GP staffing levels dangerously under pressure - doctor -- BBC News (UK)
GP staffing levels dangerously close to death spiral, say doctors
Outline:
doctor gp staffing levels
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
- NHS,
? COVID,
? GP
Thousands more cancer cases linked to deprivation -- BBC News (UK)
Around 4,900 extra cancer cases a year are linked to deprivation in Scotland; Cancer death rates are 74% higher in the most deprived communities than the least deprived
Outline:
cancer inequality
Tone:
-- v. negative
Discussion:
? Covid,
? DefundTheBBC,
? NHS
Scottish football to ban heading the day before and after matches -- BBC News (UK)
Scottish Football Association have introduced new guidelines to limit heading in training; Clubs are also being told to limit exercises that involve repetitive heading to one session per week
Outline:
concussion guidelines
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
? Scotland,
? USA,
? Pen
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Dua Lipa is granted Albanian citizenship -- BBC News (UK)
Dua Lipa was born in London in 1995 to Kosovan-Albanian parents; She briefly returned to the region as a teenager to pursue a singing career
Outline:
albanian citizenship pop star dua lipa
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
- UK,
- Albania,
++ Dua Lipa
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England's second oldest woman marks birthday -- BBC News (UK)
Ada Thompson is a year younger than England's oldest living woman, Ethel Caterham, who is 113; Her son, Harry Thompson, said her family was "really proud of her" Mrs Thompson said: "I didn't smoke and I didn't drink
Outline:
second oldest woman
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
++ Ada,
? Gran
Owen Warner's grandparents 'so proud' of I'm a Celeb finalist -- BBC News (UK)
Owen Warner's grandparents Anne and David Beck said seeing him on the show had been "surreal" The 23-year-old was one of 12 contestants to head to the Australian jungle for the first time since the pandemic; Jill Scott was crowned queen of the jungle on Sunday, with Hollyoaks actor Matt Hancock seco...
Outline:
finalist owen warner
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
? Twitter,
? FOX,
? Owen
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Publishing is not a crime: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges -- The Guardian
First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution; “Publishing is not a crime,” they said, saying the prosecution is a direct attack on media freedom
Outline:
julian assange
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
? Assange,
? Manning,
? American First Amendment
Does US-style philanthropy exist in UK? -- BBC News (UK)
American bitcoin wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried was one of the leading lights in a new philanthropy movement; Supporters of EA favour making pots of money in finance and tech instead of giving it away
Outline:
american bitcoin wunderkind sam bankman
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
? Ze Lingski,
? Michelle Mone,
? Paul Getty
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I believe literature is in peril: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie comes out fighting for freedom of speech -- The Guardian
Ngozi Adichie's hard-hitting Reith Lecture is due to be broadcast on the BBC; She argues that our culture of self-censorship is ‘almost the death knell of literary and other cultural production’ If we cannot tell the truth to one another, she says, literature is finished
Outline:
feminism
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
-- Williams,
-- Adichie,
? Wikipedia
Rishi Sunak signals end of golden era of relations between Britain and China -- The Guardian
PM's first major foreign policy speech warns of creeping authoritarianism of Xi Jinping’s regime; Sunak used tough language to rebuke previous UK governments’ approach to China, saying he would reject “short-termism or wishful thinking”
Outline:
regime rishi sunak
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
-- UK,
? China,
? Tories
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Monkeypox given new name by global health experts -- BBC News (UK)
Mpox was decided on after lengthy discussions between experts, countries and the public; It can easily be used in English as well as other languages, the WHO said
Outline:
global health experts monkeypox
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
-- Monkeypox,
++ WHO,
? Chickenpox
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The Papers -- BBC News (UK)
Tuesday's Mail: "Keir's class war threat to 200 private schools"
Outline:
class war threat
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
? Twitter,
? ToriesDestroyingOurCountry,
? Dubai
Thousands of apprentices quit over quality of schemes -- BBC News (UK)
EDSK, an education think tank, found that the majority of people quitting cited "poor quality", including lack of training and bad management; Government said it is introducing reforms "to boost quality" under apprenticeship schemes
Outline:
apprenticeship training providers
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
? England,
? Scot,
? Maggie Thatchers
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