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British Newspapers: Best In the World, Guv

God bless the Daily Mail.  How can you resist a story headlined:

Are We All Going to Die Next Wednesday?

Of course you remember the rule: all headlines written as questions invite  – nay, have – the answer “No”. But, admit it, in this instance you might have a look and see what this imminent, cataclysmic threat is…

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Not a winter goes past without hospitals overflowing; the situation is so predictable it deserves a better word than ‘crisis’. Yet for patients and staff the sense of crisis is real, and connoisseurs of this annual event say that this year’s is especially dire.  Health Secretary Wes Streeting has spoken of his distress and shame, saying

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