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People with learning disabilities are now entitled to annual health checks from their GP, in the hope any illnesses can be picked up quickly.

Around each twist and turn, there’s a room solely for holiday wear, a walk-in devoted to fur coats, and several hallways lined with laundry baskets of purses and dress shoes waiting to be picked through.

Immediately after Dudek became commissioner in February, he got a call from Scott Coulter, a hedge fund manager with a $12 million Manhattan apartment who’d been picked to lead DOGE’s team at Social Security.

Spectators queued daily to nab a spot in the courtroom, thousands of people picked apart details of the case online, and journalists descended from around the world to cover the lengthy trial.

Ever since he was picked, based on his undeniable talent, for a T20 against Australia almost a year ago, Bethell has been living out one of the stranger international careers.