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On display: Cindy Chao at the V&A
Speed Read London's Victoria & Albert museum adds Cindy Chao jewel to its holdings
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ID for voters: a ‘suspicious’ proposal?
Speed Read In a pilot scheme, the Freedom Pass for pensioners was deemed acceptable, but student IDs were ruled out
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How cybercriminals are hacking into the heart of the US economy
Speed Read Ransomware attacks have become a global epidemic, with more than $18.6bn paid in ransoms in 2020
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Eurovision 2021: what are the rules and who’s going to win?
Speed Read Bookmakers have a clear favourite to claim the title - with the UK as a rank outsider
By Kate Samuelson Last updated
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Who will be next to get the Covid-19 vaccine?
Speed Read Sadiq Khan and Tony Blair join calls to let young skip the vaccine queue in areas hit by India variant
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San Marino is first European country to offer ‘vaccine vacation’
Speed Read Tiny landlocked nation to give Russian Sputnik vaccine to paying tourists
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Napoleon’s contested legacy
Speed Read Two hundred years after the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, a bitter debate is still raging in France over his place in its history
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London house prices: the boroughs rising and falling
Speed Read Largest annual increases are in Croydon, while Westminster suffers ‘thumping’ drop
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Changing legal gender: what’s new and how does it work?
Speed Read Cost of a gender recognition certificate application is reduced from £140 to £5
By Kate Samuelson Last updated
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Why is the government planning to cut arts education funding by 50%?
Speed Read Proposal described by critics as ‘catastrophic’ and ‘an attack on the future of UK arts’
By Kate Samuelson Last updated
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Michel Barnier blasts Britain’s ‘childish’ Brexit team in tell-all diary
Speed Read EU chief negotiator publishes blow-by-blow account of painstaking negotiations
By Joe Evans Last updated
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Ukraine seeks World Heritage status for abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant
Speed Read Area should be preserved as ‘unique destination of interest for the whole of mankind’, minister says
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Millionaires plot New York exodus to avoid Covid tax hike
Speed Read Super-wealthy eye up Florida as some Big Apple residents ‘bid them good riddance’
By Joe Evans Last updated
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Clinical trials begin for low-cost Covid vaccine made in chicken eggs
Speed Read Easy-to-produce jab hailed as potential pandemic ‘game-changer’
By Joe Evans Last updated
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