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King Charles 50p coins struck for the first timeManufacturing has begun of the first coin to enter general circulation carrying the image of King Charles.The 50p coin has started to be struck at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, and will enter tills, wallets and purses in December.
Scientists reveal simple activities that can cut early death risk by a fifthTwo minutes a day of vigorous exercise such as swimming, skipping or walking up the stairs is enough to make a real difference
BLUE MURDER Inside last days of Truss’ doomed spell as PM with sacking of Kwasi & warning UK risked becoming ‘Third World’ countryDOOMSDAY warnings of an economic downturn that would take 20 years to recover from convinced Liz Truss to ditch her closest pal Kwasi Kwarteng and blow up her Government.We can reveal for the first time the true scale of the financial horror the short-lived Prime Minister and her disastrous mini Budget risked.Panic-stricken Treasury chiefs told the PM the UK risked plunging to the status of a “Third World country” unable to sell its debt on global bond markets, with the City “reduced to rubble”.Her dream of slashing taxes was cooked up with her Chancellor in secret — and many of her aides reacted in shock when they were told of its scale just hours before it was unleashed on the country last month.But abandoning it meant a weeping Truss had to sack her closest pal of more than a decade, the man with whom she had slowly but determinedly risen the ranks and seized power.While friends of both deny constant Westminster rumours they were anything more than political bedfellows, the scale of the betrayal left Truss in tears as she conceded her days in power were doomed.
Cambridge orchid in bloom smells like rotting cabbageVisitors to a university garden can treat their nostrils to the heady scent of "rotting cabbages or decomposing dead rats" as a "rare" orchid blooms.
Young Student Parades Alone on OXI Day on Remote Greek IslandA ten-year-old Greek student who lives on a small Ionian island had the privilege of parading all alone on OXI day. It sounds like an oddity, but it is a fairly usual situation in remote island student parades every year in Greece on the celebration of the great national day.The boy, named Tasos, is the only student in Mathraki’s primary school.
Sunak abandons key leadership pledge to fine patients £10 for missing GP appointmentsThe Prime Minister's spokesperson said "now is not the time to take this policy forward."
Used Ford Fiestas now worth more than new ones The average price of a used Ford Fiesta has soared as production of Britain’s favourite car comes to an end.Second-hand Fiestas less than a year old are changing hands for £23,600 - around £400 more than a new version of the same car - because of long waiting lists and a severe shortage of supply, according to data from Auto Trader.A typical used Fiesta now costs £3,110 more than before pandemic disruption to car making sent prices soaring.
Famous Mondrian painting hung upside down for 75 years before anyone noticedA series of clues led curators to realise that the artwork has been wrongly displayed to the public since 1945
A Rishi Sunak promo video is going viral because everyone thinks it's using a Gary Glitter songNo. 10 say the Prime Minister's video isn't using Glitter's Rock n Roll (Part 2)
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