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• Seamus Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s VIP lane – cartoon

  27-12-2022 23:31 via theguardian.com
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• Pep Guardiola ‘would have preferred another opponent than Leeds’ this week

  27-12-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Manchester City manager wary of ‘most aggressive team’Guardiola laments ‘terrible’ schedule of six games in JanuaryPep Guardiola has admitted concern about Manchester City’s defending before the World Cup break with the manager warning they cannot lose any more ground on Arsenal ahead of their “terrible” January schedule.City lost 2-1 against Brentford at the Etihad Stadium on 12 November in their final Premier League match before the World Cup and, befo
  
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• Four injured in Evesham suspected gas explosion

  27-12-2022 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Properties were evacuated and four people taken to hospital after the incident in Evesham.
  
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• Rashford outstanding in Manchester United’s cruise past Nottingham Forest

  27-12-2022 23:13 via theguardian.com
  Manchester United were faster, sharper, smarter, and classier than Nottingham Forest in this seventh straight win over their visitors. This was approaching the complete performance: a blend of measured attacking and rapid breaks and the constant harrying of an opponent who ended exhausted and demoralised.Given United had scored only 20 Premier League goals at kickoff and there is limited finance in January to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, a strike apiece from Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial bef
  
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• Man released after post-mortem of woman found dead in Blackpool on Boxing Day

  27-12-2022 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The 47-year-old is released with no further action after a body was found in Blackpool, Lancashire.
  
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• North Wales: Women offenders rehab project funding axed

  27-12-2022 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The centre boss says it's "false economy" to cut a service which diverts women from crime and jail.
  
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• Potter uncertain over extent of Reece James’s injury after Chelsea return

  27-12-2022 22:38 via theguardian.com
  Defender appeared to suffer recurrence of recent knee injury Graham Potter: ‘We just have to hope it’s not as bad as it was’Chelsea’s manager Graham Potter has admitted it is too early to tell the severity of “world class” Reece James’s injury, after the defender suffered what appeared to be a recurrence of the knee injury that ruled him out of England’s World Cup campaign during his side’s 2-0 victory over Bournemouth. Chelsea led through fi
  
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• New York congressman-elect admits lying about college and work history

  27-12-2022 21:53 via theguardian.com
  Republican George Santos, elected to represent parts of Long Island and Queens, admits ‘embellishing résumé’George Santos, the New York Republican congressman-elect at the center of a storm over his apparently fabricated résumé, has admitted he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful US House campaign.Santos first ran for Congress in 2020. In November this year he was elected to represent parts of northern Long Island and
  
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• Woman, 24, in serious condition after being shot in Tottenham

  27-12-2022 21:44 via theguardian.com
  Victim taken to hospital early on Tuesday after shooting near party in north London suburbA 24-year-old woman was in a serious condition in hospital on Tuesday after being shot near a party in Tottenham, north London.Police officers attended the scene at the junction of West Green Road and Grove Park Road at 6.28am on Tuesday following reports that someone had been shot. Continue reading...
  
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• Man, 62, dies after being hit by police car in Livingston

  27-12-2022 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  An investigation has begun after a pedestrian was struck by a marked police car in Livingston on Boxing Day.
  
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• Cody Fisher stabbed to death on Birmingham nightclub dance floor

  27-12-2022 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Cody Fisher's "heart-broken" family pays tribute to their "best friend" who died in a nightclub.
  
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• Marler could face RFU rebuke after inciting Bristol brawl against Harlequins

  27-12-2022 21:06 via theguardian.com
  Marler appeared to bait Jake Heenan into angry reactionBristol head coach Tabai Matson: ‘He’s quite antagonistic’Joe Marler could find himself in hot water with the Rugby Football Union after appearing to spark an ugly brawl in Harlequins’ defeat to Bristol on Tuesday. Marler seemed to bait the Bristol flanker Jake Heenan with an alleged comment that provoked a reaction from the New Zealander and could face further action.The Bristol director of rugby, Pat Lam, said the B
  
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• ‘Too much’ nitrite-cured meat brings clear risk of cancer, say scientists

  27-12-2022 20:36 via theguardian.com
  Call for UK government ban of chemical in processed meat such as bacon and ham after mice tumours studyA leading scientist has urged ministers to ban the use of nitrites in food after research highlighted the “clear” risk of developing cancer from eating processed meat such as bacon and ham too often.The study by scientists from Queen’s University Belfast found that mice fed a diet of processed meat containing the chemicals, which are used to cure bacon and give it its distinct
  
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• Blind BBC reporter fights off mugger who snatched his phone

  27-12-2022 20:29 via theguardian.com
  Sean Dilley sustained cuts and injured elbow in incident during his night shift in central LondonA blind BBC reporter fought off and detained a mugger who snatched his mobile phone in London in the early hours of Tuesday morning.Sean Dilley sustained several cuts and injured his elbow during the incident, which happened just before 6am, while he was on a break during a night shift. Continue reading...
  
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• French open suicide investigation after Iranian found dead in river

  27-12-2022 20:02 via theguardian.com
  Mohammad Moradi posted video online saying he would kill himself to highlight Iran’s crackdown on protestsFrench authorities are investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the south-eastern city of Lyon who had said on social media he was going to kill himself to draw attention to the protest crackdown in Iran.Mohammad Moradi, 38, was found in the River Rhône that flows through the centre of Lyon late on Monday, a police source told AFP. Continue reading...
  
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• Ministers’ efforts to claw back cash from PPE fraud branded ‘pitiful’

  27-12-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: only £18m has been retrieved by Department of Health, out of suspect Covid contracts potentially worth £630mMinisters have been accused of making a “pitiful attempt” to recoup taxpayers’ money wasted on fraudulent Covid contracts, after it emerged that only a fraction of the estimated total had been recovered so far.About £18m has been retrieved by the Department of Health and Social Care through checks on personal protective equipment (PPE) contrac
  
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• Star Wars fans thought they spotted 'lightsaber' on Mars in new NASA pictures - Daily Record

  27-12-2022 19:46 via news.google.com
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• Young father and his mother-in-law among crash victims

  27-12-2022 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Patrick Rogers and Mary Duffy are among four people killed in two separate incidents in County Tyrone on Monday.
  
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• Maxi Jazz obituary

  27-12-2022 19:34 via theguardian.com
  Charismatic lead singer with the dance music group FaithlessMaxi Jazz, who has died aged 65, was a founder member of the British band Faithless. During the late 1990s and early 2000s they became one of the biggest names in electronic dance music, creating globally popular rave compositions such as Insomnia, God Is a DJ and We Come 1.The group’s charismatic singer and lyricist, Jazz was a sinewy, almost beatific presence on stage, able to hold huge crowds in the palm of his hand just with t
  
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• The Guardian view on Europe’s radical right: crossing the cordon sanitaire | Editorial

  27-12-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Progressive politics must respond to the normalisation of formerly fringe views that are now mainstreamThe legacy of a seismic political autumn is beginning to unfold. Just before politics adjourned for the Christmas break, the migration minister in Sweden’s new rightwing government announced a plan to make it easier to revoke residence permits for immigrants. Maria Malmer Stenergard belongs to the centre-right Moderate party, but at her side during the press conference was Henrik Vinge, t
  
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• Keeping faith with an under-fire Christianity | Letters

  27-12-2022 19:24 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article on stripping Christmas celebrations of religious baggageI usually respect and agree with what Polly Toynbee writes, but I was sorry about the tone of her article (Christmas comes with good cheer. The tragedy is the religious baggage, 23 December). She is fully entitled to argue her humanist views, but I would hope for a bit of respect for people of faith, whether Christian or other. Those of us who are believers deeply regret that Christianity and
  
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• Wallasey pub shooting: Two arrested after Elle Edwards killed on Christmas Eve

  27-12-2022 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A man, 30, and a woman, 19, are held in connection with the killing of Elle Edwards in Merseyside.
  
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• Adam Smith would have recognised the monsters of modern capitalism | Letter

  27-12-2022 19:04 via theguardian.com
  Terry Peach responds to an article by Robert Reich on Donald Trump, Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon MuskRobert Reich’s conjecture (Trump, Bankman-Fried and Musk are the monsters of American capitalism, 24 December) that Adam Smith “would have bemoaned the … corruption, and cynicism spawned by modern capitalism and three of its prime exemplars” is certainly consistent with Smith’s known beliefs. But he would not regard these dismal phenomena as anything new. From his 18t
  
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• Birmingham nightclub stabbing victim named as 23-year-old Cody Fisher

  27-12-2022 19:03 via theguardian.com
  Footballer’s family say they lost their ‘best friend’ in Boxing Day attack and plead for privacyPolice have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed on the dancefloor of a nightclub in Birmingham on Boxing Day.The family of the victim, named as 23-year-old footballer Cody Fisher, said in a statement that whoever was responsible had “broken our hearts” and that they had lost their “best friend”. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia bans oil exports to countries that imposed price cap

  27-12-2022 18:54 via theguardian.com
  Putin responds to ‘unfriendly’ move by G7, EU and Australia in wake of attack on Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesPresident Vladimir Putin has delivered Russia’s long-awaited response to a western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of crude oil and oil products to nations that impose the cap.The ban will come into effect on 1 February and last for five months, according to the decree published on Tuesday on a government portal and the Kremlin
  
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• Suspect charged over World Cup hit-and-run death in Montpellier

  27-12-2022 18:51 via theguardian.com
  14-year-old boy died during celebrations of France’s win over Morocco in World Cup semi-finalsA suspect has been charged over the hit-and-run death of a teenage boy during celebrations of France’s win over Morocco in the World Cup semi-finals, French prosecutors said on Tuesday.The 14-year-old boy, Aymen, was killed on 15 December in the Paillade district of the southern city of Montpellier. Continue reading...
  
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• The Two Amigos wins Welsh National year after trainer forgot to enter horse

  27-12-2022 18:46 via theguardian.com
  Nicky Martin wins prestigious prize 13 months after mix-upEditeur Du Gite triumphs at Kempton after Edwardstone fallThirteen months since one of the more difficult days of her training career, Nicky Martin had an afternoon she will never forget at Chepstow on Tuesday as The Two Amigos bravely fought off all challengers from the front to win the Coral Welsh National at the third time of asking.The feature event of Chepstow’s season had long been an obvious target for The Two Amigos, who fin
  
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• Piers Morgan’s Twitter account abuses queen and Ed Sheeran in apparent hack

  27-12-2022 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Presenter’s account loses most of its content after apparent hacker shares false information and racial slursPiers Morgan’s Twitter account has been wiped of much of its content, amid reports it was hacked.The former Good Morning Britain (GMB) presenter, 57, who has 8.3 million followers on the social media site, had no profile picture, banner image or posts on Tuesday afternoon. Some tweets containing still and video images remained, as did records of tweets his account had liked. C
  
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• Critics mocked Sunak for asking a homeless man if he is in business. The critics are wrong | Simon Hattenstone and Daniel Lavelle

  27-12-2022 18:06 via theguardian.com
  The PM has a track record for being out of touch, but people with failed enterprises do end up homeless – and the problem may well get worseWhen Rishi Sunak asked Dean, a homeless man at a shelter, whether he was in business and wanted to get into the finance industry, many liberals were quick to ridicule him. Angela Rayner gleefully posted the video, calling it “excruciating”. The shadow levelling up secretary, Lisa Nandy, said: “How much more out of touch could this pri
  
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• Brexit and triple PM ‘disaster’ tested respect for democracy, says Commons speaker

  27-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Lindsay Hoyle tells of divisiveness of EU vote and ‘bizarre’ revolving door of ministers in 2022People’s respect for democracy has struggled in the aftermath of Brexit and throughout a year of political turmoil in which the UK was governed by three prime ministers, Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has said.The Labour MP who keeps order in the Commons said Westminster had “never seen anything like it before” with the “disaster” of three
  
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• Flavour of the month: the Spanish hamlet (population: 16) that created a hit nude calendar

  27-12-2022 17:48 via theguardian.com
  Even oldest resident, aged 100, strips off in venture aimed at revitalising village in MurciaFor decades they’ve grappled with a steady exodus as residents set their sights on jobs and opportunities beyond the southern Spanish hamlet. But the dwindling population of Peña Zafra de Abajo may have found a singular strategy to fight back – in essence stripping down to save their town.“When I suggested the idea of a nude calendar, people said, ‘Are you crazy?’&rdq
  
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• Two teenagers charged with murder after woman from Suffolk killed in Australia

  27-12-2022 17:25 via theguardian.com
  Emma Lovell, 41, was stabbed during an alleged break-in at her family’s home near Brisbane on Boxing DayTwo teenagers have been charged with murder after a woman from Suffolk was killed in an alleged break-in at her family’s home in Australia on Boxing Day.Emma Lovell, 41, was stabbed in the chest at her home on Monday and later died in hospital. Continue reading...
  
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• Hill walkers in UK urged not to rely on smartphones

  27-12-2022 17:12 via theguardian.com
  As more people explore outdoors and rescue callouts rise, experts advise use of maps and compassWalkers in the UK have been warned not to rely on smartphones to find their way on hills and mountains, and instead learn to use a map and compass, amid an increase in calls to rescue services.On Christmas Day a walker became unwell and later died after getting into difficulty at Buckstones Jump, near Rydal, in the Lake District.Continue reading...
  
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• Indian police investigate Russian politician’s hotel death

  27-12-2022 17:06 via theguardian.com
  Death of Pavel Antov, who reportedly criticised Ukraine war, comes days after his travelling companion died at same hotelIndian police are investigating the sudden deaths at a luxury hotel of a wealthy Russian politician who reportedly criticised the Ukraine war, and his travelling companion.The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was found on Saturday in a pool of blood outside his lodgings in eastern Odisha state, where he was on holiday with three other Russian nationals. Continue reading...
  
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• The RPS Selection Box: James's bonus games of the year 2022 - Rock Paper Shotgun

  27-12-2022 17:00 via news.google.com
  The RPS Selection Box: James's bonus games of the year 2022  Rock Paper ShotgunChristian's Top 5 PS5, PS4 Games of 2022  Push SquareTrueTrophies presents: The best non-Xbox games of 2022  TrueAchievementsEvery last RPS Bestest Best review of 2022  Rock Paper Shotgun10 Best Role Playing Games of 2022  GamingBoltView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘I will be resisting the urge to watch so much TV’: the thing I’ll do differently in 2023

  27-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Sitting in front of the screen became a safety blanket during the pandemic. But I can’t keep existing within the confines of my flatFor two years, I watched a minimum of 24 TV shows every week. From Strictly Come Dancing to The Crown, BBC Four documentaries on canals and the latest ITV crime thrillers – I would park myself in front of my screen daily, sit back and consume it all.More than just an obsessive hobby, this was my job on the Guardian’s TV desk as one of their preview
  
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• Climate impact labels could help people eat less red meat

  27-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Information on environmental impact can persuade consumers against carbon-heavy food choices, says studyClimate impact labels on foods such as red meat are an effective way to get people to stop choosing options that negatively affect the planet, a study has found.Policymakers have been debating how to get people to make less carbon-heavy food choices. In April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report urged world leaders, especially those in developed countries, to support a
  
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• Shaws the Drapers enters liquidation after 106 years

  27-12-2022 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  About 150 staff are believed to be affected after they were told by email the company will close.
  
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• Train strikes: Disruption to continue into the New Year

  27-12-2022 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Strikes this week include staff from customer service, safety and timetabling at three companies.
  
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• Ipswich wrapathon sees 30,000 gifts distributed in Ukraine

  27-12-2022 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  A large consignment of presents wrapped by volunteers has reached children in the war-torn nation.
  
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• UK traders on Brexit: ‘It’s increased paperwork, stress, everything’

  27-12-2022 16:13 via theguardian.com
  Boris Johnson said there would be ‘no non-tariff barriers’, but in the first of a four-part series we hear from firms who have lost valuable businessCharities and employers struggling due to post-Brexit funding delays“There was this time when they had problems with us sending elderberries – the most benign of foods. Because of which, they stopped the whole consignment for over a month!”Inside an anonymous-looking industrial unit on the outskirts of Reading, where a
  
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• Charities and employers struggling due to post-Brexit funding delays

  27-12-2022 16:13 via theguardian.com
  Some voluntary groups have closed and farmers report problems after slow disbursal of UK funds to replace EU moneyUK traders on Brexit: ‘It’s increased paperwork, stress, everything’Hundreds of voluntary organisations have been forced to shut up shop or scale back their operations because of government delays in replacing EU funding, the Guardian has learned, as the consequences of Brexit continue to ripple out across the UK.Three years after Boris Johnson was swept to power pr
  
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• In 2022 Liz Truss tried to bin economic orthodoxy – but what is it?

  27-12-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Rishi Sunak soon rowed back from his predecessor’s chaotic experiment, reasserting the seven pillars of UK Treasury wisdomIt was all over for Liz Truss’s war on economic orthodoxy the moment she decided to summon Kwasi Kwarteng back from the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.If the sacking of the Treasury’s top mandarin, Sir Tom Scholar, marked the beginning of the campaign against Whitehall beancounters, then the end came when Jeremy Hunt became t
  
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• Are you bored yet? Five brilliant films to stream right now – and not one of them is The Great Escape

  27-12-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  From an intimate sexy comedy to a shape-shifting Bowie documentary, settle down in front of these magnificent moviesAs Boxing Day dawns, and with it the post-Christmas anomie, year-end sloth and Quality Street tins denuded of everything but toffees, what you need are some films to stream. The following, available to watch now, might address your wintry mood and beguile during this annual limbo of inactivity. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukraine says forces closer to recapturing key eastern city of Kreminna

  27-12-2022 15:58 via theguardian.com
  Luhansk city could be step towards launching offensives on Russian-held Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk• Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkrainian forces appear to have edged closer to recapturing the key-Russian controlled city of Kreminna in Luhansk province as heavy fighting continued in the east and south of the country.The regional governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, said fighters in part of the city controlled by Russian command were forced to retreat to Rubizhne, a town
  
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• Welsh language: Call for more teachers in Patagonia

  27-12-2022 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Recruitment of Welsh language teachers in the Argentine province has been difficult since Covid.
  
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• Elle Edwards: public urged to speak up or be ‘complicit’ in fatal shooting

  27-12-2022 15:20 via theguardian.com
  Council leader asks people to ‘do the right thing’ as Merseyside force investigates attack on Christmas EvePeople have been told they will be complicit in the “horrendous and abhorrent” killing of Elle Edwards if they fail to share what they know about the deadly shooting on Christmas Eve.Edwards, 26, was celebrating with friends at a pub in Wallasey Village, Merseyside, when a gunman opened fire just before midnight on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Chuka Umunna advises Czech tycoon accused of Royal Mail plot

  27-12-2022 15:15 via theguardian.com
  Ex-Labour MP and former critic of privatisation risks claims of hypocrisy over advisory role with Daniel KřetínskýThe MP turned banker, Chuka Umunna, is advising a Czech tycoon who was accused by union leaders of planning a secret takeover of Royal Mail.The former Labour MP is one of a team of bankers working on Daniel Křetínský’s British business interests, many of which are held within Vesa Equity Investment, including a 23% stake in Royal Mail&rsquo
  
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• Watch: Large fire breaks out at Weston industrial estate

  27-12-2022 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  A passer-by filmed the blaze, which has now been brought under control, on Monday night.
  
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• Blind BBC News correspondent Sean Dilley defeats mugger who stole his phone

  27-12-2022 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Sean Dilley says he acted 'instinctively' after being targeted in central London early on Tuesday.
  
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