End to VAT on period pants comes into force
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePeriod pants will no longer be subject to VAT in shops after a campaign by retailers, women’s groups and environmentalists. Read More
Illegally ridden e-scooters account for most casualties
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIllegally ridden electric scooters are responsible for more than half of the casualties claimed by the two-wheeled vehicles, new data reveals. Read More
Four unhealthy habits – and how to break them
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhether it’s smoking, vaping, caffeine, alcohol, or late-night snacking, it can be very hard to kick an unhealthy habit. Just ask Adele. The singer…
Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will continue for months
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIsraeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a…
Benjamin Kiplagat: Ugandan athlete stabbed to death in Kenya -
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBenjamin Kiplagat, who has represented Uganda at three Olympic Games, has been found dead in Kenya, with local reports saying he had…
What the colour of your phlegm REALLY means, according to doctors
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s that time of year when the dreaded lurgy strikes more than ever, leaving millions of us with a hacking cough, full…
XL Bully crackdown comes into force TODAY: Beasts must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public with breeding, selling and abandoning the dogs also illegal after spate of attacks
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe crackdown on XL Bully dogs comes into force today meaning the breed must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public…
10,000 homeowners are at risk of becoming ‘mortgage prisoners’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 10,000 homeowners are at risk of becoming mortgage prisoners as a negative equity “time bomb” looms, new information suggests. Read…
‘They attacked us. They displaced us’: grieving Sudanese confront Swedish oil giant over their days of slaughter
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBefore the arrival of Lundin Oil in the town of Leer, now part of South Sudan, life there was peaceful, says George…
Nearly 3,000 offenders in England and Wales fitted with sobriety tag over Christmas
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe number of offenders fitted with “sobriety tags” which can tell probation officers if they have been drinking and potentially land them…