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Ben Fogle recreates Scott and Amundsen’s Antarctic journeys with their equipment

Ben Fogle will relive the Antarctic journeys of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen as part of a new series.

Former president of Guatemala Alvaro Colom dies at 71

Former Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him, died on Monday, politicians from his party have announced. He was 71.

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Record Christmas sales at Primark boost revenues for owner ABF

The owner of Primark and Twinings has reported a boost in sales, as it said inflation has become less volatile and consumer spending proved to be more resilient than it expected.

60 of Nepal plane crash victims handed over to relatives

Authorities in Nepal have handed over to relatives the bodies of 60 of the victims of the recent plane crash, the airline said.

Energy support and soaring debt interest sends public borrowing to new record

The mounting cost of the Government’s energy support schemes and soaring debt interest pushed state borrowing to another record last month as sky-high inflation and power bills took their toll.

Seven dead as California mourns third mass killing in eight days

Seven people were killed in two related shootings at agricultural facilities in a California coastal community south of San Francisco on Monday.

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