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    Conservative party chairman Ben Elliot arranged for his company’s clients to buy PCR and antibody tests for hundreds of pounds in the midst of a national shortage during the deadly first wave of the pandemic

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  2. 5 hours ago

    Simon Pegg said working at Debenhams was the making of him. Are dead end jobs good for the soul? Three Times writers weigh in

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  3. 6 hours ago

    A new breed of self-styled activists claim to be earning large paydays by picking fights with American police and sharing video of the ensuing encounters with tens of thousands of online fans

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Life as we know it was only able to flourish when the Earth began to spin more slowly and the days became longer

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    "Nothing happens and nothing changes and if you think we’re trapped it’s because we are" on the prospect on a second independence referendum

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    Home Office officials have privately warned ministers that the decision to put unaccompanied child refugees in hotels risks exposing them to sex offenders

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    The government’s climate spokeswoman has been accused of perpetuating myths about electric cars

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  8. 7 hours ago

    The late owner of Scholastic, the $1.2 billion publisher of the Harry Potter series, left the family company not to his sons or siblings but to his former lover. The revelation shocked his two sons and his former wife

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  9. 7 hours ago

    The decision to withdraw from Afghanistan was reckless but even now there are actions Britain and the West can take to lessen the damage, writes

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    Boris Johnson has abandoned plans to create a new watchlist for international travel after a revolt by cabinet ministers and Tory MPs

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    Police tried in vain to stop the release from prison of a terrorist who appeared “intent” on violence and went on to carry out a stabbing attack days after he was freed

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  12. 8 hours ago

    The politicians and generals whom he warned about the nitrate still walk free, claiming immunity through office. Read the full story in today's 🇱🇧

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  13. 8 hours ago

    At first, he says, he thought he was victim of a fishing trip, a trawl of anyone who had information. But then he ended up in a cell for eight months. “I was surprised,” he said in an interview with The Times, with some understatement. “‘Why was this?’ I asked myself.”

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  14. 8 hours ago

    Naddaf had repeatedly warned his superiors of the impending disaster and the dangers of the ammonium nitrate stashed in Hangar 12 He has now been released on bail, but still faces charges, even though he is back at his job

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  15. 8 hours ago

    Joseph Naddaf tried to stop the disaster at Beirut port, the explosion which ripped through the city, enveloping it in flames and smoke, and killing 200 people a year ago Yet afterwards he was interrogated, arrested and held in jail for eight months

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  16. 8 hours ago

    The US faces as many as 300,000 new Covid-19 cases a day by the end of the month as the Delta variant spreads across the country, according to new analysis.

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  17. 8 hours ago

    Donald Trump has a $100 million war chest, reports suggest, putting him in a strong position to stage another White House run in 2024.

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  18. 8 hours ago

    Do you believe in UFOs? 👾👽🛸

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    Will we ever know for sure? You can read full story here:

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  20. 8 hours ago

    US officials have announced further research, including an analysis of historical radar images. It is possible, they reason, that Russia or China are much more technologically advanced than anyone suspected.

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  21. 8 hours ago

    The rest may be attributable to secret US, Russian, Chinese or private-sector technology. Or they could be “hoaxing”, space “clutter” – or even plastic bags. But the report described some sightings using technology beyond anything known on Earth.

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