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On Saturday, a Bank of America spokesperson told BBC News NI there will be a "gradual build up" of its new Belfast operation.

Mann was publicly vilified over his research showing that average global temperatures had risen sharply since 1900 after about a millennium of gradual cooling, producing what became known as the “hockey stick graph.”

Japan's Osaka did not play for 14 months around the birth of daughter Shai in July 2023 and her road back to the top of the game she once dominated has been gradual.

But though “Lurker” could certainly push the envelope further, Matthew’s ascent, fall from grace and gradual climb back up wouldn’t feel as realistic as it needs to for the film to land its sickly ending.

Exams largely returned back to normal last year after measures to reflect the impact of the pandemic were dropped - a more gradual process in Wales than in England.