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  • HealthThe Independent

    Up to a fifth of US milk supply could be infected with traces of bird flu

    The disease has been detected in dozens of herds in eight states

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  • NewsThe Guardian

    Teaching assistants deployed to ‘routinely cover’ lessons in England and Wales

    Exclusive: New research shows extent to which schools are struggling to provide qualified teachers for every class

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  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    Why Pet Nat is the sparkling wine to know

    ‘Pet nat’ is a style of sparkling wine more often found in the wine bars of Shoreditch than in the fine-dining rooms of Mayfair. Usually featuring a colourful modern label, it might be sighted on a restaurant list alongside wine matured in amphorae, wines with minimal added sulphur dioxide (a preservative), and whites made with longer skin contact (the contact is between fermenting juice and grape – not human – skin).

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  • OpinionThe Telegraph

    Why are short people still acceptable targets of mockery?

    I’m 5ft 6in, just an inch shorter than our Prime Minister, so when Angela Rayner referred to Rishi Sunak as “a pint-sized loser” in the House of Commons on Wednesday, it did make me roll my eyes.

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  • OpinionThe Telegraph

    Why didn’t the Guildhall fly the flag of St George?

    The Guildhall in the City of London flew the Union flag on St George’s Day. “This seems odd to me. We take pride in St Andrew (and his flag in Scotland) and St Patrick Day events,” my nonplussed spy says. The Guildhall blamed Whitehall rules. “Our flag policy follows the Government’s policy, which is that the Union Flag is to be flown on St George’s Day,” a spokesman tells me.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Humza Yousaf vows to fight on amid growing crisis in his leadership

    Humza Yousaf was due to speak about the labour strategy in an independent Scotland, but cancelled the plan amid a growing crisis in his leadership

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  • NewsStoryful

    Bus Crash Injures Schoolchildren on North Carolina Freeway

    Several middle-school students and a driver sustained minor injuries after a collision involving two buses on Interstate 85 in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Friday, April 26, according to officials.Gastonia Police said the two buses were transporting 85 students and 21 chaperones from Richard H Gettys Middle School in Easley, South Carolina.Local media said they were traveling to the Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte. Credit: Gastonia Police via Storyful

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