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Keep Calm And Carry On? How Health Crises Could Reshape Monarch's Role
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Keep Calm And Carry On? How Health Crises Could Reshape Monarch's Role

Last Monday, King Charles emerged from a private clinic alongside Queen Camilla to smile and wave to a small crowd.

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February 06, 2024
Houthis Warnings Of Sabotage To Red Sea Internet Cables
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Houthis Warnings Of Sabotage To Red Sea Internet Cables

Telecoms firms linked to the UN recognised Yemen government have said they fear Houthi rebels are planning to sabotage a network of submarine cables in the Red Sea critical to the functioning of the western internet and the transmission of financial data.

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February 06, 2024
Foden hits hat-trick as City sustain pressure at the top
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Foden hits hat-trick as City sustain pressure at the top

It had been billed as Erling Haaland's grand comeback to the Manchester City starting XI.

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February 06, 2024
England undone in record chase by Iyer's reflexes as India level series
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England undone in record chase by Iyer's reflexes as India level series

The England supporters filed into the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium first thing believing the City of Destiny could live up to the nickname but by 12.50pm local time, as Ben Stokes mooched back to the pavilion muttering under his breath about his dismissal, such thoughts had disappeared like the morning's sea haze.

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February 06, 2024
How the half-time! talk kept Arsenal in the title picture
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How the half-time! talk kept Arsenal in the title picture

Gunners showed maturity to find a way past Liverpool and Ødegaard has brushed off celebration criticism

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February 06, 2024
Hawk-Eye 'got it wrong' on Crawley lbw, says Stokes
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Hawk-Eye 'got it wrong' on Crawley lbw, says Stokes

Ben Stokes was magnanimous after the 106-run defeat by India, accepting 1-1 after two Tests was fair and insisting a virus in the England camp was not to blame. But the tourists' captain did have one query: a belief that the Hawk-Eye was \"wrong\" for Zak Crawley's pivotal dismissal.

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February 06, 2024
Bigger but sicker Questions over health of the UK labour market
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Bigger but sicker Questions over health of the UK labour market

The first Monday of February is apparently the most popular day for employees to call in sick, so the timing of the latest labour market health check by Britain's number crunchers could scarcely have been better.

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February 06, 2024
Back in favour Nawaz Sharif heading towards fourth term as Pakistan PM
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Back in favour Nawaz Sharif heading towards fourth term as Pakistan PM

With days to go before Pakistan goes to the polls, the feverish buzz and boisterous rallies that usually mark campaign season have been unusually muted.

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February 06, 2024
Police called as hundreds wait at new NHS dental practice
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Police called as hundreds wait at new NHS dental practice

Police were called to manage hundreds of people lined up outside a dentist's in Bristol, who had flocked to the newly opened practice desperate to secure an NHS appointment.

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February 06, 2024
Clapham suspect is either dead or being hidden, police say
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Clapham suspect is either dead or being hidden, police say

Detectives hunting the Clapham attack suspect Abdul Ezedi believe he is either being harboured from capture or is dead, with no trace of him for more than 100 hours despite a massive manhunt.

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February 06, 2024
'Unreadable' Herculaneum scroll gives up its secrets, thanks to AI
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'Unreadable' Herculaneum scroll gives up its secrets, thanks to AI

Scholars of antiquity believe they are on the brink of a new era of understanding after researchers armed with artificial intelligence read the hidden text of a charred scroll that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago.

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February 06, 2024
Child abuse survivors criticise failure to make reporting mandatory
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Child abuse survivors criticise failure to make reporting mandatory

Survivors and campaigners have criticised the failure to introduce mandatory reporting for child sexual abuse in England more than 15 months after it was one of the key recommendations by a public inquiry.

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February 06, 2024
Professor sacked for his anti-Zionist views wins case against university
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Professor sacked for his anti-Zionist views wins case against university

A sociology professor sacked by the University of Bristol after being accused of antisemitic comments has won a \"landmark\" decision that he was discriminated against because of his anti-Zionist beliefs

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February 06, 2024
Ian Lavender, the hapless Private Pike in Dad's Army, dies aged 77
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Ian Lavender, the hapless Private Pike in Dad's Army, dies aged 77

Ian Lavender, best known for playing Private Pike in the classic BBCTV comedy Dad's Army, has died at the age of 77. He was the last surviving regular cast member from the show, which was hugely popular in the 1970s.

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February 06, 2024
Byelection Party 'not complacent' about taking Bone's seat
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Byelection Party 'not complacent' about taking Bone's seat

In a brief gap between knocking on doors, Gen Kitchen pauses to consider the paradox of the by-election she is fighting: in a seat with an 18,500 Conservative majority and two decades of Tory incumbency, virtually everyone expects her to win for Labour, and with some ease.

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February 06, 2024
'Historic day' UK and Irish leaders play down Sinn Féin calls for united Ireland
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'Historic day' UK and Irish leaders play down Sinn Féin calls for united Ireland

The British and Irish governments have played down Sinn Féin's calls for Irish unity and said Northern Ireland's new devolved government could restore stability and faith in the region.

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February 06, 2024
A life cut short From Tirana to Bibby Stockholm tragedy
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A life cut short From Tirana to Bibby Stockholm tragedy

Six months before he was found dead on the Bibby Stockholm barge, Leonard Farruku had hopes of building a new life in Britain.

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February 06, 2024
King Charles diagnosed with cancer, palace says
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King Charles diagnosed with cancer, palace says

King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer and begun treatment that will keep him from public duties in the immediate future, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday.

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February 06, 2024
Martinelli punishes Liverpool error to ignite Arsenal title hopes
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Martinelli punishes Liverpool error to ignite Arsenal title hopes

Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge has its moment of ignition. Mikel Arteta and his players knew this was all but a must-win showpiece and they found a way to prevail, to clamber into second place and slash Liverpool’s lead at the top to a couple of points.

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February 05, 2024
England offer hope of record chase despite Gill century
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England offer hope of record chase despite Gill century

As the coaches carrying the two teams returned to their hotel last night, a large crowd had gathered outside to cheer them in.

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February 05, 2024
Ireland emerge as frontrunners with title theirs to lose
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Ireland emerge as frontrunners with title theirs to lose

Opening night tour de force suggests Andy Farrell's green machine are stronger after World Cup disappointment

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February 05, 2024
Population UK must embrace higher immigration or rethink the economy
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Population UK must embrace higher immigration or rethink the economy

Tough choices. We must be willing to make tough choices. It is a soundbite heard from politicians, often accompanied by another chestnut: there’s no such thing as a free lunch.

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February 05, 2024
'This is our reality' Displaced in Syria face terror of earthquakes and Assad's bombs
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'This is our reality' Displaced in Syria face terror of earthquakes and Assad's bombs

Fear of another earthquake engulfs millions in Syria’s last rebel-held province, gripping even the lucky few who managed to find new homes after theirs were destroyed.

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February 05, 2024
Haley attacks Trump over court cases and his 'rants about being a victim'
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Haley attacks Trump over court cases and his 'rants about being a victim'

Nikki Haley pressed her case yesterday to become the Republican presidential nominee by launching a sharp attack on Donald Trump as a candidate who is set to spend more time in court than on the campaign trail this year and is intent on ranting about his own supposed victimhood rather than fighting for the American people.

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February 05, 2024
Mountain rescue ordeal after farewell to late father
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Mountain rescue ordeal after farewell to late father

A woman has told of how she had to be rescued by a helicopter and 12-strong mountain rescue team following a slip after scattering her father’s ashes on one of Wales’s highest mountains.

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February 05, 2024
Portuguese man who has lived legally in UK since 2001 faces deportation
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Portuguese man who has lived legally in UK since 2001 faces deportation

A Portuguese plumber who has lived legally in the UK for more than 20 years has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office after struggling with his application to remain here.

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February 05, 2024
Police name woman killed in suspected XL bully dog attack
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Police name woman killed in suspected XL bully dog attack

A woman who died after being attacked by two dogs thought to be XL bullies at a house in Essex has been named as Esther Martin.

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February 05, 2024
'It was never this difficult' Palestinians locked down in Hebron
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'It was never this difficult' Palestinians locked down in Hebron

Shaadi Muqtasen worries most about his children, who are going crazy with boredom after nearly four months stuck at home without school, and his dogs, who are going wild with frustration after more than 100 days caged in a tiny yard.

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February 05, 2024
Minorities urged to boycott Met over 'racist' inquiry into officer
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Minorities urged to boycott Met over 'racist' inquiry into officer

The National Black Police Association (NBPA) has called for ethnic minorities to boycott joining the Metropolitan police in protest at a “racist and vexatious” misconduct investigation into a leading officer.

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February 05, 2024
Alisson blunderland We're back in it, says Arteta as errors hand Arsenal win
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Alisson blunderland We're back in it, says Arteta as errors hand Arsenal win

Mikel Arteta proclaimed that Arsenal are back in the thick of the title race after their resounding 3-1 win against Liverpool, saying they have shown the elite mentality that sets the top teams apart.

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February 05, 2024