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Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing

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‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov...
1. Why do we yawn? It’s almost certainly not for the reason you think
  
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  Given that we’ve literally grown up with them, we often know surprisingly little about how our bodies work. This new series aims to fill the gapsAll vertebrates yawn, or indulge in a behaviour that’s at least recognisable as yawn-adjacent. Sociable baboons yawn, but so do...
  1. Right to buy in reverse: how Brighton is tackling its social housing crisis | Richard Partington
    
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    The council is rolling back Thatcher’s policy by buying stock from private landlords. Other local authorities should take noteOn a windswept housing estate by the English Channel, Jacob Taylor surveys the latest addition to his property empire: a mixture of one-, two- and...
    1. ‘We have to book bigger rooms’: Green membership surge causes novel problems
      
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      Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000A surge in membership levels is causing the Green party some novel problems. “Our local association went from 400 to over 1,000,” one activist said. “We had meet...
      1. Marriage getting you down? Can I interest you in a year-long break? | Polly Hudson
        
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        The Amish tradition of ‘rumspringa’ gives teenagers time away from their families so they can explore worldly pleasures before knuckling down to life. Sound appealing?Ed Gamble is already an award-winning comedian, chart-topping podcast and radio host and author, but he m...
        ‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
        
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        Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn?In the autumn of 2023, I wanted to return to the house where I was raised in order to stand in the garage and look at some marks I made on the wall som...
        Epping sex offender back in custody after being released from prison in error
        
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        Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, whose case triggered summer protests in Essex, had been seen ‘confused’ after release from HMP ChelmsfordA former asylum seeker and convicted sex offender who was released from prison in error is back in custody and now faces deportation....
        High court halts eviction of refugee under Home Office 28-day policy
        
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        Judge intervenes in case, disapplying government rule that charities say drives refugees into homelessnessA high court judge has overruled the government by halting the eviction of a refugee from his asylum accommodation in an emergency case in the early hours of the morn...
        Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds
        
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        Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spendingCompanies that have recently donated to Labour were awarded contracts worth almost £138m during the party’s first year in government, according to new research that raises fresh con...
        Young first-time buyers forced into ‘nature deserts’, UK data shows
        
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        Exclusive: High cost of homes near green spaces may be deepening health inequalities, says wildlife coalitionYoung first-time buyers in the UK are being forced into areas that are starved of nature, research has found.Experts say young people are moving...
        
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