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JD Vance joins world tributes to Pope Francis after Easter Sunday meeting
French President Emmanuel Macron said Pope Francis wanted to ‘unite people with one another and with nature’.
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Edd Dracott
21 Apr 2025
UK
Don’t forget Afghan women, pleads 22-year-old Kabul student seeking asylum
Aisha Ahmad said she has ‘lost her hope’, while calls are mounting for the UK to accept more Afghan refugees.
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Edd Dracott
16 Aug 2021
UK
Brentford fan, 88, watches club play top flight football again after 74 years
Derek Burridge was in the stands to watch Brentford versus Arsenal in 1947 and on Friday night.
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Edd Dracott
13 Aug 2021
UK
Colourful cocktail bar beats bra-fitting boutique to shed of the year title
Danielle Zarb-Cousin made her creation in lockdown after a relationship break-up.
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Edd Dracott
6 Aug 2021
UK
Tom Daley reveals Team GB cardigan after week knitting in Tokyo
The diver has backed up his Olympic gold with a white woollen number complete with Union flags, Japanese writing and the Olympic emblem.
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Edd Dracott
5 Aug 2021
UK
Couple’s Mexican honeymoon ‘ruined’ as country joins red list
Joe Coward has cut their trip from two weeks to two days to avoid the need to pay thousands to quarantine in a hotel on their return to the UK.
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Edd Dracott
5 Aug 2021
UK
Thousands on Twitter congratulate disabled man for landing first job
Justin has earned his first job aged 25 despite having DiGeorge syndrome, and says he ‘won’t let my disability stop me’.
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Edd Dracott
4 Aug 2021
UK
Giles Scott ‘relieved not to give dad a heart attack’ after tense sailing gold
Scott spoke to his parents via video call after securing a second successive Olympic gold in the men’s Finn.
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Edd Dracott
3 Aug 2021
UK
Vaccinated Britons in France frustrated by ‘inconsistent’ new quarantine rules
From Monday fully vaccinated travellers from amber list countries will not have to self isolate – except those coming from France.
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Edd Dracott
16 Jul 2021
UK
Malta travel advice updated after confusion over Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine
The problem centred on doses made by the Serum Institute of India, known as Covishield.
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Edd Dracott
14 Jul 2021
UK
More than one million sign petition to ban racists from football
A trio of campaigners known as the Three Hijabis said the signatures show the nation thinks ‘enough is enough’.
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Edd Dracott
14 Jul 2021
UK
Downing Street cat predicts victory for England against Ukraine
Larry, the chief mouser at Downing Street for 10 years, reckons the Three Lions will triumph in the Euros 2020 match.
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Edd Dracott
3 Jul 2021
UK
Elderly England fans recall 1966 as they prepare for Germany match in care home
‘I’ve seen England beat them once and I know we can do it again,’ said Brian Osborn, who watched England win the World Cup at Wembley.
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Edd Dracott
28 Jun 2021
UK
England v Germany: Football-divided couples prepare for relationship stress test
English-German couple James Crabb and Yvonne Leopold will be watching the match at home in Berlin.
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Edd Dracott
28 Jun 2021
UK
Offer young people a business education to tackle inequality, says entrepreneur
William Adoasi says issues like Black Lives Matter will ‘never be alleviated without capital’ and education can help to tackle this.
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Edd Dracott
20 Jun 2021
UK
Fans at stadium describe ‘stunned silence’ after Christian Eriksen collapse
Danish and Finnish fans have said the atmosphere in the stadium immediately changed from a ‘carnival’ to silence.
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Edd Dracott
13 Jun 2021
UK
Marine protesters urge ‘radical action’ from G7 leaders to save seas
Organisers Surfers Against Sewage said more than 1,000 people paddled out to sea to join the demonstration in Cornwall.
By
Edd Dracott
12 Jun 2021
UK
Former gambling addicts march on Wembley calling for end to football betting ads
A group of 30 former gambling addicts is walking 300 miles in 10 days calling for an end to betting adverts in football.
By
Edd Dracott
9 Jun 2021
UK
Pensioner raises money for NHS in charity swim on 100th birthday
Bill Smith surpassed his initial target and swam 136 metres, raising more than £1,300 for NHS Charities Together.
By
Edd Dracott
8 Jun 2021
UK
Woman aims to run length of UK in 16 days in tribute to mother and late brother
Georgie McLean is running 875 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End in 16 days – equating to two marathons per day.
By
Edd Dracott
1 Jun 2021
UK
Family fall ill with food poisoning after hotel quarantine stay
Abby Pansegrauw and her son were both taken to hospital with apparent food poisoning.
By
Edd Dracott
30 May 2021
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