We say it the whole time but today really is the day to pick up a printed . Nine beautifully designed broadsheet pages on every cough and spit of yesterday’s action and the battle to come. 🗞
sarahknapton
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Science Editor at The Daily Telegraph, former Society of Editors Science Journalist of the Year, and Highly Commended sarah.knapton@telegraph.co.uk
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Fascinating call to arms from Farage. Feels like a big moment.
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If we are going to replace this dying Conservative Party, we need some really big guns on board. I can’t do this on my own.
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Amazing pronunciation of Blyth here
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There's a tub of Flora in the fridge that's lived through two monarchs, two PMs, four Chancellors and three Home Secretaries...
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I’m veering towards ‘a parliament’ like owls.
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Fact of the day: The Danish word 'hygge' derives from the Old Norse 'hugga' - to console/comfort - and is also the root of our word 'hug'
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Martina nailing it
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Effing morons- this is not the way to protest! huffpost.com/entry/britain-
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I read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly.
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Some people carry a 'vax-boost' gene which makes the Covid jab work better, Oxford has found
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Baby chameleon born at Chester Zoo. Tiny now, but will grow to a whopping 70cm.
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Love this story
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How King John really lost the Crown Jewels... according to an astronomer
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How lockdown may have damaged babies’ ability to talk, point and wave
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Excellent news that is returning to chair the Science and Technology Select Committee. His absence has been conspicuous.
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I'm proud to live in a country where the police manifest such compassion for the virtuous concerns of eco-protesters, gently coaxing them with coffee and counselling them not to glue themselves to the road, while fraught paramedics watch people die in the back of an ambulance. 🫥
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Ambulance delayed and forced to navigate through the gridlock at Knightsbridge after Just Stop Oil protestors blocked the roads @LBC
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Fact of the day: Fairy lights are so called after Richard D’Oyly Carte was so impressed with the electric lights at the Savoy Hotel, he commissioned Joseph Swan to create tiny versions for the fairies in ‘Iolanthe’ at the Savoy theatre in 1882.
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A quick note on the allegations made in the statement from Hamlins, one of the law firms involved in the actin by Prince Harry, Elton John, and others against Associated Newspapers…
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What does a baby rhino sound like? Certainly not anything like we thought they would. If we had to describe their sound, it would probably be a cross between dolphins and when you pinch the neck of a balloon to let the air out [full video by DoctorDuni: buff.ly/2p2JB4t]
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Think that guy on the BBC was
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Amazing line from guy on the BBC talking about the Tories, post-Boris: "The ringmaster has left the circus, and now the lions are eating the clowns."
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Network Rail's maintenance staff earn nearly a fifth more than workers doing comparable roles.
Study found total reward - including pension costs and other benefits - for maintenance workers at Network Rail is "18% above the market median".
Many will be striking RMT members.
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And Falcon 9 is back - never fails to blow my mind
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon's first stage is now making it's way back to Earth for a drone ship landing after a successful launch - watch here
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon!
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Winds that slow down the Earth’s rotation unravel mystery of long-range weather forecasts
So much to love about this. Pure joy
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First celebration! @ChemKUniversity @UCPH_Research @NobelPrize
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Liz Truss coming on to Moving On Up, a song written by Mike Pickering
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despicable shower of shit the tories are twitter.com/KCMANC/status/…
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Tory MPs are facing the grim choice of either rallying behind a deeply unpopular PM, or potentially triggering a general election that, right now, they would almost certainly lose. Feels like the beginning of the end either way.
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Can Liz Truss' speech turn it around? "Probably not," Chris Mason tells Politics Live
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I trust this will follow the standard procedure, which is them failing to clear this with the artist, who will release a statement by teatime saying they hate the Tories
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A 25 minute speech later from the Prime Minister I’m told. And she’ll arrive on stage to ‘a 90s classic.’ bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p
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Researchers concluded that even long-term oestrogen exposure and testosterone suppression were not enough to shift male bodies to those of females.
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Grandparents who couldn't look after grandchildren during #COVID19 were more likely to have depressive symptoms, lower life satisfaction & lower quality of life, finds a new study led by Dr . Report by in (£)
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Hire a car, take a bus, stay other night. Frankly this is very odd.
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Everyone I know from outside the West Midlands is leaving Conference tomorrow night because of the train strike on Wednesday.
So if the PM’s speech is not packed out on Wednesday morning, you know why. Journalists please note!!!
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Grandparents' mental health suffered during lockdown, study shows
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It’s clear from the atmosphere at #ConservativePartyconference that is the most popular MP by MILES!
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British rover dropped for Mars mission could be used on the Moon
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Say good morning to our new medicine laureate Svante Pääbo!
Pääbo received the news while enjoying a cup of coffee. After the shock wore off, one of the first things he wondered was if he could share the news with his wife, Linda.
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