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How our stolen mobile phones end up in an Algerian market Every eight minutes a phone is taken in London — but only a fifth remain in the country. We follow the criminals’ trail to north Africa

Every eight minutes a phone is taken in London — but only a fifth remain in the country. The Sunday Times collected location data from victims whose phones reconnected in Algeria. We traced multiple phones to one market

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Inside the real European talent factory (and it’s not Barcelona) Benfica trying to find sweet spot between success and profit by using street football and dance lessons and ‘not over-coaching’ to develop young stars

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Are homegrown players for playing or profit? How Benfica created the most lucrative academy in the world

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Revealed: emails show BBC was warned about Gregg Wallace in 2017 Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir told the corporation: ‘This must not happen again to another woman’

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spoke today on radio with @hugorifkind.bsky.social about Patricia Johanson, an environmental artist way ahead of her time. She made art out of sewage systems/swamps etc in the 80s 👇 listen on catchup!

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Cracking interview on Times Radio just now with William Hague on John Prescott. Says Prescott was harder to debate in Parliament than Blair because he was quick witted and knew how to get a laugh. The two were good friends behind the scenes, too, sharing a love of Wilberforce. Lovely to hear.

YouTube video by Times Radio Politics Irish Election: Sinn Féin won't have their historic breakthrough | John Lee

Irish Election:

"I don’t think they’ve come anywhere near shedding the scars of the past in the Republic of Ireland."

Sinn Fein won’t be able to get the coalition partners to make a historic breakthrough in this election, says John Lee.

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"Musk is a phenomenon...It would be unwise for Britain to ignore him.”

Peter Mandelson says the government should use Nigel Farage to build bridges with Elon Musk.

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