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Nitty, gritty and titty news nuggets picked from the press.

1. Thousands of women are sharing their own breast milk via social media groups in an effort to help others, a BBC investigation has discovered.
2. About 100 people turned out for the funeral of a 94-year-old great-grandfather, thought to be one of Britain's oldest shop workers.
3. Of the 65 million people in the UK, 8.45 million are projected to live to 100, according to analysis from the Office for National Statistics.
4. In a nearly 3.5 billion-year-old piece of rock from Western Australia, scientists have identified the oldest life forms ever known.
5. A survey by the House Builders Federation this year suggested 98% of those who had bought new homes reported defects to their builder within a few months of moving in, with 41% reporting more than 10 problems in the UK.
6. Legal action is being taken against the BBC and the Guardian over their reporting of leaked documents detailing offshore tax-avoidance schemes, known as the Paradise Papers, which revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy secretly invest cash in offshore tax havens.
7. The US has vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution rejecting President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
8. Racial profiling in particular has been held partially responsible for riots from the UK to the US to France.
9. Action has been taken against an alleged Islamist terror plot in the UK that could have happened at Christmas, counter terrorism sources say.
10. The BBC has pledged to "raise our game" on religion by increasing the portrayal of all faiths in mainstream shows.

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