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Can Rewilding Bring Nature Back to Modern Britain?
Rewilding Britain aims to deliver a more dynamic countryside. The author is a zealous participant in a growing movement. By Isabella Tree.
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Katie Hopkins: ‘I definitely identify with that murderer thing, where you click off’
The reality TV star and columnist mocks autism, but says her daughter is ‘on the spectrum’. She derides the ‘National Hotel Service’, but has epilepsy so severe it puts her in hospital. Is Katie Hopkins for real, asks Jon Ronson.
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Petition to sack Jeremy Hunt passes 100,000 signatures on website's first DAY
Furious medic Ash Sadighi set up the petition and it's surged over the threshold, making it the first to be debated by a new group of MPs
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Laura Kuenssberg confirmed as the BBC's first female political editor
Newsnight host ‘completely delighted’ at new role and will take over from Nick Robinson, who is joining BBC Radio 4’s Today programme as a presenter
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The torture centre and the ‘hooded men’
In 1971 the British army took 14 men to a secret location in rural Co Derry and subjected them to a horrific interrogation from which they have never recovered. By Susan McKay.
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Harriet Harman: we are weeding out bogus Labour leadership voters
Interim leader defends election system amid claims it has been infiltrated by the hard left and Tories determined to upset process. By Patrick Wintour.
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Sky Atlantic to Air Controversial Scientology Documentary
Sky Atlantic will show a controversial documentary on Scientology, despite pressure from the church.
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iTunes is Illegal Under UK Copyright Law
The High Court recently overturned private copying exceptions introduced last year by the UK Government, once again outlawing the habits of millions of citizens. The Intellectual Property Office today explains that ripping a CD in iTunes is no longer permitted, and neither is backing up your computer if it contains copyrighted content.
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How to access a million stunning, copyright-free antique illustrations from the British Library
The 17th- through 19th-century images have been used on rugs, album covers, gift tags, a mapping project, and an art installation at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, among other things.
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Austerity kills: The sad, sick truth about right-wing economics’ body count
“If austerity were tested like a medication in a clinical trial,it would have been stopped long ago, given its deadly side effects…. One need not be an economic ideologue – we certainly aren’t – to recognize that the price of austerity can be calculated in human lives.” (David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu, authors, “The body economic:Why austerity kills,” 2013)
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Touching pic shows Charles and Diana hand-in-hand after their wedding
An intimate behind-the-scenes photo of the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana has been released. Due to be auctioned next month, it follows another 12 unveiled earlier this week.
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Jonathan Sumption: the brain of Britain
The long read: He terrified opponents as a stellar QC. Now he’s a supreme court judge and revered historian – the establishment personified. So why is Jonathan Sumption not a household name? By Wendell Steavenson.
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Rush for dual-nationality passports as EU migrants fear Brexit
From work permits to healthcare, pensions to tax, EU citizens in UK and Britons in Europe worry they could be in a precarious position after 2016’s referendum
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Tarmac trials cyclist-friendly concrete mixer
Building materials supplier Tarmac is trialling a new type of concrete mixer that is designed to give the driver a better view of cyclists.
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The UK is testing out roads that charge electric cars as they go
A trial in England is hoping to significantly boost the range of electric cars by introducing roads that can charge the vehicles as they drive along them. Unless you happen to own a Tesla and live near a supercharging station, the current battery life of electric cars doesn't go incredibly far. While electric cars may get 260 miles to a full charge, gas-guzzling cars can get 300 miles or more.
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Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal is enhanced by the united hostility of the press
Negative newspaper coverage is tending to have the reverse effect, although Tory-supporting titles may well be very happy about that... By Roy Greenslade.
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U.K. Wants to Remove Links to Stories About Removing Links to Stories
The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office ordered Google Inc. to remove links to a flurry of news stories that detailed one of the first cases in which the search engine had granted a removal under Europe's new right to be forgotten.
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'Casualties' as airshow plane crashes into cars on A27 at Shoreham
A plane crashes into several vehicles on the A27 in West Sussex after attempting what witnesses say was a loop manoeuvre at Shoreham Airshow.
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British embassy in Tehran reopens four years after closure
The British embassy in Iran reopens nearly four years after it was closed.
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Drone flies high to deliver 'smarter Glasgow' report
Glasgow became one of the UK's first "Smart Cities" following a £24m grant under the Future City programme. The grant, offered by the UK government's Technology Strategy Board, aimed to stimulate technology-enabled innovation. Glasgow Chambers of Commerce has published a report detailing how technology will impact on the city centre over the next five years.
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