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Most "healthy" bread sold in the UK isn't that healthy. Why is this staple food so poorly regulated? Sourdough, stoneground, granary, wholegrain... None of these words really tell you what's in the bread. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne...

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NEW REPORT: How does patient satisfaction with general practice vary in England? And what do patients value in their practice? We find that patients prefer: - More GP partners - More GP appts - More F2F appts - Smaller list sizes Other findings👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

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TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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The decline in child mortality in many low- to middle-income countries in the last 30 years has been quite remarkable. Ethiopia's rate fell from 20% to 5%. Improvements in child mortality in rich countries look pretty meagre by comparison. But that's only when looking at it in absolute terms. 1/

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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

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More evidence that people are getting sick and dying early because of what they eat. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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A good article about young people who are not entering the workforce; employers too are worried the increasing numbers. This doesn't seem to be happening elsewhere, at least not as much; it's just in the UK. www.ft.com/content/6a1c...

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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds

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@transportforwales.bsky.social making life more uncomfortable and unhappier for everyone, all in the name of progress, or something. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

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100,000 signatures! THANK YOU! 100,000 of you have signed our petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. This should result a debate on a ban in parliament! Don't stop here - every name counts. Please sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked, it could spiral into a possible pandemic. https://cbsn.ws/4ionCJG

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How Japan could shape the future of the NHS

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If you can, use independent vets that aren't part of a national chain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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amazing how the cyber attack on the British Library still means that all recently published work (and that's a definition that stretches back several years) is completely unavailable to researchers, since they only acquired ebooks and that system is still down

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33 years ago Australia made occupational pensions mandatory, attracting strong criticism at the time. Today this has paid off and has put the country in an enviable position. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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NHS billions wasted as bipolar patients left 'forgotten and failed'

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It's time to rewire Treasury Brain: good article by Andy Haldane. www.ft.com/content/a296...

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A few months ago the FT suggested the surge in disability benefit claims may not have been driven by an actual rise in illness/disability, having found limited evidence for such a rise since the pandemic Now the IFS has published research suggesting there has been a rise ifs.org.uk/news/various...

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A young lady originally from Whitehorse is being detained in a detention center in Arizona. She was detained March 3rd, after her visa was denied. Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events. Do not travel to the US.

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What can we learn: By taking a critical evidence based look at what is actually happening in Denmark and asking realistic questions about what aspects of their system may be relevant in the U.K. Societal and behavioural differences should also be considered www.thetimes.com/article/f768...

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The plunder of children’s social care by private equity continues, despite the Government’s promise to end profiteering. Latest ‘snouts in the trough’ concerns Horizon Care & Education, owned by the private equity firm Graphite Capital 🧵

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Whether you want to know everything there is to know about local authority pension schemes. or look at pretty coloured dots, here's a post for you: on.ft.com/4k62LgC

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Our new report: the world's most convincing fake company - and how it tried to seize a gold mine in Ukraine That leads to 60 fake companies, £300bn of fake gold & even a fake country. With backing from the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, Nadhim Zahawi and Baroness Mone. All fake.

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This morning's entry into 'Badly Thought Out Ideas Of The Year'.... #FuckSake "‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times. Scheme aimed at stopping platform dashes sees schedules deleted from boards 3 minutes before departure." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Big majority of Greenlanders do not want to be part of US, poll finds https://www.ft.com/content/176c0208-b953-41c3-b3d8-e31b3e5e6c86

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One of those brilliant suggestions you read and think to yourself, 'Why on earth haven't I thought of or read about this idea before? It's so damned obvious!'

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Public toilets in the UK have halved in number since 2010, despite an increase in population. And Local Authorities are wondering how to attract more people into ailing town centres; what about re-opening the toilets that you closed down? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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