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Ali G is back. But does Staines care?
@kf_morris went in search of the West Staines Massiv:
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In this week's Top 5:
* Losing human skills @aeonmag
* Devastating manipulation @dispatch__media
* Fire suppression failures @NewYorker
* Krillin’ it (Now Voyager)
* An epic eventyr @NYTmag
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What happens when your abuser dies by suicide?
Left to navigate a complicated mixture of grief, guilt and relief, a number of women found themselves abandoned by the very services meant to support them — so they decided to help each other.
Eve Livingston reports:
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England is running out of young farmers.
Pay is poor, hours are long, and some farming parents are warning their children to find another career.
But in Dorset, the next generation is still taking to the fields.
@ellajglover went to meet them.
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York’s ghost guides have an unusual problem.
One was jailed for sexual offences involving a 15-year-old girl — then returned to work.
Now innocent guides are being mistaken for him, abused and even attacked.
@Jessica_E_Brown reports:
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"Emily still hasn’t chosen the first-dance song for her hypothetical wedding. She has, however, chosen the music for her funeral: Roy Orbison’s 'In Dreams.'"
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Istanbul is the hair-transplant capital of the world.
In one neighbourhood home to 14 clinics, freshly operated men wander the streets in bloodied bandages.
But what do the locals make of it all?
@ptr_yeung reports from “Hairstanbul”:









