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The threat of inflation is not so imminent as No 11 would have us believe
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There was a warning after last week’s budget that Rishi Sunak’s recovery plans could be blown off course by a rise in inflation of such strength that it would force central banks to raise interest rates. A modest incr...
I can’t believe it’s not Nutella! Chefs’ and food writers’ favourite grocery bargains
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People who cook for a living are paid to make things you and I won’t – or feel we can’t – make at home. Their aim is to retain your custom. It follows that their recipes or tips often feel a little out of reach. It is...
I’d love to believe Brexit is working. But why are there so many weird shortages?
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It started with a rabbit hutch, insanely expensive, but reportedly worth it: the only guaranteed fox-proof outdoor hutch on the market. I ordered it in January; I’d say I got an email about its progress roughly once a...
‘Can you believe this?’: key takeaways from the report on Trump’s attempt to steal the election
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A 394-page Senate report released Thursday offers some of the most alarming details to date of Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. For weeks after the November election, Trump and Mark Meadows, the W...
Don’t believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon by 2050
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Now that the whole world seems to be aligned behind the goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the nuclear industry is straining every sinew to present itself as an invaluable ally in the ambitious aim. Energy exp...
‘I can’t believe this is happening’: the refugees trying to escape Ukraine – video
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Volunteers at a railway station in Lviv in western Ukraine are doing all they can to help refugees flee the violence of Putin’s invasion and reach safety. Lviv is less than 50 miles from the Polish border and thousand...
Small majority believe there is still time to avert climate disaster – survey
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A small majority of people believe there is still time to make a difference and slow global heating, a survey of consumer attitudes in 16 countries reveals. People aged 55 and over believe most strongly that their beh...
While a match has a pulse, Solskjær’s Manchester United will still believe
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It was the moment that ignited Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s reputation, not just as a Manchester United supersub but as the provider of dramatic, late goals that made a difference. It was January 1999, Old Trafford was in a ...
‘Dare to believe’: young writers on their dreams of the sea
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Last November the Marine Biological Association (MBA) – one of the world’s longest-established bodies dedicated to research into our oceans and its ecosystems – led the first online Young Marine Biologist summit. Attr...
Music group Believe advises clients how to work around Russia sanctions
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The French music group Believe, which has worked with artists including Björk, La Roux and Slayer, has pledged to keep its operations open in Russia and is advising partners how to work around sanctions imposed over t...
If Johnson didn’t believe the ‘NHS overwhelmed stuff’, why was he clapping?
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Last October, in their first joint television appearance, Boris Johnson and his then fiancee, Carrie Symonds, showered praise on frontline NHS workers for their “courage and dedication” during the pandemic. “Thank you...
Why people believe Covid conspiracy theories: could folklore hold the answer?
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Researchers have mapped the web of connections underpinning coronavirus conspiracy theories, opening a new way of understanding and challenging them. Using Danish witchcraft folklore as a model, the researchers from ...
Do people believe Covid myths?
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Like viruses, false information spreads through networks. In March 2020, more than a quarter of the top Covid-19 related videos on YouTube contained misleading claims and those had more than 60m views worldwide. The W...
Seth Meyers: ‘You really expect us to believe Congress could plan an orgy?’
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“There’s a lot you can say about the modern Republican party – it’s paranoid, authoritarian, obsessed with conspiracy theories and culture wars,” said Seth Meyers on Wednesday’s Late Night. “But in addition to that, i...
Harry and Meghan ‘believe royals did not take accountability for concerns’
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex believe the royal family did not take accountability for the concerns raised in their Oprah Winfrey interview, an unauthorised biography of the couple has claimed. Harry and Meghan used ...
‘People believe people like themselves’: meet the shop-floor TikTok stars
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Step aside Kim Kardashian and Joe Wicks, retailers are turning shop floor managers into the new influencers, as their home-spun video clips are building a huge fanbase on social media. Marks & Spencer has Craig Fi...