Jon Ungoed-Thomas
News Reporter at The Observer
Reporter. The Observer. DMs open. [email protected]
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4 days ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Trackers placed in bin lorries reveal mobile coverage in some areas ‘1,000 times worse’ than official data suggests In the village of Peaslake in the heart of the Surrey Hills, ramblers and cyclists can often be seen shaking their heads and walking in circles, with their mobile phones held aloft. “It’s a dead zone,” said Andrea Fry, who works in the village store. “You get walkers who can’t make calls or use their maps.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Australia’s Anthony Albanese clinched a historic second term as prime minister on Saturday, with his centre-left Labor party boosted by anti-Trump sentiment. Albanese is the first prime minister for more than two decades to win back-to-back elections. Just five weeks ago, polls suggested he was facing defeat to the conservative opposition.
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1 week ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Daughter joins campaign to close Chinese paraquat factory in Huddersfield after her father died with Parkinson’s disease years after spraying his farm As a child, Julie Plumley remembers seeing her father spraying weedkiller on his farm in Dorset, with his arms bare and no mask on his face. She would work at his feet pulling out weeds as he sprayed the land from a container strapped on his back, with the breeze blowing the acutely toxic spray through air.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Doctors call for urgent regulation amid increasing fatalities and life-changing injuries Critical care doctors are calling for urgent regulation of private electric scooters after three children were killed this year. Emergency teams at UK hospitals have warned they are seeing an increasing number of serious accidents involving children, some suffering life-changing injuries.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Jon Ungoed-Thomas
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RT @BradleyThomasUK: 📱 Reliable mobile phone signal is essential yet coverage in Worcestershire is up to 1,000 times worse than advertised…
How millions of consumers are being misled over scale of 'dead zones' in UK's mobile network coverage. https://t.co/eD5js8quHq
One of the most toxic pesticides ever produced is banned for use in more than 50 countries. Still made in Britain (where it use is also banned) for export. https://t.co/GuzQQ3FPvZ