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• ‘It’s no joke’ – Usain Bolt set to train with Borussia Dortmund

  13-11-2016 23:38 via theguardian.com
  
  • Nine-times Olympic gold medallist to link up with Bundesliga side
  • Hans-Joachim Watzke: We are delighted and take this as an honourBorussia Dortmund’s chief executive has confirmed that the nine-times Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will train with the Bundesliga team.Hans-Joachim Watzke told Kicker magazine on Sunday that “it was no joke” and “not a marketing move”. Continue reading...
  
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• Gregg Popovich sets example but silence of British sport stars speaks volumes | Sean Ingle

  13-11-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Sporting giants are on the front line of setting the cultural tone and they should be praised when they raise their heads above the parapetGregg Popovich began with an apology. “I don’t think my voice is that important,” replied the San Antonio Spurs coach when asked his views on the US election. But then, over the course of six impassioned minutes, one of the greatest coaches in the NBA history sank the verbal equivalent of multiple three-pointers from mid-court. “I&rsqu
  
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• Gareth Southgate calls for quick decision on England manager’s job

  13-11-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • Interim manager makes plea to FA as temporary spell draws to close
  • Southgate talks of immense pride in leading EnglandGareth Southgate has urged the Football Association to make a swift decision on his future as the England manager so the senior and under-21 teams can start the process of planning for their respective campaigns.The interim head coach, who stepped into the breach following Sam Allardyce’s abrupt departure in September, will complete his four-game spell in char
  
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• Sky gazers are loving the first glimpses of the supermoon

  13-11-2016 23:14
  
  Tomorrow’s supermoon is expected to be the largest on view since 1948.
  
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• Ex-Autonomy director accused by US prosecutors of elaborate financial fraud

  13-11-2016 23:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice department files 12-page criminal indictment against Sushovan Hussain, accusing him of deception in $11bn Hewlett-Packard takeoverThe former finance director of British software group Autonomy has been accused by US prosecutors of “intimidating, pressuring, and paying off” individuals who questioned his company’s financial practices.In a 12-page indictment, filed on Thursday and seen by the Guardian, Sushovan Hussain is alleged to have masterminded an elaborate financia
  
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• NFL wrap: Broncos beat Saints on last-gasp extra-point return

  13-11-2016 22:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Denver beat New Orleans in first NFL game decided by XP returnPackers and Panthers lose again as struggles continueDenver’s Justin Simmons used a perfectly timed leap over the offensive line to block an extra-point kick that would have given New Orleans a late lead, Will Parks ran it back 84 yards for a defensive two-point conversion, and the Broncos pulled out a wild 25-23 victory over the Saints on Sunday.The decisive play came while the Superdome crowd was still celebrating Brandin Cook
  
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• Remembrance in London: poppies, their wearers and what they mean

  13-11-2016 22:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Small observations of the capital’s streets underline that the symbols and ceremonies of remembrance must not be used as a patriotism test Nine days ago, when the unappetising soufflé of Brexit press outrage about Fifa, British footballers and poppy displays was on the rise, I travelled from Hackney by London bus, London Overground, London Underground and foot to the Southwark studios of TalkRadio to discuss, among other matters, that very soufflé. I counted the poppies I saw
  
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• Colombian government and Farc reach new peace deal

  13-11-2016 22:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Modifications to original accord, rejected in a plebiscite, aim to win round no vote but arguments have already begunA new peace deal reached between the Colombian government and leftist Farc guerrillas aims to broaden support after voters last month narrowly rejected an original accord to end more than 50 years of conflict.Government and rebel negotiators announced late on Saturday in Havana that they had agreed on a host of modifications to the original deal, taking into account objections fro
  
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• Deflating the supermoon hype

  13-11-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Claims that the Moon appears around 14% wider and 30% brighter than usual are false. The Moon appears only this large and bright when compared with a full moon near apogeeAs we pay homage on Monday 14 November to the closest supermoon since 1948, it is time to inject a note of realism into the hype that has developed around supermoons of late. Continue reading...
  
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• Martin Rowson on Remembrance Sunday – cartoon

  13-11-2016 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
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• Coyote Peterson's 'Brave Wilderness': a one-man quest to be attacked by insects

  13-11-2016 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Host of Brave Wilderness YouTube channel travels around world trying to get animals and insects to bite him – and give viewers a ‘vicarious experience’One of Coyote Peterson’s most popular YouTube videos shows him writhing around in agony on the ground. He’s just been stung by a tarantula hawk, a giant wasp that is considered to have the second most painful sting of any insect.For the first 15 seconds Peterson is unable to speak. He just screams and grabs at the dir
  
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• Marine Le Pen isn’t the problem – the BBC panders to the right on a daily basis | Tom Mills

  13-11-2016 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  The idea the corporation is a paragon of public service values is a myth that does it no favours. The left should be more criticalWhile sections of the left object in principle to any platform being given to the far right, much of the criticism of the BBC’s decision to screen an interview with Marine Le Pen focused on good taste as much as political judgment, the interview with the French far-right leader falling on Remembrance Sunday of all days. Related: The BBC needs more courage to thr
  
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• Big Ben lights up with Wilfred Owen tribute to war heroes on Remembrance Sunday

  13-11-2016 20:48
  
  The tribute follows nationwide commemoration services, including that of the official remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph memorial in Whitehall.
  
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• Barack Obama calls for 'meaningful debt relief' for Greece

  13-11-2016 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  US president says it is in world’s interest for Greece to stay in eurozone and praises EU as ‘one of greatest political and economic achievements of modern times’The US president, Barack Obama, has signalled he will use a critical two-day visit to Athens this week to step up calls for the country to be given “meaningful debt relief”. Related: Barack Obama must fulfil his pledge to close Guantánamo Bay now | LettersContinue reading...
  
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• Ireland coach Joe Schmidt warns players of New Zealand backlash

  13-11-2016 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  • All Blacks will be smarting from first defeat to Ireland in Chicago
  • Schmidt expects to be taking on a full-strength New Zealand in DublinJoe Schmidt has challenged his players to withstand a furious backlash from a New Zealand side seeking revenge in Dublin on Saturday. Related: Tiernan O’Halloran grabs two tries as underwhelming Ireland beat CanadaContinue reading...
  
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• Police catch second Pentonville prison escapee

  13-11-2016 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  James Whitlock caught and arrested in Hackney, east London, on Sunday afternoonPolice have caught the second man who escaped from Pentonville prison last week.James Whitlock and another prisoner, Matthew Baker, escaped from the north London prison on 6 November. Continue reading...
  
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• RBS chairman calls on Theresa May to draw up Brexit transitional plan

  13-11-2016 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Sir Howard Davies says banks will not wait for government’s full negotiating position and will move operations out of UKThe chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland has warned that banks could pull operations out of Britain unless Theresa May draws up transitional arrangements for the country’s exit from the EU.Sir Howard Davies said it would be damaging if there was no transitional plan and that banks would have to make decisions based on uncertainty. Continue reading...
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wins chaotic Brazilian GP to take F1 title fight to last race

  13-11-2016 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • Nico Rosberg second and needs third place in Abu Dhabi to take title
  • Rain plays havoc in São Paulo and race takes over three hours to completeA breathless and chaotically wet Brazilian Grand Prix concluded with yet another Mercedes one-two at Interlagos, as Lewis Hamilton won to draw level with Nico Rosberg on nine wins apiece for the season. With five appearances of the safety car and two stoppages this was one of the wettest races ever witnessed, eclipsing even that title
  
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• Lewis Hamilton keeps F1 title race alive with Brazilian Grand Prix win

  13-11-2016 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton produces a masterful performance to win a wet, chaotic Brazilian GP and take the title fight to the final race.
  
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• Police arrest second man who escaped from Pentonville prison

  13-11-2016 20:05
  Police have now arrested both men who escaped from Pentonville prison in north London on Monday.
  
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• Police arrest second Pentonville escapee in east London

  13-11-2016 20:01
  
  James Anthony Whitlock, 31, who broke out of the north London prison with a fellow inmate on November 7, was arrested at an address in east London.
  
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• Andy Murray looking to end great year on a high at ATP World Tour Finals

  13-11-2016 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New world No1 has never looked happier at this time of year but Novak Djokovic gives the impression he means business as he seeks to regain his top rankingAndy Murray has never been fitter or more content at this time of the year and, if he wins the ATP World Tour Finals at the 10th attempt, it will be a fitting end to the most satisfying season of his career.It is easy to take the nation’s best player for granted because he delivers success so regularly, rarely more so than in the run of
  
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• Farage: 'Real opportunity' for UK business with Donald Trump

  13-11-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump loves Britain and can help it prosper, Nigel Farage says after meeting the next US President.
  
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• Second escaped prisoner arrested

  13-11-2016 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police recapture a second prisoner who escaped from London's Pentonville prison on Monday.
  
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• Fountains Abbey study reveals scale of monks' burial site

  13-11-2016 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 500 graves discovered at North Yorkshire abbey, each with multiple burials in ‘bunk bed’ formationMore than 500 graves of Cistercian monks and lay brothers have been discovered at one of the largest monastic ruins in the country.
  Experts using ground-penetrating radar made the find at Fountains Abbey near Ripon, North Yorkshire. Continue reading...
  
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• At least two dead after powerful earthquake in New Zealand

  13-11-2016 19:43
  
  Prime Minister John Key did not provide any further details.
  
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• The Guardian view on social care: higher taxes or worse services | Editorial

  13-11-2016 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Six years of cuts have left services too stretched to do their job. The autumn statement must free more cash, or the NHS itself will be unable to copePhilip Hammond may always have dreamed of becoming chancellor, but it is unlikely he imagined it would be in such difficult and uncertain times. The impact of the fall in the value of sterling is only the most obvious of the complexities he has to juggle as he prepares for his first set-piece moment, next week’s autumn statement. The clamour
  
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• Sexism and abusive language leave US liberals shell-shocked | Letters

  13-11-2016 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  I have spent 42 years pushing against a patriarchy that tries to tell me what to look like, what to feel, who to demur to, and that there are many things that I can’t do because I’m female. The weaker sex? I gave birth. I wouldn’t be balled up on the ground if kicked in the groin. It’s tiring and it takes a toll. And I’ll keep pushing in my own steady way. For Thomas Frank (Trump has taken the White House – and he has the liberals to thank, 10 Novemb
  
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• Just one person fined in UK for smoking with under-18 in car

  13-11-2016 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Law introduced in attempt to reduce risk of passive smoking among children branded ‘unenforcable’ by campaignersOnly one person has been fined for smoking in a car when children are present in the first 12 months since the ban was introduced, according to an investigation.The law banning smoking in a car or other vehicle when travelling with anyone under the age of 18 was introduced in October 2015 and aimed to cut the risk of passive smoking among children. Motorists and passengers
  
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• Revealed: dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards

  13-11-2016 19:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite ‘scandalous’ practice being outlawed six years ago, vulnerable minors are still being treated in adult settingsDozens of children and young people with mental health problems are still being treated on wards containing adults with sometimes severe psychiatric problems despite ministers having supposedly outlawed the practice in 2010, the Guardian can reveal.Mental health campaigners condemned the persistence of the problem and said it was completely unacceptable for vulnerabl
  
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• Australia prove England fall far short of matching Four Nations’ finest | John Davidson

  13-11-2016 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  The belief that England could defeat Australia for the first time since 1995 was crushed by the way the Kangaroos easily outsmarted and overpowered Wayne Bennett’s sideIt’s the hope that hurts the most. The anticipation and the creeping belief that England can finally knock off Australia, rugby league’s answer to the all-conquering All Blacks.Even with the return of the talismanic Sam Burgess and the appointment of the master coach Wayne Bennett, with nearly half of their team
  
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• Survivors of Pakistan shrine attack describe deadly blast

  13-11-2016 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Explosion at Shah Noorani shrine that was carried out by teenage suicide bomber killed 52 people and wounded more than 100Survivors of the bomb attack on a shrine in south-west Pakistan that killed dozens of people spoke of their horror on Sunday.The blast, later confirmed to be the work of a teenage suicide bomber, hit male and female worshippers on Saturday as they were dancing and chanting at the Sufi shrine Shah Noorani, some 750 km (460 miles) south of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balo
  
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• Brexit meets Trumpism: the malign new force spanning the Atlantic | Matthew d’Ancona

  13-11-2016 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump’s thumbs-up with Nigel Farage shows these men believe they incarnate ‘change’. God help them both when voters realise the truthLike Elvis meeting Nixon, the president-elect and Nigel Farage grin, thumbs up, in the gilded vulgarian’s paradise of Trump Tower. This image is a reward as sweet as any the interim Ukip leader might have hoped for – sweeter, perhaps, than the EU referendum result itself. It adds bludgeoning force to his claim to be our man in t
  
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• US election: Conservatives 'nasty' to Trump, says Farage

  13-11-2016 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UKIP leader Nigel Farage says it is time for British politicians to "mend fences" with President-elect Donald Trump after their criticism of him during the US election campaign.
  
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• Croydon falls silent to remember tram crash victims

  13-11-2016 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The people of Croydon fall silent in remembrance of the seven victims of Wednesday's tram crash.
  
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• British dad launches attempt to become first person to swim the Atlantic

  13-11-2016 18:50
  
  Ben Hooper wants to become the first person to officially complete the full 1,883-mile journey across the longest stretch of the Atlantic between continents.
  
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• Here's how Paris remembered those killed in last year's terror attacks

  13-11-2016 18:47
  
  Flowers were laid to commemorate the 130 people who died and over 100 others who were injured at a succession of attacks in Paris last year.
  
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• Argos boss plans whirlwind shop tour to boost catalogue retailer

  13-11-2016 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  John Rogers will visit 40 branches in five days in Christmas run-up to improve morale and service after Sainbury’s takeover and Black Friday salesThe new boss of Argos, John Rogers, is planning a remarkable nationwide tour in an attempt to boost staff morale and improve customer service at the catalogue retailer after it was bought by Sainsbury’s. Rogers will visit eight shops a day for five days in the run-up to Christmas.Just 10 weeks into the job, Rogers has already toured numerou
  
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• Cars used by Princess Diana and Sir Elton sold

  13-11-2016 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A collection of cars formerly owned by royals and celebrities are sold at auction for more than £450,000.
  
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• Pope Francis gives homeless people VIP seats at Vatican mass

  13-11-2016 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Leader of Catholic church stresses need to turn away from views that exclude the needy during service at St Peter’s BasilicaHomeless people received VIP seats to a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, where Pope Francis stressed the need to avoid exclusionary views that reject those in need.Along with cardinals and other prelates dressed in impeccably pressed bright green vestments, homeless people sat near the ornate central altar.Continue reading...
  
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• Spain are fitting opponents for Gareth Southgate’s England template | Barney Ronay

  13-11-2016 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  England have struggled against top teams so the visit of Spain is a perfect test for the creaking hobby horse that is the Wembley revolutionAt a time when much of the chatter around England has centred on the existential, Gauloise-puffing idea of identity, essence and (God help us) “footballing DNA”, it seems fitting Spain should be Tuesday night’s friendly opponents at Wembley. The FA’s urge to find a template to follow, embellish and generally crib has circled France, G
  
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• Conor McGregor now makes the rules in UFC ... and everyone else follows

  13-11-2016 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  After McGregor’s triumph in UFC 205, the organization’s new owners may as well give the Irishman a cut of the money. He’s doing whatever he wants now anywayFight report: McGregor puts on a show to become two-division championConor McGregor may act like an unrepentant lout at times. He may taunt, scorn and torment his opponents, the way he played with Eddie Alvarez before finishing him off early Sunday morning. He may drive you nuts. But he has turned the UFC into his own little
  
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• MPs set to ask RSPCA to stop carrying out animal cruelty prosecutions

  13-11-2016 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Cross-party committee is expected to call for charity to instead hand over evidence of cruelty to Crown Prosecution ServiceA cross-party committee of MPs is expected to call for the RSPCA to stop implementing private prosecutions for animal cruelty and instead hand evidence over to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).The findings from the Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee report is expected to provoke outcry from other animal welfare charities when it is published on Wednesda
  
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• We proved to everyone we can play, says Alastair Cook after India draw

  13-11-2016 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  • Captain says England timed declaration so as not to give hosts ‘a sniff’
  • ‘An unbelievable player,’ Cook says of debutant Haseeb HameedAlastair Cook heralded his side’s performance in the drawn first Test with India as proof that they can compete with the world’s No1 side this winter and defended the timing of his fifth-day declaration by stating that he did not want to give the hosts “a sniff”.After the captain set a target of 310 to
  
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• Facebook helping police in search for missing teenager Arthur Heeler-Frood

  13-11-2016 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Fifteen-year-old disappeared from home in September after reading Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and LondonFacebook is helping police try to find a grammar school boy who went missing after reading George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London.Arthur Heeler-Frood, 15, disappeared from his home in rural Devon more than two months ago, leaving his parents a letter saying he was bored with his life, asking them not to try to find him and promising to be back within a year.Continue re
  
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• Novak Djokovic beats Dominic Thiem after early scare in World Tour Finals

  13-11-2016 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  • Serb wins his opening match 6-7, 6-0, 6-2 in London’s season finale
  • Djokovic challenged over mindset after hitting ball into crowdNovak Djokovic, who has had a tough time lately, insists he is at peace with himself as the season draws to an intriguing climax in London this week. However, he betrayed uncharacteristic tetchiness when asked if he thought smashing a ball into the crowd at the O2 Arena in Greenwich on Sunday might have injured a spectator – and if it also in
  
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• Medical Medium: Life-Changing Foods by Anthony William – digested read

  13-11-2016 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Eat these foods and I guarantee you’ll never die’The information we’re given about nutrition – about what’s behind frightening illnesses like heart disease, Alzheimer’s and cancer – is inside a box. I want to take you outside a box. Into a garden where there are fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are way more clever than scientists think and I am here to help you unleash their power. For instance, did you know that eating figs in multipl
  
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• Magic carpets: the art of Faig Ahmed's melted and pixellated rugs

  13-11-2016 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Azerbaijani artist specialises in throwing conventional structures into chaos, to disorienting and beautiful effectOne day when Faig Ahmed was seven, his parents left him in his bedroom to play on the rug, a family heirloom that had belonged to his mother’s grandmother. Ahmed was tracing patterns in the carpet, his fingers searching for a way to travel from the border to the centre – the whole design seemed to him a labyrinth. Then he had a brainwave. He fetched a large pair of s
  
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• Alex Hamilton obituary

  13-11-2016 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Novelist, journalist and former travel editor of the GuardianThe novelist, journalist and former Guardian travel editor Alex Hamilton, who has died aged 85, had an unusually hard struggle to become a writer. At 10 he could not finish his first novel, a tale of imperial derring-do, because he ran out of space in his school exercise book. His second, a war story penned at Oxford University and drawing on his childhood experience of Brazil, he described as “a synthesis of Dostoyevsky and PC W
  
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• Pategill sheltered home blaze: Body found

  13-11-2016 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firefighters searching for a 73-year-old man missing since his flat was destroyed by fire find a body in the unstable building.
  
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