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2023
07
September
2023
| 14:52 Europe/London
“Talking about freedom, sat in Margaret Thatcher’s old Rover” read the UK prime minister’s tweet in July 2023. Earlier that day in an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, Rishi Sunak had declared that the Conservative Party he leads are “on the si...
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24
August
2023
| 15:47 Europe/London
The 1953 coup d'etat in Iran ushered in a period of exploitation and oppression that has continued – despite a subsequent revolution that led to huge changes – for 70 years. Each year on August 19, the anniversary of the coup, millions of Iranians as...
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06
June
2023
| 11:14 Europe/London
Maybe you have one bin or many boxes. You might even have a compost caddy. Whatever your recycling setup, chances are that at some point you’ve been left wondering what should go where and if a particular item is indeed recyclable or if it should jus...
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24
May
2023
| 15:24 Europe/London
I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Sudan investigating reports of violence. What I saw was a genocide unfolding on my wa...
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23
February
2023
| 14:45 Europe/London
UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is act...
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23
January
2023
| 12:47 Europe/London
When Prince Harry sat down with ITV journalist Tom Bradby for a conversation about his marriage, his estrangement from the royal family and his tell-all memoir, Spare, one particular segment stood out. Bradby said that Harry had accused some members ...
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17
January
2023
| 13:51 Europe/London
The UK government recently launched “It all adds up”, a campaign aimed at providing “simple, low or no-cost actions that households can take to immediately cut energy use and save money”. The campaign speaks to persistent calls to increase the assist...
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03
January
2023
| 12:08 Europe/London
Austerity in the UK is here to stay. The Bank of England has warned that the country is facing the longest recession since records began, predicting that the economic slump will extend well into 2024. ...
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2022
03
November
2022
| 11:38 Europe/London
The cinematic character of James Bond has changed with the times since the first Bond film Dr No was released back in 1962. We have seen Bond as a chauvinistic womaniser, a fun-loving bon vivant, and, more recently, a sometimes brutal yet three-dimen...
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26
October
2022
| 15:58 Europe/London
The first cohort of students in England taking T-levels – the new vocational equivalent to A-levels – have completed their course, been assessed, and have received their results.
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10
October
2022
| 14:19 Europe/London
New findings from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield and have highlighted long term trends in court appearances for young adults.
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29
June
2022
| 17:11 Europe/London
For the first time in several generations, inflation is a concern for people in the UK. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9% in the year to April 2022, the highest 12-month inflation rate since reliable records began. ...
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27
May
2022
| 10:47 Europe/London
Liverpool against Real Madrid in the Champions League final is a fixture for football fans to savour – two giants battling it out for one of the most prized trophies in the game. And regardless of the result, some will also see this match as a win fo...
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27
April
2022
| 14:50 Europe/London
Imagine that you are at work, and you witness a colleague repeatedly bullying another colleague. What would you do?
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21
April
2022
| 14:52 Europe/London
Since Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister of Pakistan on April 9, the future of the long disputed and war-torn Kashmir region, on the borders of India and Pakistan, is at the forefront of many minds....
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18
March
2022
| 13:39 Europe/London
What does it mean to be a Ukrainian? In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we talk to three experts about the origins of Ukrainian nationalism, and how Ukrainian national identity is changing....
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09
March
2022
| 17:54 Europe/London
About 317,000 Ukrainians inject drugs like heroin regularly. 
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09
March
2022
| 17:44 Europe/London
We’ve all been moved and concerned by the events taking place in Ukraine, and many of us want to know how we can help. 
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14
February
2022
| 15:25 Europe/London
With an estimated population of more than 3.7 million people, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is home to about a quarter of Ethiopia’s urban population.
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10
February
2022
| 16:31 Europe/London
The ability to recognise faces is important in many different real life contexts and fundamental to our social relationships and interactions. It allows us to identify people we care about, and respond appropriately to them....
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09
February
2022
| 10:27 Europe/London
Going on a retreat seems like the very definition of a solitary experience. You leave behind your friends, family, and colleagues, giving up everyday life, responsibilities, cares and frustrations, for some quality time on your own....
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2021
17
June
2021
| 10:23 Europe/London
Poor air quality is the biggest environmental health issue facing the UK, linked to an estimated 64,000 deaths a year, disproportionately affecting disadvantaged communities, and tackling this crisis should be at the top of everyone’s agenda. ...
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23
April
2021
| 09:00 Europe/London
This week, the UK government sought to put itself firmly in the global driver’s seat for cutting carbon. The Prime Minister announced an amazingly ambitious target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 78% from 1990 levels by 2035. This is world-le...
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2020
30
September
2020
| 08:38 Europe/London
Safeguarding people's living standards, re-evaluating the role of key workers in society, and reducing racial and social inequality are crucial for the UK’s economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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16
July
2020
| 09:30 Europe/London
A leading group of University of Manchester academics are imploring policy makers to use the UK’s post-pandemic recovery as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead a positive green revolution. ...
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26
May
2020
| 13:42 Europe/London
  Obamagate is the latest conspiracy theory to be pushed by US president, Donald Trump. It started on the morning of May 10, when Trump retweeted the word “OBAMAGATE!” By the next day, the Obamagate hashtag had accrued over two million tweets and ...
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21
April
2020
| 15:13 Europe/London
In these difficult times, the press and the public are piling complaints on governments and corporations over their responses to the pandemic - yet it is amazing how well shutdowns and quarantines have worked so far in the developed world (protests l...
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07
April
2020
| 16:00 Europe/London
Urgent fundamental changes to ‘fast fashion’ clothing items which are treated by many as disposable is needed to stem a devastating impact upon the environment according to scientists.
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2019
19
November
2019
| 15:20 Europe/London
Don’t take toilets for granted. Their connection to a managed sewage disposal system protects you from diseases and infections that can stunt your growth, harm your nutrition and even kill you. For some 670 million people, this basic service is no...
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14
November
2019
| 14:49 Europe/London
The UK will go to the polls on December 12 for the third time in four years. Climate change didn’t make waves in previous elections, but this one may be different. Youth climate strikers have launched a petition calling on the UK’s political parties ...
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