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The reason why some women can get pregnant on the pill
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The reason why some women can get pregnant on the pill

    Birth control pill contraceptive pill calendar routine nobody close-up the contraceptive pill is supposed to be 99% effective in preventing pregnancies when taken perfectly (ie, at the same time every day). But despite that, it's not unheard of for women to get pregnant while on the pill. When taken imperfectly so, at different times of the day, or with the odd missed pill that effectiveness rate drops to 91%. Because of this, it was previously assumed that any unwanted pregnancies on the contraceptive pill would be due to the woman not taking it properly. Cropped shot of an unrecognizable teenage girl drinking medication But new scientific research suggests there might be another cause of unplanned pregnancies occurring despite the pill or other forms of hormonal...
DUP in significant talks with ministers over Brexit deal
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DUP in significant talks with ministers over Brexit deal

    Philip Hammond is leading government talks with the Northern Irish DUP in a bid to win their support for Theresa May’s Brexit deal. With the Conservative party’s confidence and supply deal with the DUP coming up for review, the chancellor’s involvement indicates there could be a financial incentive to back the plan. It comes as Ms May’s ministers also continue their efforts to convince Conservative eurosceptics to row in behind her twice-defeated deal, ahead of a new vote on Tuesday. When the DUP agreed to prop up Ms May’s administration in the commons after the 2017 election, the party negotiated an extra £2bn in spending for Northern Ireland over 2018 and 2019. Money in the agreement, and potentially the support of the party’s 10 MPs for Ms May, is set to end in...
MPs vote to delay Brexit so what happens now
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MPs vote to delay Brexit so what happens now

    The vote authorises Theresa May to ask the EU to extend Article 50 until June 30 that is, if MPs vote in favour of her Brexit deal when it is put to a vote for a third time next week. The short delay would be to allow the necessary legislation to be passed. But, if MPs once again reject the PM’s deal, May has warned a longer extension will be necessary to work out what to do instead. This would also mean the UK having to take part in the European parliament elections (and re-electing MEPs). The prospect of a lengthy 21-month delay will pile pressure on eurosceptic Tory MPs to vote for May’s deal to ensure Brexit happens this year. To extend Article 50, the Brussels has to say yes. It probably will. But EU leaders have said the UK must provide a “credible justifica...
New Zealand darkest day: Bangladesh crickte team narrowly escaped
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New Zealand darkest day: Bangladesh crickte team narrowly escaped

    Bangladesh players and support staff have been preparing for the third test of a series against New Zealand, set to begin on Saturday, and were walking through Hagley Park when shooting broke out at the Al Noor mosque. The Bangladesh cricket team (pictured) were on their way to Al Noor Mosque when shooting broke out inside Tweets from sports reporters and team members say the group just escaped the shooting, which saw a man enter the mosque and fire multiple shots at dozens of people as they tried to flee. The team's opening batsman, Tamim Iqbal said on Twitter the 'entire team got saved from active shooters. He said it was a frightening experience and asked supporters to keep the team in their prayers. Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim said Allah had saved the team. ...
New Zealand Massacre: terror attacks at Mosque leave 49 dead
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New Zealand Massacre: terror attacks at Mosque leave 49 dead

    A white Australian right-wing terrorist is one of four people arrested over a pair of mosque massacres in New Zealand that has left at least 49 dead and 48 injured. The gunman, who identified himself as Brenton Tarrant from Grafton, NSW, Australia, stormed the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on the country's South Island about 1.30pm, opening fire with a semi-automatic shotgun and a rifle on hundreds of defenceless worshippers attending Friday prayers. A sickening 17-minute video of the unfolding horror shows the self-confessed white supremacist dressed in army fatigues firing mercilessly at people scrambling to flee, and calmly reloading when he runs out of bullets. At about the same time, what appears to be a second shooter opened fire at at mosque in Linwood, whi...
May dealt a backstop blow
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May dealt a backstop blow

    Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered a major blow today when her own Attorney General issued legal advice admitting that Britain could still be locked forever into EU rules through the Irish backstop. The bombshell from the Government’s top lawyer Geoffrey Cox came just eight hours before MPs were due to stage the make-or-break Commons vote. He concluded the legal risk remains unchanged that unless the UK could prove the EU was acting in bad faith in future, there was no internationally lawful means of exiting the Protocol’s arrangements, save by agreement. His advice was a blow to Mrs May who secured three documents last night she hoped would be accepted by MPs as legally binding changes to protect the UK from being trapped indefinitely. Mr Cox said in a letter set...
How to sleep better at night
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How to sleep better at night

    A bad night sleep might leave you grumpy and tired the next day, but it can also severely damage your health. The process really is crucial to the health of both body and brain. After one bad night, our immune system suffers and we struggle with concentration and memory. And studies show a prolonged lack of sleep increases the risk of Alzheimer’s, heart disease, stroke, obesity and depression. Lisa Artis, 38, a sleep adviser at The Sleep Council, said: Sleeping is not a passive process it is highly complex and has both mental and physical functions. It regulates your mood, it improves your memory and plays a part in maintaining health, weight and energy levels as well. It would be dangerous to underestimate what poor sleep can do to your health. Ahead of Nation...
Ethiopia mourns crash black box found
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Ethiopia mourns crash black box found

    Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as an extra safety precaution following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed, a spokesman said Monday, as Ethiopia marked a day of mourning and the plane's damaged black box of data was found. Although it wasn't yet known what caused the crash of the new plane in clear weather outside Addis Ababa on Sunday, the airline decided to ground its remaining four 737 Max 8s until further notice, spokesman Asrat Begashaw said. Ethiopian Airlines had been using five of the planes and awaiting delivery of 25 more. Some other airlines around the world were deciding to do the same. China's civilian aviation authority ordered all Chinese airlines to temporarily ground their Max 8s, and...
Shamima’s mother ask to reconsider mercy over citizenship
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Shamima’s mother ask to reconsider mercy over citizenship

    Shamima Begum has been stripped of her British citizenship. The Home Office has been asked to reconsider its decision to strip Shamima Begum of her British citizenship as a "act of mercy". On Friday, Islamic State (IS) bride Shamima Begum's three-week old son, Jarrah, died following breathing difficulties. A letter seen by Sky News sent by the family's lawyer to the Home Office this morning says: "We write specifically on behalf of Mrs Begum, Shamima Begum's mother to ask you to reconsider your previous decision dated 19 February 2019 to deprive her daughter Begum of her British citizenship... "Ms Begum requests this reconsideration, as an act of mercy, on the basis of the following new information, namely the death of her newborn son". The letter argues "it is ex...
IS bride’s father apologises to Britain: Please forgive her
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IS bride’s father apologises to Britain: Please forgive her

    The father of Isil bride Shamima Begum has apologised to the British public for his daughter's decision to flee the country and join the terror group. Ahmed Ali said Ms Begum, who travelled from London to Syria aged 15 in 2015, had done wrong without realising it. He urged Home Secretary Sajid Javid to restore her citizenship so she could be to return home and face prosecution. Speaking before the death on Thursday of Ms Begum’s three-week-old baby from pneumonia Mr Ali said: She has done wrong, I apologise to everyone as her father, to the British people, I am sorry for Shamima's doing. I request to the British people, please forgive her. Ms Begum’s father pointed out that she was a child when she left Britain to join Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) i...