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The £1 billion bribe: May faces backlash over 'grubby deal' to secure DUP votes
Leaders from across the home nations say agreement could endanger peace
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Government at risk of collapse within two years, warns Lord Heseltine
'This is a deeply divided country and singling out one part of it in order to give a semblance of short term stability is just one more of the prices we're paying for the consequences of Brexit'
Cost of flights for Prince Charles's tour of Europe top £150,000
Under David Cameron, an RAF A330 Voyager refuelling aircraft was refitted at a cost of £10 million for its new role
Senior doctors accuse Government of deliberately underfunding NHS
Department of Health says motion passed by BMA has ‘no relationship with reality’
Patients 'increasingly forced to crowdfund their own wheelchairs'
Hundreds of patients turn to online fundraising, BMA annual meeting hears
Mental health patients treated miles from home surges 40% in two years
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Anand Menon You may be bored with Brexit, but important stuff hasn't even begun
The negotiations have started, but they'll take years and in the meantime we're no closer to knowing what situation we'll be in when we leave the EU
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Fears Gove's comeback has kicked key environmental plan into long grass
Officials tell The Independent they cannot guarantee long-term strategy will be published this year, following years of delay
How to get the cheapest flights according to an expert
Learn from the man who booked a trip to Belize for £18
Woman turned away from Indian hotel because she was a 'single lady'
Nupur Saraswat was not allowed to check in, despite the hotel having confirmed her booking online
Boots just described white skin as ‘normal’ and people are furious
An in-store SPF chart also suggested that people with darker skin can safely use SPF as low as 10
Prada is selling a paperclip for £140 and Twitter is outraged
“That is the level of extra I strive to be”
Grenfell Tower: The beginning of the end for the Tories
Grenfell is a manifestation of the violence waged silently every day against the lives of the poor – an entirely avoidable tragedy generated by the housing crisis, austerity, deregulation and outsourcing. Youssef El-Gingihy explains
How anxiety became society's prevailing condition
Anxiety is starting to seem like a shared cultural experience fed by modern technology and social media. But are we really suffering more than previous generations?
How I learnt to live with multiple personalities
Emma Young meets a woman with dissociative identity disorder and discovers what happens when you lose your sense of being an individual
The hidden cost of motor neurone disease
People living with the condition often require home adaptations and additional support – but all come at a cost and it frequently falls on already struggling families to foot the bill
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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/49 26 June 2017
A man leaves after voting in the Mongolian presidential election at the Erdene Sum Ger (Yurt) polling station in Tuul Valley. Mongolians cast ballots on June 26 to choose between a horse breeder, a judoka and a feng shui master in a presidential election rife with corruption scandals and nationalist rhetoric
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People attend Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a play ground in the suburb of Sale, Morocco
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A plain-clothes police officer kicks a member of a group of LGBT rights activist as Turkish police prevent them from going ahead with a Gay Pride annual parade on 25 June 2017 in Istanbul, a day after it was banned by the city governor's office.
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4/49 25 June 2017
Pakistan army soldiers stands guard while rescue workers examine the site of an oil tanker explosion at a highway near Bahawalpur, Pakistan. An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing more than one hundred people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, an official said.
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5/49 24 June 2017
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a landslide that occurred in Xinmo Village, Mao County, Sichuan province, China
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Student activists shout anti martial law slogans during a protest in Manila on June 23, 2017
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A diver performs from the Pont Alexandre III bridge into the River Seine in Paris, France, June 23, 2017 as Paris transforms into a giant Olympic park to celebrate International Olympic Days with a variety of sporting events for the public across the city during two days as the city bids to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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8/49 23 June 2017
Debris and smoke are seen after an OV-10 Bronco aircraft released a bomb, during an airstrike, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over parts of Marawi city, Philippines June 23, 2017
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) stands under pouring rain during a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion, by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, on June 22, 2017
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Smoke rises following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, on June 22, 2017
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Iraqis flee from the Old City of Mosul on June 22, 2017, during the ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group
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12/49 21 June 2017
Girls stand in monsoon rains beside an open laundry in New Delhi, India
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People take part in the 15th annual Times Square yoga event celebrating the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, during classes in the middle of Times Square in New York. The event marked the international day of yoga.
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Faroe Islanders turn the sea red after slaughtering hundreds of whales as part of annual tradition
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A firefighting plane tackles a blaze in Cadafaz, near Goes, Portugal
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A person participates in a journalists' protest asking for justice in recent attacks on journalists in Mexico City, Mexico, 15 June 2017
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Poland's Piotr Lobodzinski starts in front of the Messeturm, Fairground Tower, in Frankfurt Germany. More than 1,000 runners climbed the 1202 stairs, and 222 meters of height in the Frankfurt Messeturm skyscraper run
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A runner lies on the ground after arriving at the finish line in Frankfurt Germany. More than 1,000 runners climbed the 1202 stairs, and 222 meters of height in the Frankfurt Messeturm skyscraper run
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A troupe of Ukrainian dancers perform at Boryspil airport in Kiev, on the first day of visa-free travel for Ukrainian nationals to the European Union
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A troupe of Ukrainian dancers perform on the tarmac at Boryspil airport in Kiev, on the first day of visa-free travel for Ukrainian nationals to the European Union
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French President Emmanuel Macron with his wife Brigitte Trogneux cast their ballot at their polling station in the first round of the French legislatives elections in Le Touquet, northern France
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A Thai worker paints on a large statue of the Goddess of Mercy, known as Guan Yin at a Chinese temple in Ratchaburi province, Thailand. Guan Yin is one of the most popular and well known Chinese Goddess in Asia and in the world. Guan Yin is the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism and also worshiped by Taoist
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A Thai worker paints on a large statue of the Goddess of Mercy, known as Guan Yin at a Chinese temple in Ratchaburi province, Thailand. Guan Yin is one of the most popular and well known Chinese Goddess in Asia and in the world. Guan Yin is the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism and also worshiped by Taoists
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem. An Israeli court has ordered a journalist to pay more than $25,000 in damages to Netanyahu and his wife Sara for libeling them. The magistrate court in Tel Aviv ruled Sunday that Igal Sarna libeled the couple for writing a Facebook post that claimed the prime minister's wife kicked the Israeli leader out of their car during a fight
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25/49 10 June 2017
Parkour enthusiasts train on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally developed in France, the training discipline is gaining popularity in Brazil
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Volunteers spread mozzarella cheese toppings on the Guinness World Record attempt for the Longest Pizza in Fontana, California, USA. The pizza was planned to be 7000 feet (2.13 km) to break the previous record of 6082 feet (1.8 km) set in Naples, Italy in 2016
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Jamaica's Olympic champion Usain Bolt gestures after winning his final 100 metres sprint at the 2nd Racers Grand Prix at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica salutes the crowd after winning 100m 'Salute to a Legend' race during the Racers Grand Prix at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bolt partied with his devoted fans in an emotional farewell at the National Stadium on June 10 as he ran his final race on Jamaican soil. Bolt is retiring in August following the London World Championships
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica salutes the crowd after winning 100m 'Salute to a Legend' race during the Racers Grand Prix at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Bolt partied with his devoted fans in an emotional farewell at the National Stadium on June 10 as he ran his final race on Jamaican soil. Bolt is retiring in August following the London World Championships
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Police officers investigate at the Amsterdam Centraal station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A car ploughed into pedestrians and injured at least five people outside the station. The background of the incident was not immediately known, though police state they have 'no indication whatsoever' the incident was an attack
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Police officers investigate at the Amsterdam Centraal station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A car ploughed into pedestrians and injured at least five people outside the station. The background of the incident was not immediately known, though police state they have 'no indication whatsoever' the incident was an attack
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Protesters stand off before police during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in Al Hoseima, Morocco. The neglected Rif region has been rocked by social unrest since the death in October of a fishmonger. Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was crushed in a rubbish truck as he protested against the seizure of swordfish caught out of season and his death has sparked fury and triggered nationwide protests
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A man looks on at a migrant and refugee makeshift camp set up under the highway near Porte de la Chapelle, northern Paris
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Damaged cars are seen stacked in the middle of a road in western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood during ongoing battles to try to take the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters
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Smoke billows following a reported air strike on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures next to Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto during a welcome ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico
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Soldiers and residents carry the body of a Muslim boy who was hit by a stray bullet while praying inside a mosque, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who has taken over large parts of the Marawi City, Philippines
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Opposition demonstrators protest for the death on the eve of young activist Neomar Lander during clashes with riot police, in Caracas
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Neomar Lander, a 17-year-old boy was killed during a march in the Chacao district in eastern Caracas on Wednesday, taking the overall death toll since the beginning of April to 66, according to prosecutors
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Former FBI director James Comey is sworn in during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC
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Former FBI Director James Comey testifies during a US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica trains at the University of West Indies in Kingston. Bolt says he is looking forward to having a party as he launches his final season on June 10 with what will be his last race on Jamaican soil. The 30-year-old world's fasted man plans to retire from track and field after the 2017 London World Championships in August
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Acquanetta Warren, Mayor of Fontana, California, reacts after US President Donald Trump introduced himself before the Infrastructure Summit with Governors and Mayors at the White House in Washington, US
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Frenchman Alain Castany, sentenced to 20 years on charges of drug trafficking in the 'Air Cocaine' affair, leaves the prison in Santo Domingo, on his way to France, where he is being transferred for medical reason
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A woman reacts at the place where 17-year-old demonstrator Neomar Lander died during riots at a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, June 8, 2017. The sign reads: 'Neomar, entertainer for ever'
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Frenchman Alain Castany, sentenced to 20 years on charges of drug trafficking in the 'Air Cocaine' affair, leaves the prison in Santo Domingo, on his way to France, where he is being transferred for medical reasons
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Queen Maxima of The Netherlands visits Tobroco Machines in Oisterwijk, Netherlands. The company is a manufacturer of machines for use in agriculture, road construction and field maintenance. Tobroco is winner of the 2016 Koning Willem 1 Award for entrepreneurship
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A family member of an inmate tries to stop a truck used to transfer prisoners, outside a prison where a riot took place on Tuesday, in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
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An unconscious person is taken away on a motorcycle by fellow demonstrators after they clashed with riot police during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela
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De Boer outlines his brave new world for Crystal Palace
Parish believes De Boer's vision can help shape a distinctive footballing philosophy that has been missing over the last few years at Selhurst Park
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Meet Liverpool target Keita, the 'ambitious yet humble' superstar
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De Boer looking to cultivate 'attractive, dominant' football at Palace
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Naby Keita wants to join Liverpool, but there's a hitch in his move
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Why Manchester United missed out on Ronaldinho in 2003
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Transfer news live: Matic set for Manchester United move
Malan sets sights on Test place after lighting up one-day stage
The Middlesex batsman’s 78 from 44 balls against South Africa was the highest score by an England T20 debutant and set his side up for a 19-run victory in Cardiff
Editorial This Tory-DUP deal really is a pact with the Devil
The 2017 election was the revenge of the Remainers, and May is doing her best to pretend it never happened – to tell herself and the world that ‘nothing has changed’ when the rise of Jeremy Corbyn suggests that everything has
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Josie Cox Harry Potter is the UK's most successful businessman
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Letters There is a magic money tree, when it comes to the DUP
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Tom Peck Theresa May gave our money to the DUP in order to silence us
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Letters World Refugee Day passed almost unnoticed this week
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Editorial The Tories should focus on policies if they want to win the youth vote
Will Ferrell on new film The House, playing Sherlock Holmes and SNL
The actor stars with former SNL mate Amy Poehler in 'The House' as a husband and wife who open an underground casino in their neighbour’s home to pay for their daughter's college fees
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Chance the Rapper makes powerful call for social justice at BET Awards
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Guillermo del Toro regrets turning down a Harry Potter film
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What critics originally thought of the first Harry Potter book
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Meet some of the wild characters of Edgar Wright's Baby Driver
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Tom Hardy’s Venom, Silver Sable and Black Cat won’t be part of the MCU
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Britain's most scenic festival on Google Images and in the flesh
It was not hard to see why we kept coming across Gottwood fan boys and girls who return to Holyhead for its House, Techno, and Snow-White-esque forest year in year out
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Why Glastonbury Festival won't be happening next year
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Joe Budden and Migos have tense confrontation at the BET Awards
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Ed Sheeran's Glastonbury set has been lambasted as 'bland and boring'
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Glastonbury highlights, Saturday review: Thundercat to Katy to Corbyn
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Glastonbury: Liam Gallagher and Laura Marling impress revellers
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Poldark series 3 episode 3 review
The French Revolution gave us high cross-Channel drama, dodgy accents and a few plot holes
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John Oliver sued for 'character assassination'
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All the moments of note in the second Game of Thrones trailer
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The second trailer for Game of Thrones season 7 is here
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Alison Brie talks GLOW, Community, and why Hollywood won't take risks
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The Leftovers creator Damon Lindelof has lined up his next TV series
Harry Potter fans celebrate 20 years of witchcraft and wizardry
JK Rowling's first novel in the series published on 26 June 1997 and went on to sell 450 million copies in 79 languages
The ultimate men’s grooming guide to summer
Here’s how to sun-proof your warm-weather regime
Thousands of seals are being shot to keep the salmon industry going
Campaigners believe more needs to be done
How much should you tip in different countries around the world?
Get it wrong and you could cause some serious offence
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The darkest conspiracy theories about Denver's bizarre airport
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Brighton's best restaurants, from vegan to waste-free food
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AirAsia X pilot 'told passengers to pray' after plane began to shake
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Flight diverted after passenger 'tried to open door'
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Website sells package holidays to island with hotel 400 miles away
From banking crises to rodents, this renovation wasn't plain sailing
Beset by the banking crisis, a five-year planning hold-up and a wire-chewing rat, a young family battled on to turn an Edwardian ‘dump’ in east London from drab to fab.
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How a designer packed a wildflower meadow into her city home garden
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Ten emerging designers to buy from now – before they hit the big time
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David Beckham to open flagship sportswear store in Covent Garden
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Revealed: RIBA best buildings of the year 2017 - the highlights
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How this family 'stepped outside the safe zone' with Technicolour home
How to install iOS 11 before everyone else
The new software offers big advantages, and keen users can get it now – but beware...
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Microsoft's plan to stop thieves stealing laptops revealed by patent
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CEOs use VR headsets to experience ‘realities’ of homelessness
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Why Anonymous claims Nasa is about to announce the discovery of aliens
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Instagram Favorites: New feature recreates intimacy of group chats
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New Snapchat feature lets you see exactly where other people are
Withings is now Nokia: The future of health tech is in safe hands
There's a lot to look forward to
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Kodi: Is it legal, what are boxes and how can I download it?
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Google Docs: How to create and edit documents with your voice
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How the sequel to Frank Underwood's favourite game was made
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The strange film that sums up our fears of AI and the future
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WhatsApp Status: The really useful feature you don’t even know exists
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Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind is The Force Awakens of gaming
Bethesda - PS4/Xbox One/PC (reviewed) - £29.99 upgrade/ £39.99 with base game
7 best VR headsets
Immerse yourself in a virtual world with these tried-and-tested models