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A contest to become the next deputy leader of the Labour Party is under way after Angela Rayner resigned from the role - and from cabinet. Labour's governing body, the National Executive Committee ...

Jack Draper is set to miss the rest of the tennis season after suffering an arm injury - but how could it impact his world ranking? The British number one is ranked number seven in the world, but he ...

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"Learned helplessness" is a psychological concept introduced by Martin E. Seligman and Steven F. Maier in 1967. It describes a condition in which individuals, after repeated failed attempts to change ...