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Amazon strike: First formal walkout on British soil begins today | Business News
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Darren Westwood knows how to stick up for himself. As a kid, he was bullied in the playground and beaten up in his local town centre. Now he doesn’t take stick from anyone, no matter how big or strong they appear, even if they happen to be one of the biggest companies in the world. […]
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British investor who lost £1m in FTX collapse among 13 people to make fraud reports to police | UK News
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A British investor said to have lost £1m in the collapse of cryptocurrency trading platform FTX is among 13 people to have made fraud reports to UK police. FTX filed for bankruptcy on 11 November after it was alleged the then chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried, 30, had illegally diverted massive sums of customer money from […]
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British Paralympian John McFall becomes European Space Agency’s first disabled astronaut | UK News
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A Briton will be the European Space Agency’s first disabled astronaut. John McFall, from Frimley in Surrey, was selected by the ESA to join its training programme and could be the first disabled person to go into space. The 41-year-old lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident when he was 19 and went on […]
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Remote Scottish peat bog to become British mainland’s first ‘traditional’ rocket launchpad | Science & Tech News
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A remote peat bog owned by Scottish crofters is to become the first ‘traditional’ rocket launchpad on the British mainland. The site, on the A’ Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland, north-west Scotland, will see up to 12 launches a year, with rockets lifting off vertically from the ground. The location is seen as ideal for launching […]
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Ukraine war: British spies playing key role in defending Kyiv from Russian cyber attacks | UK News
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British spies have been playing a key role in defending Ukraine from widespread Russian cyber attacks since the start of the invasion, it has been confirmed. The damage caused by Russian hackers would have been “very significant” without the British assistance, Leo Docherty, a junior foreign office minister, said. He told Sky News the UK […]
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How a video game helped the British Library bring lost history to life | Science & Tech News
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From a Disney comic book starring Scrooge McDuck to a never-ending reel of scenes from India’s most expensive TV series, the British Library’s latest exhibition is eclectic to say the least. Billed as a tribute to Alexander the Great’s legacy, this is as much an exhibition about storytelling as it is one man, culminating in […]
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Nazi boat sunk by the British during WWII is still polluting the sea | Science & Tech News
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A Nazi boat sunk by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War is still polluting the ocean floor, scientists have found. The V-1302 John Mahn is one of thousands of ship and aircraft wrecks at the bottom of the North Sea, which is also home to millions of tonnes of shells, bombs and […]
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New malaria vaccine could cut deaths by 70% by 2030, British scientists say | World News
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A new vaccine could reduce deaths from malaria by 70% by 2030, according to British scientists who developed it. The prediction was made after clinical trials in Africa showed the vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, was highly effective at protecting children, who bear the brunt of the mosquito-borne disease. Results will be filed with the World Health […]
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UK High Court rules Saudi Arabia not immune from legal challenge over spyware against British resident | Science & Tech News
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A human rights activist has been granted the ability to sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after alleging Saudi agents assaulted him and infected his iPhones with spyware. The High Court ruled on Friday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) does not have immunity from facing the legal challenge under the State Immunity Act […]
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This summer’s heatwave could have been bad for British bumblebees | Science & Tech News
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This summer’s heatwave could have been bad for British bumblebees, according to new analysis that studied long-dead collections of bees held in museums. Bumblebees have endured nearly a century of stress, possibly due to hotter, wetter conditions the research shows, but new DNA techniques may help focus future conservation efforts. Researchers from Imperial College London […]