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This account is run by Hat Trick, who make HIGNFY. The BBC have asked us to point out it's nothing to do with them; the feed that is, not the TV show.

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A child has been born using an embryo frozen in 1994, making it 'the world's oldest baby', although it's already facing some stiff competition for the title

31.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Heathrow has moved a step closer to building a third runway or, given current problems with getting planes off the ground, Britain's most expensive parking space

31.07.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Angela Rayner's housing department has spent a record Β£4.7m on air travel. When Labour promised more homes, no-one thought they meant second ones for airline bosses

24.07.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The BBC announces it will air the latest series of MasterChef: re-editing doesn't get tougher than this

23.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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In a speech yesterday Nigel Farage said Britain needs "a bit more fear", and then obliged by unveiling policies he'd bring in as Prime Minister

22.07.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 4
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A government report into British water companies has concluded they are not operating efficiently. No shit, would be a good starting point

21.07.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Keir Starmer has suspended four Labour MPs for voting against him, with one source accusing them of, "persistent knobhead-ery", and you wouldn't want that spreading across parliament

17.07.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New reports in Washington suggest The President is starting to doubt Vladimir Putin has honest intentions, showing, once again, that nothing gets past Donald Trump

11.07.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
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As the government announces a bold new policy to tackle unwanted visitors, Keir Starmer spots the opportunity to get the ball rolling

10.07.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Social Media platform X has deleted pro-Nazi comments made by its AI Chatbot Grok, as it remains a complete mystery where it got those ideas from

09.07.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Emmanuel Macron says the migrant crisis can be solved by 'making Britain less appealing', something Labour have been working on tirelessly since they came to power

09.07.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Airports have begun lifting the ban on carrying more than 100ml of liquids. Good news for passengers, bad news for flight attendants on the Glasgow to Alicante route

08.07.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour have marked their first year in power with a party so muted even Angela Rayner only stayed for a couple of bottles

07.07.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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After her tears sent markets plummeting, Rachel Reeves’ week goes from bad to worse as she receives a knock at the door

03.07.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starmer’s welfare bill U-turn was described as β€œshambolic”, β€œunedifying” and a β€œtotal clusterfuck of Godzilla proportions”. He was also described by MPs as β€œtoo arrogant to listen”, so he’ll be none the wiser

02.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can you fill in the missing words of this headline? πŸ€”

Our favourite comment to this Missing Word Round (and the actual answer) will be revealed on Wednesday's episode of In The News This Week, the Have I Got News for You podcast! 🎧

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01.07.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
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Keir Starmer is working tirelessly to find another benefits policy that the House of Commons can all hate

25.06.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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British media treats delicate Middle East situation with trademark nuance and respect

23.06.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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The EU delegation saw a grizzly bear during their visit to the G7. Lumbering, aggressive and increasingly erratic, Donald Trump also made a brief appearance

18.06.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The G7 has been described as G6 + 1, which helps explain Trump’s early exit as that maths was way too complex for him

17.06.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Waitrose have revealed that rosΓ© wine sales soar when temperatures hit 20 degrees. That’s in celsius, unless you’re Pete Hegseth, in which case you go on Fahrenheit

16.06.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s long-planned birthday parade may be cancelled due to forecast thunderstorms. Unaffected by the news, he continued to announce new policies, including moving the National Weather Center to El Salvador

13.06.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stats show that a recent recruitment of 2000 extra civil servants has brought their number to a 20-year high. Which, given their working preferences, should give the country a real boost… in daytime television viewers

11.06.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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A tribunal has ruled that calling a colleague a β€˜weirdo’ is considered discrimination and could lead to compensation. It’s going to be a tough day at Reform Party HQ

11.06.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Farage denies he falls out with colleagues, claiming some people have worked with him for 25 years. One of them being the person who books his holidays

10.06.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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After the British Army was described as being β€˜too small’, there’s evidence that the situation was exacerbated by the last government

09.06.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Last episode of the series! Hosted by Richard Ayoade, with Jack Dee and Kelly Cates, tonight at 9pm on BBC One & iPlayer

06.06.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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A museum in Amsterdam displays a 200-year-old illustrated condom, described as being in β€˜mint condition’ – so even then they had flavoured ones?

05.06.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Government still hasn’t made clear any changes to the Winter Fuel Payment – maybe money from, say, the Β£3.4bn Chagos deal could be put to more practical use?

04.06.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poles’ poll closes close

02.06.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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