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• Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti suggests run against Trump in 2020

  04-07-2018 23:42 via theguardian.com
  ‘IF (big) he seeks re-election, I will run, but only if I think that there is no candidate that has a REAL chance at beating him’Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents pornographic actor Stormy Daniels in her ongoing legal dispute with Donald Trump, said in a tweet Wednesday that he would consider running against the president in the 2020 election.“IF (big) he seeks re-election, I will run, but only if I think that there is no other candidate in the race that has a REAL chan
  
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• Rich Hall’s Working for the American Dream review: he’s Sigmund Freud in a cowboy hat

  04-07-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  The comedian meanders over the Mason-Dixon Line in his attempt to pin down the abstract concept that binds the US togetherRich Hall is standing in front of a huge stars and stripes painted on a wall in a cold, grey, sad, post-industrial town in the midwest. He has fired TV missives/missiles from over there before – about his native south, native Americans on the big screen and country music. This time, he is taking on the big one: he is Sigmund Freud in a cowboy ha
  
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• Jordan Henderson ‘cannot thank Jordan Pickford enough’ for England heroics

  04-07-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • ‘I’m forever in his debt’ says midfielder after penalties drama
  • Jordan Pickford says previous criticism had not affected himJordan Henderson has admitted he will be forever in Jordan Pickford’s debt after his teammate’s eye-catching save from Carlos Bacca set up a historic penalty shootout win over Colombia and secured England’s progress into the World Cup quarter-finals.The Liverpool midfielder had seen his spot-kick brilliantly pushed away by a
  
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• Harry Kane reports fit for Sweden but Jamie Vardy gives cause for concern

  04-07-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Captain experienced calf discomfort after Colombia win
  • Vardy has sugar injection in groin and did not take penaltyGareth Southgate’s fears over the fitness of Harry Kane have been allayed in the aftermath of his team’s bruising knockout success over Colombia and the England captain is set to lead the side into Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against Sweden.Kane, the tournament’s leading scorer with six goals from three appearances, had experienced discomf
  
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• Gareth Southgate’s England shed old baggage and offer reason to believe | Daniel Taylor

  04-07-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Cautious optimism is rooted in humility and work ethic rather than the arrogance with which recent sides have been associatedIt is at times like these, if you have ever seen Henning Wehn’s stand-up routine, that you might recall how part of his act, as possibly the only German on the English comedy circuit, would be to walk out on stage with a replica of the World Cup trophy. Back in Germany, Wehn would explain, everybody kept one. And then he would hold it towards his audience, teasing th
  
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• Emil Krafth says Sweden will be wary of Ashley Young’s diving

  04-07-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  • ‘We must do not do anything stupid with him inside the box’
  • Victor Lindelöf says Sweden ‘are a nation to be taken seriously’
  Sweden will be on alert for the penalty box diving of the England wing-back Ashley Young in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final, according to a member of Janne Andersson’s squad.Emil Krafth describes himself as a Manchester United fan and, as such, the defender says that he has watched a good deal of Young, who has been
  
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• Wiltshire pair poisoned by nerve agent novichok, say police

  04-07-2018 22:51 via theguardian.com
  Substance deemed responsible for severe illness of Dawn Sturgess and Charlie RowleyThe poisoning of a couple in Wiltshire was caused by the nerve agent novichok, the same substance used against a former Russian spy and his daughter four months ago, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer has announced. The statement on Wednesday night by Scotland Yard assistant commissioner Neil Basu followed a day of mystery about what caused the collapse of the couple on Saturday, which was first thought
  
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• Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in Fourth of July protest

  04-07-2018 22:39 via theguardian.com
  Police negotiating with woman who scaled statue in an apparent protest against Trump administration immigration policiesPolice are negotiating with a woman who has climbed the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in an apparent Fourth of July protest against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.At least six protesters were arrested at the monument earlier in the day after hanging a banner from the pedestal emblazoned with a message about abolishing Ice, the US immigration enforceme
  
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• Wilting Maria Sharapova may still be suffering from effects of ban

  04-07-2018 22:15 via theguardian.com
  Russian’s first-round defeat at Wimbledon was a big surprise but she has shown few signs since returning from her 15-month ban that she will add to her grand slam tallyWhither Maria Sharapova? Of all the upsets at this year’s Wimbledon the exit of the 2004 champion in the first round late on Tuesday almost slipped under the radar, happening, as it did, while England were making it through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.In tennis terms, though, the 31-year-old’s defeat r
  
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• Anybody who takes a World Cup penalty is one of bravest people on the pitch | Paul Parker

  04-07-2018 22:13 via theguardian.com
  Paul Parker watched team-mates Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle miss from the spot in 1990 World Cup semi-final and he feared for Eric Dier in the shootout against ColombiaI have to say I was nervous when Eric Dier stepped up to take England’s fifth penalty as he hadn’t had the best game until then after coming on as a substitute against Colombia. But when he scored and England were through to the quarter-finals that way I celebrated, for sure.Anybody who takes a penalty is one of the
  
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• Calls for McVey to resign over misleading MPs on welfare changes

  04-07-2018 21:37 via theguardian.com
  MPs accuse work and pensions secretary of deception over watchdog report on reformsAmyas Morse’s letter to Esther McVeyEsther McVey is facing calls to resign after issuing an apology for misleading parliament about the government’s faltering welfare changes in an apparent breach of ministerial code.The work and pensions secretary was accused of employing “mega-Trumpisms” to deceive MPs when she claimed that Whitehall’s independent spending watchdog had called for th
  
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• Former detainees call for inquiry into UK role in torture and jailing

  04-07-2018 21:36 via theguardian.com
  Nine men once held at US ‘secret prisons’ make appeal after extent of British torture links post-9/11 revealedBritain’s role in our torture and detention must be investigated | Letters
  A judicial inquiry must be launched into the extent of British involvement in kidnapping, false imprisonment and torture by the US during the “war on terror”, a group of former detainees says. Related: Britain’s role in our torture and detention must be investigated | LettersCon
  
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• Chris Froome eager to ‘move on to bike racing again’ at Tour de France

  04-07-2018 21:27 via theguardian.com
  • ASO had moved to ban Froome from race before he was cleared
  • ‘I’m extremely grateful that all the facts have been established’Chris Froome admitted he is keen to put race promoters ASO’s move to ban him from racing in this year’s Tour de France, just days before he was cleared by the UCI of any doping infraction, behind him as he prepares to defend his title .“I can understand the decisions they took,” Froome said. “But I’m drawi
  
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• Ministers warn May not to skirt controversial Brexit issues at Chequers

  04-07-2018 21:14 via theguardian.com
  Ministers fears focus on customs will neglect issues such as services sector and freedom of movementTheresa May’s fractious cabinet ministers are warning Downing Street not to skirt controversial issues, including freedom of movement and services, off the table at Friday’s Chequers meeting.As ministers were prepared for the all-day gathering with briefings in Downing Street, they told the Guardian they were concerned the focus on the details of future customs arrangements was too nar
  
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• Alesha MacPhail: teenager arrested after death of six-year-old on Bute

  04-07-2018 21:12 via theguardian.com
  Police Scotland renews call for witnesses after teenager arrested on suspicion of murderA teenager has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Alesha MacPhail, the six-year-old who went missing on the Isle of Bute on Monday, police said.The body of the child was found in woodland little more than two hours after she was reported missing at about 6.30am. Continue reading...
  
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• Alesha MacPhail: man arrested after death of six-year-old on Bute

  04-07-2018 21:12 via theguardian.com
  Police Scotland renews call for witnesses after man arrested on suspicion of murderA man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Alesha MacPhail, the schoolgirl who went missing on the Isle of Bute on Monday, police have said.The body of the six-year-old was found in woodland a little more than two hours after she was reported missing at about 6.30am. Continue reading...
  
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• Len McCluskey signs letter accusing trans rights activists of intimidation

  04-07-2018 20:49 via theguardian.com
  Unite union leader later clarifies position saying he opposes ‘all hate crime including against trans people’Britain’s most powerful union leader has joined a group of feminist campaigners to sign a controversial letter that accuses some transgender rights activists of violent and intimidating behaviour.The Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, was one of about 140 people, including Julie Bindel and Ruth Serwotka, who signed a letter in the Morning Star warning that a handful
  
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• Thailand cave rescue: where were the boys found and how can they be rescued?

  04-07-2018 20:16 via theguardian.com
  When 12 missing Thai boys and their football coach were found alive deep in a cave system on Monday, joy was tempered with anxiety. The caves are flooded with surging monsoon waters, pitch black and in places too narrow to allow rescuers to pass while carrying scuba gear. None of the boys can swim or dive. The dilemma: risk a highly dangerous escape or wait possibly months for the waters to subsideThe Moo Pa (Wild Boars) academy team are trapped with their coach inside the six-mile Tham Luang ca
  
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• Flying ants cause chaos during Wimbledon invasion

  04-07-2018 20:09 via theguardian.com
  No 2 seed Caroline Wozniacki visibly struggled with swarm during her shock defeat
  Flying ants made an unwelcome return to Wimbledon on Wednesday, prompting complaints from the reigning Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki.The bugs, which swarm in warm weather, caused problems for players last year when the British No 1 Johanna Konta said she had swallowed some. Continue reading...
  
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• Earl of Devon elected to the Lords in a poll of his hereditary peers

  04-07-2018 19:57 via theguardian.com
  Byelection makes ‘mockery of our democracy’, says head of Electoral Reform SocietyAn old Etonian aristocrat has won a lifetime seat in the House of Lords in a hereditary peer byelection with just seven votes. Charles Peregrine Courtenay, the earl of Devon, was among 19 aristocrats who stood for an election decided by 31hereditary crossbench peers. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour: you need to win hearts and minds in our low-wage towns Larry Elliott

  04-07-2018 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Jeremy Corbyn should be streets ahead in the polls. But his lifestyle policies put off too many people in leave-voting placesPreston, Worksop, Rochdale, Morecambe. The flags draped all over Moscow on Tuesday were like a gazetteer of a particular slice of England. Not London, Manchester, Liverpool, but smaller urban centres. Watch the footage of England’s one and only World Cup win, in 1966, and one of the striking features is that the flags being waved by the cheering supporters were union
  
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• Calvetron Brands winds down with loss of 600 UK jobs

  04-07-2018 19:51 via theguardian.com
  Fashion brand founded in 1972 and sold in 300 outlets fails to attract a viable buyerNearly 600 more retail jobs are to go in the UK as the Jacques Vert, Windsmoor and Precis department store brands are wound down by administrators.Administrators said they had failed to find a buyer for Calvetron Brands, which had been restructured following a rescue deal last summer. The business entered administration in May and had already shed more than 400 jobs before Wednesday’s announcement.Continue
  
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• Steve Bell on universal credit and Esther McVey – cartoon

  04-07-2018 19:49 via theguardian.com
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• Serena Williams plays like a world No 1 as she storms into second round

  04-07-2018 19:49 via theguardian.com
  Former champion dominates Viktoriya Tomova while Victoria Azarenka is well beaten by Karolina Pliskova on Centre CourtThree women at this tournament will be remembered as champions of struggle against all odds long after they stop playing: Petra Kvitova, Victoria Azarenka and Serena Williams – but only one is still standing after three days.Williams, the game’s newest mother, handily beat the world No 135, Viktoriya Tomova, 6-1, 6-4 in 66 minutes on Wednesday and moves on in the
  
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• Parties, parades and hot dogs: America celebrates the Fourth of July – in pictures

  04-07-2018 19:45 via theguardian.com
  How Americans are marking Independence Day Continue reading...
  
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• Banksy offers to help save Bristol's under-threat libraries

  04-07-2018 19:35 via theguardian.com
  Artist comes forward to assist council after news that 17 of city’s libraries risk closureBanksy has offered to help transform Bristol’s under-threat library service, the city’s mayor has revealed.
  The anonymous street artist, who has a track record of supporting political causes, is said to have contacted Bristol city council offering his services.Continue reading...
  
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• Gambling Commission says it was misled by Ladbrokes in Black Dave case

  04-07-2018 19:28 via theguardian.com
  • Long-running non-runner story draws to a close• Commission publishes warning over Rule 4 deductionsThe Gambling Commission has said it was misled by Ladbrokes during its investigation into the Black Dave case, which ended on Wednesday with a statement warning bookmakers about their handling of Rule 4 deductions in horse racing. The trainer David Evans was fined last year by racing’s ruling body for delaying notification of a non-runner, Tango Sky, so that he could back his othe
  
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• Trump repeatedly suggested invading Venezuela, stunning top aides – report

  04-07-2018 19:26 via theguardian.com
  The administration officials are said to have taken turns in trying to talk the president out of the idea in August of last year Donald Trump repeatedly raised the possibility of invading Venezuela in talks with his top aides at the White House, according to a new report.Trump brought up the subject of an invasion in public in August last year, saying: “We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary.” But the president’s musings about the
  
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• England fans look to enjoy World Cup good times while they last

  04-07-2018 19:15 via theguardian.com
  Anticipation before Saturday’s game against Sweden has begun to tip into deliriumSince England dramatically beat Colombia on penalties in the Spartak stadium, Carl Gould’s phone has not stopped buzzing: his wedding reception is due to begin at exactly the same moment England kick off against Sweden for their crunch World Cup quarter final and guests are understandably worried.“I have received a lot of texts asking if there’s going to be a television at the reception,&rdqu
  
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• The best 70th birthday presents we could give to the NHS | Letters

  04-07-2018 19:13 via theguardian.com
  On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the NHS, readers celebrate its achievements and worry for its futureIt was no surprise to read that the very first lesson you suggest could be learned from overseas (Five things the NHS could do to improve service, 3 July) is the establishment of integrated health and social care, as has happened in New Zealand. The achievements of the Attlee government are at the heart of my socialist beliefs but the compromises which led then to the split between free
  
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• The Guardian view on world heritage: in the beginning was the dream | Editorial

  04-07-2018 19:10 via theguardian.com
  An astonishing neolithic ruin shows the incomprehensible variety and power of religionUnesco has just added to its list of world heritage sites one of the most remarkable archaeological locations in the world, one which raises huge questions about the development of civilisation and offers no answers at all. Göbekli Tepe appears to be no more than a hill of dirt in the bare, brown landscape of south-eastern Turkey, but excavations starting in the 1990s revealed something extraordinary: bene
  
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• The Guardian view on regulating elections: democracy needs a tougher defence | Editorial

  04-07-2018 19:10 via theguardian.com
  The campaign for Brexit now looks dishonest and discredited. Its dodgy legacy casts a shadow over Theresa May’s governmentA healthy democracy has many mechanisms to hold politicians to account, but none as mighty as the ballot box. The government that fails to fulfil its promises can be expelled from power. This contract between electorate and elected is one reason why many democrats are suspicious of referendums. The danger is that they elevate a one-off verdict above the normal constitut
  
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• Caroline Wozniacki crashes out of Wimbledon after flying ant invasion

  04-07-2018 19:08 via theguardian.com
  • No 2 seed beaten 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 by Ekaterina Makarova
  • Match disrupted by flying ants on Court No 1This year will forever go down as a great one in the career of Caroline Wozniacki, the Dane who became a grand slam champion for the first time in Melbourne in January. Her memories of Wimbledon, however, will be all too brief after she was upended 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 in the second round by Ekaterina Makarova, a Russian who has made a career out of giant-killing.Makarova had already beaten Wo
  
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• Another PMQs brings the end of days closer for Theresa May | John Crace

  04-07-2018 19:04 via theguardian.com
  Her cabinet are barely speaking and Esther McVey has been accused of deliberately misleading parliamentWe are reaching the end of days. Theresa May’s authority diminishes by the day. Her cabinet is barely speaking to one another and body bags have been ordered in for Friday’s Chequers mini-break. Esther McVey has been accused of deliberately misleading parliament about Universal Credit by the National Audit Office. Vote Leave has been accused of breaking the electoral rules on campai
  
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• Possession lost on the World Cup stage as defences learn to adapt | Jonathan Wilson

  04-07-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Tactical postmortems must also factor in those things which cannot be planned for, as Spain and Germany can attestNo side, perhaps, is ever so much itself as when it is going out of the World Cup. When teams – or at least those with aspirations to the title – fail, they tend to fail in their own way, and become too much of themselves: self-parody is a perennial danger. And so Spain and Germany went out of the World Cup after anaemic performances in which they seemed to fetishise poss
  
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• Lewis Hamilton guided by faith and perspective for new F1 challenges

  04-07-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Four-time world champion is as driven as ever but says F1 is not worth dying for and credits religion for keeping him focusedLewis Hamilton knows that risk is part of his business but has revealed that while his passion for Formula One is as strong as ever, he believes it is not worth dying for. As he prepares for this weekend’s British Grand Prix, the four-time world champion also emphasised the importance of his faith and despite the danger inherent in the sport, that: “God has his
  
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• First test tube rhino embryos could bring extinct species back from dead

  04-07-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The northern white rhino is essentially extinct – just two females remain – but new research paves the way for its resurrectionThe first rhino embryos have been created in a test tube and could help save the northern white rhino, which is essentially extinct.There are just two northern white rhino (NWR) females left alive. The last male, called Sudan, died in March in Kenya, meaning the subspecies is doomed to die out unless the new IVF techniques bear fruit.Continue reading...
  
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• England turn to Merlyn to counter India’s spin magician Kuldeep Yadav

  04-07-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  • Bowling machine will replicate Yadav’s left-arm wrist spin
  • Jos Buttler–England may need couple of T20 games to ‘read’ spinnerEngland are expected to fire up the Merlyn spin-bowling machine in the nets at Cardiff on Friday as they search for a method to counter Kuldeep Yadav’s unconventional left-arm wrist spin in their Twenty20 series with India.The message from Jos Buttler, the vice-captain, was not to panic after Tuesday’s opening eight-wicket
  
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• Macron visits Fela Kuti-founded nightclub during Nigeria visit

  04-07-2018 18:50 via theguardian.com
  French president visited venue after holding talks with Muhammadu BuhariEmmanuel Macron has visited a nightclub founded by legendary Nigerian Afrobeat star Fela Kuti, which has a reputation as a hedonistic haven filled with frenetic music, scantily clad dancers and the smell of marijuana. The French president arrived at the famous venue in the Nigerian city of Lagos just hours after holding talks and a news conference with President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital, Abuja, at the start of a two-d
  
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• After the euphoria a reality check: England must offer more on Saturday | Barney Ronay

  04-07-2018 18:46 via theguardian.com
  There were plenty of heroes against Colombia, but in open play England have been over-reliant on Harry Kane and the other attacking players need to up their game against SwedenWell, that was fun. After two hours of vivid, gruelling knockout football at the Spartak Stadium, England’s penalty shootout defeat of Colombia felt at times like an overload of the senses. A quarter-final with Sweden in Samara awaits on Saturday.England have finally won on penalties, led by the man who previously lo
  
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• Grenfell firefighter prepared to die when oxygen almost ran out

  04-07-2018 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Christopher Secrett tells inquiry lift failed as he went to help girl on 20th floorA firefighter at Grenfell Tower prepared to die when his oxygen almost ran out during the attempted rescue of a 12-year old girl because the fire lift failed, the public inquiry has heard.Christopher Secrett, a crew manager at North Kensington fire station, placed himself in a corner of the smoke-logged stairs, so his body would not be in the way if he died, and tried to text his mother, the inquiry heard. Continu
  
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• Tunisia hit back after Zimbabwe rugby team sleep on streets before qualifier

  04-07-2018 18:32 via theguardian.com
  • Players slept on pavement in Tunisia over hotel row
  • Tunisia accuse Zimbabwe’s delegation of ‘unethical actions’Tunisia rugby chiefs have accused Zimbabwe’s delegation of “unethical actions” after players slept on streets prior to a World Cup qualifier.Pictures posted on social media showed Zimbabwe players on the pavements in Tunisia prior to Saturday’s match against their hosts in Beja. Continue reading...
  
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• Terry Gilliam on diversity: 'I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian'

  04-07-2018 18:30 via theguardian.com
  The film-maker weighs in on the controversy surrounding BBC comedy chief Shane Allen’s comment about ‘six Oxbridge white blokes’Terry Gilliam has responded to the BBC diversity debate which referenced Monty Python by saying: “I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian.”Gilliam was commenting on the row over diversity triggered by the BBC’s unveiling of its new comedy programming, announced in June, at which the BBC’s controller of comedy commissionin
  
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• Paedophile football coach George Ormond jailed for 20 years

  04-07-2018 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Ormond was convicted on Tuesday of dozens of sexual abuse offences against boys over three decadesA paedophile football coach who worked with Newcastle United’s youth players and sexually abused boys over three decades has been jailed for 20 years. Related: George Ormond crushed dreams and lives of boys he abusedContinue reading...
  
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• Jordan Pickford: from non-league novice to World Cup hero in six years

  04-07-2018 18:25 via theguardian.com
  The England goalkeeper’s display against Colombia did not shock those who worked with him at Darlington and AlfretonJordan Pickford is not a man for false modesty and most certainly does not do self-deprecation. If his apparently supreme confidence seems slightly at odds with assorted accounts of the England and Everton goalkeeper as a quiet, almost shy, teenager it may stem partly from loan stints in the tough-as-teak non-league habitats of Darlington and Alfreton.It did not take Pickford
  
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• ‘It was clear he was special’: when Jordan Pickford was a non-league novice

  04-07-2018 18:25 via theguardian.com
  The England goalkeeper’s display against Colombia did not shock those who worked with him at Darlington and AlfretonJordan Pickford is not a man for false modesty and most certainly does not do self-deprecation. If his apparently supreme confidence seems slightly at odds with assorted accounts of the England and Everton goalkeeper as a quiet, almost shy, teenager it perhaps stems partly from loan stints in the tough-as-teak non-league habitats of Darlington and Alfreton.It did not take Pic
  
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• Ryanair crew could join pilots' strike action over pay and conditions

  04-07-2018 18:11 via theguardian.com
  Representatives say little progress made, as 100 pilots due to walk out on 12 JulyRyanair crew have warned they could join pilots in taking industrial action this summer after presenting the chief executive, Michael O’Leary, with a list of demands.Speaking after a summit in Dublin, representatives of cabin and ground crew from across Europe said there had been little progress since O’Leary reversed a long-held policy of refusing to recognise trade unions more than six months ago. Con
  
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• Britain 'will strengthen response to hurricanes in Caribbean'

  04-07-2018 18:07 via theguardian.com
  Foreign secretary Boris Johnson plans improved coordination with other countriesBoris Johnson, the foreign secretary, has implied that the British government was overwhelmed by the hurricanes in the Caribbean last summer, by announcing plans to strengthen the UK response, supplying better equipped ships, a regional co-ordination centre and improving integration with other countries in the region.The British Overseas Territories, principally the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, and Turks and Cai
  
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• World Cup and hot weather bolster supermarkets sales

  04-07-2018 17:59 via theguardian.com
  Celebratory mood reflected in sales of beer, barbecue food and ice-creamEngland’s progress in the World Cup – combined with an uninterrupted run of hot weather – is giving UK supermarkets a multimillion pound sales fillip as shoppers stock up with beer, barbecue food and ice-cream.Retailers said their sales reflected the wider celebratory mood, with fans watching the games from home shelling out for football parties and al fresco gatherings before games.Continue reading...
  
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• Sweden scouting report: Granqvist and Forsberg lead the way | David Hytner

  04-07-2018 17:51 via theguardian.com
  Defensive leader Andreas Granqvist and the creative Emil Forsberg are the best players in Janne Andersson’s tough teamJanne Andersson has built this team on sturdy defensive principles and the most obvious thing to note is how they compress space, leaving hardly any of it between the lines. Sweden defend with all 11 players and they are happy to cede possession to the opposition, working to break up attacks and waiting to strike on the counter. Continue reading...
  
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