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If EU nationals are leaving the NHS, why are their numbers going up?
No. 2 iron English Heritage launched a crowdfunding campaign for repairs to Abraham Darby’s 1779 bridge at Ironbridge, Shropshire. This…
Where was the very first tax haven?
Pennies from haven Last week’s huge leak of the ‘Paradise Papers’ has put the Channel Islands and the Isle of…
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Lynx on the loose — A Eurasian lynx escaped from a zoo in Wales, pre-empting plans to introduce six of…
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Littler Hitlers Cabinet secretary Damian Green appealed to commentators to halt the ‘ridiculous rise of routine comparisons to Hitler’. A…
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More or less a million One in 79 Britons is now a millionaire thanks to property price rises. The word…
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Out with a whimper Usain Bolt managed only a bronze in his last appearance in the 100 metres at the…
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But me no butts Boris Johnson, being taught a Maori head-to-head greeting, joked that it might be ‘misinterpreted in a…
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Veggie skills Forest Green Rovers, described as the world’s first vegan football club, was promoted to the Football League. Some…
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God forbid Irish police investigated Stephen Fry over a complaint of blasphemy, which is no longer a criminal offence in…
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Spend, spend, spend London mayor Sadiq Khan ended support for the Garden Bridge, probably killing it off. How are other…
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Pippa goes public Church of England lawyers ruled that the public must be allowed to attend the wedding of Pippa…
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Back to the Foot year This year’s election has been likened to that of 1983 when, under Michael Foot’s leadership,…
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Cabin fodder British Airways proposes to stop serving free meals on long-haul flights. — Although passengers once took it for…
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Nice littler earners Cressida Dick, the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, will take a voluntary pay cut from £270,000…
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First through the exit Is Britain the first country to leave the EU? — As a full part of France,…
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Princes among men British DJ Mark Dezzani was hoping to be elected prince of Seborga, a self-proclaimed independent state in……
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Mary Queen of Golf? The vote by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers to admit women as members has reawakened…
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Naming the weather Former BBC weatherman Bill Giles has said he’s fed up with storms being named. — The practice…
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Naming the weather Former BBC weatherman Bill Giles has said he’s fed up with storms being named. — The practice…
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And the losers are… La La Land was mistakenly announced as winner of the Oscar for best picture before the…
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And the losers are… La La Land was mistakenly announced as winner of the Oscar for best picture before the…
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Big league Lincoln City became the first non-league club since Queens Park Rangers in 1914 to win a place in…
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Big league Lincoln City became the first non-league club since Queens Park Rangers in 1914 to win a place in…
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Special forces Cathedral constables at York Minister got back their powers of arrest, which they had held from the 13th…
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Special forces Cathedral constables at York Minister got back their powers of arrest, which they had held from the 13th…
