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11 votes
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UK academic’s Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world
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Erling Haaland remains both solution and problem for Manchester City
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How a woman named “Steve” became one of Britain’s most celebrated IT pioneers, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists
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World's fastest camera drone vs F1 car (ft. Max Verstappen)
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
9 votes -
Abolishing inheritance tax sent Stockholm's startup ecosystem soaring – tax cut could revive Britain's flagging economy
9 votes -
UK requesting comments for updating ebike power laws
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Liberal visions and boring machines – The early history of the Channel Tunnel [the railway tunnel connecting the UK to France]
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The Greenwich meridian's forgotten rival
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Crooked House: Owners of wonky UK pub ordered to rebuild
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UK's NHS faces legal action over contract with data firm Palantir
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How football made the working class in the UK
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The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy (2024)
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Erik ten Hag has denied that Rasmus Højlund's muscle injury will derail Manchester United's season – striker could miss up to five matches
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What Texas can teach San Francisco and London about building houses: it’s not a housing crisis — it’s a planning crisis
13 votes -
London's BT Tower to be turned into a hotel after £275m sale
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Why do the English love non-League football?
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Rickets, scurvy, measles and scabies are increasing in the UK alarming health experts
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How beavers can fully revitalise a farm
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BAFTA Film Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ wins Best Film
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Clive Owen breaks down his most iconic characters
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Martin Ødegaard is stepping up at the right time for Arsenal's Premier League title race
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Sven-Göran Eriksson has been confirmed as part of the Liverpool Legends management team for their upcoming match against Ajax Legends
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Researchers reveal lost library of Charles Darwin for the first time
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Rare genetic mutation allows woman to feel no pain
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Served: Opening a restaurant inside a prison
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Scottish company Gravitricity is using the Pyhäjärvi mine in Finland to build its first full-scale prototype gravity energy store
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How Raspberry Pi 4s are made (factory tour)
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Rasmus Højlund had his doubters after struggling to adapt, but he is now more considered in possession, and the goals are flowing for Manchester United
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Denmark's Henrik Stiesdal and Andrew Garrad from the UK share engineering's QEPrize for contributions to the development of wind power
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Northern Ireland elects Irish nationalist First Minister Michelle O'Neill
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King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, postponing public duties
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UK professor suffered discrimination due to anti-Zionist beliefs, tribunal rules
20 votes -
Stop pretending you’re not rich [2017]
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Pep Guardiola has dismissed suggestions from Spanish media that Erling Haaland is unhappy at Manchester City
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Greta Thunberg and four other climate activists are due to appear in court today after being arrested at a protest outside a gathering of fossil fuel bosses in London
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Final update on Brianna Ghey
Was debating whether or not to post this at all on account of this discussion about "the latest horrid thing" in relation to LGBT+ people. But I decided to post anyway as I think this update is...
Was debating whether or not to post this at all on account of this discussion about "the latest horrid thing" in relation to LGBT+ people. But I decided to post anyway as I think this update is important - and I have made sure to use the tags suggested in that thread. And I cannot emphasize enough that this is about an extremely disturbing hate crime so only click if you can deal with that:
CONTENT WARNING
- AP News: 16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for ‘sadistic’ murder
The two 16-year-old convicted murderers of a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago were handed life sentences Friday with minimum prison terms of 20 and 22 years.
The horrific murder shocked the nation. Ghey was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in broad daylight after being lured to a park in the town of Warrington on Feb. 11, 2023.
“You will only be released, if in the future, it is decided you no longer present a danger,” the judge said. “You both took part in a brutal and planned murder, which was sadistic in nature, and a secondary motivation was hostility to Brianna, because of her transgender identity.”
- Pink News: Brianna Ghey’s teen killers named as pair sentenced for trans girl’s murder
As he read his victim impact statement at Manchester Crown Court, Brianna’s father Peter Spooner described Jenkinson and Ratcliffe as “pure evil.”
“Now my world has been torn apart. Justice may have been done but no amount of time in prison will be enough for these monsters,” he said.
“I cannot call them children because that makes them sound naive or vulnerable, which they are not – they are pure evil. Brianna was the vulnerable one.”
- BBC: Brianna Ghey: 'My daughter was fearless to be who she wanted to be' (Dec. 20)
The heartbroken mother of Brianna Ghey has said she will never get over the death of her "fearless" daughter, which has left a hole in her heart.
Speaking before the verdicts, Esther Ghey said she would never forget her daughter's unwavering bravery.
"She was fearless to be whoever she wanted to be," she told the BBC.
"She wanted to identify as a female, and she wanted to wear girls' school uniform.
"She just did it - it wasn't a hurdle at all for her."
- The Guardian: ‘Truly sorry’: family of Brianna Ghey murderer pay tribute to mother
In a statement to the Warrington Guardian, Jenkinson’s family said: “All of our thoughts are for Brianna and her family.
“The last 12 months have been beyond our worst nightmares as we have come to realise the brutal truth of Scarlett’s actions. We agree with the jury’s verdict, the judge’s sentence and the decision to name the culprits.”
After the killers were convicted, Brianna’s mother, Esther Ghey, called for “empathy and compassion” for their families as “they too have lost a child” and “must live the rest of their lives knowing what their child has done”.
Jenkinson’s family, saying their lives had been left “in turmoil”, thanked Brianna’s mother for her “incredible selflessness and empathy towards our family”.
“Her compassion is overwhelming and we are forever grateful,” they said. “To all of Brianna’s family and friends, our community and everyone else that has been affected by this horror, we are truly sorry.”
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Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse?
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Gabriel Jesus reveals he is ‘changing mindset’ in hunt for more Arsenal goals
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Jenson Button says Acura IMSA GTP is ‘more complicated’ than an F1 car. But why?
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A startup allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then came the censorship—and now the backlash
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Swedish teenager Lucas Bergvall has chosen to join Tottenham Hotspur over Barcelona, ahead of a summer move to the Premier League
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Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Lewis Hamilton to part ways
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Lewis Hamilton set to join Ferrari
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Brentford's deal to sign teenage Norwegian winger Antonio Nusa from Club Brugge is stalling
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Welcome to Sealand, the world's smallest state
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What prevents and what drives gendered ideological polarisation?
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Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start” but concealed from lawyers and judges
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Greta Thunberg marched with activists to protest against Farnborough Airport expansion, which mainly serves private jets – planned increase from 50,000 to 70,000 flights per year
20 votes