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Thousands of Brexit-related websites taken offline as deadline passes
Leave.eu tried to move its domain to Ireland to keep the EU suffix, but it had its request turned down.
Farage owned after complaining country was controlling its borders
"Nigel Farage complaining about someone being turned away at a border. What a year already."
Outcry after bat habitat of around 150 trees chopped down to stop excessive shading in gardens
"It was a bat foraging area, woodpeckers and bird nesting site and loss of wildlife. Habitat cannot be replaced."
Keanu Reeves donated an eye-watering sum from Matrix salary to charity
He also set up a cancer research foundation in 2009 but barely mentions it. “I don’t like to attach my name to it, I just let the foundation do what it does," he once said.
England’s farmers to be paid to rewild land but environmentalists already sceptical
Questions have been raised over whether the money will be focussed on maximising wildlife benefits or spent in areas of political interest to the Tories.
‘Novaxx’ Djokovic gets meme treatment after being denied entry to Australia
"If Djokovic has appealed the decision does that mean we all have to clap really slowly til the result comes back?"
Irish politicians actually held accountable for lockdown-busting golf dinner
Accountability! Two politicians are to stand trial for breaching Covid rules by organising a golf dinner in August 2020.
Pontiff ticked off: Pope calls people selfish for having pets instead of kids
"Has he heard of priests?", wrote James Felton.
Colston verdict a ‘milestone’ in British history, David Olusoga says
The TV historian said the verdict showed Britain is coming to terms with "the totality of our history".