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Sacha Baron Cohen Revives Ali G at Wimbledon Ahead of New Film — and Tries Selling Weed on Center Court
Ali G was among the surprise special guests at the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday — and got straight to work trying to sell drugs from his seat on centre court. While Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy creation may have been kitted out in classic whites for the occasion, his Wimbledon-themed jacket did feature a large…
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Union barons branded ‘champagne socialists’ as it emerges more than a third are on six-figure pay packages – including bosses threatening more shutdowns of hospitals, schools and the rail network
The article reports that several senior British trade union leaders have been criticised as “champagne socialists” after figures showed that more than a third receive total annual pay packages above £100,000. It presents this as politically significant because some of the same union figures are involved in disputes that could lead to further disruption across…
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The Chinese graduate accused of being Mexico’s ‘fentanyl king’
The BBC has published an investigation into Zhang Zhidong, a 39-year-old Chinese national known in the criminal underworld as “Brother Wang” or the “king of fentanyl”, who US authorities accuse of becoming a pivotal link in the supply of the synthetic opioid to the United States. According to the US Department of Justice, Zhang helped…
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One million people are eligible for free meningitis B vaccine on NHS from today after series of deadly outbreaks
The NHS in England is offering a free meningitis B vaccine from today to around one million newly eligible people, following a series of deadly outbreaks. The move aims to widen protection against the potentially fatal bacterial infection, which can cause life-threatening illness and long-term disability, particularly among younger people. Beyond the headline figure of…
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British woman becomes 13th person to die after wildfires in Spain – as blazes continue to burn
A British woman has become the 13th person to die as a result of the wildfires currently burning in Spain, according to the Daily Mail. The blazes are continuing to spread, and the fatalities underscore the severity of the fire season affecting parts of the country and the risks posed to residents and holidaymakers alike.…
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DNB Producer Lenzman Has Died
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Teenage girl, 18, dies at UK music festival after ‘severe medical emergency’
The webpage headline reports that an 18-year-old girl has died at a UK music festival following what is described as a “severe medical emergency”. However, the supplied text contains only the Daily Mail’s site navigation, weather information and a list of unrelated trailers and links, rather than the body of the article itself. As a…
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Sir Chris Hoy’s fury as 10,000 men a year diagnosed with cancer ‘too late’
The article’s headline reports that the Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has expressed anger over the fact that around 10,000 men a year in the UK are diagnosed with cancer at a stage deemed “too late” for the most effective treatment. Hoy, who has himself been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, has become a…
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Rory Feek’s 12-Year-Old Daughter Airlifted Back to Hospital After Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
Country singer Rory Feek has revealed that his 12-year-old daughter, Indiana, was airlifted to hospital two weeks after undergoing open heart surgery. In a blog post, Feek described how the ordeal began with a headache, a cough and vomiting before Indiana passed out, prompting him and his wife Rebecca to call the emergency services. He…
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‘It’s emotional and shocking:’ Halo Studios devs accuse Pierre Hintze of severe abuse and mistreatment, according to new report
YouTuber Rebs Gaming, known for covering behind-the-scenes developments at Halo Studios, has published a new report accusing studio chief Pierre Hintze of severely mismanaging projects and mistreating — and even abusing — developers. According to the report, Hintze was reported to human resources multiple times by several employees, and allegedly berated development teams so frequently…