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Soap, shampoo and toothpaste considered 'luxury items' amid soaring poverty in UK, Gordon Brown says
Children in the UK are suffering "the highest levels of poverty in living memory" - with basic toiletries including shampoo, soap and toothpaste now considered "luxury items", Gordon Brown has said.
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Robert Fico: Slovakia prime minister in life-threatening condition after being shot multiple times
Slovakia's prime minister is fighting for his life and undergoing surgery after being shot multiple times.
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'It allows us to do our job': Ukrainian artillery team buoyed by fresh ammunition after costly wait on frontline
Sat in a makeshift shelter on the outskirts of a frontline town in eastern Ukraine, the soldier - callsign "Zaur" - shared some rare, good news: new ammunition appeared to be arriving.
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Royal Mail 'minded' to accept £3.5bn takeover proposal by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky
The owner of Royal Mail has said it is "minded" to accept a revised takeover bid by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.
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Manchester's Co-op Live arena finally opens after weeks of cancellations and setbacks
Manchester's beleaguered Co-op Live arena has finally officially opened its doors after weeks of setbacks, cancellations and postponements.
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Senegalese families mourning deaths of hundreds of young men trying to reach Europe
In a half-built home off the busy beaches of the fishing town Mbour, relatives and neighbours gather to grieve without a body to bury.
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Rapid steps needed for Britain to compete in green industrial revolution - IPPR says
Britain has a chance to compete in the green industrial revolution, but only if the government takes rapid steps to help shore up its industry, according to an important new report.
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Boeing could face prosecution in US over 737 MAX plane crashes which killed 346
A new twist in the safety crisis engulfing Boeing could see the airline prosecuted over the 737 MAX 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019 that left 346 people dead.
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France prisoner escape: Day of blockades in French prisons as inmate called 'The Fly' on the run
Two prison officers who were killed in an attack on a police convoy in France have been named - as Interpol issued a red notice search warrant for escaped prisoner Mohamed Amra, nicknamed "The Fly".
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Brexit border IT crash delays fresh food imports by more than a day
IT systems failures at the UK border have caused major delays to fresh food shipments from the EU, with importers complaining of chaos at the busiest border post as lorries were delayed by more than 24 hours.
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Many are mystified why a Czech billionaire wants to buy Royal Mail's owner
The most dramatic aspect of Wednesday afternoon's statement from International Distributions Services (IDS) is that the company's board has indicated that it is minded to recommend Daniel Kretinsky's offer to shareholders.
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Who is Slovak populist prime minister Robert Fico?
Robert Fico is a populist leader who staged a political comeback last year.
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'Don't give them anything, they're murderers': Israeli protesters block aid going into Gaza
They gathered at a roundabout on the highway heading south in a place called Beit Guvrin.
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Almost 900 sexual offences committed by people on bail - as charities warn of 'disastrous consequences of broken courts'
Almost 900 sexual offences were committed between 2020 and 2022 by people on bail, according to statistics from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
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Warning to boil drinking water in Devon area after 22 cases of diarrhoea disease confirmed
People have been told to boil their drinking water after 22 cases of a waterborne disease were confirmed in and around a town in South West England.
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West has 'good hand in China economic battlefield but it doesn't have to be war'
The boss of the world's biggest bank has told Sky News that Western economies have a "good hand" in the "economic battlefield" with China but declared it does not have to be war.
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Tyson Fury says undisputed heavyweight clash is 'D-Day' for him and Oleksandr Usyk as they won't be able to compete in another era
This weekend's undisputed heavyweight clash is "D-Day" for both fighters, Tyson Fury has warned, as he renewed his verbal feud with his opponent.
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Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap VAR after proposal by Wolves
Premier League clubs are set to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees (VAR) after a proposal by Wolves.
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Labour launches selection process to replace Jeremy Corbyn at general election
Labour has launched the process to select a general election candidate to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the London seat of Islington North.
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Proteins in blood could warn of cancer seven years before diagnosis, scientists find
Scientists have identified proteins in the blood which could warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed.
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Thames Water investors to quit boards amid spectre of bailout
Representatives of Thames Water's multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.