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Brian Adcock on free Covid tests for everyone in England – cartoon
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Brian Adcock on corruption claims in the Conservatives – cartoon
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It won’t bring my dad back, but I want to know what Johnson really said about lockdown
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When my sister told me that my dad may not be coming off his ventilator, I didn’t believe her. I insisted on speaking to the doctors myself. How could someone so fit and healthy be beaten by this virus? He cycled all ...
TV stasera: courtroom drama recounts real-life case of Iraq war soldier Brian Wood
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Bafta-winning writer Robert Jones brings this feature-length adaptation of the real-life story of soldier Brian Wood, who was awarded the Military Cross for his role in the Battle of Danny Boy in Iraq in 2004 but who ...
Brian Carney: ‘A psychologist would have a field day with me’
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Unusually for someone raised in County Wicklow in Ireland, Brian Carney had an illustrious rugby league career as a winger with Hull, Wigan and NRL club Newcastle Knights before a spell with Irish union giants Munster...
Integration in Northern Ireland is making progress, despite gloomy headlines
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Brian London obituary
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The former British heavyweight champion Brian London, che è morto invecchiato 87, twice challenged unsuccessfully for the world heavyweight title: first when he was stopped in 11 rounds by Floyd Patterson in 1959, and seven...
Brian May: ‘I never have a single day without thinking about Freddie’
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Brian May has been up to his neck in it, and he is fed up. We are talking a little more than a week after we were meant to, our initial chat having been postponed because the basement of May’s London home was filled w...
Brian Adcock on the threat to women’s rights in Afghanistan – cartoon
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In New Zealand, it has been easy to forget Covid – now we are too complacent
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My Kiwi friends ask, somewhat jokingly, how I’m finding my first New Zealand level 4. I answer, also somewhat jokingly, that I’m a veteran at this, having lived in London and Dublin for most of the pandemic, and had g...
UB40 saxophonist and songwriter Brian Travers dies aged 62
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The UB40 saxophone player and songwriter Brian Travers has died at the age of 62, the band has said. Il musicista, a founding member of the reggae band, died at his home in Moseley surrounded by his family on 22 Augus...
Joke theft is as old as comedy itself – and not easy to prove
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The most notable thing about the plagiarism row raging between Kae Kurd and Darius Davies is that it’s heading for the courts. Joke theft is as old as comedy, the rancorous underbelly to an industry that presents itse...
John Key calling New Zealand’s Covid response ‘North Korean’ isn’t just lazy rhetoric, it’s wrong
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When former prime minister John Key referred to New Zealand as a “smug hermit kingdom” in his widely disseminated op-ed, I thought it was pushing it a bit, but not completely off the mark – we closed our borders to ou...
Hillsong founder Brian Houston to plead not guilty to concealing sexual abuse charge
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The Hillsong founder Brian Houston will plead not guilty to charges alleging he concealed child sexual abuse by his late father in the 1970s. The megachurch founder did not appear during a first mention of the case at...
Authentic casting ignores craft of acting, says Succession’s Brian Cox
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The Succession star Brian Cox has said authentic casting, where roles are reserved for actors with the same lived experiences as a character, ignores the “craft of acting”. Cox, who plays the media tycoon Logan Roy in...
Human remains found in search for Gabby Petito fiance Brian Laundrie
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Partial human remains were found on Wednesday in a Florida wilderness area where authorities were searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiance of Gabby Petito, a young woman who disappeared on a road trip with Laundrie, T...