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A new UK policy will kick people off benefits if they don’t try to work
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Volunteering and donation numbers are dropping substantially
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How city planners can make toddlers more independent
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Only three percent of UK nursery workers are male
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What is it like to live in a country with 80 percent inflation?
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What’s going on with the UK’s big ‘levelling up’ plans?
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How many hungry people do you need to make a famine?
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The UK is opening a drone superhighway
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How should societies respond to the destruction of monuments?
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Why caring about climate change means caring about Congolese mining
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The UK might get rid of 90,000 civil service jobs
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Will technology make us all much healthier?
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Published 3 years ago
Non-fungible tokens: what they are and who is buying them
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Money doesn’t grow on trees, but should it?
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We could already all drive electric cars if they’d won the infrastructure war
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Post-pandemic, is workplace power tipping towards employees?
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The rise of remote work had led to predictions of a digital nomad boom
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Will we all soon be eating lab-grown meat?
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Rocket scientists have a plan to save the Earth from asteroids
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How much should we sacrifice to help the environment?
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Would more foreign workers solve Britain’s current labour shortages?
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Economists want to fight climate change with carbon taxes
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What should the world do with Afghanistan’s embassies?
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The US government wants more state social services… and more taxes
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The pandemic has made many American prisons even worse
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New blood testing methods could help doctors catch diseases earlier
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Why do Japanese shops change their sweet stocks so often?
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El Salvador has become the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin
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Brits still can’t get GP appointments
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Millions more kids are having to work
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The UK’s biggest trade union just got a new boss
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How are Primark’s clothes so cheap?
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Builders can now use 3D printers to make entire houses
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Could concern about climate change scupper Scottish independence?
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The UK’s about to have, like, tonnes more teenagers
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Should there be restrictions on accessing public parks?
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It’s the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ Refugee Convention
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Published 3 years ago
Robinhood is trying to get more people to play the stockmarket
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Improving health literacy may help solve America’s pandemic problems
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China has banned for-profit tutoring
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Has the pandemic destroyed the middle class?
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Published 3 years ago
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics isn’t all fun and games
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Published 3 years ago
A new treatment for Alzheimer’s is expensive and may not even work
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Will welfare cuts fix staff shortages?
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Published 3 years ago
What would happen if our colleagues chose the size of our pay check?
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Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t
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Do the UK’s new travel rules discriminate against the young?
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Over five million EU citizens want to remain in post-Brexit Britain
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Published 3 years ago
Injuries may be linked to the menstrual cycle. Why don’t we know for sure?
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Published 3 years ago
Cities aren’t cool enough, and that’s a deadly mistake
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Immigrants are being locked up under Covid restrictions
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Class of ’20 wants a refund
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We’ve got millions more millionaires
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People are being offered cows, cash and cannabis to get a Covid jab
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Only half of Americans can read “proficiently”. Why?
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Governments are teaming up to raise corporate tax
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What makes a piece of art valuable?
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Published 4 years ago
The world’s most expensive medicine is now available on the NHS
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Couples in China can now have 3 kids
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How much should charity bosses earn?
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Should we all start having hours-long work lunches?
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Uber offers free rides to vaccine sites
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How might events lure back their audiences post-Covid?
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Companies are having to deal with more ransom-demanding hackers
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Who should pay for the Prime Minister to furnish his flat?
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UK deploys navy ships because France wants more British fish
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Football fans boot off over plans for a European Super League
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Is it fair that countries have vaccine surpluses when others face shortages?
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You can’t have my cake and eat it, M&S tells Aldi
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Could the UK cut crime by reducing poverty and inequality?
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Great, now there’s a wine shortage
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Turns out, inflation is higher for poorer people than richer ones
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Half of Brits aren’t self-isolating when exposed to Covid. Why?
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Covid-19 has created a happiness generation gap
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Banks are mothballing more and more high street branches
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One in three Deliveroo workers earn less than minimum wage
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The pandemic has made us puppy-mad
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One in three Brits may soon be facing economic hardship
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Who should we give vaccines to first?
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The UK got its Brexit deal. Now what?
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Wanted for hire: 6 million new nurses
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What was up with London’s school shutdown showdown?
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US stock exchange says it’s full of too many straight white men
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Are Tier 2 pub rules classist?
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24/7 shopping reintroduced for Xmas
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Brexit may stop Brits owning second homes abroad and people are upset
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UK government says Covid-19 means they have to spend less on foreign aid
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Football’s fan ban has been lifted. But who should get the first tickets?
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Coronavirus may clog up Santa’s supply chains
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You may soon have to pay to drive in the UK
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TikTok teens are fighting capitalism with shoplifting
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Finally, we may have a Covid vaccine
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Disability activists say shops should do more to win the ‘purple pound’
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How do we decide what should be exempt from Covid restrictions?
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European governments are taking over AirBnBs and giving them to locals
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Welsh supermarkets stop selling tampons, baby clothes and other “non-essentials”
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Billionaires have become much richer during the pandemic
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Should the government provide school dinners during holidays?
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UK gov pirouettes away from ad suggesting ballerinas switch careers
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Could UK banks soon introduce negative interest rates?
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Covid-19 and Netflix have teamed up to finish off cinemas for good
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Brits are becoming fed up of Covid restrictions
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1 in 4 US women are considering stepping back from their job
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Companies are developing ‘immunity passport’ apps
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Snack tax, 10pm curfew and other weird Covid pub rules
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Having a job helps you sleep at night
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Workplaces may have to drug test staff
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Rich countries are buying up all the coronavirus vaccines
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Should we send the bill for wildfires to those who accidentally start them?
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Covid-19 is more divisive than Brexit
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US scientists are running low on lab monkeys to test their vaccines on
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Unemployment is going up. Is a four-day working week the answer?
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Young people are facing a mental health crisis
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Published 4 years ago
Employees used to love the idea of WFH. Do they still?
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Thousands of Brits have lost their job… and it’s about to get much worse
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After cancelling exams, UK gov decided to lower some A-Level results
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Published 4 years ago
Could Covid-19 end private schools?
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Some countries will pay you to go on holiday there
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Scientists promise to find out why Covid-19 kills more BAME people
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Published 4 years ago
Lose weight, save lives, protect the NHS?
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Published 4 years ago
School’s (not) out for summer
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Police, doctors and teachers are getting a pay rise
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Published 5 years ago
The UK may be about to have the worst recession in 300 years
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Published 5 years ago
Trump cuts funding for World Health Organisation. During a pandemic.
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Published 5 years ago
Sweden is tackling coronavirus with no lockdown. Will it work?
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Is furlough worse for high earners?
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Reopen schools, say some scientists
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92% of Britons want footballers to take a pay cut. Why aren’t they?
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Do people need to check their #GardenPrivilege?
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Coronavirus is destroying the underground economy
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UK police are now dishing out £30 fines to people who aren’t socially distancing
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Could lockdown cause more deaths than the coronavirus?
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ClassPass is apparently hated by gyms
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Hong Kong gave all its residents £1k
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Is it ever okay to destroy someone’s stuff as a form of protest?
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UK plans to bar all low-skilled, low-paid non-English-speaking migrants
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Who here has ever been a victim of an AirBnB scam?
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The coronavirus is wrecking China’s economy
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Alongside the wildfires, Australia is having to deal with piles of koala blankets
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Many health officials think current back pain treatments are a waste of money
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Minimum wages may reduce suicide rates
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Coca-Cola won’t ditch plastic bottles because customers like them
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want to quit as royals and some UK taxpayers are mad about it
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Flybe has been bailed out by the UK government
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Greggs made loads of money in 2019. So it gave £7 million to its staff.
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GPs make £100k a year. Half of them still want to quit.
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Instead of Veganuary, should we instead start eating more bugs?
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UK government wants to hire “weirdos” (their words, not ours)
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The World Trade Organisation has basically stopped working
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Why (some) economists hate Christmas gifts
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Americans are circumnavigating the health system by trading medication online
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We’re all more similar than we think
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Would you kill a rhino for $60,000? How about $600? $60?
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What if internet access was a public service like the NHS?
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Odds of being a billionaire? About as likely as getting struck by lightning.
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Published 5 years ago
Tories claim Labour wants to increase your tax bill by £2,400
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Published 5 years ago
We could all probably take every Friday off and be just as good at our jobs
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Big Tech says they’ll help solve the housing crisis in their local area
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Austerity is out, government spending is in
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This app is designed to stop you craving chocolate
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Published 5 years ago
Should we bother trying to stop shark attacks?
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H&M’s boss says stopping shopping will have “terrible social consequences”
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Shops are making it harder to get refunds
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Ecuadorians riot until they get their fuel subsidies back
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Commuters attacked Extinction Rebellion protesters who were stopping them going to work
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New Zealand says it’ll increase the number of refugees it takes to 1,500 a year
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Wanted: a plus one (for the holidays only)
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Why does football have a racism problem?
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‘Ban snacks; save kids’ says UK’s top health advisor
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A new law would mean French women don’t need no man to have a baby
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What if the government’s advisors were a group of randomly-chosen citizens?
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There’s a growing call to ban or restrict vaping
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Should the UK introduce a frequent flyer tax?
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Vegans aren’t happy about the government’s free milk program
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Personality tests reveal nothing about you
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What happens to your holiday when your travel agent goes bust?
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More Millennials are going bankrupt. Should we blame Instagram, credit cards or society?
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Can we treat the Climate Strike like a regular strike?
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A UK lifeboat charity stops kids drowning abroad and some people are mad about it
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Sports betting is becoming big in Africa and smartphones may be why
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Can you keep teachers in schools by paying them more?
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Is rush hour responsible for the gender pay gap?
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Vegan influencers are ditching veganism
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Will drones at airports really help slow climate change?
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Brazil got mad when offered £18m to help put out the Amazon fires
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National days: bit of fun or corporate plot?
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Here’s why Trump wants to buy Greenland
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You can retire early by saving 3/4 of your pay. But isn’t that only an option for the rich?
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95% of parents think school uniforms cost too much
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Emoji is now a global ‘language’. ?????
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Drugs are killing more Brits than ever before. Who’s responsible?
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A trend towards having kids later in life is good news for the fertility industry
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Millennials may be reading horoscopes to deal with economic insecurity
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Fake reviews persuade us to buy £23bn worth of stuff
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Dinosaur bones are now a hot commodity
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Doctors are being financially punished for working overtime
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Poland scraps income tax for young adults
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40 degree heatwaves will be the norm in Britain by 2040
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Universities are told off for making it too easy for students to get a place
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Berlin is freezing everybody’s rent for 5 years
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Is fare-dodging really all that bad?
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More diversity could help cure Alzheimer’s
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Labour members campaign to ban private schools
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Holidays during school breaks are 3x more expensive
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Is it wrong to close off London parks for events?
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A campaign group tried to shut down strip clubs by secretly filming employees
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Taxpayers spend £2.4m on Harry & Meghan’s new digs
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Work is good for you – if you do it just one day a week
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Published 6 years ago
Magic mushrooms may be a medical marvel
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Chernobyl is becoming a top holiday trip
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High streets in the UK now have more businesses but fewer shops
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Some Arab countries are getting worried about food waste during Ramadan
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Did Trump just say he wants to buy the NHS?
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Pub owners hate it when you drink tap water
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The rise of the raspberry-picking robots
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Here’s why we like men’s art more than women’s
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Now you can pay to mute your Uber driver
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Reality TV shows are being criticised for damaging their contestants’ mental health
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Would you eat an iguana?
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Alabama bans abortion
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Want to be happy? Be a retired, married, healthy homeowner.
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New antibiotics aren’t being made. That could cause 10 million deaths by 2050.
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Festival tents are contributing to climate change
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People are having less sex. Blame society.
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The NHS is running out of nurses
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People are mad that M&S Percy Pigs are now veggie
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Should all kids get free school dinners?
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The UK could have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
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Charitable donations to rebuild Notre Dame are being criticised for prioritising buildings over people
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Credit scores are going international
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Would banning tips improve hospitality work?
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Home Secretary wants UK to stop disclosing all criminal records to employers
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Climate change protestors try to bring London to a standstill
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Trump thinks Cuban MLB players fund “brutal” communism
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The Northern Powerhouse doesn’t look very powerful atm
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Making divorce easier makes it cheaper, too
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UK gov won’t give benefits to people who “deliberately” use up their savings
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Is Brunei passing homophobic law to boost investment?
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Working pensioners are being stuck with a big tax bill
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China’s rating people on how ‘good’ a citizen they are
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WOW Air has gone bust
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New parents can’t afford nappies, prams or baby clothes
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Apple is launching a Netflix rival
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Here’s how to make tax collection fun
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Grow-your-own coffee cups could save the planet
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Some rich people illegally bribed their kids into Ivy League schools
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1/5 Brits don’t have basic digital skills
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One big hurricane could ruin world economy
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UK council tax bills are going up by £80-ish
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Too much free time makes us unhappy
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Should vaccinations for kids be compulsory?
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10% of British adults have never had a paid job
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Venezuela is mad the USA tried to give food to its hungry people
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ISIS members can’t be British, says UK gov
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UK towns are getting rid of all their free ATMs
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Latest news headlines: What’s going on with climate change, transgender rights and Trump’s wall?
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Latest news headlines: What’s going on with Chinese New Year, Gigi Hadid and that Insta-famous egg?
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Latest news headlines: what’s going on with ‘The Greatest Dancer’, free funerals and goat rights?
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Latest news headlines: what’s going on with Brexit, the economy, and Trump’s government?
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What’s going to happen after the Brexit vote?
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What has the Brexit vote done to the UK economy?
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The UK’s renegotiating its Brexit deal
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Would you eat a spicy GM tomato that helps you lose weight?
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British shops sold less Christmas stuff than they have for ten years
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Could more grammar schools mean more BME students going to top unis?
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There’s a new cryptocurrency designed specially for kids
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A million families will lose their child benefits by 2020
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Drug dealers are marketing their products as “vegan” and “ethically sourced”.
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Chicken nuggets no longer the thing Twitter users care about most
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Super rich people are going on gap years
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This academic thinks we should lower the voting age to 6
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You’re more likely to die on January 6th than on any other day of the year
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Big business bosses have already earned as much as you will for the whole of 2019
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UK gov refuses to let couple ‘sell’ their house for £10
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Drug-dealing teens escape jail thanks to their grasp of grammar
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Global warming might bring bluefin tuna back to Britain
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80% of UK manufacturers can’t find skilled staff
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2019 is gonna be all about the ‘pet economy’
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China says it’ll use force if needed to take back Taiwan
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UK train fares just got 3% more expensive
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Christmas 2018: Economy Roundup
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Hungarians have been asked to work an extra 400 hours a year.
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The BBC might make elderly Brits pay to watch TV
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‘Don’t plan any holidays after Brexit Day’, UK gov (denies) saying
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Want to know the economics of Xmas Jumper Day?
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UK bans gender stereotypes on TV ads
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Shall we just start calling her Theresa Mayday?
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Barclays has made a bank card that stops you spending money down the pub
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Published 6 years ago
Americans want their workplaces to pay them to never call in sick
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Brits want a second Brexit referendum… and would vote to Remain in the EU
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More playtime could reduce poverty and inequality
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The French are rioting over rising fuel tax
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IKEA and Walmart say they’re gonna save the world
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Womb transplants might mean men can soon have babies
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Some (white) instagrammers are appaz pretending to be black to get more followers
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A cinema is charging Londoners 40 quid a ticket
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The UK Transport Secretary has been blamed for train delays
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Japan is giving away free houses
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MPs say UK gov broke parliament’s rules with its Brexit deal
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Most millionaires don’t think they’re rich enough
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Money experts think Bitcoin is now completely worthless
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Spitalfields in London wants to have its own council
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Japanese companies told to pay compensation to former forced workers
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Ford says it can predict car crashes before they happen
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Kellogg’s green lights “traffic light” labelling
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What would a hard Brexit look like? How about a soft Brexit? A no-deal Brexit?
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A hunting group invited some MPs to shoot the breeze (and some birds) and people are mad
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Every UK child is going to be taught coding
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UK police say they can’t cope with all their 999 calls
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London’s getting a bunch of new skyscrapers
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Amazon is accused of using surge-pricing to take advantage of the Californian wildfires
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Feminism might literally save women’s lives
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Department for Transport wants to reduce cyclist accidents by bribing drivers
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Extinction Rebellion is blocking London roads to stop climate change
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1 in 200 Brits are homeless
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People have some opinions on the fees migrants pay to send money to their families
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AirBnB has got entangled in the conflict between Israel and Palestine
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Now Spain is threatening to scupper any Brexit deal
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Here’s why we drink more alcohol when the weather’s shit
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Should schools ban designer coats?
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A Brexit negotiator suggested Britain stay in the EU till 2022
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Published 6 years ago
Fake meat, including fake blood, is becoming super popular
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Published 6 years ago
New software stops journalists ignoring women
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Published 6 years ago
May’s finally got a Brexit deal. It’s already going tits up.
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Published 6 years ago
Don’t wipe with wet wipes: they block sewers
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Published 6 years ago
Men have longer commutes than women. #EverydaySexism?
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Published 6 years ago
Brits may now need a €60 visa to visit EU
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Published 6 years ago
Are fewer fast food joints a sign poor Americans are getting poorer?
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Published 6 years ago
Chinese shoppers just spent $30 billion celebrating being single
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Published 6 years ago
UK firms want to put microchips in their staff
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Published 6 years ago
Businesses are trying to find people to sit in empty offices
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Published 6 years ago
Thames Water has put up Londoners’ bills to give more money to investors
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Published 6 years ago
Should we be able to ‘self-identify’ as any age we want?
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Published 6 years ago
Democrats win House of Representatives in US midterm elections
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Published 6 years ago
Is Ibiza’s new tourist tax scaring away Brits?
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Published 6 years ago
Scouts try to go gender neutral… and get sued
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Published 6 years ago
Taxpayers *don’t* have to pay for Treasury cat
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Published 6 years ago
Should police prosecute men who laughed at Grenfell fire?
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Published 6 years ago
British women now have to wait as long as men to retire
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Published 6 years ago
Channel 4 has opened a new HQ in Leeds
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Published 6 years ago
America continues sanctioning the shit out of Iran
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Published 6 years ago
Should fireworks boxes show violent injuries and warnings?
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Published 6 years ago
UK Budget 2018: Highlights
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Published 6 years ago
How will the UK Budget 2018 change your life?
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Published 6 years ago
NHS refuses to give IVF to women over 34
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Published 6 years ago
New technology knows when we’re lying
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Published 6 years ago
Women have declared war on make-up
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Published 6 years ago
The Catholic Church made its own version of Pokemon Go
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Published 6 years ago
Getting up earlier won’t (always) make you more productive
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Published 6 years ago
UK police risk becoming “irrelevant”. Uh oh.
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Published 6 years ago
Brexit may sink the Titanic.
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Published 6 years ago
Yeah, you can’t sell things that cause cancer, judge tells firm
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Published 6 years ago
Trump is “very unhappy” with America’s central bank.
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Published 6 years ago
Premier Inn is selling tiny hotel rooms for £19
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Published 6 years ago
The UK’s legal aid organisation is going to court… to defend itself
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Published 6 years ago
Brits are getting fatter. Are takeaway joints to blame?
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Published 6 years ago
Saudi Arabia discovers crime doesn’t pay
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Stop smoking, it’s bad for you, says big cigarette company
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Published 6 years ago
The poorer we feel, the more meat we eat
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Got some dirty money you want to hide? Come to London.
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Published 6 years ago
UK might stay in the EU a bit longer than planned
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Published 6 years ago
More high-street shops are closing: let’s all blame Amazon
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Published 6 years ago
Stephen Hawking could be on the next £50 note, if it exists…
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Published 6 years ago
Californian companies are being fined if they don’t hire senior women
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Published 6 years ago
Brits don’t care about saving for retirement. Uh-oh.
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Published 6 years ago
CEO who tried to share profits with workers is called a socialist and asked to leave
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Published 6 years ago
Trump’s presidency has built up a big, beautiful… budget deficit
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Published 6 years ago
Equal opportunity statements don’t make companies more diverse
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Published 6 years ago
Brazil’s trade in soybeans is causing drama
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Published 6 years ago
Could Universal Credit cause the Tories’ downfall?
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Published 6 years ago
Britain’s about to have the hottest October in years
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Published 6 years ago
Pubs say beer tax means pints are becoming an “unaffordable luxury”
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Published 6 years ago
40% of young people couldn’t afford the cheapest home in their area
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Published 6 years ago
The UK’s government is (almost) the poorest in the world
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Published 6 years ago
England’s just got its first mental health government minister
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It’ll take more than a Nobel Prize to stop climate change, say activists
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Cannabis investors’ high might be in for a come down
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Published 6 years ago
China thinks dead people are bad for the economy
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Published 6 years ago
This zoo spent tens of thousands on an enclosure and filled it with fake penguins
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Published 6 years ago
Amazon ups its minimum wage
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Published 6 years ago
You know that big financial crisis we just had? Prepare for round two.
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Published 6 years ago
Theresa May just said austerity is “over”
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Published 6 years ago
‘Wait, only showing job adverts to men is sexism?’ asks Facebook.
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Published 6 years ago
Costa Coffee criticised avocados. Millennials declared war.
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The President of the United States has been accused of being a tax cheat
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The government says there will be fewer low-skilled migrants after Brexit
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Bad economies = good for bees?
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Cigarette boss says regulating e-cigarettes would be like banning condoms
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The Tories say they need more diverse MPs
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Restaurants may be banned from taking away staff’s tips
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Help to Buy isn’t helping people to buy. Awks.
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Should the NHS pay for diet drinks?
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Asylum seeker aren’t welcome in the north of England, apparently
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‘Vampire’ bank Goldman Sachs wants you to save money in its new account
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Oh great, now Millennials are going to die earlier too
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Published 6 years ago
Foreigners want to open businesses in North Korea
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Published 6 years ago
Is the lack of right-wing comedians an example of market failure?
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Published 6 years ago
Should banks pay back all victims of online fraud?
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Published 6 years ago
Thomas Cook says British sunshine hurts business
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Published 6 years ago
Weet-Bix tries to ban Weetabix to stop customers getting confused
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Published 6 years ago
WeightWatchers are rebranding as a wellness company
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Published 6 years ago
American companies are buying craploads of British businesses
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Published 6 years ago
Labour want a general election before Brexit
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Published 6 years ago
Women are better investors than men
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Published 6 years ago
High-skilled good, low-skilled bad, says new UK migration report
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Published 6 years ago
Britain’s Tory government is spending £2 billion on social housing
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Published 6 years ago
Apple has given Ireland €14.3 billion. Ireland doesn’t want it.
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Published 6 years ago
China and America’s trade war just got even bigger
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Published 6 years ago
We should all stop what we’re doing and focus on fixing poverty in Africa
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Published 6 years ago
Want to save the world? Play the stockmarket.
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Published 6 years ago
Tesco is turning some of its stores into super-cheap supermarkets
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Published 6 years ago
Crossrail has been delayed till 2019
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Published 6 years ago
Asia just got hit by a super typhoon (yes, that’s the technical term)
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Published 6 years ago
Unilever wants to leave Britain (but maybe not because of Brexit)
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Published 6 years ago
California’s dreaming of going carbon neutral
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Published 6 years ago
The National Audit Office just told off the government for its police cuts
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Published 6 years ago
Labour wants businesses to share profits with their employees
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Published 6 years ago
Three-day weekends might actually become a thing
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Published 6 years ago
Thinking of buying a house? It’s going to cost you (even more)
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America wonders if letting people sell deadly painkillers was the best idea
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Published 6 years ago
The UK might be more productive than everyone thought
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Published 6 years ago
Trade unions say May’s Brexit deal should TUC off
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Greece ditches austerity
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Published 6 years ago
Cryptocurrencies lost $20 billion of value overnight
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Published 6 years ago
Attempt at bike-sharing in Manchester goes tits up
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Published 6 years ago
Brits are spending more than they earn. Uh-oh.
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Published 6 years ago
Will paying people more money improve the economy?
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The government has capped energy bills
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Published 6 years ago
Should Mark Carney be rehired as governor of the Bank of England?
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Published 6 years ago
After two deadly accidents, Italy wants to renationalise its roads
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Published 8 years ago
What just happened, 2016?
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Published 8 years ago
Fake news, banking blues and a world without queues. 5-9 December: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Peace deals, protests, and powerful bankers. 25 November – 2 December: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Sea ice shrinks, LinkedIn locked out, Greens demand a recount. 18 – 25 November: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Currency chaos, Snapchat shares, donations galore. 11 – 18 November: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Trump wins, Toblerone shrinks, China shops. 4 – 11 November: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Pipeline fights, solar cars, and swapped votes. 30 October – 6 November: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Calais camp cleared, media mega-merger, British banks (likely to) bail. 22–29 October: What just happened?
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Anti-violence strike, candidates clash, and inequality deepens. 15-21 October: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Ethiopia protests, Yemen bombing, and Samsung slump. 8-14 October: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Hurricane Matthew, India protests and TV debates. 31 September -7 October: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Presidential debate, ‘suspended adulthood’, Martian colony. 24-30 September: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Big firms, dodgy banks, fishy business. 17-23 September: What just happened?
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Millions attend Hajj, US pipeline protests, Great Wall crowdfunding. 10-16 September: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
G20 wraps up, social loans, and meaty millennials. 3-9 September: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Apple’s tax woes, climate cost, super courts. 27 August-2 September: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Italian earthquake, UK pay gap, Paralympic threat. 20-26 August: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Floods and fire, Olympic scandal, kidneys for sale. 13-19 August: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Trumponomics, Earth Overshot, tea in crisis. 6-12 August: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Olympics good? Olympics bad? We’ll watch from the moon. 30 July-5 August: What just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
More terror in Europe, Clinton wins nomination, UK delays nuclear future. 23-29 July: what just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Turkey’s in trouble, Kickass Torrent’s in trouble, Leo’s in trouble. 18-22 July: what just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Horrific attack in France, Black Lives Matter protests, new UK leader. 9-15 July: what just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Baghdad terror, Zimbabwe protests and football fraud. 2-8 July: what just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Terror in Turkey, Spanish elections and Brexit confusion. 25 June-1 July: what just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Brexit, refugees and Senate sit-ins. 18-24 June: what just happened?
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Published 8 years ago
Gun laws, Cambodia, the Pope – 11 to 17 June: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
China, celebrity endorsement and Euro mascots – 4 to 10 June: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Slavery, legal cannabis, cartoon bears – 28 May to 3 June: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Brexit, Cuba, South Korea. 21 to 27 May: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Chickens, chickens, more chickens, and Beyoncé – 14 to 20 May: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Brazil suspends president, protests in Greece, and Thai oxen predict rosy future – 7 to 13 May: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Trump, Greenpeace, North Korea. 30 April to 6 May: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
BHS, TTIP, Indian job deficit. 23 to 29 April: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Ecuador rebuilds, EU pursue Google. 16 to 22 April: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Venezuela in crisis, wine wars in France. 9 to 15 April: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Panama Papers, Saudis diversify. 2 to 8 April: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Tesla launch, UK steel on brink. 26 March to 1 April: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
Obama in Cuba, Canada’s budget. 19 to 25 March: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
No to tampon tax and backpacker tax. 12 to 18 March: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
London costs the earth, mobile money on the up. 5 to 11 March: What just happened?
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Published 9 years ago
27 February to 4 March: What just happened?
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