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What really happened during the final days of the woolly mammoths?
The mysterious extinction of an isolated population of mammoths on an Alaskan island reveals the impact of rising sea levels. A barren island perched between Russia and the United States may not be...
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Chance of a recession "a coin toss" - 6 signs Project Fear was right
The NIESR forecast is the latest in a series of grim readings. The chance of the UK entering a recession is “on a coin toss”, according to Simon Kirby, an economic forecaster at the National...
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How did the word “lifestyle” become a homophobic slur?
Heterosexuals, of course, don’t have “lifestyles”. They have TV and golf. I think I might have diabetes. I get this weird, sweet taste in my mouth all the time. I’m always tired. I do an inordinate...
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Both Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith campaigns investigated over texts
Leadership candidates are not allowed to send unsolicited marketing messages. At the weekend, Labour supporters were rudely interrupted from their dreams by 4am texts from leadership challenger Owen...
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A US-Russia deal in Syria would maintain a bloody status quo
The Assad dictatorship would cling onto power. The shooting down of a Russian helicopter by Syrian rebels has resulted in the largest Russian loss in the war to date. A video circulated on social...
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Diane Abbott MP: Labour will choose the election winner Jeremy Corbyn
Under Jeremy Corbyn, Labour became an effective opposition. Only last September, Jeremy Corbyn won a landslide in Labour’s leadership election, gaining three times the votes of his nearest rival....
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Jeremy Corbyn vs Owen Smith: How to watch the Labour leadership debates
Some of the debates are yet to be announced. If you’re not already a Corbynista or a confirmed Smithite, and you want to shape the future of the Labour party, you could find the Labour leadership...
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The “kindness revolution” sounds like yet more women’s work
The post-capitalist vision of society still seems to require women to cook the dinner. Imagine a world in which care and compassion are valued more highly than wealth and possessions. One in which...
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Inside Tehran: how Iran is changing, one year on from the landmark nuclear deal
A report from one of the Iranian capital’s poorest and most conservative areas, and a trip around a new shopping mall in the north of the city. It should have made us nervous. We were filming Friday...
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Dark abracadabra: the supernatural adolescents of Daisy Johnson's Fen
Johnson's new collection of stories mixes the occult and banal to place young women at the centre of the picture. It feels perverse to argue that the stories in this collection could do with more...
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Sadiq Khan steps up support for armed police after London mass stabbing
The mayor praised police doing "an incredibly difficult job". The London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged Londoners to "remain calm and vigilant" after a mass stabbing in the city centre in which one woman...
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Energy prices are back on the agenda – how will the major party leaders respond?
For the first time since Ed Miliband’s 2013 intervention, the question of energy bills is back, and must be addressed by the Tories and Labour. When Ed Miliband stood up at the Labour Party Conference...
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The reporting of India Chipchase’s murder shows the true extent of Britain’s...
What did the media see in her that made her the perfect victim? The grotesque answer is, the same things as the man who murdered her did. Why India Chipchase? For the Sun, it must have been the booze:...
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Which of his fellow Republicans will Donald Trump turn on next? A handy guide
The list just keeps getting longer. If there is one thing almost everyone can agree on about Donald Trump, it is that he does not take criticism lightly. Despite assuring an interviewer on intervew...
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A guide to Europe’s key eurosceptic parties, and how successful they are
Who’s who in the anti-EU political movements on the continent? When, during a press conference in Brussels the night after the Brexit vote, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was asked...
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Everything you need to know about the Bank of England base rate cut
The Bank of England cut the base rate for the first time in more than five years. On Thursday, the Bank of England cut the Bank’s base rate for the first time in more than seven years. The decision...
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How would Jeremy Corbyn pay for his spending pledges?
The Labour leader says £500bn of new spending would be funded by "expanding the economy and driving down tax evasion". Jeremy Corbyn resembled a socialist Father Christmas at his speech this morning,...
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Owen Smith vs Jeremy Corbyn: play along with Labour leadership debate bingo
From Brexit to Blairites, here's how to make the debate livestream (even more) exciting.*/ Is everyone looking forward to watching Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn go at it in the Labour leadership...
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Has the Mercury Prize become so alternative that we can guess which musicians...
The music award’s penchant for favouring obscure artists makes you question the point of shortlisting acts like David Bowie and Radiohead. The Mercury Prize, held annually to showcase the best British...
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What now for Ukip’s identity, as Steven Woolfe is excluded from the...
As the Ukip leadership frontrunner has been kept off the ballot, the internal politics of the party are at a crossroads.“The opposition occupies the benches in front of you but the enemy sits behind...
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