2015-06-01 U.K. Spotlight

The Game of Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7: The Gift   
The Verge
[UPDATE: This week's episode was originally scored with Nymeria and Tyene Sand's scores switched. Your GOGOT correspondent has corrected this and updated the charts accordingly. This took a really long time. I hope you're happy.] In the Game of Game ...

2015-06-01 U.K. Health

Telegraph.co.uk   

Thousands of patients thrown off GPs' lists   
Telegraph.co.uk
Tens of thousands of patients have been thrown off GP surgery lists amid crisis shortages of doctors across the country. New figures show that 160,000 patients have been ordered to go elsewhere as a result of practices closing. Doctors say surgeries are ...

2015-06-01 U.K. Science

Bundaberg News Mail   

Australia points to Direct Action in response to tough UN questions on climate ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia has pegged its international climate change credibility on the Abbott government's Direct Action scheme in its response to a series of tough questions from world super powers. Responding to the climate probe from countries including China and the ...

2015-06-01 U.K. Sports

The Guardian (blog)   

England's Stuart Broad relocates biff to blast way out of batting funk   
The Guardian (blog)
Stuart Broad smeared 46 off 39 balls against New Zealand after Shane Warne had insisted during the first Test that England should relegate him to No11 until he was no longer scared of the ball. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA. Ali Martin at Headingley.

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Telegraph.co.uk   

England v New Zealand: BJ Watling hits historic Headingley century as tourists ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Precedent and probability are set against England. Only once has a country chased down a target of more than 315 at Headingley, and that was not England but Australia, and they needed the services of a chap called Bradman who, as normal, scored a ...

2015-06-01 U.K. Entertainment

Telegraph.co.uk   

The Elephant Man, Theatre Royal Haymarket, review: 'Bradley Cooper is a ...   
Telegraph.co.uk
Bradley Cooper is not a generous actor. His leading roles in films such as Silver Linings Playbook and American Sniper scream “me, me, me” and you can almost smell the testosterone as he sets about hogging the limelight. So his performance as John ...

2015-06-01 U.K. Technology

V3.co.uk   

Tim Berners-Lee slams UK government's souped-up surveillance plans   
V3.co.uk
World Wide Web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has hit out at the government's plans to introduce supercharged surveillance powers and is urging the British public to fight back. The UK government earlier this week introduced the Investigatory Powers Bill, ...

2015-06-01 U.K. Business

BBC News   

UK manufacturing growth pace 'slowing'   
BBC News
UK manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected as the sector loses momentum, new research suggests. Engineering and manufacturing employers' body EEF says its latest survey of firms showed demand for goods in the UK had weakened in the ...