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• How Rageh Omaar refused ITV chiefs' request to hand his bulletin over to a stand-in anchor even as he was stru - Daily Mail

  27-04-2024 23:25
  How Rageh Omaar refused ITV chiefs' request to hand his bulletin over to a stand-in anchor even as he was stru  Daily MailITV gives Rageh Omaar health update as TV presenter breaks silence  The IndependentRageh Omaar breaks silence after ITV newsreader sparks concern with 'unwell' appearance  GB NewsRageh Omaar says he was 'determined to finish presenting programme' after becoming unwell live on air  Sky News
  
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• Trump hush-money trial: Michael Cohen could begin testifying on Monday, reports say – live

  10-05-2024 15:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump back in court on Friday as media reports say Trump’s former Mr Fix It could be on stand next weekStormy Daniels stays consistent: Trump trial key takeaways, day 14Donald Trump’s motorcade has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse.Court proceedings are scheduled to begin at about 9.30am ET. Continue reading...
  
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• Everton ditch appeal over two-point PSR deduction: football news – live

  10-05-2024 15:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Weekend fixtures | Latest tables | Premier League previewAnd feel free to email Yara with your football thoughtsNottingham Forest: The club’s Greek owner Evangelos Marinakis has stated he is “confident” they will stay in the Premier League and says he has “big dreams” for his club.“It’s a great team, it inspires us and we want to do more and you will see in the years to come that we have big dreams for Forest,” said the 56-year-old Greek in an inte
  
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• Mike Johnson touts bipartisanship after Democrats help sink Marjorie Taylor Greene challenge – live

  10-05-2024 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican House speaker praised Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and made veiled dig at far-right congresswomanFormer president Donald Trump has adopted the legal strategy of stalling and stalling to ensure his most sensitive trials will take place after the election. That strategy is working, reports Sam Levine:As had been expected for months, Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday scrapped a 20 May trial date that had been set in south Florida over the former president’s handling of c
  
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• County cricket: Kent v Worcestershire, Surrey v Warwickshire, and more – live

  10-05-2024 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  All the action from day one of the latest round of matchesEmail your thoughts to Tanya or get in touch at @tjaldredAgar, paint dabbed on his nose, is looking to do to Worcestershire, what he did to Lancashire last week. Lancashire, meanwhile, are 6-0 against Notts, boosted by the return of Saqib Mahmood – with Nathan Lyon taking a round off this week.Canterbury looks beautiful on the live stream, lime grass and sunshine. Worcestershire and Kent lined up before play on the boundary edge to
  
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• Russians try to break through Ukrainian defence lines north of Kharkiv

  10-05-2024 15:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv says initial attacks repelled as Russia seeks to intensify pressure on Ukraine’s second cityUkraine war – live updatesRussian forces have attacked across the Ukrainian border to the north of Kharkiv in a potential effort to open a new front in the war and intensify the pressure on Ukraine’s second city.Ukraine’s defence ministry said there had been “an attempt by the enemy to break through our defence line using armoured vehicles” at about 5am on Friday n
  
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• UK economy escapes recession with fastest growth since 2021, sending FTSE 100 to new high – business live

  10-05-2024 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Short, shallow recession is over, as UK economy grows faster than forecast in January-March quarter, by 0.6%, fastest quarterly growth in over two yearsAnalysis: Latest GDP figures offer some better news – but boom-boom Britain it ain’tFull story: UK has moved out of recession, official figures show
  Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has posted that it’s ‘time for change’.Following this morning’s GDP report, Reeves says:From no growth to low grow
  
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• I’m ignored when I try to chat to people. How can I improve my conversation skills? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

  10-05-2024 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Fruitful exchanges require input from two people. Listen carefully to what others are saying and use feelings, rather than facts, to connectHow do you do conversation? I don’t understand how it works. I can only ever communicate factual information such as “A coffee and a croissant, please.”Other people seem to rattle on about anything and everything, constantly jumping from one topic to another, but I can never follow. If I ever feel that I have something to contribute and try
  
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• Transport secretary considers ban on floating bus stops in UK cycle lanes

  10-05-2024 15:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Cycling campaign groups warn such a move could preclude building of segregated bike routesUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are considering banning a standard design feature for cycle lanes, the Guardian has learned, in a move campaign groups warn could make building separated bike routes on many main roads effectively impossible, and put riders at risk.Mark Harper, the transport secretary, is examining whether there should be a halt in the use of what are known as floa
  
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• Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli whistleblowers claim abuse of Palestinians at detention centre

  10-05-2024 15:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Three Israeli whistleblowers working at the Sde Teiman desert camp say military responsible for series of abusesOn a visit to Washington, German defence minister Boris Pistorius expressed “understanding” for the US threat to limit arms supplies to Israel in the event of a full-blown Rafah offensive but stopped short of setting any new red lines on German weapons.However, he told ZDF public television that Germany must put pressure on Israel “not to go too far” and to &ldq
  
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• Security costs of UK royals cannot be made public, judges rule

  10-05-2024 15:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Guardian fails in attempt to find out how much taxpayers’ money is spent on protecting the WindsorsJudges on a freedom of information tribunal have ruled that the cost of protecting members of the royal family cannot be revealed to the public.The two judges made their decision after hearing detailed evidence behind closed doors from a senior Home Office official. They ruled that this secrecy prevented them from explaining in their public judgment fully why they had accepted the official&rs
  
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• Why not try a wine you’ve never heard of? | Fiona Beckett on drink

  10-05-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Who is buying the more obscure wines, and where can you get them?These days, it seems, the more obscure and unpronounceable a wine is, the better. True, this is a trend that’s been going on for a while, with both Marks & Spencer and Waitrose in competition with their spookily similar Found and Loved & Found ranges, and they’ve now been joined by Sainsbury’s Discovery and Aldi’s Unearthed.So who is buying these bottles, and why are the supermarkets doing them? Beca
  
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• ‘Punching up against colonialism is glorious!’ The unstoppable rise of Indian comedy in the UK

  10-05-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Standup has enjoyed a rapid rise in India over the last decade, and now its leading lights are conquering the Edinburgh fringe and packing out the Royal Albert Hall. Where better to take aim at the legacy of Empire …In the summer of 2010, Anuvab Pal was writing an article about the opening of the Comedy Store in Mumbai, impresario Don Ward’s attempt to introduce British-style standup to India. Pal, then working primarily as a screenwriter, went to interview Ward, whos
  
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• ‘I made curtains on the train’: the commuters livening up their journeys

  10-05-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From a velomobile to inline skating and audiobooks, six people reveal how travelling to work is no choreThe pandemic opened the eyes of many to the benefits of running or cycling to work – or “active commutes” – and some have kept up the habit.No longer content with long drives or boring train rides, commuters have been seeking ways to make their journeys more productive and enjoyable. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Really dystopian’: why was there no mention of Gaza at the Met Gala?

  10-05-2024 14:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Courage of celebrities called into question as key fashion event passes devoid of political statementAs pro-Palestinian protests unfolded blocks away and Israel carried out airstrikes on Rafah, the Met Gala took place in New York on Monday evening devoid of political statement.Attenders wore dramatic dresses made of sand or tens of thousands of crystals, had teams of helpers lug heavy trains and wore suits akin to three-seater sofas. Yet any sartorial statement about what was happening beyond th
  
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• ‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses

  10-05-2024 14:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Survivors of abuse express outrage as long-awaited legislation falls far below recommendations of independent inquiryTougher laws promised by the government to protect children from sexual abuse will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses, it has been revealed.The long-awaited “duty to report” legislation falls far below recommendations by the seven-year independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) and has triggered outrage from campaigners, lawyers and survivors of abuse. C
  
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• Blunt, stunts and Gosling: how did The Fall Guy flop – and what does that mean for cinema?

  10-05-2024 14:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Summer’s would-be blockbuster has hit a brick wall – did it simply typify everything the public hate about Hollywood or does it belie broader box office blight?On paper, it couldn’t fail. The Fall Guy was a lock as this summer’s first – and possibly biggest – box office smash. It had it all. Action, comedy, romance. Record-breaking stunts. Two of the hottest stars around. Great reviews. And a dog.Yet fail – or at least stumble – the The Fall Guy di
  
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• Opening of Ikea’s Oxford Street store put back to spring 2025

  10-05-2024 14:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Company says latest delay at central London site bought for estimated £378m is due to water leaking into basementIkea has pushed back the opening of its Oxford Street store to spring 2025 – about 18 months later than initially planned – after problems with water leaking into the basement.The site, previously occupied by Topshop, had been scheduled to open this autumn and that date had already been put back by a full year. Continue reading...
  
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• Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant empire tripled losses to £3.4m last year

  10-05-2024 14:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Celebrity chef says businesses are ‘battling to stay afloat’ due to rising rent and food costs but industry still ‘vibrant’Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant empire tripled losses to £3.4m last year as it spent millions of pounds on opening five new restaurants and the chef said businesses in the industry were “battling to stay afloat”.Sales at the celebrity chef’s dining establishments, which range from his Michelin-starred flagship Restaurant Gordo
  
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• Sports quiz of the week: Real Madrid, Tom Daley and Women’s FA Cup final

  10-05-2024 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Have you been following the big stories in football, boxing, diving, snooker, rugby, cricket and motor racing? Continue reading...
  
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• Great goat giveaway: Italian island inundated with adoption offers

  10-05-2024 14:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor of Alicudi appealed for homes for 600 feral goats which will be removed from tiny volcanic islandWhen the mayor of a remote Italian island grappling with an overpopulation of feral goats offered to give the animals away, he anticipated a smattering of interest from farmers on neighbouring isles who were perhaps keen to boost their production of ricotta cheese.But as news of his “adopt a goat” initiative spread beyond Alicudi, he received a flurry of offers from around the world
  
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• Man, 50, charged with murder of woman, 44, in Leicester

  10-05-2024 14:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Raj Sidpara charged after body of ‘bubbly, caring’ Tarnjeet Riaz found at address in east LeicesterA 50-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Tarnjeet Riaz, a 44-year-old woman described by her family as a “bubbly, caring and funny character”.Raj Sidpara was charged by Leicestershire police after Riaz’s body was found at an address in Thurnby Lodge, east Leicester, on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker

  10-05-2024 14:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricityContractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: a 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.“She was homeless,” said Brennon Warren, an officer with the Midland police department. “It’s a story that
  
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• Dame Shirley Conran obituary

  10-05-2024 14:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Bestselling author of Lace and Superwoman and women’s editor for the Daily Mail and the Observer Shirley Conran, who has died aged 91, supplied interviewers with a multi-page CV, but her life could be summarised on a book dust jacket. All that was needed was her surname – from her first husband, the designer Terence Conran – and the quote from her notorious domestic manual, Superwoman (1975): “Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.” And perhaps a line about the cruc
  
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• Biden White House to expand tariffs on Chinese trade

  10-05-2024 14:06 via theguardian.com
  
  President likely to add sectors such as electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells to range of levies set up under Donald TrumpJoe Biden is expected as early as next week to announce fresh tariffs on Chinese trade, with levies focused on strategic sectors including electric vehicles, in a review of measures first put into place under Donald Trump.An announcement planned for Tuesday will keep the blanket tax rises introduced by the president’s predecessor but supplement them with targeted
  
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• ‘You have to have a skirt rip moment!’ How to win Eurovision

  10-05-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Is it all about having a great gimmick – or touching hearts? Ahead of this year’s song contest, Eurovision hitmakers from Bucks Fizz to Käärijä reveal the tricks of the trade, from free saunas and milkmaids to writing your tune in half an hourYou’re representing your country in Eurovision. You’ve got a great pop song complete with choreography you’ve spent weeks perfecting. And you’ve got more than 100 million people watching as you take to the
  
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• The best and worst to-go packaging – ranked!

  10-05-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  One way to mitigate he eco-guilt of a to-go habit is to choose restaurants that serve food in sustainable containersGetting restaurant meals to go often comes with a side of guilt: “did I need to supersize? I should have saved the money and cooked at home.” And the final sting, perhaps muttered while hovering over the trash and recycling bins deciding where to toss the empty boxes: “Oh, the waste.”Dietary and budgeting concerns notwithstanding, one way to mitigate the env
  
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• Raging bull-terrier: did Martin Scorsese’s dog really eat Paul Schrader’s thumb?

  10-05-2024 13:55 via theguardian.com
  
  According to a Variety interview, yes. But is this part of the director and Taxi Driver writer’s self-mythologising? The American Kennel Club might have the answerStephen Rodrick’s interview with Paul Schrader in Variety is a thing of great heft. Over the course of the piece, Schrader grapples openly with the looming spectre of death, contacts Kevin Spacey to star in a potential Sinatra biopic and revisits a decade-old feud he has had with his own interviewer. But that isn’t wh
  
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• Labour government would stop Rwanda deportation flights, Starmer says

  10-05-2024 13:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Leader says party would scrap ‘gimmick’ asylum seeker scheme and replace it with border security commandUK politics live – latest updatesLabour would immediately cancel deportation flights to Rwanda if it entered government, Keir Starmer has pledged.After a speech in which he announced his plans to tackle illegal immigration, Starmer committed to scrapping the Rwanda scheme “absolutely, flights and all”. Continue reading...
  
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• Piers Morgan’s Baby Reindeer interview with Fiona Harvey reeked of grubby exploitation

  10-05-2024 13:44 via theguardian.com
  
  This face-to-face with the real-life ‘Martha’ made for queasy viewing. It’s hard not to feel that the world would be a better place if it hadn’t happened. What horrible turn will this story take next?Has any television programme ever had such a dramatic off-screen arc as Baby Reindeer? Dropped on to Netflix without expectation or warning a month ago, its popularity exploded as people sat gripped through Richard Gadd’s stalking horror show, boggled by the promise tha
  
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