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There’s a good reason why the PM is acting like a party with only nine MPs is a major threat.
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By promising a top job to Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the Front National leader is hoping to catch a few more votes. But is it too little too late?
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A noisy environment can be hell for a person with autism. On the plus side, they are more likely to have perfect pitch than a non-autistic person.
A poll says it could happen, and history does too.
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Is Wales about to be shaken by a Conservative earthquake?
Not always a given.
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An argument over what will happen to an important EU charter post-Brexit has repercussions for social protections, including the right to health.
Migrants abandoned on the Sudan-Libya border by smugglers in 2014.
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A deal to secure the southern Libyan border aims to stop migrants from attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
Are immigrants anti-immigration?
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It depends on how long they have been in the UK.
A European map of implicit racial bias.
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Implicit racial bias, measured across Europe.
It was the butler.
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For decades, the justice system has decided to live with ropey testimonies. Could that be about to change?
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Smaller companies are failing to move quickly into overseas sales. It may be time for government to put its money where its mouth is.
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A new study has interviewed South Asian women who have suffered from economic abuse.
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Theresa May has ignored the ‘low politics’ of energy for too long.
A shark bit off the rest of me.
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It turns out that children as young as three can actually understand some forms of irony.
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Can new Metro Mayors save our struggling town centres?
John (Peter Kay) and Kayleigh (Sian Gibson) in BBC One’s Car Share.
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As series two comes to a close, here are the ingredients behind a piece of 24-carat comedy gold.
Germany is not intent on punishing the UK for Brexit.
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A visit to the Bundestag revealed just how varied German attitudes to Brexit are.
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If female mannequins were alive, they would be dangerously underweight.
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Three democracies once considered beacons of hope are in varying states of disarray.
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The Irish republicans stand for parliament but don’t attend when they win. It’s high time that changed.
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Diesel engines have been demonised for their emissions but the technology has already cleaned up its act.
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Why is work making us miserable?
The next step in human evolution.
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Neuralink is probably a dangerous idea, but to the first person who fell into a firepit, so was fire.
David seducing Bathsheba, Anonymous.
Women are constantly implicitly blamed, both in the Bible and in contemporary culture, for their rape.
Please Miss, can I go to Disneyland?
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The knock-on effect for schools is a heavy burden.
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A new way of encouraging people to seek out unused information could improve collective decision making.