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Stranger Things: Fans are all complaining about the season 5 Holly Wheeler storyline
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Mixed sex wards used a record 5,000 times in a single month – despite Wes Streeting condemning practice
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 use of mixed sex wards in hospitals in England has soared to the highest number in a single month forContinue Reading
Top Conservative peer Lord True urges Starmer to give Reform seats in House of Lords
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UK to overtake Japan as fifth-largest economy by 2040, says CEBR
The UK is on course to overtake Japan and become the world’s fifth-largest economy by the end of the next decade, according to new long-term projections from Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). In its latest global outlook, the think tank forecasts that Britain’s gross domestic product will riseContinue Reading
Dodo bird’s closest living relative spotted in remote South Pacific rainforest
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Philippa Dunne on working with Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley on Amandaland Christmas Special 2025: ‘I actually screamed’
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‘I went to every single F1 race in 2025 – one was by far the best value’
A committed Formula One fan who attended every single race in the 2025 season has revealed the Grand Prix with the best value for money. At the start of this year, Brandon Burgess set himself a challenge to watch all 24 races on a tight budget of £20,000. He endedContinue Reading
First-of-its-kind ancient mosaic board game found at Mayan city in Guatemala
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Households urged to spend Boxing Day using up Christmas leftovers
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Bowie: The Final Act reassesses one of the musician’s most maligned periods
Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This After the success of his 10-million selling 1983 album Let’s Dance, David Bowie felt, as he put it,Continue Reading