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• At least one dead and 57 injured in collision on Mexico City’s metro

  07-01-2023 23:14 via theguardian.com
  Death of young woman follows other accidents on the network, including one in 2021 that killed 26Two subway trains collided between stations in Mexico City on Saturday, killing at least one person and injuring 57, authorities said.Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on her Twitter account that the accident happened on Line 3 of the capital’s Metro system, without specifying the cause of the crash, which occurred between the Potrero and La Raza stations. Continue reading...
  
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• Redfall is more like Far Cry than Left 4 Dead, says Arkane - Rock Paper Shotgun

  07-01-2023 23:13 via news.google.com
  Redfall is more like Far Cry than Left 4 Dead, says Arkane  Rock Paper ShotgunLaunching On Xbox Game Pass Is 'Scary', Says Redfall Dev Arkane  Pure Xbox‘Redfall’ Isn’t ‘Left 4 Dead’ Or ‘Borderlands,’ It’s ‘Far Cry,’ Says Creative Director  Forbes“This Is Gonna Be Great” – Arkane Fans Are Excited to Know That the Upcoming RedFall Is More Similar to Far Cry Than Left 4 Dead  Essent
  
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• Chile’s justice minister resigns in face of opposition to protester pardons

  07-01-2023 23:13 via theguardian.com
  Marcela Ríos stands down before expected congressional complaint over pardons of those involved in 2019 political violenceChile’s justice minister, Marcela Ríos, has resigned her post, the country’s president, Gabriel Boric, said on Saturday, amid accusations of wrongdoing over pardons given to people connected to violent 2019 protests.Lawyer Luis Cordero Vega will take up the job in the coming days, leftist Boric added in a video statement, thanking Ríos for her
  
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• Gangs exploit border force strikes to smuggle more migrants to UK

  07-01-2023 23:01 via express.co.uk
  Organised crime gangs have urged would-be migrants to take advantage of the recent Border Force strikes and sneak into the country on fake passports, the Sunday Express can reveal.
  
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• 'Anxiety therapy' for the children of our Armed Forces

  07-01-2023 23:01 via express.co.uk
  They are the unheard victims, the collateral damage of their parents' decisions to bravely face Britain's threats.
  
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• John Stonehouse paved the way for today’s sleazy members – only he didn’t get away with it | Catherine Bennett

  07-01-2023 22:37 via theguardian.com
  His rackety life and faked death, as portrayed in a new ITV drama, seems almost quaint compared with the brazenness of MPs today Julia Stonehouse, daughter of the late Labour MP, does not like his portrayal in ITV’s new dramatisation, Stonehouse. She says it makes his conduct, which she attributes, like her father, to a breakdown, look like “that of a hapless fool”.You do see her point. For whatever reason, Stonehouse, played with genius by Matthew Macfadyen, appears so idiotic
  
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• CCTV released as police search for missing couple and baby after M61 breakdown

  07-01-2023 22:09 via express.co.uk
  Constance Martin, Mark Gordon and their newborn child have been missing since their car broke down on Thursday.
  
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• Prince Harry: I felt guilt meeting mourners after Diana’s death

  07-01-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Duke recalls feeling hands wet with tears when he shook hands with people outside Kensington PalaceThe Duke of Sussex has described the guilt he felt while walking outside Kensington Palace following the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.In a clip from Harry: The Interview, which will be broadcast at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX on Sunday, Prince Harry speaks about his memories of meeting mourners following the death of his mother in 1997. Continue reading...
  
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• UN rights chief urges rapid inquiry after 28 die in Burkina Faso town

  07-01-2023 21:24 via theguardian.com
  Volker Türk says investigationlaunched by government into deaths in mainly Fulani and Muslim area should be rapid and openThe head of the United Nations human rights office has called for a prompt, transparent investigation into the deaths of at least 28 people whose bodies were found in north-west Burkina Faso last month.Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said it was encouraging that authorities had announced an investigation into the incident in Nouna town, a pre
  
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• Sheffield Wednesday send Newcastle out of FA Cup with Josh Windass double

  07-01-2023 21:20 via theguardian.com
  This was the sort of evening from which this competition has for so long earned a living. The sort of night when an old, somewhat unloved but far from unloveable mash of iron and concrete erupted twice courtesy of Josh Windass.The sort of 90 minutes during which Premier League high flyers, perhaps guilty of underestimating their opponents, are continually wasteful, a malaise summed up by a woeful effort from Chris Wood. It drew wild cheers from one set of supporters and a barrage of expletives f
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra gets four new colors as retailer leaks tempting pre-order gift for early Galaxy S23 buyers - Notebookcheck.net

  07-01-2023 21:11 via news.google.com
  Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra gets four new colors as retailer leaks tempting pre-order gift for early Galaxy S23 buyers  Notebookcheck.netTempting Samsung Galaxy S23 pre-registration offer revealed  SamMobile - Samsung newsSamsung Galaxy S23 leak suggests a price increase for this year's flagships  TechRadarSamsung Galaxy S23 pre-orders may include free Galaxy Buds 2 Pro  Tom's GuideNew Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra storage size leak le
  
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• Mark Hughes: ‘Gianluca Vialli was a beautiful human who loved Chelsea’

  07-01-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  The Bradford City manager has paid an emotional tribute to his former Chelsea teammate after his death at the age of 58Mark Hughes has described Gianluca Vialli as a “beautiful human”, paying an emotional tribute to his former Chelsea teammate after his death at 58.Hughes also believes that the Italian – who joined Chelsea in 1996 and helped them lift the FA Cup at the end of his first season before winning the League Cup and Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup as player-manager the fo
  
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• British intel may have been leaked to Russia by German 'double-agent' - The Telegraph

  07-01-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  British intel may have been leaked to Russia by German 'double-agent'  The TelegraphGerman Intelligence Sees Growing Activity By Russian, Iranian Secret Services  Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Non-league Wrexham secure FA Cup upset at Coventry in seven-goal epic

  07-01-2023 20:45 via theguardian.com
  It was only briefly sunny in Coventry. It was otherwise rain-lashed and windy. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, Wrexham’s proprietors, had stayed away, presumably waiting for a Premier League club in the next round.In their absence, their team prevailed after a chaotic, dramatic FA Cup tie. It doubtless made for high-quality streaming content in showing off the old competitions’s finest win-or-bust essence, even if McElhenney complained on social media that his feed had crashed duri
  
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• Graham Potter: ‘Pep was at City for a year before they won anything’

  07-01-2023 20:41 via theguardian.com
  The Chelsea manager comes out fighting in response to growing criticism and insists: ‘I know the quality I have’It would be no great shock if west London’s third-best team tumble out of the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon. Chelsea, whose stuttering Premier League form has left them in the unfamiliar position of peering up at Brentford and Fulham, are not in a good place before facing Manchester City for the second time in four days.An extensive injury list is pushing an unbalanced s
  
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• Virginia: school chief ‘in shock’ after teacher shot by student, six

  07-01-2023 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Newport News superintendent George Parker urges gun control after attack that left school teacher with life-threatening injuriesThe superintendent of the public school district in Newport News, Virginia, has called for increased gun control while condemning a shooting in which a first-grade student deliberately shot his teacher.In a news conference, the superintendent George Parker said he was “disheartened” and “in shock” after the attack left a Richneck elementary schoo
  
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• ‘One more embarrassment’: McCarthy debacle wearily received in California home town

  07-01-2023 20:25 via theguardian.com
  Bakersfield, in California’s unfashionable Central Valley, has been thrown back into focus by the sorry saga in CongressKevin McCarthy’s home town – the hardscrabble city of Bakersfield, in California’s Central Valley – has experienced plenty of bruised feelings over the past week, but not necessarily because people have felt the pain of their congressman’s tortured path to the House speakership.Many have bristled at being under a national spotlight during wha
  
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• Vanishing bird: the mystery of the ‘near-mythical’ Australian painted-snipe

  07-01-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Sightings are so rare that no one has recorded the call of these elusive waders but a mission has begun to finally learn where they go when they disappearFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates“Near-mythical” is how the ecologist Matthew Herring describes the Australian painted-snipe – one of this continent’s rarest birds.“Some of these terms get thrown around,” Herring says, “but they really are.” Continue reading...
  
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• The Observer view on how Prince Harry’s stream of revelations will benefit no one | Observer editorial

  07-01-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  The desire to tell all after a lifetime of imposed secrecy is understandable, but it will not produce the catharsis he seeksAccounts of the psychology of the Duke of Sussex tend to focus on the trauma of following his mother’s coffin along the Mall in 1997. Less attention is paid to the effect of the lurid details of his parents’ horrific marriage that were aired so publicly when he was at prep school in London.The scandalous leaked phone conversations between Diana and her lover Jam
  
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• The moment I knew: ‘I pledged I would go to mass for 30 days to understand what I was feeling’

  07-01-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  After years of friendship, Josie still wasn’t sure whether she was into Chris. So she struck a deal with GodGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI was 18 when I first met Chris at a church youth group. Although we came from the same ethno-religious group, Chris wasn’t strictly religious. For him, youth group was a way to socialise with people from our community.I never really paid him any attention but one night after youth group he walked me to my car. He was trying to get to
  
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• Revealed: NHS trusts tell patients to go private and jump hospital queues

  07-01-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Observer investigation finds a ‘two-tier’ health system emerging in England, with rapid access available to those able to payNHS trusts with record waiting lists are promoting “quick and easy” private healthcare services at their own hospitals, offering patients the chance to jump year-long queues, the Observer can reveal.Hospitals are offering hip replacements from £10,000, cataract surgery for £2,200 and hernia repairs for £2,500. MRI scans are offered
  
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• Black Britons and MPs condemn ‘cruel’ plan to dump Windrush pledges

  07-01-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Ian Wright and MPs David Lammy, Yvette Cooper and Caroline Lucas criticise U-turn by Suella Braverman before 75th anniversaryThe government has been criticised by several public figures after the news of the home secretary’s plans to abandon several key commitments made after the Windrush scandal in the run-up to the 75th anniversary of the ship’s arrival in the UK.On Friday, the Guardian reported that Suella Braverman was planning to abandon several of the key commitments made since
  
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• Two leaders’ speeches, two elephants in the room – cartoon

  07-01-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are all about control – or so they say• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Most schools in England and Wales to shut for several days if teachers win strike vote

  07-01-2023 18:27 via theguardian.com
  February and March closures will mean biggest shutdown for years if union ballots for action this weekMost state schools across England and Wales will have to close completely on several days in February and March if the country’s biggest teaching union votes for industrial action this week, the Observer has been told.In what would represent a dramatic escalation of the chaos sweeping the public sector, and affect millions of working parents, the National Education Union (NEU) expects a ba
  
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• Children and teammates pay tribute to Cody Fisher before kick-off at Stratford

  07-01-2023 18:15 via theguardian.com
  The 23-year-old footballer was fatally stabbed at the Crane nightclub in Birmingham on Boxing DaySchoolchildren have paid tribute to a man who was stabbed to death on a nightclub dancefloor on Boxing Day, by forming a guard of honour.Cody Fisher, a 23-year-old footballer, was fatally stabbed at the Crane nightclub in Digbeth, Birmingham, just before midnight on 26 December. Continue reading...
  
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• Balloon animals beyond the poodle – in pictures

  07-01-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Masayoshi Matsumoto was working as a chemical engineer when he first learned how to make balloon animals. Matsumoto doesn’t use marker pens or tape for details on his creations: every eyeball, feather and claw is made from balloons. Inspired by wildlife photography, his menagerie of creatures includes startlingly detailed hermit crabs, baboons, ants and birds. He says the most difficult animal to make is a pangolin. “Many people imagine a poodle or such when they hear the term balloo
  
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• Russia launches strikes in Ukraine in violation of self-declared ceasefire

  07-01-2023 17:47 via theguardian.com
  At least two civilians killed in attacks across country after Russia declared ceasefire for Orthodox ChristmasRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia has launched attacks across Ukraine, killing at least two civilians, in violation of a unilateral, self-declared ceasefire for the Orthodox celebration of Christmas on Saturday.The attacks came as the US announced it would send Ukraine another $3.75bn of weapons and other aid, including a first shipment of Bradley armoured vehicles kno
  
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• Prince Harry claims he wasn't William's best man despite standing by his side at wedding

  07-01-2023 17:45 via express.co.uk
  Prince Harry's bombshell memoir 'Spare' will officially be released on Tuesday making several claims about the Prince of Wales.
  
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• Brutalised, broken, mended: inside Ukraine’s rehabilitation centre for wounded veterans

  07-01-2023 17:39 via theguardian.com
  Tens of thousands have been badly hurt in the battle against Putin. For those with spinal injuries, one centre is offering a ‘small miracle’. Now that miracle needs to expand…• Ukraine war latestDmytro Polovian laughed as one of his doctors tried to pot a ball but instead sent several ricocheting across the billiard cloth. Even playing from a wheelchair for the first time, Polovian looked set to win.As the forests of western Ukraine darkened outside the window, for a brie
  
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• Iran condemned for executing two men over alleged crimes during protests

  07-01-2023 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Campaigners call for greater global action after deaths of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Iran drew international condemnation on Saturday after it executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member in November during protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman.The latest killings double the number executed so far in connection with the nationwide protests. Two men were put to death in December, sparking global outrage. Continue reading...
  
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• The ChatGPT bot is causing panic now – but it’ll soon be as mundane a tool as Excel | John Naughton

  07-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  A new AI-assisted chatbot that can generate eerily fluent prose is only the latest in a long series of useful tech accessoriesSo the ChatGPT language processing model burst upon an astonished world and the air was rent by squeals of delight and cries of outrage or lamentation. The delighted ones were those transfixed by discovering that a machine could apparently carry out a written commission competently. The outrage was triggered by fears of redundancy on the part of people whose employment re
  
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• Rule changes take the FTSE into a new diversity dawn

  07-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  The financial watchdog’s new regime is bringing a harder edge to voluntary schemes for race and gender representationWhen Sainsbury’s then chairman, David Tyler, started walking the grocery chain’s shop floors in 2009 after his appointment to the board, he noticed a worrying trend.Despite having hired an ethnically diverse workforce that often reflected the population they served, Sainsbury’s store managers were, in most cases, all white men. “And it wasn’t ju
  
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• Einstein, Piaf, Twiggy: Marilyn Stafford’s extraordinary life behind the lens

  07-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  The American photographer, who has died aged 97, was equally at home documenting war as she was shooting celebrity portraitsMarilyn Stafford was largely unknown until her 90s, when she had a belated and glorious brush with fame. Stafford, who has died aged 97, became celebrated in the way she should have been for decades. She was given a major retrospective at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, published a magnificent book of her photographs, was interviewed by newspapers on both sides of th
  
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• Drugs, sex and killings: six explosive revelations from Prince Harry’s book

  07-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  The early Spanish publication of the memoir reveals a scuffle with William and lost virginity behind a pubThe Duke of Sussex alleges he scuffled with his brother at his home in Nottingham Cottage in 2019 when the Prince of Wales called his wife Meghan “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”. “Everything happened so fast. Really, really fast. He grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor … I fell on top of
  
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• Royal Navy rescues crew from sinking tug in Caribbean

  07-01-2023 16:05 via theguardian.com
  HMS Medway was conducting routine operations in the area when it came torescue of stranded crewThe crew of a Royal Navy warship have rescued five people after their ocean-going tug sank in choppy seas in the Caribbean.HMS Medway – the Royal Navy’s permanent vessel in the region – saved the crew members who had taken refuge on a large sand barge their tug was towing when it began to flood. Continue reading...
  
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• Police seize car in Natalie McNally murder investigation

  07-01-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Northern Ireland make house-to-house inquiries and plan to revisit scene of stabbing to jog people’s memoriesDetectives investigating the murder of Natalie McNally in Northern Ireland have seized a car.The vehicle was taken from an address in the Lisburn and Castlereagh area for further examination. Continue reading...
  
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• On my radar: Andrea Elliott’s cultural highlights

  07-01-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  The Pulitzer prize-winning journalist on the art of children’s games, an addictive podcast and the most breathtaking place on EarthBorn in Washington DC in 1972, journalist Andrea Elliott is an investigative reporter for the New York Times. She was awarded the Pulitzer prize for feature writing in 2007 for her series An Imam in America, and the 2022 Pulitzer prize for general nonfiction for her book Invisible Child. The original 2013 series, about a schoolgirl’s experience of homeles
  
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• Rishi Sunak considered union ban for thousands of key staff – leaked emails

  07-01-2023 15:51 via theguardian.com
  Internal messages reveal proposals described as potentially ‘the biggest attack on workers’ rights and freedoms’ for generationsRishi Sunak considered banning thousands of workers from joining a union, according to leaked government emails detailing proposals described as potentially the “biggest attack on workers’ rights and freedoms” for decades.The messages, shared between senior civil servants and seen by the Observer, reveal that the prime minister contem
  
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• X marks the spot: newly released treasure map sparks hunt for £15m Nazi hoard

  07-01-2023 15:28 via theguardian.com
  Second world war document revealing a stash of coins and jewels hidden by German soldiers is put online by Dutch archivistsAs the Nazis fled occupied Europe in the final days of the second world war, four German soldiers buried a hoard of gold coins and jewels in the middle of nowhere in the Dutch countryside. Nearly 80 years later, hopes of finding the buried loot have been raised after the National Archives of the Netherlands released a trove of documents – and a map to the treasure wher
  
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• Do you need a $3,300 self-driving stroller to be a good parent? No, but marketers want you to think so | Arwa Mahdawi

  07-01-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  You become a prime target for advertisers the moment you get a positive pregnancy test“Cocaine is God’s way of saying that you’re making too much money,” Robin Williams once joked. God also might have a few choice words to say about a new $3,300 self-driving stroller unveiled at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. The Ella smart stroller uses artificial intelligence to navigate and is filled with bells and whistles like a white noise machine and an automatic parking brake. It
  
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• ‘Holy grail’ wheat gene discovery could feed our overheated world

  07-01-2023 14:43 via theguardian.com
  Harvests that form a vital element of the diets of 4.5 billion people are being devastated by global heating. Now research has found a key to create a heat-resistant varietyIt is the plant that changed humanity. Thanks to the cultivation of wheat, Homo sapiens was able to feed itself in ever-increasing numbers, transforming groups of hunter-gatherers struggling to survive in a hostile world into rulers of the planet.In the process, a species of wild grass that was once confined to a small part o
  
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• FA investigates alleged homophobic chanting aimed at Frank Lampard

  07-01-2023 13:38 via theguardian.com
  Chants heard during Manchester United’s win over EvertonUnited say they ‘will continue to campaign for inclusivity’The Football Association has launched an investigation into homophobic chanting which was heard during Manchester United’s 3-1 FA Cup victory over Everton on Friday night.The chant was seemingly directed at Everton’s manager, Frank Lampard, during the second half of the match at Old Trafford, referencing his long association with Chelsea where he was bo
  
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• Jeremy Renner thanks staff at ICU for ‘beginning this journey’ to recovery

  07-01-2023 13:13 via theguardian.com
  Marvel actor, who was airlifted to hospital after a snowplough accident, shared pictures from his bedJeremy Renner has thanked staff at his intensive care unit for “beginning this journey”, as he continues to recover from a serious snowplough accident.The Marvel actor, who celebrates his 52nd birthday on Saturday, shared a picture from hospital of himself with staff and members of his family on his Instagram story. Continue reading...
  
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• Why is Rochford England’s straightest place and Brighton its gay capital?

  07-01-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The census suggested people in the Essex district were six times less likely to be gay than those in the East Sussex cityBrighton and Hove, for decades England’s unofficial gay capital, can now wear the official crown. One in 10 people aged over 16 in the city identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or “other sexual orientation” in the 2021 census. It was exactly in line with the decades-old estimates based on the works of the 1940s US professor Alfred Kinsey who conten
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for celery congee with braised mushrooms | The new vegan

  07-01-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  A comforting, savoury rice porridge topped with braised mushrooms and celery pickleCongee is one of my favourite “it’s going to be OK” dishes. For me, it has the same grounding power as a cup of tea or a bath of the perfect temperature after a long day. It’s gentle both to cook and to eat when abrasive or more interesting flavours just don’t feel right, and also it’s light, steadying and customisable beyond infinity. For all these reasons, it’s my first
  
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• B*Witched look back: ‘We can still do the dance moves – maybe not the bouncy ones’

  07-01-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The 90s pop sensations talk friendship, fame and double denimLindsay Armaou, Sinéad O’Carroll and twin sisters Keavy and Edele Lynch are B*Witched – the denim-clad Irish pop group that topped charts with C’est la Vie, To You I Belong and Rollercoaster in the late 1990s. Having sold more than 3m records and toured with Britney Spears and ‘NSync, they were dropped in 2002, but reunited for a reunion tour in 2012. Their podcast, Starting Over with B*Witched, is availa
  
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• Kumail Nanjiani: ‘For my new role I ate fried chicken, french fries, doughnuts … it was less fun than I imagined’

  07-01-2023 12:55 via theguardian.com
  The comic actor raised eyebrows with his muscle-bound look for his role in Marvel’s Eternals. Now he’s gone the opposite way to play the sleazy founder of the ChippendalesAt 44, the comic and actor Kumail Nanjiani is best known for playing different versions of himself. His 2017 breakthrough in the Oscar-nominated romcom The Big Sick saw him act out his early romance with his wife, Emily Gordon, as she became seriously ill, while his wry, self-effacing routines made him a recognisabl
  
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• Brexit boost propels Leeds to become UK tourism hotspot

  07-01-2023 12:42 via express.co.uk
  While its northern neighbours Manchester and Liverpool are loud and proud about the rich culture in their cities, the hive of creativity in Leeds has remained a secret to outsiders.
  
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• Pay offer made to Aslef train drivers as rail strike disruption continues on Saturday - Sky News

  07-01-2023 11:54 via news.google.com
  Pay offer made to Aslef train drivers as rail strike disruption continues on Saturday  Sky NewsUnion leaders to meet rail minister in bid to secure deal to end strikes  Bridport and Lyme Regis NewsRail strikes 'could force a generation off the trains'  ExpressTube drivers receive £350 bonus to work on New Year's Day as they are offered £5,000 salary increase  Daily MailCould brothers in Brexit bring down the railway?  The IndependentV
  
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• Satanic paedophile ring abused children in Glasgow for 10 years, court hears

  07-01-2023 11:45 via express.co.uk
  One child was shut in an oven, microwave and freezer in a bid to kill her, a court heard.
  
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