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Grenfell: Value Engineering review – gruelling, unfinished tragedy
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Grenfell Tower housed many of the “have-nots” in a borough of great and conspicuous wealth, as we know from news analysis. The Tabernacle theatre, less than a mile away from the site of the fire in June 2017, sits squ...
Trial by fire: Ukraine war becomes gruelling artillery duel
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The call came at about midday on Wednesday. There had been “chemical poisoning” after a blast and patients needed collecting. Fears of a Russian chemical weapons attack have haunted Ukraine almost since the war began,...
TV tonight: Kate Garraway and Derek Draper’s gruelling road to recovery after Covid
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“The person he is now, in many ways, is a stranger.” Kate Garraway finally welcomes her husband, Derek Draper, home after 374 days in hospital with Covid-19. In this follow-up to last year’s emotionally frank Finding...
South review – startling filmed record of Shackleton’s gruelling Antarctic odyssey
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Pioneering Australian photographer and film-maker Frank Hurley was the official witness to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s gruelling expedition attempting to cross the Antarctic landmass, which lasted three years from 1914 to...
Mark Selby ‘emotional’ after gruelling win over Jamie Jones at the Crucible
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The defending champion, Mark Selby, nudged into the second round of the World Championship despite looking far from his best in a 10-7 win over Jamie Jones. Selby compiled three centuries but struggled for consistency...