Rishi Sunak is considering a recommendation that would effectively ban cigarettes for the next generation. The prime minister could introduce some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures by steadily increasing the legal age for consuming tobacco, according to The Guardian, citing Whitehall sources. The paper said it also understood Mr Sunak’s leadership pledge to fine
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A man was taken to hospital after being bitten by a dog – believed to be an XL bully – just hours before demonstrators gathered in London today to protest against a proposed ban. The victim, who is in his 40s, was attacked in Pasley Park in Southwark, southeast London, on Friday. He suffered injuries
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D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 22, 2023, 09:42 AM ET It began with almost no fanfare. Before play got underway at the spectator-less, pandemic-restricted 2020 US Open, No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic and fellow ATP player Vasek Pospisil announced the creation of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), first with a letter to their ATP peers, and
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Gender fluidity and climate change are not the hot-button topics you’d expect from an author writing more than 400 years ago. But it’s Shakespeare‘s “contemporary” outlook that means he will “last a great deal longer than the culture wars,” according to Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) artistic director emeritus Gregory Doran. While parts of the Bard’s
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This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes Rad announcing full UL-certification accros all e-bikes, the major emissions benefits of worldwide e-bike usage, Amazon’s cargo e-bike delivery plans, Honda’s rebirth of a classic micro-motorbike, deliveries begin for
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations General Assembly that his country is on the cusp of a historic peace deal with Saudi Arabia and an agreement would create a “new Middle East”. Speaking in New York on Friday afternoon, Mr Netanyahu invoked the 2021 Abraham Accords that saw Israel normalise relations
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