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Culture secretary Lisa Nandy: Boycott of literary and arts festivals is attempt to ‘gag society’
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London markets tread water despite bank stocks strengthening
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Government has made UK user data ‘less secure’ with Apple row – experts
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The UK government’s push for data access which led to Apple withdrawing a security tool from the UK has made usersContinue Reading
Gout used to be an affliction of royalty but is now a disease of the masses
Toe with gout inflammation PJjaruwan/Shutterstock “The Queen’s had an attack of gout! Hurry!” So exclaimed the crotchety Mrs Meg in Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, in which Olivia Colman plays a moribund and overweight Queen Anne. The queen was afflicted with, among many other conditions, gout – a disorder which causesContinue Reading
Who was King Thutmose II? Tomb of the missing Egyptian pharaoh found
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Grangemouth protesters lay 400 hard hats outside Scottish Labour conference
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Banks including HSBC, Citi fined £100m in UK after sensitive information shared in chat rooms
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As Amazon MGM secures creative control of 007, Cavill supporters flood Jeff Bezos’s call to pick next Bond
In a move that has sent ripples through Hollywood, Amazon MGM, in partnership with long-time James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, has formed a joint venture to oversee the rights to the iconic 007 franchise. Although all three parties will remain co-owners of Bond’s intellectual property, AmazonContinue Reading
Minister sacked over WhatsApp messages placed under investigation by MPs’ standards watchdog
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Government unveils plans to reform clean power schemes to speed up transition
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Government has unveiled proposals to reform renewable energy schemes as part of its effortsContinue Reading