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• Pelé says he is feeling ‘strong’ after reports of move to end-of-life care

  03-12-2022 23:38 via theguardian.com
  Brazilian football legend posts note to social media as hospital says he is in stable conditionThe Brazilian football great Pelé posted on Instagram on Saturday evening to say that he is feeling “strong” and “with hope”, after an outpouring of concern online in response to unconfirmed reports that he had been moved to palliative care.“I want to keep everyone calm and positive,” Pelé wrote, sharing the latest medical report from São Paulo&r
  
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• Harry Kane convinced World Cup goals will flow after late Euros burst

  03-12-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  England striker’s mindset is shaped by his previous tournament experiences and he has eyes only for the next opportunityHarry Kane admits that he can dwell on the misses only not for long. The problem for him after the big one against the USA in England’s second group game at the World Cup was that it happened in the third minute of added time. “So you come off the pitch straight away and you know you won’t get another opportunity,” the captain says.When Kane crashe
  
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• Lionel Messi, Argentina’s pavement artist who sees shapes before others | Barney Ronay

  03-12-2022 23:17 via theguardian.com
  With a free role, the No 10 has been the floating brain of his country’s side at this year’s World CupThe thing that made the goal was the touch; one of those touches where Lionel Messi doesn’t so much trap the ball or kill it but lets it come and nestle, falling asleep on his toe like a fond old cat.There were still six more touches to go before the ball would be left spinning, with a kind of purr, in the back of Mat Ryan’s net. But it was the touch that set the clock ru
  
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• Senate Democrats to reportedly push banking reforms for cannabis industry

  03-12-2022 22:49 via theguardian.com
  Justice department is scrutinizing measures’ implications on law enforcement investigations and prosecutionsDemocrats in the Senate will push to liberalize banking access to the cannabis industry during the lame duck session, it was reported on Saturday, in moves being watched closely by the Department of Justice which is concerned that reforms could ‘complicate’ the industry’s legal status.A justice department memo, obtained earlier this week by Punchbowl News, outlines
  
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• Michelle Mone accused of trying to ‘bully’ ministers over PPE contracts

  03-12-2022 21:44 via theguardian.com
  Whitehall sources reportedly say ‘rude’ peer lobbied Michael Gove and Lord Agnew to secure business for PPE MedproMichelle Mone has been accused of attempting to “bully and hector” ministers into awarding public PPE contracts worth more than £200m to a company that she appeared to profit from.The Guardian revealed last month that the Conservative peer and her children secretly received £29m originating from the profits of a PPE business that was awarded large
  
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• Power upgrade: Station crew install new iROSA, work power channel issue on ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com - NASASpaceflight.com

  03-12-2022 21:10 via news.google.com
  Power upgrade: Station crew install new iROSA, work power channel issue on ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com  NASASpaceflight.comOut on a spacewalk with Nasa astronauts at the ISS  BBCNASA Astronauts Complete New Solar Array Installation on International Space Station  SciTechDailyAstronauts complete solar installation on ISS  KTLA 5International Space Station gets new tech after scary spacewalk by NASA astronauts  HT TechView Full coverage on Google New
  
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• Care workers hit back at Matt Hancock’s claim staff brought Covid to care homes

  03-12-2022 21:09 via theguardian.com
  Most cases not caused by decision to discharge patients from hospital without testing, says former health secretaryCare workers have hit back at claims by the former health secretary Matt Hancock that the Covid virus was brought into homes by infected staff.In his book, the Pandemic Diaries, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail, Hancock said only a small proportion of cases were caused by his decision to discharge patients from hospital without testing. Continue reading...
  
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• US passenger killed after huge ‘rogue wave’ strikes Antarctic cruise ship

  03-12-2022 21:08 via theguardian.com
  A woman was killed and four others were injured after the Viking Polaris vessel was hit by a big wave off southern ArgentinaA US woman was killed and four other passengers injured when a massive wave struck the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward the port of Ushuaia in southern Argentina on an Antarctic cruise, authorities said.The 62-year-old woman was hit by broken glass when the wave broke cabin windows late Tuesday during a storm, Argentine authorities said. The ship suffe
  
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• Ministers accused of ‘spoiling for a fight’ with nurses over pay

  03-12-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  While health secretary Steve Barclay says he will not negotiate, unions suggestthe compromise reached in Scotland could help avert strikesMinisters were under intense pressure last night to open new pay talks that could avert a devastating series of NHS strikes as health unions suggested a deal could be struck if both sides were willing to negotiate and compromise.Amid claims from Labour and from NHS sources that ministers appeared to be playing politics and deliberately “spoiling for a fi
  
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• Like Southgate, Senegal’s coach sticks to his principles but Aliou Cissé has a trophy | Jonathan Wilson

  03-12-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Cissé and his England counterpart have proved adept at blocking out critics back home during the World Cup campaignTake the handbrake off! Unleash this golden generation of attacking players! In a World Cup that has felt at times one tedious Twitter spat about differences of perspective and who has the right to criticise whom, it’s heartening to find some things are reassuringly the same wherever you are.The clamour for Iliman Ndiaye has perhaps not quite been as vociferous as that
  
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• Eurovision star Sam Ryder appeared in Cardiff on Saturday

  03-12-2022 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The Eurovision star played live for people in Cardiff Bay on Saturday.
  
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• Prince Harry dresses as Spider-Man for Christmas message to bereaved children

  03-12-2022 20:28 via theguardian.com
  Duke of Sussex records video to comfort youngsters at Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a charity for military childrenThe Duke of Sussex dressed up as Spider-Man in a surprise video message to try to comfort bereaved military children.He donned the superhero outfit and only lifted his mask to reveal his true identity at the end of a specially recorded message for youngsters at Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a charity for bereaved British forces children and young people. Continue reading...
  
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• How to Catch Charizard In Pokemon Scarlet And Violet - GameSpot

  03-12-2022 20:04 via news.google.com
  How to Catch Charizard In Pokemon Scarlet And Violet  GameSpotPokemon Scarlet and Violet Review  GameRantPokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet review for Nintendo Switch  Nintendo EverythingBest Charizard Nature in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, Explained  TwinfiniteWhere to find Hawlucha in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet  DexertoView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Revealed: UK has failed to resettle Afghans facing torture and death despite promise

  03-12-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Those who risked their lives helping British government face a ‘toxic combination of incompetence and indifference’Afghan nationals who were promised resettlement to the UK nearly a year ago are facing torture and death while they wait for a response from the British government, the Observer can reveal.Not one person has been accepted and evacuated from Afghanistan under the Home Office’s Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme (ACRS), launched in January, prompting claims t
  
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• Just Stop Oil activists occupy beds in Harrods in protest against fuel poverty

  03-12-2022 19:41 via theguardian.com
  Protesters take to luxury beds and sofas in London store to call for action on ‘sky-rocketing’ energy billsJust Stop Oil activists tucked themselves into a Harrods display bed as part of a national day of action on fuel poverty in the UK on Saturday.Footage of the “warm up” demonstrations also showed security guards confronting protesters lying on sofas inside the shop in Knightsbridge, London. Continue reading...
  
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• Lava flow from Mauna Loa slows even as volcano continues to emit gas plumes

  03-12-2022 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Officials warn lava advances could be highly variable over the comingdays as flow crosses level groundHawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, that erupted last week for the first time in nearly four decades, continued to spew lava Saturday, though the flows have slowed to a crawl.Fissure three in the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii remains active and is feeding a lava flow advancing at an average rate of 150 feet an hour over the past 24 hours. Fissurefour is &ldqu
  
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• Police watchdog head resigns over investigation into historical allegation

  03-12-2022 19:31 via theguardian.com
  Michael Lockwood, director general of IOPC since 2018, leaves post with immediate effectThe head of the police watchdog for England and Wales, Michael Lockwood, has resigned amid an investigation into a historical allegation, the home secretary has said.In a statement, Suella Braverman said: “I have accepted Michael Lockwood’s resignation as director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Continue reading...
  
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• A patch to address The Callisto Protocol's PC stuttering is now available - Eurogamer.net

  03-12-2022 19:16 via news.google.com
  A patch to address The Callisto Protocol's PC stuttering is now available  Eurogamer.netCallisto Protocol: Gory new game pushes horror to new limits  BBCThe Callisto Protocol: How to Get the Assault Rifle  KeenGamer NewsPatch fixes The Callisto Protocol's stuttering, which Glen Schofield blames on a 'freakin error'  PC GamerThe Callisto Protocol Hardest Difficulty Trophy Can Be Cheesed With Simple Trick  MP1stView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Royal troubles cast shadow over William and Kate’s US tour

  03-12-2022 19:12 via theguardian.com
  Carefully scripted trip had to contend with racism row and sympathy for MeghanThe Prince and Princess of Wales returned to Britain on Saturday after a three-day US trip that combined messaging, friendship-politicking and symbolism accented with celebrity name-checks.But the trip, as carefully scripted as any, may also have missed an opportunity to tackle immediate domestic issues. Eight years ago, William and Kate were greeted by adoring crowds. The crowds were out again this week “but thi
  
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• Russian army ‘came knocking’ to recruit son of slain spy Alexander Litvinenko

  03-12-2022 19:07 via theguardian.com
  The poisoned agent’s son Anatoly tells of the visit to his Moscow flat, as ITV prepares to screen a drama about the killing of his father, played by David TennantAnatoly Litvinenko: How the Kremlin tried to conscript meThe Moscow home of the son of Alexander Litvinenko, the defector killed with polonium-210 in London in 2006, has been visited by recruiting officers from the Russian army hoping to sign him up.Anatoly Litvinenko, 28, has revealed that he was called up for military service in
  
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• Harry Kane and Gary Lineker pay tribute as Pele 'moved to end of life care' - Liverpool Echo

  03-12-2022 18:59 via news.google.com
  Harry Kane and Gary Lineker pay tribute as Pele 'moved to end of life care'  Liverpool EchoPele 'moved to end-of-life care' as football legend stops responding to chemotherapy  Daily RecordPele's relatives give update on Brazil legend's health: 'He is not saying goodbye'  Sky NewsBrazilian fans hold vigil outside Pelé hospital in São Paulo  The TimesWenger and Klinsmann wish 'greatest of all' Pele a speedy recovery  Guardian Footbal
  
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• Cumbria coalmine plan is ‘backward step’, says Alok Sharma

  03-12-2022 18:46 via theguardian.com
  Tory party’s most respected figure on climate says mine will damage UK’s international reputation as well as environmentTory division over green policy deepened last night when the party’s climate change champion said a proposed new coalmine on the outskirts of Whitehaven in Cumbria would send “completely the wrong signal” about the fight against climate breakdown.Before an imminent decision on the mine’s future, expected this week, Alok Sharma, whose presiden
  
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• Don’t buy frozen turkeys for Christmas, say British producers of free range birds

  03-12-2022 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Small farmers say reports of ‘shortage’ are driving customers to grab mass-produced poultry from supermarket freezer cabinetsFears over bird flu and the cost of living crisis could impact free-range turkey sales, farmers have warned, as growing numbers turn to supermarkets for frozen birds this Christmas.After months of worry for their flocks, which since last month have to be housed indoors, destroying livelihoods across the country, turkey farmers are facing significant pressure th
  
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• Strep A cases in Yorkshire, locations and numbers - check your area - Yorkshire Live

  03-12-2022 18:32 via news.google.com
  Strep A cases in Yorkshire, locations and numbers - check your area  Yorkshire LiveStrep A: Exact case numbers and infection locations in Cambridgeshire and across UK  Cambridgeshire LiveStrep A and scarlet fever - and how to spot the signs  Hull LiveScarlet fever outbreak: Irish parents warned to look out for symptoms of deadly disease  The TimesStrep A: Connection to scarlet fever and exact case numbers in Sussex and across UK  Sussex LiveView
  
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• Traditional china serving up the big issues of today – in pictures

  03-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Blue and white transferware plates were hugely popular in the 19th century for their bucolic pastoral scenes. Over the past 30 years, artist Paul Scott, who lives in Cumbria, has updated the medium to address some very modern issues: the climate emergency, the refugee crisis, tensions in the Middle East. ‘The original genre depicts a colonial, imperialist view of the world,’ he says. ‘My concern has been to rebalance the narrative with something more contemporary and inclusive.
  
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• Beyond beliefs: does religious faith lead to a happier, healthier life?

  03-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  The stress-reducing, life-extending benefits of religion can offer useful strategies even for non-believers, say scientistsIn his Pensées, published posthumously in 1670, the French philosopher Blaise Pascal appeared to establish a foolproof argument for religious commitment, which he saw as a kind of bet. If the existence of God was even minutely possible, he claimed, then the potential gain was so huge – an “eternity of life and happiness” – that taking the leap
  
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• Ukraine authorities detain eight people over theft of Banksy mural outside Kyiv - The Guardian

  03-12-2022 17:48 via news.google.com
  Ukraine authorities detain eight people over theft of Banksy mural outside Kyiv  The GuardianPolice save stolen Banksy artwork in Ukraine  Bristol LiveThieves try to steal Banksy mural from battle-scarred Ukraine wall  The TelegraphThieves rip Banksy mural off wall in war torn Ukraine  Evening StandardView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Food bank Britain: five months on the frontline of the new emergency service

  03-12-2022 17:23 via theguardian.com
  The people who depend on the food bank in one affluent area of London tell their stories of struggle and solidarity, revealing the daily reality of the cost of living crisisFour pounds for an entire month. That was all Paul Taylor, 53, had been left with. He had already been skipping meals to feed his two daughters, nine and 13, but now he was faced with the impossible. Four pounds to cover all his family’s living costs for more than four weeks, including rent, gas, electricity, food and t
  
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• Brexit has fuelled surge in UK food prices, says Bank of England policymaker

  03-12-2022 16:55 via theguardian.com
  Britons need to be kept aware of the cost of leaving the EU, says Swati Dhingra• ‘The slowdown is here’ – read the Observer business profileBrexit is contributing to a surge in food prices as the country heads into recession, a senior Bank of England policymaker has warned.Swati Dhingra – the newest member of the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC), which sets interest rates – also used an interview with the Observer to suggest that the coming run of c
  
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• Edwardstone sees off Greaneteen to win Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown

  03-12-2022 16:39 via theguardian.com
  Edwardstone wins by nine lengths; 6-5 favourite Shishkin thirdJonbon finishes first in Henry VIII Novice ChaseCheltenham is the spiritual home of jump racing but the two-mile chase course here has a special place in the heart of many National Hunt fans and a big pre-Christmas crowd was treated to two memorable performances in the Grade One events on Saturday.Jonbon, the favourite for the Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham in March, set a high bar with a dominant success in the Henry VIII Novice Chase, b
  
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• Ukraine authorities detain eight people over theft of Banksy mural outside Kyiv

  03-12-2022 16:29 via theguardian.com
  Stencil image, which shows figure in nightgown and gas mask holding a fire extinguisher, was removed in Hostomel on FridayEight people have been detained over the theft of a mural painted by the elusive British street artist Banksy from a wall on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said.The stencil image of a person in a nightgown and gas mask holding a fire extinguisher, next to the charred remains of a window in the town of Hostomel, went missing on Friday, they said. Continue reading
  
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• South Africa president to mount legal action in face of impeachment threat

  03-12-2022 16:27 via theguardian.com
  Cyril Ramaphosa rejects call to stand down after accusation of ‘serious misconduct’Cyril Ramaphosa, the embattled president of South Africa, has rejected calls to step down and said he will seek a judicial review of a report handed over last week by an independent panel appointed by parliament that accused him of “serious misconduct”, aides said.The move may forestall looming impeachment but could plunge South Africa into a prolonged bout of political instability. Continu
  
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• Five key moments from Matt Hancock’s pandemic memoir

  03-12-2022 15:38 via theguardian.com
  In published extracts former health secretary says he broke Covid rules because he ‘fell in love’Straight from appearing on the ITV reality show I’m a Celebrity, the focus on former health secretary Matt Hancock has turned to his upcoming memoir called Pandemic Diaries: The Inside Story Of Britain’s Battle Against Covid.Here are five key moments from the book, which have been revealed in extracts published by the Daily Mail and Mail+. Continue reading...
  
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• Things we lost in the wildfires: images of the devastating personal cost of a warming world

  03-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  A camera, a lamp, a child’s tricycle … Photographer Gideon Mendel’s latest project highlights the everyday impact of the climate crisis“I was looking for a way to respond to the climate crisis for a long time,” says Gideon Mendel. Since the 1980s, the South African photographer has dedicated his career to documenting social issues around the globe – from the atrocities of apartheid to the Syrian refugee crisis. His images have sought to centre the lives and v
  
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• How a landmark bill and a small patch of land could save Florida’s panthers

  03-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide $1.3bn annually for wildlife and could speed up completion of a crucial wildlife corridor in one US stateBeyond the dirt tracks and swamps of the Florida Everglades lies a narrow, unremarkable strip of land that has taken on outsize importance in the battle to save the state’s critically endangered panthers. Barely 11 miles (18km) long and a mile wide, Chaparral Slough occupies a forgotten corner of south-west Florida, where cattle
  
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• Fakers, fast sign-ups and fraud: the crisis at the UK’s Companies House

  03-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Britain’s register of companies was reformed in 2011 to allow incorporations within 24 hours for £12. Now the number of firms on its books has soared – and so have the complaintsIt was in June, when she went to get a credit check for a mortgage, that the 20-year-old employee at Japanese beauty brand Shiseido realised something had gone badly wrong.“My credit rating was trashed. Someone had taken out car finance, a business loan and an overdraft, all in my name, with my de
  
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• An Indigenous reservation has a novel way to grow food – below the earth’s surface

  03-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Underground greenhouses are helping people to take back control of their nutrition and ease farming amid the climate crisisNear the southern border of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, a curved translucent roof peeks out a few feet above the dusty plains. It’s a blustery November afternoon and the last remaining greens outside are fading fast. But below ground, at the bottom of a short flight of stairs, the inside of this 80ft-long sleek structure is bursting with life – pa
  
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• Balenciaga designer sorry for ‘inappropriate’ campaign featuring children

  03-12-2022 11:50 via theguardian.com
  Demna says using images of teddy bears in bondage gear held by two young girls was ‘wrong artistic choice’Balenciaga’s creative designer has apologised for a recent fashion campaign that was criticised by Kim Kardashian.Images for the campaign showed two young girls holding stuffed teddy bears, which were dressed in bondage clothing, while surrounded by an assortment of other items. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I wondered which world this woman was about to shoot out into’: Chris Maliwat’s best phone picture

  03-12-2022 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The New York subway provided the inspiration for this photo of a woman waiting on a platformChris Maliwat describes the New York subway as the first slot in a pinball machine. “Whenever I head down there, I know it’s going to be a mini adventure, like I’m about to be launched into the world,” he says. “I saw this woman waiting at Metropolitan Avenue/Grand Street station and wondered which world she was about to shoot out into. Are there people like her where she&rsq
  
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• Peter Kay's return 'well worth the wait'

  03-12-2022 10:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Fans in Manchester give their verdict on the opening night of the comedian's first tour in 12 years.
  
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• Chilling reason morgue worker spotted ‘dead’ patient was ALIVE after being left in body bag for hours in ho... - The Sun

  03-12-2022 09:27 via news.google.com
  Chilling reason morgue worker spotted ‘dead’ patient was ALIVE after being left in body bag for hours in ho...  The SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Which tycoon once owned Land’s End and John o’Groats

  03-12-2022 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From luchadores to The Ketchup Song, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which woman had nine works in the first impressionist exhibition?
  2 Which bird’s heart beats up to 1,260 times a minute?
  3 Who is the all-time most streamed artist on Spotify?
  4 Whose neutrality was guaranteed by the 1839 Treaty of London?
  5 Which tycoon once owned Land’s End and John o’ Groats?
  6 Which book begins with The Sisters and ends with The Dead?
  7 What party originated in Coventry as PEOP
  
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• Queen's funeral composer: I had to keep my work secret

  03-12-2022 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Composer Sir James MacMillan was asked in 2011 to write new music for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Strep A warnings and Matt Hancock diaries

  03-12-2022 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Saturday's front pages focus on the rise of the bacteria infection and the first extracts from the former health secretary's diaries.
  
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• Notpla: UK plastic-alternative developer among £1m Earthshot Prize winners

  03-12-2022 00:32 via bbc.co.uk
  A London firm which developers nature-friendly packaging is among five climate prize winners.
  
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• Second teachers' strike to lead to more disruption

  03-12-2022 00:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The extent of the disruption is becoming clear as schools inform families about strike-related closures
  
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