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Kidlington fly-tipping: Two men arrested over rubbish dumped in Oxfordshire field

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Two men have been arrested in connection to the illegal dumping of thousands of tonnes of rubbish in Oxfordshire. Police officers working with the Environmental Agency (EA) arrested a 69-year-old in Andover and a 54-year-old in Slough on Thursday as part of an investigation into large-scale fly-tipping near Kidlington. The men have been arrested on […]

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Two officers to face court martial over handling of teenage soldier Jaysley Beck case

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Two British Army officers are to face a court martial after being charged over the handling of a case of sexual assault on 19-year-old soldier Jaysley Beck. In 2021, Royal Artillery Gunner Beck took her own life in her barracks at Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, after her allegations of sexual assault against a former sergeant were

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Starmer in China to improve British economy, Harriet Harman says

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Sir Keir Starmer is visiting China to improve the UK’s economy, Harriet Harman has said. The former Labour cabinet minister told Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast that the prime minister’s trip to the world’s second-largest economy was intended to improve the financial situation of voters in the UK. However, she said the government

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Trump endorses deal struck with Democrats to avert government shutdown

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Donald Trump has endorsed a spending deal negotiated by US Senate Republicans and Democrats that would stave off a government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security. The move comes as the US reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. “Republicans and Democrats have come

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Mozambique: Aid workers scramble to reach starving communities after devastating floods but it’s a mammoth task

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The broken banks of the Limpopo River are now faint snaking lines in a vast sea of brown, stagnant water that stretches out in every direction. Our view, from a Mercy Air helicopter delivering food aid to starving communities surrounded by submerged farms in southern Mozambique‘s Gaza province, is devastating. “This island is too big

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Kurdish-led forces being pushed back in Syria – but what happens next?

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Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country’s fragile balance of power. For more than a decade, Kurdish authorities governed this region with a high degree of autonomy. Now, Kurdish leaders warn that their way of life – and their political future – is under serious threat. Clashes between government forces and

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Postcode lottery means groundbreaking MND drug is a lifeline for some – but ‘mental torture’ for others

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Eleanor Dalley didn’t think she’d live to see 50 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2019. There is no cure, and most people die within a few years as they lose their ability to move, eat, talk and breathe. But for Eleanor, there was a lifeline – a breakthrough drug that has

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AI-assisted mammograms result in fewer aggressive and advanced breast cancers, study suggests

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AI-supported mammography results in fewer aggressive and advanced breast cancers, according to a study. It detected more women with clinically relevant cancers and the authors say there’s a case for implementing it in screening programmes. The randomised control trial involved more than 100,000 Swedish women. Cancer diagnoses after AI-supported mammography were 12% lower, and the

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