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Rediscover Manchester
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Join The Mill - Quality journalism for Greater Manchester
The Mill produces local journalism that is both informative and enjoyable to read — including investigations, culture pieces and opinionated columns about Manchester's biggest talking points.
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Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott Host broadcaster says show will not suffer after four countries withdraw from 2026 contest
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Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott
Host broadcaster says show will not suffer after four countries withdraw from 2026 contest over Israel and Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/05/austria-eurovision-boycott-over-israel-financial-impact
4 days ago
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Community Radio listening figures – Is RAMS the answer we’ve been waiting for? The perennial question to community radio broadcasters in the UK (and no doubt elsewhere as well) How many listeners do you have?
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Community Radio listening figures – Is RAMS the answer we’ve been waiting for?
The perennial question to community radio broadcasters. How many listeners do you have? “RAMS” offers a solution, with some catches. Can we learn from the Podcast industry?
https://www.philedmonds.com/2025/12/community-radio-listening-figures-is-rams-the-answer-weve-been-waiting-for/
4 days ago
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Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims
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With reference to extensive reporting by
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Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims
University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/04/regulators-inquiry-university-greater-manchester-fraud-claims
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London’s Smithfield and Billingsgate markets find new home in Docklands City of London corporation names Albert Island near City airport in Docklands for meat and fish markets
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London’s Smithfield and Billingsgate markets find new home in Docklands
City of London corporation names Albert Island near City airport in Docklands for meat and fish markets
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/03/london-smithfield-billingsgate-markets-find-new-home-in-docklands
6 days ago
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Manchester City unveils new Trafford Centre store - Now Open
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Manchester City unveils new Trafford Centre store
Manchester City is delighted to announce the opening of a brand-new City Store at the Trafford Centre, in collaboration with retail partner Stichd.
https://www.mancity.com/news/club/manchester-city-trafford-centre-store-opening-63899144
7 days ago
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Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision
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Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision
Avanti service was to have been axed from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of Euston
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/01/manchester-london-7am-train-will-now-carry-passengers-after-outcry-over-regulators-decision
8 days ago
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How did Piccadilly change the UK radio landscape? One morning in April 1974, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys was faded up and with it - the birth of Manchester's newest radio station.
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How did Manchester's Piccadilly change the UK's radio landscape?
Broadcasters gather to remember what life was like at Manchester's first independent radio station.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ex3qy9zwpo
10 days ago
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The War Between The Land And The Sea | Trailer - BBC
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The War Between The Land And The Sea | Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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11 days ago
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Rediscover Manchester
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19 days ago
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Remember this iconic handset? (Picture credit Neil Carpenter)
16 days ago
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Farewell regular flat white. 'Functional' coffees are hitting the high street
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Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits?
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are known as "functional coffees".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp85815r7m0o
16 days ago
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19 days ago
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Inside the Freemasons HQ with
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Inside the Freemasons HQ: The secretive society accused of ‘ruling the world’
YouTube video by Times Radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4IOTas5rPI
26 days ago
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Restoring Hopwood Hall was supposed to be fairytale …
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Restoring Hopwood Hall Was Supposed to Be a Fairytale. How Did It Go So Wrong?
An American actor was working toward reviving his ancestral home in England, but the local council locked him out midproject. “To be shut out is unacceptable.”
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/hopwood-hall-middleton-england-4a2f2a8a?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
about 1 month ago
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber-attacks
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Alan Turing institute launches new mission to protect UK from cyber-attacks
Programme is designed to defend energy, transport and utilities amid concern over vulnerability to internet outages Britain’s leading AI institute has announced a new mission to help protect the nation from cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and utilities, after it was embroiled in allegations of toxic work culture and the chair resigned amid ministerial pressure. The Alan Turing Institute will “carry out a programme of science and innovation designed to protect the UK from hostile threats”, it announced on Tuesday as part of changes following the resignation last month of Jean Innes, its chief executive, after a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul of the state-funded body. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/alan-turing-institute-launches-new-mission-to-protect-uk-from-cyber-attacks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Mobile World Live
about 2 months ago
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Vodafone calls time on robocalls
Vodafone warned scams are becoming more sophisticated and stated spoof calls are now part of the everyday reality for most consumers.
https://www.mobileworldlive.com/vodafone/vodafone-calls-time-on-robocalls/
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The £5.30 orange juice that tells the story of why supermarket prices are sky high
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Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK
Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c397n3jl3z8o
about 2 months ago
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'We could have no phone signal for a whole year'
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'We could have no phone signal for a whole year'
A town's residents are facing the issue after a mast run by EE was taken down.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l7p15992ro
about 2 months ago
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A charity that breeds and trains guide dogs has welcomed its largest litter for three years - 13 puppies affectionately known as "the baker's dozen".
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Warwickshire guide dog charity welcomes largest litter in years
Guide Dogs says the 13 puppies, named
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04glp477ygo
about 2 months ago
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Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet
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Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet | Larry Ryan
Cinema used to be an accessible and affordable mass pursuit. This debate about the ‘purest’ format to view certain films only risks putting off movie-goers, says freelance writer and editor Larry Ryan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/11/imax-70mm-vistavision-watch-movies-cinema
about 2 months ago
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Diamonds, designers and doormen: The renaissance of 'Manchester's Mayfair'
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Diamonds, designers and doormen: The renaissance of 'Manchester's Mayfair'
Only three years ago we reported on the amount of empty shop units there, but today the street is near paved with gold
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/diamonds-designers-doormen-renaissance-manchesters-32453363
2 months ago
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Russia’s answer to
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Intervision 2025 - Russia hosts Putin's answer to Eurovision
Putin resurrects a Soviet-era global song contest, to distract from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre5vv0x31po
3 months ago
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Inside UK's 'quirkiest' Airbnb you can stay in for £125 per night
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Inside UK’s ‘quirkiest’ Airbnb you can stay in for £125 per night
The unique accommodation, which is based on a 'crashed plane', is set in the woods
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/property/inside-uks-quirkiest-airbnb-you-32451435?utm_source=app
3 months ago
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Time for another
#SisterAct
movie where Sister Bernadette, Sister Regina and Sister Rita are helped by Sister Mary Clarence / Deloris Van Cartier
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y8r2gk0vyo
3 months ago
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Thank You
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- few days early -
@rorycj.bsky.social
#SophieFromRomania
3 months ago
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Piccadilly Radio Archive - Manchester
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Piccadilly Radio Archive: Nobody Did It Better! - Library Live
Explore the history of independent radio in Manchester from the birth of Piccadilly Radio in 1974 through to Key 103’s 1990s heyday. This free exhibition tells the story of the […]
https://librarylive.co.uk/event/piccadilly-radio-archive-nobody-did-it-better
4 months ago
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Michelin-guide restaurant launches water-only menu - with bottles costing up to £19
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Money latest: Michelin-guide restaurant launches water menu - with bottles costing up to £19
Welcome to the Money blog, Sky News' consumer and personal finance hub. A French fine dining restaurant in Cheshire has launched a water-only menu - and one bottle costs £19. Leave your thoughts in th...
https://news.sky.com/story/money-latest-live-consumer-personal-finance-sky-news-13040934?postid=10037361#liveblog-body
4 months ago
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Jason Bourne is coming back
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Jason Bourne is coming back – but what do we want from him this time?
A heated bidding war for the future of the Bourne franchise is over, so whether we need him or not, the amnesiac assassin is set to return
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/14/jason-bourne-treadstone-universal
4 months ago
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Looking forward to reading the stories that matter in
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4 months ago
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In ‘We are not a Conspiracy School’ Darryl Morris sets out to meet the people behind HOPE Sussex… listen on Radio 4 on Tuesday 29 July at 8pm and online
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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, We Are Not a Conspiracy School
Is a home educating community really teaching children conspiracy theories?
https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gfxr
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In ‘We are not a Conspiracy School’ Darryl Morris sets out to meet the people behind HOPE Sussex… listen on Radio 4 on Tuesday 29 July at 8pm and online
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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, We Are Not a Conspiracy School
Is a home educating community really teaching children conspiracy theories?
https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gfxr
5 months ago
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Michael Flatley to make bid for Irish Presidency
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Riverdance star Michael Flatley to make bid for Irish presidency, court hears
Flatley said last week that the "average person on the street" is unhappy with the status quo and "somebody has to speak for the Irish people".
https://news.sky.com/story/riverdance-star-michael-flatley-to-make-bid-for-irish-presidency-court-hears-13401658
5 months ago
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Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
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Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company
Transport company KNP forced to shut down after international hacker gangs target thousands of UK businesses.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gx28815wo
5 months ago
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A Route 66 ghost town was ‘frozen in time’. Is it on the brink of a comeback? Newberry Springs was almost lost to the desert. But as America’s ‘mother road’ turns 100, locals see hope that the boom times could return
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A Route 66 ghost town was ‘frozen in time’. Is it on the brink of a comeback?
Newberry Springs was almost lost to the desert. But as America’s ‘mother road’ turns 100, locals see hope that the boom times could return
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/route-66-newberry-springs-california
5 months ago
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Dreaming of a career change? Here James Constantinou speaks to the Sky News Money team about life as a pawnbroker -
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'I can lend someone £100k in an hour': The life of a pawnbroker
Dreaming of a career change? Here James Constantinou speaks to our Money team about life as a pawnbroker.
https://news.sky.com/story/i-can-lend-someone-100k-in-an-hour-the-life-of-a-pawnbroker-13396562
5 months ago
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Drowning in admin? Ways to hack your diary
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Drowning in admin? 14 productivity hacks to regain control of your diary, inbox – and life
No one knows more about admin than administrators. They share their top tips, from ‘eating the frog’ to drawing up a ‘ta-da’ list
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/16/productivity-hacks-regain-control-diary-inbox-life-admin-efficiency
5 months ago
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Susie Dent
5 months ago
Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.
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Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in th office?
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Shorts at work: Can men now get their legs out in the office?
Whether shorts are ever appropriate for the office remains a contentious topic, so what should you do?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlj0g43n18o
6 months ago
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Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
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Rise in ‘alert fatigue’ risks phone users disabling news notifications, study finds
Publishers could see audiences uninstall apps, as some users receive up to 50 alerts a day, analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/20/increase-alert-fatigue-phone-users-disable-news-notifications-study-finds
6 months ago
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Travelling the world delivering letters to strangers
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Experience: I travelled the world delivering letters to strangers
In Galápagos, travellers leave post in an old barrel in the hope it will be picked up – I decided to help out
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/06/experience-i-travelled-the-world-delivering-letters-to-strangers
6 months ago
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Meet the ‘invisible crew’ who have 35 seconds to prevent a
#Eurovision
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#Basel
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Eurovision: Meet the 'invisible' backstage team who make the song contest tick
Find out how Eurovision gets one act off the stage and another one in place in under a minute.
https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e679vn6yqo
7 months ago
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
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Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
Kosmos 482 re-enters the atmosphere more than a half century since launch on failed mission to Venus
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/10/kosmos-482-soviet-spacecraft-plunges-to-earth
7 months ago
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Neurologists on 17 simple ways to look after your brain
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The experts: neurologists on 17 simple ways to look after your brain
Sleep well, swap butter for olive oil, learn a musical instrument – or embrace some other ‘magnificent obsession’. Here is what doctors do themselves to delay the onset of cognitive decline
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/30/the-experts-neurologists-on-17-simple-ways-to-look-after-your-brain
7 months ago
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We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost
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We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise
8 months ago
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Preserving English eccentricity: 20 years of the World Marmalade Awards
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Preserving English eccentricity: 20 years of the World Marmalade Awards
The contest now draws in more than 3,200 entries from as far afield as the Czech Republic and South Korea
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/26/preserving-english-eccentricity-20-years-of-the-world-marmalade-awards
8 months ago
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11 things you should know about using the gym, from ‘Is everyone watching me?’ to ‘How do I use a squat rack?’
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11 things you should know about using the gym, from ‘Is everyone watching me?’ to ‘How do I use a squat rack?’
More and more of us are spending time among the barbells and the treadmills – and feeling more and more confused. Here’s some advice from an expert
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/20/11-thing-you-should-know-about-the-gym
8 months ago
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From homework to housework, how British attitudes have changed since the 1930s
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From homework to housework, how British attitudes have changed since the 1930s
Study shows women today are happier being women – but getting up to go to work remains as punishing as ever
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/18/homework-housework-british-attitudes-changed
8 months ago
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Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists
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Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists
Who would steal 22 tonnes of posh cheese, or £37,000 of smoked salmon? A rise in fraudulent orders for luxury foodstuffs has rattled the industry, leaving artisan producers with unpaid bills and a tru...
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/13/who-stole-all-the-cheese-the-inside-story-of-the-boom-in-luxury-food-heists
8 months ago
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