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Ig Nobel prize awarded to researchers who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses
Scientific research on pigeon missiles and dead trout also win at awards for amusing studies with serious implications
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Banksy’s iconic artwork Girl with Balloon stolen from art gallery
Two men have been charged with burglary after Banksy’s Girl with Baloon artwork was stolen from a London gallery.
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Putin says UK and US will be ‘at war’ with Russia if Ukraine gets western missiles
Vladimir Putin has now directly threatened Nato and the US with war if the west were to let Ukraine use long-range missiles.
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How did Jared Isaacman, the billionaire behind the first private spacewalk, build his wealth?
SpaceX is set to conduct the world’s first-ever privately-funded spacewalk today, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman.
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Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester contributed £5 million to the party just days before the election
Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’
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The three changes that need to happen to save the NHS
The Prime Minister has laid out the vital need for radical reform in the NHS following a report into the ‘critical condition’ of the health service.
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Watch live as billionaire embarks on the first ever private spacewalk
The world’s first commercial spacewalk is officially underway, headed by billionaire Jared Isaacman.
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Plans to convert part of Dalston’s Ridley Road shopping village into ’slum’ flats spark outcry
Proposals put forward by an offshore private developer for seven flats seen as ‘slums of the future’ by locals
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Finucane’s campaign for a public inquiry described as ’a long journey’
An independent public inquiry has been ordered into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989.
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Harland and Wolff finance chief resigns
Another board member has resigned from Harland and Wolff, the troubled Belfast shipbuilder.
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Chelsea star Enzo Fernandez fined £3,020 and banned from driving
Enzo Fernandez joined Chelsea in a then-British transfer record £106.8 million deal
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Lucy Letby described as ’the elephant in the room’ at hospital with spike in baby deaths, inquiry reveals
The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that doctors did not discuss neonatal mortality or concerns raised about Letby until the new year following a pivotal board meeting in 2016
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Queen’s statue criticized for resembling Mrs. Doubtfire
Mockery and indignation follow unveiling of sculpture of late monarch at Antrim Castle Gardens in Northern Ireland
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Additional violations revealed in Steinhoff scandal
Investigators in South Africa are finalising a second report on the multinational holding company Steinhoff, which was embroiled in an accounting scandal that led to criminal charges against former executive Markus Jooste and ultimately resulted in the company’s liquidation.
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Research shows increase in online scams
A new study by a U.S. non-profit promoting good business practices shows the number of scams and volume of money lost by victims are rising worldwide.
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Identities of Wagner mercenaries killed in Mali ambush revealed
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.
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Manchester rioter’s mother must pay compensation equal to the cost of her £1,200 Ibiza trip
The boy was given a 12-month referral order after admitting violent disorder.
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Kiernan Hughes-Mason: Ex-Millwall footballer sentenced for assault on two-year-old girl
The girl’s family has described how the brain damage she suffered in the attack has affected her ability to communicate, and she needs to be fed through a tube.
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Machete attacker and yob who left baby paralyzed are set to be released early from prison
Adam Andrews is due to be released despite leaving a baby boy with injuries so severe that he now needs round-the-clock care and suffers from about 40 seizures a day
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Scottish opposition pressures Swinney on cuts to free school meals and flat-rate rail fares
Scottish government accused of undermining efforts to tackle child poverty and the cost of living crisis
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Canary Wharf owners’ credit rating downgraded further into ’junk’ status
Further downgrade prompted concerns about debts as firm struggles to attract workers back after the pandemic
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Tributes to ‘beautiful’ girl, 6, killed in house fire after teenager is arrested
Tributes have poured in after a six-year-old girl was killed in a catastrophic house fire.
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Ukrainian ex-banker Denys Horbunenko, who is close to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, appears in the British investigation into the sale of titanium to Russia
The scandal involving the British company Dzing Finance Ltd continues to gain momentum.
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Ukrainian judge convicted of bribery re-elected head of Tyvriv District Court in Vinnytsia region
The head of the Tyvriv District Court in the Vinnytsia region is Judge Ihor Ratushnyak. He had previously led this court for a long time, but in December 2023, he received a guilty verdict from the High Anti-Corruption Court.
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Brain-damaged man jailed over shopkeeper’s murder finally has conviction quashed
A man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for the murder of a shopkeeper in east London more than 30 years ago has said his ‘fight for justice is finally over’ after his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal
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