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Thames Water boss says bills need to rise by 40% 41 minutes ago 41 minutes ago Replies: 2
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Uk sanctions china 3 hours ago 3 hours ago Replies: 1
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Guardian - UK middle classes ‘struggling despite incomes of up to £60,000 a year’ (Pgs: 1 2 3) 3 hours ago 3 hours ago Replies: 49
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Princess of wales reveals cancer diagnosis (Pgs: 1 2) 22 hours ago 27 Mar 20:27 Replies: 30
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Consultant sued NHS after being told to roll up sleeves like other doctors 1 day ago 27 Mar 0:31 Replies: 7
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Tractors converge at Westminster as farmers protest over food security 1 day ago 27 Mar 0:02 Replies: 4
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TSR Quiz of the Week #141! (23 March 2023) 1 day ago 26 Mar 23:27 Replies: 9
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Green Party supporting Left Wing Terrorist Jailed 1 day ago 26 Mar 22:57 Replies: 4
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4m hours of raw sewage discharges in England in 2023, data expected to show 1 day ago 26 Mar 22:19 Replies: 1
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Bridge collapses in Baltimore after ship collides with it 1 day ago 26 Mar 21:41 Replies: 0
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‘Am I going to be homeless in June?’: Port Talbot workers fear return to 1980s 2 days ago 26 Mar 17:54 Replies: 2
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[Official thread] Hamas-Israel Conflict (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 2 days ago 25 Mar 21:39 Replies: 1,680
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Moscow concert hall shooting: at least 40 people dead and 100 wounded 3 days ago 25 Mar 16:34 Replies: 14
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13 year old boy rapes his 8 year old sister (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 3 days ago 24 Mar 21:13 Replies: 120
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Sentencing Council to make changes for pregnant women / new mothers 4 days ago 24 Mar 19:03 Replies: 3
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Major brands, including Heinz, reject 'shrinkflation' 4 days ago 24 Mar 14:45 Replies: 5
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Claims that a 9 year-old boy was treated poorly by staff ‘because he’s Jewish’ 4 days ago 23 Mar 21:44 Replies: 6
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Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar steps down 5 days ago 23 Mar 16:54 Replies: 1
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Rwanda bill likely to be stalled at least till April after seven defeats in the Lords 5 days ago 23 Mar 16:00 Replies: 14
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Top Army Chief Warns of Britons Facing Draft in Potential UK-Russia Conflict 5 days ago 22 Mar 20:55 Replies: 18
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Complaint lodged after ITV editor sparks fury for saying ‘we don’t want white men’ 6 days ago 22 Mar 19:02 Replies: 2
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why do news related israel/gaza has its comment turned off 6 days ago 22 Mar 12:21 Replies: 4
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Vaping ‘linked to cancer and damages body like smoking’ 6 days ago 22 Mar 9:30 Replies: 6
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BBC: Tory donor accused of racist remarks about Diane Abbott (Pgs: 1 2) 6 days ago 22 Mar 6:53 Replies: 24
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TSR News Quiz of the Week #139 (9 March 2024) 1 week ago 21 Mar 17:03 Replies: 13
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TSR Quiz of the Week #140 - Photo edit round! 1 week ago 20 Mar 17:37 Replies: 10
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The London Clinic: Hospital where Kate treated responds after alleged privacy breach 1 week ago 20 Mar 16:10 Replies: 0
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Inside the thriving black market for illicit Deliveroo, Uber Eats & Just Eat drivers 1 week ago 17 Mar 15:44 Replies: 0
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The sickly seaside town that turned its back on work 1 week ago 17 Mar 12:44 Replies: 2
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Craig Foster apologises to Sam Kerr for saying her crime was sackable 1 week ago 16 Mar 19:02 Replies: 4
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Sainsbury's and some Tesco deliveries cancelled over technical issues 1 week ago 16 Mar 18:53 Replies: 0
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Martin Lewis urges millions to claim back £1,256 from HMRC before deadline in weeks 1 week ago 16 Mar 7:50 Replies: 1
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Five SAS soldiers arrested for alleged war crimes in Syria (Pgs: 1 2) 1 week ago 15 Mar 20:16 Replies: 26
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[Official Thread] Russian invasion of Ukraine (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 1 week ago 15 Mar 9:53 Replies: 8,754
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Lee Anderson defects to reform 1 week ago 14 Mar 21:35 Replies: 10
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BBC: UK to ban foreign state ownership of newspapers 2 weeks ago 14 Mar 15:59 Replies: 1
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Children to no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England confirms 2 weeks ago 14 Mar 12:33 Replies: 9
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Royal Palace releases manipulated image 2 weeks ago 14 Mar 12:00 Replies: 13
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Rochdale By-election: George Galloway elected as new MP (Pgs: 1 2) 2 weeks ago 13 Mar 11:18 Replies: 36
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UK governments to ban disposable vapes (Pgs: 1 2) 2 weeks ago 12 Mar 22:17 Replies: 28
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More than a fifth of UK adults not looking for work 2 weeks ago 12 Mar 15:57 Replies: 0
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Should digital media spreading venomous hatred be regulated? 2 weeks ago 12 Mar 7:59 Replies: 0
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I am so happy Barbie did not win anything at the Oscars 2 weeks ago 11 Mar 17:51 Replies: 1
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India Willoughby reports jk rowling to the police 2 weeks ago 09 Mar 20:49 Replies: 2
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Aussie police uninvited from Mardi Gras after double homicide 3 weeks ago 05 Mar 17:35 Replies: 4
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Trump ineligible to run for president in Colorado and Maine in 2024 Election (Pgs: 1 2) 3 weeks ago 05 Mar 17:26 Replies: 33
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Shamima Begum was made a scapegoat – we would welcome her back, say Bethnal Green res (Pgs: 1 2 3) 3 weeks ago 02 Mar 18:56 Replies: 50
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Rust trial: Armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was 'sloppy' before Alec Baldwin gun fired 3 weeks ago 29 Feb 19:33 Replies: 3
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Jeremy Hunt to deliver budget on March 6 as election looms 4 weeks ago 29 Feb 0:23 Replies: 12
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NHS trust says transgender milk just as good for babies as normal milk (Pgs: 1 2 3 4) 4 weeks ago 28 Feb 23:22 Replies: 66
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TSR News Quiz #138 (23rd Feb 2024) 4 weeks ago 28 Feb 20:30 Replies: 13
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Lee Anderson: MP suspended from Tory party over 'Islamists' comments 4 weeks ago 28 Feb 20:03 Replies: 8
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Mary Poppins film age rating raised over 'discriminatory language' 4 weeks ago 27 Feb 13:04 Replies: 3
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TSR News Quiz #137 (17 Feb 2024) 4 weeks ago 27 Feb 9:39 Replies: 11
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i am convinced that Michael Jackson was a pedophile (Pgs: 1 2) 4 weeks ago 27 Feb 3:08 Replies: 28
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London Overground's new names revealed (Pgs: 1 2) 22-02-2024 22 Feb 19:00 Replies: 22
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Alex Navalny dies in Arctic Circle jail, says Russia 22-02-2024 22 Feb 11:39 Replies: 4
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OpenAI reveals Sora, a tool to make instant videos from written prompts 21-02-2024 21 Feb 12:51 Replies: 5
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who is donald trumpContent warning 20-02-2024 20 Feb 12:27 Replies: 18
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UK professor suffered discrimination due to anti-Zionist beliefs, tribunal rules 19-02-2024 19 Feb 12:02 Replies: 15
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Alexei Navalny discharged from Berlin hospital 18-02-2024 18 Feb 16:14 Replies: 1
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Quiz of the week #135 (3 February 2024) 18-02-2024 18 Feb 15:15 Replies: 12
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De-banked for expressing alternative social views (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 18-02-2024 17 Feb 23:41 Replies: 209
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TSR Quiz of the Week #133! (20 January 2024) 13-02-2024 13 Feb 8:29 Replies: 11
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Is the UK prepared for WW3? (Pgs: 1 2) 12-02-2024 12 Feb 19:07 Replies: 36
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TSR Quiz of the Week #136! (10 February 2023) 12-02-2024 12 Feb 13:51 Replies: 7
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Michelle O’Neil becomes the first nationalist First Minister in Northern Ireland 09-02-2024 09 Feb 2:59 Replies: 5
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Brianna Ghey killed in quiet villageContent warning (Pgs: 1 2 3) 08-02-2024 08 Feb 14:58 Replies: 43
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King Charles III diagnosed with cancer [Official thread] 07-02-2024 07 Feb 19:57 Replies: 13
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TSR News Quiz #134 (26th Jan 2024) 05-02-2024 05 Feb 8:51 Replies: 17
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Madonna sued by US fans 04-02-2024 04 Feb 2:04 Replies: 5
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US launches retaliatory strikes in response to Jordan attack 03-02-2024 02 Feb 23:32 Replies: 0
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Germany: Marches against the far right draw over 200,000 (Pgs: 1 2) 01-02-2024 01 Feb 17:31 Replies: 36
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Valdo Calocane gets hospital order- Families of the victims are angry about itContent warning (Pgs: 1 2) 28-01-2024 28 Jan 16:04 Replies: 39
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Muslim protesting outside schools 23-01-2024 23 Jan 15:23 Replies: 4
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I am from the Middle East and support Israel, here's why... (Pgs: 1 2 3) 18-01-2024 18 Jan 19:20 Replies: 53
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