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24 September 2021
10% of drugs prescribed in England are unnecessary, finds government review
Drugs are being prescribed redundantly and even dangerously, and should be considered alongside social prescribing, ministers say.
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24 September 2021
Netflix buys rights to future Roald Dahl productions
In one of its largest acquisitions, the streaming giant has purchased the Roald Dahl Story Company, responsible for iconic films like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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22 September 2021
Iconic influential footage of Sex Pistols show sells for £15,000 at auction
Footage of the show in Manchester that influenced many beloved bands and kickstarted the area’s music scene in the ‘70s has sold at auction for a hefty price.
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22 September 2021
Acts pull out of This Is Tomorrow festival: Sexual harassment allegations against promoter
Several artists that were set to play the festival refused, due to allegations of sexual harassment against the founder of the festival’s promotion company.
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22 September 2021
Ministers spent half a million pounds in attempts to block freedom of information requests
At least £500k was spent in legal fees in four years across six departments attempting to block requests, finds openDemocracy.
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22 September 2021
Disabled artists from Wales to Southeast Asia collaborate on murals
The international collaboration is intended to inspire solidarity between disabled artists across the world, with large murals painted on buildings in each participating country.
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20 September 2021
Primetime Emmy Awards: Ted Lasso, The Crown and Queens Gambit win big
The 73rd Emmy awards took place last night, the ceremony was a relatively quiet and somewhat predictable event, with Olivia Coleman, Kate Winslet, and Michaela Coel taking home awards.
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20 September 2021
Newly discovered prehistoric fossils named after French metal band Gojira
Paleontologists have decided to name a trio of 190 million year-old ‘brittle star’ fossils after the metal band Gojira, and their environmental work.
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20 September 2021
Audio leaked of anti-LGBT rant from UK equalities minister
Kemi Badenoch MP is under fire after audio from 2018 seems to display her anti-LGBT sentiments.
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20 September 2021
Under-16s gain better access to puberty blockers as limiting ruling overturned
The case concerns the use of reversible hormone treatments, and is a win for the rights of transgender young people.
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18 September 2021
Well, That Happened Ep.4
Your weekly roundup of news that made us say, "WTH!"
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17 September 2021
Government stresses discrimination against ethnic minorities is "objectively justified"
Documents from the Home Office published on Monday 13 September simultaneously confirms and ‘justifies’ the fact that people with ethnic minority backgrounds will be discriminated against in the new Police Bill.
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17 September 2021
Call to investigate the impact of Covid jab on periods following reported irregularities
The changes may be caused by the body’s immune response, rather than the vaccines themselves.
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17 September 2021
Gen Z buys more vinyl than millennials, study shows
A recent survey has found that people who are in the Gen Z bracket of age tend to buy more physical music than the generation that preceded them.
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17 September 2021
New Van Gogh sketch discovered, on display in Amsterdam
The famous painter had sketched an old man at the start of his artistic career, but it was lost until recently.
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17 September 2021
New Zealand’s Māori Party starts petition to change country’s name to Aotearoa
The party are also calling for all indigenous area names to be changed to their original te reo Māori names.
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17 September 2021
Pioneer behind mass-produced home computers Clive Sinclair passes away
Sinclair is remembered as the driving force behind affordable home computing in the UK and much of Europe.
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17 September 2021
Young people’s mental health is suffering, finds Youth Voice Census Report
Young people in the UK are facing growing mental health issues, and do not feel they have access to the right support for this.