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The end of mobile phones in schools?
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Teachers get new guidance as ministers ‘ban’ mobile phones in schools.
New Airbnb rules to stop the ‘hollowing out’ of local communities.
Reports that EU ‘poised to fine Apple about 500 million euros’.
Also in this episode:
- Walkers forced to trespass onto open access countryside
- Tiny lab-made proteins ‘hold great promise’ to treat Alzheimer’s
- Mushroom sprouting from live frog in India leaves scientists stunned
- Sacked Twitter staff in Ghana finally get pay-off
- Nintendo shares slide on reports of delayed Switch successor release
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