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Jimmy performs a song about keeping up with Trump’s packed schedule this week.
BBC News
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Streeting orders review into rising demand for mental health and ADHD services
The review will look at increased pressure on the NHS and whether there is any evidence of over-diagnosis.
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Household bills will rise to fund £28bn investment in energy network
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.
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Police accused of 'homophobic assumptions' over victims of blackmail on Grindr
A BBC investigation learns of five cases of suspected blackmail involving victims targeted on Grindr in one area.
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- November 5, 2024-UMaine’s “Factory of the Future” aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
- Sept. 11, 2024 - How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris matters
- August 2024 - ‘In our culture there is no place for a woman’: How India’s institutions are failing rape victims (CNN)
- Feb 28 - How is ATP Carbon Tracker trying to help players longer their carbon footprint?
- Jan 11 - All-female city council makes history in Minnesota
- Jan 31 - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media companies Discord, TikTok, X and Snap reprimanded before a US congressional hearing for not doing enough to protect children online
- Jan 1 - Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE become BRICS members
- Dec 30 - Alabama plans to use nitrogen gas to execute man who once survived botched execution
- "Why aren’t we all eating insects?"
- Jan 20 - Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon
- Jan 17 - Two royal health announcements in one day show different approach since late queen
- Jan 16 - Donald Trump overwhelmingly wins the Iowa Republican Caucuses, first voting in US Presidential primaries, with Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, second and third
- Jan 8 - Francis Urges Ban on Surrogacy, Calling It ‘Despicable’
- Dec 18 - Pope Francis Allows Priests to Bless Same-Sex Couples
- Dec 15 - New report reveals homelessness in the US increased by 12%, with more than 650,000 people experiencing homeless one night in January 2023
- Dec 13 - COP28 climate summit signals the end of fossil fuels — but is it enough?
- Dec 12 - First Indigenous Winner of Miss Canada United World
Speakeasy News
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Your Students Have Talent! Dear Diary
26 November 2025In our series "Your Students Have Talent", check out these amazing diary entries created as an intermediate task by pupils using our Reading Guide Gangsta Granny. The 4e students were studying David Walliams' humorous novel. After reading the extracts of the first part, where they learned some details about the main protagonist Ben's life, his … Continue reading "Your Students Have Talent! Dear Diary"
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Simple Thanksgiving Video
21 November 2025This 4-minute video is a simple explanation of Thanksgiving, designed for young learners in the U.S.A. It would work well in an ESL classroom. We've indicated the content of the sections if you don't want to use the whole thing. Thanksgiving in 2025 is on Thursday 27 November. The voiceover is slow and understanding is … Continue reading "Simple Thanksgiving Video"
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Malala Looks Back… and Forward
20 November 2025There aren’t many people who publish two memoirs by the time they are 28 years old. But then there aren’t many people who have lived as much as Malala Yousafzai. The youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala ran the risk of being a symbol rather than a fully-fledged person. Her second memoir, … Continue reading "Malala Looks Back… and Forward"