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One in nine new homes built in flood risk areas in worrying trend analysisOne in nine new homes were built in flood risk areas between 2022 and 2024, exposing a “worrying” rising trend, analysis shows.
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Inflation slows to 10 month low amid easing petrol and food costsUK inflation has eased to its lowest since March last year on the back of falling petrol prices and slower food price increases, according to official figures.
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School sick days up 50 during flu season analysisSick days taken from school have increased by 50% during flu season, analysis has found, as health experts call on the Government to increase vaccine rollout.
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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84The Rev Jesse L Jackson, a protege of the Dr Martin Luther King Jr and two-time presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after Dr King’s assassination, has died. He was 84.
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YouTuber and experimental singer songwriter named as UK Eurovision entryYouTuber and experimental singer-songwriter Look Mum No Computer will represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May, the BBC has announced.
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Surgeons pioneer new technique to treat boy with rare leg condition in UK firstA nine-year-old boy has become the first person in the UK to have pioneering surgery to make him taller.
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Six of Sarah Fergusons companies to be wound down in wake of Epstein filesSix companies linked to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson are being wound down in the wake of the publication of the Epstein files, Companies House documents show.