Tag: Complicated

Staggering organogram shows how complicated the Covid Inquiry will REALLY be

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An extraordinarily complicated flow chart presented to the Covid Inquiry lays bare the Government’s ‘labyrinthine’ chain of command that was tasked with protecting Brits from future pandemics.

The mind-boggling diagram, drawn up in August 2019, links together more than 100 organisations involved in preparing the country for any future infectious threats.

This includes the Cabinet Office, Department of Health and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) — a panel of leading experts who guided ministers through the pandemic.

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William and Harry’s complicated relationship: A timeline | Royal | News

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Journalist Kate Mansey on Prince Harry and William relationship

In the first few pages of Spare, Prince Harry told his readers that Prince William is both his “beloved brother” and “archnemesis”.

It was not so long ago that siblings were thought to have an unbreakable bond having stood on the world stage, side by side, for some of the best of times — and some of the worst.

In some ways, many siblings will recognise elements of their relationship. But

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Who is Earl Spencer? Life is still complicated for Diana’s historian brother, who turns 59 today…

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As the heir to the Earl Spencer title, Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles spent his childhood on the sprawling family estate he would one day inherit.

But life at Althorp was not as blissful as it sounds. Diana said she would always see her mother crying while Charles described the house as a ‘nightmarish place’.

He inherited his father’s title when he was just 27 years old, but rather than aristocratic comfort, his adult life brought similar tumult including two

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Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral Honored Her ‘Unwavering Faith’ to Her Religion—Inside the Royals’ Complicated History With the Church

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Since her funeral, there have been questions about what Queen Elizabeth’s religion was before her death and what church the British royal family belongs to.

Queen Elizabeth II is the first child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She became Queen of the United Kingdom as well as the other Commonwealth countries in February 1952 after the death of her father. She was 25 years old at the time. She was married to Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of … Read more

Inside Nick Cannon’s VERY complicated family after birth of his eighth baby

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TV host Nick Cannon has become a dad for the eighth time – just weeks after he joked that he was helping to fight the ‘underpopulation crisis’ by fathering nine children with five different women. 

The 41-year-old welcomed his eighth child, a baby son named Legendary Love, with 31-year-old model Bre Tiesi, who revealed on Instagram on Monday that she had given birth to their first child together on June 28 in an ‘all natural unmedicated home birth’ – weeks

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Will animal-to-human organ transplants overcome their complicated history?

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A 57-year-old Maryland man has now survived just over three weeks with the transplanted heart of a genetically engineered pig. His doctor has hailed the operation as a “breakthrough surgery” that could help solve the organ shortage crisis. But from a scientific standpoint, it’s too early in the game to know how much it moves the ball.

The use of animal organs for humans is an idea with a long, dramatic and often disappointing history (SN: 11/4/95). There’s

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Why the Energy Transition Will Be So Complicated

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To appreciate the complexities of the competing demands between climate action and the continued need for energy, consider the story of an award—one that the recipient very much did not want and, indeed, did not bother to pick up.

It began when Innovex Downhole Solutions, a Texas-based company that provides technical services to the oil and gas industry, ordered 400 jackets from North Face with its corporate logo. But the iconic outdoor-clothing company refused to fulfill the order. North Face

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An Anti-Tobacco Hero’s Complicated Legacy – Mother Jones

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Stanton Glantz at home, clowning with a giant fake cigarette.John Storey/Getty

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This article was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Not many scientists have fought harder against smoking than Stanton Glantz. As a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and founding director of its Center for

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