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LONDON (Reuters) -Former British nurse and convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby on Thursday lost an attempt to appeal against her conviction for trying to murder a newborn baby, amid questions over the fairness of her trials. Letby, 34, was found guilty of murdering seven children and attempting to murder seven more between June 2015 …

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By Catarina Demony and Marissa Davison LONDON (Reuters) – Aiming to break down beauty stereotypes and make the digital world more inclusive, a group of young students and professionals from London have designed what they hope will become the first ever emojis of Black and mixed-race hairstyles. The project, a partnership between youth-led organisation RISE.365 …

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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -The sale of single-use vapes will be banned in England from June next year, the British government said on Thursday, seeking to crack down on the environmental harm and rising usage levels among children. Vaping has grown rapidly in Britain in the last decade, with nearly one in 10 people …

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By Andrew MacAskill THETFORD, England (Reuters) – Sue Bogacki, a retired care assistant, backed Britain’s Labour Party in the summer in the hope it would end the chaos that marked British politics in recent years. She now calls that one of her biggest political mistakes. Bogacki lives in South West Norfolk, an area that saw …

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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – An independent football regulator (IFR) for the English game is a step closer to becoming reality, with the Football Governance Bill set to be introduced to parliament on Thursday in the House of Lords. Aimed at addressing the significant issues facing the financial sustainability of the elite game …

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By Sachin Ravikumar and Marissa Davison OXFORD, England (Reuters) – A series of boyhood doodles engraved on copper plates by English poet and painter William Blake around 250 years ago have been discovered by researchers using new technology capable of picking up the almost invisible etchings. Blake, who became one of the greatest poets in …

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By Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s campaign has accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. presidential election after some volunteers travelled to help campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Republican candidate’s camp has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in …

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