Image caption Crewe has changed a lot in recent years, say Ian Smyth, Mick Cartwright and Neil Jones Crewe and Nantwich is one of the UK’s most marginal constituencies, with Labour taking the seat from the Conservatives in 2017 by just 48 votes. With days to go until another general election, what issues are firing […]
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Several people are unaccounted for after a volcanic eruption hit a New Zealand tourist destination, local police have said. Tourists were seen walking inside the rim of the White Island crater just moments before the eruption. “At this stage, we believe around 100 people were on or around the island at the time and some
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Microsoft’s shareholders have voted to defeat two proposals by activist investors calling for the company to add a rank-and-file employee on its board of directors and report on gender disparities in company salaries December 4, 2019, 5:50 PM 1 min read Microsoft’s shareholders have defeated two proposals by activist investors calling for the company to
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The day Ryan Straschnitzki underwent surgery that would turn his body into something like a remote-controlled robot, the paralyzed hockey player had one deep worry: The 6-foot-1, 190-pound defenseman who once didn’t miss a shift even after dislocating a shoulder told his dad he was afraid of needles. “I said, ‘Pal, they’re going to open
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A record-breaking 235,000 people in Northern Ireland have applied to register to vote since the start of 2019. Among them are 69-year-old grandmother Dolores McNally and Tiarnan Clinton, 18, who are both from County Down. Dolores McNally moved to Northern Ireland from the US as a young child, but never took the necessary steps to
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German exports posted a second consecutive month-on-month increase in October, defying economists’ expectations of a slight decline December 9, 2019, 8:32 AM 1 min read German exports posted a second consecutive month-on-month increase in October, defying economists’ expectations of a slight decline. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday that exports rose 1.2% compared with the
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Boris Johnson visited Whipps Cross in September The Conservatives have repeatedly pledged to build 40 new NHS hospitals. The party’s manifesto says they are proud “to have begun work on building 40 new hospitals across the country”. “We will build and fund” them, it adds, “over the next 10 years.”
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North Korea says it’s preparing a “Christmas gift” for America, and Trevor Noah isn’t sure he wants to know what it is. The “Daily Show” host roasted the latest development in President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s relationship on Thursday after Trump seemingly rubbed the North Korean leader the wrong way with comments at the
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It might be freezing in New England By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer December 9, 2019, 7:41 AM 4 min read It might be freezing in New England. That won’t stop the sharks from circling around Foxborough. Criticism of the Patriots is more fair right now than usual. They have lost two
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, in a full-length gown, waved to a standing ovation from a star-studded menagerie of Washington on Sunday in the Kennedy Center Opera House, just hours before the impeachment inquiry was set to resume the next morning. In the same box tier, acknowledged with a slightly more subdued round of
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