Starmer says migrants should speak English – but all of the UK’s languages are important for integration

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When Keir Starmer said: If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English, it laid bare an assumption that English is the only language that counts in the UK. This view not only overlooks the UKs rich linguistic...

M&S cyberattack: how can retailers regain customers’ trust after a hack? A marketing expert explains

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Several big British retailers have been in the news recently but not for buoyant sales or new product launches. Firms like Marks Spencer and Co-op have been hacked, affecting online sales and the range of products...

Falling back into the shadows? How to keep internal displacement on the humanitarian agenda

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The international humanitarian system is in freefall. Following the dramatic funding cuts initiated by Donald Trumps administration in the United States, deliveries of essential food, medicines and clean water to those in...

Biden is getting prostate cancer treatment, but that’s not the best choice for all men − a cancer researcher describes how she helped her father decide

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Me encontraron càncer en la pròstata, my father told me. They found cancer in my prostate. As a cancer researcher who knows very well about the high incidence and decreased survival rates of prostate cancer...

Spotify continues to change music. What’s next – will AI musicians replace music made by humans?

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Spotify was started, according to its official claims, because its founders love music and piracy was killing it. In Mood Machine, music journalist Liz Pelly argues this is rewriting history. In fact, she points out,...

For making stars, it’s not just how much gas a galaxy has that matters – it’s where it’s hiding

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Galaxies are often described as vast star factories, churning out new suns from clouds of gas. For decades, astronomers have assumed that the more raw material a galaxy holds, the more stars it should be able to make. But...

The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?

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The outbreak of the deadly mud bug melioidosis in north Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year. So far there have been 221 cases and 31 deaths from the disease in 2025. This encompasses a...