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• NASA announces plans for a nuclear rocket that brings man on Mars on step closer - Daily Mail

  24-01-2023 23:47 via news.google.com
  NASA announces plans for a nuclear rocket that brings man on Mars on step closer  Daily MailNasa to test nuclear rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time  The GuardianNASA Using Nuclear Powered Rockets To Go Into Space, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong  Giant Freakin RobotNASA to test nuclear fission-powered spacecraft engine by 2027  Al Jazeera EnglishNASA unveils plans to test nuclear-powered rockets that could send humans to Mars  
  
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• A Thousand and One review – Teyana Taylor shines in motherhood drama

  24-01-2023 23:35
  
  Sundance film festival: the singer impresses as an experience-hardened mother in rapidly gentrifying New York in a beautiful if underwhelming filmIn the brief snippets that form the opening montage of A Thousand and One, it’s clear writer-director AV Rockwell has an assured aesthetic sense: street corners buzzing with chatter and pulsing with 90s hip-hop, greetings and handshakes, the cacophony of 1994 Brooklyn as it bends around an assured Teyana Taylor’s take-no-prisoners walk. We
  
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• Rupert Murdoch calls off proposed Fox-News Corp merger

  24-01-2023 23:24
  
  Billionaire mogul says in letter that proposal to reunite companies he split up a decade ago ‘not optimal’ for shareholdersFox Corp said on Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch had scrapped a proposal to combine the company with News Corp, in a deal that would have reunited the media empire he split nearly a decade ago.Murdoch sent a letter to News Corp and Fox withdrawing his proposal to reunite the companies, according to a regulatory filing. He indicated that he and his son, Fox Corp chief
  
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• Joelinton gives Newcastle semi-final first leg win at 10-man Southampton

  24-01-2023 23:01
  
  If at first you don’t succeed. Or even at the second attempt. It had looked like being one of those nights for the Newcastle forward, Joelinton, who saw a first-half goal ruled out for handball and then advanced his contender for miss of the season at the beginning of the second period.The quicksilver Miguel Almirón had crossed and, after a double deflection, the ball sat up for the onrushing Joelinton inside the six-yard box, the goal gaping. When he lifted high, he could have been
  
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• Panel approving Richard Sharp as BBC chair included Tory party donor

  24-01-2023 22:04
  
  Scrutiny of potential conflicts of interest among assessors for BBC job follows allegations over Boris Johnson loanThe government-appointed panel that approved Richard Sharp as a prime candidate for the role of BBC chair included a Conservative party donor and prospective MP, as well as the wife of the former chair of the Spectator who worked with Boris Johnson when he edited that political magazine.As Sharp faces multiple investigations, amid allegations he helped Johnson secure a loan of up to
  
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• Cher, love and karaoke: the story behind Darvel’s Scottish Cup shock| Paul MacInnes

  24-01-2023 21:25
  
  Manager Mick Kennedy thought his side could beat Aberdeen – the dressing room singing made the players believe it tooThere was a moment before Darvel’s historic Scottish Cup victory against Aberdeen on Monday that Mick Kennedy describes as “very interesting”. The manager had given a tub-thumping team talk, one that has gone viral on social media, and his team had completed their warmup, but tension lingered in the dressing room. Then Cher’s Believe started up on a p
  
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• Glasgow court convicts trans woman of raping two women before her transition

  24-01-2023 20:52
  
  Isla Bryson ‘preyed’ on vulnerable women whom she met online, prosecutors saidA transgender woman has been found guilty of raping two women when she was a man.Isla Bryson, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, committed the crimes before she transitioned to female. Continue reading...
  
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• Berlin plans to send German Leopard tanks to Ukraine, according to reports

  24-01-2023 20:46
  
  Germany will send its 2A6 battle tanks in conjunction with other countries such as Finland, Sweden and Poland, say reports citing government sourcesBerlin has reportedly succumbed to huge international and domestic pressure and is set to announce that it will send German-manufactured tanks to Ukraine that Kyiv says it needs to push back Russian forces, according to media reports on Tuesday evening citing government sources.It is reported to be planning to send a company of Leopard 2A6 battle tan
  
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• Birmingham club loses licence after fatal Boxing Day stabbing

  24-01-2023 20:43
  
  Crane nightclub in Digbeth where Cody Fisher was killed described as having inadequate search regime and widespread drug useA Birmingham nightclub where a footballer was stabbed to death on Boxing Day has had its licence permanently revoked.Cody Fisher, 23, died after being stabbed during a fight at an event at Crane nightclub in Digbeth. Continue reading...
  
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• Everton put up for sale by Farhad Moshiri with asking price of over £500m

  24-01-2023 20:41
  
  Owner open to minority or majority sale of struggling clubNumber of potential buyers express interest in EvertonEverton have been put up for sale by Farhad Moshiri, who is looking for offers of more than £500m for the Premier League club.In recent months Moshiri has sought outside investment but he has finally put Everton on the market, and would consider a minority or majority sale. A number of potential buyers have expressed interest. Continue reading...
  
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• RFU under pressure to justify ban on tackles above waist in amateur rugby

  24-01-2023 20:24
  
  Saracens’ Mark McCall latest coach to say more research neededJohnny Sexton and Andy Farrell voiced disquiet on MondayPressure is building on the Rugby Football Union to produce more evidence that outlawing tackles above the waist at non-professional level from this summer will improve the game or make it safer. Criticism of the proposed trial has been widespread among amateur clubs nationwide with Mark McCall, Saracens’ director of rugby, the latest high-profile coach to argue that
  
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• Jared O’Mara accused of making false claims from disability budget for MPs

  24-01-2023 20:24
  
  Leeds crown court hears how invoices submitted by former Labour MP who is facing eight fraud charges were ‘amateurish’ Jared O’Mara, the former MP on trial for submitting fraudulent expenses, tried to falsely claim thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money through the parliament disability budget, a court has heard.O’Mara, who served as MP for Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019, is facing eight counts of fraud totalling £30,000 and is accused of submitting fabri
  
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• Bruno Tonioli to replace David Walliams as Britain’s Got Talent judge

  24-01-2023 20:15
  
  Former Strictly Come Dancing favourite joins ITV talent show panel after Walliams recorded making sexually explicit remarksThe former Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli has been announced as David Walliams’ replacement on Britain’s Got Talent.The Italian choreographer and dancer joins the ITV talent show’s judging panel alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon. Continue reading...
  
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• Home Office accused of ‘dereliction of duty’ over missing child asylum seekers

  24-01-2023 20:05
  
  Unclear who has legal responsibility for children placed in hotels, after dozens abducted from street in BrightonMinisters have been accused of a “dereliction of duty” over their failure to find 76 child asylum seekers who have gone missing from a Brighton hotel managed by the Home Office.The accusation came during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday after an Observer investigation that cited child protection sources and a whistleblower working for a Home Office contractor, who describ
  
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• Humans able to understand other apes better than thought, research suggests

  24-01-2023 20:00
  
  Study from St Andrew’s University gauges ability of people to interpret bonobo and chimpanzee gesturesWe may not be able to strike up a conversation, debate politics or chat about the meaning of life with other great apes, but our ability to understand one another might be greater than once thought.Researchers have discovered adult humans can discern the meaning of gestures produced by bonobos and chimpanzees, despite not necessarily using such gestures themselves. Continue reading...
  
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• Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak and ethics – cartoon

  24-01-2023 19:53
  
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• Classified documents discovered at Mike Pence’s home in Indiana

  24-01-2023 19:50
  
  Top adviser to former vice-president says in letter that papers were inadvertently stored and Pence was unaware they were thereClose aides to Mike Pence discovered about a dozen classified-marked documents stored in boxes at his home in Indiana last week and turned over the materials to the US justice department, according to a top adviser to the former vice-president.The documents were inadvertently taken to Pence’s home at the end of the Donald Trump administration and Pence was unaware
  
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• Zara Aleena’s family may sue over murder by released prisoner

  24-01-2023 19:35
  
  Legal action being considered after report highlights failings that allowed Jordan McSweeney to kill London womanThe family of Zara Aleena are considering taking legal action over the disastrous failings that led to her murder by a recently released prisoner, the Guardian has been told.It follows an official report that found Jordan McSweeney, 29, who murdered the aspiring lawyer in June 2022, should have been assessed by probation officers as a high-risk offender, but was classed as posing a me
  
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• Paris men’s fashion week AW23: the highlights – in pictures

  24-01-2023 19:30
  
  Designers took a measured approached this season with stripped back collections inspired by James Baldwin, Renaissance art and TS Eliot Continue reading...
  
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• Nasa to test nuclear rockets that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time

  24-01-2023 19:29
  
  Project, in concert with US government agency Darpa, aims to develop pioneering propulsion system for space travelNasa has unveiled plans to test nuclear-powered rockets that would fly astronauts to Mars in ultra-fast time.The agency has partnered with the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space as soon as 2027, it announced on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Biden’s classified documents: not malign, but a mistake | Editorial

  24-01-2023 19:25
  
  The US president’s case is very different from Donald Trump’s handling of official material. But this carelessness is regrettableThere is no real equivalence between the classified documents found in Joe Biden’s possession at a former office and his home in Wilmington, Delaware, and those taken from Donald Trump. The president had just a tiny fraction of the thousands found on Mr Trump’s premises – but more important is the men’s dramatically different handlin
  
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• The Guardian view on the C of E and same-sex marriage: kicking the can down the road | Editorial

  24-01-2023 19:23
  
  The move towards blessings for civil unions is a step forward. But next month’s General Synod will be fraughtDuring a Lambeth Palace press conference last week, the archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, told the sad story of a close friend who failed to smuggle a reading from the Song of Songs into his civil partnership ceremony. Prevented from marrying his same-sex partner in church, the priest in question was also banned from expressing his faith in a secular context.New recommendations
  
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• Rishi Sunak refuses to state Nadhim Zahawi has been honest about taxes

  24-01-2023 19:23
  
  PM’s decision to order an inquiry fails to limit fallout from Tory chair’s opaque dealings with HMRCUK politics live – latest news updatesRishi Sunak’s political distancing from Nadhim Zahawi has taken another step, with Downing Street refusing to say the prime minister is confident the Conservative party chair has been consistently honest about his tax affairs.Sunak’s decision to order an inquiry by his new ethics adviser notably failed to limit the fallout from Za
  
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• Devoted Philp dies on his feet again defending the indefensible | John Crace

  24-01-2023 19:23
  
  After No 10’s useful idiot had failed to defend Nadhim Zahawi’s reputation, Richard Sharp was grilled in a BBC safe houseWhen the chips are down. When all else seems lost. At least Rishi Sunak will always have a Chris Philp. When they realised Nadhim Zahawi was not going to be fired and that Richard Sharp was not going to resign, most ministers ran for the hills. Switched off their phones. Hid under the duvet. Refused to answer the door. Just in case they were asked to go out on Tues
  
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• Biden once again urges Congress to pass assault weapons ban

  24-01-2023 19:20
  
  Intervention comes after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, and a pair of shootings near Half Moon Bay, California Joe Biden once again called on Congress to pass a bill banning assault weapons, following a string of recent mass shootings in California that in total killed at least 18 people.“For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence,” the president said in a statement released on Tuesd
  
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• Trans rights in Scotland and a constitutional clash | Letters

  24-01-2023 19:14
  
  Readers respond to commentary on the UK government’s decision to block Scotland’s proposed gender recognition lawRe your editorial (18 January) on the “constitutional battle” over Scotland’s gender recognition bill, I am no stranger to devolution and its intricate operations. And, as a principal architect of the Labour party’s 2019 general election manifesto compromise policy on the clash of rights arising between women and girls’ need for single-sex spa
  
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• Carbon offsets are a licence to pollute | Letters

  24-01-2023 19:14
  
  Ecosystem protection must become the default, not the add-on, writes Dr Phil Williamson, while Richard Middleton says the concept of offsetting itself is the problemYour report (Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows, 18 January) makes uncomfortable reading for enthusiasts of nature-based solutions to climate change. While forest protection should provide a win-win situation, benefiting both biodiversity and climate, it can too easi
  
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• Justin Bieber sells rights to his music in deal worth $200m

  24-01-2023 19:13
  
  Singer, 28, sells rights to 291 songs he has released, or had interest in, up until end of 2021Justin Bieber has sold the rights to his music in a deal worth reportedly $200m (£162m), making the Baby and Love Yourself artist one of the youngest superstars to cash in on his life’s work.The 28-year-old has sold all the rights to the 291 songs he has released, or has an interest in, up until the end of 2021, to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, the music rights business backed with an initial $1
  
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• PCA joins Russell Slade’s ‘Project Red Card’ battle for players’ data

  24-01-2023 19:07
  
  ‘Correct time in cricket to resolve this issue’Aim is to help athletes control data collected about themThe Professional Cricketers’ Association has joined “Project Red Card”, the battle for sportspeople to take more control of their data being led by the former Leyton Orient and Cardiff manager Russell Slade.Slade and the lawyer and data expert Jason Dunlop founded Global Sports Data and Technology Group in 2019, with the aim of helping athletes to control and mone
  
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• Bill Gates backs new startup aiming to reduce emissions from cow burps

  24-01-2023 18:49
  
  Microsoft co-founder leads $12m investment Rumin8, which is developing supplements for cows to cut methane outputBill Gates has led a new $12m investment in an Australian company that is aiming to feed seaweed to cows in order to reduce the planet-heating emissions that come from their burps.Breakthrough Energy Ventures, which the Microsoft co-founder created in 2015, has spearheaded the funding of the Perth-based startup, which is called Rumin8. Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, and Chinese entre
  
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• London’s MSG Sphere concert venue comes one step closer to reality

  24-01-2023 18:34
  
  Planning committee to discuss fears project will blight area with light and noise pollutionIt is a giant, globe-shaped music venue that has been described as a “monstrosity”, a “glowing orb” and an “eyesore”.But now the MSG Sphere, a new concert hall planned for Stratford in east London – which would be as wide as the London Eye and as tall as Big Ben – could soon move a step closer to reality. Continue reading...
  
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• Oscars 2023: a welcome turn to Ireland aside, these are very conventional picks | Peter Bradshaw

  24-01-2023 18:28
  
  The Banshees of Inisherin has made a stunning showing, along with welcome nods for Paul Mescal and The Quiet Girl, but there are few other surprisesNews: Everything Everywhere All at Once leads Oscar nominationsOscar nominations 2023: the full listJoy in Ireland after country’s films bag 14 Oscar nominationsFirst: a great deal of joy in Ireland for its tremendous successes on this year’s Academy Award nomination list. Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees Of Inisherin, abo
  
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• ‘The kids loved it’: readers on taking part in National Grid energy-saving trial

  24-01-2023 18:22
  
  More than 1m households and businesses have signed up to get paid to cut back on power usageHouseholds were paid to cut back on their electricity use for an hour on Monday evening in the first test of a National Grid scheme aiming to cut energy consumption in Great Britain. The second trial was taking place on Tuesday, between 4.30pm and 6pm.More than 1m households and businesses have signed up to the live -demand flexibility service. Continue reading...
  
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• Eswatini: murder of pro-democracy activist prompts outrage

  24-01-2023 18:22
  
  Fears security agencies may have been involved in shooting of Thulani Maseko in his home on SaturdayAuthorities in Eswatini have promised a full investigation of the murder of a leading pro-democracy activist amid widespread fears that state security agencies may have been involved.Thulani Maseko, chairperson of a coalition of pro-democracy groups, was shot dead at his home in Luyengo, about 45km from the capital, Mbabane, on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Joy in Ireland after country’s film talents bag 14 Oscar nominations

  24-01-2023 18:18
  
  Strong showing for Irish actors and directors, with one film, The Banshees of Inisherin, up for nine awardsFull report: Everything Everywhere All at Once leads Oscar nominationsIreland has scooped a record 14 Oscar nominations, prompting jokes that the ceremony should be relocated from Los Angeles to Dublin.Martin McDonagh’s film The Banshees of Inisherin got nine nods, Paul Mescal was nominated for best actor for Aftersun, and The Quiet Girl made history by becoming the first Irish-langua
  
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• Doomsday Clock at record 90 seconds to midnight amid Ukraine crisis

  24-01-2023 17:58
  
  Scientists warn of ‘unprecedented danger’ and say ‘Russia’s war … has raised profound questions’A panel of international scientists has warned that humanity’s continued existence is at greater risk than ever before, largely as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight the clock has been since it was established in 1947 to illustrate globa
  
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• Almost one in 10 local bus services axed over last year in Great Britain

  24-01-2023 17:36
  
  Exclusive: Cuts come despite government’s levelling up promise to improve transport connectivityAlmost one in 10 local bus services were axed in Great Britain in the last year despite government promises to improve local transport connectivity being a key pillar of its levelling up agenda.The reductions – equivalent to more than 1,000 registered routes – follow the publication of a national bus strategy for England in 2021, aimed at improving routes and service frequencies. The
  
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• Black teachers, trans women, cleaners and cons: how the BBC’s Open Door allowed ‘real people’ to let rip

  24-01-2023 17:31
  
  It ran for a decade and infuriated the rightwing press, giving a voice to marginalised Britain. Now a new show is celebrating the extraordinarily prescient Open Door seriesIn 1973, Mike Phillips was working as a teacher in Paddington when he was contacted out of the blue by the Community Programme Unit of the BBC. Soon afterwards, he found himself presenting a programme about the ways in which black children were discriminated against in the British education system. Entitled Black Teachers, it
  
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• Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once leads nominations

  24-01-2023 17:17
  
  Multiverse action epic dominates shortlist with 11 nominationsAll Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin each up for nine awardsPaul Mescal and Andrea Riseborough surprise contenders for best actor and best actressTár and Top Gun: Maverick among best picture contendersOscar nominations 2023: the full listEverything Everywhere All at Once, the action comedy starring Michelle Yeoh as an unsuspecting launderette owner who battles evil by connecting with different versions o
  
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• The media exploited Amy Winehouse’s life. A new biopic looks set to do the same with her death

  24-01-2023 17:15
  
  The first look at Back to Black has prompted anger for depicting the late singer as a cartoonish mess. Is it possible to make a film about an abused artist without repeating history?It’s only been a week since Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black began filming in London, but the backlash has already come thick and fast. Over the weekend, pictures of Marisa Abela and Eddie Marsan in character as Amy and her father, Mitch Winehouse, made their way on to Twitter. The
  
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• Design news: meet the ‘shellmet’ plus Ikea’s new range and women in design

  24-01-2023 17:00
  
  Waste shells turned into helmets, vintage giant Beyond Retro’s new range and Taschen swaps art books for artworksReinvention and renovation is as important as innovation in design as this month’s news stories show. Vintage fashion giant Beyond Retro has moved into making new clothes with the Beyond Remade range and we also have a great story about recycling waste from the Japanese shellfish industry as hard hats. Get ready for the Shellmet… Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 335 of the invasion

  24-01-2023 16:42
  
  Wave of resignations as corruption scandal hits Ukraine government; Nato’s Stoltenberg ‘confident’ on tanks solution as Poland sends formal request to GermanySee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...
  
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• Huge asteroid is set to hit the Earth this week - JOE.co.uk

  24-01-2023 16:34 via news.google.com
  
  Huge asteroid is set to hit the Earth this week  JOE.co.ukHow to Watch Asteroid Coming Near Earth This Week  Time Out UKHuge asteroid the size of a LONDON BUS will fly within 2,100 miles of Earth this week  Daily MailAsteroid travelling at 33,300mph set to enter Earth's atmosphere this week  The MirrorHuge astroid to hit earth’s atmosphere this week  LADbibleView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Couple missing with newborn baby may have been sleeping rough, police fear

  24-01-2023 16:20
  
  Constance Marten and Mark Gordon last seen on 7 January in east London after buying tent and beddingPolice are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a newborn baby whose parents officers believe are sleeping rough in freezing temperatures.The missing aristocrat Constance Marten and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon, a convicted sex offender, were last seen more than a fortnight ago in east London after buying a tent and bedding. Detectives fear their baby has been exposed to the sub-zero te
  
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• Probation officers failed and Zara Aleena was murdered. You need to know why

  24-01-2023 16:16
  
  Look at Jordan McSweeney: he should not have been free to attack her. But also look at a collapsing system that puts all women at riskZara Aleena, a bright, vibrant law graduate, was walking home from a night out on 26 June when she was brutally murdered in a random, misogynistic and sexually motivated attack. Ever since that night, her friends and family have been tormented by the what-ifs – the painful sense that Aleena’s death was preventable.Over the months I spent speaking with
  
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• Azarenka routs Pegula in straight sets to reach Australian Open semi

  24-01-2023 16:04
  
  Two-times champion beats third seed 6-4, 6-1Azarenka faces Wimbledon champion Elena RybakinaAs Victoria Azarenka bore down on one of her most significant victories of the past decade, her stratospheric level provided a reminder of why she has achieved so much. Azarenka prowled inside the baseline, relentlessly taking the ball early and she imposed incessant, suffocating pressure.Her unyielding intensity resulted in an enormous win as the two-times Australian Open champion toppled Jessica Pegula,
  
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• Gwenno, quarry raves and the punks of Penzance: inside the Cornish music explosion

  24-01-2023 16:00
  
  A buzzy new venue is spearheading a south-western musical renaissance, with hundreds of people dancing in the streets after a booming club night. Our writer hits the floor for the Cornish congaJanuary can be a bleak time of year here – cold, grey and drenched by the dreaded Cornish mizzle. But in the harbour town of Falmouth, a wet Sunday night in midwinter is no excuse not to party.At the Cornish Bank, the town’s buzzy new music venue, the monthly Klub Nos Lowen is in full swing and
  
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• Dreaded Covid-flu twindemic cost NHS this winter

  24-01-2023 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hospital admissions peaked on 29 December, putting significant pressure on services, NHS bosses say.
  
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• Zara Aleena killer wrongly assessed as medium risk by probation

  24-01-2023 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The law graduate's killer could have been recalled to prison before the attack, a report has found.
  
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• UK government ‘let lawyers bypass sanctions’ to help Putin ally sue journalist

  24-01-2023 15:37
  
  Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny PrigozhinBritish lawyers were given government dispensation to bypass sanctions in order to help Yevgeny Prigozhin, the controversial Russian businessman and Wagner group founder, sue a journalist, according to documents made availableto the website Open Democracy.The documents concern a libel case brought by Prigozhin against Eliot Higgins, the founder of the investigative group Bellingcat, in
  
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