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• Italy vs Switzerland LIVE: Euro 2020 latest score, goals and updates from fixture tonight - The Independent

  16-06-2021 21:29 via news.google.com
  Italy vs Switzerland LIVE: Euro 2020 latest score, goals and updates from fixture tonight  The IndependentItaly vs Switzerland | Euro 2020  IFTVItaly vs Switzerland - Live match updates | 16.06.2021  Sky SportsSuspected car bomb discovered close to Stadio Olimpico ahead of Italy vs Switzerland  The MirrorItaly v Switzerland: Euro 2020 – live!  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rafael Benitez: Everton close to appointing former Liverpool boss as new manager - Sky Sports

  16-06-2021 21:18 via news.google.com
  Rafael Benitez: Everton close to appointing former Liverpool boss as new manager  Sky SportsEverton: Rafael Benitez and Nuno Espirito Santo in running for Toffees job  BBC SportHuge update reveals Everton manager decision that will split opinion  Teamtalk.comEverton new manager LIVE - Rafa Benitez latest, Roberto Martinez claim, Nuno Espirito Santo offer  Liverpool EchoPundit excited as Everton plot Wolves raid to sign ‘nightmare’ Neto &nb
  
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• Biden and Putin praise Geneva summit talks but discord remains - BBC News

  16-06-2021 21:03 via news.google.com
  
  Biden and Putin praise Geneva summit talks but discord remains  BBC NewsBiden-Putin summit: 'Shoving match' between US-Russia press as talks begin  The TelegraphBiden rejects Putin’s ‘ridiculous comparison’ between Capitol rioters and Alexei Navalny at summit – live  The GuardianOpinion | Biden and Putin Are Meeting. Here's How to Make Progress.  The New York Times‘Supervillain’ Putin went ‘full Alpha mode’ w
  
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• Everton new manager LIVE - Rafa Benitez latest, Nuno Espirito Santo offer, Chris Smalling eyed - Liverpool Echo

  16-06-2021 20:54 via news.google.com
  Everton new manager LIVE - Rafa Benitez latest, Nuno Espirito Santo offer, Chris Smalling eyed  Liverpool EchoHuge update reveals Everton manager decision that will split opinion  Teamtalk.comRafael Benitez: Everton close to appointing former Liverpool boss as new manager  Sky SportsEverton: Rafael Benitez and Nuno Espirito Santo in running for Toffees job  BBC SportPundit excited as Everton plot Wolves raid to sign ‘nightmare’ Neto  
  
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• Ramsey and Roberts sink Turkey to put Wales on verge of Euro 2020 progress - The Guardian

  16-06-2021 20:25 via news.google.com
  Ramsey and Roberts sink Turkey to put Wales on verge of Euro 2020 progress  The GuardianHighlights: Ramsey & Roberts goals clinch vital Wales win | UEFA Euro 2020  BBC SportEuro 2020: Wales 2-0 Turkey - Wales take huge step with thrilling win in Baku  BBC SportMorrell plays a key role for Wales as they beat Turkey in Euro 2020  Luton TodayHow will YOU be supporting Wales in the Euros today?  LeaderLiveView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• MPs vote for a four week delay to England's lockdown easing

  16-06-2021 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdown restrictions can stay in place until 19 July rather than 21 June, despite a Tory rebellion.
  
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• Fans baffled by Cristiano Ronaldo’s Coca-Cola snub after pictures emerge of Portuguese star endorsing soft... - The Sun

  16-06-2021 19:41 via news.google.com
  Fans baffled by Cristiano Ronaldo’s Coca-Cola snub after pictures emerge of Portuguese star endorsing soft...  The SunPlease let Cristiano Ronaldo’s dismissal of Coca-Cola be the end of product placement  The IndependentScots reckon Ronaldo's an Irn Bru fan he removes Coca Cola bottles  Daily RecordCristiano Ronaldo outburst sees Coca-Cola lose $4BILLION in value as company responds to Portugal star...  The SunRonaldo's Coca-Cola snub costs com
  
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• UK in talks to build battery ‘gigafactories’ for electric cars - The Guardian

  16-06-2021 19:40 via news.google.com
  UK in talks to build battery ‘gigafactories’ for electric cars  The GuardianUK talking to six firms over EV gigafactories: FT  ReutersUK in talks with six companies over battery 'gigafactories' for electric cars  Financial TimesBritain in talks with six firms about building gigafactories, say reports  This is MoneyUK in talks with 6 firms to build gigafactories for EV batteries -FT  Reuters UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Stoned ASBO yob celebrates 18th birthday with police chase - Liverpool Echo

  16-06-2021 19:34 via news.google.com
  
  Stoned ASBO yob celebrates 18th birthday with police chase  Liverpool Echo
  
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• Covid: Deaf campaigner takes legal action over No 10 briefings

  16-06-2021 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is accused of breaching the Equality Act by failing to provide sign language interpreters.
  
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• Covid-19: Number of Delta variant cases in NI doubles over week - BBC News

  16-06-2021 19:33 via news.google.com
  
  Covid-19: Number of Delta variant cases in NI doubles over week  BBC NewsNI could see 1,000 plus Covid cases a day by end of summer, modelling projects  ITV NewsCovid-19: NI records 143 new cases and no further deaths  BBC NewsNext fortnight vital to stop fresh Covid crisis this summer in NI, health officials warn  Belfast TelegraphCoronavirus Northern Ireland: No further deaths and 143 new positive cases  Belfast TelegraphView Full coverage on G
  
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• MPs to vote on delaying England's lockdown easing by four weeks

  16-06-2021 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs are debating the government's plans to keep restrictions in place until 19 July rather than 21 June.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell subjected to raw sewage in New York jail, lawyer says - The Guardian

  16-06-2021 18:52 via news.google.com
  Ghislaine Maxwell subjected to raw sewage in New York jail, lawyer says  The GuardianPolice to review claims that Ghislaine Maxwell helped traffic and abuse women and girls in the UK  Sky NewsMaking Headlines: Boris could face Tory rebellion over lockdown & UK set for hottest day of the year  Evening StandardMet will review claims that Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein trafficked, groomed and abused girls in UK  Daily MailJeffrey Epstein ‘raped and s
  
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• Boris Johnson brands Matt Hancock hopeless in texts revealed by Dominic Cummings

  16-06-2021 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No 10 says Boris Johnson has full confidence in the health secretary after Mr Cummings' latest attack.
  
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• Cannibal who strangled and ate his own mum before feeding bits of her to dogs jailed - The Mirror

  16-06-2021 18:46 via news.google.com
  Cannibal who strangled and ate his own mum before feeding bits of her to dogs jailed  The MirrorSpanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother  BBC NewsSpanish man gets 15 years for killing and eating mother as well as feeding her to dog  The IndependentSpanish man who ate his mother ordered to compensate brother  Telegraph.co.ukSpanish man sentenced to 15 years for killing, eating his mother  Fox NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sajid Javid 'confident' in bid to end under-18 marriages

  16-06-2021 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-chancellor Sajid Javid calls for under-18s to be protected, saying "child marriage is child abuse".
  
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• Turkey v Wales: Euro 2020 – live!

  16-06-2021 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Group A updates from the 5pm BST kick-off in BakuMiranchuk slots winner against Finland to kickstart Russia’s tiltGet in touch! Email Barry here or tweet @bglendenning 5.39pm BST 39 min: Joe Rodon does well to put a stop to Okay Yokuslu’s gallop as the Turkey midfielder advanced towards the Wales penalty area.5.38pm BST 37 min: Brilliant from Soyuncu, who slides in to dispossess Gareth Bale with a perfectly timed tackle as the Wales skipper tried to beat him on his outside. Wales wer
  
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• Putin says Biden is an ‘experienced statesman’ and ‘very different from Trump’ after summit – live

  16-06-2021 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Putin says he and Biden agreed ambassadors should return to postsSummit concludes after about three hours of talks between leadersFirst session was small meeting with Blinken and Lavrov presentSecond session included more of the two leaders’ senior aides 5.38pm BST No surprise here: Vladimir Putin said Joe Biden did not invite him to the White House, and the Russian president did not extend any invitation of his own.Elaborating a bit on Biden’s negotiating style, Putin described the
  
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• England v India: women’s Test match, day one – live!

  16-06-2021 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the first day of the one-off Test in BristolEngland forced to play Test on used men’s T20 pitchAnd you can contact Geoff by email or on Twitter 5.38pm BST 79th over: England 244-4 (Dunkley 1, Georgia Elwiss 0) Slip, short leg, and a short midwicket catching as well. Two new batters at the crease, the chance to ramp up the pressure. Deepti coming back over the wicket, angling in, making sure everything has to be played into that leg-side net. 5.34pm BST It’s not my fault,
  
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• Hancock on Cummings' claims about PM 'hopeless' description

  16-06-2021 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the health secretary heads to Parliament, he is asked about a phrase the PM is alleged to have used about him last year.
  
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• Covid live: UK reports 9,055 new cases – highest daily total since February; France and Spain ease mask-wearing

  16-06-2021 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  UK reports nine deaths amid highest new cases since February; France to also bring curfew-lifting date forwardFrance and Spain ease mask-wearing as vaccine schemes gather paceNew drug cuts deaths among patients with no Covid antibodiesJapan could allow up to 10,000 spectators at Tokyo Olympic eventsUK again excluded from EU’s Covid-safe travel list, but US addedUK coronavirus updates – live 5.35pm BST Here’s the full story from my colleague Sarah Boseley on a new drug which has
  
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• Royal Ascot 2021, day two: Love wins Prince of Wales Stakes – live!

  16-06-2021 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates, news, tips and more for Royal AscotGreg Wood marks your card with his day two tipsAnd feel free to email Tony or tweet him @tonypaley 5.34pm BST The big gamble looks “relaxed, cool, calm and collected” according to Jason Weaver on ITV. Francesca Cumani says: “I don’t know the meaning of Kaboo”. I’ve done some investigative journalism ... and apparently Kaboo means ‘neighbourhood’ - according to the Urban Dictionary at least ...5.27pm
  
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• Italian cable car crash: New footage shows moments leading up to the disaster - Daily Mail

  16-06-2021 18:33 via news.google.com
  Italian cable car crash: New footage shows moments leading up to the disaster  Daily MailCCTV footage shows Italy cable car collapse that killed Israeli family  The Times of IsraelWATCH: Italian media releases first footage of cable car disaster  The Jerusalem PostView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Covid vaccine to be compulsory for England care home staff

  16-06-2021 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health secretary says it is a "sensible and reasonable step” and could be extended to the NHS.
  
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• Apology for forced adoption 'would heal' Scottish women's shame

  16-06-2021 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Scottish government is urged to make a formal apology to 60,000 women forced to give up babies.
  
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• Heavily armed awol Belgian soldier flagged as threat in February

  16-06-2021 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Jürgen Conings has not been seen since vanishing with submachine gun and missile launchers on 17 MayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Belgian government is facing a crisis after it emerged that a heavily armed soldier who made threats to a high-profile virologist then went on the run was flagged as a “serious threat” by the security services three months before he went awol. Continue reading...
  
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• Cummings texts show Boris Johnson calling Matt Hancock ‘totally hopeless’

  16-06-2021 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  WhatsApp message published by former aide reveals prime minister’s scathing verdict on health secretaryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson described Matt Hancock as “totally fucking hopeless” during the early stages of the pandemic, concerned by the health secretary’s promises on testing, text messages published by Dominic Cummings have revealed.Writing on Substack, the prime minister’s former chief aide published a slew o
  
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• Sony Music buys UK podcast producer Somethin’ Else

  16-06-2021 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Sony Music is latest after Spotify, Amazon and Apple to try to cash in on boom in audio listeningSony Music has acquired the UK’s largest independent podcast producer, Somethin’ Else, which makes David Tennant’s interview series and The Sun King, David Dimbleby’s deep dive into the life of Rupert MurdochHome to artists from Beyoncé and AC/DC to Dolly Parton, Sony is using the acquisition to spearhead the launch of a new global podcast division. Continue reading...
  
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• UK asks EU to suspend Northern Ireland sausage ban

  16-06-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Brexit minister Lord Frost asks for ‘a bit of breathing space’ to negotiate deal and head off trade warThe UK has asked the EU to suspend an imminent ban on the sale of British sausages in Northern Ireland to give both sides “breathing space” to negotiate an agreement on the Brexit protocol and avert a trade war.Lord Frost, the Brexit minister, was speaking days after Boris Johnson warned he would do “whatever it takes” to protect Northern Ireland’s posi
  
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• Uefa receives report on homophobic banner at Hungary v Portugal match

  16-06-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Banner stating ‘Anti-LMBTQ’ spotted among Hungarian fansSupporters at stadium had previously booed players taking kneeUefa has been sent an official report on a homophobic banner at the Euro 2020 match between Hungary and Portugal on Tuesday. The anti-discrimination group Fare, which monitors matches for incidents of racism and other forms of discrimination, has sent a report to Uefa and discussed the matter with officials.Images on social media showed banners stating “Anti-LMB
  
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• Luca review – Pixar’s charming, if flimsy, tale of sea monster BFFs

  16-06-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  One of the studio’s more minor efforts is still a sunny, likable story of two boys finding out who they are while stuck between different worldsThere’s a cotton candy lightness to Pixar’s ebullient summer confection Luca: a sunny, nimble little story that also threatens to blow away in the sea breeze, as charming as it is minor. It’s a story of friendship and acceptance and one that many excitedly speculated might be about something more groundbreaking but, finally unveil
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell subjected to raw sewage in New York jail, lawyer says

  16-06-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Attorney for the British socialite, who is fighting sex trafficking charges, says Maxwell also faces ‘hyper-surveillance’ from guardsGhislaine Maxwell, the British socialite fighting federal sex trafficking charges in New York, remains subjected to raw sewage, water deprivation, “hyper-surveillance” by overbearing guards and other unacceptable treatment in jail, according to her lawyer.Maxwell, 59, is preparing for a possible November trial on charges she procured four un
  
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• GB News viewers complain to Ofcom about anti-lockdown diatribe - The Times

  16-06-2021 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  GB News viewers complain to Ofcom about anti-lockdown diatribe  The TimesGB News hit by more than 350 complaints on launch night  Telegraph.co.ukGB News: Ofcom receives 373 complaints about Dan Wootton broadcast  The IndependentGB News launch hit with 350 Ofcom complaints after Dan Wootton's coronavirus comments  Daily StarGB News launch met with 350 angry Ofcom complaints over coronavirus comments  The MirrorView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fatherhood review – Kevin Hart Netflix drama is manipulative reputation rehab

  16-06-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The comedian gives a false dramatic performance as a saintly father coping with his daughter’s gender non-conforming behavior in a calculated new filmIn December 2018, Kevin Hart landed himself in a maelstrom of negative PR that he just couldn’t make subside. Scoring the high-profile gig of Academy Awards telecast host placed him under a greater scrutiny, which led to the exhuming of a bitterly homophobic backlog from earlier in the decade, spanning tweets describing a guy’s ph
  
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• A FIFTH of asymptomatic coronavirus patients develop 'long Covid' conditions - Daily Mail

  16-06-2021 17:59 via news.google.com
  A FIFTH of asymptomatic coronavirus patients develop 'long Covid' conditions  Daily MailLong Covid hubs to open for children and young adults in England | ITV News  ITV NewsKids as young as 13 reveal struggles with Long Covid and the 'draining' impact on their lives  iNewsNHS to set up £30m GP enhanced service for long COVID  GP onlineCoronavirus: NHS England to open new long covid clinics for children | 5 News  5 NewsView Full coverage on
  
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• Brexit: Can the UK and the EU reach a deal on Northern Ireland?

  16-06-2021 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How might the UK and EU compromise on the Northern Ireland protocol?
  
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• Power-sharing deal should be implemented - Johnson

  16-06-2021 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM says NI wants a "mature executive" as Brandon Lewis plans meeting over Irish language stand-off.
  
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• Spanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother - CNN International

  16-06-2021 17:51 via news.google.com
  Spanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother  CNN InternationalSpanish man gets 15 years for killing and eating mother as well as feeding her to dog  The IndependentSpanish man who ate his mother ordered to compensate brother  Telegraph.co.ukCannibal who strangled and ate his own mum before feeding bits of her to dogs jailed  The MirrorSpanish man sentenced to 15 years for killing, eating his mother  Fox NewsView Full coverage on Google N
  
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• Covid-19: 'Hopeless' Hancock claims, and the wedding day dilemma

  16-06-2021 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday evening.
  
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• COVID-19: Vaccinations to be made compulsory for care home staff and looked at for NHS workers - Sky News

  16-06-2021 17:45 via news.google.com
  COVID-19: Vaccinations to be made compulsory for care home staff and looked at for NHS workers  Sky NewsCovid-19: Extension to England lockdown debated by MPs - as it happened  BBC NewsNorfolk has its say on mandatory Covid jabs for care staff  North Norfolk NewsCovid vaccine: All over 21s in England can book their jabs from today  Metro.co.ukPiers Morgan says ‘selfish’ NHS staff who refuse Covid vaccine should leave their jobs  The I
  
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• Three miscarriage rule before receiving help is unacceptable, says MP

  16-06-2021 17:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Olivia Blake, who miscarried first child last year, has secured debate in parliament to ‘rethink narrative around miscarriage’An MP who miscarried her first child last year says women should not have to endure three miscarriages before receiving support, before a debate on the subject in parliament.Olivia Blake, the MP for Sheffield Hallam, spoke in parliament last year about going to A&E on her own in early pregnancy while her partner had to wait in the car due to Covid restrict
  
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• Sage adviser and bagpiper premieres Covid-inspired musical work

  16-06-2021 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Piece featuring bagpipe solo by one of government’s scientific advisers aims to capture collaborative nature of experts’ workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA musical composition inspired by research into the Covid pandemic and featuring a bagpipe solo by one of the government’s scientific advisers is to have its world premiere on Thursday.Prof Calum Semple, one of UK leading virologists and a keen Highland piper, says practising for the piece,
  
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• One of the joys of Euro 2020? Watching casual football fans suffer

  16-06-2021 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  For fair-weather supporters tournaments offer a taste of the pain – as well as the joy – of being a seasoned followerFootball is about pleasure and pain, a zero-sum ball game. The level of joy we feel at a goal or a victory is mirrored precisely in the pain of others. This pain is, in a sense, at the heart of football fandom; for without despair, there can be no joy.I recall Colin Moynihan, as minister for sport in the last years of the Thatcher government, saying something well-mean
  
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• France and Spain to ease mask-wearing as Covid vaccine schemes gather pace

  16-06-2021 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  French will no longer have to wear masks outside and curfew to end while Spain also planning to lift ruleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFrance and Spain are moving to ease rules around wearing face masks outside, in a development attributed by both countries to their Covid-19 vaccination campaigns.In France, people will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors from Thursday, though they will still be obligatory on public transport, in sports stadiums and ot
  
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• The BBC’s defenders must also be its harshest critics over Martin Bashir | Dorothy Byrne

  16-06-2021 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Reappointing the TV journalist in 2016 was bad enough, but the report clearing staff over this matter is embarrassingFor many years, as head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, the first thing I did every morning was read the Daily Mail or, on my day of rest, its sister paper, the Mail on Sunday. I’m guessing from the revelations this week that that isn’t something top BBC News executives do.I read the Mail because it carries a lot of great stories, many of them actually true.
  
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• UK government extends moratorium on commercial rents

  16-06-2021 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Changes provide relief for thousands of businesses that were facing huge rent bills from 1 JulyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government is extending a moratorium on commercial rents until March next year and introducing a mandatory arbitration process to tackle debts where landlords and tenants cannot agree.The changes provide relief for thousands of businesses that were facing huge rent bills from 1 July when the current moratorium was set to end.Conti
  
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• Starfield not coming to PS5 means more focus and "a better product," Todd Howard says - Gamesradar

  16-06-2021 17:30 via news.google.com
  Starfield not coming to PS5 means more focus and "a better product," Todd Howard says  GamesradarGeorge RR Martin, console-less games and a Final Fantasy fail: the biggest news from E3 2021  The GuardianXbox/Bethesda at E3 2021: a game-changer for Microsoft  Eurogamer.netStarfield will come to Xbox One – but not how you might think  TechRadarXbox won E3 2021 but the only loser was the show itself  Metro.co.ukView Full coverage on Google New
  
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• Sigue Sigue Sputnik at a Newcastle B&B: Homer Sykes’ best photograph

  16-06-2021 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘The landlady was shocked to see them – and their hair’It was 1986 and I’d been on the road with Sigue Sigue Sputnik for a couple of days. They’d played a gig in Leeds the previous night and we’d just arrived at a little bed and breakfast in Newcastle upon Tyne. I dumped my stuff in my room and went down to the bar where I got speaking to the landlady. I was kind of just hanging around when two members of the band, Neal X and Yana YaYa, came down to order drin
  
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• COVID-19: UK reports 9,055 new cases - the highest daily total since February - and another nine deaths - Sky News

  16-06-2021 17:20 via news.google.com
  COVID-19: UK reports 9,055 new cases - the highest daily total since February - and another nine deaths  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Nóra Quoirin death: Inquest ruling changed to open verdict

  16-06-2021 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge alters the inquest verdict in the death of the 15-year-old who went missing in a Malaysian jungle.
  
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