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July 27, 2024

Millions of public sector workers set for pay rise

Millions of public sector workers are likely to receive an above-inflation pay rise due to be announced by Rachel Reeves next week after more than a decade of austerity.

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'Destabilisation' Arson damage prompts major investigation at start of Games

It was around 1.15am when the SNCF maintenance workers, carrying out repairs by moonlight, spotted the group of people a little further down the railway line by a signal box outside the sleepy village of Vergigny, in the northern French department of Yonne.

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Labour halts Tory law on university freedom of speech at the last minute

Controversial powers introduced by the Conservatives to protect freedom of speech in universities have been halted by the new government in a dramatic about-turn, paving the way for ministers to scrap the legislation altogether.

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Just a Minute game strategy could help people living with dementia, paper says

BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute may be wonderfully entertaining for listeners but it is often excruciating for players as they attempt to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, hesitation or deviation.

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'I couldn't go to hustings' Ministers urged to act over intimidation of candidates

MPs and candidates who faced abuse on the campaign trail have pressed ministers to act on intimidation around polling stations and on social media algorithms that push incendiary material.

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UK will pay £11.6bn in overseas aid for climate - Miliband

Labour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, told an unusual meeting of Cop presidents past and present yesterday, as he sought to re-establish the UK at the heart of international climate discussions.

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Life follows art Iannucci's satire seen as prescient 'documentary'

For years, British politics has echoed the ludicrous and sometimes concerning storylines of Armando Iannucci's The Thick of It. Now, with the vice-president, Kamala Harris's bid to become commander in chief, Americans are using the show Veep as proof of the satirist's gift for prophecy.

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Hail the green king State Bentleys to run on biofuel in plan to cut royal emissions

A pair of gas-guzzling Bentleys are not the most obvious candidates to burnish the monarch's green credentials.

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Badenoch accuses Tory leadership race rival of 'dirty tricks'

Kemi Badenoch has accused one of her Conservative leadership rivals of a dirty tricks campaign as she continues to consider a bid for the top job.

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Brat power Charli Xcx's path from Myspace to White House

As someone outside the mainstream for much of her early career, Charli xcx has come a long way.

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Vice-president 'disrespectful' on Gaza, says Trump as he meets Netanyahu

Donald Trump called Kamala Harris's statement on the Gaza war \"disrespectful\" last night as he met the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Florida to discuss the conflict.

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Protest vote Support for Harris held back until she halts 'funding of Gaza war'

The protest movement that sought to use the Democratic primaries to pressure Joe Biden to shift his policy on Israel and Gaza breathed a sigh of relief when he ended his bid for re-election, but they are not ready to promise support for Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee.

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'Not playing around Whirlwind week for vice-president, both on and off the stage

The telephone line was a little fuzzy, and the voice on the end gravelly from several days of Covid isolation. Yet the poignancy of the message, and the moment itself, could not have been clearer: \"I'm watching you kid. I love you,\" the speaker said.

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Bangladesh Protests turn into 'movement against a dictator'

Hasan still has the metal pellets police fired at him lodged deep in his bones. Fearful that he will join the growing ranks of those thrown behind bars by the state for participating in protests that have swept Bangladesh this month, Hasan has been in hiding for a week in \"constant panic and trauma\".

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Rocky role Navy chief who ran ship aground to thwart China

More than 25 years ago the BRP Sierra Madre was sent off for one final, secret, voyage. In the darkness of night the Philippine navy ship sailed from Manila Bay into the remote waters of the South China Sea. Then, to the surprise of many, it ran aground. And it has not moved since.

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The green petrostate How Norway is both climate hero and carbon villain

The average Norwegian is more likely than anyone else to drive to work in an electric car and warm their home with a heat pump.

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NatWest to absorb £24m cost of aborted "Tell Sid' ad campaign

NatWest was forced to spend £24m on the former Conservative government's aborted \"Tell Sid\"-style campaign featuring Sir Trevor McDonald, which would have resulted in a chunk of the bank's state-owned shares being sold to the general public in a highly anticipated privatisation drive.

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Buying British Can Labour's defence plans spur growth?

Even in a room full of generals from around the world decked in military braid, the arrival of the prime minister causes a stir.

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