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Sticky: Debate and Current Affairs is recruiting! 29-01-2023 29 Jan 2023 20:45 Replies: 0
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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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TSR News Quiz #124 (14 Oct 2023) – positive news special! 03-11-2023 03 Nov 2023 14:44 Replies: 8
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TSR Quiz of The Week #125! (21st October 2023) 03-11-2023 03 Nov 2023 14:43 Replies: 7
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TSR Quiz of the Week #121 (23rd September 2023) - Sunak Special! 03-11-2023 03 Nov 2023 11:06 Replies: 5
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French holocaust denier faces extradition from Scotland 02-11-2023 02 Nov 2023 2:24 Replies: 9
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Friends star Matthew Perry passes away at age 54 30-10-2023 30 Oct 2023 19:25 Replies: 7
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Shooting in Brussels. Shooter still at large. 30-10-2023 30 Oct 2023 12:53 Replies: 9
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USA bombing SyriaContent warning 27-10-2023 27 Oct 2023 17:35 Replies: 8
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50,000 women in Gaza are pregnant. 26-10-2023 26 Oct 2023 21:10 Replies: 13
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Antifa activist murdered in NYC (Pgs: 1 2) 26-10-2023 26 Oct 2023 14:46 Replies: 20
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Muslim grouping OIC says measures needed to prevent Quran desecration 24-10-2023 24 Oct 2023 20:13 Replies: 17
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Never start vaping, says 12-year-old girl with lung damage (Pgs: 1 2) 21-10-2023 21 Oct 2023 15:56 Replies: 22
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TSR Quiz of the Week #122! (30th September 2023) 20-10-2023 20 Oct 2023 14:05 Replies: 8
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Woman attacked by her own dog, an xl bully 19-10-2023 19 Oct 2023 1:50 Replies: 3
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Linked: Two Swedes killed in Brussels shooting
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Teacher killed in France school stabbing 14-10-2023 14 Oct 2023 9:13 Replies: 4
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Poll: Should we scrap all grammar schools or build new ones? 13-10-2023 13 Oct 2023 19:09 Replies: 12
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Captain Tom's daughter defends decision to keep book profits 13-10-2023 13 Oct 2023 11:58 Replies: 10
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Man sentenced for 9 years after planning to assassinate the late queen in 2021 13-10-2023 13 Oct 2023 11:31 Replies: 15
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NHS waiting list in England rises to record 7.75m 12-10-2023 12 Oct 2023 14:15 Replies: 0
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Pioneering Sheffield Uni antibiotics scientist Kirsty Smitten dies aged 29 12-10-2023 12 Oct 2023 14:11 Replies: 0
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About RAAC crisis 10-10-2023 10 Oct 2023 0:24 Replies: 3
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Afghanistan earthquake: Hundreds feared dead in 6.3 quake 08-10-2023 08 Oct 2023 12:08 Replies: 0
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Hamas attacks Israel 07-10-2023 07 Oct 2023 15:49 Replies: 11
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Linked: Gillian Keegan pledges crackdown on mobiles in schools
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Croydon: Girl, 15, killed in south London stabbing (Pgs: 1 2 3) 05-10-2023 05 Oct 2023 19:08 Replies: 56
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Laurence Fox and Dan Whootton suspended from GB news (Pgs: 1 2) 04-10-2023 04 Oct 2023 16:55 Replies: 38
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French supermarket sticks 'shrinkflation' warnings on food to shame suppliers (Pgs: 1 2) 04-10-2023 04 Oct 2023 16:53 Replies: 28
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Rishi Sunak considering banning cigarettes for the next generation 03-10-2023 03 Oct 2023 17:54 Replies: 13
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Rishi Sunak considers radical shake-up of A-levels (Pgs: 1 2) 01-10-2023 01 Oct 2023 2:16 Replies: 21
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Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans 30-09-2023 30 Sep 2023 10:43 Replies: 1
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Transgender women banned from women's chess events (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 29-09-2023 29 Sep 2023 21:19 Replies: 377
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Uganda Anti-Homosexuality bill: Ugandan President signs said bill into law (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 29-09-2023 29 Sep 2023 21:15 Replies: 160
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Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82 29-09-2023 29 Sep 2023 21:08 Replies: 1
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TSR Quiz of the Week #120! (16 September 2023) 29-09-2023 29 Sep 2023 10:29 Replies: 11
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BBC: New impartiality rules for presenters 28-09-2023 28 Sep 2023 18:47 Replies: 0
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Iraq fire: At least 100 killed in blaze at wedding party in Qaraqosh 28-09-2023 28 Sep 2023 14:03 Replies: 5
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Rishi Sunak delays ban on new petrol and diesel cars (Pgs: 1 2 3) 28-09-2023 28 Sep 2023 9:33 Replies: 52
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Poll: American XL bully dog will be banned, says Rishi Sunak (Pgs: 1 2) 28-09-2023 28 Sep 2023 8:01 Replies: 37
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Whites only moms and tots playgroup posters draw outrage in Vancouver 27-09-2023 27 Sep 2023 22:53 Replies: 4
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Some 12000 jobs at risk as UK retail chain Wilko on brink of collapse (Pgs: 1 2) 24-09-2023 24 Sep 2023 15:37 Replies: 22
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Who is next to enter administration/goes bust 24-09-2023 24 Sep 2023 15:31 Replies: 4
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Elon Musk suggests all X users could be asked to pay to use platform (Pgs: 1 2) 23-09-2023 23 Sep 2023 18:22 Replies: 25
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Daniel Khalife: Sighting of escaped prisoner reported to Met Police (Pgs: 1 2) 22-09-2023 22 Sep 2023 8:27 Replies: 22
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Ministers could be set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears 21-09-2023 21 Sep 2023 10:50 Replies: 9
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TSR Quiz of the Week #116! (19 August 2023) 20-09-2023 20 Sep 2023 10:09 Replies: 17
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TSR Quiz of the Week #119! (9 September 2023) (Pgs: 1 2) 18-09-2023 18 Sep 2023 21:45 Replies: 20
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TSR Quiz of the Week #115! (12 August 2023) 18-09-2023 18 Sep 2023 11:38 Replies: 9
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Linked: Imperial College London beats Oxford and Cambridge to first place in the Mail's brand
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Linked: Is it bad that i hate my sixth form already?
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Venice to introduce €5 entry fee for day-trippers 14-09-2023 14 Sep 2023 0:30 Replies: 3
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Birmingham City Council effectively declares bankruptcy after being hit by £760m bill (Pgs: 1 2) 14-09-2023 14 Sep 2023 0:10 Replies: 34
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Thousands of lives lost due to ongoing floods in Lybia 13-09-2023 13 Sep 2023 18:32 Replies: 0
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Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president 13-09-2023 13 Sep 2023 8:40 Replies: 4
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Gulf war hostages to sue BA and Uk gov 12-09-2023 12 Sep 2023 21:53 Replies: 3
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TSR News Quiz #117 (26th Aug 2023) 12-09-2023 12 Sep 2023 18:02 Replies: 17
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TSR News Quiz #118 (2nd Sep 2023) 11-09-2023 11 Sep 2023 21:31 Replies: 16
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Deadly wildfires in Maui, Hawaii 100+ expected dead 11-09-2023 11 Sep 2023 8:03 Replies: 2
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Misreading Signals and ApologiesContent warning (Pgs: 1 2) 11-09-2023 11 Sep 2023 0:26 Replies: 20
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Is there anything being done to mark a year since the queens passing 10-09-2023 10 Sep 2023 21:14 Replies: 12
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15 year old White lad stabbed to death in Islington by 'gang'. (Pgs: 1 2 3) 08-09-2023 08 Sep 2023 20:45 Replies: 41
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Schools and public buildings in crisis due to crumbly aerated concrete [Main thread] 07-09-2023 07 Sep 2023 20:10 Replies: 4
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Ex-Proud Boy boss jailed for 22 years over Capitol riot 07-09-2023 07 Sep 2023 19:35 Replies: 7
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Police urged to investigate hospital bosses for corporate manslaughter | Lucy Letby (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5) 06-09-2023 06 Sep 2023 0:01 Replies: 89
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Riots in Cardiff over fatal police crash (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 04-09-2023 04 Sep 2023 23:33 Replies: 542
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Poll: Has your school closed due to crumbly RAAC concrete? 04-09-2023 04 Sep 2023 21:13 Replies: 8
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monster Ian Watkins deserves everything he's getting (Pgs: 1 2) 03-09-2023 03 Sep 2023 16:08 Replies: 35
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Linked: Reporting Illegal 'Dodgy' Boxes?.........
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A serious catfish, this one always wore her hood up 31-08-2023 31 Aug 2023 19:51 Replies: 4
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Linked: Good pranks to play on friends on holiday
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Ryanair Criticised for charging couple £110 after wrong boarding pass 29-08-2023 29 Aug 2023 6:23 Replies: 13
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Linked: LSE for IR or King's College War Studies?
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If London was destroyed, which city should be Britain's new capital? (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 27-08-2023 27 Aug 2023 8:04 Replies: 223
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Homeless families stay in tents, hotels as temporary housing runs out 24-08-2023 24 Aug 2023 9:31 Replies: 3
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Linked: what shops employ 16 year olds?
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Health sec suggests Scottish and Welsh patients have treatment in England 22-08-2023 22 Aug 2023 3:35 Replies: 4
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Two men stabbed in homophobic attack in Clapham 19-08-2023 19 Aug 2023 20:56 Replies: 4
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Deliveroo work for older people (Pgs: 1 2) 18-08-2023 18 Aug 2023 20:29 Replies: 23
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TSR Quiz of the Week #111! (15 July 2023) 17-08-2023 17 Aug 2023 17:48 Replies: 17
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Linked: Cambridge Land Economy Students and Applicants
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A nice, middle-class salary. (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 16-08-2023 16 Aug 2023 3:35 Replies: 341
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