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NASA scientists launch fresh bid to probe Uranus and Neptune

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NASA scientists have joined others from around the world in a bid to push space agencies to launch a probe to Uranus and Neptune in the 2030s. At a meeting in the UK experts from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland joined a global pool of researchers to discuss the ice giants. The Royal … Read more

Six Nations ‘could no longer be shown on free-to-air channels’ as ‘Sky line up £300m bid’

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Six Nations could be off free-to-air TV as Sky Sports is favourite to snatch rights from the BBC in £300million deal By Adam Shergold for MailOnline Published: 09:04 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 09:44 GMT, 2 March 2020 The Six Nations could be removed from free-to-air television with Sky Sports emerging as favourites to snatch … Read more

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry DROP bid to trademark Sussex Royal

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry DROP bid to trademark Sussex Royal name for commercial or charity activities (though they still want to use it on toiletries, sporting goods, toys, beer and jewellery) Request to use Sussex Royal and Sussex Royal Foundation in UK was removed  Followed Queen’s decision they could not use ‘Royal’ label after … Read more

Russia use delaying tactics in bid to compete at Olympics despite ban for state-sponsored doping

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Russia use delaying tactics in a bid to compete at 2020 Olympics despite four-year ban for running state-sponsored doping programmes The World Anti-Doping Agency last year imposed a four-year ban on the country The Russian Anti-Doping Agency want more time to build a case for an appeal A delay could mean they would be able … Read more

Students at top university LSE vote to ban BEEF from its campus in bid to tackle climate change 

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Students at the London School of Economics have voted to ban all beef products from the Holborn campus.  The vote was proposed by LSE’s Peta representative Phoebe Woodruff, who now wants all meat banned from the university.   The college, which is the fourth-ranked university in Britain, has almost 12,000 students, however, the proposal to ban … Read more