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• E3 2018: Live news from the biggest video game event of the year

  10-06-2018 23:58 via theguardian.com
  Join the Guardian’s video games editor Keza MacDonald and correspondent Keith Stuart for news from Microsoft’s Xbox press conference and the reveal of Bethesda’s new Fallout game on day one of E3 10.58pm BST Can we talk about Devil May Cry 5? It’s great to see the series back with Capcom for the first time in 10 years, but I’m also slightly sad to see 2013’s DmC airburshed from history. Its storytelling was brilliant and Dante had never been sexier.Now that it
  
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• World Cup’s new rules are not a problem to me, says Dele Alli

  10-06-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Officials can punish players retrospectively within a game
  • Gareth Southgate spoke to squad about new regulationsDele Alli has insisted he will not fall foul of new Fifa regulations whereby players can be sanctioned retrospectively during the match in which they are involved at the World Cup.The new rules, which will work alongside VAR, mean match officials can be made aware of incidents that went unnoticed at the time and the relevant players can face yellow or red cards with on-pi
  
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• The Handmaid's Tale recap: season 2, episode 4 – the regime strikes back

  10-06-2018 23:15 via theguardian.com
  June battles to keep her identity amid brutal developments, while there are hints that all might not be well in the republic – it’s another dark instalmentSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching The Handmaid’s Tale, series two, on Channel 4 in the UK. Please do not add spoilers from later episodes.Although the violence is kept to a minimum, this week’s episode is harrowing for a different reason as June loses the fight to keep her identity and appears to surrende
  
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• 'Two dictators': Fox News host says sorry for reference to Trump-Kim summit

  10-06-2018 23:01 via theguardian.com
  Fox & Friends’ Abby Huntsman apologises for Singapore slipAnalysis: Trump believes Korea summit is all about himThe Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman apologised to viewers on Sunday, after referring to Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un of North Korea in Singapore as “that meeting between the two dictators”. Related: Merkel's G7 photo says everything about Trump's diplomacy – or does it?Continue reading...
  
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• Poldark review – a tricky love triangle with passion, politics … and bare chests

  10-06-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s pecs v poetry, fab abs v the gift of the gab as the new Cornish-set series goes up against Love Island for Sunday-night viewersHere he comes, seen against the light from below, an Adonis furiously front-crawling through the waves. Naked. Well, not quite, but the shorts are skin-coloured. The imagination isn’t quite given the evening off. He emerges through the surf, glistening, heaving, magnificent. Poseidon? No trident. Daniel Craig, then? No, but could this be a come-and-get-m
  
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• Women take part in the Processions living artwork in the UK

  10-06-2018 22:55 via theguardian.com
  Thousands of women and girls from across the UK come together to create a vast participatory artwork taking place simultaneously in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. The event marks 100 years since the Representation of the People Act, which gave British women the right to vote and stand for public office Continue reading...
  
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• Women in the UK march to celebrate suffrage

  10-06-2018 22:50
  Women across the UK marched in the colours of the suffragette movement to mark women winning the right to vote.
  
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• Demi Lovato cancels hours before London show

  10-06-2018 22:44
  "Swollen vocal cords" forced Demi Lovato to postpone her show at the O2 in London hours before she was due to appear on stage.In a statement on social media, written through "tears of frustration and sadness", she added that her vocal cords could have been injured had she performed, potentially threatening the rest of her tour.Lovato told her supporters it broke her heart to let them down, and that she was "so so sorry to disappoint any of my fans in London that have travelled hours to be here b
  
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• George and Charlotte steal show at William's polo game

  10-06-2018 22:43
  Prince George and his sister Princess Charlotte stole the show as they played in the grass while their father took part in a charity polo match.Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, kept a watchful eye on the playful siblings as they jumped and rolled around on the grass, while dad William was impressing on the field.The second day of the polo event did clash with Prince Philip's birthday, so the family was away while he marked turning 97, though he rarely celebrates his birthday.
  
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• Women don suffragette colours for centenary march

  10-06-2018 22:41
  In the green, purple and white of the suffragette movement, thousands of people marched the streets of the UK's capital cities to mark 100 years of votes for women.Organised by 14-18 Now, the "processions" were designed to look like "a living portrait of women in the 21st century".The march in London started in Hyde Park, going through Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square and toward the River Thames.
  
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• Starwatch: all lined up – the Moon, Venus and Pollux

  10-06-2018 22:30 via theguardian.com
  Venus and the waxing crescent Moon are visible in the constellation Cancer this week, pointing towards the brightest star in GeminiFor the whole of this week, Venus continues to be the most noticeable object in the western evening sky, despite its low altitude. On the evening of 16 June, it is joined by a thin crescent moon. Only 13.1% of the moon’s surface will be illuminated by the sun. The chart shows the positions at 22.00 BST on 16 June. The moon and Venus sit within the confines of C
  
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• Sebastian Vettel wins Canadian Grand Prix to retake F1 championship lead

  10-06-2018 22:23 via theguardian.com
  • Vettel goes one point ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who ended fifth
  • Valtteri Bottas holds off Max Verstappen to take secondSebastian Vettel swept to an imperious victory at the Canadian Grand Prix in a class of his own. The German left the field in his wake at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and crucially his world championship rival Lewis Hamilton could not mount any challenge to the Ferrari. A fifth-place finish was a huge blow to the British driver in the title fight.Hamilton had gone
  
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• Sebastian Vettel wins Canadian Grand Prix despite chequered flag mix-up

  10-06-2018 22:23 via theguardian.com
  • Vettel moves one point ahead of Lewis Hamilton in F1 title race
  • Model Winnie Harlow waved the chequered flag a lap too earlySebastian Vettel’s win at the Canadian Grand Prix clearly meant a great deal to the driver and his team but, though he played down its significance in the world championship, it may prove to have been a turning point.His victory was utterly dominant and of real import is the blow it dealt his rival Lewis Hamilton from which the British driver knows he fa
  
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• Tony awards feature strong band of British Broadway contenders

  10-06-2018 22:16 via theguardian.com
  Glenda Jackson nominated as best actress and Britons dominate best actor category but Bruce Springsteen adds rock star lustreThe Tony Awards on Sunday night will feature first-time hosts, a strong set of British nominees and an appearance from Bruce Springsteen. The show does not have a clear favourite, such as Hamilton in 2016, to take the lion’s share of the prizes. Related: British theatre stars storm the nominations for 2018 Tony awardsContinue reading...
  
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• Forecasters predict that the UK is set for a long hot summer

  10-06-2018 22:14 via theguardian.com
  Following hottest May on record, Britons will bask in above-average temperatures for next few months Britons can look forward to a hotter-than-average summer this year, according to forecasters who expect the recent spell of good weather to continue over the next three months.With the country still basking in the glow of the warmest and sunniest May on record, the Met Office anticipates that the fine weather will last throughout June, July and August. Continue reading...
  
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• Forecasters predict hottest summer in years for UK

  10-06-2018 22:14
  Sunbathers enjoy the sunshine at Portland Bill in Dorset.With the country still basking in the glow of the warmest and sunniest May on record, the Met Office anticipates that the fine weather will last throughout June, July and August.There will be a slight “blip” of more changeable, rainier conditions over the next week to 10 days, before a return to the clear skies and barbecue weather which the country has been enjoying of late, a spokesman for the national weather service said.
  
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• Rafael Nadal 'very emotional' after historic 11th French Open title – video

  10-06-2018 22:01 via theguardian.com
  Rafael Nadal was at his awe-inspiring best as he crushed second seed Dominic Thiem to snatch a record-extending 11th French Open title with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory at Roland Garros. In 11 finals in Paris, the world No 1 has only lost six sets as he matched the all-time record of most singles titles won at the same grand slam event set by Margaret Court at the Australian Open during the 1960s and 70s. Sunday's result marks the sixth consecutive Grand Slam won by either Nadal&n
  
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• Ben Jennings on the North Korea nuclear summit – cartoon

  10-06-2018 21:49 via theguardian.com
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• Calum MacLeod believes win over England could be catalyst for Scotland

  10-06-2018 21:48 via theguardian.com
  • MacLeod: ‘This win has been coming for a couple of years’
  • Morgan: ‘We didn’t play anywhere near our best’Calum MacLeod believes Scotland have delivered a massive statement through their historic first victory over England and one that could prove the ideal catalyst for cricket north of the border.It was the 29-year-old’s stunning unbeaten 140 from 94 balls that powered the Saltires to their six-run win and, speaking after the dramatic finish &nda
  
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• LONDON STABBING: Man knifed in Brixton - police seal off street

  10-06-2018 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  LONDON has been hit by yet more bloodshed with police rushing to the scene of a suspected stabbing in Brixton this evening.
  
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• Rafael Nadal sheds tear for French Open court he has made his own | Simon Cambers

  10-06-2018 20:54 via theguardian.com
  The Spaniard’s 11th Roland Garros title was emotional as the demolition workers prepared to smash up Court Philippe Chatrier but thoughts turned immediately to WimbledonThe tears were new but otherwise things were as they always seem to be in Paris. Rafael Nadal duly collected his 11th French Open title here on Sunday with a brutal, brilliant, resilient and ruthless performance, just as he had done 10 times before. But as Nadal’s uncle, Toni Nadal, said shortly afterwards, “thi
  
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• 8 very British reactions to the earthquake in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

  10-06-2018 20:47
  A 3.9-magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and people had some amazing reactions to it.
  
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• French farmers start refinery blockade over palm oil imports

  10-06-2018 20:46
  French farmers began a blockade of oil refineries and fuel depots on Sunday evening over plans by Totalto use imported palm oil at a biofuel plant, which have fanned farmer discontent over unfair competition.The Vatry fuel depot in the Marne region of northeastern France was the first to be blocked on Sunday evening as about 100 farmers set up barricades with tractors and mounds of rubble, a spokesman from the FNSEA farmers union told Reuters.At least five sites will be blocked on Sunday evening
  
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• 'She's TOAST' May's right-hand man rushes to PM's defence amid Tory SPLIT

  10-06-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  CONTROVERSY over Government splits is "froth and speculation" that Theresa May rises above, her right-hand man claimed. In an apparent message to MPs Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington also cited last week’s YouGov poll giving the Tories an increased, seven-point lead over Labour.
  
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• Scotland secure historic win over England

  10-06-2018 20:35
  The world's top-ranked ODI team lost by six runs after just failing to pull off what would have been the second highest one-day international run chase.Scotland's Safyaan Sharif sparked a pitch invasion when he trapped Mark Wood lbw with an inswinging yorker in the 49th over just when England looked like they might avoid an infamous defeat that ranks alongside their loss to Ireland at the 2011 World Cup.England were all out for 365 after Scotland made 371 for five, their highest total in a one-d
  
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• Russia basks in a World Cup even MI6 could not deny Vladimir Putin| David Conn

  10-06-2018 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Hosts are hoping to clean up their image eight years after trouncing England in a controversial voteAs the World Cup finally dawns in the east, many of the Football Association chiefs packing their wheelie suitcases for Russia will have been reflecting wistfully that this was the tournament they bid for Fifa to locate in England, and lost. When the vote was taken in December 2010, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, famously arrived nonchalantly in Zurich to collect his prize, and now the
  
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• Family's heartache after 'fun-loving, caring' Amelia Brooke Harris, 4, found dead in Trealaw, south Wales

  10-06-2018 20:26
  A family has spoken of its heartache after a "fun-loving, caring" little girl was found dead at a home in south Wales.Police have named the four-year-old girl who died in what has only been described as an "incident" on Friday as Amelia Brooke Harris.The child's family said she was "beautiful both inside and out, and was a fun-loving, caring and bubbly little girl".
  
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• Scotland stun England with historic ODI victory led by Calum MacLeod century

  10-06-2018 20:25 via theguardian.com
  • Scotland 371-5, England 365 – Scotland win by six runs
  • Safyaan Sharif yorks Mark Wood to spark joy in EdinburghScotland pulled off the greatest result in their history by beating number one-ranked England by six runs in a nerve-wracking one-day international in Edinburgh.Having posted 371 with the bat, Scotland held their nerve in the field and with the ball to clinch a thrilling game in dramatic fashion with just seven balls of the match remaining. Continue reading...
  
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• Government confident on Brexit votes despite threat of rebel MPs

  10-06-2018 20:21 via theguardian.com
  No 10 ‘has the numbers’ to see off any revolt by pro-remain MPs in votes on the Brexit bill Senior government figures are confident of winning a series of crucial House of Commons votes on the Brexit bill, despite threats of a revolt by pro-remain MPs.Ministers and aides indicated that they remain “quietly reassured” that they have the numbers to pass the EU withdrawal bill when it returns to the lower chamber on Tuesday.Continue reading...
  
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• MPs call for police to investigate Arron Banks' links to Russia

  10-06-2018 20:18
  MPs are calling for the police and parliament to investigate the links between the millionaire Brexit donor Arron Banks and the Russian government, after it emerged that he met the Kremlin’s ambassador to the UK three times, rather than once as he originally claimed.With pressure growing on Banks to explain his relations with Moscow during and after the EU referendum campaign, the Bristol-based businessman will face a postponed hearing on Tuesday before the digital, culture, media and spor
  
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• MPs call for police to investigate Arron Banks' links to Russia

  10-06-2018 20:18 via theguardian.com
  Parliamentarians suggest other select committees should look into Brexit backer’s contactsMPs are calling for the police and parliament to investigate the links between the millionaire Brexit donor Arron Banks and the Russian government, after it emerged that he met the Kremlin’s ambassador to the UK three times, rather than once as he originally claimed.With pressure growing on Banks to explain his relations with Moscow during and after the EU referendum campaign, the Bristol-based
  
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• TSB report raises further questions over parliament appearance

  10-06-2018 20:09 via theguardian.com
  IBM indicates bank’s IT problems were more wide-ranging than Paul Pester saidTSB has come under further pressure over the information it provided to parliament about its recent computer meltdown following the disclosure of a technical report into the IT crisis at the embattled bank.
  The leak comes after MPs on the Treasury committee were told by the Financial Conduct Authority, the City watchdog, that the TSB chief executive, Paul Pester, may have been aware that more wide-ranging problems
  
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• David and Victoria Beckham join Kent & Curwen fashion show

  10-06-2018 20:07 via theguardian.com
  The couple appeared at the launch of the 2019 collection featuring Stone Roses artworkIn many ways the timing couldn’t have been better. Two days after speculation began circulating on social media over whether Victoria and David Beckham were going to divorce, the couple put paid to the rumours with a show of togetherness, attending London fashion week men’s together.As the newly anointed ambassadorial president of the British Fashion Council, David’s presence was necessary and
  
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• The ‘bad boys of Brexit’ have some big questions to answer | Matthew d’Ancona

  10-06-2018 20:04 via theguardian.com
  The sheer scale of contacts between Arron Banks, Andy Wigmore and Russian officials has been revealed. The implications for our politics could be hugeAs Verbal Kint says in The Usual Suspects: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn’t exist.” And, as we have fresh reason to reflect this weekend, it appears that certain key Brexiteers may have played a similar trick. The popular view of them as a bunch of cheeky chaps is being challenged:
  
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• Businesses warn that Brexit is delaying industrial strategy

  10-06-2018 20:01 via theguardian.com
  Labour and Lib Dem MPs hit out at government’s lack of progress with flagship policyThe government has been accused of mishandling its flagship industrial policy as Brexit dominates the agenda in Whitehall, with business leaders warning that the strategy is not receiving enough attention.The business lobby has joined Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs in condemning delays that mean ministers have yet to appoint a watchdog to oversee the industrial strategy or give details of the funds availab
  
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• Merkel's G7 photo says everything about Trump's diplomacy – or does it?

  10-06-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  A picture released by the chancellor showed the president at bay at the G7 – and it’s an image the US too seems happy to promoteWhy Canadian milk infuriates Donald TrumpDonald Trump’s trade adviser, Peter Navarro, insisted on Sunday that the president was “willing to talk to any world leader”.Related: Trudeau 'stabbed us in back' on trade, says Trump chief economic adviserContinue reading...
  
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• Don’t let data protection undermine journalism | Paul Chadwick

  10-06-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Much will depend on how information commissioners use their powers, and the way judges treat the mediaThe raw material of most journalism is information about people. Not just their failings and follies, but also their triumphs, strivings, diversions, endurance and passions. So when the law adds to the rights and duties that attach to information about people, effects on the practice of journalism can be significant.Recent political bargaining in the UK has resulted in changes to data prote
  
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• 'If they win maybe we can stop talking about 1966!': Nicola Sturgeon needles England with World Cup jibe

  10-06-2018 19:52
  Nicola Sturgeon has needled England fans by saying they might "stop talking about 1966" if their team wins the World Cup.With her country not qualifying, the Scottish First Minister also revealed the team she'd be looking out for when the tournament begins in Russia this week.
  
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• Cuba releases details of incident involving US official

  10-06-2018 19:46
  HAVANA (AP) — Cuba released details Sunday on the latest mysterious health incident involving a U.S. diplomat in the country, saying that Cuban officials learned of the episode late last month when the U.S. said that an embassy official felt ill after hearing "undefined sounds" in her home in Havana.
  
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• Cost of government rises when local newspaper closes, study finds

  10-06-2018 19:39 via theguardian.com
  A study inspired by a John Oliver segment has analysed data from 1,266 US counties and tallied the cost of losing a print watchdogWhen a local newspaper closes, the cost of government increases. That’s the conclusion of new survey from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, which draws a direct line between loss of the watchful eyes of local newspapers and a decline in government efficiency. Paul Gao, a professor of finance at the college, said he got the idea for the study while
  
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• Cuba says 'undefined sounds' at home left US embassy official feeling ill

  10-06-2018 19:33 via theguardian.com
  Investigators found no source of sounds at diplomat’s homeTwo dozen bizarre incidents previously reported by US envoysCuba released details on Sunday on the latest mysterious health incident involving a US diplomat in the country, saying Cuban officials learned of the episode late last month when the US said an embassy official felt ill after hearing “undefined sounds” in her home in Havana.Related: Cuba calls on US and Canada to investigate 'sonic attack' claimsContinue readin
  
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• Martin Sorrell denies paying for sex worker using funds from WPP

  10-06-2018 19:32 via theguardian.com
  Rebuttal by founder of world’s largest advertising group follows allegations in Wall Street Journal Sir Martin Sorrell has “strenuously” denied paying for a sex worker using funds from WPP, the company he founded and developed into the world’s largest advertising group. The remarks follow a report in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, which claimed one of the matters the investigation into Sorrell had examined was whether he had used company money for a sex worker. The
  
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• Rolls-Royce set to announce more than 4,000 job cuts

  10-06-2018 19:27 via theguardian.com
  Aero-engine maker attempts to increase profits by losing middle-management postsRolls-Royce is set to announce more than 4,000 job losses this week as the aero-engine maker attempts to increase profits by cutting middle-management posts.The chief executive, Warren East, has decided to take action after stating repeatedly that the firm has become bloated with unnecessary layers of management and duplicated roles. Continue reading...
  
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• Greece puts men accused over Turkey coup attempt under armed guard

  10-06-2018 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Athens takes strict measures to protect eight commandos who fled after failed putsch in 2016Greece has put in place the “greatest possible” measures to protect eight Turkish commandos accused of being coup plotters after Ankara said it would do everything possible to bring them back.A week after the men were freed from detention, Athens said they were under 24/7 guard at an undisclosed location, for fear of retaliation. Continue reading...
  
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• Greece puts eight men accused over Turkey coup under armed guard

  10-06-2018 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Athens takes strict measures to protect commandos who fled after failed putsch in 2016Greece has put in place the “greatest possible” measures to protect eight Turkish commandos accused of being coup plotters after Ankara said it would do everything possible to bring them back.A week after the men were freed from detention, Athens said they were under 24/7 guard at an undisclosed location, for fear of retaliation. Continue reading...
  
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• Nationalisation isn’t enough. For better transport, you’ve got to go local | John Harris

  10-06-2018 19:17 via theguardian.com
  Behind the Northern Rail crisis is a system that’s staggeringly overcentralised. Power to change transport must be devolvedWhat a very British disgrace it all is. After endless delays, strikes and ticket-price hikes, as the latest crisis on the railways grinds on, the outgoing chief executive of Network Rail is made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, whatever that is. The secretary of state for transport faces calls for his resignation, but grimly stays put. And
  
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• Florida homeowners warned over alligators two days before woman killed

  10-06-2018 19:17 via theguardian.com
  Email sent to community where Shizuka Matsuki livedWarning after 6ft alligator trapped at resident’s front doorTwo days before a south Florida woman was killed by an alligator, an emailed warning about a gator was sent out to homeowners in the waterfront community where she lived. Shizuka Matsuki, 47 and from Plantation, Florida, was killed on Friday at another waterside location in Davie, five miles away. A witness told authorities he saw the woman walking two dogs and then noticed the do
  
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• Italy's far right coalition refuses migrant rescue boat with 629 on board

  10-06-2018 19:16 via theguardian.com
  Matteo Salvini says all Italian ports are now closed to the rescue boat in display of hardline policy The new Italian populist government has announced it is closing its ports to migrants from Libya, leaving more than 600 rescued migrants stuck on board a rescue ship waiting to see if Malta would instead allow the boat to dock and disembark. In the first evidence of the new government’s hardline approach, the interior minister and leader of the far right League, Matteo Salvini, said all It
  
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• Italy shuts ports to rescue boat with 629 migrants on board

  10-06-2018 19:16 via theguardian.com
  Italy asks Malta to allow boat to land after 629 people rescued off coast of LibyaItaly will refuse to let a humanitarian boat carrying more than 600 migrants dock at any of its ports and has asked the Mediterranean island of Malta to open its doors to the vessel, an official said on Sunday. Malta said it had nothing to do with the rescue operation, opening the prospect of a diplomatic stand-off between the two European Union allies. Continue reading...
  
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• Eunice Gayson obituary

  10-06-2018 19:04 via theguardian.com
  Stage and screen actor who found fame playing Sylvia Trench, the first Bond girl, opposite Sean ConneryEunice Gayson, who has died aged 90, was an actor with a film, television and theatre career that spanned several decades. Despite this, she will be forever associated with her unique place in cinema history as the first Bond girl.Exactly eight minutes into the running of the 1962 film Dr No, Sean Connery utters the words “Bond, James Bond” for the first time, in answer to a questio
  
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