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I’m dyslexic and avoided reading until BookTok got me hooked – now I run a book club
Romance novels are enjoying a boom and even their own dedicated bookshops.
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UK to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring football teams
The UK government is preparing to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring British sports teams, with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport set to launch a consultation this week. The move follows criticism that a delay to the proposals — stalled since February — allowed offshore gambling firms to strike lucrative deals with Premier…
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Pupils vow to save ‘dying’ river in beauty spot
Children from a school near a popular beauty spot test local water quality over pollution concerns.
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England reach 2026 World Cup semi-finals after disputed extra-time win over Norway
England have reached the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup after a 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway in Miami, with Jude Bellingham scoring both goals. The win was overshadowed by controversy surrounding Bellingham’s equaliser, which Norway’s players and officials disputed on the grounds that the ball had struck overhead spidercam equipment during the build-up; technological…
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Did ball hit spidercam before England goal? Snicko says not – Norway unsure
Norway’s run at the 2026 World Cup ended in a 2-1 quarter-final defeat by England in Miami, with the Norwegians left frustrated by the belief that Jude Bellingham’s equaliser should have been ruled out. They argued the ball had struck one of the overhead spidercam wires in the build-up to the goal; had a touch…
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It’s Christmas in July as hundreds of Santas go on the march in the middle of a stifling summer heat wave
Hundreds of Santas from countries including Norway and Japan descended on Aalborg, Denmark, for the World Santa Claus Congress amid summer heat.
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‘Love Island USA’s Ciara Miller Confirms Return To ‘Summer House’ Season 11 Cast As Filming Starts
Ciara Miller will be summering at the Hamptons once again as she confirms she is part of the Summer House Season 11 cast. The Love Island USA Aftersun host revealed on the weekly Peacock talk show that she was back in New York City to start filming the Bravo series. “I have Summer House to…
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Dem governor escalates McConnell health demands, cites response to past Trump health concerns
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, has intensified his public pressure on Republican Senator Mitch McConnell to disclose an undisclosed medical condition, arguing that the 84-year-old’s fitness to serve is in question. In a post on X on the Saturday in question, Beshear linked his demand for transparency to earlier national debates over politicians’ health,…
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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’
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 argue this delay matters because the shortfall…
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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
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 UK could be held financially liable for…