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    Priti Patel and the ugly prejudice of her critics

    Isn’t it amazing how all the woke rules for how to talk about women and people of colour go flying out the window when it comes to Home Secretary Priti Patel? You can say anything you like about Patel and the PC set won’t bat an eyelid. In fact they will cheer you on. Patel is possibly...
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    Portsmouth great-great-grandmother celebrates her 25th birthday

    A party has been thrown for a woman born 100 years ago who has only had an actual birthday every four years. Doris Cleife will hit the milestone on Leap Day - 29 February - which is only...
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    Thor blimey! Hordes of Vikings parade through Norfolk town

    Hordes of Viking reenactors took to the streets of Norfolk brandishing burning torches and carrying a 28ft longship as the eighth annual Scira Viking Festival drew to a close. The final day of the festival held in Sheringham, Norfolk, saw more than 150 actors descend onto the West Prom Beach...
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    How did ewe get up there? Three sheep mysteriously found on shop roof

    Three lost sheep found their way onto a roof in Cumbria after escaping from their field. Andrew Laverick, 49, spotted the animals 'chilling' on the tiles in Glenridding, the Lake District, and called a farmer...
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    London predator dubbed 'The Monster' was never caught because they got the wrong man

    A historian has shed new light on a little-known predator who terrorised London a century before Jack the Ripper by luring them with flowers and stabbing them in the buttocks. Dr Jan Bondeson, a consultant physician at Cardiff University, has revealed serious doubts about whether the man...
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    The EU's stifling regulation of AI is a huge opportunity for Brexit Britain

    With the UK free now to diverge on EU regulations, we can forge our own path forward in the world of AI... The...
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    6,000-year-old leaf is found in Lancashire

    A perfectly-preserved leaf that fell from an elm tree 6,000 years ago has been discovered intact in Lancashire...
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    Medieval chapel destroyed in the Civil War is uncovered

    A stunning 14th century medieval chapel gas been uncovered in County Durham, 370 years after it was destroyed in the wake of the First English Civil War. Part of Auckland...
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    Rome unveils 6th century 'tomb of wolf-suckled King Romulus'

    An ancient tomb believed to be the final resting place of the legendary 'wolf-suckled' King Romulus - the founder of Rome - has been unveiled to the public for the first time in a series of new images...
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    Mildenhall Treasure: British Museum steps in to row over Roman hoard

    The British Museum has stepped in to a bitter row between two communities over the name of one of Britain's biggest treasure finds. The 4th Century hoard found at West Row, Suffolk, was...
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    The left's problems with British Indians

    British Indians make up a large part of the Johnson Administration, and the Left doesn't like it... The left’s problem with British Indians Indians are now represented at the top of British politics, and the identitarian left is furious. RAKIB EHSAN COLUMNIST 20th February 2020 Spiked...
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    Fifty years on, how Birmingham gave birth to heavy metal

    Fifty years ago a Birmingham band called Black Sabbath gave rise to heavy metal... How Birmingham gave birth to heavy metal...
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    Eggware Road: Workman stuns commuters by eating Full English on London Underground

    A hungry workman stunned fellow commuters by getting on the Tube balancing a full English breakfast and a cuppa. The bloke, thought to be a builder, got on the Victoria line from...
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    India tells UK don't underestimate yourself as trade talks near

    It was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. And now first and second-generation Indians are at the...
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    Roman snake ring found in Buckinghamshire declared treasure

    A Roman ring might have been made by the same jeweller behind a famous hoard and would have belonged to "someone with access to a fair amount of money"...
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    Fox causes havoc after breaking into parliament

    A cunning fox has managed to break into parliament and evade capture from the authorities. The mammal was...
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    Supergiant Betelgeuse is dimming, changing shape and could be about to explode

    Betelgeuse - a star 700 light-years from Earth that astronomers speculate could be set to explode in a devastating supernova - has been photographed, and the images show it is dimming and changing shape...
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    Oliver Cromwell letter 'familiar to many with mental health issues'

    A letter in which Oliver Cromwell talks about loneliness would be very familiar to anyone who has had issues with their mental health, a historian has said...
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    The SNP has an Anglophobia problem

    When Boris Johnson said no to another referendum on Scottish independence, Alex Neil, a former health secretary in the Scottish government, called on Scots to force the PM’s hand by emulating Mahatma Gandhi... The SNP has an Anglophobia problem John Lloyd 12 February 2020 The Spectator...
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    Javid quits as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sunak is given the job

    Sajid Javid has resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) on the day Johnson carried out a Cabinet reshuffle. He has been replaced by Rishi Sunak Cabinet reshuffle: Sajid Javid resigns as chancellor Rishi Sunak is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has...