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• Theresa May to seek special deal with Trump in White House visit

  25-01-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  PM will shrug off concerns about new president as she pledges to rekindle special relationship and ‘lead, together, again’Theresa May will shrug off concerns about Donald Trump’s presidency and pledge to rekindle the special relationship as she begins a two-day charm offensive that will see her become the first world leader to meet the new US president.MPs, including some in May’s own party, have expressed anxiety about Trump’s stance on a range of issues, including
  
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• Theresa May pledges to 'renew special relationship' ahead of Trump talks

  25-01-2017 23:30
  
  Theresa May will pledge to "renew the special relationship" for a new Brexit-Trump age as she arrives in the United States ahead of talks with the President. The Prime Minister flies to Philadelphia, where she will address Republican Senators and Congress members, before meeting Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. Mrs May, the first world leader to hold face-to-face talks with President Trump since his inauguration, has told MPs she is pleased to be able to meet him so early in his admini
  
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• Poverty in the UK jeopardising children’s health, warns landmark report

  25-01-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Stark inequalities’ and high rates of child death, obesity and ill-health highlighted amid calls on government to prioritise child health Children’s health in the UK is in jeopardy, with higher child death rates, obesity and ill-health than in much of Europe, according to a landmark report.“The bottom line is that the UK could do far more to improve child health and wellbeing. UK performance on several measures, though better than the United States, is worse than many Eu
  
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• Manchester United’s José Mourinho warns Anthony Martial to improve

  25-01-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • ‘He didn’t catch with both hands a big opportunity he had’
  • United are injury-free for second leg of EFL Cup semi-final at HullJosé Mourinho has given Anthony Martial a stark warning that his performances at Manchester United must improve because it would “kill the others” if he was chosen ahead of them on current form.Martial was not even among United’s substitutes in their 1-1 draw at Stoke City on Saturday and Mourinho admitted being dis
  
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• The Great British Bake Off to return to TV screens in 2017

  25-01-2017 23:26 via theguardian.com
  
  BBC waives right to prevent C4 relaunching show until at least 2018, saying a dispute would be undignifiedThe Great British Bake Off will return to television screens this year, it has been confirmed, after the BBC agreed to waive its right to force Channel 4 to hold off until 2018 at the earliest.The BBC, which lost the rights to the programme last September after its rival broadcaster bid a reported £25m per year, said it wished the show well. Continue reading...
  
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• Mohammed Salah takes Egypt to Group D top spot with win over Ghana

  25-01-2017 23:17 via theguardian.com
  
  • Mohammed Salah scores only goal of the game
  • Uganda and Mali exit after 1-1 drawMohammed Salah blasted home a free-kick to give Egypt a 1-0 win over Ghana and top place in Africa Cup of Nations Group D as the quarter-final lineup was completed on Wednesday.Salah’s rasping 10th-minute strike sent Egypt to the top of the table with seven points and Ghana, who won their first two games, finished second on six. Continue reading...
  
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• Discovery in price dispute with Sky, signals full blackout

  25-01-2017 23:12
  (Reuters) - Discovery Communications Inc's UK unit said on Wednesday negotiations with Sky Plc for a new carriage deal reached an impasse over a price dispute, threatening a blackout of Discovery channels from Sky's platform. All 12 channels in the Discovery portfolio would disappear from Sky and NOW TV after Jan. 31 if the dispute is not resolved, affecting more than 5.5 million people, Discovery Networks UK and Ireland said in a statement. Sky finds the price expectations for the Discovery por
  
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• Eddie Jones sounds warning for Six Nations where discipline will be key

  25-01-2017 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  The England coach predicts a rise in red and yellow cards as players get to grips with the new laws but says changes will be good for rugby’s futureThis is supposed to be the year when the Six Nations Championship becomes safer and people receive fewer whacks to the head. It did not necessarily feel that way at the launch in south-west London, however, as Eddie Jones posed for publicity photos looking as if he had gone 12 rounds with his skipper Dylan Hartley. When even the England head co
  
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• Bath's Conservative cabinet backs controversial park-and-ride project

  25-01-2017 22:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Proposal for 800-space car park approved after four-hour meeting, but plans face fierce opposition from residents and opposition councillorsA proposal to create a park-and-ride site on water meadows on the edge of Bath has been backed by the city’s Conservative cabinet despite claims that the project would put its world heritage status at risk. Related: Bath park and ride project will ruin historic landscape, say criticsContinue reading...
  
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• Saints knock out Liverpool to reach final

  25-01-2017 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Southampton reach a first major final since 2003 with a determined display to beat Liverpool in the EFL Cup at Anfield.
  
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• Theresa May outrageously told by Alex Salmond 'to NOT talk US-UK trade' with Donald Trump

  25-01-2017 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THERESA MAY should not discuss Britain’s future trade deal with the US when she meets Donald Trump on Friday, Alex Salmond has outrageously claimed.
  
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• Conservatives pick Copeland and Stoke by-election candidates

  25-01-2017 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Conservative Party chooses its candidates for two by-elections.
  
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• This Bad Lip Reading version of Donald Trump's inauguration is so good that both Democrats and Republicans like it

  25-01-2017 22:40
  
  You’ll never look at Mike Pence the same way again.
  
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• Raúl Castro: Cuba won't compromise sovereignty to normalize US relations

  25-01-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  President said Cuba hopes to continue to repair relations but made it clear that Trump administration should not expect concessions affecting independenceRaúl Castro has said Cuba hopes to continue to normalize relations with the United States but made it clear that the Trump administration should not expect concessions affecting the country’s sovereignty.Before taking office, Donald Trump threatened to torpedo the still fragile detente between the former cold war foes unless a &ldq
  
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• Britain's native plants put the taste of spices in easy reach

  25-01-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  From curry-like spignel to wild garlic and the hot bite of pepper dulse seaweed, a larder of palate-challenging flavours grow along the UK’s rivers and lanesSpices tend to have an image of coming from hot exotic lands, but Mark Williams of Galloway Wild Foods in Scotland forages wild native plants for spices and actually makes curry from them.One of the strongest curry tastes is spignel, a plant related to carrots. It’s pleasantly scented with clusters of tiny white flower heads and
  
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• Man charged with Croydon murder of Akeem Moore

  25-01-2017 22:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Benjamin Paul Wallace, 36, accused of killing 22-year-old father and musician, as well as attempted murder of a 25-year-oldA man has been charged with the murder of a father and aspiring rapper who was gunned down in south London last year.
  Akeem Moore was shot dead in Croydon on 7 October 2016, reportedly as he chatted with friends on an estate in Eastney Road. Continue reading...
  
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• The worst forest fire in Chile's history – in pictures

  25-01-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Chile is facing the worst forest fires it has ever seen, with more than 600 sq miles of land destroyed and thousands of people evacuated from their homes. The Chilean government has declared a state of emergency in several areas, as people try to save their homes, livestock and landChile battles devastating wildfires: ‘We have never seen anything on this scale’Continue reading...
  
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• Mary Tyler Moore: a life in pictures

  25-01-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The groundbreaking actor, known for her lead role in hit sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died aged 80. We look back over her life and career in photos Continue reading...
  
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• Doctors save Canadian woman's life by removing her lungs for six days

  25-01-2017 21:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Melissa Benoit’s terminal lung infection called for risky and unprecedented procedure while she waited for double transplant at Toronto hospitalIn what is believed to be the first procedure of its kind in the world, doctors in Canada have saved a young mother’s life by resorting to a radical solution – they removed her lungs for six days while she waited for a transplant.In April, Melissa Benoit arrived at a Toronto hospital with a severe lung infection. Doctors soon realised t
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May and the Brexit white paper – cartoon

  25-01-2017 21:35 via theguardian.com
  
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• It's thanks to YOU! Study of 26m tweets reveal KEY impact of 'POSITIVE' Brexit campaigners

  25-01-2017 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT campaigners were more positive, more certain and more forward-thinking than those supporting Remain, a scientific study of 26million tweets has revealed.
  
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• Document reveals Coca-Cola opposes bottle return scheme

  25-01-2017 21:32
  
  Sky News has seen an internal document that exposes the extent of Coca-Cola's opposition to the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme in the UK. The company report, written in March 2016, contains a "risk matrix" which targets EU deposit systems as a subject for "fightback". It reflects Coca-Cola's assertive stance against the introduction of a DRS scheme, which is under consideration by the Scottish Government.
  
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• Wait, is Donald Trump actually going to build that wall?

  25-01-2017 21:31
  
  The president has signed an executive order – bringing that wall closer to reality than ever.
  
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• Rebel in the Rye review – JD Salinger drama catches attention but sinks into cliche

  25-01-2017 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Nicholas Hoult plays the author in a watchable but shallow take on creativity and the process of writing a classicThe first shot in Rebel in the Rye is of a broken down man staring at the Central Park carousel. This isn’t an adaptation of The Catcher in the Rye and it isn’t quite a biopic of its author, JD Salinger. It’s more like a “making of” story, the long struggle to get the novel about the disaffected teen in a red hunting cap on to the page and out into the w
  
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• Scottish opposition parties refuse to back budget motion

  25-01-2017 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Parties protest at spending cuts and tax policy, saying result should force finance secretary to compromise on plans before official vote next weekNicola Sturgeon has suffered a blow to her authority after opposition parties blocked a motion on her government’s budget in protest at spending cuts and her tax policy.Labour, the Tories, Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats combined to vote against the amended motion supportive of the government’s plans. Continue reading...
  
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• Great British Bake Off to air this year on Channel 4

  25-01-2017 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC waives a legal clause preventing Channel 4 from showing the Great British Bake Off until 2018.
  
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• Millwall and the battle over The Den: how the controversy has unfolded

  25-01-2017 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Our timeline traces developments over more than 12 years, including false funding claims and Millwall’s fears that they might be forced to leave their homeDecember 2004 The offshore-registered developer Renewal begins purchasing land on the New Bermondsey site.2006 Renewal approaches Lewisham council with a view to a mixed-use development on the site. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on parliament and Brexit: MPs must use their power | Editorial

  25-01-2017 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Theresa May has been forced to make concessions to MPs, but there is much more to be done to prevent a hard BrexitOn Tuesday the supreme court put the responsibility for Brexit back where it should always have been – in parliament. The consequences of that necessary ruling are already making themselves felt. The most important of them is the bill on triggering article 50 that the government will publish on Thursday, against its will. Yet the bill is not the very first fruit of the court&rs
  
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• New Sinn Fein leader warns of Irish border control threat

  25-01-2017 20:41
  By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - Britain's plans for a "hard Brexit" could lead to customs controls along the Irish border, Sinn Fein's new leader in Northern Ireland said on Wednesday, putting the onus on the government in Dublin to limit the damage. Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain will not remain a full member of the European Union's customs union, potentially meaning a tighter border between the British province of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. It will be Britain'
  
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• RBS takes multibillion pound charge as US mis-selling fine looms

  25-01-2017 20:39
  The state-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to announce within days that it is taking another multibillion pound charge for mis-selling mortgage-backed securities - a move that will catapult it to one of its biggest losses since the 2008 financial crisis. Sky News has learnt from sources in Whitehall that the Treasury and UK Financial Investments (UKFI) - which manages taxpayers' 72% stake in the bank - have been informed that RBS directors will discuss the move at a board meeting later thi
  
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• Aidan Turner: 'You want me to get naked?'

  25-01-2017 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stars of the small-screen are gathering for the National Television Awards being held at the O2 in London.
  
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• EU applications for UK university places down 7%, MPs told

  25-01-2017 20:17 via theguardian.com
  
  First decrease after almost a decade of unbroken growth blamed on vote for Brexit at Commons committee hearingApplications from EU students for places at UK universities have dropped by more than 7% according to latest figures, a committee of MPs investigating the impact of Brexit on higher education has been told.It is the first decrease in applications from EU students to study in the UK after almost a decade of unbroken growth and will inevitably be blamed on last year’s vote to leave t
  
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• Watford agree loan deal for Milan’s M’Baye Niang with £13.5m option to buy

  25-01-2017 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  • 22-year-old joins on loan but could join on permanent deal in summer
  • Forward to have medical at Vicarage Road on ThursdayWatford have beaten off a host of clubs to sign M’Baye Niang from Milan on an initial six-month deal. West Ham United, Everton, Burnley and Genoa were among the clubs interested in acquiring the mercurial 22-year-old but Walter Mazzarri was able to convince him to move to Vicarage Road until the end of the season. Related: Transfer window January 2017: ever
  
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• Courts should NOT have got involved in Brexit, says dissenting judge in Article 50 ruling

  25-01-2017 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ONE of the three Supreme Court judges that dissented against the majority ruling has said that the courts should never have been involved in the decision.
  
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• Labour’s Brexit chaos is now so exposed it threatens to tear the party apart | Steve Richards

  25-01-2017 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Splits over Europe go back decades but past leaders had the skills to paper over the cracksNo one knows where Labour stands on Brexit. That’s a great cliche of the moment. But like most cliches it is true. Labour is for and against free movement. Labour is for full access to the single market and against full access to the single market. Labour will not block article 50 but some of its MPs will vote against. On Europe Labour is in a deep crisis.But here is the twist. At key moments La
  
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• Italy court verdict could pave way for early elections

  25-01-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Constitutional court decision in favour of form of proportional representation could aid ex-PM Matteo Renzi’s comeback chancesItaly’s highest court has opened the way for early elections in 2017 after favouring a form of proportional representation in a ruling that could bolster former prime minister Matteo Renzi’s chances of making a comeback.
  In a verdict on the legality of an electoral law brought in by Renzi’s government, the constitutional court also said a party win
  
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• MoJ launches inquiry after record number of prison suicides in 2016

  25-01-2017 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Review to look into mental health history of fatalities in England and Wales as number of self-inflicted deaths rises to 113The Ministry of Justice has launched an internal inquiry into the mental health backgrounds of prisoners who killed themselves, as new figures are expected to reveal that 2016 was a record high for self-inflicted deaths across prisons in England and Wales.The justice secretary, Elizabeth Truss, has also ordered more prison staff to be trained as part of the specialist Torna
  
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• London to get another skyscraper as 36-storey 1 Leadenhall is approved

  25-01-2017 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Green light given for £400m building in the City adjacent to Leadenhall Market, which featured in Harry Potter filmsA £400m skyscraper has been given the green light by City of London planners and will be built next to the historic Leadenhall Market, which featured in the Harry Potter films.The 182.7-metre (600ft), 36-storey building, named 1 Leadenhall for its location, is one of a host of new towers going up in London’s financial district.Continue reading...
  
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• British Steel to reverse salary cut for workers agreed under Tata

  25-01-2017 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Scunthorpe company owned by Greybull Capital also predicts return to full-year profits months after near-collapseBritish Steel will reinstate the salary it was paying workers before they accepted a pay cut last year, after predicting a return to full-year profits months after it appeared on the verge of collapse.The Scunthorpe company, one of the two remaining steelworks in the UK, was sold to investment group Greybull Capital by Tata Steel last June, as the Indian-owned company shrunk its Briti
  
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• Millwall CPO scrapped as Lewisham mayor calls time on development plan

  25-01-2017 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  • Sir Steve Bullock says scheme around the Den ‘should not proceed’
  • Lewisham mayor backs down after opposition to compulsory purchase orderThe plan to evict Millwall from their land around The Den by compulsory purchase order (CPO) has been abandoned after months of fierce public pressure. In a statement Lewisham council’s elected mayor, Sir Steve Bullock, said that the CPO on Millwall’s land “should not proceed”, pulling the plug on the plan that
  
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• Patriarchy is the sea in which Trump and his sharks gather

  25-01-2017 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  The far right wants to return to a time when men were men, and women were sanctified mothers or whores. Let’s call this by its proper nameIf someone declared publicly that some of their best friends were racists, there would surely be a sharp intake of liberal breath – even if they were to follow it up with the “I just like to get out of my echo chamber and have friends of all political persuasions” argument. Tolerance has it limits. Being openly racist is at that limit.
  
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• 'I've spent the last year in a dream state': virtuoso mandolinist Chris Thile

  25-01-2017 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  He has taken the mandolin where it has never gone before, even using it to record Bach. Now he’s teamed up with jazz giant Brad Mehldau and is promising to write a topical song every week. Alfred Hickling meets Chris ThileChris Thile sounds punchdrunk. The mandolin player’s voice is bleary as he explains the inspiration behind Noise Machine, a track on a new album of duets he has recorded with the jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. Despite its title, Noise Machine is not a wild, atonal impro
  
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• ‘Choose Facebook, revenge porn, zero hours': what does the Trainspotting speech mean today?

  25-01-2017 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Renton’s original rant has been repurposed so many times that even George Osborne has parodied it. Can the new film’s update ever be more than a middle-aged delusion?Twenty-one years ago, Ewan McGregor, albeit briefly, tapped into prevailing anxieties over the spiritual bankruptcy of western consumerist society. “Choose life,” began his monologue as smackhead Mark Renton in Danny Boyle’s film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting. “Choose a jo
  
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• Helen Bailey murder trial: Witness' shock at finding body of children's author

  25-01-2017 19:27
  A man hired by police to drain a cesspit at the home of a missing children's author has told a court he saw a human arm in the sewage after he removed debris floating on top of the sanitation tank. John Russell Beavis' firm supplied a vacuum tanker to Hertfordshire Police to drain a cesspit at Helen Bailey's home. It was on this second occasion that the gruesome discovery was made in a cesspit in the garage.
  
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• Greenpeace activists scaled a crane behind the White House to protest against Trump

  25-01-2017 19:26
  
  The group said it’s against climate change denial, racism, misogyny and bigotry.
  
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• Tunisia attack: Survivor says husband was a hero

  25-01-2017 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman tells how her husband sacrificed his life to protect her during the mass shootings in Tunisia.
  
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• Mark Carney: internet-only lenders pose risk to UK financial system

  25-01-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Bank of England governor says fintech firms could trigger next financial crash without tighter regulationThe Bank of England governor has warned that a new breed of internet-only lenders are beginning to pose risks to the financial system and without tighter regulation they could trigger the next financial crash.Mark Carney said high street banks were being displaced by online lenders that were untested in a recession, when bankruptcies might make their loans worthless.Continue reading...
  
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• Fashion forward

  25-01-2017 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What impact did Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman have on British fashion and the magazine world?
  
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• First dress made with graphene unveiled in Manchester

  25-01-2017 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Little black dress uses ‘wonder material’ to translate wearer’s heartbeat into power for built-in LED lightsIt is the super-thin “wonder material” scientists think could revolutionise every aspect of human life.Now graphene – which is just one atom thick and a million times thinner than human hair – looks set to storm the catwalks of Paris, New York and Milan in a hi-tech twist on the little black dress. Continue reading...
  
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• Madonna denies trying to adopt two more children from Malawi

  25-01-2017 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports say the singer, who has two adopted children from the country, appeared in court in Lilongwe with two unidentified childrenMadonna has denied reports that she has travelled to Malawi to adopt two more children from the country.
  News reports citing a spokesman for a court in the country’s capital, Lilongwe, said the singer had appeared before it to lodge an application for adoption, but Madonna dismissed them as “rumours”.Continue reading...
  
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