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• Chelsea surge past Manchester City as Agüero and Fernandinho see red - The Guardian

  03-12-2016 23:54 via theguardian.com
  
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  Chelsea surge past Manchester City as Agüero and Fernandinho see red
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  When the dust settles on a tempestuous match, the finger-pointing stops and the bans are handed out, perhaps this will be the occasion when Chelsea made it clear their title aspirations are authentic. They rode their luck at times – discounting the own ...
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• Jürgen Klopp plays down recent past regarding Liverpool’s title chances

  03-12-2016 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  • ‘I am confident we can challenge,’ says manager
  • Squad unlikely to be strengthened in transfer windowBoth Manchester clubs seem to be worried about Liverpool winning the Premier League this season to judge by the number of times Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho mention that the Anfield club are at an advantage through having no commitments in Europe. Related: Liverpool eager to sell Mamadou Sakho in January transfer windowContinue reading...
  
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• Gareth Southgate is unconvinced of the need for a winter break in England

  03-12-2016 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  • New national manager is concentrating on what he can control
  • ‘I don’t remember this debate happening when I was playing in 96 or 98’Gareth Southgate has questioned whether the introduction of a winter break would improve England’s chances of winning a major trophy.It has long been a point of contention that the intensity of the Premier League takes a physical toll on England’s players, leaving them too tired to perform at their best at summer tournamen
  
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• Prince Harry crowned with a feathered headdress during visit to rainforest community

  03-12-2016 23:22
  
  The royal is coming to the end of his 15-day tour of the Caribbean.
  
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• Cycling on Vauxhall Bridge: a return visit and some new statistics

  03-12-2016 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  One year since opening more cyclists seem to be using one of London’s “superhighway” routes, although not all its goals have yet been met On Monday I stood on Vauxhall Bridge counting cyclists. Sad but true. I did the same thing almost exactly a year ago following a startling radio station row about how many people were using the newly-opened, two-way cycle superhighway, CS5, to cross the bridge and how many weren’t bothering. My return last week was in order to see what
  
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• Top Tories: hard Brexit stance could lose us next election

  03-12-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-ministers reject ‘Ukip-lite’ views and urge Theresa May to spell out her EU strategyThe Tory party could lose the next general election if Theresa May alienates its core of moderate supporters by imitating Ukip and pushing through a hard Brexit, a group of former Conservative ministers and MPs says.The warning to the prime minister from the party’s senior ranks comes after Tory voters turned to the pro-EU Lib Dems in droves in Thursday’s Richmond Park byelection, deliv
  
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• Eric Molina leaves his classroom behind to face Anthony Joshua

  03-12-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Texan is taking time off his regular job of teaching children with disabilities and is seeking to upset the IBF world heavyweight championBoxing loves a backstory – which is why the sport, for all its faults, remains so captivating. There are tales of redemption, revenge, poverty and pain inside the ring and now comes a rather unusual one to British shores – the Mexican-American heavyweight who doubles up as a special-needs teacher.Step forward Éric Molina, who takes on Anthon
  
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• Ministers pressing for low-skilled migration to continue after Brexit 

  03-12-2016 22:54
  Home Office officials have been holding informal discussions with Government departments calling for unskilled migrants to continue working in sectors including agriculture, hospitality, construction and social care. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the Brexit Cabinet Committee after a document drawn up by Home Office officials was circulated.
  
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• Sick children moved as NHS intensive care units run out of beds

  03-12-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Parents urged not to panic and planned operations delayed to cope with ‘record demands’ as winter sets inSeriously sick children are having to be transported long distances to receive intensive care this weekend because of a lack of beds in major cities.In England, 85% of beds available in paediatric intensive care units were full on Friday night. But some units in cities including London and Leicester have been forced to declare themselves as “at capacity”. Planned opera
  
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• Pande Veleski: man arrested over Northern Territory stabbing charged with murder

  03-12-2016 22:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Veleski, the man accused of killing 33-year-old Frenchman Philippe Jegouzo, remains in hospital A man has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of a French tourist in the Northern Territory.Pande Veleski, who was allegedly found naked in the bush, was taken into custody on Thursday after 33-year-old Philippe Jegouzo was knifed in the neck in an allegedly “unprovoked attack” in front of his wife at a roadside rest stop near Alice Springs the day before. Continue reading...
  
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• Arrest after Jo Cox Twitter threat to MP Anna Soubry

  03-12-2016 22:25
  A man has been arrested after an allegedly threatening Twitter post that called for people to "Jo Cox" an MP. The 25-year-old man was held after Anna Soubry, the MP for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, was the apparent target of an online message. The politician called the Twitter user a "sad cowardly troll", noting the differently spelled surname.
  
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• West Ham vs Arsenal: Slaven Bilic worried about 'lack of dedication' from his players - The Independent

  03-12-2016 22:22 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Slaven Bilic issued an ominous warning that West Ham United have “lost their intensity in training” after another dismal performance at the London Stadium on Saturday. West Ham were beaten 5-1 by Arsenal, leaving them 17th in the Premier League table, ...
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• Football abuse scandal grows with 55 clubs now involved

  03-12-2016 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Sources from Operation Hydrant reveal number to the Observer, while NSPCC raises concerns that children could be at risk nowMore than 50 football clubs have now been named in allegations passed to police investigating child sex abuse, as the scandal continues to engulf the sport.Child protection sources within Operation Hydrant, the national police body coordinating historical sex abuse claims, have told the Observer that 55 professional and non-league clubs have so far been cited by players cla
  
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• UK plans to buy 20 new drones from General Atomics - minister

  03-12-2016 22:06
  Britain has signed a $125 million (98 million pound) contract with privately held U.S. weapons maker General Atomics for development of a new drone, and plans to eventually buy 20 of the new unmanned planes, Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon said on Saturday. "We're planning to buy 20 aircraft that will double our current fleet," Fallon told Reuters in an interview at the Reagan National Defense Forum in southern California. "We have 10 aircraft that still have some life in them, but
  
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• Full stream ahead? The brave new world of cinemagoing

  03-12-2016 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The 21st century has seen a revolution in how we consume cinema, from streaming a movie the day it’s released to forking out for a plush boutique experience. How did we get here – and how do we navigate the new landscape?On a recent visit to a Curzon cinema in London I sat (lay, really) on a steeply pitched chair that had been upholstered in red fur. Outside in the lobby, the snacks for sale included prosecco-laced ice lollies and popcorn flavoured with specific French cheeses; I cho
  
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• Child’s cognitive skills linked to time spent with mother

  03-12-2016 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Extending free childcare will not change parents’ work patterns, study suggestsIt is a question that has troubled parents down the years. Just how much time should they spend with their children when they are growing up?Now a new study suggests that the answer – at least for mothers – should be as much as they can afford to give. The study, by academics from the University of Essex and University College London, published in this week’s edition of the Economic Journal, fi
  
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• UK to double armed drone fleet in deal with US Predator manufacturer

  03-12-2016 21:41 via theguardian.com
  
  General Atomics to provide 10 drones to Royal Air Force in $100m deal
  Fallon heralds addition of firepower, imaging and intelligence gatheringDefense secretary Michael Fallon on Saturday announced a $125m (£100m) development deal with US arms manufacturer General Atomics under which the UK fleet of armed drones will double. Related: UK defence secretary tells US only Nato can deter Russian threatContinue reading...
  
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• Revealed: the millions paid to social care companies | Daniel Boffey

  03-12-2016 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation into five biggest firms finds some owners were paid handsomely while an increasing number of services require improvementAn investigation into the five biggest firms providing homecare services in the UK has found millions of pounds has been paid to some owners amid a crisis in standards of care.An analysis of published reports from the Care Quality Commission, the care regulator for England, reveals that of the 192 domiciliary care services run by major companies, and inspected ov
  
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• Hi-tech replica to bring prehistoric art of Lascaux within reach

  03-12-2016 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  £48m recreation of French caves will let visitors experience magic of the ‘prehistoric Sistine chapel’ for first time in decadesIn the Dordogne village of Montignac sur Vézère, the story of how one boy and his dog discovered one of the most haunting examples of prehistoric art has gone down in local folklore.On 8 September 1940, Marcel Ravidat’s black-and-white mongrel, Robot, dived into a hole in the ground in pursuit of a rabbit. The 17-year-old Ravidat re
  
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• Time running out to save Britain’s U-boat hunter from scrapyard

  03-12-2016 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
  HMS President, which saw action in the first world war, may have to be broken up if £3m to repair its hull cannot be foundHMS President has survived U-boat attacks, bombing raids, London smog and even parties of marauding Made In Chelsea stars.Yet now the submarine hunter, one of three that remain from the Royal Navy’s first world war fleet and the only one that fought in the first battle of the Atlantic, is destined to be scrapped unless its custodians can find £3m before Janu
  
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• Football is listening on child abuse but took far too long to do so | Daniel Taylor

  03-12-2016 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The victims of child abuse are being heard now but two decades ago, when the Dispatches documentary came out, a chance was lostOne day last week an email arrived at Manchester United marked for the attention of Sir Alex Ferguson. They probably get a lot of emails for Ferguson, one imagines. He still has an office at Old Trafford, he is a director of the club and, though nobody should imagine they go straight into his personal inbox, there is a small army of staff to sift through all the correspo
  
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• Austria’s worried Jews pray far right will fail to win presidency

  03-12-2016 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Holocaust survivor among those warning against voting for Norbert Hofer of the Freedom partyAs Austrians vote for their next president on Sunday, many will be cheering on Norbert Hofer, the rightwing populist, in the belief that he represents a break with his party’s national socialist roots.With a boyish smile and six years of experience as a rhetoric coach, Hofer has used the year-long election campaign to present himself as the respectable face of the Freedom party (FPÖ), which in
  
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• Home Office keeps child refugees ‘in the dark’ about move to UK

  03-12-2016 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Children held at French reception centres since Calais camp demolition are distressed by lack of information, says reportThe Home Office has been accused of failing to provide sufficient information to child refugees from the demolished Calais camp, in what critics believe is a ploy to try to reduce the number of unaccompanied minors who are likely to enter the UK.Researchers who visited a series of reception centres in France, where children are being held as their UK applications are processed
  
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• Ogoni king: Shell oil is killing my people

  03-12-2016 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  King Emere was in a London court last week for the case that he hopes will allow him to sue Shell in the UK for polluting his tribal landHis Royal Highness Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, the paramount ruler and hereditary king of the Ogale community in the oil-rich Niger delta, is ready to explode. Related: Shell and Nigeria have failed on oil pollution clean-up, Amnesty saysContinue reading...
  
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• Alexis Sánchez hits hat-trick as Arsenal put five past West Ham

  03-12-2016 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Being generous, there is an argument that Arsenal’s late glut of goals in the final 20 minutes exaggerated the extent of their dominance. Yet a more accurate summary is that Arsenal were superior from start to finish, played with the cold-blooded intent of potential champions and exposed West Ham United’s defensive shortcomings so clinically that some awkward questions will be asked about Slaven Bilic’s future.While West Ham contemplated the likelihood of a long, dispiriting fi
  
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• Ramos strikes in 90th as Madrid draws 1-1 at Barcelona - Daily Mail

  03-12-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Sergio Ramos stepped up once more for Real Madrid in a major match, scoring in the 90th minute to secure a 1-1 draw at Barcelona's Camp Nou Stadium on Saturday. "(Ramos) always shows up for games like this one," Real ...
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• England see off Australia’s fast start to establish themselves at No2 | Andy Bull

  03-12-2016 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  An inability to maintain their highest standard gives them plenty to improve upon as they seek to overtake New ZealandThree minutes from full time, the crowd roused itself for one last blast of Swing Low. Not in exhortation, now, but celebration. England were leading by 16 points, and Australia, a man down after Dane Haylett-Petty had been sent to the sin-bin, were scrambling to escape from underneath their own posts. The only question left was how many England were going to win by. Soon enough,
  
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• Pep Guardiola sorry for City fracas but refuses to blame Sergio Agüero

  03-12-2016 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  • ‘It is a pity it finished like this. I would like to apologise’
  • Claims Aguero’s red-card challenge on David Luiz was not intentionalPep Guardiola apologised for the behaviour of his Manchester City players after the extraordinary scenes at the end of their 3-1 defeat to Chelsea when Sergio Agüero and Fernandinho were both sent off.Guardiola, however, refused to criticise Agüero for the wild challenge on David Luiz that instigated a confrontation between
  
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• Manchester City star Yaya Toure faces drink driving charge

  03-12-2016 19:25
  Premier League footballer Yaya Toure has been charged with drink driving.
  
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• Preston pair sent off for fighting each other in loss at Sheffield Wednesday

  03-12-2016 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  • Jermaine Beckford and Eoin Doyle conduct ‘embarrassing’, says manager
  • Simon Grayson’s side lost 2-1 at Wednesday, who also had a man sent offTen-man Sheffield Wednesday fought hard for their 2-1 victory over a wasteful Preston side in a bad-tempered clash that ended with the visitors having Jermaine Beckford and Eoin Doyle sent off for a clash in the final minutes.Trailing to a goal from Fernando Forestieri, who was himself later dismissed, and Steven Fletcher&rsq
  
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• UN to pursue further inquiry into death of Dag Hammarskjöld

  03-12-2016 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  General Assembly to pass resolution recognising need to investigate death of former general secretary who died in 1961 plane crashWhat caused the 1961 plane crash that killed former UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld? A Swedish-led UN inquiry the following year concluded that the plane, the Albertina, had crashed in northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) as a result of “pilot error”. But this failed to satisfy many who have long suspected foul play.There were claims that the Albertin
  
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• How our laws inspired Trump’s attack on free speech | Nick Cohen

  03-12-2016 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Hard-won press freedoms are under attack on both sides of the AtlanticAnyone feeling morally superior to Americans should reflect on how Donald Trump feels about us. “In England, they have a system where you can actually sue if someone says something wrong,” he purred . “Our press is allowed to say whatever they want.”You can understand his envy. Despite reform, an English publisher still has to prove his or her innocence. More enticingly for the rich, money tilts the sca
  
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• Former German PoW leaves £384,000 to Scottish village in will

  03-12-2016 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Heinrich Steinmeyer wanted to thank village of Comrie for its kindness ‘when he was at the lowest point of his life’It’s the stuff of TV drama: schoolgirls befriend a German prisoner of war being held in Scotland during the second world war. After learning that he had never seen moving pictures, they smuggle him out of the camp for the day and take him to the cinema so he can watch a film for the first time. Related: The importance of Polish lessons in a post-Brexit world | Let
  
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• Critics say Trump's call with Taiwan may alter decades of foreign policy

  03-12-2016 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Call was first publicly known between US and Taiwan leaders since 1979Trump’s Taiwan phone call preceded by hotel development inquiryThe political fallout from Donald Trump’s phone call with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen continued on Saturday, as critics said the president-elect could be paving the way to an alteration of decades of US foreign policy. Related: Gaffe or provocation, Donald Trump's Taiwan phone call affects global stabilityContinue reading...
  
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• Unbeaten Eddie Jones says England short of 2003 World Cup vintage

  03-12-2016 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  • ‘That team was much better than we are’ says Jones after 14th straight win
  • Flanker Tom Wood praises relentless mindset of England coaching staffEngland equalled their 13-year-old record of 14 consecutive Test victories as they scored a record number of points over Australia at Twickenham, 14 months after being knocked out of the World Cup at the ground by the Wallabies, but Eddie Jones shot down any comparisons with the 2003 World Cup-winning side.“That team was m
  
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• Drivers warned to manually lock cars after thefts at service stations

  03-12-2016 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Police believe spate of thefts at Berkshire services linked to radio jammers which interrupt signals for remote lockingDrivers using motorway services are being warned to check their cars are secure after a spate of thefts believed to be linked to technology that stops them remotely locking.
  Thames Valley police said there had been 14 recent thefts from cars at motorway services in Berkshire and that in many cases there was “no obvious sign of a break-in and no damage caused to the vehicle
  
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• UK defence secretary tells US only Nato can deter Russian threat

  03-12-2016 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Fallon added Nato members must pay more and not expect US taxpayer to shoulder disproportionate burdenBritish defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon, making the first trip across the Atlantic by a UK cabinet minister since Donald Trump won the election, told the incoming administration that Russia presented a real threat that only Nato could deter.Trump on the campaign trail repeatedly spoke warmly about a need for increased dialogue with Russian president Vladimir Putin while questioning
  
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• Real Madrid and Sergio Ramos grab point at the last from Barcelona

  03-12-2016 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Sergio Ramos did it again. The clásico was heading into its last minute and Real Madrid were facing the end of a 32-game unbeaten run, when the man who rescued them in the 94th minute of the 2014 European Cup final leapt to head in another Luka Modric delivery and score another dramatic equaliser. And, while it could never be as significant as that night in Lisbon, it could prove a huge moment too – one that will go some way to defining the title race in Spain. “In games like
  
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• Leicester City woe mounts as Robert Huth gifts Sunderland a lift

  03-12-2016 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Forget the Champions League, the Championship should be preying on Claudio Ranieri’s mind as Jamie Vardy’s goal drought endures and his Leicester City side contemplate a relegation skirmish.“We miss everything from last season, including luck,” lamented Ranieri after seeing his side deservedly beaten by a renascent Sunderland who are now only two points behind them. “In football there are good and bad moments and now we must stick together.” Continue reading..
  
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• Lost Stravinsky piece performed for first time since rediscovery

  03-12-2016 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Electric atmosphere as Valery Gergiev conducts Funeral Song at Maryinsky concert hall in St PetersburgIgor Stravinsky’s Funeral Song for orchestra has had to wait almost 108 years for a second performance. But the work has at last made it after the lost materials resurfaced in a St Petersburg Conservatoire house move last year, chiefly thanks to the tireless exertions of one of the Conservatoire professors, Natalya Braginskaya.After protracted haggling over rights between the Conservatoire
  
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• Wake held for Chapecoense players killed in plane crash – video

  03-12-2016 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of Chapeconese supporters and mourners attend a wake for the victims of the Colombian plane crash at Arena Condá stadium on Saturday. The coffins of the football team, supporters and journalists who lost their lives are carried into the stadium under heavy rainBodies of Chapecoense players killed in plane crash returned to Brazil
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• Chelsea football club apologises 'profusely' to sex abuse victim Gary Johnson

  03-12-2016 18:12
  
  Chelsea Football Club has "apologised profusely" to Gary Johnson who was sexually abused at the club in the 1970s. Chelsea's apology comes after Mr Johnson, 57, said the London club had paid him £50,000 not to go public with allegations. An external review would examine whether it carried out a proper investigation when the allegations first came to their attention in 2014, said the club.
  
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• Harry Kane at the double as five-star Tottenham saunter past Swansea

  03-12-2016 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The comedian Michael McIntyre was in attendance, while the White Hart Lane PA announcer referred to the Swansea City substitute Fernando Llorente as Fernando Morientes on more than one occasion. But for the biggest laugh of the afternoon, nobody needed to look any further than the referee, Jon Moss, whose decision to award Dele Alli a penalty on 39 minutes for what was a swan dive broke Swansea City.Alli seemed to tumble in slow motion under Kyle Naughton’s non-challenge and when Moss blew
  
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• Crystal Palace beat Southampton to ease pressure on manager Alan Pardew

  03-12-2016 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  A day that began with talk of Alan Pardew getting the sack ended with the Crystal Palace manager musing on peanut butter. What a difference a 3-0 victory makes. Related: Leicester City woe mounts as Robert Huth gifts Sunderland a liftContinue reading...
  
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• A world in a jar: potted landscape photography – in pictures

  03-12-2016 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After becoming a father two years ago, Finnish photographer Christoffer Relander started feeling nostalgic about his own childhood. He began photographing landscapes that reminded him of growing up in rural Finland, and using double-exposure photography – and no digital manipulation such as Photoshop – to fit these locations inside jars for his ongoing project Jarred & Displaced. “I grew up in the countryside and nature has always been close,” he says. “I used t
  
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• Yarl's Wood demonstration draws up to 2,000 campaigners

  03-12-2016 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds march around detention centre perimeter to denounce rise in hate crime in wake of Brexit voteThe largest protest staged against Britain’s most notorious detention centre has taken place, as up to 2,000 demonstrators gathered outside Yarl’s Wood to denounce “immigrant bashing” in the wake of the Brexit vote.Campaigners from across the UK protested at the Bedfordshire immigration removal centre on Saturday, demanding that the facility, which mainly houses women, is
  
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• Bodies of Chapecoense players killed in plane crash returned to Brazil

  03-12-2016 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Coffins of football team, supporters and journalists who lost lives met by Brazilian president Michel Temer at Chapeco airportThe bodies of the football team killed when their plane crashed in Colombia earlier this week have been returned to Brazil.Many of the 71 victims were players or supporters of the Chapecoense football team, which had chartered the plane after reaching the final of the Copa Sudamericana being held in Medellin, Colombia. Continue reading...
  
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• 'We got this': Africans call on western donors to trust them on FGM

  03-12-2016 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 200 donors, policy makers and FGM experts joined senate minority leader Harry Reid at Washington DC summitA Kenyan expert pleaded with delegates at a US summit on female genital mutilation (FGM) on Friday not to waste any more time sending white men and consultants to Africa “to tell us how to stop this”.“I am a village girl but I have a university education, I know my people, and how to reach them – we got this,” Domtila Chesang from West Pokot, told the
  
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• Opec doesn’t hold all the cards, even after its oil price deal

  03-12-2016 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The cartel’s agreement hammered out in Vienna may put a floor under the price of crude, but Saudi Arabia has failed to destroy the US fracking industryTwo years of wrangling were needed before Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Opec oil cartel could agree a cut in production at its meeting in Vienna last week.Ever since the collapse in crude prices in 2014, the big oil-producing countries have plotted a way to regain control and improve their battered finances. But agreeing which countries w
  
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• Home truths: house price rises to slow to trickle as Brexit and stamp duty hit

  03-12-2016 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The London market has lost its shine, experts say, and even regions seeing positive growth could be hit by further political uncertaintyOngoing uncertainty over the manner of the UK’s departure from the EU is likely to weigh down the property market in 2017, say experts, who predict little or no growth in prices amid a slowdown in sales. The Brexit referendum result and government measures to cool the buy-to-let market have hit the property market in 2016, and are expected to keep the lid
  
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