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FACTS OF THE DAY

Tuesday 13 June

Since the Brexit referendum, the number of nurses coming from other parts of the EU to work in the NHS has fallen by 96%.

thetimes.co.uk

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97% of voters in a referendum in Puerto Rico are in favour of becoming the 51st US state – though a boycott by opposition parties meant turnout was only 23%.

theatlantic.com

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A member of Labour MP Chuka Umunna’s staff has pointed out that Michael Gove, in his new role as Environment Secretary, is in charge of fields of wheat.

msn.com

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Lord Buckethead, who ran against Theresa May in her Maidenhead constituency, has appeared as a guest on US television’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

telegraph.co.uk

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The first female Sikh MP and the first turbaned male Sikh MP have been elected to Parliament.

metro.co.uk

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Chefs in California have broken the record for the world’s longest pizza – it was 6,333 feet long and weighed as much as an elephant.

economictimes.indiatimes.com


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