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A positive new report raises the question: was Reeves undermined by dodgy data? | Heather Stewart
Assessment that has found a jump in UK productivity emphasises urgent need to appoint a national statistician Keen new chancellor, John Healey, responded to last week’s better-than-expected economic news by claiming the government is “bringing hope back”. Growth did not plunge as feared after Donald Trump unleashed war on Iran – with GDP expanding at…
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Walk-outs, infighting and a failed budget: The first 100 days of a Plaid Cymru and Reform-led Wales
From suggestions that Welsh students can’t read to tears in the chamber, it’s been an eventful few months in Welsh politics after Labour’s wipeout in May left the Senedd unrecognisable. Holly Evans takes a closer look at the first 100 days of the new Welsh government
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Pride in being British has fallen sharply in the past 15 years, poll shows
Experts say issue not about ‘flag waving or nostalgia’ but the public losing ‘sense of shared ownership over what makes Britain great’
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Surely not EVERY British singer??
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University spinout to launch water quality app for UK and US waters
Molendotech will collate data from daily tests that detect E coli and other bacteria amid reports of swimmers falling ill A UK university spinout behind a rapid bacterial water testing kit is planning to launch live water quality maps, as scores of beachgoers report falling ill after swimming. Molendotech, a spinout from the University of…
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Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny review – Sheeps comic leaves flock for revelatory solo
Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh The Saturday Night Live UK writer, who is one-third of the sketch troupe Sheeps, balances sincerity and shtick in a show with big laughs There are reasons to take up standup, and then there’s Daran “Jonno” Johnson launching this new career aged 38 as a form of exposure therapy for anxiety. At…
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‘I thought – if I die, I’ve had a good innings’: producer James Ford on life, death and making an album from his hospital bed
The Arctic Monkeys, Pet Shop Boys and Pulp collaborator was at the height of his powers as Britain’s most in-demand music producer when leukaemia struck. ‘I realised life is exceptionally fragile,’ he says There was a moment outside the door of a recording studio in rural France, staring at a half-eaten apple that he believed…
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SWFC News: ‘Suffocated us’ – Wellens praises Owls quality after League One opener – thestar.co.uk
SWFC News: ‘Suffocated us’ – Wellens praises Owls quality after League One opener thestar.co.uk
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Moment apocalyptic fire engulfs huge ‘Russian Amazon’ warehouse near Moscow after Ukrainian attack – as British-made drones used for ‘deep strikes’ on mainland for the first time
The huge inferno blew up the Wildberries online marketplace complex at Koledino, just 25 miles south of the Kremlin, in the early hours of this morning.
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SWFC News: David Storch reflects on Orient victory and praises key Owls figures – thestar.co.uk
SWFC News: David Storch reflects on Orient victory and praises key Owls figures thestar.co.uk