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She was harassed for crude remarks about Modi at a Cockroach protest. Now she can’t leave homeSurprise drop in UK unemployment to 4.7%England unchanged to face France after Tonga defeatNorthern Ireland needs 'courage and leadership' to tackle climate changeALCS Game 6: Takeaways as Rays advance to World SeriesMcLaurin carted off in MNF loss; Commanders fear 'significant' knee injuryReese's 30-16 night leads Dream to franchise's 1st Finals win in Game 2, ties seriesRays clinch ALCS with Game 6 win, to face Brewers in World SeriesShe was harassed for crude remarks about Modi at a Cockroach protest. Now she can’t leave homeSurprise drop in UK unemployment to 4.7%England unchanged to face France after Tonga defeatNorthern Ireland needs 'courage and leadership' to tackle climate changeALCS Game 6: Takeaways as Rays advance to World SeriesMcLaurin carted off in MNF loss; Commanders fear 'significant' knee injuryReese's 30-16 night leads Dream to franchise's 1st Finals win in Game 2, ties seriesRays clinch ALCS with Game 6 win, to face Brewers in World Series

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She was harassed for crude remarks about Modi at a Cockroach protest. Now she can’t leave home

​After a protest clip went viral, a teenager’s life was torn apart by threats that sent her and her family into hiding. Plus, a book on citizen journalismBefore 24 July, a person I will call R was preoccupied with the ordinary routines of teenage life: experimenting with makeup, grumbling over mathematics homework and hanging out with friends at a tea stall.That month, as the fever of student protests spread across the country, the 15-year-old watched on her phone as young…

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Surprise drop in UK unemployment to 4.7%

ONS data shows rate down from 4.9% but number of job vacancies continues to shrinkBusiness live – news updatesUnemployment in the UK fell unexpectedly in the three months to August, to 4.7% from 4.9%.The Office for National Statistics figures, which provide a backdrop to the budget on 28 October, also showed that the number of payrolled employees rose by 13,000 between August and September, to 30.3m.

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Baseus’ new security camera has a spotlight that tracks and follows moving targets

Baseus announced a new addition to its lineup of AI-assisted security cameras that's more proactive about discouraging unwanted visitors instead of just recording and alerting you to their presence. The Baseus Security PrimeSentinel U2 Pro Outdoor 3K Dual Camera introduces a motorized spotlight that shines directly on a moving target, even as they're running across […]

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Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway would go into ‘Trump Accounts’

President Donald Trump announced this afternoon that Elon Musk's SpaceX shares for children will be given through Trump Accounts. Musk said earlier today that he would give one of his SpaceX shares to "every kid in America" sometime next year. Musk had thanked Trump Account booster Brad Gerstner for "helping enable this," and Trump appeared […]

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Royal Exchange boss unveils new plays two years after damaging censorship row

Selina Cartmell announces season including Stockport-set version of Phaedra myth by Simon StephensA theatre boss has promised to channel the “pioneering spirit of Manchester” and be “brave and fearless” as she unveiled a new season of work, two years after a deeply damaging censorship row.Selina Cartmell, the artistic director of the Royal Exchange in Manchester, revealed details of 2027-28 productions that include a retelling of the Munich air disaster and a modern Stockport-set version of the ancient Greek myth Phaedra.

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Public support for founding principles of NHS is falling across UK population

Rise in economic hardship and changes in attitudes towards migration could explain drop in support, experts sayPublic support for the NHS’s founding principles – that it is free to use, available to everyone and tax-funded – has fallen over the last five years, research has shown.Backing for all three pillars dropped between 2021 and 2025 across the UK population, except for a small rise in millennials’ support for the NHS being funded from taxation.

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New Bradford railway station will ‘transform travel across the north’

Transport hub will offer through trains between Leeds and Manchester with ‘turn-up-and-go’ serviceA new railway station will be built in Bradford to “transform how people travel across the north”, the government has announced.The station will be at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme, built on the current Bradford Interchange site but allowing through trains between Leeds and Manchester.

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