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Cambs grower quits sugar beet as no longer worth the gamble - Farmers Weekly ebx.sh/iWCozk
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In dozens of supermarkets across several European countries, a huge amount of food has been dumped after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack. Read more: bbc.in/4egpmFP
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Holding the most senior NHS civil servants to account on failing executives receiving such outrageous salaries despite poor hospital performance. My view is to link the leadership pay to league tables and watch the overall scores fly up...
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WATCH🚨: Knife to the flight attendant's throat—she's crying, screaming for her mama. Then a passenger steps up: 'My turn.' He swaps in, strips the blade, drops the attacker, and hands him to police.
Bravest airport move of the year. Absolute hero. 👊🏿✈️🔪
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🚨 NEW: Britain is on alert to protect Tesco and Sainsbury's fridges amid cyber attacks on similar fridges across Europe
Hackers are remotely accessing them and turning temperatures up to as high as 80C
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Hundreds of NHS websites offline after provider goes into administration 'without warning'
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🚨NEW: An inquest has heard Lib Dem-run Cambridgeshire council received 127 complaints about a pothole in a 60mph zone before it killed two teenagers
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🚨NEW: Barclays is to cut 5,000 jobs that will be replaced by AI, saving almost 60% of its costs in supporting roles
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🚨 NEW: A civil servant allegedly used remote working and sick notes to juggle five Government jobs earning almost £350,000
Kashim Chowdhury was contracted to work 183 hours a week - more than the 168 hours in a week
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🚨 NEW: The Government is set to ban employers from asking candidates how much they earned in previous jobs to stop pay discrimination
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🚨 PICTURED: Mohmed Abdulkarim, one of the two suspects charged over the RAF Fairford plot
He allegedly loaded the three white vans with metal drums containing petrol, water butts and smart dashcams
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Teenage waitress win more than £13,000 in tribunal after being shouted at for dropping apple crumble
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🚨NEW: A 14 year old boy who stabbed a girl 10 times and a bystander has been sentenced to only a 12 month referral order and a three year restraining order
A judge told the boy that prison was the “last place” for a “bright lad” like him
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From the Strictly Education episode on Diversity is not our Strength!
Humza Yousaf (was First Minister for Scotland) talking about how white people in positions of power in Scotland is problematic.
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🚨BREAKING: The Government's entrepreneurship adviser, Alex Depledge, has resigned ahead of the Budget, stating that the government must stop treating entrepreneurship and innovation as a "sideshow" while heavily subsidizing legacy industries
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Ah. So they DO have a line you can’t cross.
Same thing in any classroom or school.
There is always a line.
The question is where you draw it.
The Louvre is where France chose to draw the line.
French police warned protesters: "If you approach the Louvre Museum in Paris, we will open fire!"
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
French police issued no such warning to open fire near the Louvre. Coverage of the Oct 17-19 protests details non-lethal crowd control like tear gas amid clashes and a small peaceful student blockade of the museum.
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