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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: How did a secret mission in Syria lead to a crisis within Britain’s special forces? Insight, The Sunday Times investigations team, can reveal the full story behind an SAS operation in Syria in 2022 — and its aftermath thetimes.com/uk/defence/arti…
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The country already has the history and infrastructure, and staging ultimate showpiece there could be final ingredient to explode game’s popularity thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…
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The property where the veteran raised £39m for NHS charities during Covid is listed at £1.8m after demolition of an unauthorised garden spa thetimes.com/life-style/prop…
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South African lock, who died on eve of Lions’ Champions Cup defeat by La Rochelle last weekend, likely suffered an aortic aneurysm, according to French authorities thetimes.com/sport/rugby-uni…
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Artists in residence for the big day are offering permanent party favours for newlyweds and their guests (provided they’re sober enough to agree) thetimes.com/uk/media/articl…
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Gary Oldman shone again as the revolting Slough House boss in a series that wisely steered away from the comic tone of the last run. Warning: spoilers ahead thetimes.com/culture/tv-radi…
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Camilo Molina, from Missouri, was jailed for two years for ‘predatorily’ assaulting a 20-year-old woman at Kong while visiting the city last April thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
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A study of almost 486,000 people in China found that regular tea drinking led to a 11 per cent decrease in risk of developing vascular disease thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
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The potential side effects of medication are to be made clearer for those receiving treatment for depression. But don’t act before seeking medical advice thetimes.com/life-style/heal…
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When Henrietta Rix and Orlagh McCloskey started a label inspired by vintage finds, they didn’t expect to dress the A-list. Now they’re in John Lewis too thetimes.com/life-style/fash…
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It’s nearly two years since Mishal Husain stepped down as a presenter on Radio 4’s flagship news programme. So what made her quit the BBC for a podcast and five million fewer listeners? thetimes.com/culture/tv-radi…
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What is "Zombies", the new game rivalling run clubs? Ben Roper, 38, started the game in 2023 but it has recently reached unprecedented levels of popularity. About 6,000 people have attended meet-ups in London alone. 🔗 Tap here to read more: thetimes.com/life-style/heal…
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With a new four-room boutique hotel, fine dining with surprising views, an eye for design and an ambitious museum revamp, Ghent is Flanders’s coolest canal city thetimes.com/travel/destinat…
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A Centre for Policy Studies report claims the government can avoid damage to farming or the environment by focusing on land near railway lines thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
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