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Liam Gallagher brands sketch about bickering Oasis brothers ‘excruciating’
Liam Gallagher has branded a Saturday Night Live (SNL) skit about the bickering Oasis brothers "excruciating".
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North Korea blows up roads linking it to South Korea
North Korea has blown up roads and rail lines that lead up to the border with South Korea - a further sign of its rejection of any possibility of reunification.
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Ofwat to name LEK Consulting as Thames Water ‘policeman’
Scrutiny of Thames Water, the crisis-hit utility, will intensify this week when the industry regulator appoints LEK Consulting as an independent monitor of the company.
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Neighbour heard ‘high-pitched scream’ two days before Sara Sharif’s death
A neighbour heard a "single high-pitched scream" of someone in pain two days before Sara Sharif was allegedly murdered, a court has been told.
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Man, 25, appears in court charged with murder near primary school
A suspect has appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in West Lothian.
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Mrs Brown’s Boys star apologises for ‘clumsy’ racial joke
Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll has apologised over what he called a "clumsy" joke where a "racial term was implied".
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Woman who raised $1m for her children dies
A terminally ill woman from Utah has died after her online appeal for support for her young children raised more than $1m.
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Simple tweak to cervical cancer treatment cuts risk of death by 40%, say researchers
A new cervical cancer treatment cuts the risk of death by 40% according to a large-scale study.
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PM refuses to rule out increasing national insurance for employers in budget
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out raising national insurance for employers in the upcoming autumn budget.
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‘Cheating’ probe at conker championships after winner found with steel nut
The World Conker Championships is investigating after the men's champion was found with a steel chestnut in his pocket.