Daily Monitor
Friday May 07 2021
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This year, a 23-year-old university student, she sat with one of those friends, reflecting on their years as teenagers.
Sexual consent pretty much works like that. If it is forced or coerced, it is rape. It has to be emphatic and specific so that there is no second-guessing what has been agreed to; it can be reversed or taken back by its giver at any time.
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Brittany Higgins. She was 24 years old, and had recently started at her dream job, as a political adviser in Australia’s Parliament House.
One evening, she went out for drinks with colleagues and had one too many – not to be unexpected for a 24-year-old.
Prince Philip - gun salutes and more tributes
Published
Tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh have continued following his death at the age of 99 at Windsor Castle.
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Gun salutes have been fired across the UK, in Gibraltar and at sea in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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The Honourable Artillery Company fired the gun salute from the bank of the River Thames near the Tower of London.
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The gun salute by The King s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery took place at the Parade Ground, Woolwich Barracks, in central London.
image copyrightReuters
Updated: Apr 10 2021, 7:45 ET
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GUN salutes to mark the death of Prince Philip are expected later today after his peaceful passing at Windsor Castle on Friday.
Below is what to expect this weekend as the UK mourns the rich and long life of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Philip s death.
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The funeral
Prince Philip is expected to be given a military funeral with a private service held at St George’s Chapel in Windsor and the burial in Frogmore Gardens.
The date has yet to be confirmed but is due to be staged eight days after Prince Philip s death - meaning it could be held on April 17.
Prince Philip - gun salutes and more tributes
Published
Tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh have continued following his death at the age of 99 at Windsor Castle.
image copyrightAFP
Gun salutes have been fired across the UK, in Gibraltar and at sea in memory of the Duke of Edinburgh.
image copyrightGetty Images
The Honourable Artillery Company fired the gun salute from the bank of the River Thames near the Tower of London.
image copyrightChris Jackson via Getty Images
The gun salute by The King s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery took place at the Parade Ground, Woolwich Barracks, in central London.
image copyrightReuters