Image caption Proposals to introduce drug consumption rooms in Glasgow have been blocked The possession of illicit drugs for personal use should be decriminalised, a report by MPs has said. The Scottish Affairs Committee also recommended the UK government should allow so-called fix rooms in Scotland in a bid to tackle drug misuse. Drug-related deaths […]
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Image copyright Matt Johnson, WSB-TV Image caption Sonya King: “It was definitely about to be a murder and it was going to be me” It’s never been easier to get a takeaway – dozens of apps now let us order hot meals to our front door within minutes. But they’ve also flooded our streets with
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Kade Foster was not having the best 11th birthday ― so it came as a surprise when his name started trending across the U.S. and Canada as major celebrities spoke up to wish him the happiest of birthdays. Kade’s father Jason Foster posted an image of his son on Sunday, wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs
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WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, spread a conspiracy theory now at the center of the impeachment investigation — that Ukraine, not Russia, hacked the Democratic National Committee — as early as five months before the 2016 election, according to newly released documents from the special counsel’s investigation. Mr. Manafort told his
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Norway’s rebound from 19 years of decline began a few weeks ago as Equinor began production in its Johan Sverdrup deepwater field. The field will eventually produce 440,000 barrels a day, increasing the country’s output from 1.3 million barrels a day to 1.6 million next year and 1.8 million in 2021. In Brazil, after years
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Image copyright Reuters Parties should not use the NHS as “a political weapon” in the election campaign, health service bosses say. NHS Providers chief Chris Hopson said “over dramatising NHS difficulties” or making “disingenuous” funding claims did the service “no favours”. Mr Hopson acts for health trust leaders in England and urged politicians not to
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Image copyright Bloomberg The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Howie Liu, the founder and chief executive of the fast-growing spreadsheet start-up AirTable. Silicon Valley boss Howard Liu is sitting, he believes, on an idea that could earn tens of billions of dollars.
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De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points, Buddy Hield had 22 and the Sacramento Kings routed the New York Knicks 113-92 on Sunday night for their second straight victory following a 0-5 start. Harrison Barnes added 19 points and Richaun Holmes finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who brought the momentum from their
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President Trump walked onto the floor of Madison Square Garden on Saturday night from the same corner that the mixed martial arts fighters did, his own fighters at his sides. Just before 10 p.m., Mr. Trump squeezed into a row of folding chairs below the metal-fenced octagon accompanied by the men who do his battles
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Is stealing a presidential portrait a prison-worthy crime? Or a laudable act of civil disobedience? Courts around France are grappling with this question in response to an unusual new environmental movement that’s aiming to push French President Emmanuel Macron to do more to fight climate change. One by one, environmental activists around France have removed
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