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Government considers making ketamine a class A drug after record use recorded

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson will write to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asking whether its classification should be changed.

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US dockworkers threaten to strike against automation, creating economic uncertainty

Vowing to stop machines from taking their jobs, 45,000 U.S. longshoremen are threatening to go on a strike that would shut ports on the East and Gulf coasts and could damage the American economy just as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House

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Meta axing fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram to rely solely on ‘community notes’

News feeds will also be filled with more political content

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Former Bank boss Mark Carney considering running to succeed Canada’s Trudeau

Mr Carney was governor of the Bank of England between 2013 and 2020.

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The new Skins? Industry stars dominate Bafta Rising Star 2025 nominations

The winner, voted by the public, will be announced at the film ceremony next month

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Mother marks 100 days of hunger strike in bid to free jailed son

British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has spent most of the past decade in prison because of his criticism of Egypt’s rulers.

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Paddy McGuinness responds to claims he’s dating Inside the Factory co-host

Presenter called Cherry Healey ‘an absolute diamond’ as he said they ‘hit it off straight away’

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Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X

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NHS dentistry is at ‘death’s door’, Streeting tells MPs

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments would be delivered ‘as fast as we can’.

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Expert tips to save money on UK-France train travel – and what to do if you’re delayed

Here’s how to plan a multi-train, cross-Channel trip – including on Eurostar – without being out of pocket (or losing your mind)

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Oprah Winfrey opens 2025 with an encore. 'A New Earth' is her book club pick for a second time

Oprah Winfrey is beginning 2025 with an old favorite

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UK’s new ETA travel permit scheme begins today for non-Europeans – here’s what you need to know

The digital permit scheme to enter the UK will extend to all travellers from 2 April

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Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter left behind enduring nonprofits as part of their legacy of giving back

President Jimmy Carter’s legacy of giving back endures in several nonprofits through which he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, worked in the almost 50 years after they left the White House

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Downing Street briefing room has £80,000 ‘politically neutral’ refurbishment

Blue panels have been removed from Downing Street’s press briefing room in an effort to make it a ‘politically neutral setting’.

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Swan Hellenic launches wine-themed cruise, including vineyard tastings and tours

Cruise passengers can enjoy Europe’s top tipples both on and off the ship

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Who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer? An AP Explainer about the anti-Nazi pastor

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Germany executed by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39 for his role in a resistance movement

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What would Bonhoeffer do? Anti-Nazi pastor's legacy claimed, debated across political spectrum

Shortly before he was hanged by the Nazis in 1945 at age 39, Dietrich Bonhoeffer reportedly told a fellow prisoner: “This is the end — for me the beginning of life.”

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Apple says it will update iPhone feature after ‘out of control’ AI summaries

Tool is intended to offer a way to quickly understand multiple notifications, but some have suggested it is spreading misinformation

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Researchers finally solve the mystery of the flying dinosaurs

Pterosaurs – commonly known as pterodactyls – lived some 225 million years ago

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Fran Jones and Billy Harris reach second round of Australian Open qualifying

Jones began her bid to reach the main draw for the second time with a 7-5 6-4 victory over Czech Linda Fruhvirtova.

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Skincare habits to adopt if you’re over 50

Here’s how to build a great skincare routine for mature skin.

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Man denies assisting escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife

Imran Chowdhury, 25, denied assisting the former soldier after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023.

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Starmer warned NHS overhaul will not work without fixing staff shortage

Labour has unveiled a plan to overhaul the NHS - but experts say staff retention needs to be a major focus to tackle crippling waiting lists

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London council want to ban estate agents putting up ‘for sale’ signs ‘due to negative impact’

The request has sparked accusations of ‘NIMBYism’

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Tory ministers opened £1,500 bottle of cognac in the dying days of the Sunak government

Also drunk was a bottle of port that a report on the government wine cellar said should be for ‘very special occasions only’

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