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Editor's note
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The UK’s economy is deeply structurally imbalanced: overwhelmingly, it favours investment in London and the south east. Theresa May recently announced a £1.6 billion fund to boost England’s neediest towns – but Calvin Jones argues that wealth, business and talent will continue to leak from poor places, irrespective of how much money is thrown at them – unless some radical new thinking prevails.
What are you having for breakfast? A fry up? Keeping it straight-laced with muesili? Some opium, perhaps? Or rat hair? I hate to break it to you, but these are more common ingredients in your meals than you realise. Robert Chilcott exposes some nasty bits and bobs that can find their way into your food.
More than half of children are estimated to play with imaginary friends. We know this can be good for their development, as it helps to boost social skills. But what happens when these children grow up? New research suggests that the imaginary friends we had as children continue to shape us as adults. Paige Davis explains.
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Emily Lindsay Brown
Editor for Cities and Young People
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Top stories
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London lucks out.
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Calvin Jones, Cardiff University
The current system favours London and the south east of England – and previous regeneration campaigns have failed to make much of a difference.
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Robert Chilcott, University of Hertfordshire
It doesn't always pay to know what's really in your food – but it's fun to find out, anyway.
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Paige Davis, York St John University
Playing with imaginary friends in childhood is linked to being more creative as an adult.
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Politics + Society
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Vicki Squire, University of Warwick
Demolition of migrant camps and changes to rules concerning who can access support has left many migrants in Italy on the streets.
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Peter Lee, University of Portsmouth
The Ministry of Defence says the RAF killed or injured 4,315 enemy fighters in Iraq and Syria over a period with only one civilian casualty. Why do other organisations have very different numbers?
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Ilya Yablokov, University of Leeds
If you think Americans are suckers for conspiracies theories, you ought to hear some of the theories that are popular in Putin's Russia.
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Mats Fridlund, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Terrorism hasn't always been associated with individuals – in the past, it has described violence used by the state against its subjects.
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Health + Medicine
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Alexandru Dregan, King's College London
Diseases like psoriasis and lupus are linked with a heightened risk of mental health disorders in younger adults.
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Nadia Wager, University of Huddersfield
A documentary film has made disturbing allegations about Michael Jackson and child sexual abuse. Whether true or not the film raised some important issues.
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Business + Economy
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Philip Hancock, University of Essex; Melissa Tyler, University of Essex
The job of looking after safety in the skies remains a highly sexualised occupation.
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Arts + Culture
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Gemma Witcomb, Loughborough University
For six decades, young girls have played with Barbie dolls. But she's changed a bit recently.
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Science + Technology
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Dionysios Demetis, University of Hull
From the law to the media we're becoming artificial humans, mere tools of the machines.
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Environment + Energy
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Breno Nunes, Aston University; Flávio Hourneaux Junior, Universidade de São Paulo
The tailing dam collapse at the Brumadinho mine has shocked the world, but can we really be sure that 'never again' truly means never again?
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