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The Mancunian Way: It’s coming home… again
Manchester Evening News
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July 28, 2025
Hello Blimey. That was stressful, wasn’t it? The Lionesses’ historic penalty shoot-out victory over Spain last night makes them the first senior England team to both win a major trophy overseas and defend a title. But, goodness me, they put the...
5 Fighter Jets That Have Never Been Shot Down In Aerial Combat
SlashGear
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July 24, 2025
Fighter jets have been around for decades, having first taken to the skies via the Messerschmitt Me 262 during World War II. Since the conflict ended, almost every nation shifted to jet technology for its fighter aircraft. As of 2025, there have...
Cast and creative team announced for Breaking the Code at Royal & Derngate
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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July 22, 2025
Royal & Derngate have just announced the full cast for a brand new production of Hugh Whitemore’s acclaimed play Breaking the Code, which opens at the venue this autumn as part of the theatre’s Made in Northampton season. The play follows...
When it comes to the Malvinas Islands, a name is more than just a name to Argentinians
Global Voices
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July 24, 2025
When the Argentinian science fiction comic series “The Eternaut” first became available on the streaming service Netflix, translator Daiana Estefanía Díaz published an explanation on her LinkedIn page for why people around the world would read and...
Key people in Edinburgh University’s slavery and colonialism inquiry
The Guardian
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July 27, 2025
The legacies of some of Edinburgh’s most celebrated professors and graduates have come under new scrutiny, after new evidence emerged about their roles in forming and perpetuating racist theories, or donating money gained from transatlantic...
Sending a Steam sticker 'burned through a month of mobile data in five minutes' complains unhappy gamer
Tom's Hardware
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July 20, 2025
Some apps are much more data hungry than you might expect, and sadly this sometimes only becomes apparent when using precious mobile data. A case in point is provided by spacebuggles, a Redditor and Steam gamer who says they “burned through a...
Peter Lamelas to focus on trade barriers if confirmed as US ambassador to Argentina
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 22, 2025
Cuban-born physician and healthcare industry businessman Peter Lamelas appeared before a United States Senate committee on Tuesday to defend his nomination as ambassador to Argentina. Among the main issues he would focus on, Lamelas mentioned...
Oil Seismic Explorations and Their Impact on the Loligo Squid in the South Atlantic
The Herald Bulletin - Indiana
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July 21, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 21, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In recent years, there has been a concerning decline in catches of Loligo gahi squid in the waters around the Falkland Islands, says Fundacion Agustina Lerena. This species, essential...
Catch the Current episode 27: Tick-tock! It’s tariff o’clock
Undercurrent News
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July 25, 2025
Tick-tock! It's tariff o'clock! New trade deals are coming in hot as US president Donald Trump's new deadline to implement tariffs inches ever closer. Catch the Current hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione welcome Undercurrent News' editorial...
The Incredible Tech That Stole The Show At Goodwood’s Future Lab
Forbes
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Future Lab at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025 showcased the most jaw-dropping innovations in AI, ... More robotics, space, and ocean exploration.Adobe Stock If you come to the Goodwood Festival of Speed expecting nothing but the roar of...
Spain reports Bird Flu outbreak
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 25, 2025
SPAIN – A severe outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has wiped out nearly all the turkeys at a fattening farm in Extremadura, Spain, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Authorities confirmed that 6,895 turkeys...
The Navy is spending $1.1 billion on the most successful air-to-air missile in the world
We Are The Mighty
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July 24, 2025
Get We Are The Mighty’s Weekly Newsletter Military culture and entertainment direct to your inbox with zero chance of a ‘Reply All’ incident Raytheon announced in June 2025 that it was awarded a $1.1 billion contract by the U.S. Navy to produce...
Royal Navy 'shambles' leaves British fleet vulnerable as no attack submarines currently on patrol
GB News
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July 24, 2025
The Royal Navy has been left without any submarines at sea to defend its surface fleet leaving a veteran to warn that "the one thing the Russians and Chinese really fear". It comes as HMS Anson returned to its Scottish base last Friday, leaving no...
Fury as Royal Navy has NO attack submarines at sea to defend its surface fleet in ‘ridiculous shambles’
The Sun
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July 23, 2025
THE Royal Navy has no submarines at sea to defend its surface fleet. HMS Anson arrived back at its Scottish base on Friday, leaving no attack subs currently on patrol. It means the UK’s warships have no homegrown underwater protection against...
Farmers battle digital chaos as grain passport portal sparks frustration
The Scottish Farmer
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July 5, 2025
And that word is ‘portal’. This particular word has taken on a number of meanings over the years, carrying different connotations, many of which lie in the shadowy corners of our imagination, stirring stories of primal fears, evoking sensations of...
The clever way Magellanic penguins ride—and adjust to—ocean currents
Popular Science
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July 17, 2025
Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) looking to save some energy on their 1,200-mile-long journeys may have tapped into using one of the ocean’s most dynamic forces for help. The sea birds can sense shifts in currents and use it to...
New Taylor Swift documentary hopes to show sides of the star "that they might not know or expect”
MusicRadar
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July 23, 2025
Swifties rejoice (or prepare to cover your eyes). There's a new "in-depth" Taylor Swift documentary coming your way soon. Currently with a working title of Taylor, the show promises that it “will dig deep across the musician’s 20-year career, a...
Competitors from all over the world compete for Lochearnhead Shears title
The Scottish Farmer
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July 3, 2025
No stranger to the shears, he has now notched up four Lochearnhead wins to date. Scottish team hopeful Willie Craig claimed second with the best board scores, Jimmy Wright of Doune third with the best time, and Highland Show blade finalist Archie...
The Tony Blair Institute’s filthy role in planning the ethnic cleansing and “reconstruction” of Gaza
World Socialist Web Site
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July 16, 2025
Earlier this month, the Financial Times revealed that two staff members from the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) took part in discussions with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) about plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza and build a “Trump...
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: First they came for the soldiers, now it's the coppers... Orgreave is another excuse to dance on Mrs Thatcher's grave
Daily Mail
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July 21, 2025
First they came for the soldiers, who so valiantly risked their lives serving Queen and Country against the IRA. Shamefully, members of the special forces and other troops posted to Northern Ireland during the Troubles are still being hounded...