Two women to take on Earth’s most isolated and extreme jobs
They will have no running water or internet while in sub-zero temperatures.
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Author: Claudia Lee
Thousands step out for Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk
Actor, comedian and journalist Meera Syal joined fundraisers for the walk.
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Team of five ‘inexperienced’ swimmers conquer English Channel
The team underwent a rigorous five-month training programme.
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Four garages ‘destroyed’ and three houses damaged in huge blaze
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Police search for man after weapons found
Police have warned the public not to approach the 19-year-old.
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Van’s band blow own trumpet
Van Morrison’s band will take to the stage at the London Coliseum for one night only this December.
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Battersea to the big time: UK’s black cabaret queen
The story of one of Britain’s most versatile singers, who thrilled audiences around the world during the 1920s and 1930s is largely untold, writes Claudia Lee.
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Residents ‘trapped’ in 22-storey tower block with mould and leaks after lifts break
More than 70 residents have now signed a petition asking the council for compensation.
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Choir records version of Stand By Me for Elianne Andam tribute fundraiser
Lives Not Knives is a youth-led charity that works to prevent knife crime.
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Businesses using single-use plastic face fines as new ban comes into force
2.7billion single-use cutlery items are thrown away every year in England.
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Mums with children suffering from asthma say politics is ‘playing games with lives’
Lewisham had the second highest number of children with asthma being admitted to hospital.
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130 council workers ‘sick of poor pay’ set for strike action
30 per cent of union members say they struggle to afford food and clothing.
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Teenager taken to hospital after another Croydon stabbing
The attacker is still on the loose as police launch an investigation.
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Young bikers test their skills at BMX track
Children started on a flat surface and then got to try out the BMX track.
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Student whose heart stopped six times pledges to use ‘second chance’ to become doctor
Staff at the hospital worked through the night to keep him alive.
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Protesters take to streets to fight against bus lane blocking 110-year-old social club
Some members live alone and would not see anyone all week.
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UK’s first black farmers’ market is back for Black History Month
People of colour make up only 4.81 per cent of environmental professionals
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Police look for man after multiple arson attacks and property damage with rambo knife
A man with a large rambo style knife set fire to a car.
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Four people taken to hospital after blaze breaks out in six-storey block
Four adults wearing smoke hoods were led to safety.
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