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Laverne given the all-clear after cancer treatment
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Laverne given the all-clear after cancer treatment

Lauren Laverne, the presenter of Desert Island Discs, has said she has been given the \"all clear\" after undergoing treatment for cancer.

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November 25, 2024
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NHS bosses face lifetime ban for silencing whistleblowers

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers or endanger patients through misconduct face being sacked and barred from working in the health service for life under radical government plans to regulate thousands of bosses for the first time.

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November 25, 2024
The $300bn climate finance pact is likely to be followed by equally bitter battles
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The $300bn climate finance pact is likely to be followed by equally bitter battles

Money will be 'mobilised' rather than provided - a nice distinction that allows for the inclusion of private co-investing

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November 25, 2024
Popularity has its price as cities and beauty spots get ready to bring in 'tourist taxes'
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Popularity has its price as cities and beauty spots get ready to bring in 'tourist taxes'

Millions of tourists coming to the UK will soon be asked to pay local visitor taxes as cash-strapped councils seek extra money for services.

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November 25, 2024
Mad, bad and open to the public: the museum dedicated to Byron
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Mad, bad and open to the public: the museum dedicated to Byron

A museum dedicated to the flamboyant British poet and satirist Lord Byron is due to open in the northern Italian city of Ravenna, in the same building where he pursued an intense affair with the wife of an aristocrat and completed some of his most famous works.

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November 25, 2024
Ministers opposed to assisted dying 'giving false impression', peer says
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Ministers opposed to assisted dying 'giving false impression', peer says

Senior ministers who have spoken out against assisted dying are giving voters a \"false impression\" about the government's position, a leading proponent of changing the law has said.

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November 25, 2024
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'Slippery slope' arguments Echoes of 1960s abortion debate

\"It is entirely possible that future generations will puzzle over how such a fundamental right could ever be denied to them.\" These are the words of David Steel, the former leader of the Liberal party and a Westminster MP for more than three decades, referring to this Friday's historic vote in parliament on whether to legalise assisted dying.

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November 25, 2024
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No alternative to raising tax, defiant chancellor to tell CBI

A defiant Rachel Reeves will rebuke critics of her tax-raising budget today, telling disgruntled business leaders that they have offered \"no alternatives\" to her plans.

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November 25, 2024
Money hacks How to save on winter sports holidays
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Money hacks How to save on winter sports holidays

When it comes to skiing and snowboarding, going to Europe will always be cheaper than flying to somewhere such as the US or Canada - but costs vary massively on the continent.

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November 23, 2024
Scam refund claims
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Scam refund claims

Some victims of bank transfer scams will not get a penny back despite beefed-up rules designed to better protect consumers from fraudsters because several big banks have introduced an excess on refund claims.

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November 23, 2024
Packaged accounts Are the perks worth the money?
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Packaged accounts Are the perks worth the money?

For a monthly fee, banks offer everyday banking with all kinds of enticing extras. Laura Whateley examines how the 'freebies' stack up

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November 23, 2024
Spain floods force firms to look south for oranges
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Spain floods force firms to look south for oranges

Some British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing oranges from South Africa and South America earlier than usual after last month's floods in eastern Spain left farmers struggling to harvest and ship their crops.

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November 23, 2024
Northvolt boss resigns after EV battery firm files for bankruptcy
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Northvolt boss resigns after EV battery firm files for bankruptcy

The chief executive of Northvolt has resigned after the Swedish battery startup filed for bankruptcy protection in the US.

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November 23, 2024
Electric dream sours Carmakers fight strict EV rules as fines loom
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Electric dream sours Carmakers fight strict EV rules as fines loom

When Ford announced this week that it was cutting 800 jobs in the UK, the US carmaker had stern words for the government.

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November 23, 2024
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Irish tycoon bids to buy out Yorkshire Post owner

National World, the owner of the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post - and underbidder in the auction for the Telegraph - has received a buyout proposal from largest shareholder.

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November 23, 2024
Bitcoin rises after US SEC chair says he will step down
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Bitcoin rises after US SEC chair says he will step down

Cryptocurrencies rose sharply immediately after one of the industry's biggest critics, Gary Gensler, said he would stand down as the head of the US financial regulator when president-elect Donald Trump was inaugurated in January.

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November 23, 2024
Feeling the strain Rising bills and Trump policies to add to pressure on households
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Feeling the strain Rising bills and Trump policies to add to pressure on households

Labour swept to power in the wake of a punishing cost of living crisis that hit households hard, with the price of food and energy rocketing, alongside the impact on mortgage rates of Liz Truss's disastrous mini-budget.

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November 23, 2024
Budget blamed for end to 12 months of expansion as optimism slumps
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Budget blamed for end to 12 months of expansion as optimism slumps

Labour's first budget in 14 years has been given the \"thumbs down\" by private sector businesses, with Rachel Reeves's measures blamed for the end to a 12-month run of expansion and a fall in retail sales.

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November 23, 2024
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Haiti summons French diplomat after Macron's 'morons' insult

Haiti's government has summoned the French ambassador to protest about \"unfriendly and inappropriate\" comments by Emmanuel Macron, who was caught on camera calling the country's leaders \"morons\".

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November 23, 2024
Armed gang steal jewels from French national treasure
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Armed gang steal jewels from French national treasure

Robbers who targeted a French museum have snatched jewels worth millions of euros from a work by the famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph Chaumet that has been classed as a national treasure.

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November 23, 2024
Merkel expresses 'huge concern' over Musk's role in US government
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Merkel expresses 'huge concern' over Musk's role in US government

Angela Merkel, who in her new memoir raises fears for the western democratic order with Donald Trump as US president, has also expressed deep concerns about the outsized role to be played in his administration by Elon Musk.

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November 23, 2024
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Scholz to lead SPD into snap election as rival withdraws

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will be nominated as the candidate to lead his Social Democratic party (SPD) into the February general election after his more popular defence minister, Boris Pistorius, pulled out of the race.

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November 23, 2024
Actor Denzel Washington reveals past drinking problem
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Actor Denzel Washington reveals past drinking problem

Denzel Washington has opened up about a long period of alcohol reliance that began in the late 1990s.

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November 23, 2024
The air is killing us' Calls for long-term action as Delhi is choked by smog
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The air is killing us' Calls for long-term action as Delhi is choked by smog

Calls for long-term action as Delhi is choked by smog

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November 23, 2024
View from the heartland Trump Voters celebrate new appointments
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View from the heartland Trump Voters celebrate new appointments

In the American heartland, they're excited.

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November 23, 2024
It's Gisèle who will be remembered' Supporters rally outside Pelicot trial
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It's Gisèle who will be remembered' Supporters rally outside Pelicot trial

Supporters rally outside Pelicot trial

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November 23, 2024
Katy Perry wins appeal against Sydney designer Katie Perry
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Katy Perry wins appeal against Sydney designer Katie Perry

The pop star Katy Perry has won an appeal in her long legal battle with a Sydney fashion designer over her Katie Perry trademark loungewear.

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November 23, 2024
Wisconsin kayaker faked his own death to leave wife
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Wisconsin kayaker faked his own death to leave wife

A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could leave his wife and three children is living in eastern Europe and has been communicating with US authorities, a sheriff has said.

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November 23, 2024
Wire cutters How the world's vital undersea cables are being targeted
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Wire cutters How the world's vital undersea cables are being targeted

The lead-clad telegraphic cable seemed to weigh tons, according to US navy lieutenant Cameron Winslow, and the weather wasn't helping their attempts to lift it up from the seabed and sever it.

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November 23, 2024
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Ukraine Will this week's missile crisis change the course of the war?

In Kyiv, as autumn turns fast to winter, Ukrainians in the government describe a vacuum before the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House on 20 January.

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November 23, 2024