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Nottingham maternity review to examine 1,700 cases in largest ever UK inquiry
A review into maternity failings in Nottingham hospitals will involve the cases of 1,700 families – making it the biggest ever carried out in the UK. Donna Ockenden, who is chairing the inquiry, said behind those numbers were mothers and babies who had suffered “often avoidable, life changing harm – made worse by having to…
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Khrushchev’s granddaughter on what he may have thought of attempted mutiny
History suggests that when power changes hands in Russia, it often involves bloodshed.
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How Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from caterer to warlord
Yvegeny Prigozhin took advantage of first Yeltsin’s and then Putin’s Russia to rise from a St Petersburg gangster, to a Kremlin caterer, to now one of Russia’s pre-eminent warlords.
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FactCheck: Labour claims ‘Tory mortgage penalty’ costs £2,900
There’s more to this figure than meets the eye.
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Government must ‘clamp down very hard’ on county lines drug dealing, says policing minister Chris Philp
Project Adder is just one part of what the government says is a determined plan to tackle the organised criminal gangs who so often rely on the brutal and sometimes fatal exploitation of children to operate. Jackie spoke to Policing Minister, Chris Philp, and began by asking him why he thinks Project Adder is an…
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‘Google owns entire tech supply chain’, says digital competition expert
We spoke to Dr Cristina Caffarra, a competition expert who has advised regulators in the UK, EU and the US, as well as tech giants like Microsoft and Apple.
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Banksy’s Valentine’s Day Mascara moves to Margate’s Dreamland amusement park
The question of where Banksy’s should end up, and who – if anyone – should profit from their sale often seems to raise as many moral conundrums as the artist’s works themselves.
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Global carbon budgets nearly spent, say climate scientists
Scientists have not yet said the exact role which the climate crisis has played in exacerbating wildfires in Canada, but we do know that increasing global heating will make wildfires like these more intense, and often longer lasting.
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Windrush 75: Passenger Alford Gardner on racism, scandal and life in UK
It’s been 75 years since The Empire Windrush sailed into Tilbury Docks bringing more than 800 people from the Caribbean – skilled young workers who’d answered the call for help to rebuild Britain after the war. But though invited, they were not always welcomed when they got here, often facing racism, struggling to find work…
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Witness Protection: the high price of safety from domestic violence
Life lived in the witness protection programme starts with the stark fact your life is in immediate danger.
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FactCheck: Starmer blames Number 10 for high mortgages
The Labour leader said responsibility lies solely with Number 10.
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FactCheck: how much sewage is dumped in England’s rivers and on beaches?
How much sewage is actually dumped into English rivers and beaches? FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: government on track to fail key asylum pledge, our analysis of new data suggests
New stats cast doubt on Rishi Sunak’s ability to abolish the legacy backlog by the end of this year.
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Are America and China destined for war?
This past week, the G7, the group of the world’s richest democracies, gathered in Japan to discuss Ukraine, Russia, global affairs, and their increasing concerns about a rising power looking out at them from over the water: China.
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Music revolution: how AI could change the industry
It can write the lyrics, it can generate vocals and set them to music.