A Conservative peer who fainted at the despatch box has thanked those who came to her aid. Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford was discussing the hospital listeria outbreak on 17 June when she collapsed. The 39-year-old suffers from the rare genetic condition Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which causes heart problems, migraines, and severe joint and muscle pain. […]
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Image copyright PA A woman has won an appeal against a court ruling that would have seen her mentally ill daughter forced to have an abortion. She appealed a decision made last week granting permission for specialists to end the pregnancy. Three Court of Appeal judges in London upheld the appeal, overturning the previous decision.
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Image copyright Katja Ogrin Image caption Stephen Knowles’ living room has been described as a “mini-museum” to Black Sabbath A Black Sabbath super fan has had his living room rebuilt at a museum as part of an exhibition celebrating 50 years of the band. Stephen Knowles said his room was his own mini museum to
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Image caption About 900 jobs are set to be lost at Kerry Foods’ Burton-upon-Trent factory A town’s biggest employer is shutting its factory with 900 jobs being axed. Union representatives said the closure of Kerry Foods in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, was a “calamity” for the town and they will meet with management on Friday. Unite the
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: HOMER HAPPY Aaron Judge, Gary Sánchez, Edwin Encarnación and the New York Yankees try to set the major league record for most consecutive games with a home run. The Yankees homered in their 27th straight game Monday night, matching the mark set by Alex Rodriguez, Rafael
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The mining giant controlled by the Luksic family, Antofagasta, took full control of the project in 2015, and its executives have called it the company’s “most advanced international opportunity.” Antofagasta, which is publicly traded in London, is poised to benefit from the growing use of copper in renewable-energy technologies like wind and solar. It lists
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Major Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a meeting between the American and Chinese presidents amid hopes for renewed trade talks. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney declined. Traders looked ahead to a planned meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at this week’s Group of 20
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Most people affected are “elderly and had been receiving care for chronic wounds” Twelve people died during an outbreak of a rare contagious bacterial strain, it has emerged. A total of 32 people have been infected across Essex with the invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection. The outbreak began
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Image copyright Kabir Singh/ Facebook Image caption The film earned $10m in its opening weekend A new Bollywood film, Kabir Singh, is being described as misogynistic even as it has set box office coffers ringing. But this is hardly a new problem in India’s biggest film industry, writes the BBC’s Divya Arya. Kabir Singh is
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Image copyright Getty Images Biffa has been convicted of breaking the law by sending household rubbish to China that was labelled as waste paper. Instead, the bundles included nappies, sanitary towels and condoms, according to the Environment Agency, which prosecuted the waste giant. The waste management firm was found guilty in a three-week jury trial
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