Ahead of council elections on Thursday, research by the BBC has found that Reading Borough Council is one of only a few in England that has a female majority of councillors. The council has 25 female and 20 male councillors. But a census by the Local Government Association suggests about two thirds of councillors are […]
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HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has once again ridden a high body count to a record viewer count. The Nielsen company says Sunday’s big-battle episode, the third of the final season, drew 17.8 million viewers either live on the network at 9 p.m., streamed, on-demand or in a rerun that aired later that night. That made
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Image caption Ian Sandford, whose mother died in Gosport hospital, attended a meeting between police and relatives A new criminal investigation is to take place into the deaths of hundreds of patients who were given “dangerous” levels of painkillers at a hospital. An inquiry found 456 patients died after being given opiate drugs at Gosport
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption John Singleton at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2011 Few directors have made such an impact with their debut as John Singleton, whose 1991 drama Boyz N The Hood put both him and South Central on the map. A blistering depiction of growing up in inner-city Los Angeles,
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Image copyright Getty Images Sales of Apple’s iPhones fell at their steepest-ever rate during the three months to the end of March but are showing signs of stabilising. The technology giant said revenue from the iPhone dropped by 17% to $31bn. However, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said sales were stronger towards the end of
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Despite having access to someone’s DMs and easily being able to tell someone you like them that way, Facebook is making things even easier for the spineless and heartsick. The social platform announced Tuesday at its F8 conference that Facebook Dating, which launched last year, would now include a new feature called Secret Crush. The new
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Damian Lillard may have created an unforgettable moment in NBA history with an impressive buzzer-beater last week ― but now he’s getting praise for the insight and perspective he showed in a recently resurfaced 2017 interview. Speaking to Sporting News that year, Lillard was asked whether expectations from the previous year were creating “pressure” for him
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WASHINGTON — A former C.I.A. officer accused of conspiring with the Chinese government as America’s spy network in China was being dismantled is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Wednesday, according to court papers. The former officer, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, was charged with the unlawful retention of secret information and conspiracy to
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Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve Board, claimed on Tuesday that the most critical issue the economy has faced over the past few decades is a drop in male earnings. “The biggest problem I see in the economy over the last 25 years is what has happened to male earnings,
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Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced medical centers to deal with the financial repercussions. Nearly 30 West Virginia hospitals and 10 affiliates in Kentucky have signed on to the suit filed Monday in Marshall County, West
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