m for ‘frivolous’ Hillary Clinton lawsuit - The Independent

  20-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Trump news – live: Judge fines Trump $1m for ‘frivolous’ Hillary Clinton lawsuit  The IndependentTrump and lawyer ordered to pay $1m for 'completely frivolous' lawsuit against Hillary Clinton  The Irish TimesFlorida judge fines Trump, lawyer for 'frivolous' lawsuit  The IndependentTrump Asked To Pay $1 Million For "Frivolous" Lawsuit Against Hilary Clinton  NDTVView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cost of living: Shoppers curbed Christmas spending in blow to struggling retailers - Sky News

  20-01-2023 08:41 via news.google.com
  Cost of living: Shoppers curbed Christmas spending in blow to struggling retailers  Sky NewsWhy inflation is falling but prices are still rising  BBCUK shoppers cut back on spending as inflation takes its toll - The Jakarta Post  The Jakarta Post‘Inflation easing’ only tells one part of the story  The Independent10 things expected to rise in price in 2023 - from alcohol and water to council tax and mortgages  Lancs LiveView Full cover
  
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• 'Toadzilla': Giant cane toad found in Australia weighing 2.7kg - Sky News

  20-01-2023 08:19 via news.google.com
  'Toadzilla': Giant cane toad found in Australia weighing 2.7kg  Sky NewsAustralia's 'Toadzilla': Record-breaking cane toad found in Queensland  BBCToad that weighs 6lb and is as long as a human arm found in Australia  The Telegraph‘We dubbed it Toadzilla’: giant cane toad believed to be the largest of its species found in Australia  The GuardianBiggest toad in the world: Authorities find record-breaking cane toad for Queensland Australia &
  
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• NHS ambulance workers announce fresh strike dates as pay row escalates - The Guardian

  20-01-2023 08:08 via news.google.com
  NHS ambulance workers announce fresh strike dates as pay row escalates  The GuardianAmbulance strikes: Unite workers announce new days of walkouts  BBCWhat the NHS crisis looks like in Wales  Channel 4 NewsAmbulance workers to stage 10 further strikes as row over pay and staffing escalates  Sky NewsOne of the UK's largest unions announces 10 more days of strikes  CNBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Abbey Clancy admits being 'freak' in bed as she opens up on Peter Crouch sex life - Birmingham Live

  20-01-2023 08:01 via news.google.com
  Abbey Clancy admits being 'freak' in bed as she opens up on Peter Crouch sex life  Birmingham LiveAbbey Clancy and Peter Crouch celebrate incredible news following surprise wedding renewal  HELLO!Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch recall their disastrous first date  Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• On the edge of extinction: why western chimpanzees matter – photo essay

  20-01-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Western chimpanzees are on the brink of extinction, categorised by the IUCN as critically endangered. Photojournalist Roberto García Roa has been working with the Chimpanzee Conservation Centre in Guinea, one of the few international institutions trying to protect this group of apes, and the only one that releases rescued chimpanzees into the wild – a project now in dangerPepe is starting to be fond of school. He often struggles to stay focused, since engaging in rough-and-tumble pl
  
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• Grace Lau’s portraits in a Chinese studio – in pictures

  20-01-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This weekend and for the following month, the artist Grace Lau will recreate a 19th-century Chinese portrait studio in a Southampton shopping centre, inviting passersby to sit for free photographic portraits alongside lunar new year celebrations. She first undertook the project in 2005 for her series 21st Century Types.Portraits in a Chinese Studio is presented by John Hansard Gallery, part of the University of Southampton. It runs from 21 January to 12 February at The Marlands shopping centre,
  
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• Can Extinction Rebellion’s new brand of climate protest win people over? – video

  20-01-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In an attempt to gain popular support, Extinction Rebellion has promised to 'quit' public disruption as a primary tactic of its protests, focusing instead on the 'perpetrators' of climate destruction. The Guardian environment correspondent Damien Gayle joins the group in its first targeted action against Michael Gove's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the UK government's decision to approve a new coalmine in Cumbria Continue reading...
  
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• Pep Guardiola bemoans lack of passion, fire and desire and criticises fans after 'comfortable' Man City's comeback win over Tottenham - Sky Sports

  20-01-2023 07:50 via news.google.com
  Pep Guardiola bemoans lack of passion, fire and desire and criticises fans after 'comfortable' Man City's comeback win over Tottenham  Sky SportsSpurs spectacularly out-Spurs themselves as Mahrez dazzles for slow-starting Manchester City  Football365Man City 4-2 Tottenham: Pep Guardiola presents lists of demands for Blues to return to top  BBCHighlights! Man City 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur | Goals from Alvarez, Haaland and a Mahrez double  Man CityOpinion: Five
  
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• ‘Super-tipping points’ could trigger cascade of climate action

  20-01-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Small interventions on electric cars and plant-based meat could unlock rapid emissions cuts, say expertsThree “super-tipping points” for climate action could trigger a cascade of decarbonisation across the global economy, according to a report.Relatively small policy interventions on electric cars, plant-based alternatives to meat and green fertilisers would lead to unstoppable growth in those sectors, the experts said. Continue reading...
  
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• Stars are ‘disappearing from the night sky’, astronomers warn - The Independent

  20-01-2023 06:40 via news.google.com
  Stars are ‘disappearing from the night sky’, astronomers warn  The IndependentStars are becoming ‘invisible’ to the human eye at an alarming rate, scientists warn  EuronewsStars Are Disappearing From the Night Sky at an Alarming Rate. Here's Why  CNETStars Are Disappearing From the Night Sky, Scientists Warn  FuturismAs skyglow grows, study documents glaring global light pollution  Geo NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Australian Open 2023: 4am finishes in tennis a 'farce' says Andy Murray - BBC

  20-01-2023 05:23 via news.google.com
  
  Australian Open 2023: 4am finishes in tennis a 'farce' says Andy Murray  BBCPure emotion! Murray reacts after sensational comeback in Australian Open epic | Eurosport Tennis  Eurosport TennisMurray grinds down Kokkinakis in late-night epic  ReutersOld ducks and peak Melbourne: A week at the tennis  The AgeAustralian Open 2023 results: Andy Murray beats Thanasi Kokkinakis at 4am in Melbourne  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Elle Edwards' dad says Christmas will 'never be the same' as he vows to set up anti-gun foundation in her name - Sky News

  20-01-2023 04:29 via news.google.com
  Elle Edwards' dad says Christmas will 'never be the same' as he vows to set up anti-gun foundation in her name  Sky NewsElle Edwards’ dad says Christmas will ‘never be the same’ ahead of murder victim’s funeral  Evening StandardView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Peru protesters fight running battles with police after thousands march in Lima - The Guardian

  20-01-2023 04:28 via news.google.com
  Peru protesters fight running battles with police after thousands march in Lima  The GuardianProtests move into Peru’s capital amid smoke and tear gas  The IndependentPeru protests: More deaths reported as demonstrators descend on Lima  BBCPeru: growing outrage over protest deaths as president urged to resign  The GuardianAfter weeks of violent protests, what is happening in Peru?  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• David Crosby: co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash – a life in pictures - The Guardian

  20-01-2023 04:01 via news.google.com
  
  David Crosby: co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash – a life in pictures  The GuardianDavid Crosby dead at 81: Crosby, Stills & Nash singer-songwriter passes away after a 'long illness'  Daily MailMelissa Etheredge thanks her sperm donor David Crosby after picking him over Brad Pitt  The MirrorLegendary US musician David Crosby dies aged 81  The GuardianDavid Crosby's poignant (and tongue-in-cheek) last tweet before legendary US m
  
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• Biden, Trump and the classified documents – podcast

  20-01-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The discovery of batches of classified documents on Joe Biden’s property presents a headache for the president – but his case is quite different from that of Donald Trump, reports David Smith in WashingtonAmerican presidents face many era-defining challenges: wars, pandemics, recessions. But one that gets less attention seems to keep haunting them: paperwork.Last November, at Joe Biden’s thinktank in Washington DC, aides to the US president were packing up and they found someth
  
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• Covid: Half a million people missed out on heart drugs - BBC

  20-01-2023 03:38 via news.google.com
  
  Covid: Half a million people missed out on heart drugs  BBC500000 patients have not started life-saving drugs to control high blood pressure since pandemic began  The TimesThousands at risk of heart attacks due to Covid disruption, experts warn  The GuardianAlmost 500000 missed out on blood pressure lowering treatment during pandemic  PulseHalf a million missed out on stroke-preventing drugs  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Victoria Beckham looks effortlessly chic for romantic date night with husband David in Paris - Daily Mail

  20-01-2023 02:34 via news.google.com
  Victoria Beckham looks effortlessly chic for romantic date night with husband David in Paris  Daily MailVictoria Beckham Pops Up At Paris Fashion Week In A Surprising New Look  British VogueVictoria Beckham dons clinging dress after saying women want 'round curvy bottoms'  The MirrorVictoria Beckham looks typically chic in a figure-hugging black gown in Paris  Daily MailVictoria Beckham reveals sultry hair braid at the Rick Owens show during Paris Fashion
  
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• Germany must stop stalling Ukraine tanks deal, say Nato allies - The Telegraph

  20-01-2023 01:06 via news.google.com
  
  Germany must stop stalling Ukraine tanks deal, say Nato allies  The TelegraphUkraine war: German tanks for Ukraine depend on US approval  BBCPoland could send Leopard tanks to Ukraine without German approval  The GuardianThe moral case for Germany giving Ukraine the Leopard tanks it needs  The Irish TimesBerlin asked for permission to send German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Ben Wallace reveals  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Energy bills: Best and worst energy firms revealed - Yahoo Finance UK

  20-01-2023 01:01 via news.google.com
  Energy bills: Best and worst energy firms revealed  Yahoo Finance UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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