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Ten months after guiding outsiders Leicester to the Premier League title – arguably the greatest shock in the history of the English game – the club’s manager has been unceremoniously sacked.
Iraqi forces patrol the Mosul-Baghdad road.
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A victory in its second-biggest city would be a spectacular turnaround, but the country still has years or even decades of rebuilding ahead of it.
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The BBC’s Taboo is a timely reminder of the violent origins of globalisation, but its villains allow the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history.
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A weak pound is likely to lure more international bidders to UK shores. Time then to make sure we have our defences in place.
Traditional Japanese tattoo.
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Japanese tattoos have been popular in the UK since King George V. But things are different in Japan.
Newly-elected Conservative MP, Trudy Harrison, speaks in Copeland.
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It held on in Stoke, but Labour has suffered a humiliating defeat to the governing party in Copeland.
Lada Niva: still going strong.
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The Lada Niva is 40 years old – and it could just be the best 4x4 ever made.
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Understanding which groups of children are more likely to smoke cannabis in late adolescence raises interesting questions.
A funeral for one of those killed in the Sehwan attack.
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Sufis have remained defiant after a suicide bombing at a shrine in Pakistan.
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Genomes can reveal a lot about disease risk. But people need to think carefully about what they want to know.
The hunt for a defining philosophy continues.
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We know where Jeremy Corbyn stands on certain issues, but where is the vision? What are the ideas?
A new population?
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We have long believed ourselves to be the only intelligent beings on Earth – that may soon change and the consequences will be dramatic for law, politics and society in general.
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The party picked the wrong candidate and the wrong tactics in this byelection, and it showed in the result.
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They shoot, they score … if there’s a sugary reward at the end of it.
A poisoned chalice.
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A new reform bill will not fix the prison problem: too many people are being incarcerated.
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Eight decades after it was first mooted, the world needs a mechanism to prosecute cross-border terrorists in peacetime.
Fructose factory.
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The discovery by researchers at Yale University that the brain is capable of converting glucose into fructose may lead to changes in how we target neurological complications in diabetes.
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The billionaire investor has dumped groceries in favour of tech and airline stocks.
The autumn years are getting later.
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Over the last century, life expectancy has increased by seven hours a day.
Bacterial colonies on a petri dish.
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This research could provide an answer to some of the problems posed by antibiotic resistance.
Cressida Dick is one of three top women police officers in the UK.
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Taking on a 45,000-strong organisation, with a budget of more than £2.5 billion would stretch the most seasoned corporate executive.
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The Earth’s magnetic field acts like a giant instrument playing magnetic music.
A painting of Alex played by Malcolm McDowell in Stanley Kubrick’s film of A Clockwork Orange.
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On the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth – A Clockwork Orange had a profound influence on the cultural and political landscape.
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The former PM has resigned as leader of his party in the hope of returning to the top job. But it hasn’t quite gone to plan.
Chronic pain can be disabling.
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Chronic pain often comes with other illnesses. Researchers have now shown that genetics can play a part in how likely you are to suffer.