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Musk hails human implant of brain chip
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Musk hails human implant of brain chip

‘Telepathy’ aims to let people use technology just by thinking

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January 30, 2024
Power-sharing could resume after DUP backs plan
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Power-sharing could resume after DUP backs plan

NORTHERN IRELAND'S main parties were meeting today to discuss a resumption of power-sharing after a late-night breakthrough heralded an end to the Democratic Unionist Party's protracted boycott of Stormont.

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January 30, 2024
Why won't firms use new laws to halt walkouts, asks minister as strike hits rail
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Why won't firms use new laws to halt walkouts, asks minister as strike hits rail

THOUSANDS of commuters defied union attempts to shut down key routes into London today but there was little sign of an end to the rail strikes.

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January 30, 2024
'NOW IT'S INDIA'S TURN TO RE-THINK'
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'NOW IT'S INDIA'S TURN TO RE-THINK'

WOOD SAYS HOSTS ON BACK FOOT JADEJA, RAHUL OUT OF NEXT TEST

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January 29, 2024
Bees set to beat London rivals in race to sign teen star Nusa
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Bees set to beat London rivals in race to sign teen star Nusa

BRENTFORD are closing in on a deal for Antonio Nusa, after hijacking Tottenham's move for the Club Brugge winger.

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January 29, 2024
Joseph ensures it's a crazy day, but this should be the norm, not freakish one-off
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Joseph ensures it's a crazy day, but this should be the norm, not freakish one-off

IN MOST circumstances, England might have had the hump at being upstaged, one of their greatest overseas Test victories not even the most remarkable of the day.

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January 29, 2024
Powers of belief never clearer than in Heist of Hyderabad
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Powers of belief never clearer than in Heist of Hyderabad

England’s amazing turnaround shows that Bazball mindset works anywhere in world

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January 29, 2024
Surge in London firms going bust after rate rises
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Surge in London firms going bust after rate rises

THE number of London companies falling into administration soared 37% last year, with key sectors such as property, hospitality and retail particularly hard hit, figures lay bare today.

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January 29, 2024
There's one day in our calendar that shows up the hypocrites like no other
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There's one day in our calendar that shows up the hypocrites like no other

OLOCAUST Memorial Day is 24 hours of shame, but not in the way you think. It was designed to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, and it falls on the day that Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet forces: January 27, in 1945.

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January 29, 2024
Our new baby gorilla is part of a global story
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Our new baby gorilla is part of a global story

RUNNING London Zoo comes with many privileges, but the most magical moment so far came just recently, when I got to see a newborn gorilla being cradled in the arms of its mother, moments after birth.

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January 29, 2024
Citizen police changed US cities and they can change London too
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Citizen police changed US cities and they can change London too

FOR many, the Guardian Angels probably seem mythological rather than historical, and even though they still exist ( in a much-abbreviated form), they seem like a part of New York’s past.

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January 29, 2024
Vaping ban 'will help thousands of children avoid pull of nicotine'
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Vaping ban 'will help thousands of children avoid pull of nicotine'

THE proposed ban on disposable vapes will help children avoid the “horrendous pull” of a nicotine habit, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said today as figures revealed that more than 100,000 London children have used them.

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January 29, 2024
1997 v 2024: Labour glory but a very different story?
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1997 v 2024: Labour glory but a very different story?

Blair surged to power with a Nineties soundtrack of optimism and Tory economic success. For Keir Starmer, if the polls are right, it will be a case of hard graft from day one.

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January 29, 2024
Labour MP faces inquiry over Israel 'genocide' comments
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Labour MP faces inquiry over Israel 'genocide' comments

LABOUR today vowed to conduct a “proper and fair” investigation into a London MP suspended for suggesting Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

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January 29, 2024
We're with you, Sunak tells Biden after militant attack on US base
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We're with you, Sunak tells Biden after militant attack on US base

RISHI SUNAK today said Britain stood “resolutely” with its allies after three US troops were killed in a drone strike on sleeping soldiers at a military base in Jordan, as Iran denied responsibility.

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January 29, 2024
Pedestrian dies after being hit by bus at Victoria
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Pedestrian dies after being hit by bus at Victoria

A PEDESTRIAN has died after being hit by a bus outside Victoria station during this morning’s rush hour.

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January 29, 2024
Kelce's Super Bowl spot sealed with a Swift kiss
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Kelce's Super Bowl spot sealed with a Swift kiss

TAYLOR SWIFT kissed her American football player boyfriend Travis Kelce on the pitch after his team made it to the Super Bowl.

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January 29, 2024
SJP and the city: I'm in love ... and the Tube is exquisite!
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SJP and the city: I'm in love ... and the Tube is exquisite!

SEX and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker praised London’s “exquisite” transport system as she made her West End debut.

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January 29, 2024
Ominous signs for Tories but 2024 different in many ways
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Ominous signs for Tories but 2024 different in many ways

CAN the Conservatives avoid a landslide defeat? Time is running out. The party appears to be staring into the political abyss.

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January 29, 2024
India's batters pile on the pain as tourists' spin attack is made to suffer despite early breakthrough
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India's batters pile on the pain as tourists' spin attack is made to suffer despite early breakthrough

HALF-AN-HOUR into the afternoon session in Hyderabad, just as distant English followers were rising from the land of nod, Kannanur Rahul launched Rehan Ahmed into the seats for a second time in the over and sent India into the lead.

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January 26, 2024
Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of the season after he admits, 'I've run out of energy'
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Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of the season after he admits, 'I've run out of energy'

JURGEN KLOPP this morning dropped a bombshell by announcing he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the German emotionally telling supporters: \"I'm running out of energy.\"

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January 26, 2024
DJOKOVIC'S DOMINANCE IS AT AN END
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DJOKOVIC'S DOMINANCE IS AT AN END

>> SERB 'SHOCKED' AFTER FIRST DEFEAT IN SIX YEARS AT AUSSIE OPEN AS SINNER REACHES MAIDEN SLAM FINAL

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January 26, 2024
Cairney hoping to stay put at Cottage for rest of his career
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Cairney hoping to stay put at Cottage for rest of his career

FULHAM captain Tom Cairney wants to further extend his new contract beyond 2025.

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January 26, 2024
Moyes finally has a chance to put Phillips back in focus
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Moyes finally has a chance to put Phillips back in focus

AMONG the raft of wholesome YouTube content produced by England in the Gareth Southgate era, a rather joyous clip of Declan Rice presenting Kalvin Phillips with the national team’s Player of the Year award sticks in the mind.

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January 26, 2024
Poch sees signs of Kane in Broja and urges striker to stay
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Poch sees signs of Kane in Broja and urges striker to stay

MAURICIO POCHETTINO says Armando Broja's situation at Chelsea is similar to that of a young Harry Kane's at Tottenham and urged him to ignore talk of a possible exit.

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January 26, 2024
Ange has a clearer view now Spurs are reinforced
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Ange has a clearer view now Spurs are reinforced

IT IS nearly three months since Tottenham's disastrous defeat by Chelsea, which ended their record-breaking start to the season and plunged Ange Postecoglou into a selection crisis which is only now easing.

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January 26, 2024
We need owners who can bring the magic back to The Valley, not anonymous ones
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We need owners who can bring the magic back to The Valley, not anonymous ones

TWENTY years ago this week, Charlton were fourth in the Premier League, well clear of Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City.

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January 26, 2024
Singing from the same hymn sheet with Vennells
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Singing from the same hymn sheet with Vennells

THERE’S been acres of media coverage of the disgraced Paula Vennells in recent weeks — largely in relation to her activity on the board of the Post Office.

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January 26, 2024
Blizzard of woes: CFO quits Superdry as fashion brand mulls clearance sale
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Blizzard of woes: CFO quits Superdry as fashion brand mulls clearance sale

SUPERDRY’S woes deepened today as the fashion brand said a big clearance sale might be needed to ease its cash problems, while finance boss Shaun Willis quit.

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January 26, 2024
Familiar tale of darkness is infused with light
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Familiar tale of darkness is infused with light

MOVIES based on musicals based on movies are offering the cinematic blueprint du jour, somehow-2024 begins with retellings of Mean Girls and The Color Purple, with differing results: the latter is not a copy-and-paste of any of its predecessors, rather, a fairly smart retooling of all the best bits in one new package.

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January 26, 2024