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'Barbenheimer' sparks biggest UK box office opener since 2019
According to the UK Cinema Association, that makes it the most successful weekend for UK cinema-going since 2019. That year, Disney blockbuster Avengers: Endgame opened with takings of £43.7m. The Vue cinema chain said this weekend marked the second biggest in its history by admissions.
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Councils call for ban on disposable vapes by 2024
The vapes are a hazard for bin lorries, difficult to recycle and too appealing to children, they say.
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Sick of sewage, Britons protest at water companies' pollution
Thousands of Britons took to the sea and rivers on Saturday to demand an end to sewage pollution by water companies, highlighting a topic that is likely to be an issue at the next general election. A national "paddle-out" at 12 locations across the United Kingdom, including Brighton in the south, Windermere in the Lake District, Plymouth in the south west and Edinburgh in Scotland, was organised by campaign groups Surfers Against Sewage and Ocean Activists.
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Construction begins at UK's first vertical spaceport after spending boost
Rocket and launch services company Orbex announced yesterday that construction has begun at Sutherland Spaceport in Scotland, making this the first vertical launch spaceport to be built on the UK mainland. It was also confirmed that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) will contribute £3 million to support the development of Sutherland Spaceport, completing a public investment package that also includes £9m from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the Scottish Government, and £2.55m that the UK Space Agency announced in 2018.
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Sheffield 'get well soon' message carved on snowy hospital roof
A giant "get well soon" message has been carved by a mystery artist into snow on a Sheffield hospital's roof. The words, accompanied by a huge smiley face, appeared on the top of of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital car park. Hospital visitor Joe Dawson posted the image on social media and said it had "really cheered everyone" and described the unknown snow-artist as a "legend".
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London falcons ate fewer pigeons during lockdowns
The study by King’s researchers suggests that predatory birds in urban spaces are vulnerable to changes in human activities that support prey populations.
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‘Remember me’: Ella’s law would be fitting legacy after London air pollution death, says mother
One of Ella’s dying wishes was that her siblings, who were really young, wouldn’t forget her and she also didn’t want her friends to forget her, obviously. She said to me: “‘Oh Mum. I hope they will remember me,” said Rosamund Kissi-Debrah recently. “I think Ella would like the fact that when you show her picture now, or you mention her name, most people know who she is.”
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Toxic gaming tackled by unique police alert system
Rape jokes, racism, bullying - if you've picked up a controller, or scrolled a mouse, to dabble in some online gaming then you've likely come across plenty. The gaming industry, like others where people interact online, has been trying to figure out how to get to grips with behaviour like this for years.
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'Shameful': UK Approves 'Emergency' Use of Banned Bee-Killing Pesticide
Biodiversity defenders have sounded the alarm about the United Kingdom government's Monday decision to provide another so-called "emergency" exception for the use of an outlawed neonicotinoid pesticide lethal to bees.
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Netflix password sharing may be illegal, says UK government
The Intellectual Property Office said the practice might break criminal and civil law.
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New type of surgical robot used to remove throat tumour
A surgical team has used a new type of robot to remove a cancerous tumour from a patient's throat. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital surgeons Simon Higgs and Steve Hornby employed the Versius robot to remove a tumour from Martin Nugent's oesophagus.
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Social media firms face big UK fines if they fail to stop sexist and racist content
Revised online safety bill proposes fines of 10% of revenue but drops harmful communications offence.
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A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay
A hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, a milestone in the campaign to fundamentally change Britain’s approach to work. The 100 companies employ 2,600 staff – a tiny fraction of the UK’s working population – but the 4 Day Week Campaign group is hoping they will be the vanguard of a major shift.
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‘An amazing feeling’: asylum seeker stuck in hotel thanks Observer readers for sending books
An asylum seeker who has spent almost 500 days stranded in a Berkshire hotel has thanked Observer readers for their generosity after he was inundated with books. Last week Ali featured in an article articulating life in limbo for the 37,000 asylum seekers living in hotels, with the Kurdish Iranian lamenting that the one thing he craved to relieve the tedium was a book to read.
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Energy prices: Gamers playing late at night to avoid peak electricity costs amid cost of living crisis
New research has found that more than half of gamers asked (52%) are now sharing new gaming purchases with friends and 62% say they are not buying new games at all - instead focusing on secondhand purchases or freebies.
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Bank of England expects UK to fall into longest ever recession
The Bank of England has warned the UK is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most in 33 years. It warned the UK would face a "very challenging" two-year slump with unemployment nearly doubling by 2025. Bank boss Andrew Bailey warned of a "tough road ahead" for UK households, but said it had to act forcefully now or things "will be worse later on".
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‘The birds are all back inside’: could this be the end for free-range eggs in the UK?
In a matter of weeks – or even days – the UK’s free-range chicken sector is expected to be shut down. Any farms that had been giving their egg-laying hens or chickens access to the outdoors will be forced to keep them locked indoors. While the headlines are that bird flu is back after a surge of outbreaks over the past three weeks and fears of festive goose shortages, the reality is it never really went away.
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Amazon could pay UK shoppers £900m compensation
Amazon shoppers in the UK could receive a share of £900m in compensation, once a legal claim is submitted against the technology giant. The proposed claim alleges the company breached competition law and caused customers to pay higher prices. It is being led by consumer-rights champion Julie Hunter, who says products sold on Amazon.co.uk and the Amazon app obscured better-value deals.
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Most UK adults think nature is in urgent need of protection – poll
A majority of the public believe nature is under threat and needs urgent action to protect and restore it, according to a YouGov poll. The poll for the National Trust, RSPB and WWF comes as they and other mainstream green groups are mobilising their millions of members to counter what they say is the government’s attack on nature.
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UK’s nuclear waste cleanup operation could cost £260bn
The cost of decommissioning the UK’s 20th-century nuclear waste could rise to £260bn as the aged and degrading sites present growing challenges, according to analysis presented to an international group of experts. As the government pursues nuclear energy with the promise of a new generation of reactors, the cost of safely cleaning up waste from previous generations of power stations is soaring.
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