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The by-election in Makerfield “could decide the future direction of the country”, said the Manchester Evening News. Andy Burnham has said he’ll stand in the northwest England constituency (pending approval from Labour’s National Executive Committee), after the seat was vacated by Josh Simons, former...
The United Arab Emirates has denied Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that he made a secret trip to the Gulf state during the Iran war to meet its president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. But reports that the UAE has carried out its own strikes on Iran has renewed scrutiny of the Abraham Accords.What...
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of people in Northern Ireland, including 60% of Leave voters, believe Brexit has been more of a failure than a success for the country. Two-thirds (66%) of the 1,050 people surveyed for Queen’s University Belfast by LucidTalk said it had made the break-up of the UK more l...
464: The number of designated bathing areas in England. Open-water swimming season begins today with the opening of 13 new sites, including the first on the River Thames. But water quality at 12 of the 14 inland river sites is currently rated “poor” by the Environment Agency, making them unsafe for ...
The world is about to learn “how much climate disruption we can manage”, said The New York Times.Climate scientists are predicting this summer to be “potentially the biggest El Niño event since the 1870s”, said The Washington Post. In 1877, this naturally occurring climate pattern led to a famine th...
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