Shoppers in Leeds walk by a coronavirus alert signe.
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Counties, local authorities, councils – how you divvy up the map changes the game significantly.
Much of the north has been placed in the strictest tier of coronavirus restrictions.
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The answer could be found in death rates among the elderly.
Andy Burnham has been in a war of words with central government.
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History shows that revenge is a dish often served cold in Westminster.
Andy Burnham is threatening legal action against central government over lockdown measures in Manchester.
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Tensions between regional leaders and central government have reenergised a devolution debate.
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Even Conservative backbenchers are forming alliances to push back against central government thinking on COVID measures.
An illustration of a sugar plantation in Antigua.
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A scholar of slavery in the British Empire describes the first boycott against sugar made with slave labor in the West Indies.
During their 1962 residency at Hamburg’s Star-Club, the Beatles had the opportunity of a lifetime: opening for Little Richard.
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When a 14-year-old Paul McCartney watched Little Richard in the hit film ‘The Girl Can’t Help It,’ he couldn’t have imagined that the two would one day take the stage together.
Who broke up with whom?
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Unbridled ambition and bruised egos created an irreparable fissure.
Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park in the Lake District where the Wordsworth walked often.
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The great walker and poet can give us much to ponder and marvel at on our daily jaunts
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Marriage and domestic relationships existed before the state, and should be returned to the people, not regulated by the government.
Holiday birthdays are lonely.
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December 25 is the least popular day to give birth in the US, Australia and New Zealand, and second only to Boxing Day on Dec. 26 in England, Wales and Ireland.
In a recent interview, was Emma Watson embarrassed to admit she was single?
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Attitudes toward single women have repeatedly shifted – and part of that attitude shift is reflected in the names given to unwed women.
England’s Owen Farrell in action during the Autumn International match at Twickenham Stadium, London, 2018.
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The historic sporting rivalry between England and South Africa has often been marred by political protests and controversy.
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One of the most pressurised roles in the pressure cooker that is the Rugby World Cup is the referee. Threatening fans are causing them to quit the game at all levels.
Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party headquarters.
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Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK’s new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about Brexit, the focus of much of Johnson’s career, says the man is hard to pin down.
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Research shows that England was one of the first sovereigns to default on its international debt obligations.
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Bariatric surgery can be life changing, so why are so few being offered the procedure in England?
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The English Premier League was established in 1992 to do exactly what it is now doing.
No place like home.
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Housing laws in England can still leave tenants without proper protection, but the latest reforms offer hope for the future.
Taking a lead.
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Poverty leaves people feeling unable to take responsibility for their future – but community programmes can empower young people to take control.