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• New Year’s Eve: celebrations around the world as 2023 begins – live

  31-12-2022 22:35 via theguardian.com
  Large fireworks events return in many major cities after pandemicRecord-breaking attempt for most drones used in a display expected in UAEFireworks have lit up the sky in Australia and New Zealand as new year’s eve celebrations begin.Celebrations are starting in Myanmar, where less than three hours of 2022 remain. Continue reading...
  
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• Cody Fisher: Two men charged with Birmingham nightclub stabbing murder

  31-12-2022 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Non-league footballer Cody Fisher was fatally attacked at a club in Birmingham on Boxing Day.
  
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• Ben Nevis climber dies and another injured after avalanche

  31-12-2022 21:34 via theguardian.com
  48-year-old man pronounced dead at scene and 40-year-old taken to hospital in Fort WilliamA man has died and another has been injured after an avalanche on the north face of Ben Nevis.Police Scotland said they were made aware of the avalanche at about 3.35pm on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Two charged with murder of Cody Fisher in in Birmingham nightclub

  31-12-2022 21:09 via theguardian.com
  Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged over Boxing Day killing of footballerTwo men have been charged with the Boxing Day murder of footballer Cody Fisher.Kami Carpenter, 21, and Remy Gordon, 22, have been charged with killing the 23-year-old at the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham, just before midnight on Boxing Day, West Midlands police said on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal move seven points clear at top as Ødegaard inspires win at Brighton

  31-12-2022 20:41 via theguardian.com
  With a seven-point gap on Manchester City, 2023 promises so much for Arsenal. If the World Cup loomed over early season and brought with it considerable collateral damage, Mikel Arteta’s team are yet to lose their step.There are vulnerabilities. Brighton scored two late second-half goals, another ruled out by VAR, to stop this becoming a new year’s parade. There will be further nerves to face down, starting with Newcastle on Tuesday and Arteta may soon have to locate some means to hi
  
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• Charity runner Gary McKee completes a marathon a day for a year

  31-12-2022 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Gary McKee crosses the finish line of his 365th marathon in 2022, raising £1m for charity.
  
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• Elle Edwards: third person arrested over fatal shooting released on bail

  31-12-2022 20:29 via theguardian.com
  31-year-old man from Tranmere, Wirral, had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murderDetectives investigating the murder of Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve have released the third person arrested in connection with her shooting.Two other people have also been held over her death but no one has been charged. Continue reading...
  
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• Melissa Lucashenko: ‘Hiding from an assassin concentrates the mind wonderfully’

  31-12-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  In a series of short essays, writers consider what happiness means to them now, after the reckoning of the past few yearsThree years ago my partner dropped me at Southern Cross uni in Lismore, agreeing to text in a couple of hours. My latest novel had just won Australia’s biggest literary prize, and the Bundjalung mob on campus had invited me down to give a talk. Reader, as I headed into the Indigenous Centre that September afternoon, I was walking on air. Even when our preliminary cuppas
  
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• ‘I dip the sandwich in the soup. HP restored’: hangover cures from the hospitality industry

  31-12-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  From noodles and a nap to double carbs, Australian chefs, sommeliers and front-of-house staff dish up their favourite remedies for the morning afterSign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morningSo you gave 2022 the send-off it deserved, but you got carried away with last night’s celebrations. The year is done, but now it’s your head that needs to be dusted.Enter: the hospitality industry, whose workforce knows ho
  
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• From Britney Spears to John Stonehouse, a great true-life story is worth telling again and again | Keely Winstone

  31-12-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  I thought I had the tale of the vanishing MP to myself, but I’m glad I was wrongJennifer Lawrence was all set to play Silicon Valley fraudster Elizabeth Holmes in new movie Bad Blood – the next film from Adam McKay, director of Don’t Look Up, which Lawrence also starred in. Then she caught The Dropout, on streaming service Hulu, where Amanda Seyfried plays, you’ve guessed it, Elizabeth Holmes. “I thought she was terrific. I was like, ‘Yeah, we don’t need
  
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• Sunak’s U-turn on China Covid tests is a political move, say scientists

  31-12-2022 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Chief medical officer Chris Whitty told health secretary Steve Barclay there was no evidence tests on travellers would have any effectRishi Sunak’s decision to perform a U-turn and impose Covid checks on travellers from China was dismissed on Saturday night as a purely political manoeuvre that would make no difference to the rise or fall of cases in the UK.The health secretary Steve Barclay was briefed by the chief medical officer Chris Whitty on Thursday and was told there was no clear ev
  
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• We called him Rei because Pelé was the king, but he never acted that way | Léo Júnior

  31-12-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The former Brazil international came to know Pelé the man, his patience and humility: ‘He was warm, close’Pelé called me his idol once. That was the day I played with him, the only time I did, and it was my most emotional moment with him. It was a benefit match at the Maracanã in April 1979, with 140,000 people there after flooding in Minas Gerais. Flamengo against Atlético Mineiro. “My idol!” he called me; that was him, that was his humour, hi
  
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• Tommy Fleetwood: ‘It was a big loss … mum supported me when I was playing badly’

  31-12-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The golfer reflects on the emotional backdrop of bereavement to a long-awaited victory and talks of major and Ryder Cup hopesThe tears could easily have been mistaken for ones of joy. The three years between Tommy Fleetwood’s victory at the Nedbank Challenge of 2019 and repeat glory in November failed to return a victory. They included a “terrible” run of form and a front-row seat as the United States celebrated a Ryder Cup trouncing of Europe. As Fleetwood held off Ryan Fox by
  
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• Nell Zink: ‘Guys who like Kafka are insufferable’

  31-12-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The American novelist on being from the wrong side of the tracks, quitting Twitter and the dangers of studying philosophy Continue reading...
  
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• Among the Meghan-hating media fraternity, Jeremy Clarkson isn’t even king | Catherine Bennett

  31-12-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The invective of the former Top Gear presenter barely rose above the standard of an average incelCommiserations to Jeremy Clarkson: now his Sun column has been taken down, the celebrity must forfeit his chance to win the UK media’s most demented attack on Meghan award, 2022.Fairness requires his article to be available for comparison with work from names including, in no particular order, Dan Wootton, Piers Morgan, Nigel Farage, Tom Bower, Brendan O’Neill of spiked and the Spectator&
  
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• ‘Terror on New Year’s Eve’: huge Russian missile attack kills one in Ukraine

  31-12-2022 18:58 via theguardian.com
  More than dozen also injured as over 20 rockets launched in secondmajor strike in three daysRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person in the capital Kyiv and injuring more than a dozen in what one official described as “terror on New Year’s Eve”.Moscow’s second major missile attack in three days badly damaged a hotel south of Kyiv’s centre and a residential b
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s failure to negotiate on strikes is sabotaging UK, Labour warns

  31-12-2022 18:55 via theguardian.com
  • Rachel Reeves says Tory approach is ‘increasingly reckless’• Business leaders claim that small firms are being ‘hammered’The UK economy faces a “massive hit” in 2023 because Rishi Sunak’s government is refusing point blank to negotiate with unions over ending public sector strikes, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the Observer in a marked escalation of rhetoric from Labour.This week will see five consecutive days of shutdowns on the r
  
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• Cumbrian man completes mission of running marathon every day in 2022

  31-12-2022 18:48 via theguardian.com
  Gary McKee, 53, from Cleator Moor hits target of raising £1m for Macmillan Cancer Support and Hospice at Home West CumbriaA fundraiser has completed his mission of running a marathon every day of 2022, and has surpassed his target of raising £1m for charity.Gary McKee, 53, from Cleator Moor in Cumbria, raised his arms in victory and was cheered by a crowd of supporters as he completed his 365th marathon of the year on New Year’s Eve. Continue reading...
  
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• Owen Farrell proves he’s a perfect 10 as Saracens steamroller Exeter

  31-12-2022 18:21 via theguardian.com
  Saracens 35-3 ExeterFarrell runs the game to make statement to BorthwickOwen Farrell helped Saracens get back into the winning habit with a masterly display from fly-half which was a persuasive argument to give him the keys to No 10 with England.Farrell, more often than not a 12 at Test level, ran the game with his boot and range of passing to make a statement to England’s new head coach, Steve Borthwick, about where he is most effective. Continue reading...
  
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• Demarai Gray’s stunner for Everton puts dent in Manchester City title hopes

  31-12-2022 18:18 via theguardian.com
  Manchester City did precisely what Pep Guardiola warned they should not: drop more points in the attempt to overhaul Arsenal and retain the title.The champions could be classed as dominant but just not ruthless enough against an Everton whose possession percentage never rose above 30 but whose feistiness made this a bad-tempered – and productive affair for them. Continue reading...
  
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• The week in audio: Desert Island Discs; Today guest editors; The Dark Is Rising; Terry Hall

  31-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  The fleeting return of Kirsty Young, a mixed bag of guest editors, some midwinter magic and fond memories of Terry Hall Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
  Today’s guest editors (BBC Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
  The Dark Is Rising (BBC World Service/BBC Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
  Mary Ann Hobbs interviews Terry Hall – (BBC 6 Music) | BBC Sounds
  Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: Terry Hall|
  Terry Hall on Piccadilly Radio, 8 April 1985 Say goodbye to the twixt ti
  
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• ‘It’s going to be wild’: Brazil braced for ‘Lulapalooza’ as new leader kicks off reign with huge party

  31-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  The return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has led to an outpouring of optimism in the South American country – and relief at the downfall of Jair BolsonaroThey are billing it as Lulapalooza – a momentous explosion of Brazilian politics and dance – and Mayse Freitas wouldn’t miss it for the world.“I think it’s going to be the greatest show on earth … It’ll be the happiest day of my life,” said the social activist from the Complexo do Ale
  
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• Catherine Losing’s DIY seed trays – in pictures

  31-12-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Lincolnshire-born photographer Catherine Losing started her seed tray project as a lockdown necessity. “I couldn’t get hold of any, so I decided to sacrifice my back issues of British Vogue and i-D magazine for the veg patch. Making containers out of rolled pages worked better than expected and saves loads of plastic, so I always do it now. It wasn’t until I lined up all the seedlings to plant them that I thought: ‘This looks like a weird trend forecast.’” And
  
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• ‘So noble, so kind’: Pope Francis leads tributes to Benedict XVI

  31-12-2022 17:56 via theguardian.com
  Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak among world leaders offering tributes to the former pope who died aged 95Pope Francis called former pope Benedict XVI a noble, kind man who was a gift to the church and the world, in his first public comments since the death of his predecessor earlier on Saturday.Francis spoke in the homily of a previously planned New Year’s Eve vespers of thanksgiving in St Peter’s Basilica. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It’s very tough’: UK castles, museums, theatres to close as energy prices hit

  31-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Rising costs have led to staff redundancies and curtailed opening hours asnine out of 10 sites fear they could close permanentlyTheatres, museums, castles and other heritage sites are making staff redundant, turning down the heating, shutting rooms to the public and closing early.The findings come from research that shows nine in 10 such sites across the UK now fear for their future.Continue reading...
  
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• Hopes for power and purpose from an energy industry in flux

  31-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  As war drives up fossil fuel prices and profits, new technologies show a way forward for the generators in 2023A tall white rig punctures the Cornish skyline, offering a hint of a new industrial era at a site near Redruth, once a copper mining capital. This year, the first power produced by a geothermal plant in the UK is expected from a project three decades in the making.The United Downs project aims to produce constant low-carbon electricity for the grid, and heat for homes, from hot rocks. G
  
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• From super scooters to smarter meters: six firms to watch in 2023

  31-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Times are tough for businesses old and new, but the pace of change in many sectors this year will be relentlessThe upheavals of recent years have posed huge challenges for established companies, but for others rapid change can mean big opportunities. Entrepreneurs are breaking ground in important new areas, from artificial intelligence to biotechnology and super-smart energy meters. Here, we look at six companies making the most of the moment. Continue reading...
  
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• From six-year-old Tibetan monk to teenage Ibiza raver: a Spanish boy’s incredible journey

  31-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Osel Hita Torres joined a monastery after the Dalai Lama declared him a reincarnated spiritual leader, but at 18 he broke free and moved to Ibiza. A new TV series tells his storyAt the age of 14 months, Osel Hita Torres was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of a revered Tibetan lama. But by the age of 18, he had turned his back on monastic life, leaving in his wake a string of headlines as he partied in Ibiza and bemoaned a childhood bereft of television, football and girls.Nearl
  
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• Beauty, Michael Gove, is only ever in the eye of a housebuilder’s bottom line | Rowan Moore

  31-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  The minister’s call for buildings to be aesthetically pleasing is all very well, but nimbies and developers have other concernsWhen Michael Gove says he wants new buildings to be more beautiful, who could possibly disagree? He calls for places to be created with “heart and soul”. He also hopes that opposition to new housing will diminish if there is “a general improvement in the standard of design”. Again, he has a point: who would want the site of Venice to be retu
  
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• All aboard an adventurous home! Life on a restored steam carriage

  31-12-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s been a long time since this old steam carriage saw active service on the Australian railways. But now it’s been restored as a first class homeNestled at the end of a quiet, unmade lane in Forrest, a former logging town full of weatherboard shacks two hours from Melbourne, you are greeted by a couple of unexpected properties: a quirky steam train carriage and a three-storey cabin made out of wood and upcycled train parts. Neither are your stereotypical Australian structures, but
  
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• Hermes Allen delivers Challow Hurdle triumph for Nicholls and Ferguson

  31-12-2022 16:46 via theguardian.com
  You Wear It Well plugs on gamely for second at NewburyPaul Nicholls-trained winner proves in different leagueHermes Allen was a very easy winner of the Challow Novices’ Hurdle at a rain-lashed Newbury, to give Paul Nicholls a third successive victory in the Grade One feature.Following on from Bravemansgame and Stage Star, Hermes Allen had to prove he could handle deep ground on this occasion. On paper at least, this year’s renewal looked as strong as any in recent memory – but
  
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• ‘I overslept’: Rashford scores for United after being dropped by Ten Hag

  31-12-2022 16:43 via theguardian.com
  Striker comes off bench to hit United’s winner at Wolves‘Everyone has to follow the rules,’ says United managerErik ten Hag praised Marcus Rashford’s reaction after the striker stepped off the bench to clinch victory at Wolves having been dropped for being late to a team meeting because he overslept. Ten Hag reiterated that all of his players must play by the rules after Rashford missed Manchester United’s pre-match meeting.Rashford entered at half-time in place of
  
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• China ‘stands on right side of history’, says Xi Jinping in new year address

  31-12-2022 16:33 via theguardian.com
  Chinese leader largely sidesteps issues facing his country, but says it will always ‘advocate for peace and development’China “stands on the right side of history”, Xi Jinping said on Saturday in a new year address that came as questions are raised over his government’s handling of Covid-19 and economic and political challenges at home and abroad.Speaking on national television from behind a desk in a wood-panelled office, the Chinese president largely avoided addre
  
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• On my radar: Katy Hessel’s cultural highlights

  31-12-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  The art historian and broadcaster on the joys of Emma Corrin’s Orlando, and the exhibition that she has seen three times alreadyKaty Hessel studied art history at UCL. In 2015, she launched the Instagram account @thegreatwomenartists to increase the profile of female and gender-nonconforming artists worldwide; it now has more than 300,000 followers, and she hosts a podcast of the same name. Hessel has written and presented arts documentaries for the BBC and her debut book, The Story of Art
  
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• ‘I did not let Kim Philby go. He gave me the slip’: what an MI6 spy told me over lunch

  31-12-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  A new TV series highlights the part played by the UK intelligence service’s Nicholas Elliott in unmasking the 1960s Cambridge spy ring – events he recalled years later over lunch at his clubThe English of a certain generation seem to be divided between those who are fascinated by the Cambridge spies and those who are not. For the former, the fascination and in my case memories have been rekindled by the recent release of the television series A Spy Among Friends, starring Guy Pearce
  
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• ‘Exhausted, broken, at risk of heart attacks’: UK headteachers quit as cuts push them to the edge

  31-12-2022 16:00 via theguardian.com
  With a strike ballot looming, school leaders say erosion of services for children and families has made their jobs untenableHeadteachers are breaking down in tears, suffering migraines and even passing out, with six in 10 admitting they have considered changing jobs in the past year because of increased level of stress.The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) union says more school leaders than ever before are considering leaving the profession, and “fewer and fewer” middle l
  
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• Flippin ‘eck: Walrus draws crowds to Scarborough on New Year’s Eve

  31-12-2022 15:20 via theguardian.com
  Council postpones fireworks display while local wildlife experts urge public not to disturb Arctic mammal ‘taking a break’A wandering walrus has delighted locals and tourists after appearing in a North Yorkshire seaside town.The marine mammal arrived in Scarborough on Friday night and has drawn huge crowds to the harbour on New Year’s Eve. Continue reading...
  
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• The year in patriarchy: a dancing PM, an ‘inclusive’ M&M, and lots of protests

  31-12-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  2022 saw a stunning reverse on reproductive rights in the US but there were also victories for women – and the plain bizarreLet’s start on a positive note, eh? Because there were a few victories. 2022 was a crummy year in many respects for women but it wasn’t all bad. In terms of reproductive rights, for example, Colombia decriminalized abortion and India’s supreme court extended access to abortion to unmarried women.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this art
  
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• Out of Africa: my lifelong mission to trace the origins of humanity

  31-12-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Chris Stringer, who has just received a CBE for his work on human evolution, tells how his remarkable quest as a young researcher transformed understanding of our speciesAs with so many other careers, chance played a major role in my pursuit of science. After a childhood in which I displayed a disquieting interest in skulls and stories about Neanderthals, I was – after a challenging stint as a supply teacher in east London in 1966 – about to train as a doctor at London Hospital medic
  
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• Mary McCartney: ‘Finding my own path was overwhelming at times’

  31-12-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The photographer, 53, on handbag superstitions, hugging trees, TV presenting and touring the world with her famous parentsMy earliest memory is standing alone in my cot, totally covered in instant coffee. Somehow I got hold of a jar, took off the lid, and spread it all over. Mum and Dad thought I’d slathered myself in the contents of my nappy.Adventurous is how I’d describe my childhood. Our parents [Paul and Linda McCartney] toured the world, and we went, too. It was full of contras
  
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• ‘At first we thought, we can’t possibly sell this’: how one couple got Veganuary going

  31-12-2022 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Eight years after first asking people to go meat-free for a month, the couple behind the campaign say there is still work to doWhen the first Veganuary began in 2014, the estimated 150,000 vegans in the UK were seen as eccentric ascetics.Nearly a decade later, 9% of adults – about 6 million people – have tried going vegan for January, and adopting a plant-based diet and lifestyle is seen as entirely normal, according to new research. Continue reading...
  
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• The best way to get rid of your Christmas tree? Just eat it

  31-12-2022 14:01 via theguardian.com
  Pickled veg, herb tea, vinegar, even flavoured gin … an organic tree has many uses once the baubles are banishedOver the next week, millions of trees will be ejected from homes across the UK as Christmas festivities draw to a close.But instead of sending their pine, fir and spruce trees for recycling or replanting, growing numbers of eco-conscious households are trying to make the most of them by eating various parts before throwing them out. Fir trees can be used in ice-cream, to pickle
  
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• How to sleep well at any age – from babies (and their parents) to dog-tired midlifers

  31-12-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  A good night’s sleep is vital for our health, but our needs change throughout our lives. Experts reveal how to maximise the benefits for everyoneThe fundamental purpose of sleep is to “service” our brains so they’re in good working order for the gargantuan tasks we require of them: so it makes perfect sense that babies – whose brains are doing the most demanding work a human brain will ever do – need a lot of sleep. Newborns tend to spend more time asleep than
  
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• Sydney leads global New Year’s Eve celebrations

  31-12-2022 13:41 via theguardian.com
  Australia gears up for first restriction-free party since Covid struck, with more than 1m revellers flocking to harbourCelebrations around the world as 2023 begins – liveAustralia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of Covid disruptions, with more than a million revellers expected to flock to Sydney’s harbourfront and watch an elaborate fireworks display.Sydney is one of the world’s first major cities to welcome in the new
  
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• Who dares bins? Councils in England use ex-SAS soldiers to catch fly-tippers

  31-12-2022 13:33 via theguardian.com
  Former special forces personnel are being deployed to ‘hide in the undergrowth’ and catch criminal gangs dumping dangerous wasteSpecial forces war veterans are being deployed undercover to help tackle the increasingly violent criminal networks moving into fly-tipping and the dumping of dangerous waste.Former SAS and special reconnaissance regiment (SRR) service personnel, who specialise in surveillance and “close-target” reconnaissance and who served in Afghanistan and Ir
  
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• ‘Propaganda literature’: calls to close Mikhail Bulgakov museum in Kyiv

  31-12-2022 13:20 via theguardian.com
  The Master and Margarita writer’s antipathy to Ukrainian nationalism has led to some demanding his old house be renamed or repurposedIn his novel The White Guard, Mikhail Bulgakov painted an evocative portrait of his childhood home. Inside, there was a Dutch stove blazing with heat, a piano and a library, and cream-coloured curtains. The family’s first-floor apartment was located in “a two-storey house of strikingly unusual design”. In winter, the snow topping the roof re
  
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• Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes … because I live just around the corner | Lynsey Hanley

  31-12-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  To a dour Brummie like me, living in Liverpool is an unending source of hope and delight. I took this photo to remind meWhat was the image on your phone that defined 2022? Writers give their perspectivesOnce a place is immortalised in song it’s hard to imagine it as somewhere in which people really do walk their dogs, or go to the Londis or get a haircut. When it’s the Beatles doing the immortalising, it becomes almost impossible – unless, of course, you live there.Penny Lane,
  
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• The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January

  31-12-2022 12:55 via theguardian.com
  You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 daysMUSIC Floating PointsHERE at Outernet, London
  New Year’s Eve is clearly a huge night in the clubbing calendar, but the following evening is a surprisingly big deal, too. This sure-to-be transcendental six-hour set from Sam Shepherd – whose clever, subtle and atmospheric electronic music makes h
  
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• Waitrose stops selling single-use vaping products

  31-12-2022 12:45 via theguardian.com
  Company cites their harmful effect on the environment and the health of young people for the moveWaitrose has stopped selling single-use vaping products because of their negative impact on the environment and the health of young people.The popularity of products such as e-cigarettes has soared over the past year, with vaping in Great Britain reaching record levels. About 4.3 million people are regular vapers, according to a recent report. Continue reading...
  
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• Lake Mead’s receding waters revealed long-lost bodies. But who are they?

  31-12-2022 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The remains have caused a public stir, but authorities say the falling water level due to the climate crisis is the real scandalThe first sets of human remains that surfaced at Lake Mead appeared in quick succession, one after another.The environmental disaster unfolding at the largest reservoir in the US was already hard to ignore – there was the giant “bathtub ring” that served as a reminder of the punishing drought in the west and diminishing recreation opportunities. But th
  
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