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Linked: Announcement: Debate and Current Affairs Guidance
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Sticky: Guidelines for News and Current Affairs 17-06-2021 17 Jun 2021 12:53 Replies: 4
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Government to scrap wasteful left-wing diversity training 08-08-2022 08 Aug 2022 17:32 Replies: 17
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Interest rates up today - what now? 08-08-2022 08 Aug 2022 0:49 Replies: 5
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US fireman finds 10 dead in house blaze are his family 07-08-2022 07 Aug 2022 9:54 Replies: 1
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Man detained by police for retweeting Laurence fox meme (Pgs: 1 2) 06-08-2022 06 Aug 2022 8:03 Replies: 24
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The secret mission to save LGBT Afghans 05-08-2022 05 Aug 2022 23:22 Replies: 1
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BLM protestors protest outside victims house after she was nearly killed 04-08-2022 04 Aug 2022 22:37 Replies: 11
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Should we declare a state of emergency based on the Russian invasion of Ukraine? (Pgs: 1 2) 01-08-2022 01 Aug 2022 21:59 Replies: 38
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Energy Bills to rise by another £800 (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 01-08-2022 01 Aug 2022 16:24 Replies: 62
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Tory Leadership 30-07-2022 30 Jul 2022 10:41 Replies: 15
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TSR News Quiz #66 (16th Jul 2022) 27-07-2022 27 Jul 2022 14:54 Replies: 7
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Gazprom: Nord Stream 1 supply to EU to be cut further 27-07-2022 27 Jul 2022 8:37 Replies: 4
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Canada shooting suspect targeted homeless 26-07-2022 26 Jul 2022 0:34 Replies: 0
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Quiz of the Week - Week 64 (2 July 2022) 25-07-2022 25 Jul 2022 20:00 Replies: 13
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Captured Briton John Harding appears in video in Ukraine 23-07-2022 23 Jul 2022 23:31 Replies: 8
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TSR News Quiz of the Week: Conservative Special! 23-07-2022 23 Jul 2022 20:47 Replies: 13
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TSR Quiz of the Week #63! (25 June 2022) 23-07-2022 23 Jul 2022 18:36 Replies: 7
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Dave Chappelle show canceled following transgender joke controversy. 22-07-2022 22 Jul 2022 21:33 Replies: 5
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Tony Blair got a knighthood... (Pgs: 1 2) 19-07-2022 19 Jul 2022 8:41 Replies: 34
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UK government crisis [Official Thread]: Boris Johnson resigns (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 18-07-2022 18 Jul 2022 21:07 Replies: 461
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Sir Mo Farah reveals the shocking truth about his childhood 17-07-2022 17 Jul 2022 21:44 Replies: 18
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Heatwave: More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread 17-07-2022 17 Jul 2022 19:41 Replies: 1
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Salford Quays: Boy dies after swimming with friends 17-07-2022 17 Jul 2022 19:37 Replies: 0
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Bury tractor crash: Mum's tribute to 'sunshine boy' who died 17-07-2022 17 Jul 2022 19:34 Replies: 0
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3m adults in England still have no Covid vaccineClosed For Cleanup (Pgs: 1 2 3) 17-07-2022 17 Jul 2022 18:51 Replies: 40
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Terrence Howard Claims He Invented 'New Hydrogen Technology' To Defend Uganda 16-07-2022 16 Jul 2022 7:55 Replies: 3
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Drug dealers wife promotion at NHS hospital! 16-07-2022 16 Jul 2022 2:10 Replies: 5
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Is referring to foreigners as “foreign nationalists” racist? 16-07-2022 16 Jul 2022 2:07 Replies: 2
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Cyclist kills elderly woman, leaves her in the road to die, guess the sentence. 16-07-2022 16 Jul 2022 1:46 Replies: 6
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43c in UK 16-07-2022 16 Jul 2022 0:05 Replies: 16
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Experts warn sleeping positions could increase risk of blood clots, heart problems (Pgs: 1 2) 14-07-2022 14 Jul 2022 15:16 Replies: 28
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Elon musk offers to buy twitter (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 10-07-2022 10 Jul 2022 8:40 Replies: 66
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Shinzo Abe, former Japanese PM shot and killed at a rallyContent warning 09-07-2022 09 Jul 2022 1:39 Replies: 6
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Tracy Connelly Baby Killer released from prison 08-07-2022 08 Jul 2022 8:42 Replies: 4
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Mass shooting in Denmark 07-07-2022 07 Jul 2022 5:59 Replies: 5
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Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs 06-07-2022 06 Jul 2022 19:02 Replies: 12
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TSR Quiz of the Week #60 - Platinum Jubilee Special! 05-07-2022 05 Jul 2022 14:57 Replies: 15
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Ghislaine Maxwell gets 20 years in jail (Pgs: 1 2) 05-07-2022 05 Jul 2022 12:16 Replies: 35
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Linked: What is the most annoying/ridiculous advert on UK Tv at the moment?
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drinking/clubbing age in france? 03-07-2022 03 Jul 2022 4:21 Replies: 19
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PMQs and the winking saga. 01-07-2022 01 Jul 2022 14:58 Replies: 3
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Fina bars transgender swimmers from women's elite events if they went through male pu (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 01-07-2022 01 Jul 2022 10:23 Replies: 77
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Official Thread: Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 28-06-2022 28 Jun 2022 14:59 Replies: 132
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TSR News Quiz #62 (17th Jun 2022) 27-06-2022 27 Jun 2022 17:45 Replies: 7
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TSR Quiz of the Week #61 25-06-2022 25 Jun 2022 23:23 Replies: 8
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TSR Quiz of the Week #58! (14 May 2022) 25-06-2022 25 Jun 2022 15:34 Replies: 13
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Angry People in Local Newspapers compilation thread (Pgs: 1 2) 24-06-2022 24 Jun 2022 23:21 Replies: 33
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Linked: Wrong Signature in paper !!!
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Ukraine outlaws the letters V & Z 22-06-2022 22 Jun 2022 22:08 Replies: 7
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Migrants crossing 22-06-2022 22 Jun 2022 19:26 Replies: 14
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More Russian war crimes 21-06-2022 21 Jun 2022 22:52 Replies: 1
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ISLAMIC TERROR ATTACK FOILED on Paris bound train (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 21-06-2022 21 Jun 2022 22:31 Replies: 150
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Republic of Ireland President says he would have no problem rejoining the UK (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 19-06-2022 19 Jun 2022 1:11 Replies: 61
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Is Spain's tap-water actually undrinkable? (Pgs: 1 2 3) 17-06-2022 17 Jun 2022 23:33 Replies: 57
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Cambridge University has lost staff because of Brexit (Pgs: 1 2) 16-06-2022 16 Jun 2022 18:42 Replies: 20
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Film running times 16-06-2022 16 Jun 2022 13:00 Replies: 13
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Train strike (Pgs: 1 2) 16-06-2022 16 Jun 2022 12:09 Replies: 22
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Cineworld pulls film over Muslim protests (Pgs: 1 2) 16-06-2022 16 Jun 2022 0:31 Replies: 20
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UN human rights chief under attack by the Wests rules based tyranny 15-06-2022 15 Jun 2022 22:14 Replies: 2
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Racism in the uk (Pgs: 1 2) 15-06-2022 15 Jun 2022 15:14 Replies: 24
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Paris explosions !! Breaking news 14-06-2022 14 Jun 2022 16:29 Replies: 5
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TSR News Quiz #59 (27th May 2022) 14-06-2022 14 Jun 2022 10:49 Replies: 5
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What do you think of space exploration? 14-06-2022 14 Jun 2022 10:42 Replies: 5
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China vows to ‘fight to the end’ to prevent Taiwan’s independence 14-06-2022 14 Jun 2022 2:47 Replies: 1
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The looming world famine in 2022 14-06-2022 14 Jun 2022 2:46 Replies: 7
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Linked: Accepted Forms of ID
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Tube strike tomorrow 10-06-2022 10 Jun 2022 22:42 Replies: 6
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Linked: Why do people talk loudly in libraries?
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Boris Johnson to face Vote of Confidence [Official Thread] (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 07-06-2022 07 Jun 2022 19:47 Replies: 128
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Surely I'm allowed to smoke on my own balcony... right? (Pgs: 1 2) 06-06-2022 06 Jun 2022 16:55 Replies: 20
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Poll: Are you celebrating the Queen's Jubilee? (Pgs: 1 2) 05-06-2022 05 Jun 2022 22:05 Replies: 24
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Daily Star alleges Putinb is dead and a body double runs the country 04-06-2022 04 Jun 2022 13:23 Replies: 5
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Poll: Is it ok for a guy to take his shoes and socks off in the college library? (Pgs: 1 2) 04-06-2022 04 Jun 2022 0:34 Replies: 28
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Share photos of what's happening in your area for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee! 03-06-2022 03 Jun 2022 8:43 Replies: 1
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(Official thread) Depp vs. Heard trial verdict announced (Pgs: 1 2 3) 02-06-2022 02 Jun 2022 18:59 Replies: 40
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2008 Financial Crisis 01-06-2022 01 Jun 2022 23:16 Replies: 10
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Opinions on the Depp vs. Heard trialContent warning (Pgs: 1 2 3) 01-06-2022 01 Jun 2022 21:18 Replies: 41
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Why is the U.K. EV battery supply far behind other countries 30-05-2022 30 May 2022 22:11 Replies: 1
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Fourteen students and one teacher have been killed in a mass shooting in Texas. (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 30-05-2022 30 May 2022 22:02 Replies: 78
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Why does the government encourage small businesses? 28-05-2022 28 May 2022 12:27 Replies: 17
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250 migrants cross the channel today (Pgs: 1 2) 27-05-2022 27 May 2022 13:07 Replies: 32
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