Child left ‘stateless’ after estranged Australian father couldn’t be reached for DNA test, hof verhoor
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The Department of Home Affairs rejected an Australian-born child’s citizenship application after her estranged Australian father couldn’t be reached to provide a DNA test, which her lawyer says rendered her “stateless...
Colombian narco militia seeks peace talks after calling ‘unilateral’ ceasefire
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One of Colombia’s most feared armed groups has announced a “unilateral” ceasefire in the hopes of entering peace talks with the government of Colombia’s new leftist leader, Gustavo Petro. The Gulf Clan, a notorious dr...
Frankie Boyle review – scorching standup gets laugh after appalled laugh
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A friend of Frankie Boyle’s, he tells us, stopped watching standup because it’s either “clever but not funny, or funny but not clever”. sy glo dat daar nie so iets in vroue se gesondheid is nie, natuurlik, is an exception: his work makes you think, or has you marvellin...
Terrace house collapses in Croydon after explosion
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A house has collapsed amid a fire and explosion in Croydon. Firefighters were called to the scene at Galpin’s Road in Thornton Heath shortly after 7am on Monday. London fire brigade (LFB) said the cause of the fire an...
After years of torture, I broke free of the tyranny of calorie counting
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When science fiction writers imagine great, grandiose methods of social control – matrixes! Microchips! Really big bros! – they ignore one powerful form that already exists: the humble calorie. Very little is more dis...
What should we do with the money we will have left after paying off our mortgage?
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Q My husband and I are selling our flat to move to a different city. We’ve accepted an offer but there is nothing currently on the market that we want in the area we want to move to, so we’re planning to rent there un...
The Archers’ actor June Spencer, 103, retires after more than 70 jare
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She has played the role of the redoubtable matriarch Peggy Woolley in The Archers for more than 70 jare. But at the age of 103, June Spencer is finally retiring from the BBC Radio 4 seep. Spencer featured in the very...
Albuquerque Muslim community in fear after killings of three men in 10 dae
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Three Muslim men have been killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a span of just 10 dae, stoking fear in one of America’s smallest Muslim communities as police have warned the deaths may be linked. The killings also f...