David Tennant and Olivia Colman (foreground) and Julie Hesmondhalgh.
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The series did much to address the problems that crop up with portrayals of sexual crimes on television.
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The Dani people were part of a thriving agricultural society long before Westerners ‘discovered’ them in the 1930s.
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Over-consumption of food is bad for the planet and unhealthy for humans.
French voters go to the polls for the first round of election on April 23.
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Their policies on Syria, Russia, terrorism and the European Union.
Sorry Jeremy, weren’t you ready?
EPA/Andy Rain
By calling a national vote now, the prime minister can strengthen her own position at home and at the Brexit negotiating table.
May does not need an election to deliver Brexit.
EPA/Andy Rain
Theresa May has read the economic runes – and called an election while she still confidently can.
The costs of mobility.
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The political ramifications of a society in stasis.
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope has spotted a new dwarf planet.
Michele Banister
It turns out that a common physical process called diffusion can explain the orbits of faraway minor planets – no need for a Planet Nine.
Studiocanal
What you end up remembering isn’t always what you have witnessed.
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Wealth inequality is no 21st-century phenomenon. But it was decisively shaped by public policy during the last 100 years as economies emerged from war and redesigned the structures for life.
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It’s not all about United and City – sport defines Greater Manchester, boosts the economy and is essential to the overall health of the region.
AbleGamers Foundation
Video games can provide disabled people with a safe haven, if they can access it.
Andy Burnham.
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Former government minister vying to be the first elected mayor of Manchester speaks to Philip Brown.
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After years of creeping authoritarianism, Turkey’s president is now set up to take the reins in earnest.
NASA
New findings make it hard to imagine a more important goal for solar system exploration than searching for microbial life in Enceladus’ internal sea.
Star Wars moisture ‘vaporators’.
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Scientists have found a way to pull water from the air using only energy from the sun.
A penitent of the Blood Fraternity arrives to Santo Angel church to do penance as part of Holy Week celebrations in Cordoba, southern Spain.
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The rituals of Semana Santa during Easter Week bring Spain together and allow people to exorcise the country’s ghosts.
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Independent brewer joins the long list of small counter-culture firms that sold us revolution and walked away wealthy.
Sea ice in the Arctic.
Tom Rippeth
The link between melting sea ice and extreme weather has been known for a while, but now it’s happening further afield.
Mark Beaumont is currently training for his round the world attempt by cycling around Britain.
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In July, Scots cyclist Mark Beaumont will attempt to cycle around the world in 80 days, smashing the world record by 43 days. Here’s what he has to get right.
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The future of the relationship between the US and Russia depends on whether the Kremlin can find a way to interpret Trump’s motives.
The future of cities?
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Pollution, poverty, disease and death: future cities will be grim places, unless we do things differently.
EU agencies play an important role in food regulation.
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A network of EU experts helps monitor food safety, banking conduct and medicines. And no-one seems to have a plan for replacing them.
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When is a joke not a joke? When it starts to erode a fundamental human right.
Bernal Saborio
But standards of service are so low across the US airline industry that United may well get away with it.