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Plastic cigarette filters are the world's most littered item, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment and breaking down into microplastics - while doing very little for the smoker.

Appointments are being rescheduled as doctors walk out for five days

The British Medical Association (BMA) called strike action from 7am today (November 14) to 7am on November 19.

Mentor Rama was named locally as the Brit who died in Istanbul on Tuesday.

Isabelle Dale certainly went for a type - tattooed 'bad boys'. And given her look - nose piercings, false eyelashes, acrylic nails and platinum-blonde hair - the then-teen had no shortage of admirers.

BRIAN VINER: This version of The Running Man is not a straight remake, although there's a wink to the original with big Arnie on the US banknotes known as 'new' dollars.

In an email he wrote to himself six months before he died in 2019, Jeffrey Epstein claimed that the President knew about his sexual abuse of underage girls.

Keir Starmer is on a sticky wicket, he's had a terrible year and he's about to have a terrible, terrible budget.

Org chart games were more important than speed and accuracy

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Kirsty Gallacher called herself 'broken' and fought back tears and blasted a judge for showing no empathy as she was banned from driving for six months.

Understanding your lifetime salary 'shape' is a valuable piece of the puzzle when making financial decisions that will affect your future.

Ask any seasoned electric car owner and they will tell you that the public charging network is a reliability lottery. These are the best and worst rated by EV drivers.

A Welsh councillor has denied accusations that she fell asleep during a council meeting saying that she was closing her eyes 'to rest them'.

Amazon announced that its satellite broadband project called Project Kuiper will now be known as Amazon Leo. GeekWire reports: Leo is a nod to "low Earth orbit," where Amazon has so far launched more than 150 satellites as part of a constellation that will eventually include more than 3,200. In a blog post, Amazon said the 7-year-old Project Kuiper began "with a handful of engineers and a few designs on paper" and like most early Amazon projects "the program needed a code name." The team was inspired by the Kuiper Belt, a ring of asteroids in the outer solar system. A new website for Amazon Leo proclaims "a new era of internet is coming," as Amazon says its satellites can help serve "billions of people on the planet who lack high-speed internet access, and millions of businesses, governments, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity." Amazon said it will begin rolling out service once it's added more coverage and capacity to the network. Details about pricing and availability haven't been announced.

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People have travelled from other countries to come and visit it

... when I'm eight thousand and three? Doesn't quite scan.

Old soul jeffphi hummed "It's comforting to know that I'll have health insurance coverage through my 8,030th birthday!"

 

Scififan Steve muttered "I asked Copilot if Tom Baker and Lalla Ward were the same age. Apparently, they have been traveling on different timelines, so Copilot claims they are the same age despite having birthdays 17 years apart. Who knew?" It's a timey-wimey thing.

 

An anonymous Aussie announced "I was trying to look up a weather forecast for several weeks in advance as I'm attending an event on Saturday 22nd November. Apparently the Weather Channel has invented its own calendar (or decided there are too many days in the year), as while the 1st of November was a Saturday and 22nd of November occur on a Saturday, the Weather Channel has decided those dates fall on a Friday.
Rosanna is in Melbourne, Australia. Temperatures are displayed in Celsius. " Rosanna is rated the 99th most liveable suburb of Melbourne, probably due to the aberrant calendar.

 

Beatrix W. wants to relocate to a more pedestrian-friendly nabe. "I was bored and looked for houses on a german real estate website. When I tried to have the distance to a house calculated I got the lovely result from the screenshot. The 99 minutes are okay when using the car but the rest is -1 minute."

 

Taxpayer Marlin D. is making sure he gets everything lined up for year-end. Checking his witholdings, he found that the IRS try very hard to be precise with their language. "This is from the IRS online Tax Withholding Estimator tool. I guess they really do mean *between*."

 

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The BBC is 'the medieval church', Hitchens argued, wielding such power over public opinion that it requires far greater scrutiny.

The base was involved in a significant moment in the Second World War

Adam, 30, is due to tie the knot to his influencer fiancée, 25, at Bath Abbey on December 27 with guests including David and Victoria Beckham.

It's not been given the Netflix or Disney treatment yet, but for authenticity and football royalty, a new series of short films called 'This is Salford' takes some beating.