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Frictionless trade impossible after Brexit Barnier warns Johnson as UK set to leave EU
The UK cannot have its cake and eat it. Officially.
Lung cancer: GPs urged to be alert to cough and shortness of breath as first symptoms
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK and kills more than 35,000 people every year. The UK currently lags at the bottom of an international league table for five-year survival, with just 13 per cent of people with lung cancer still alive five years after diagnosis.
Brexit trade row brewing with UK just days away from EU exit
Brussels insists EU judges preside in post-Brexit relations with UK, according to reports.
Climate change could wipe out over half the world’s wine-growing regions and threaten world wine supply
If temperatures rise by two degrees celsius, the world’s wine-growing districts could shrink by as much as 56 per cent.
Sport banter in the workplace “should be curtailed”
The Chartered Management Institute warned that chat about cricket, football and VAR can lead to women feeling excluded.
US prosecutor: Prince Andrew uncooperative in Epstein investigation
The FBI has asked to interview the duke.
People have improved Sajid Javid’s Brexit 50p coin
What do you think should be on the commemorative Brexit coin?
German exports to Britain down amid Brexit uncertainty
Exports to Britain fell by about 4% during the first 11 months of last year, a German trade body said.
Sir Philip Pullman leads call to boycott Brexit 50p over ‘missing Oxford comma’
The author said the coin should ‘be boycotted by all literate people’.