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Lucy Powell says she understands public’s frustration with Labour in office
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Lucy Powell says she understands public’s frustration with Labour in office

The Independent  

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Transport Secretary Louise Haigh confirms HS2 WILL run to Euston despite alarm over multi-billion pound cost as she says the rail link 'wouldn't make sense' otherwise
3 months ago

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh confirms HS2 WILL run to Euston despite alarm over multi-billion pound cost as she says the rail link 'wouldn't make sense' otherwise

Daily Mail  

The Transport Secretary today effectively confirmed that HS2 will run to Euston despite alarm at the multi-billion pound price tag. Louise Haigh slipped out the news as she insisted it would not 'make sense' to end the rail link at Old Oak Common in the London suburbs. Louise Haigh slipped out the news as she insisted it would not 'make …

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EastEnders sweeps the board at the first Radio Times Soap Awards as it is awarded seven gongs including Best Soap and Moment Of The Year for the BBC show's Christmas Special
5 months, 3 weeks ago

EastEnders sweeps the board at the first Radio Times Soap Awards as it is awarded seven gongs including Best Soap and Moment Of The Year for the BBC show's Christmas Special

Daily Mail  

EastEnders proved it is ahead of the soap pack after receiving an incredible seven awards at the first ever RadioTimes.com Soap Awards on Saturday night. EastEnders proved it is ahead of the soap pack after receiving an incredible seven awards at the first ever RadioTimes.com Soap Awards on Saturday night The awards ceremony attracted EastEnders icons Michelle Collins and Ian …

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Geomagnetic solar storm to hit Earth for 1st time in 19 years: Do you need to worry?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Geomagnetic solar storm to hit Earth for 1st time in 19 years: Do you need to worry?

Hindustan Times  

A strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. and potentially disrupt communications this weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare geometric storm watch — the first in nearly 20 years, saying an ouburst of plasma from a solar flare could interfere with radio transmissions on Earth The National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

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Giant FAST radio telescope embraces international exchanges
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Giant FAST radio telescope embraces international exchanges

China Daily  

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope in Pingtang, Guizhou province, on Feb 26. OU DONGQU/XINHUA GUIYANG — China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016. FAST started formal operations in January 2020 and was officially opened to the world in March 2021.The telescope provides …

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Bob Edwards, baritone-voiced journalist who launched NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ dies at 76
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bob Edwards, baritone-voiced journalist who launched NPR’s ‘Morning Edition,’ dies at 76

LA Times  

Bob Edwards, the longtime “Morning Edition” anchor whose soothing voice and friendly but incisive questions guided listeners through the early broadcast for nearly 25 years, has died. Edwards also helped launch NPR’s morning news magazine “Morning Edition” in 1979 — a pilot program that he said was a disaster in its infancy and that he was only supposed to host …

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Pressure on Rishi Sunak as ex-levelling up minister calls for HS2 in full
1 year, 3 months ago

Pressure on Rishi Sunak as ex-levelling up minister calls for HS2 in full

The Independent  

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Tories turn on ‘useless’ Nadine Dorries after attack on Sunak
1 year, 4 months ago

Tories turn on ‘useless’ Nadine Dorries after attack on Sunak

The Independent  

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Richard Coles reveals how he met new boyfriend on an online dating app
1 year, 7 months ago

Richard Coles reveals how he met new boyfriend on an online dating app

Daily Mail  

Richard Coles has revealed that he has found love again, some three and a half years after the death of his husband. The ex vicar, who retired from the clergy a year ago saying he could not excuse how the Church of England 'doesn't treat people fairly' in respect to its position on homosexuality, met his new partner on the …

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Middle-class could face 'modest' charges to use GPs and have minor ops, under plans to save the NHS
1 year, 11 months ago

Middle-class could face 'modest' charges to use GPs and have minor ops, under plans to save the NHS

Daily Mail  

But Rishi Sunak insists he hasn't left it too late to help alleviate NHS pressures Comes as NHS is in crisis with A&E wait times soaring amid a surge in demand Such charges could include a flat fee to see a GP or for some routine procedures Tory Ken Clarke says NHS may soon need to start charging wealthier Britons …

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Zombie worlds: Five spooky planets orbiting dead stars
2 years, 2 months ago

Zombie worlds: Five spooky planets orbiting dead stars

The Hindu  

All stars, including the Sun, have a finite lifetime. Some neutron stars emit beams of radio waves into space – and it is around these “pulsar” stars that planets have been found. Diamond world Planet PSR J1719−1438b orbits a pulsar some 4,000 light years away, hurtling around its host in just over two hours. These are known to have a …

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The Tory MPs who called for Liz Truss to resign
2 years, 2 months ago

The Tory MPs who called for Liz Truss to resign

The Telegraph  

Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced she will step down after a number of her own MPs publicly called for her resignation. "Sadly I was not called and the deteriorating situation throughout the day left me with no choice but to submit a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister to Sir Graham Brady." Miriam Cates Ms Cates, the …

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Minister denies UK is ‘outsourcing’ migrant responsibilities to Rwanda
2 years, 8 months ago

Minister denies UK is ‘outsourcing’ migrant responsibilities to Rwanda

The Independent  

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Channel 4 privatisation sparks Tory backlash as ministers accused of ‘throwing red meat to right-wing voters’
2 years, 9 months ago

Channel 4 privatisation sparks Tory backlash as ministers accused of ‘throwing red meat to right-wing voters’

The Independent  

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The NEW Winter of Discontent thanks to high gas prices and lorry driver shortage
3 years, 3 months ago

The NEW Winter of Discontent thanks to high gas prices and lorry driver shortage

Daily Mail  

Rising natural gas prices, an energy network 'not fit for purpose' and a shortage of lorry drivers are creating a 'perfect storm' to cripple the UK, experts warned today. CRISIS 1: GAS PRICES SPIKE - Energy firms go bust - Risk of '3-day week' Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is holding a fresh round of crisis talks with the energy industry …

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An excerpt from ‘Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942’
3 years, 4 months ago

An excerpt from ‘Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942’

The Hindu  

Mahatma Gandhi launches the Quit India Movement at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee. Responding to his call, a 22-year-old student of Wilson College, Usha Mehta, starts an underground radio station to counter the propaganda disseminated through All India Radio, the British government’s mouthpiece. Usha Thakkar narrates this compelling story of passion and daring in Congress Radio: Usha …

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Gavin Williamson slaps down unions' bid to 'sabotage' school reopening
4 years, 4 months ago

Gavin Williamson slaps down unions' bid to 'sabotage' school reopening

Daily Mail  

Boris Johnson told teachers today they have a 'moral duty' to help schools reopen next month as he faced a standoff with unions. Boris Johnson tried his hand at archery today as he visited a school in Upminster, renewing his push for all children to be back in class next month Some children watched bemused as the PM tried to …

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