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[Travis Bickle]

Covid: GP call-answering target 'unachievable' in pandemic

A GP says an aim set before the pandemic to answer 90% of calls within two minutes should be eased.

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[Travis Bickle]

Covid: GP call-answering target 'unachievable' in pandemic

A GP says an aim set before the pandemic to answer 90% of calls within two minutes should be eased.

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It was unachievable before the pandemic

 

[Travis Bickle]

 

[Jimmytaff]

Alaska woman attacked by bear while using toilet

Shannon Stevens was shocked to find there was a bear behind when she used an outhouse in Alaska.

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I thought they shat inthe woods

 

[The Colonel]

Telling women to not be silent is like telling Louis Spence to be less shy.

 

[Travis Bickle]

 

[Travis Bickle]

Incident-packed return for referee Dean

After a month of controversies, referee Mike Dean is again in the spotlight for an incident-filled game on his return at Turf Moor.

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[Travis Bickle]

'He wanted to play for Wales' - Jones

Eddie Jones admits he was always going to struggle to convince Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit to play for England.

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[Travis Bickle]

Boys, 15, charged after car stolen with two young children inside

Two teenagers are charged with kidnap after a car was stolen with boys, aged two and four, inside.

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[The Colonel]

Boys, 15, charged after car stolen with two young children inside

Two teenagers are charged with kidnap after a car was stolen with boys, aged two and four, inside.

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The police get flak when they do something wrong but on this occasion they correctly pulled out all the stops to find this car immeditely and apprehend the two responsible for the kidnapping so fair play to them.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Levante score from halfway line to seal win over Atletico

Levante's Jorge de Frutos scores from just over the halfway line in the 95th minute to secure a surprise 2-0 win at La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.

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[Arfur Ap Llewellyn Europe]

Yet more problems for Boeing. Amazing footage from onboard the plane in the article below.

Couple of things of note.

Rather than scare potential fliers, if anything, it shows just how strong modern planes are when they can survive even catastrophic engine failures such as this.

It's also incredibly lucky that nobody on the ground was killed. Some of that debris would've weighed hundreds of kgs.

BBC News - Airlines ground Boeing 777s after Denver engine failure

Boeing 777: Dozens grounded after Denver engine failure

United Airlines and Japan's two main airlines suspend 56 planes after the incident over Denver.

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[Travis Bickle]

Fly-tipping: Licensing system failing to stop dumping, Panorama finds

A BBC Panorama investigation finds licensed firms involved in the dumping of rubbish.

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[stantys tattoos]

Trueman & Sellars named Bradford bosses

Bradford City appoint interim bosses Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars as joint managers until the end of 2021-22.

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[Gnasher]

 

[Travis Bickle]

Newspaper headlines: 'March to freedom' and 'return to the great outdoors'

Monday's papers are dominated by the prime minister's plan to ease lockdown in England.

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[stantys tattoos]

Barton named new Bristol Rovers boss

League One side Bristol Rovers appoint Joey Barton as their new manager.

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[Travis Bickle]

Some bloke in Rumney posted this photo on Facebook, it Wes thrown by a gang of pikey kids in Rover Way last night

 

[Travis Bickle]

The Muppet Show: Disney adds content warning over 'negative stereotypes'

A disclaimer is running ahead of 18 episodes of The Muppet Show, which is streaming on Disney Plus.

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[Travis Bickle]

Lockdown party crash: South Wales PC Tasia Stephens' gross misconduct

South Wales Police officer Tasia Stephens admits gross misconduct after she crashed into a building.

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