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Mountbatten Hospice is up for the long-form category at The Smiley Charity Film Awards. The film is up against national charities, including Parkinson's UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK, RSPB, Mind and other causes.
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2 years ago Read more at Southern Daily Echo

Tommy Carter, 15, trains with his dad at Devil’s Muay Thai Gym in Wantage. Carter beat a Belgian fighter to secure the gold medal in the 14-15 years, 54-57kg.
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2 years ago Read more at Herald Series

The County Press asked proud parents to share pictures of their littles as they headed off for school. The aim of the day is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own.
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2 years ago Read more at Isle of Wight County Press

How the Beatles Changed the World airs on Sky Mix at 10:00 PM, Sunday 10 March. The film reveals the previously untold story of how four young men from Liverpool transformed the world for ever.
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2 years ago Read more at TVguide.co.uk

Putin has built up a system of domestic repression and confrontation with the West. His most prolific critic, Alexei Navalny, died in an Arctic prison colony last month. Other opponents are serving lengthy jail sentences or have fled into exile. Putin is running for a fifth term in office this week.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo News UK

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are the richest people in the world. In the span of only one day, Mr Musk, 52, lost $17.6 billion from his personal fortune. He is now in second place with a net worth of $197.7 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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2 years ago Read more at The National

I think that reading books like this will increase Americans’ understanding of China, but will lead, if anything, to a more negative view toward the country’s ruling regime. I suspect that this praise stems from the fact that it’s a window into the worldview of the people who are actually in charge of China. In Chapter 14, he says that China’s “Confucian doctrine of peaceful coexistence” is about to force the US to loosen internet controls.
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2 years ago Read more at Asia Times

The National Creators Awards presented across 23 categories envisioned to provide a launchpad for using creativity to drive positive change. Gupta won the ‘Celebrity Creator of the Year’ award at an event organised in Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi last week.
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of India

French president Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May. The move could make France the next European country to legalise euthanasia for the terminally ill. Only adults with full control of their judgement will be able to 'ask to be helped to die'
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2 years ago Read more at Monitor

Show Fullscreen Kazakhstan’s KTZ, Xi’an Free Trade Port Construction & Operation Co and Russia’s Slavtrans-Service have entered into a tripartite memorandum of co-operation covering possible joint investment in the creation of a transport and warehouse facility at Selyatino in Russia. Logistics company Crowley will use the Florida Express service to help customers in the USA, Central America and the Caribbean expand their options to move textiles to and from Charlotte for garment and apparel
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2 years ago Read more at Railway Gazette