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The only time a ‘sorry’ expresses true regret
Academics have found that Britons use the word "sorry" in as many as 15 different ways. Only one of these uses expresses true regret, which is when someone is genuinely sorry to hear another person's ...
Child in Liverpool dies after contracting measles – report
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Britons say ‘sorry’ in 15 different ways – but which one really means genuine regret?
Well, now researchers have backed up the theory, after finding Britons say “sorry” in as many as 15 different ways, with only ...
‘Stop the excuses’ and recognise state of Palestine, SNP tells UK Government
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Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance’s family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides for his visit
Vice President JD Vance and his family visited Disneyland on Saturday after protestors condemned his California vacation amid ...
Met chief calls racial disparities in London’s justice system ‘shameful’
Racial disparities in the criminal justice system are “shameful” for London, the head of the Metropolitan Police has said.
Michael C Hall: ‘Dexter: Resurrection was kind of a crazy notion. But I like crazy notions’
The American actor speaks to Louis Chilton about his own ‘origin story’, why ‘Six Feet Under’ was the ‘black-sheep sibling’ ...
‘Critical’ need to close the UK’s self-employed pensions gap
Research for Scottish Widows has indicated 39% of self-employed people are not saving enough for retirement, and 23% are not ...
‘Chains around my waist and feet’: Inside a Trump ICE detention centre
Despite having families and paying taxes, many hardworking immigrants in the US have been arrested in Trump-enforced raids, where officers are sometimes having to meet quotas of up to 3,000 people per ...
US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is estimated to leave millions without health care. He insists ‘it’s not going to cause death’
About 11.8 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...