Theresa May likely wants to escape this room.
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The UK’s agonizing efforts to find a path out of the European Union is beginning to look a lot like a game or riddle with no solution – and certainly no winners.
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Case management systems used by GPs are supposed to help those at risk.
For centuries, Pulter’s manuscript lay untouched at the University of Leeds’ Brotherton Library.
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In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.
The crisis enveloping the British government started when Britons voted “yes” to leaving the European Union in 2016.
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As England agonises over Brexit, divisions have emerged in other parts of the UK, especially in Northern Ireland and independent-minded Scotland.
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Glasgow Pride, 2018.
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By changing the curriculum, Scotland acknowledges that society has always been diverse – and that will help more young people feel accepted.
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Scotland tends to take a more progressive approach to inequality, but how is it actually faring compared to the rest of the UK?
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Record numbers of families rent privately in England. But the law has not kept a fair balance between landlord and tenant rights.
The ‘north’.
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Northern dialects are actually close to original English – despite what southerners might say.
Naloxone counteracts the effects of an overdose.
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Naloxone programmes have sprung up in the UK and elsewhere, but drug death rates keep climbing.
Knife crime is on the rise in England and Wales.
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Distrust in the police is a surprisingly central factor when people arm themselves illegally.
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Children in the north of England are more likely to finish school with poorer grades and are less likely to go on to further education.
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Medieval cathedrals were fund raising powerhouses – it’s time to let history live again.
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The Great Exhibition of the North is putting paid to tired stereotypes of the region – but now, the North itself is becoming divided.
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Sporting success depends on strong squad bonds.
At the 2014 World Cup African fans felt that Nigeria were on the receiving end of poor refereeing.
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Video Assistant Referees at the World Cup finals in Russia might help African teams to do better than they have done so far.
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New findings show what the public really thinks about how we prioritise treatments at the end of people’s lives.
Theresa May congratulates Wandsworth Conservatives after they held the borough.
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What impact did Brexit have on the local election results?
Various regions in England go to the polls on May 3 but do they have enough power to change things?
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London remains incredibly dominant over the UK regions in terms of financial and legislative decision-making.
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Councils decide important matters, so it’s worth turning out to vote in local elections on May 3.
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A century ago, utopian thinkers and practitioners predicted the coming of a nude world of liberated bodies.