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Tafida Raqeeb: Parents’ bid to get daughter treated goes to High Court

Image copyright Family Handout Image caption Tafida Raqeeb’s mother said her daughter was “completely healthy” before her sudden brain injury A family’s fight to take their ill daughter to Italy for treatment will be heard at the High Court in September. Royal London Hospital doctors said there was no hope Tafida Raqeeb, five, would recover […]

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Bohemian Rhapsody becomes the oldest video to get 1bn views

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Queen / UMG Image caption The song reached number one twice – first in 1975 and again in 1991 following Freddie Mercury’s death Bismillah! They will not let you go… Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody continues to break records as it enters its 44th year. The song has just become the oldest video to reach

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Oxfordshire hemp farm could lose £200,000 in crop destruction

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Oxfordshire hemp farm Hempen expects to lose an estimated £200,000 of sales by destroying its crop after losing its licence to grow it. Last year, the Home Office said UK farmers could not harvest hemp’s flowers for cannabis oil, or CBD, and could only grow seed and stalk. The ruling stops

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Former Ohio judge dragged from courtroom after jail sentence

World / En Sound Media

A US courtroom descended into chaos as a former judge was sentenced to jail. Tracie Hunter, a former Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge, was given a six month sentence after using her position to help her brother keep his job back in 2014. Hunter, elected in 2010, was the first African-American in the role. She

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Martinez lifts Boston 9-4; Rays pitch position player down 5

Sports / En Sound Media

The Boston Red Sox are creeping into playoff contention, and the Tampa Bay Rays didn’t have the pitching depth to give them a full fight Monday night. The defending World Series champions pulled within a game of Tampa Bay for third place in the AL wild card standings with a 9-4 victory over the Rays,

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Biden Unveils Criminal Justice Plan, With a Focus on Reducing Incarceration

Politics / En Sound Media

Joseph R. Biden Jr., whose long record on criminal justice matters has cast a shadow over the early months of his presidential campaign, has unveiled a comprehensive plan aimed at combating mass incarceration and reducing “racial, gender and income-based disparities in the system.” In his more than three decades as a senator, Mr. Biden was

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‘How I got to medical school via A&E and the chicken shop’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright King’s College London Image caption Medical student Yousef El Tawil once thought school was a waste of time “You’d see people getting stabbed. You’d see people getting robbed for their belongings.” In 2010, aged 14, Yousef El Tawil, felt “swept into a vortex of pessimism”. At the end of Year 9, instead of

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Surpasses ‘Avatar’ As Highest-Grossing Film Ever

Entertainment / En Sound Media

“Avengers: Endgame” has vanquished James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” to become the highest-grossing film in history. “Endgame” earned an estimated $2.79 billion in worldwide revenue in just 13 weeks, surpassing “Avatar’s” $2.789 billion, The Associated Press reported Sunday. “Avatar” had been on top for a decade. Marvel boss Kevin Feige announced the milestone Saturday night at

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Van filled with drugs crashes into police car in Sydney

World / En Sound Media

A suspected drug carrier has been arrested after crashing a van packed with A$200m (£112m; $140m) of methamphetamine into a patrol car parked outside a police station in Sydney, Australia. The 28-year-old driver hit the police car at speed, crushing its bonnet, on Monday before racing off. Police caught him an hour later in Eastwood,

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Storm sponsor 3-on-3 team to help US qualify for Olympics

Sports / En Sound Media

Alexis Peterson and her Force 10 teammates see themselves as the “Founding Mothers.” They are the first group of women to be sponsored by a WNBA team to play 3-on-3 basketball. They hope it’s just the beginning. The Seattle Storm ownership group put together a pilot program with Peterson, Cierra Burdick, Linnae Harper and Megan

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