Britain

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A language guide for judges is a window into modern Britain

And into the mind of the judiciary

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Youth clubs in Britain have been vanishing

Their impact is hard to measure, but can be profound 

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Britain’s government pulls the plug on a superfast computer 

The decision is likely to hurt researchers and AI companies

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The trial of Lucy Letby has shocked British statisticians

And shown that many Britons are woefully ignorant of statistics

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Mike Lynch was Britain’s first software billionaire 

He was celebrating his freedom when his yacht sank in a freak storm

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The tricky politics of choosing Oxford’s next chancellor

The winner is likely to make some people cross

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Britain’s boom in public inquiries into past disasters

Judges are still trusted to rake over political failures

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Britain has many levers for controlling migration. Which ones should it pull?

Not the one marked “reduce the government wage bill”

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Winston Churchill’s urinal shows Britain’s hang-up with heritage

A planned Labour reform goes down the drain

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Britain’s oil and gas industry faces an uncertain future

Small operators in the North Sea are struggling with a tax squeeze

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NHS dentistry is decaying

Can Labour stop the rot?

Obituary

Joss Naylor never let any mountain defeat him

The sheep-farmer and champion fell-runner died on June 28th, aged 88

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Britain’s justice system has responded forcefully to the riots

But the perception of a “two-tier” approach does not bear scrutiny

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Britain’s government is mapping underground cable and pipes

They are at risk from accidental strikes, and malign attacks

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