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At University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, scans revealed Leah had injuries including eight broken ribs, a shattered hip, three breaks in her pelvis, a fractured right foot and a punctured lung.

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Between sessions, conversation inevitably turns to how things got this way: the fracturing of the consumer landscape, the rise of the subscription model, the corporate pivot from “service” to “self-service.”

"By fracturing the unity of the nation's apex court, it has crippled judicial independence and integrity, pushing the country back by decades."

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While no programming changes are planned, the rebranding will be a test in an age when brand awareness is difficult to achieve as the media marketplace is highly fractured.

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But it also presents political risks, amid a fracturing political consensus over the cost of achieving net zero goals to reduce carbon emissions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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