Image copyright Adriano Guedes Image caption Adriano Guedes hit the headlines for refusing to leave hospital for two years A man who was evicted from hospital via a court order died after going on hunger strike, an inquest has heard. Adriano Guedes, 65, stayed at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorelston, Norfolk for 862 […]
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Image copyright Richard Davenport Image caption Writing for Hollyoaks taught Eclair-Powell how to “make people laugh and make people cry” Phoebe Eclair-Powell writes plays fuelled by her outrage at shocking stories she spots in newspapers. She has now won Europe’s biggest playwriting prize – and says she has learned a lot by writing for Hollyoaks
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Mamadi Diakite smiles, like he knows something others don’t. The The 6-foot-9 Virginia redshirt senior from Conakry, Guinea, Africa, sporting a bit of blonde hair, embraces that the defending national champions are picked to finish fourth this season in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Only 12 of 111 voters in the preseason poll picked the Cavaliers
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In 2011, during the Obama administration, the Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Reform opened an investigation of Fast and Furious, an operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, in which guns supposedly went missing in Mexico. The Justice Department turned over documents, and Attorney General Eric Holder testified before Congress, acknowledging that
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Sweet potatoes are a traditional Thanksgiving side dish for many families. Others prefer yams. But what really is the difference? The short answer: Yams and sweet potatoes are completely different vegetables. No matter what you call them, in reality, most Americans are probably piling sweet potatoes onto their holiday dinner plates. “The sweet potato is
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Marvel movies bristle with drama, but nothing in the franchise films is risky enough to be considered true cinema, legendary director Martin Scorsese argued in a New York Times op-ed on Monday. Scorsese, responding to the outcry that followed his criticism in an interview last month that Marvel movies just weren’t for him, offered a bit
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Image copyright PA Image caption The RMT has announced drivers and guards will take 27 days of industrial action A union has announced 27 days of rail strikes during December and on New Year’s Day as part of a long-running dispute over train guards. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said its guards and
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Discussing his first NBA start in more than 1½ years, Isaiah Thomas tried to play it cool at first — his face straight, his voice barely above a whisper, his words betraying no emotion or real significance whatsoever. “Whether I start or come off the bench, I know who I am. I know I’m one
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WASHINGTON — The overall United States trade deficit continued to widen in the first nine months of 2019, data released Tuesday morning show, defying a Trump administration plan to try to shrink the figure by renegotiating trade agreements. The trade deficit for both goods and services grew to $481.3 billion in the first three quarters
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U.S. service companies grew at a faster pace in October after sinking to a three-year low in September. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, reported Tuesday that its service index grew to 54.7% last month, up from 52.6% in September. Any reading above 50 signals growth. Measures of sales, new orders
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