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Millions wasted on empty secure children’s home beds in England and Wales, says Labour
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About £111m of taxpayers’ money has been wasted by the government over a decade on empty secure children’s home beds across England and Wales, Labour has said after an analysis of official statistics. Data released by...
Son Heung-min steals in to secure Tottenham victory over Brentford
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What is this Tottenham side’s natural resting place? A comfortable defeat of Brentford offered no definitive clues but, given their claim to a top-four position has grown appreciably over the past fortnight, Antonio C...
Locals secure buyout of mainland Britain’s most remote pub
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Locals at mainland Britain’s most remote pub are celebrating a community buyout of their beloved establishment after a year-long struggle to raise funds and secure a sale – and hope to be pulling pints again by Easter...
Sheffield United and Luton secure Championship playoff places
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Sheffield United and Luton Town have secured places in the Championship playoffs at the expense of Middlesbrough and Millwall, the two sides who maintained hope of sneaking into the top six on the final day of the reg...
Team GB’s women secure bronze in helter-skelter Olympic hockey win over India
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Bronze, gold, bronze. Great Britain’s women made history by getting some metal round their necks for a third straight Olympic Games – take note, men – thanks to Grace Balsdon’s decisive penalty corner strike to win a ...
‘I feel more secure’: how a holistic approach helps India’s beggars build a better life
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Pandit Tulsidas, 52, was resting under a tree by a road junction in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where he had begged for years. When an official approached him about a government scheme that would teach him job skills, he rejec...
World Cup roundup: Bergwijn and Depay secure finals spot for Netherlands
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Steven Bergwijn and Memphis Depay scored late as the Netherlands qualified for next year’s World Cup with a 2-0 home victory over Norway on Tuesday to win Group G. The Dutch return to the finals after missing out on t...
Socceroos consigned to playoffs as Japan secure World Cup berth with win
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Stadium Australia has been the site for many of the Socceroos’ most celebrated moments. Be it Josh Kennedy’s towering header to defeat Iraq and secure progression to the 2014 World Cup or Mile Jedinak’s captain’s hat-...
Thomas Bach promises ‘safe and secure’ Olympics as Tokyo Covid cases soar
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Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee president, has said a “safe and secure” Tokyo Olympics will be a show of global solidarity during the pandemic – on the same day as infections in the host city reached ...
UK ministers secure 114m more Covid vaccines for next two years
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Ministers in the UK have secured new contracts to buy 114m more Covid-19 vaccines for the next two years. The deals, for 2022 and 2023, were accelerated after the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, official...
Minamino and Origi secure Liverpool’s safe passage at Preston
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The League Cup has not always been kind to Jürgen Klopp – or vice versa, take your pick – but a Liverpool team unrecognisable from Sunday’s evisceration of Manchester United in personnel and performance advanced into ...
England secure netball series win against Jamaica in emphatic style
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England’s Roses secured an emphatic victory over Jamaica and their first series win against the Sunshine Girls since 2013. From the blow of the first whistle Jess Thirlby’s side romped to victory, using the full depth...
Canadian police secure downtown Ottawa as truckers’ protest ends
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Canadian police on Sunday secured the downtown core of Ottawa with fencing, as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupati...
Republicans and Joe Manchin block Senate bill to secure abortion rights
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A bill to enshrine the right to abortion in federal law was blocked by Senate Republicans on Monday. Although Democrats expected the bill to fail, they brought the measure forward at a perilous moment for abortion rig...
Coronavirus live news: Facebook to allow posts saying Covid ‘man-made’; Japan pledges ‘safe and secure’ Games
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Facebook changes policy ‘in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of Covid’; Biden orders US intelligence to ‘redouble’ Covid origin probe; Japan promises ‘safe and secure’ Olympic Games
Booking a holiday abroad? How to secure your trip
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Quarantine and coronavirus testing requirements for people arriving in England once foreign holidays are permitted from 17 May will be based on a traffic light system, with destinations placed on green, amber and red ...