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Julian Assange to remain at Ecuadorian embassy
He promised to hand himself in if Chelsea Manning was released. But despite President Obama’s surprise announcement, lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange say at the moment he’s going nowhere.
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FactCheck: how many more Kremlin critics have died suspiciously?
On 1 November 2006 Alexander Litvinenko, an former officer with Russia’s FSB intelligence agency now living in London, collapsed after drinking tea with an ex-colleague, Andrei Lugovoi. Litvinenko died three weeks later from what doctors eventually diagnosed as poisoning. He had drunk tea spiked with a lethal dose of Polonium-210, a highly radioactive isotope. Today,…
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First UK womb transplants approved
Doctors give the go-ahead for 10 women to have the first ever womb transplants in the UK from deceased donors.
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Will English football fans welcome refugees with banners?
The Premier League returns this weekend after a short break. Will supporters in the top flight of English football mirror their German counterparts and embrace refugees with supportive banners?
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UK sexual health clinic apologises after email mistake
A leading sexual health clinic in London has apologised after an email mistake led to the disclosure of the names of about 780 patients who had attended HIV services.
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Women’s football: after the World Cup, what next?
Attendances at women’s football matches are soaring after the World Cup success of England’s women’s team, and women across the country are keen to play. But can the sport maintain its momentum?
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Isis jihadi brides ‘luring British women to Syria’
Many British women who leave to join the Islamic State group are being lured by British jihadi brides already there, according to report on radicalisation.
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Who should be the new face of the £20 note?
British art lovers want the image of L.S. Lowry, the artist who recorded everyday life in the industrial North East with paintings of iconic ‘matchstick men’, on the new £20 note
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This is how West Ham fans are standing up to racism
West Ham fans post a cheeky video online in which they invite a black man onto the train.
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Be extreme with sanctions – or accept football racism
I’m bored with the discussion about how to combat racism in football. The only thing that shocked me about the incident filmed in the Paris Metro this week was the fact that people were shocked.
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FactCheck: have we kicked racism out of football?
Chelsea fans have been filmed abusing a black man on the Paris Metro. An isolated incident – or proof that racism is still alive and well in English football?
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How much would you pay to go shopping with Theresa May?
A shoe shopping trip with Theresa May or dinner with Michael Gove – just two of the treats on offer at an auction to raise money for the Conservative party in election year.
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League tables show poor performance – but does it matter?
Changes made to exams mean schools are tripped up as they try to achieve a decent league table position, headteachers warn, as the number of secondaries considered under-performing doubles in a year.
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Where are England’s worst performing secondary schools?
As the chief inspector of schools warns that progress in primary schools is being undermined by a stalling of improvement in secondaries, Channel 4 News looks at some of the worst areas.
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Turner Prize 2014 reveals ‘fundamental shift’ in art
Now in its 30th year, the annual Turner Prize exhibition opens on Tuesday and features a wealth of multi-media material from four shortlisted artists. Here’s a sneak peek at what is on offer.