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• Operation Midland: Only one officer spoke to investigation into police failures

  06-10-2019 23:47
  The Met examined false claims made by Carl Beech about a non-existent VIP paedophile ring. Photograph: Julia Reinhart/Getty ImagesOnly one of the officers referred to the police watchdog for investigation over Scotland Yard’s disastrous investigation of a bogus establishment paedophile ring answered face-to-face questions from investigators, the Guardian has learned.The controversial report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into Operation Midland, the £2.5m Metrop
  
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• Johnson asks France's Macron to 'push forward' on Brexit

  06-10-2019 23:45
  Britain's Boris Johnson urged French President Emanuel Macron on Sunday to "push forward" to secure a Brexit deal and told himthe EU should not be lured into the mistaken belief that the UK would stay in the EU after Oct.31, the prime minister's office said.Johnson discussed his Brexit proposal, which has been widely rebuffed in Brussels, with Macron and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa on Sunday."The UK has made a big, important offer but it's time for the Commission to show a willingnes
  
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• US asked to waive immunity for envoy's wife involved in crash

  06-10-2019 23:43
  Charlotte Charles with her son Harry Dunn, who died after his motorbike collided with a car near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August.Photograph: Charlotte Charles/PAPolice chiefs have written to the US embassy in London to demand immunity is waived for an American diplomat’s wife who is a suspect in relation to a fatal road crash.Nick Adderley, chief constable for Northamptonshire police, said US authorities had been appealed to in “the strongest terms” to apply a wa
  
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• Johnson tells Macron: Don’t be lured into mistaken belief Brexit will be delayed

  06-10-2019 23:30
  The Prime Minister spent the weekend talking to EU leaders including Emmanuel Macron and Portugal’s Antonio Costa.
  
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• Football clubs too important to be left in hands of bad owners – Corbyn

  06-10-2019 23:30
  The Labour leader pledged to shake up the way the sport is run.
  
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• English police urged Uefa to reschedule Friday night Prague game amid fan fears

  06-10-2019 23:30
  • Timing of Euro tie in Prague could spark drunken behaviour
  • Uefa overlooked Mark Roberts’ plea, making the game high riskThe national police lead officer for football, Mark Roberts, has revealed that he wrote to Uefa to urge it not to stage England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech Republic in Prague this Friday night, amid fears the timing would increase the extent of drunken and antisocial behaviour from travelling fans.Roberts made no secret of his disappointment at
  
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• Corbyn: we will give football fans more say in how clubs are run

  06-10-2019 23:30
  A Labour government would empower supporters’ trusts, says party leader. Football supporters could have more influence over the way their clubs are run under plans announced by the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. He said that a Labour government would legislate to ensure that supporters’ trusts had the right to appoint, and sack, at least two members of a club’s board of directors. Labour would also legislate to give supporters’ trusts the right to purchase shares in a club
  
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• Boris Johnson Tells Emmanuel Macron There Will Be No Brexit Delay - Despite Legislation To Block No-Deal Exit

  06-10-2019 23:30
  Boris Johnson has issued a defiant warning to French president Emmanuel Macronas he made clear the UK will leave the European Union on October 31 despitespeculation of a Brexit delay
  
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• I Love You, Now Die review – nuanced truth behind a true-crime shocker

  06-10-2019 23:15
  This two-parter about a teenager who sent thousands of texts to her boyfriend suggesting ways he could take his life starts out simple and horrific. Then comes the twistThe pivot is key. In the genre of true-crime documentary that Netflix has dominated since Making a Murderer, the moment when the case dissolves from monochrome certainty – he did it! She did it! There is no way they didn’t do it! – into a grey tide of doubts that gradually recede to reveal the jagged rocks of de
  
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• Suspect charged with murder in deaths of four homeless men in New York City

  06-10-2019 23:01
  Randy Santos, 24, was arrested after the deaths of four homeless men who were bludgeoned with a metal pipe as they were sleepingNew York Police Department on Sunday afternoon charged a man suspected of beating to death homeless men sleeping on the street on Saturday with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.The man, 24, was also charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana, department spokesman Martin Brown said. Continue reading...
  
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• Eddie Jones remains focused on improving England for France decider

  06-10-2019 23:00
  • England coach claims he has not looked at the permutations
  • Jones claims he is only interested in building for next matchEddie Jones plans to ring the changes against France on Saturday, with England having already qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals, but dismissed suggestions his side would be better off losing and finishing second in their pool.Saturday’s victory over Argentina confirmed England had reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2011. Jones&rsquo
  
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• Socialists on course for victory but no majority in Portugal election

  06-10-2019 22:44
  Party set for a second term with more seats but just short of 116 seats needed to rule outrightPortuguese prime minister António Costa’s Socialist party are on course to win a second term after the country held general elections but are unlikely to secure an outright majority, according to exit polls.Four polls put the Socialist party on between 33% and 40% of the vote – more than in the previous election in 2015 and bucking a wider European trend of declining centre-left fort
  
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• Police chiefs urge US embassy to waive immunity after fatal crash

  06-10-2019 22:44
  His mother Charlotte Charles said they were prepared to travel to the US to seek a resolution to their situation.
  
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• Oakland’s early arrival pays off against Bears and Jacobs profits

  06-10-2019 22:44
  • Oakland Raiders 24-21 Chicago Bears
  A salmon-like leap over a hoard of ravenous Bears earned victory for the Oakland Raiders and put the rookie running back Josh Jacobs’s name up in lights.Two first-half touchdowns – one from Jacobs – and a field goal had put the unfancied Raiders in the driving seat at half-time. The Chicago Bears recovered their poise in the second half to power their way to a 21-17 lead. With the clock into the final two minutes of the game, however,
  
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• Starwatch: Algol gives us a chance to marvel at a variable star

  06-10-2019 22:30
  Once associated with Medusa’s head, this is one of few stars the naked eye can see changing brightnessThis week offers northern hemisphere observers a good opportunity to see a variable star in action. Algol is located in the constellation of Perseus and is one of only a few stars that can be seen to change brightness with the naked eye. This extraordinary characteristic led our ancestors to associate it with the severed head of the gorgon Medusa being held in Perseus’s hand. The nam
  
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• ‘Not acceptable’: David de Gea speaks out after Manchester United defeat

  06-10-2019 22:13
  • Goalkeeper apologises to fans after United beaten at Newcastle
  • Solskjær admits finishing in the top six will be ‘very tough’A bewildered looking David de Gea described Manchester United’s form as “unacceptable” as a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle United left Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side only two points above the relegation zone.The Spain goalkeeper joined his manager in apologising to travelling fans after a Newcastle counterattack following a
  
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• Portugal: British pair drown as man attempts to save woman in difficulty

  06-10-2019 21:46
  The woman got into trouble in rough waters while swimming in the Alentejo region A British man and woman have drowned off a beach in south-west Portugal after they got into difficulty while swimming.Rescue services were alerted at around 2.30pm on Sunday when a 34-year-old man tried to rescue a woman, 33, from the sea at Praia da Zambujeira do Mar in the Alentejo region after she got into difficulty. Continue reading...
  
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• Extinction Rebellion ‘Opening Ceremony’ Kicks Off Two Weeks Of Protests In London

  06-10-2019 21:38
  Extinction Rebellion activists have held an "opening ceremony" ahead of twoweeks of planned protests across London
  
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• Sebastian Coe admits he has not read report which led to Alberto Salazar’s ban

  06-10-2019 21:34
  • Coe defends the sport’s approach to catching drug cheats
  • IAAF president also cautions criticism of Sifan HassanSebastian Coe says he has not yet read the report that led to Alberto Salazar being banned for four years by the US Anti-Doping Agency – but insists that athletics does more than most sports to catch drug cheats.The revelation came when the International Association of Athletics Federations president was asked what he thought about the Nike CEO, Mark Parker, ex
  
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• Pompeo hails ‘new era’ with Greece after signing revised defense deal

  06-10-2019 21:32
  US secretary of state indulged in a rare charm offensive during two-day visit amid Trump impeachment scandal back homeAmid the furore of a presidential impeachment scandal back home, US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo inaugurated “a new era” in relations with Greece, the country increasingly seen as a pillar of stability in an ever more turbulent region.At least physically several thousand miles away from the hurly burly of the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump in Washington, w
  
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• Variant 31 review – immersive zombie caper is more theme park than theatre

  06-10-2019 21:30
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  In an elaborate game of hide and seek, you have to avoid the marauding undead – but the fear and the fun soon fizzle outA hand grabs my ankle and a veiny arm slips back into the darkness. My lights turn yellow. I have 90 seconds to find a healing station or I’m dead. I sprint up the narrow staircase and just make it, only to miss out because of the polite queue waiting to be resurrected.This new, immersive zombie survival game is framed by a tale of scientif
  
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• Ginger Baker, wild and brilliant Cream drummer, dies aged 80

  06-10-2019 21:09
  Drummer who straddled jazz, blues and rock ‘passed away peacefully’Ginger Baker: a master and monster who split rock music apartA life in pictures: Ginger BakerGinger Baker, one of the most brilliant, versatile and turbulent drummers in the history of British music, has died aged 80.His family had previously made it public that he was critically ill and asked fans to “please keep him in your prayers”. His Facebook page said he “passed away peacefully” on Sunda
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2019: week three – Sunday night results show

  06-10-2019 21:02
  It’s movie week! But who had enough razzle-dazzle not to end up on the cutting room floor? We followed every bit of the action 8.02pm BST So that’s it for another week! I’ll be back next Saturday at the earlier time of 6.40pm for another spin round the liveblog dancefloor – thank you so much for all your brilliant comments, and don’t forget to pop back on Tuesday for Rhik’s GBBO liveblog. Have a fabulous week! Hx 8.00pm BST They say lovely things about each ot
  
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• Prince Harry’s tabloid lawsuit 'will likely take a year to get to court'

  06-10-2019 21:02
  Duke of Sussex joins case against Sun and Mirror in group action over phone hackingPrince Harry’s legal action against newspaper publishers over phone-hacking is likely to take a year to come to court, it has emerged, as pressure builds over the tabloids’ treatment of the royal family.His decision to join group litigation launched by others who have said they were victims of phone-hacking came shortly after his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, sued the publisher of the Mail on Su
  
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• Prince Harry’s tabloid lawsuit 'will likely take a year to get to court'

  06-10-2019 21:02
  Duke of Sussex joins case against Sun and Mirror in group action over phone hacking. Prince Harry’s legal action against newspaper publishers over phone-hacking is likely to take a year to come to court, it has emerged, as pressure builds over the tabloids’ treatment of the royal family. His decision to join group litigation launched by others who have said they were victims of phone-hacking came shortly after his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex , sued the publisher of the Mail o
  
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• Internazionale v Juventus: Serie A – live!

  06-10-2019 21:01
  Live updates from the San Siro, kick-off 7.45pm (BST)San Siro showdown: Conte takes on Sarri in battle for Serie A supremacy
  Feel free to email Alex or tweet @A_Hess 8.01pm BST 12 mins: Alex Sandro is booked for stopping Inter taking a quick throw.8.00pm BST 11 mins: Godin leaves Ronaldo in a heap again as the pair tangle on halfway. No foul this time. Ronaldo aims an angry pout in the direction of the ref. Then a fired-up Skriniar does the same to Dybala – foul. Very tasty so far. Continu
  
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• Extinction Rebellion ‘opening ceremony’ ahead of two weeks of protests

  06-10-2019 20:53
  Groups of artists held a procession around Marble Arch.
  
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• World Athletics Championships: USA win 4x400m relays on final day – as it happened

  06-10-2019 20:46
  Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot won the men’s 1500m and Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei the men’s 1000m, while USA’s Nia Ali took the women’s 100m hurdles; USA also won both 4x400m relays, and finished well clear at the top of the medals table 7.46pm BST Thanks all for your company – enjoy what’s left of the weekend. Cheerio.7.46pm BST Anyway, the 2019 World Athletics Championships are in the books. They were, unfortunately, a curious mix of sportswashing, emp
  
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• Harry Dunn crash: Chief constable demands suspect's return to UK

  06-10-2019 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  They say a diplomat's wife involved in the crash which killed Harry Dunn, 19, must return to the UK.
  
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• Suspect in killing of four homeless men in New York to appear in court

  06-10-2019 20:33
  Randy Santos, 24, who was arrested Saturday and has undergone psychiatric evaluation, faces multiple murder chargesThe suspect in the deaths of four homeless men who were bludgeoned with a metal pipe as they were sleeping on New York streets has undergone a psychiatric evaluation and was expected to appear in court on Sunday.He faces multiple murder charges and a charge of attempted murder, the New York Police Department said. Continue reading...
  
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• Iraq government pledges to investigate live firing on protesters

  06-10-2019 20:23
  Interior ministry spokesman denies claims security forces clashed with demonstratorsAn Iraqi interior ministry spokesman says an investigation is underway to determine the source of live fire that killed protesters during six days of unrest that have left more than 100 peopledead and thousands injured.Spokesman Saad Maan claimed on Sunday that local security forces had not clashed with protesters. He told a press conference that “malicious hands” had also targeted security forces on
  
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• Macron gives Johnson until end of week to overhaul Brexit plan

  06-10-2019 20:12
  French president’s insistence that UK should give way raises chances of talks implodingHow far away are UK and EU from reaching a Brexit deal?The French president has given Boris Johnson until the end of the week to fundamentally revise his Brexit plan, in a move that increases the chances of the negotiations imploding within days.The UK proposals tabled last week are not regarded in Brussels as being a basis for a deal and Emmanuel Macron emphasised it was up to the UK to think again befo
  
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• Prevent strategy: your questions answered

  06-10-2019 20:03
  How does UK’s controversial anti-radicalisation programme work and why is it criticised. The unveiling of a secret database holding all referrals to Prevent has sparked a fresh debate over the controversial anti-radicalisation programme. What is Prevent? Prevent is one of the four “Ps” of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy, along with Pursue, Protect and Prepare. Prevent was created by the Labour government in 2003 and its remit was widened by the coalition gover
  
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• Counter-terror police running secret Prevent database

  06-10-2019 20:03
  Exclusive: Details of thousands referred to programme can be viewed without their knowledgeCounter-terror police across the UK have been running a secret database containing details of thousands of individuals referred to the government’s controversial anti-radicalisation Prevent programme, the Guardian can reveal.The National Police Prevent Case Management (PCM) database is managed centrally by national counter-terrorism policing headquarters. It is accessible to all police forces across
  
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• How far away are UK and EU from reaching a Brexit deal?

  06-10-2019 20:02
  Agreement this week unlikely but talks are ongoing and PM is building Commons supportMacron gives Johnson until end of week to overhaul Brexit planPerhaps. The EU summit starting on 17 October has long been seen as a hard deadline, but EU leaders will not negotiate legal text in the middle of the night and, realistically, for a deal to happen most of the components would have to be in place by next weekend. Emmanuel Macron has floated this Friday as a deadline, although No 10 thinks 14 October w
  
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• Journalism has a vital role in a constitutional democracy | Paul Chadwick

  06-10-2019 20:00
  At times of historic importance, the media provides information that breathes life into our democracyIn their moments of stress, constitutions need regular dabs of information. Disclosures by journalists helped to start impeachment proceedings in the Richard Nixon and Donald Trump presidencies in a country where the constitution expressly protects press freedom. Information brought to light in the media is no less important to the workings of the UK’s unwritten constitution. In this era of
  
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• Ben Jennings on the PM's efforts to reach a Brexit deal – cartoon

  06-10-2019 19:52
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• Erratic Trump struggles to control message as impeachment threat grows

  06-10-2019 19:50
  Republican defenders mostly silent, with two vivid exceptions, as at least one additional whistleblower steps forward As Donald Trump strived to enforce message discipline among Republicans in the face of a building threat that he will be impeached, new forces beyond the US president’s control appeared likely to accelerate the congressional impeachment inquiry further in the coming week.At least one additional whistleblower has stepped forward to describe an alleged scheme by Trump to exto
  
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• Newcastle’s Matty Longstaff stuns Manchester United with goal on debut

  06-10-2019 19:47
  Maybe, just maybe, Steve Bruce and Newcastle United might not be heading for divorce after all. Perhaps the home manager’s bravery in offering 19-year-old Matty Longstaff his Premier League debut, alongside his elder brother Sean in central midfield, will one day be regarded as a watershed.Whatever the future holds the Longstaff family will never forget the day tears tumbled down Matty’s cheeks after he scored a wonderful second-half winning goal to simultaneously relieve the growing
  
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• Bus driver stabbed in Sheffield city centre

  06-10-2019 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police say.
  
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• The Guardian view on women’s pensions: a feminist issue | Editorial

  06-10-2019 19:30
  A court ruled against the BackTo60 group last week. But the 1950s-born activists’ fight against injustice goes onSome means must be found to ease the hardship faced by the 1950s-born women worst affected by pension age changes. Last week the high court rejected the arguments in a judicial review brought by the campaign group BackTo60. The group argued that changes to the law in 1995 and 2011 were discriminatory on grounds of sex and age, and that 3.8 million women should be compensated. Bu
  
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• 'All hope had gone': grieving British mother criticises US embassy

  06-10-2019 19:29
  Charlotte Charles with her son Harry Dunn, who died after his motorbike collided with a car near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August.Photograph: Charlotte Charles/PAThe mother of a Northamptonshire teenager who died in a road crash involving a US diplomat’s wife has said she felt “all hope had gone” when she learned the woman had fled abroad.Charlotte Charles, whose 19-year-old son, Harry was killed in August, has criticised the US embassy for refusing to lift her di
  
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• 'All hope had gone': grieving British mother criticises US embassy

  06-10-2019 19:29
  After being involved in road crash that killed woman’s son, wife of diplomat fled countryThe mother of a Northamptonshire teenager who died in a road crash involving a US diplomat’s wife has said she felt “all hope had gone” when she learned the woman had fled abroad.Charlotte Charles, whose 19-year-old son, Harry was killed in August, has criticised the US embassy for refusing to lift her diplomatic immunity status. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on a changing EU: leaving Britain behind | Editorial

  06-10-2019 19:25
  Brexiters routinely underestimate the resilience of the European project and overstate their own importance on the continentThere is a common misperception among British Eurosceptics that the EU is as obsessed with obstructing Brexit as they are with completing it. That is untrue in two ways. First, the priority in Brussels is to facilitate the UK’s orderly departure. There was a phase of grief, but that has mostly given way to frustration at British politicians’ collective ineptitud
  
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• French protests against IVF treatment for gay and single women

  06-10-2019 19:12
  Thousands march in Paris to oppose new law aimed at extending reproductive rightsTens of thousands of people have marched in Paris to protest against a new law allowing lesbian couples and single women the right to conceive children with medical help.The bill is Emmanuel Macron’s first major social reform: a law to end discrimination over women’s reproductive rights by allowing lesbian couples and single women access to medically-assisted procreation, such as IVF and sperm donation.
  
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• Runner dies after taking part in Cardiff half marathon

  06-10-2019 19:01
  Participant treated by medical emergency team at the scene but later died in hospitalA runner has died after taking part in the Cardiff half marathon on Sunday, organisers have said.The participant was treated by a medical emergency team on the course, and then taken to the University Hospital of Wales where they died, according to Run 4 Wales, the not-for-profit organisation that runs sporting events in Wales. Continue reading...
  
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• Au revoir Aurora Australis: 'It’s a tiny melting pot of humanity isolated in the Southern Ocean'

  06-10-2019 19:00
  For 30 years icebreaker Aurora Australia has carried researchers and artists to Antarctica. As it prepares for its final voyage, passengers and crew recall its legacyIn winter, it rests at the waterfront, where its enormous steel bow – painted a distinctive hue known as “international orange” – provides a photo-friendly backdrop to the Dark Mofo Winter Feast. In summer, it embarks for Antarctica, carrying scientists and supplies on multiple voyages across the Southern Oce
  
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• Manchester City still in title race despite ‘nervous’ defeat, says Guardiola

  06-10-2019 18:55
  • Adama Traoré scores both in 2-0 win for Wolves
  • It was a bad day, sometimes it happens, says City managerPep Guardiola admitted his Manchester City players were “nervous” as they were beaten by Wolves at the Etihad Stadium thanks to two goals from a former Barcelona player, Adama Traoré.The 23-year-old Traoré – who began his career under Guardiola at the Camp Nou – scored two in the last 10 minutes for a result that leaves the champions e
  
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• A battle for the soul of the city: why violence has spiralled in the Hong Kong protests

  06-10-2019 18:52
  Escalating brutality has been central to the long standoff between the city’s authorities and its peopleWhen Hong Kong’s summer of protests began in June, the city was so shocked by police unleashing 150 canisters of tear gas and using their batons, it helped bring two million people into the streets to demonstrate again and denounce police brutality.Four months of rolling protests later, they used nearly 10 times as many tear gas rounds in 24 hours in a futile bid to control the cit
  
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• John Humphrys: next BBC director general must be female

  06-10-2019 18:50
  Former Today presenter tells festival audience that BBC’s equality record has improvedJohn Humphrys has said it “outrageous” and “plain wrong” that the BBC has never had a woman as director general.The journalist, who retired from presenting Radio 4’s Today Programme last month, said whoever succeeded Tony Hall to be in charge of the corporation should be a woman. Continue reading...
  
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