For Ku Stevens, Running Is a ‘Profound Act’

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Omicron, Iran, Stephen Sondheim: Your Weekend Briefing

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Years of Delays, Billions in Overruns: The Dismal History of Big Infrastructure

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Omicron Netherlands: 13 air passengers test positive for new variant

Thirteen people who travelled from South Africa to the Netherlands have tested positive for Omicron.

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‘You’re Not Helpless’: For London Women, Learning to Fight Builds Confidence

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The W.H.O. skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant.

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Storm Arwen: More than 60,00 remain without power

Welfare facilities have been set up for residents who have had no electricity since Friday night.

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Customers spend second night snowed-in at pub

Dozens of people are still unable to leave the Tan Hill Inn due to heavy snowfall.

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Jill Biden is feeling festive and other moments you may have missed

Jill Biden's clearly feeling festive but here’s some other tree-mendous moments you may have missed this week.

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Nicola Sturgeon: Covid travel curbs 'may need to go further'

Scotland's first minister says more Covid travel restrictions may be necessary in the coming days.

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Omicron symptoms mild, says doctor who spotted it

The South African doctor who first spotted the new variant says patients are showing very mild symptoms so far.

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Rishmeet Singh: Boy, 16, killed in Southall stabbing named by police

Rishmeet Singh is the 28th teenager to be killed in London this year.

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Covid: BA suspends Hong Kong flights amid crew quarantine

The airline has temporarily stopped flights after more of its staff were forced to isolate.

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Calais activists: Migrants call us from boats asking for help

Activists in Calais demand change after decades of people coming to the city looking to reach the UK.

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This Fire-Loving Fungus Eats Charcoal, if It Must

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What’s at Stake in the Honduran Presidential Election?

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Local News Outlets Could Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid

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Anhelamos lo único que el metaverso no puede darnos

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Se preocupaba por mí, así que rompí con él

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Brazil’s President Lula Is Staging a Comeback. Can He Bring the Country Along?

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Asian nations expand booster shots, with an eye on Europe’s surge.

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They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.

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More countries restrict travel from southern Africa.

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The Netherlands finds 61 Covid cases in air arrivals from South Africa, and is checking for the variant.

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In Minneapolis Schools, White Families Are Asked to Help Do the Integrating

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¿Quieres saber cómo está el clima en otros planetas? El telescopio Hubble te lo informa

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Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts: 'I owe the NHS my life'

The 42-year-old presenter says she feels "amazing" as she returns to work following cancer surgery.

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Israel and Iran Broaden Cyberwar to Attack Civilian Targets

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Head teacher killed in storm was 'giant in his prime'

Primary school head Francis Lagan died when a tree fell on his car during Storm Arwen.

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Covid: Dozens test positive on SA-Netherlands flights

The results are being examined for cases of the new Omicron variant emerging in southern Africa.

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SNP conference: Swinney claims Johnson wants to 'take back powers'

Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney will urge the SNP conference to "stand up" in defence of devolution.

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Alone in the cold grey sea - a migrant's story imagined by Michael Morpurgo

Author Michael Morpurgo has written a special piece for the BBC following the mass drowning in the Channel.

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A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.

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Families Cheer, Some Doctors Worry as Nursing Homes Open Doors Wide to Visitors

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Fake Food Is Trendy Again

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This Oceans Invaded Its Neighbor Earlier Than Anyone Thought

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They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.

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Growing Old in High Style

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Covid: New Omicron variant not a disaster, says Sage scientist

Prof Calum Semple says some scientists are "hugely overstating" the fears around the Omicron variant.

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Mobile phone museum celebrates ugly and iconic phones

A new museum showcasing more than 2,000 retro mobile phones launches online.

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Commons Speaker ruffles Boris' feathers on Newscast

Sir Lindsay Hoyle brought his pet parrot Boris to a BBC Newscast interview and the bird took off.

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Watch: European Men's Curling Championship semi-final: Scotland v Norway

Watch live as Bruce Mouat's Scotland rink, who topped the round-robin stage, look to maintain their unbeaten record against Steffen Walstad's hosts in the European Curling Championships in Norway.

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What are the Covid variants and will vaccines still work?

A new version of Covid looks different to the virus vaccines were designed to fight.

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Don We Now Our Menorah Tea Towels

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Inside a Terrarium, It’s Always Gardening Season

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The Holiday Shopping Season Is Here, but Is It Back?

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‘Ed the Trucker’: The Trump Republican Who’s Riding High in New Jersey

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How a Book- Pickle- and Tchotchke-Seller Spends Sundays

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Foo Fighters Perform Under a Blue Whale

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Gracie Spinks: Officers face misconduct probe after woman's death

A stalking complaint was made and a bag of weapons was discovered before Gracie Spinks died.

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