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Human eggs grown in laboratory for first time in fertility 'breakthrough'
UK at centre of pioneering research to offer new hope for women
Not everyone in South Korea is happy about 'diplomacy by sport'
Many hold high hopes for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula. Locals, however, have their doubts
Johnson decides not to intervene as Bermuda repeals same-sex marriage
Government says it is ‘seriously disappointed’ by new policy imposed by overseas territory, but insists Foreign Secretary can only act in ‘exceptional circumstances’
'Missed opportunities' to save man who died after severe constipation
Inquest rules Ipswich Hospital made gross failure of care towards Richard Handley which contributed to his death
Dog caught riding neighbour's one-eyed pony in the middle of the night
Small horse, called Cricket, lost an eye long time ago in incident unrelated to corgi
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Prisoner dies weeks after watchdog warns jail that 'lives are at risk'
Exclusive: Darren Capewell, 37, becomes twelfth person to die in the jail since 2016
Facebook is testing downvotes in biggest overhaul for years
Is Facebook finally letting users 'dislike?'
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John Rentoul Jeremy Corbyn manipulates PMQs brilliantly
Simply by raising the subject of crime, Corbyn is winning
Ben Bradshaw Brexit will destroy the NHS step by step – this is how
Our pharmaceutical companies are already having to divert money that could have been spent on research into new treatments into preparing for Brexit – and the collapse in the value of the pound means that costs for medical equipment have been ratcheted up. Then Donald Trump comes in
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New dawn rises for Saudi Arabia - but at what cost?
In the first of a three-part series from inside the closed-off kingdom, The Independent finds cautious welcome for changes to rights of women
Shares up again but the correction was due and may not be over
There's no need to panic but be prepared for choppy waters
Steven Woolfe All Brexiteers need to pull together now for the sake of Theresa May
The obvious criticism is that this vision is a myth or a Brexiteer’s fantasy. That’s something that I hear a lot. But that is why – as a unit – the Brexit camp must work together to put more meat on the bones of this vision
Rachael Attwood Hamard Not all women received the vote 100 years ago
Politicians at the time wanted to hear women’s voices, just not all of them
Valentine's Day
6 best vegan and dairy-free Valentine's Day chocolates
Does your belle or beau love the cocoa, but milk is a no-no? Treat them to one of these delicious selections
10 best Valentine's Day gifts for him
Stuck for ideas on what to buy that special someone this year?
12 best Valentine's Day gifts for her
Don't know what to get her this 14 February? Here’s our pick of the presents
10 best artificial flowers
Want a realistic looking arrangement that will last for years? Opt for these striking faux blooms
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These are the signs you’re officially an adult
From budgeting to being a proud pet owner, there are many signals to show you're maturing
Valentine's Day cannabis-infused chocolate on sale in California
They're high-end, luxury chocolates
Robert Fisk Israel's outrage over the Palestinian President’s jet is hypocritical
‘Abbas is the President – he can’t just buy a ticket and fly a commercial flight’
- Inside Saudi Arabia
Can Mohammed bin Salman change Saudi Arabia's entrenched conservatism?
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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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/45 8 February 2018
Bangladesh police charge towards activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party protesting following a verdict against opposition leader Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. The ex-Prime Minister of Bangladesh was jailed for five years on corruption charges.
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2/45 7 February 2018
Rescue services search for people in a damaged building in eastern Taiwan after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Hualien on the night of 6 February, 2018. Media reports said several buildings were damaged and at least four people were killed and some 100 were injured during the quake. Teams are trying to rescue people inside the buildings. Some bridges and roads are damaged and the main road to Hualien is closed. More than 100 earthquakes have hit off Taiwan's east coast in the past three days. The Seismological Observation Center said they are cuased by the friction between the Philipine Plate and Eurasian Plate.
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3/45 6 February 2018
Anti-North Korean protesters push against police as a ferry carrying a North Korean art troupe for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games approaches the port of Mukho in Donghae. Around 120 North Korean art performers in matching red coats and fur hats left for the South, its state media said on February 6, the latest in the flurry of cross-border exchanges in the run-up to the Pyeongchang Olympics.
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Philadelphia Eagles' Nick Foles celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LII.
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Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal Amtrak train crash in Cayce, South Carolina. At least two were killed and dozens injured.
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Members of security services react as a man in the crowd tries to shake hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, who walks next to Senegalese President Macky Sall in a street of Saint-Louis, Senegal.
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County Sheriffs restrain Randall Margraves, the father of three daughters who were abused by Larry Nassar, after he tried to attack the former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, during victim statements of his sentencing in the Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Michigan.
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Abu Rabih, 65, walks through the rubble with his eight-year-old grandson Yahya following air strikes by regime forces which hit the building where they live in Arbin, in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. Arbin is in the Eastern Ghouta region which has been under government siege since 2013.
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9/45 31 January 2018
A 'Supermoon' shines its blood red colors during a full eclipse above the Big A Sign of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. A 'Supermoon' commonly is described as a full moon at its closest distance to the earth with the moon appearing larger and brighter than usual.
EPA
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10/45 30 January 2018
A man wears a mask among fellow supporters as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not pictured) takes a symbolic presidential oath of office in Nairobi.
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11/45 29 January 2018
Tractors are parked outside a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers during a protest by Belgian farmers in Brussels.
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12/45 28 January 2018
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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13/45 27 January 2018
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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21/45 19 January 2018
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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Rodriguez charged by FA after allegations he racially abused Bong
The West Brom forward has until 16 February 2018 to respond to the charge
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Pochettino believes Rochdale pitch unsuitable to host FA Cup clash
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Mahrez to miss third consecutive match for Leicester, confirms Puel
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United CEO reveals when new Premier League TV deal could be concluded
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Alderweireld declares himself fit and ready for north London face-off
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United midfielder Herrera denies involvement in match-fixing
Morgan admits there’s no solution to cricket’s contested catches issue
Morgan believes contested catches are an unavoidable part of the landscape
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Morgan hails brilliance of T20 Tri-Series even if it's not repeated
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Mills dropped by England for his own good, reveals captain Morgan
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Willey comes close to perfect 36 as England stroll to victory
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Stokes named in England squad for New Zealand ODI series
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Lyon hoping success against England will see him recalled
Robert Lomas I’m a Freemason, and the discrimination against us has to stop
There are many misconceptions about us. But we definitely do not hate women
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Will Gore The George Soros controversy shows what Brexiteers have come to
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Andrew Hammond Winter Olympics in Korea could avoid nuclear war – for now
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James Moore Why did it take the DWP so long to realise PIP is a disaster?
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Rohit Dasgupta Coming out isn’t as easy as you think for a LGBT+ person of colour
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Louise Theodosiou A quick guide on how to talk to your children about mental health
JJ Abrams on Cloverfield 3, Star Wars IX, and the movie industry
Everything we learnt after sitting down with the acclaimed director and producer
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Movies You Might Have Missed: The Shop Around the Corner
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Roman Polanski's rape victim slams Quentin Tarantino's claims
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New look at Deadpool 2 introduces Josh Brolin's Cable
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Guillermo del Toro: 'Adversity is good – that is very Catholic of me'
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Diane Kruger responds to Quentin Tarantino Inglorious Basterds choking
The Tastemaker: Annie Mac talks AMP Sounds, festivals and new music
'You have to relinquish a little bit of control, because there’s physically not enough time in the week to listen to everything. It took a while for me to get used to it, but it’s worth it'
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Alexi Murdoch releases first single in seven years with Roy Harper cov
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Album reviews: Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending, Ezra Furman - Trans
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Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow dies, aged 70
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Nick Grimshaw bounces back with 800,000 extra listeners on Radio 1
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Kendal Calling announces lineup for 2018
New Game of Thrones set photo confirms reunion for Jon Snow
But why would they meet in that particular location?
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Anna Friel on Marcella, The Girlfriend Experience and sexual taboos
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These are the 7 TV shows that actually need reboots
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Carey Mulligan on Collateral, Boys and Girls and new film Wildlife
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Stephen Colbert tells Trump he's too chicken to meet with Mueller
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Bryan Cranston is pure Heisenberg in new Isle of Dogs clip
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Feel Free by Zadie Smith, review: Showcases some of her best writing
A collection of Smith’s writing from the past eight years, much be familiar to readers, but with 31 pieces, readers are certainly getting their money’s worth
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Everything you need to know about Harry Potter Book Night
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The Only Story by Julian Barnes, review: Shattering emotional acuity
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Costa Book Awards: Inside the Wave named as 2017 Book of the Year
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Virginia Woolf's best advice on life, womanhood and the world
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An introduction to Virginia Woolf, whom Google is honouring today
River Island launches new anti-bullying campaign
River Island has launched a new campaign that encourages its customers to express themselves and not be defined by convention.
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Tess Holliday reveals distress of competing in teenage beauty pageant
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Tom Ford speaks frankly about going vegan and using fur in fashion
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Ashley Graham stars in body positive swimwear campaign with her mother
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Beyoncé just dropped Valentine's Day-themed merchandise
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Valentine’s Day 2018: Fashion and beauty gifts for her
Why Bermuda same-sex marriage repeal is a disaster for cruise ships
‘There are plenty of other cruise ships out there that do allow same-sex weddings' - Darren Burn, Out Of Office
Inspiring home of the week: Norwegian home with hygge vibes
A home to truly hibernate in, this house by a lake embodies the hygge spirit
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Hoxton leatherworker reveals how to add character to an ex-local flat
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Jakarta cannot gamble on mass evictions for economic success
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Gordon Ramsay surprises Hell's Kitchen winner with a home makeover
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Interior bloggers Topology reveal their hacks for compact city living
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The best air-purifying plants recommended by NASA
Snapchat users should give the redesign 'a chance', company says
'It may take some getting used to, but we think it’s a much better experience'
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Snapchat update attracts fierce criticism from users
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Audible launches podcasts as companies try to get in your ears
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Elon Musk shares 'last' image of Tesla car as it heads into deep space
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European Central Bank wakes up to digital currency 'concern'
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Bitcoin price continues to recover after punishing January
Apple HomePod smart speaker edges rivals with stunning sound
Even without its smarts, the audio quality justifies the price
Nintendo announces Mario Kart for iPhone and much more
It will be the first outing of mario on film for years, and his carts' debut on phones
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