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Bone clinic promise will take government 38 years to fulfil at current rate ‘leading to an additional 40,000 preventable deaths’

  • Bone clinic pledge would take 38 years at current pace, critics say.
  • Delay linked to 40,000 additional preventable deaths.
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A campaign group or analysis reportedly warns that a government pledge to roll out bone clinics — understood to be fracture liaison services aimed at diagnosing and treating osteoporosis — is being delivered so slowly that it would take 38 years to complete at the current pace. Critics…

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Kemi Badenoch vows to challenge foreign court ruling which could leave Britain facing £4trillion eco damages for greenhouse gas emissions going back to Industrial Revolution

  • Badenoch vows to fight a foreign ruling over UK emissions.
  • Potential liability reportedly reaches u00a34 trillion.
  • Claims date back to the Industrial Revolution.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to challenge a foreign court ruling that could, in principle, expose Britain to as much as £4 trillion in environmental damages linked to its greenhouse gas emissions. The claims reportedly stretch back to the Industrial Revolution, raising the prospect that the…

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Ex-WNBA player backs congressional review as league faces scrutiny over alleged Clark targeting

  • Ex-WNBA star Katie Douglas backs congressional review over alleged Clark targeting.
  • Douglas cites increased physicality, distinguishing hard fouls from normal contact.
  • House Republicans have pressed the WNBA over Clark's treatment.

Former WNBA All-Star Katie Douglas has publicly supported calls for congressional scrutiny of the WNBA amid allegations that Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is being deliberately targeted with rough play. In an appearance discussed by Fox News, Douglas argued that Clark faces heightened physicality on the court and…

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Ever since the Belfast attack, UK authorities launched a crackdown of migrants crossing the border – cutting asylum applications here a massive amount. Which makes the small number of spot checks done here last year even more laughable

The webpage supplied does not contain a genuine news article on its stated subject. Rather than reporting on the "Belfast attack", the crackdown on migrants crossing the border, or the level of spot checks carried out, the text consists almost entirely of the Daily Mail website's navigation menus,…

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Ann Widdecombe’s tragic final texts are revealed as messages show exactly when she stopped replying before her ‘murder’ at Dartmoor home

  • Ann Widdecombe reportedly murdered at her Dartmoor home.
  • Final texts said to show when she stopped replying.
  • Police searching the scene; Reform MPs given protection.

Former Conservative MP and Reform UK figure Ann Widdecombe has reportedly been murdered at her home on Dartmoor, according to Daily Mail coverage. The article states that her final text messages have been revealed, purporting to show the point at which she stopped replying to correspondents shortly before…

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Toe-curling antics of Labour MPs in ‘Pestminster’ dossier being used by rivals to stop them getting top jobs in Burnham’s government

The article claims that a confidential "Pestminster" dossier detailing allegedly inappropriate or embarrassing behaviour by Labour MPs is being circulated by their internal rivals. According to the report, the purpose of leaking the material is to block those MPs from securing senior positions in a government led by…

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Reform MPs given 24-hour protection after murder of Ann Widdecombe as party leaders fear copycat attack and police hunt killer

  • Reform MPs given round-the-clock protection after Ann Widdecombe's murder.
  • Party leaders fear a possible copycat attack.
  • Police search her home; a car was reportedly seen beforehand.

Reform MPs have reportedly been placed under 24-hour protection following the murder of Ann Widdecombe, the former MP, as party leaders voice fears of a possible copycat attack. The move underlines heightened anxiety over the safety of politicians while police continue to hunt for her killer, making the…

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Karlovy Vary Film Fest Awards Go to ‘Fruit Gathering,’ ‘The Guest,’ ‘Lover, Not a Fighter’ and ‘Incinerator’

  • 'Fruit Gathering' won the top Crystal Globe at KVIFF's 60th edition.
  • 'The Guest' took Special Jury Prize and best director.
  • 'Lover, Not a Fighter' won the Proxima competition's Grand Prix.

The 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has announced its award winners, with Aung Phyoe's Fruit Gathering taking the top prize, the Grand Prix — Crystal Globe, at the closing ceremony. The jury praised the film as a meditative portrait of work and friendship…

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