A number of candidates battling to win the vacant MP’s seat in Peterborough have taken part in a radio debate to discuss the city’s main issues. The seat was vacated earlier this month following a successful recall petition to remove MP Fiona Onasanya. Among the issues discussed were housing, homelessness, education, a proposed university for […]
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He reached out to Canadian and Mexican officials, offering a deal in which the United States would lift its tariffs if the countries would agree to prevent future surges of metal into the United States market, these people said. If those surges happened, the United States could reimpose tariffs of 10 percent on aluminum and
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The abuse of patients at Whorlton Hall hospital in County Durham has been condemned as “appalling” by a government minister. Undercover BBC Panorama filming showed adults with learning disabilities and autism being mocked, intimidated and restrained. Care minister Caroline Dinenage told the House of Commons she was “deeply sorry that this has happened”. More on
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Image copyright Getty Images/Judith Kerr The Tiger Who Came To Tea author Judith Kerr has died at the age of 95, her publisher HarperCollins says. Charlie Redmayne, head of her publisher HarperCollins, said she was “a wonderful and inspiring person who was much loved by everyone”. Kerr, who published more than 30 books over a
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLord Hain addresses the House of Lords Sir Philip Green grabbed women’s breasts and slapped their bottoms, a peer has claimed. Lord Hain told the House of Lords that staff had made hundreds of complaints about the retail tycoon. Last year Lord Hain named the Topshop boss
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Iraqi shows mocking the establishment have been gaining millions of views in the past few years. BBC Monitoring looks at who these satirists are, and the risks and obstacles they face in the conservative country. Produced by Hassan Abu-Hussein and Alexi Peristianis BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media
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In Kailua, the sand is soft and white, the water is clear and calm, and the view is exactly what you would expect from a beach in the Hawaiian Islands. Those are among the reasons Oahu’s Kailua Beach Park has been selected as the best stretch of sand for an annual list of top U.S.
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ALBANY, Calif. — On a recent afternoon at the Lao Thai Kitchen restaurant, the telephone rang and the caller ID read “Google Assistant.” Jimmy Tran, a waiter, answered the phone. The caller was a man with an Irish accent hoping to book a dinner reservation for two on the weekend. This was no ordinary booking.
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Gunner Halter hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the 17th inning and Mississippi State beat LSU 6-5 in the longest game by time in Southeastern Conference Tournament history. Halter’s two-out grounder up the middle scored Justin Foscue just after 3 a.m. CDT on Thursday morning to end the marathon after 6 hours, 43
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To get a sense of the scale, consider that the United States budget this year is $4.7 trillion. Of course, varying any critical assumption can add or subtract billions or trillions of dollars. Thomas Craemer, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut, used the same starting point — 40 acres and
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