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Mountain treelines rising as climate heats up, study finds
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Mountain treelines rising as climate heats up, study finds

Mountain treelines are rising in response to climate change, a study has found.

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August 19, 2023
Doing the double - How Duggee's music mix has charmed both parents and toddlers
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Doing the double - How Duggee's music mix has charmed both parents and toddlers

When a children's television show reaches a certain level of cultural saturation, the characters are destined to enter the crazy world of the music industry. It happens like clockwork.

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August 19, 2023
Andrew Malkinson: CCRC has 'attitude problem'
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Andrew Malkinson: CCRC has 'attitude problem'

Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, has accused the body that investigates miscarriages of justice of having an \"attitude problem\" and said it has still not contacted him since he was cleared by the court of appeal last month.

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August 19, 2023
Red wall v blue wall Shift to right reveals Sunak's numbers game
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Red wall v blue wall Shift to right reveals Sunak's numbers game

As political graffiti goes, the message to the Conservative MP Alex Chalk, scrawled on steps in the centre of his Cheltenham constituency, was polite, if pointed.

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August 19, 2023
Labour 'currying favour with big business' over workers' rights
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Labour 'currying favour with big business' over workers' rights

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of the Unite union, has accused Labour of rowing back on the strength of its plans to bolster workers' rights to \"curry favour with big business\" while the party insisted there had been no watering down of its policies.

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August 19, 2023
Spain - La Roja offer a welcome distraction
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Spain - La Roja offer a welcome distraction

The dizzying disbelief and delight that greeted Spain's surprise place in tomorrow's Women's World Cup final was not confined to fans of La Roja - as comments in the Auckland media zone earlier this week made abundantly clear.

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August 19, 2023
'She had a hunger for it' - How England captain Millie Bright chose football over her lifelong love of horses
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'She had a hunger for it' - How England captain Millie Bright chose football over her lifelong love of horses

It took the England captain, Millie Bright, many years to choose between her two main passions in life - horses and football.

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August 19, 2023
Is this how Bonnie Prince Charlie looked at time of Jacobite rising?
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Is this how Bonnie Prince Charlie looked at time of Jacobite rising?

The face of Bonnie Prince Charlie has been recreated using death masks that depict him as he could have looked during the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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August 19, 2023
New Covid variant with more than 30 mutations found in UK
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New Covid variant with more than 30 mutations found in UK

A new Covid variant that is causing concern among scientists owing to its large number of mutations has been detected in London.

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August 19, 2023
Annual health check of England's waters delayed by six years to 2025
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Annual health check of England's waters delayed by six years to 2025

A nationwide annual health check of England's water bodies has been delayed by six years, prompting anger from campaigners and politicians, as public alarm grows over the state of the nation's rivers and coasts.

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August 19, 2023
NHS trust - Senior doctors forced to apologise to Letby for raising concerns
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NHS trust - Senior doctors forced to apologise to Letby for raising concerns

Lucy Letby's colleagues were ordered to apologise to her after repeatedly raising concerns that the nurse may have been behind a series of unexplained baby deaths, the Guardian has learned.

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August 19, 2023
Britain's worst child serial killer: nurse guilty of seven murders
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Britain's worst child serial killer: nurse guilty of seven murders

Lucy Letby also tried to kill six more babies | Care of 4,000 infants reviewed amid inquiry

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August 19, 2023
Finders keepers - FA will '100%' reject any offers for Wiegman amid US vacancy
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Finders keepers - FA will '100%' reject any offers for Wiegman amid US vacancy

The Football Association will \"100%\" reject any offers for Sarina Wiegman, its chief executive, Mark Bullingham, has said in the build-up to the World Cup final against Spain on Sunday.

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August 18, 2023
Time-wasting is part of the game, however ugly and maddening
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Time-wasting is part of the game, however ugly and maddening

Referees should not be tasked with turning the sport into a gameshow or stage-managing the action

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August 18, 2023
Rugby union - Farrell rages against 'disgusting circus' in defence of his son
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Rugby union - Farrell rages against 'disgusting circus' in defence of his son

Angry Ireland coach points to the human cost in the uproar over Saturday's red card being rescinded

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August 18, 2023
'I know I can run as fast' Mboma navigates medical minefield of the DSD ruling
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'I know I can run as fast' Mboma navigates medical minefield of the DSD ruling

Olympic 200m silver medallist isnotin Budapest, sheis 5,000 miles away, taking pills to lower her testosterone level

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August 18, 2023
More blocking powers for Twitch users in battle against online abuse
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More blocking powers for Twitch users in battle against online abuse

The livestreaming company Twitch will allow users to prevent people they have blocked from viewing their streams in a move designed to counter harassment on the platform.

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August 18, 2023
'It's about feeling free': the former Russian minister who fled to drive trucks in the US
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'It's about feeling free': the former Russian minister who fled to drive trucks in the US

The former Russian minister drove his big white truck north until he reached Michigan. The Great Lakes provided a welcome relief from the scorching Texan heat.

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August 18, 2023
Hope for transplants as pig kidney works for a month in brain-dead man's body
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Hope for transplants as pig kidney works for a month in brain-dead man's body

A pig's kidney that was transplanted by surgeons into a brain-dead man has continued to function normally for more than a month - a milestone for a procedure that a New York-based medical team hopes to eventually try in living patients.

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August 18, 2023
Husband of Britney Spears files for divorce after 14 months of marriage
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Husband of Britney Spears files for divorce after 14 months of marriage

Sam Asghari, the husband of Britney Spears, has filed for divorce 14 months after marrying the singer.

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August 18, 2023
Catalan parties boost Sánchez's attempt to stay as Spanish PM
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Catalan parties boost Sánchez's attempt to stay as Spanish PM

Pedro Sánchez's hopes of securing another term as Spain's prime minister received a boost yesterday when his Spanish Socialist Workers' party (PSOE) secured the support of Catalan nationalists to help it win the first key parliamentary vote since last month's inconclusive general election.

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August 18, 2023
Evacuation of city ordered as fires advance in Canada
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Evacuation of city ordered as fires advance in Canada

Long lines of traffic have clogged the only road out of the Canadian city of Yellowknife, after the authorities ordered the first evacuation of a regional capital because of the advancing wildfire.

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August 18, 2023
Treasury rules will restrict development of windfarms, warn experts
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Treasury rules will restrict development of windfarms, warn experts

New offshore windfarms will be strangled by government red tape, costing electricity customers £1.5bn a year, an analysis has found.

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August 18, 2023
Travellers' rest Victorian seats to aid migrant workers given Grade-II listing
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Travellers' rest Victorian seats to aid migrant workers given Grade-II listing

Sited on busy road junctions, a traffic island and a petrol station forecourt, they have been passed by countless walkers, runners, cyclists and drivers without a second glance. Hiding in plain sight, \"travellers' rest\" stones between Liverpool and Manchester tell a largely forgotten story of 19th-century ingenuity, compassion for migrant workers, and a Victorian version of crowdfunding.

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August 18, 2023
Sunak confirms he will meet Saudi's Prince Mohammed
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Sunak confirms he will meet Saudi's Prince Mohammed

Downing Street has confirmed Rishi Sunak plans to invite the Saudi crown prince to visit the UK this autumn.

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August 18, 2023
Wagatha Christie: I can't forgive Vardy for leaking stories, says Rooney
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Wagatha Christie: I can't forgive Vardy for leaking stories, says Rooney

Coleen Rooney has said she cannot bring herself to forgive Rebekah Vardy for leaking stories about her to the media.

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August 18, 2023
No sanction for Barclay breaching court order in divorce case
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No sanction for Barclay breaching court order in divorce case

One of the UK's highest-profile businessmen will not face punishment despite having breached a court order, a judge has said.

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August 18, 2023
Hygienists could provide extra care to improve dentistry access
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Hygienists could provide extra care to improve dentistry access

Dental hygienists could be granted the power to administer certain medicines without the need for a prescription under plans to improve access to dentistry in England.

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August 18, 2023
MOD must act to tackle climate crisis threat to armed forces, say MPs
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MOD must act to tackle climate crisis threat to armed forces, say MPs

The capability of UK armed forces must not be eroded by the climate crisis, MPs said yesterday, as they called on the Ministry of Defence to tackle the impact of severe weather on its operations.

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August 18, 2023
Tui uses ChatGPT to help app users plan their holidays
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Tui uses ChatGPT to help app users plan their holidays

Holidaymakers typically rely on experienced tour guides and local companies to recommend excursions to castles and spectacular waterfalls, but the world's biggest tour operator says it will entrust the service to artificial intelligence instead.

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August 18, 2023