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a change in Google’s search algorithms last year to prioritise helpful content from discussion forums appears to have been a significant driver.

A coroner has warned that further babies could die unless the government introduces regulation of non-therapeutic male circumcision following the death of a six-month-old boy in west London.

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Then PM wrote on note from aide in 2005 that case ‘must not’ be dealt with in civil court, archives reveal

Leader of Britain’s medics warned the NHS ‘could quite easily fall over’ due to exodus

UK’s Secret Intelligence Service MI6 is right to warn about Russia’s campaign of petty sabotage against the West. The goal is to disrupt and distract.

The chief legal counsel for the Free Speech Union in the UK was approached three times by accounts claiming to be researchers, but something seemed suspicious.

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Fears for transparency and governance after closure of public log meant to curb ‘abuses and excess’ in boardrooms

Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning

The police have arrested activist Greta Thunberg at a protest to un-proscribe Palestine Action. Thunberg was holding a sign which read:

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An NHS medic protesting outside Bronzefield Prison in support of hunger strikers, including Qesser Zuhrah, was choked unconscious by police

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Boxer Ty Mitchell to Tommy Robinson: “You’re a little rat” - and most of the world cheered as little tommy looked about to cry

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Nineteen-year-old Dylan Law is running to be the Green party’s deputy mayor for Hackney, a responsibility he balances with his studying for his degree and family life. If he wins, he’ll be the youngest deputy mayor in the country.

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Developers of apps that use end-to-end encryption to protect private communications could be considered hostile actors in the UK.

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Gill was jailed in November, after admitting to taking bribes for pro-Russian interviews and speeches when he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

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Comedian and writer Robin Ince has announced his resignation from the award-winning and long-running BBC Radio 4 science show The Infinite Monkey Cage over the BBC’s restrictions on free speech imposed to protect far-right figures and opinions. Ince had made the popular show with co-presenter Brian Cox since 2009.

Going against policy, the UK’s EHRC chose to not record (or perhaps even destroy) the meeting minutes for a 2023 consultation with trans groups after one of its worst acts towards their rights.

Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views - Comic leaves Infinite Monkey Cage after pressure from bosses

Hackney Coalition Against Palantir, formed last month, has been protesting after learning that Palantir’s NHS approved software could be used by Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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The number of people in hospital in England with flu is at a record high for this time of year

No electric gadgets are in the list of the 10 most popular requests

Emma Kamio, whose daughter Leona is a political prisoner, made a desperate plea to the hunger strikers as the situation worsens

GB News recently did an “interview” (if you could call it that) with Donald Trump which was full of misinformation, lies and was very one sided.

The Ukrainian company Ukrspecsystems is set to collaborate with British educational institutions to train future professionals for its drone manufacturing plant in Mildenhall, the company’s UK director, Rory Chamberlain, [said].

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Rachel Reeves has received over £200k from the Zionist lobby over the years - how the fuck is this a functioning democracy?