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• Leicester v Newport, Bournemouth v Everton and more: Carabao Cup clockwatch – live

  08-11-2022 20:45 via theguardian.com
  Carabao Cup third-round matches kick off at 7.45pm GMTShare your thoughts with Scott via emailCHANGES BY TEAM. As diligently recorded by the Guardian’s official Carabao Cup Commitment team using their patented Taking Things Seriously-o-meter™.11: Everton
  9: Bournemouth, Burnley
  8: Bristol City
  7: Crawley, Leicester, MK Dons
  6: Brentford, Lincoln
  4: Charlton, Newport, Stevenage
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• Midterm elections 2022: Americans head to polls with control of Congress at stake – live

  08-11-2022 20:43 via theguardian.com
  Florida state department tells DoJ that federal election monitors won’t be permittedWhen will we know who won US midterm races — and what to expectUS midterm elections results 2022 – liveAndrew Gawthorpe is a historian of the United States at Leiden University and host of the podcast America Explained, and he writes for the Guardian today to argue that the future of American democracy is at stake in the midterm elections:Never before in American history has there been an organi
  
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• The Great British Bake Off 2022 semi-final – live

  08-11-2022 20:41 via theguardian.com
  The final four are battling it out! And tensions are so high in the tent even Matt and Noel and keeping shtumLast week we said goodbye to the wonderful baker Maxy, who was tipped by many to make it to the finals because she won Star Baker in both biscuit week and Mexican week. Syabira also achieved a Bake Off first – winning Star Baker for three consecutive weeks!Abdul continues to be the true underdog of the series. He’s in the semi-finals despite not ever having won a handshake or
  
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• Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’

  08-11-2022 20:41 via theguardian.com
  European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software, including PegasusThe senior MEP leading an inquiry into spyware has accused the EU commission of ignoring the “grave threat to democracy” posed by the use of the technology, and national governments of failing to co-operate with her investigation.The Dutch liberal MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld said there was illegal use of spyware in Poland, Hunga
  
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• Martin Rowson on Cop27 and the US midterm elections – cartoon

  08-11-2022 20:30 via theguardian.com
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• Voters hold political fate of US in their hands as they cast midterm ballots

  08-11-2022 20:19 via theguardian.com
  Voters across the US today described a range of urgent concerns, whether over the ongoing assault on reproductive rights or anxieties about the economy and crimeUS midterm election results 2022: liveMillions of Americans took to the polls on Tuesday for the 2022 midterm elections, a series of bitter contests that will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control Congress for the next two years, as well as key state and local offices. The outcome could also help determine whether 2020 elect
  
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• Cop27: ending war in Ukraine necessary to tackle climate crisis, Zelenskiy says

  08-11-2022 20:17 via theguardian.com
  Ukrainian president says Russia’s invasion has forced dozens of countries to resume coal-fired power to alleviate energy costsCop27 live – latest news updatesThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has told world leaders they will not be able to tackle the climate crisis unless Russia’s invasion of his country ends.“There can be no effective climate policy without the peace,” he said in a video address at the Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday. &ldquo
  
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• Landlord was warned of mould that killed toddler in Rochdale flat

  08-11-2022 20:07 via theguardian.com
  Health visitor tells court she reported black mould to housing officers months before Awaab Ishak died of respiratory failureA health visitor wrote to housing officials expressing concern about conditions in a rented flat months before a two-year-old died after his exposure to mould.An inquest in Rochdale is investigating the death of toddler Awaab Ishak who lived with his mother and father in a one-bedroom housing estate flat managed by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). Continue reading...
  
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• Gavin Williamson future in peril over ‘unethical and immoral’ behaviour

  08-11-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Fresh inquiry triggered as civil servant makes formal complaint and Williamson’s former deputy criticises behaviour as chief whipUK politics live – latest news updatesGavin Williamson’s political future is in increasing peril after his former deputy chief whip criticised his “unethical and immoral” behaviour while a senior civil servant who said he told them to “slit your throat” made a formal complaint.Anne Milton, who was Williamson’s number two
  
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• Cokayne ready for school reunion in heat of Rugby World Cup final battle

  08-11-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  English-born hooker, who grew up in New Zealand, will face two Feilding High School friends in Saturday’s final at Eden ParkThe chances of one secondary school in rural Manawatu supplying three players in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final is notable on its own. Even more remarkable is the fact that one of the trio, Amy Cokayne, will be wearing a white jersey, aiming to be “the villain” who dashes her friends’ childhood dreams of Eden Park glory.The English-born hooke
  
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• End of the good times for Persimmon as cracks appear in housing market

  08-11-2022 19:54 via theguardian.com
  Ever-rising prices meant the homebuilder channelled large sums to shareholders and executives in recent yearsThe Jeff Fairburn era at Persimmon didn’t properly end when the over-bonused and unabashed chief executive walked away with his ludicrous £75m windfall in 2018. For the housebuilding company itself, good times kept rolling in the form of rising house prices, gentle market conditions and a dividend policy that channelled large sums to shareholders in most years. Even the Covid-
  
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• The Guardian view on Egypt’s abuses: justice needed for Alaa Abd el-Fattah – and the others | Editorial

  08-11-2022 19:52 via theguardian.com
  The treatment of the British-Egyptian democracy activist is a travesty, and emblematic of the regime’s brutalityOnly the Egyptian regime knows the fate of Alaa Abd el-Fattah. It wants to keep it that way. The jailed British-Egyptian writer and democracy activist, a figurehead of the 2011 revolution, began refusing water on Sunday – six months after launching a hunger strike that has seen him consume no more than 100 calories a day. On Monday, his mother waited in vain outside the pri
  
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• The Guardian view on climate finance: a green transition requires funding | Editorial

  08-11-2022 19:52 via theguardian.com
  If climate catastrophe is to be avoided, the governments and institutions of the rich west will have to alter their prioritiesMaking a transition away from fossil fuels and towards low-carbon energy is the only way to keep our planet safe and habitable for future generations. That transition has thankfully begun, but it has a vast distance to go. And the kinds of changes that are needed cost money. Development of new technology has always required investment. This applies to the generation of re
  
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• Cornish climate proves challenging for US space crew

  08-11-2022 19:45 via theguardian.com
  American crew and technicians in UK for historic mission find persistent rain and wind ‘interesting but fun’They are used to operating in extreme temperatures at their home base in the Mojave desert but American crew and technicians who are in the UK for a historic space mission are facing a very different challenge – the persistence of the Cornish rain and wind.Asked what the issues were in organising a space adventure from the far south-west of Britain, launch director Deenah
  
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• Grenfell fire: Arconic says its cladding made less heat than contents of flats

  08-11-2022 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Lawyer for manufacturer of combustible cladding also tells public inquiry it was ‘unjust’ to claim Arconic had misled the marketArconic, the company that made combustible cladding that spread the Grenfell Tower fire, has said more heat was released by the burning contents of victims’ flats, in a combative and unapologetic closing statement to the public inquiry.In a final speech that sought to deflect responsibility for the 72 deaths, the company also said that if others involv
  
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• ‘No evidence’ Archie Battersbee engaged in online blackout game, coroner says

  08-11-2022 19:40 via theguardian.com
  Pre-inquest hearing finds child did access TikTok but there was nothing to back mother’s fear that he took part in a choking challengeArchie Battersbee accessed TikTok on the day he suffered a catastrophic brain injury but no evidence has been found that he was taking part in the online “blackout challenge”, a coroner’s court has heard.Archie, whose parents fought a lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful legal battle to prevent his life support being switched off, sustained
  
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• Photographer and film-maker arrested at Just Stop Oil protest

  08-11-2022 19:32 via theguardian.com
  Arrest of pair capturing images of M25 protest condemned by British Press Photographers’ AssociationThe British Press Photographers’ Association has condemned the arrest of a photographer and documentary film-maker as they captured images of a Just Stop Oil protest.Rich Felgate, a documentary maker, and Tom Bowles, a photographer, were arrested by a Hertfordshire constabulary officer as they caught the action on a footbridge over the M25 on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Mendy asked fellow footballer if he could have sex with partner, trial hears

  08-11-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  Woman is one of six who accuse Manchester City player of sexual offences at his Cheshire mansionThe Manchester City star Benjamin Mendy admitted asking a fellow footballer if he could have sex with his partner after the other man was finished with her, a court has heard.Mendy said the other player, Diacko Fofana, agreed, but that as soon as the woman told him no, he stopped trying to sleep with her. Continue reading...
  
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• Macron and Sunak ‘bromance’ signals intent to reset Franco-British ties

  08-11-2022 19:20 via theguardian.com
  Clear wish in Paris to thaw relations that plummeted to their worst state in decades under Boris JohnsonUK politics live – latest news updatesCop27 live – latest news updatesWhen Emmanuel Macron rushed to hug the new UK prime minister at their first meeting in Egypt this week, some called it a “bromance”.Even though the French president’s hands-on embrace of world leaders is almost always called a “bromance” – from Justin Trudeau to Mohammed bin Sa
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 258 of the invasion

  08-11-2022 19:15 via theguardian.com
  Ukraine says position on peace negotiations unchanged; PM says no need to evacuate Kyiv for now See all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...
  
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• Binance to buy FTX in major cryptocurrency exchange merger

  08-11-2022 19:13 via theguardian.com
  Public squabble between the two largest offshore exchanges’ bosses led to run on FTX and forced saleThe two largest offshore cryptocurrency exchanges are merging, after a week of public squabbling between Binance’s chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, and FTX’s boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, triggered a bank run at the latter’s exchange and an embarrassing forced sale on Tuesday.“This afternoon, FTX asked for our help,” tweeted Zhao. “There is a significant liquid
  
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• Young lives are being destroyed by a lack of mental health support | Letters

  08-11-2022 19:07 via theguardian.com
  Parents reveal their heart-wrenching struggles to access NHS services, which have sometimes been too late to help their childrenOur children and young people are facing mental health challenges on an unprecedented scale (Editorial, 6 November). Tragically, there seems to be little meaningful action being taken in response. My 17-year-old son died by suicide last year. We had spent over a year trying to secure adequate help for him – it never came. Even after his mental health disintegrated
  
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• Chinese authorities ‘drop EU council chief’s speech criticising war in Ukraine’

  08-11-2022 19:06 via theguardian.com
  European diplomats say Charles Michel video referring to Russia’s ‘illegal’ and ‘brutal’ invasion was withdrawn from trade fairChinese authorities dropped a trade fair speech by the European Council president, Charles Michel, that was critical of Russia’s war in Ukraine, diplomats have said.The recorded message by Michel was meant to be one of several from world leaders and heads of international bodies played at the opening on Friday last week of China’
  
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• Bill Treacher who played Arthur Fowler in EastEnders dies at 92

  08-11-2022 19:06 via theguardian.com
  Family and former colleagues pay tribute to ‘brilliant actor’ who played character from 1985 until 1996Bill Treacher, who played Arthur Fowler in EastEnders, has died aged 92.The veteran actor was one of the BBC soap’s original cast members and appeared from 1985 until 1996. Continue reading...
  
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• Bristol airport expansion would hinder UK climate goals, court told

  08-11-2022 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Climate campaigners appeal against plans for more flights after original council veto was overruled by central governmentExpanding Bristol airport would lead to an unacceptable rise in carbon emissions, a court has heard.The high court, sitting in Bristol on Tuesday and Wednesday, heard from climate campaigners challenging a central government decision to allow Bristol airport to expand its maximum capacity from 10 million to 12 million passengers a year. Continue reading...
  
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• Why NHS support services are failing children in distress | Letters

  08-11-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  Dr David Fong says child and adolescent mental health services are struggling to cope with rising demand and a staff exodus. Plus a letter from Steven WalkerLast week was my final one in the NHS after 10 years in a child and adolescent mental health service (Camhs). I’m the 28th clinical member of staff to move on in the last two years. When I came back to the NHS 10 years ago, there was a layer of more experienced staff above me and a few grandees above them. Now, people with four or five
  
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• Some say great players don’t make great coaches – Alonso can prove them wrong | Philipp Lahm

  08-11-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  My former teammate has the intellect and charisma to infuse his on-pitch knowledge into those he coaches at LeverkusenI loved being on the pitch with footballers. My former coaches Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola, Jupp Heynckes and Felix Magath were world champions or European Cup winners as players. As practitioners, they know what makes a dressing room tick. They recognise with which players triumphs are possible. They use the natural hierarchy of a team. Footballers can smell it when their coa
  
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• Jones worried about Lawes’ health with player likely to be out until Six Nations

  08-11-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Lawes last played in September due to ongoing head injury‘Most important thing is his health, he’ll be back when ready’Eddie Jones has admitted he is worried about Courtney Lawes’s health due to an ongoing head injury and does not expect to see the Northampton flanker return to the England fold before next year’s Six Nations.Lawes has not played for Northampton since sustaining a head injury on 24 September and though he was named in the initial England training squ
  
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• Ben Stokes fires up England for ‘do or die’ World Cup showdown with India

  08-11-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Allrounder insists England will throw caution to the wind to winStokes: ‘I don’t think anyone will take a backward step’Ben Stokes says England will be bold in attack when they face India in their T20 World Cup semi-final, with the allrounder insisting that no one will take a backward step in what is set to be a full-throttle, high scoring encounter.Though Adelaide sits mid-table when the grounds in this tournament are ranked by scoring rate, two aggressive sides will look to t
  
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• Spanish police officer sentenced after posting fake rape video on Twitter

  08-11-2022 18:54 via theguardian.com
  Guardia Civil first to be convicted after alleging video showed a Moroccan migrant raping a womanA police officer who deliberately posted a misleading video clip of a sexual assault to try to stir up hatred against migrant children has become the first person in Spain to be handed a jail sentence for using social media to publish and spread fake news.A court in Barcelona on Tuesday convicted the Guardia Civil officer of an offence against fundamental rights and public freedoms and sentenced him
  
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• Egg swaps: a guide to plant-based alternatives amid UK avian flu crisis

  08-11-2022 18:47 via theguardian.com
  Scrambled tofu, chickpea meringues and sweet potato cakes are healthier and cheaper substitutesUK supermarkets have declared an egg crisis as a result of avian flu and the summer heatwave, but those who want their regular fix of eggy options don’t have to suffer.The solutions that supermarkets have mooted so far include egg rationing and higher prices, but there is another alternative that vegan chefs have been recommending for years: plant-based substitutes. Continue reading...
  
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• New ferry to cross the Mersey as first upgrade for 60 years announced

  08-11-2022 18:40 via theguardian.com
  Liverpool mayor welcomes contract for addition to fleet amid criticism boat will be built in the NetherlandsThey are older than the Gerry and the Pacemakers song that made them world famous, but now the Mersey ferries have been granted an addition to the fleet – 60 years after the last one was built.A new, more environmentally friendly ferry is being built to add to the current fleet and an older one will be refurbished, as part of a raft of funding to regenerate parts of the River Mersey.
  
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• Tory MPs nominated for peerages to delay accepting them

  08-11-2022 18:28 via theguardian.com
  Four MPs nominated by Boris Johnson will delay taking up seats in upper chamber to avoid triggering byelectionsUK politics live – latest news updatesFour Conservative MPs who were loyal to Boris Johnson and have been nominated for peerages have agreed to delay accepting them to avoid triggering byelections.Rishi Sunak is facing pressure to block the former PM’s “conveyor belt of cronies” after Johnson told Tory MPs to hold back on heading to the Lords until the end of the
  
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• Partygate inquiry delays blamed on government foot-dragging

  08-11-2022 18:22 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: MPs investigating Boris Johnson’s lockdown rule-breaking have waited more than three months for some evidenceThe next phase of a high-stakes inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over Partygate faces being delayed as a result of government failures to provide crucial evidence to MPs, sources have told the Guardian.Despite a range of documents – including the former prime minister’s diaries, event email invites, No 10 entry logs, briefing papers and Wha
  
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• Leslie Phillips obituary

  08-11-2022 18:21 via theguardian.com
  Veteran stage and screen actor known for his roles in the Carry On films, the Doctor series and voicing the Sorting Hat in Harry PotterLeslie Phillips, who has died aged 98, was a light comedian of the old school, closely associated with a roster of smooth-talking cads and lady-killers in the series of Carry On and Doctor films he graced from the late 1950s onwards.He first coined his trademark phrase “I say, ding dong!” as the lubricious Jack Bell in Carry On Nurse (1958) and made t
  
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• Train strikes: Are services running again and will there be more action?

  08-11-2022 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  National rail strikes have been cancelled but there has still been disruption.
  
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• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review – grief shadows superhero sequel

  08-11-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Shaped around the loss of its original hero Chadwick Boseman, this take pays tribute to the late actor with fiery performances and great spectacleThe fictional African state of Wakanda becomes a matriarchy in a fervent, yet understandably subdued new Black Panther movie whose exuberant and mournful impulses are at odds with each other. We can also see, almost in real time, a franchise coming to terms with loss at the same as its fictional characters. Chadwick Boseman, who in the previous adventu
  
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• Drake and 21 Savage sued over use of Vogue name to promote new album

  08-11-2022 17:58 via theguardian.com
  Condé Nast files complaint in Manhattan federal court after rappers allegedly use trademark without permissionThe rappers Drake and 21 Savage have been sued by Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue magazine, for allegedly using the Vogue name without permission to promote their new album, Her Loss.Condé Nast claimed the musicians’ promotional campaign, including to their more than 135 million social media followers, was built “entirely” on the unauthorised use
  
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• ‘She was so casual about her genius’: musicians on Low’s Mimi Parker

  08-11-2022 17:57 via theguardian.com
  Steve Albini, Robert Plant, Geoff Barrow and more pay tribute to the vocalist and drummer, who has died aged 55Stevie Chick: ‘Mimi Parker was a voice of hope and healing in indie rock’Low goes really far back in my family – my wife had a rock club in Chicago called Lounge Ax, which Low would play all the way back in the 90s. I was always a fan – I never really knew them personally until Nels Cline joined our band, and he was friends with Alan [Sparhawk], so Alan started c
  
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• Liverpool for sale? What's going on at Anfield

  08-11-2022 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  One of the world's biggest football clubs is at the centre of takeover speculation, with a deal potentially fetching £4billion.
  
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• California ticket holder scoops $2bn jackpot in biggest lottery payout ever

  08-11-2022 17:53 via theguardian.com
  Winner of $2.04bn Powerball prize – $400m greater than previous record – not identified by nameThe largest ever lottery prize in history, the $2.04bn Powerball jackpot, has been won.The US lottery’s official website on Tuesday showed a ticket holder in California had matched the winning numbers, hours after an early Tuesday drawing that had been marred by delays. Continue reading...
  
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• FIA president condemns death threats against race steward Silvia Bellot

  08-11-2022 17:50 via theguardian.com
  Mohammed ben Sulayem warns abuse ‘will destroy our sport’Bellot was targeted with online threats after US Grand PrixThe president of the FIA Mohammed ben Sulayem has condemned death threats made against a Formula One race steward and warned that the toxic abuse directed at FIA staff and volunteers threatens to “destroy” the sport.As F1 reels under an onslaught of often poisonous online abuse between fans of different drivers, Ben Sulayem revealed that the FIA steward Silv
  
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• The 50 greatest HBO shows ever – ranked

  08-11-2022 17:49 via theguardian.com
  From juicy dramas about polyamory, bootlegging and the ‘golden age of porn’ to the most jaw-dropping documentary moment of all time, HBO is known as the home of prestige TV. As it turns 50, here are its greatest hits so far‘It’s not TV. It’s HBO.” This was once the US premium cable network’s slogan. Home Box Office launched on 8 November 1972 as a pay channel for movies and live sport. It pivoted to original programming in the 90s and transformed the sma
  
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• Warning of possible egg shortage as UK farmers struggle with avian flu

  08-11-2022 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Reduced flock sizes and rising costs put pressure on supplies but retailers say they are working to minimise impact British egg producers are warning of possible shortages, as farmers leave the industry or reduce the size of their flocks in the face of spiralling costs and uncertainty sparked by the spread of bird flu.A third of farmers surveyed in recent days by the trade body the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) reported they had reduced the number of hens in their flock b
  
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• ‘Situation is critical.’ Italy’s far-right government enacts anti-migration plan

  08-11-2022 17:45 via theguardian.com
  Standoff over rescue ship in Catania is first test of migration policy under Giorgia MeloniItaly’s new far-right government has enacted its controversial new anti-migration plan, which provides for the pushback of mostly male asylum seekers of adult age rescued in the central Mediterranean whom Rome does not deem qualified for international protection.The move has sparked a row in the country and has provoked the protests of jurists, lawyers and charities who consider it a breach of intern
  
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• ‘Exceptional’ trove of 24 ancient statues found immersed in Tuscan spa

  08-11-2022 17:44 via theguardian.com
  Collection of bronzes dating back 2,300 years sheds light on transition between Etruscans and RomansAn “exceptional” trove of bronze statues preserved for thousands of years by mud and boiling water have been discovered in a network of baths built by the Etruscans in Tuscany.The 24 partly submerged statues, which date back 2,300 years and have been hailed as the most significant find of their kind in 50 years, include a sleeping ephebe lying next to Hygeia, the goddess of health, wit
  
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• It’s hairmageddon! Is the leather-codpieced world of glam metal making a comeback?

  08-11-2022 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Set fire to your drumsticks and crank the dry ice up to 11. The bands that once ruled metal may be returning to the throne. But is there more to glam than loud riffs, spandex and debauchery?A diving instructor called Perry Boyer is giving me a crash course in drumming stagecraft. If you’re planning on playing with your sticks on fire, he advises, tie socks around them – they’ll light more easily. Also, he adds, remember not to “really play a lot with the sticks on fire&rd
  
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• University staff to strike across UK in pay and conditions dispute

  08-11-2022 17:41 via theguardian.com
  70,000 lecturers and other staff expected to join action, University and College Union saysAt least 70,000 university staff are to go on strike, in the latest instalment of the wave of industrial action taking place across the UK this winter.The University and College Union has announced its planned national strike will be held on 24, 25 and 30 November, with staff at 150 universities across the UK taking industrial action over pay, working conditions and pensions. Continue reading...
  
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• FSG’s eye for investment in ‘best interest’ of Liverpool, insists Lijnders

  08-11-2022 17:38 via theguardian.com
  Assistant says Jürgen Klopp’s team are not distracted by newsLijnders: ‘It’s nothing new for a club to try and find investors’Pep Lijnders says Fenway Sports Group is acting in Liverpool’s best interest by seeking new investors for the club, with the assistant manager insisting Jürgen Klopp’s team are not distracted by the news.On Monday the Boston-based company said Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley had been instructed to attract fresh investment. Li
  
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• Last of the Summer Wine actor Tom Owen dies aged 73

  08-11-2022 17:37 via theguardian.com
  Son of Bill Owen, who played his on-screen father Compo, his other TV credits include The Bill and Upstairs DownstairsThe Last of the Summer Wine actor Tom Owen has died aged 73.Owen played the nomadic Tom Simmonite in the popular and long-running BBC sitcom for 10 years from 2000. His appearance on the show continued a family tradition after his father, Bill Owen, portrayed his on-screen father, Compo Simmonite. Continue reading...
  
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