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Stephen Hawking wins review of NHS 'privatisation'
Doctors welcome scrutiny of deals ‘rushed through on the sly’
One in four parents skipping meals in order to make ends meet
Figures prompt calls for national measure of household food insecurity to tackle emerging 'hidden hunger crisis' in Britain
CIA director worried North Korea could strike 'within months'
Intelligence agency’s director said he regularly discusses the threat from Pyongyang
Thousands of taxi drivers 'allowed to work despite convictions'
Campaigners demand changes to regime that is 'not fit for purpose'
Pharmacists are taking gang's bribes to hand over drugs worth millions
Four pharmacists have had their registration suspended for involvement in criminal supply chain
Ireland to hold abortion referendum 'by the end of May'
'If the referendum is passed, a doctor-led, safe and legal system for the termination of pregnancy will be introduced,' says Taoiseach
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Rabbil Sikdar The middle class will never understand the achievements of New Labour
The effects of New Labour’s policies are felt by those of us at the bottom who benefited from reducing child poverty, introducing the minimum wage and investing in schools and NHS
Dawn Carr If you went vegan for January don't make the mistake of going back now
Why would you give up something that will help you live longer, protect the planet and be kind to animals?
Emily Cracknell It should surprise no one that Donald Trump is not a feminist
It's easy to think that him calling himself a feminist is deeply relevant when you benefit from the privilege that being white, middle class, cisgendered and straight offers you
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Kendrick Lamar snubbed again as Bruno Mars takes home seven trophies
Kendrick Lamar was snubbed, for the third time in a row, for the Album of the Year Grammy, while James Corden made for an insufferable host amid several important and powerful political statements
Sean O'Grady Piers Morgan’s Trump interview was toe-curlingly fawning and offered nothing new
We were watching them hang out, like eavesdropping on them having dinner but without the burgers
Carillion: Why do regulators sit back and allow such scandals?
With watchdogs so often portrayed by MPs, and in the media, as the spawn of the devil their apparent timidity is sometimes understandable, if not excusable
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UK's best fish and chip shops revealed
A Yorkshire-based fish and chip shop has been announced as the best in the UK.
Greggs offers sit-down candle-lit dinners for Valentine's Day
Is a steak bake the way to your heart?
'Naked' wedding dress baffles at Paris Couture Fashion Week
Would you say ‘I do’ in your birthday suit?
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Lorde’s dress carries a powerful feminist message at the Grammys
The singer opted to wear feminist text instead of a white rose
Seven of the biggest snubs in the 2018 Grammy nominations
Fans of artists including Demi Lovato and One Direction were disappointed to see their favourites miss out, while Q-Tip and Vince Staples called out the academy for ignoring their work
The full list of winners at this year's Grammy Awards
Bruno Mars won seven out of seven of the awards he was nominated for
Last chance to run with Team Felix in Big Half Marathon
10 The Independent and Evening Standard readers have the opportunity to join Team Felix on 4 March to help feed hungry children in London. Deadline for entry is Friday at 10pm
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A huge thank you to our readers as appeal raises more than £1m
£1,049,896 has been donated since the campaign launched on 27 November, one of the most successful efforts in this paper's history
Felix volunteers explain what motivates them to help feed hungry kids
Evening Standard vendor John Coffey became a volunteer after reading about The Felix Project in the paper he was handing out
Families from Felix school helped by our appeal receive cookery lesson
Children and parents from Stanhope Primary were taught how to make mince pies, apple pies and pizza, using fruit and vegetables donated by The Felix Project
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Tractors are parked outside a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers during a protest by Belgian farmers in Brussels
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Bruno Mars accepts Record of the Year for '24K Magic' with his production team onstage during the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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Students with torches gather prior to a march in celebration of the 165th birth anniversary of Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana.
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A firefighter inspects a burnt hospital after a fire in Miryang, South Korea. 37 people were killed in the fire, with the number of casualties likely to rise further.
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Rescue workers and police officers stand near derailed trains in Pioltello, on the outskirts of Milan.
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Afghan police officers take position during a blast and gun fire in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
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Workers clean the beach of the coastal town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, as garbage washed up and piled along the shore after stormy weather.
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A Free Syrian Army soldier takes a selfie as fighters join up with Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province. Turkey shelled Kurdish militia targets in Syria and claimed progress in a cross-border offensive that has stoked concern among its allies and neighbours
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Palestinians take part in a protest against aid cut, outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) office, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Oscar Janicki, 6, participates in the Second Annual Women's March in Philadelphia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin bathes in an ice-cold water on Epiphany near St. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery on Lake Seliger in Svetlitsa village, Russia. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers will plunge into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day.
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People protest to call for a new DREAM Act to replace DACA in Los Angeles, California.
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Pro-democracy activists Raphael Wong and Joshua Wong arrive at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre after they were jailed on protest related charges following their sentencing at the High Court in Hong Kong.
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Skyscrapers Oriental Pearl Tower and Jin Mao Tower (L) are seen from the Shanghai World Financial Center on a hazy day in the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China.
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Martin Luther King III, US Secretary of the Interior and others wait to place a wreath during an event at the Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall.
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A boy stands with women loyal to the Houthi movement during a gathering held to show their support to the movement in Sanaa, Yemen.
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Diego Martin Duplessis of Argentina drives his Honda during the 2018 Peru-Bolivia-Argentina Dakar rally, 40th edition stage seven, La Paz to Uyuni.
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Angela Merkel speaks during a joint press conference after exploratory talks in Berlin. According to reports, the leaders of CDU, CSU and SPD parties after night-long talks agreed on a plan for formal coalition negotiations.
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A Pakistani girl holds a picture of Zainab Ansari, an 8-year-old girl who was raped and kidnapped in Kasur, during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan. Anees Ansari, Zainab's father, accused the police of being slow to respond when his daughter went missing in the eastern Punjab province. Two people were killed and three others were wounded in clashes between angry Kasur residents and police after protesters enraged over her death attacked a police station in the city.
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India's Border Security Force (BSF) ‘Daredevils’ women motorcycle riders perform during a rehearsal for the Republic Day parade on a cold winter morning in New Delhi.
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Members of the South Korea delegation (R) shake hands with members of the North Korean delegation (L) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. North and South Korea began their first official talks in more than two years, focusing on the forthcoming Winter Olympics after months of tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
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Migrants in a dinghy are rescued by Libyan coast guards off the coast of Garabulli, east of Tripoli.
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French President Emmanuel Macron observes a minute of silence in front of the plaque commemorating late police officer Ahmed Merabet to mark the third anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack, in Paris.
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Nicolaos Solis from Greece kisses the wooden cross which was thrown into the waters by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, during the Epiphany ceremony to bless the waters at the Golden Horn in Istanbul.
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Women mourn the death of a family member following a landslide in Kinshasa. Thirty-seven people died overnight when torrential rain and mudslides swept though shanty homes.
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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Mosab al-Tamimi, 17, who was shot and killed by Israeli troops, during his funeral near the West Bank city of Ramallah .
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People take part in pro-government rallies, Iran.
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Indonesian bus passengers watch as Mount Sinabung spews thick smoke in Karo, North Sumatra.
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People take part in the traditional New Year's Day swim in Scheveningen, Netherlands.
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations.
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An Indian muslim lifts a stool with a metal rod pierced through his cheeks to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Rafai Papa Miyan Sai at the Shah-E-Alam Dargah shrine in Ahmedabad.
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A New York apartment fire killed at least 12 people, including a baby, with four more critically injured. Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference from the scene that 'it is the worst fire tragedy we have seen in this city in at least a quarter century.'
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Afghan women mourn inside a hospital compound after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Pope Francis greets newlyweds during his weekly general audience at Aula Paolo VI in The Vatican.
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Rohingya refugees walk next to a pond in the early morning at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Members of ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin Seals) take a dip in the Orankesee lake in Berlin as part of their traditional Christmas ice swimming session, in Berlin, Germany.
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Mourners carry the body of 19-year-old Mohamed Sami al-Dahdouh, a Palestinian youth from Jabalia who was killed in clashes with Israeli forces east of Gaza City.
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Policemen evacuate a baby after the Cagayan River swelled caused by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Tembin. People have died and others are missing as the storm struck the southern Philippines unleashing floods and landslides across a region of 20 million people.
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Carles Puigdemont gives a thumbs up after the Catalonia Regional Election results.
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A white SUV sits in the middle of the road as police and emergency personnel work at the scene of where it ran over pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne.
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This combination of pictures shows Syrians covering one eye with their hands, in the rebel-held town of Douma, as part of a campaign in solidarity with a baby boy, Karim Abdallah, who lost an eye, as well as his mother, in government shelling on the nearby town of Hammouria.
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South Korean and U.S. Marines take part in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Belgian police officers stand guard outside the trial of Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, at a courthouse in Brussels, Belgium.
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Members of the International Space Station expedition 54/55, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (C), NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (R) and Norishige Kanai (L) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) during the send-off ceremony after checking their space suits before the launch of the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan.
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The former wife of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela (R), and the candidate for the African National Congress presidency and ex-wife of the incumbent South African president, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma greet each other as they attend the 54th ANC National Conference at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg on December 16, 2017. Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ANC party gathered on December 16, 2017 for a five-day meeting to elect their new leader in a divisive race seen as a pivotal moment in the country's post-apartheid history. he winner will be well placed to be the next president, but the ANC has lost much popularity since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the euphoric 1994 election that marked the end of white-minority rule.
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Palestinian protesters wave the national flag during clashes with Israeli security forces near the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City as demonstrations continue over US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Sturridge joins West Bromwich on loan from Liverpool
Sturridge joins Alan Pardew's relegation-threatened side despite interest from Newcastle United, Sevilla and Internazionale
England beat Australia 4-1 but weren't close to their best says Morgan
Morgan captained the tourists to a comprehensive one-day triumph after the dark days of the Ashes, toppling the hosts in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth
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Stokes bought for £1.4m as Root goes unsold in IPL auction
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India vs South Africa stopped after batsman hit on ‘dangerous’ pitch
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England won't change positive mindset despite top order implosion
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England set all the wrong records as Australia end hopes of whitewash
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Stokes, the IPL and why England's best are set for bumper pay days
Rose Burke How we can ditch sexist wedding norms like Meghan Markle
Avoiding sexist traditions at your wedding can be difficult, as most customs were designed to oppress women
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Letters New Labour its share of success and mistakes
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Letters We must recognise the suffering of all people during the Holocaust
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Hamish McRae Five things to look out for in the economy this week
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Letters Even on Holocaust Memorial Day, there is no avoiding antsemitism
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Hamish McRae 10 things I learnt about the global economy from Davos
Journey's End Sam Claflin: Characters I play mustn't have same haircut
The 'Hunger Games' actor stars as Captain Stanhope in Saul Dibbs' World War 1 drama about life in the front-line trenches in northern France
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The moment Tom Cruise broke his ankle filming M:I-6 stunt
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Peter Jackson sends message to terminally-ill Lord of the Rings fan
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Get Out alternative ending shows fans a much darker conclusion
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Brie Larson's Captain Marvel costume debuts online
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How Maze Runner outlived the YA trend, according to its cast
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars s03e01 review
After a period of gagging to be gagged again and a Handmaid’s Tale spoof promo video, which should be filed under things drag queens shouldn’t really be allowed to parody, RuPaul and her All Stars (including Thorgy Thor’s culturally insensitive dreadlocks) are back for another season of lipstick reveals and Lip-Sync-for-your-Legacy gaggery.
An introduction to Virginia Woolf, whom Google is honouring today
Her fiction showed us that a person's inner life is as complex and strange as any plot
Pink wears t-shirt and jeans to Grammys in solidarity with #TimesUp
'She just served all these dressed up divas in her best mum outfit'
Bunga Bunga announces launch of pizza-flavoured cocktail
Make the most of National Pizza Day with this weird but wonderful creation
Why prebooking your sunbed is a 'horrifying' way to travel
The news that you can now prebook sunbeds isn't all it's cracked up to be, says independent travel provider Justin Francis
New Moma exhibition celebrates the concrete world of Yugoslavia
The country's distinct style of building has existed under the radar – until now
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The forgotten dream of Martin Luther King
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Feather your nest with these boundary-pushing new interiors trends
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Buildings should look to the car industry for lessons on affordability
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Concrete bunker-turned studio home wins Don't Move, Improve award
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Design collective creates low-cost homes for South African slum
YouTube being used to mine bitcoin alternative Monero
The process is known as crypto-jacking, and it’s a growing problem
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How bitcoin regulation will happen, and what it will mean
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Excitement grows for the 'super blue blood moon'
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Bitcoin price - latest updates as cryptocurrency value holds steady
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Fraudsters using surge in cryptocurrency to trick people into scams
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Samsung Galaxy S9 will come out in March, new leak suggests
How bitcoin regulation will happen, and what it will mean
South Korea and other countries have launched major crackdowns. And many more might be coming
The best video games of 2017
From shooting Nazis to exploring Egypt, 2017 has been an excellent year for games
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Call of Duty: WW2 review: A weak imitation
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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launch hit by server errors
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Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon review: Should have been DLC
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Microtransactions system used in world's biggest games could be banned
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Skyrim Switch review: One of the best games ever made, now portable
10 best smart lighting
From colour-changing options to bulbs you can switch on from half way around the world, we shed some light on the clever tech