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Brexit secretary confirms plan to let MPs thrash out deal in Commons
The Brexit secretary has confirmed the government could try to turn indicative votes into binding decisions in a possible last-ditch attempt to break the Commons “Brexit secretary confirms plan to let MPs thrash out deal in Commons”
New Zealand MPs overwhelmingly back post-Christchurch gun ban
New Zealand’s parliament has voted to ban most semi-automatic weapons, less than a month after a deadly shooting attack on two mosques killed 50 people “New Zealand MPs overwhelmingly back post-Christchurch gun ban”
When could Theresa May resign? A timeline of possible dates
Theresa May has agreed to step down as prime minister before the next election and said she would resign sooner if MPs backed her withdrawal “When could Theresa May resign? A timeline of possible dates”
‘That’s not a bag’: man with dog bends New York subway rule and gets denied
In 2016, the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) in New York banned people from bringing their pets on the subway. The only exception was for animals “‘That’s not a bag’: man with dog bends New York subway rule and gets denied”
‘Extraordinary’ 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time
It sounds like something from Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind and his The Cemetery of Forgotten Books: a huge volume containing thousands “‘Extraordinary’ 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time”
Tell me more, tell me more: Summer Loving Grease prequel in the works
A prequel to the revered musical Grease is in development, according to the Hollywood Reporter. John August, who wrote the film Big Fish and worked “Tell me more, tell me more: Summer Loving Grease prequel in the works”
Top 10 books set in the American midwest
I live in “flyover country”, far from America’s metropolitan coasts. I wouldn’t have it any other way. For me, there is great value in clean “Top 10 books set in the American midwest”
How $161m slugger Chris Davis ended up in the worst slump in MLB history
The beauty of professional baseball is that it has been around for 150 years and yet, still, sometimes fans will witness something without precedent. Supposedly “How $161m slugger Chris Davis ended up in the worst slump in MLB history”
Dalai Lama, 83, taken to hospital with chest infection
The Dalai Lama has been admitted to hospital in Delhi with a chest infection, an aide said, adding that the 83-year-old Buddhist monk was stable. “Dalai Lama, 83, taken to hospital with chest infection”