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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (10th August, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (8th August, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (3rd August, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (27th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Farewell Patrick Vallance, the scientist who symbolised pandemic hubris</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (22nd July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (20th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (15th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper (13th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inside the scam compounds run by Chinese gangs: Imprisoned &#8216;workers&#8217; face horrific torture including being chained to a tiger&#8217;s cage, beaten with metal pipes and threatened with huge pythons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (4th July, 2026)]]></description>
		
		
		
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