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Captain who led campaign against yacht club commodore after suspecting him of dodging barge mooring fees for his 80ft Dutch houseboat is cleared of harassment
A boat captain who led a campaign accusing his yacht club’s commodore of dodging mooring fees for an 80ft Dutch houseboat has been cleared of harassment. The captain suspected the commodore of avoiding proper barge mooring charges and organised opposition against him, prompting a harassment complaint that has now been dismissed. Beyond the headline details,…
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Pathé Acquires 50% Stake In Benelux Distributor The Searchers
Pathé has acquired a 50% stake in The Searchers, a leading film distributor in the Benelux region, as part of a strategic partnership that expands the French company’s footprint beyond cinema exhibition and into film distribution across the Netherlands and Belgium. Until now, Pathé’s presence in the region was limited to running around 40 cinemas…
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The Gavel: An attempt to take down super PACs
Maine is defending a voter-approved law that would cap donations to super PACs, as the case reaches the First Circuit Court of Appeals. The challenge matters because a ruling for the state could reopen the legal basis for unlimited political donations and potentially lead to Supreme Court review. Nearly 75 per cent of Maine voters…
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Congress can’t seem to figure out that sports gambling is just sports gambling
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“I feel like shooting people!” In the run-up to 1988’s US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had some outrageously dark and violent thoughts
Ahead of the 1988 US presidential election, R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck revealed in an interview that he had been gripped by outrageously dark and violent thoughts about the prospect of a Republican victory. He described feeling murderous impulses, including saying “I feel like shooting people”, reflecting the despair many liberal-leaning Americans felt as polling day…
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Inside the complicated social care system – and how much it could really cost to reform
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is hosting a Downing Street summit with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey to try to find cross-party agreement on reforming England’s adult social care system, which he says has been neglected by successive governments due to its complexity and political risk. The move comes as…
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Sheffield Palestine campaigners condemn West Bank killings near twin city
Sheffield Palestine campaigners have condemned reported killings in the West Bank near the city’s twin city. The article’s full text was unavailable, so no further claims or circumstances can be verified. The headline links the response to Sheffield’s relationship with its West Bank twin city, indicating that events there have prompted local political and community…
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New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a ‘broken’ social care system
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to fix England’s “broken” social care system, describing decades of political failure to provide affordable, decent care as a “major dereliction of duty.” Speaking at a London care home, Burnham said the system was as unfair as American healthcare, with vulnerable people bearing the brunt of costs, and…
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Russia’s Putin losing ground as Zelenskyy points to shifting momentum
This item is a morning news digest from Fox News rounding up several unrelated top stories rather than a single in-depth report. The lead item notes that Dr Anthony Fauci is due to testify before a Senate hearing on the origins of COVID-19, reviving scrutiny of his role in the US pandemic response, while a…
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GOP chairman says WNBA response on Caitlin Clark ‘falls short,’ keeps ‘every option on the table’
Rep. August Pfluger, the Texas Republican who chairs the Republican Study Committee, has said the WNBA’s formal response to congressional concerns over Caitlin Clark’s treatment “falls short,” and warned that lawmakers are keeping “every option on the table” as they continue to press the league for answers. The dispute centres on player safety and how…