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Family sues LA Angels after stray baseball fractured boy’s skull
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The family of a boy who suffered a fractured skull and brain damage after being hit with a baseball during the warmup for a Los Angeles Angels game has sued the Angels, claiming negligence on the team’s part. In 2019,...
Iraqi man alleging 35 family members were killed by Australian airstrike denied compensation
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An Iraqi man who alleges 35 family members were killed when an Australian airstrike targeting Islamic State instead obliterated a house where civilians were sheltering has been denied a compensation payment by the fed...
Lamb ragu and stuffed pancake rolls: Jane Baxter’s Italian family favourites – recipes
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Bolognese sauce, or ragù, features in some shape or form in most UK households, and is usually made with beef mince. In Italy, however, it’s traditionally made with a mixture of pork and veal, though in the south lamb...
Rishi Sunak’s family moves out of Downing Street amid tax row
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Rishi Sunak’s family has moved out of Downing Street in the wake of the controversy over the tax affairs of his wife, Akshata Murty. Removal vans visited Downing Street, where the family occupies the flat above No 10,...
Royal family shares poem in tribute to the late Prince Philip by poet laureate
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The royal family have shared a poem in tribute to the late Prince Philip on the first anniversary of his death. The elegy was written by the poet laureate Simon Armitage and shared via official royal social media acco...
Children’s family ‘devastated’ after M4 drink-driver jailed for just nine years
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The family of two young siblings killed in a motorway crash caused by a drink-driver who had been sipping red wine at the wheel and had cocaine in his system have said they are devastated and angry after he was jailed...
Karl-Anthony Towns lost seven family members to Covid. He came back and shone
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On 14 March 2022, Karl-Anthony Towns pirouetted, leapt and dunked his way to a 60-point performance with the grace of a ballet dancer and the strength of, well, a 7ft, 250lb NBA player. After the game, he started to t...
UK woman told to pay extra home insurance to host Ukrainian family
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A Kent woman who has invited a Ukrainian family of refugees into her home was told by John Lewis Home Insurance that she had to pay an extra £41 a year as a result. Despite promises by the Association of British Insur...
‘No one wants to be a little brother’: Belarus, Russia and Ukraine – a dysfunctional family affair
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Recently, as someone born in Belarus who has lived in Russia, I have often been asked the same question: why did Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, nations so closely related to each other, develop in such different ways? M...
Blue Mountains landslide: British father and son killed as two other family members in critical condition
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Crews have worked into the night to retrieve the bodies of a British man and his son after five members of the same family were caught in a landslip in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. The nine-year-old boy and his...
Did you solve it? The magnificent Grabarchuks, Ukraine’s puzzle family
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Earlier today I set you the following six problems, created by The Grabarchuk family, who are from Ukraine, and who are well-known international creators of puzzles. For more about them see the previous post. I’ve pre...
Tell us: have you or a family member caught Covid in the UK for the first time recently?
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With Covid cases on the rise and the official list of symptoms in the UK now including nine new signs of illness, we would like to hear from people, or their family members, who have caught Covid for the first time si...
Can you solve it? The magnificent Grabarchuks, Ukraine’s puzzle family
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Today’s puzzles are all about helping Ukraine. They are written by the Grabarchuk family, who are one of the world’s most original and prolific puzzle creators. Originally from the Western Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod, ...
Ricketts family vow to forsake European Super League as part of Chelsea bid
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The Ricketts family raised the stakes in their controversial bid to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich on Sunday when they produced a list of pledges, including never to participate in a European Super League, in a wid...
10 of the best railway-themed family holidays in England
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After a 50-year hiatus, the legendary Dartmoor line is back, allowing families to explore the whole of Devon, from moor to coast, without the hassle of lengthy car journeys. Rail travel first came to Okehampton in 187...
New twist in Chelsea bidding war as billionaire joins Ricketts family
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The race to buy Chelsea has taken another twist after it emerged that the Ricketts family have been joined in their bid by the Rock Entertainment Group, headed by Dan Gilbert who is worth an estimated $31bn (£23.5bn)....