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Sticky: Quiz of the Week: The Master Thread! (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 2 weeks ago 16 Sep 22:50 Replies: 252
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Sticky: The Feel Good News Thread! 03-03-2024 03 Mar 20:36 Replies: 8
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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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Desire for net zero referendum growing among public, poll finds (Pgs: 1 2 3) 15-01-2024 15 Jan 23:20 Replies: 54
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TSR Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2023! (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 14-01-2024 14 Jan 1:49 Replies: 108
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The media unfairly demonised the Cambridge student who tried to burn a note in front (Pgs: 1 2 3) 08-01-2024 08 Jan 11:29 Replies: 58
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TSR News Quiz #132 (23 Dec 2023) 05-01-2024 05 Jan 11:12 Replies: 11
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Christmas is RUINED News Compilation thread Mk II 04-01-2024 04 Jan 17:51 Replies: 16
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HMRC going to hunt down tax evasions for side hustlers 03-01-2024 03 Jan 1:27 Replies: 4
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Any predictions for 2024? 02-01-2024 02 Jan 20:30 Replies: 2
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TSR Quiz of the Week #131! (9 December 2023) 02-01-2024 02 Jan 16:05 Replies: 7
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Eurostar cancels all today's trains after tunnel floods 30-12-2023 30 Dec 2023 18:02 Replies: 1
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Is it funny for the home secretrary to make such jokes? 26-12-2023 26 Dec 2023 19:29 Replies: 10
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What are the exact casualties in Gaza? 25-12-2023 25 Dec 2023 20:59 Replies: 2
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TSR Quiz of the Week #129! (25 November 2023) 25-12-2023 25 Dec 2023 10:19 Replies: 7
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Prague in state of shock following mass shooting at Charles University.Content warning 24-12-2023 24 Dec 2023 9:05 Replies: 3
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"Britons need to be ‘less squeamish’ about drinking water from sewage"; says conserva 21-12-2023 21 Dec 2023 15:34 Replies: 8
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Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s 16-12-2023 16 Dec 2023 12:51 Replies: 3
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Students accused of rape at university bringing lawyers to hearings (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 15-12-2023 15 Dec 2023 14:02 Replies: 279
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Asylum seeker dies on bibby Stockholm barge 14-12-2023 14 Dec 2023 22:30 Replies: 14
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Boris Johnson ‘can’t remember passcode’ to phone with Covid WhatsApp messages (Pgs: 1 2) 13-12-2023 13 Dec 2023 12:08 Replies: 34
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TSR News Quiz #130! (2nd December 2023) 12-12-2023 12 Dec 2023 8:54 Replies: 9
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R.I.P to the hero who handled the Nicola Bulley case 11-12-2023 11 Dec 2023 14:46 Replies: 0
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Thoughts on the current situation between Palestine and Israel? (Pgs: 1 2) 09-12-2023 09 Dec 2023 19:53 Replies: 35
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TSR Quiz of the Week #127! (11 November 2023) 08-12-2023 08 Dec 2023 11:24 Replies: 10
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TSR Quiz of the Week #126! (4 November 2023) 08-12-2023 08 Dec 2023 11:22 Replies: 9
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TSR News Quiz #128 (18 November 2023) 08-12-2023 08 Dec 2023 11:20 Replies: 7
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Geert Wilders's far-right PVV wins most seats in Dutch election 25-11-2023 25 Nov 2023 15:29 Replies: 17
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Past Netenyahun governments Propped up Hamas - Why is this not news? 23-11-2023 23 Nov 2023 15:10 Replies: 3
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Teenager given 2 year youth sentence for killing an 82 year old man. 20-11-2023 20 Nov 2023 15:59 Replies: 1
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A Levels set to be scrapped 17-11-2023 17 Nov 2023 22:32 Replies: 4
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The use of Arabic derived slang in London 14-11-2023 14 Nov 2023 19:43 Replies: 1
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Linked: What happened to wonka exploder bars?
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Terrorist NHS worker planned to bomb hospital 13-11-2023 13 Nov 2023 22:24 Replies: 12
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New Heaven New Church 10-11-2023 10 Nov 2023 10:58 Replies: 1
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Touchscreen card devices may prevent blind customers paying 09-11-2023 09 Nov 2023 19:58 Replies: 1
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Citizencard.... how long did it take 09-11-2023 09 Nov 2023 15:25 Replies: 14
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TSR Quiz of the Week #123! (7 October 2023) 06-11-2023 06 Nov 2023 9:33 Replies: 15
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Ban on single-use plastic cutlery comes into force in England (Pgs: 1 2 3 4 5 ) 05-11-2023 05 Nov 2023 11:52 Replies: 207
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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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