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• Cambridge University: Fossil overturns knowledge about origin of birds - BBC

  30-11-2022 21:00
  Cambridge University: Fossil overturns knowledge about origin of birds  BBCFossil 'overturns more than a century of knowledge' about evolution of birds  The IndependentCT scans of toothed bird fossil leads to jaw-dropping discovery  The GuardianAncient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution  New ScientistFossil ‘overturns more than a century of knowledge’ about evolution of birds  The IndependentView Full cover
  
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• Bristol City v Manchester City: Women’s Super League – as it happened

  28-04-2024 22:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Bristol City’s relegation to the Championship was confirmed following a 4-0 defeat to title challengers Manchester City.1 min: Bristol come flying out of the blocks as Thestrup looks to win a corner within the opening minute, but Manchester City are awarded a goal kick instead.We’re under way in Bristol! A huge 90 minutes ahead for both teams. Continue reading...
  
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• Bristol City v Manchester City: Women’s Super League – live

  28-04-2024 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the 6.45pm BST kick-off at Ashton GateSend an email to Emillia with all your thoughts1 min: Bristol come flying out of the blocks as Thestrup looks to win a corner within the opening minute, but Manchester City are awarded a goal kick instead.We’re under way in Bristol! A huge 90 minutes ahead for both teams. Continue reading...
  
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• Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least four people and leave dozens injured

  28-04-2024 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties as authorities confirm a four-month-old baby was among the dead in HoldenvilleAt leastfour people, including a baby, were killed after a series of tornadoes struck Oklahoma on Saturday, amid a weekend of extreme weather that left dozens injured and a trail of destruction across the midwest.Local authorities confirmed that a four-month-old infant was among the two people dead in Holdenville – one of the hardest hit towns in Oklahoma, locate
  
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• Biden and Netanyahu speak as pressure grows on Israel over Rafah and ceasefire talks

  28-04-2024 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  US president and Israeli PM talk as Israel vows to invade Gaza city despite global concern for 1 million Palestinians sheltering thereThe White House on Sunday said Joe Biden had again spoken with Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a ceasefire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.There were no immediate details of the conversation, which took place as Israel vows to invade Gaza’s southernmost city
  
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• Pep Guardiola warns Manchester City cannot drop any points in title race

  28-04-2024 21:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Champions respond to Arsenal win with victory at ForestGuardiola: ‘I don’t think they are going to lose any points’Pep Guardiola has warned Manchester City cannot drop any points if they are to secure a historic fourth successive Premier League as he expects Arsenal to win their remaining matches after proving their mettle by defeating Spurs on Sunday. Josko Gvardiol and Erling Haaland edged City past Nottingham Forest to leave them a point behind top spot but crucially with a
  
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• Thames Water collapse could trigger Truss-style borrowing crisis, Whitehall officials fear

  28-04-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Concerns over effect on UK’s finances lead officials to believe utility should be renationalised before general electionSenior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water’s financial collapse could trigger a rise in government borrowing costs not seen since the chaos of the Liz Truss mini-budget, the Guardian can reveal.Such is their concern about the impact on wider borrowing costs for the UK, even beyond utilities and infrastructure, that they believe Thames should be renation
  
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• Shunning Rory McIlroy would represent epic embarrassment for PGA Tour | Ewan Murray

  28-04-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  World No 2 basically auditioning for acceptance to return to policy board is faintly ludicrous in increasingly fractured sportThe most unpalatable and unlikely scenario could be a necessary one. Rory McIlroy to LIV has been rumoured, slapped down, rumoured and slapped down. Yet as the PGA Tour procrastinates over completion of a deal with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, and even the formal involvement of McIlroy himself, one wonders if it may take something nuclear to allow golf to wak
  
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• More human remains found in Greater Manchester torso investigation

  28-04-2024 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Police ‘very confident’ body parts in Salford belong to a man in his 60s whose torso was found on 4 AprilMore human remains have been found in two locations as part of a murder investigation that started when a man’s torso was discovered in a nature reserve in Greater Manchester, police said.Detectives believe the torso, found in Salford, belongs to a man in his 60s and they have informed his family. Formal identification of the remains has not yet taken place but should be com
  
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• Insulin shortages ‘causing stress and anxiety’ for UK diabetes patients

  28-04-2024 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: ‘Distressing’ scarcity sowing uncertainty among 400,000 with type 1 diabetes, experts warn People with type 1 diabetes are being forced to endure the “stress and anxiety” of insulin shortages, patients, pharmacists and health campaigners have warned.The “distressing” drug scarcity, the latest to affect the UK, is sowing uncertainty for the 400,000 people with the condition, with some products not available again until next year amid global manufactu
  
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• Tributes paid to veteran Northern Ireland journalist Stephen Grimason

  28-04-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  BBC reporter who covered darkest days of the Troubles and broke news of the Good Friday agreement dies aged 67Tributes have been paid to the veteran Northern Ireland journalist Stephen Grimason after his death at the age of 67.The former BBC Northern Ireland political editor etched his face into history as he broke the news in April 1998 of the Good Friday agreement. Continue reading...
  
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• Tory rebels plan 100-day ‘policy blitz’ if local elections are disaster for party

  28-04-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Worried MPs have concocted five-point plan of quick measures aimed at showing that the party cares about public’s prioritiesRishi Sunak is braced for a bruising week as Tory rebels flaunted plans for a 100-day “policy blitz” to secure quick wins if the local election results prove disastrous for the party.The prime minister said on Sunday that he was not “distracted” by his personal ratings lingering at record lows. He refused to rule out calling a July general elec
  
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• Hull and Leeds continue to flounder in Super League despite A-grade ratings

  28-04-2024 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Leeds claim nervy 18-12 win, giving Rhinos outside hopes of the playoffs while Hull face a squad overhaul in the coming monthsThe winds of change are blowing through rugby league more than ever before as IMG’s plans to revolutionise the sport begin to take shape. With a grading-style system replacing promotion and relegation later this year, the end goal is simple: the biggest and best clubs on and off the field competing in Super League.In a sport where big city presences are perhaps thin
  
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• Kai Havertz, Arsenal’s stealth striker, channels Harry Kane to dictate derby | Barney Ronay

  28-04-2024 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  German operated at his own pace in the north London noise, passing beautifully, holding the ball up and punishing SpursWith 96 minutes gone in this agreeably fevered north London derby a small, stricken-looking man in a tracksuit could be seen leaping across the touchline at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, arms waving furiously, before being dragged back off the pitch by the fourth official.Arsenal’s Nicolas Jover has been a pioneer of the fashion for set-piece coaches to pop up a
  
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• UK charities hiring staff with ‘privilege not potential’, report author warns

  28-04-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Working-class people less likely to get jobs in charities than public and private sectors, EY Foundation report findsCharities are hiring staff with “privilege rather than potential”, according to the author of a report highlighting the stark class divide in the sector.Working-class people are less likely to be hired by charities than by employers in the public and private sectors, said the EY Foundation, which supports young people from low-income backgrounds to progress
  
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• The Guardian view on rethinking economics: a discipline in disarray holds too much sway in the UK | Editorial

  28-04-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Gordon Brown challenged Conservative ideas to fix the economy. His successors unfortunately will notWhen Labour’s Gordon Brown embraced “post neo-classical endogenous growth theory” in 1994, he was ridiculed by his opponents. This said more about his critics than Mr Brown. His speech reflected an engagement with academic debates as well as a worldview and diagnosis distinct from Tory narratives. He judged education to be key, as growth depended on human capital. By contrast, to
  
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• Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation

  28-04-2024 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, the Guardian can reveal.Officials plan to hold refugees who turn up for routine meetings at immigration service offices or bail appointments and will also pick people up nationwide in a surprise two-week e
  
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• The Guardian view on the price of chocolate: cocoa producers face bitter truths | Editorial

  28-04-2024 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Farmers, even more than consumers, need a stable and predictable global food systemThe small indulgence of chocolate is becoming a more costly one. Soaring prices for cocoa beans recently hit a record $12,000 a tonne: roughly four times last year’s price. Many think they will go higher. That means smaller or more expensive bars and reformulated recipes for many consumers, and may put out of business small specialist producers. Yet it is bringing little reward to struggling growers.The imme
  
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• Union appears to accept Royal Mail proposal to cut most Saturday deliveries

  28-04-2024 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  CWU seems to concede six-day service is financially unviable as company battles takeover bidLetterboxes could fall silent on Saturday mornings, after the postal workers’ union appeared to accept a proposal from Royal Mail that would abandon its duty to deliver all letters six days a week.Royal Mail is required to deliver post from Monday to Saturday under the terms of the universal service obligation (USO) set down by an act of parliament in 2011. Amid a long-running industrial dispute wit
  
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• Lyon finish off PSG to set up Women’s Champions League final with Barcelona

  28-04-2024 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Lyon reached their 11th Women’s Champions League and will hope to win a ninth European Cup in Bilbao after holding off Paris Saint-Germain by winning 2-1 at the Parc des Princes to complete a 5-3 aggregate win over their fellow French team. Melchie Dumournay’s late goal confirmed progress to the Basque capital after PSG had been held at arm’s length for most of the second leg.After defending champions Barcelona broke Chelsea hearts in Emma Hayes’ final season, the club co
  
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• A page-turner: how to get your reading groove back | Letters

  28-04-2024 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers share their tips on discovering new authors and reading more widelyIn addition to the excellent advice provided in your article on reading (The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books, 25 April), I would add the following. The old adage of not judging a book by its cover can both be helpful and not. Thrillers nearly all look alike, as do romances, teen fiction, fantasy and horror. One relatively small publisher has eschewed this policy by publishing it
  
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• Shutting the door on free movement of young people is a mistake | Letters

  28-04-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Axel Scheffler, the illustrator of The Gruffalo, on the government’s rejection of a youth mobility scheme with the EU. Plus a letter from Ray Kirtley I’m appalled that the government as well as the Labour party rejected the EU’s offer for free movement for young people (Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK, 19 April). As a father of a teenage child with continental roots, it is sad for me to see that young children of British friends are denied the cha
  
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• Russia makes more gains around Avdiivka as Ukraine awaits US aid

  28-04-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian officials say situation ‘very difficult’ but ‘not catastrophic’ amid loss of two villages and fighting in OcheretyneRussia has consolidated recent battlefield gains in the east of Ukraine, and is attempting to break through Ukrainian defensive lines before a long-awaited package of US military assistance arrives at the frontline.On Sunday Russian troops advanced near the city of Avdiivka. They seized two villages and expanded a narrow corridor around the rural s
  
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• Mitch McConnell refuses to say whether he supports a US national abortion ban

  28-04-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Senate minority leader says he is ‘not advocating anything at this level’ and that issue is too divisive among lawmakers for consensusAsked whether he supports a federal abortion ban, US Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that he is “not advocating anything at this level”.The Republican, during remarks in a new interview published by NBC’s Meet the Press, stopped short of saying whether or not he supported a 15-week federal ban on abortion with excep
  
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• The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing review – an Eden project of her own

  28-04-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  While a cast of literary heavyweights grace Laing’s account of her garden restoration, the real joys lie in her detailed description of the pruning and the planting and the soothing effect on her state of mindOlivia Laing’s new book, The Garden Against Time, is as fragrantly replete as a long border at its peak. The word that comes to mind is spumy: a blossomy, brimful excess that’s almost too much at times. Here are hundreds of plants, exquisitely described; here is colour, en
  
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• Hundreds of Heathrow Border Force officers to start four-day strike

  28-04-2024 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 300 workers will take action over plans to introduce rosters that could force 250 of them out of jobsHundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow airport will begin a four-day strike on Monday in a dispute over working conditions.The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said more than 300 of its members will walk out from 5am on Monday to 7am on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• BHP’s pursuit of Anglo American has a major obstacle: South Africa

  28-04-2024 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  The De Beers owner is a longstanding jewel in the African' state’s economic crown – it would be a ‘big blow’ to see it sold offThe world’s largest mining company has a problem. Australia’s BHP has set out its intention to snap up the rival miner Anglo American in a multibillion-pound deal that would reshape the global industry. Its proposed £31bn takeover plan has already been rebuffed as a lowball offer that undervalues the company. But Anglo’s de
  
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• Warmer spring-like weather forecast in UK after chilly April

  28-04-2024 17:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Grey skies and persistent rain could be replaced by temperatures as high as 20C in south-east England Chilly April is on its way out with the coming days set to usher in warmer temperatures more akin to spring, according to the Met Office.The lack of sunshine, grey skies and persistent rain have contributed to it feeling unusually cold as April comes to a close. Continue reading...
  
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• Nicole Kidman given life achievement award by American Film Institute

  28-04-2024 17:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Oscar-winner is first Australian actor to receive honour as Meryl Streep says it is ‘impossible not to be in awe of her’Nicole Kidman has been honoured with an American Film Institute life achievement award at a ceremony in which stars shared stories of “quite simply one of the greatest actresses”.The Oscar-winner became the first Australian actor to receive the highest honour for a career in film at AFI, during a ceremony that featured speeches from Meryl Streep, Morgan
  
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• ‘They thought I was a child’: US airline repeatedly registers 101-year-old as baby

  28-04-2024 17:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Airport staff surprised by arrival of centenarian instead of infant after American Airlines booking system errorsA 101-year-old woman has been regularly mistaken for an infant because an airline’s booking system was unable to compute her date of birth.The woman, named only as Patricia, was born in 1922, but the American Airlines system apparently does not recognise that year, defaulting instead to 2022, the BBC reported. Continue reading...
  
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