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    20 Jul 2021

    Some job news! My new title at is Science Reporter & Religious Affairs Correspondent ⚛️✝️ I'm joining + on our science patch and still covering religion. Do get in touch with fascinating stories on either/both topics:

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  2. 4 hours ago

    A fabulous and bittersweet farewell gig, their last ever in the UK, from the glorious last night at Colours in Hoxton

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    7 hours ago

    Moon dust brought back by astronauts including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin has been used to grow plants for the first time It could see astronauts become "lunar farmers" when crews return to the Moon in a few years FULL STORY:

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  4. 7 hours ago

    Moon dust brought back by astronauts including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin has been used to grow plants for the first time It could see astronauts become "lunar farmers" when crews return to the Moon in a few years FULL STORY:

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    May 12

    Our own black hole! Astronomers have just revealed the 1st image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy using the - a planet-scale array of radio telescopes that emerged from decades of NSF support.

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  6. May 12

    Poor rural areas will get a bigger share of a £3.6 billion pot of Church of England cash Archbishops said they "got it wrong" by focusing so much on investing money in towns and cities Rural priests told Justin Welby that they needed more help

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    May 10

    Return to church on Sundays rather than watching online, Catholics in England and Wales have been told by bishops

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    May 11

    It is sexist that so many species of parasitic worm are named after men, a study says More should be named after women, researchers said, with "no shortage" of eminent female scientists who could be honoured

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  9. May 11

    It is sexist that so many species of parasitic worm are named after men, a study says More should be named after women, researchers said, with "no shortage" of eminent female scientists who could be honoured

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  10. May 10

    Return to church on Sundays rather than watching online, Catholics in England and Wales have been told by bishops

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  11. May 9

    It was noted that, in the long history of antisemitism, England had some dark firsts. It was the first country: - To expel its Jewish population en masse - To force Jewish people to wear badges - Where the baseless "blood libel" scare-story about Jewish rituals was spread

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  12. May 9

    The anger of early Christians towards Jews who didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah translated into centuries of antisemitism in Christian teaching A historic service yesterday marked the 800th anniversary of church laws forcing English Jews to wear badges:

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  13. May 8

    I was in Oxford today for a historic service of "repentance" for centuries of antisemitism in Christian teaching Marked 800th anniversary of English church laws forcing Jews in medieval England to wear badges

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  14. May 7

    Northampton started the day in a promotion spot in League Two. Then won 3-1 today. Giving them a goal difference a whopping +7 better than Bristol Rovers, one place behind And yet...Bristol Rovers recorded the joint biggest win in their history, and are promoted on goals scored:

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  15. May 5

    "Quick kids, eat your greens, before they eat you..." ☢️🍆

    🇬🇧🇯🇵 Fish and vegetables grown near the old Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan can be freely sold in Britain after the Food Standards Agency scrapped a rule on radioactivity levels in produce
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  16. May 4

    I'm not someone who easily feels hatred for people or things, but I have a pure, burning, white-hot hatred for people who don't pick up their dog's sh*t. Loathsome, loathsome people.

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  17. May 4

    Having spent 10mins picking dog crap out of the tread of my son's shoe with a toothpick, I'll vote tomorrow for anyone who pledges to lock up those who don't pick up their dog's turds to life in prison, preferably spent cleaning dog mess off children's shoes and pushchair wheels

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    May 3

    The government argues that a windfall tax on oil and gas companies would deter investment So which of BP's planned £18 billion of UK investments would it *not* do if a windfall tax was imposed? "There are none that we wouldn't do," BP chief executive Bernard Looney tells me 👀

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    May 2

    What utterly horrifying news to wake up to:

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    May 2

    Exclusive: Retired city workers, headteachers and police officers are being fast-tracked into the priesthood They bring a "lifetime of work experience" to their rural churches and can share the load with over-stretched vicars

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  21. May 2

    Exclusive: Retired city workers, headteachers and police officers are being fast-tracked into the priesthood They bring a "lifetime of work experience" to their rural churches and can share the load with over-stretched vicars

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