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• CCTV of Amir Khan being robbed at gunpoint shown in court

  15-03-2023 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Footage shows the moment the former world boxing champion is robbed for his £70,000 watch.
  
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• Dinosaur found to have the longest neck of any animal ever - The Telegraph

  15-03-2023 18:07 via news.google.com
  
  Dinosaur found to have the longest neck of any animal ever  The Telegraph‘Gargantuan’: China fossils reveal 70-tonne dinosaur had 15-metre neck  The GuardianDinosaur with record-breaking 49.5-foot-long neck once lived in northwest China  ExpressDinosaur that roamed China 162 million years ago had the longest neck of any animal ever  Daily MailDinosaur had longest neck ever seen in an animal, scientists say  Sky NewsView Full coverage
  
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• Pints, power and parents: Three ways the Budget could affect you

  15-03-2023 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Vishala Sri-Pathma breaks down how the government's spending plans might impact your pocket.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival 2023: Champions Chase headlines day two – live updates

  15-03-2023 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  All the latest updates from Wednesday’s race cardDay two tips: Energumene to retain Champion ChaseGet in touch: email Tony or tweet @tonypaleyThere’s news on where the money has been going before the Ballymore Novice Hurdle. Oddspedia spokesperson Callum Wilson reports: “There’s two market movers queuing up behind Impaire Et Passe at the top of the market, with the Mullins horse drifting from 6-4 out to 2-1 this morning. Hermes Allen has been cut in from 9-2 into 3-1 and
  
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• An Irish Goodbye to have gala cinema tour of Ireland and Northern Ireland

  15-03-2023 16:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Star James Martin will bring Oscar statuette to his Belfast drama group among programme of eventsAfter storming the Oscars the makers of An Irish Goodbye are preparing for what promises to be a rapturous Irish homecoming.Ross White and Tom Berkeley, who wrote and directed the film, plan to ride its success with a cinema tour of Ireland and Northern Ireland involving gala screenings and events with the cast and crew. Continue reading...
  
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• Credit Suisse shares plunge to record low as top shareholder rules out investing more – business live

  15-03-2023 16:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Credit Suisse shares are sliding as its largest investor said it cannot provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistanceSVB collapse may be start of ‘slow rolling crisis’, warns BlackRock bossBudget 2023 live: Jeremy Hunt sets out economic plan for the UKThe crisis in the US banking sector casts a shadow over the budget today.With three US banks having failed this month – Silvergate, Signature and Silicon Valley Bank – investors have been fretting that there could be
  
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• Budget 2023 live: Jeremy Hunt announces reforms to childcare, pensions and disability benefits

  15-03-2023 16:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor abolishes lifetime cap on amount workers can save in pensions without paying taxBudget 2023: key points at a glanceAccording to the Telegraph, Jeremy Hunt faces a Tory backlash over his decision to press ahead with the rise in corporation tax from 19% to 25% in the budget. This will take effect from April this year. The increase was first announced by Rishi Sunak when he was chancellor, in his spring budget two years ago.In theory Hunt could have abandoned the rise, but for the last t
  
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• Cheltenham Festival day three tips: Flooring Porter can power to hat-trick

  15-03-2023 16:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Defending champion looks the best bet in Stayers’ Hurdle despite former winner Paisley Park’s presence in the runningPaisley Park and Flooring Porter, the winners from three of the last four seasons, are both in the field for the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday and while the former would be a hugely popular winner, Gavin Cromwell’s eight-year-old looks the better bet at around 6-1 to complete a hat-trick in the day’s feature event.Flooring Porter (3.30) ha
  
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• Budget 2023: what it means for people on a range of incomes

  15-03-2023 16:02 via theguardian.com
  
  How Hunt’s measures on tax and benefits will affect single people, couples and those receiving pensions Continue reading...
  
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• As cabin crew, I’ve had enough of pushy parents demanding special treatment | Meryl Love

  15-03-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I am fed up of solo flyers – usually women – having to give up their seats just because other passengers have kids in towAfter nearly a decade working as cabin crew for an international airline, I have a sixth sense for when a passenger is about to ask me a question. On a flight last month, two parents stand in the aisle before takeoff, laden with baby gear, huffing and puffing. I clock them gesturing towards a woman seated in an aisle seat, travelling alone.The man calls me over, lo
  
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• Gary Lineker thought BBC had agreed he could tweet about refugees, says agent

  15-03-2023 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Jon Holmes suggests Match of the Day star had thought Tim Davie had special agreement with him before outcry over tweetGary Lineker thought he had a special agreement with BBC’s director general to tweet publicly on matters surrounding refugees and immigration, his agent has said.Jon Holmes, who has worked with the former footballer since 1980, was caught up in the crisis last week after Lineker publicly criticised the government’s asylum policy plans. Continue reading...
  
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• Budget 2023: key points at a glance

  15-03-2023 15:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Jeremy Hunt has delivered his financial update – here are the main points, with political analysisBudget: live coverageHunt U-turns on planned cut to energy bills supportWhat Hunt’s U-turn on energy bills support means for youJeremy Hunt kicks off by telling MPs the British economy is “proving the doubters wrong”, and the OBR is now forecasting there will be no recession, after the gloomy projections made in the autumn. “We are following the plan and the plan is wor
  
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• Virginia deputies charged in man’s death at mental hospital

  15-03-2023 15:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Seven sheriff’s office employees charged with second-degree murder after man died during intake process at mental hospitalSeven Virginia sheriff’s office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state hospital for mental health last week, a local prosecutor said.Henrico county sheriff’s office personnel took the victim, Irvo Otieno, to Central State hospital on 6 March to admit him as a patient, said Dinwiddie
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Kremlin says US-Russia relations ‘lamentable’ with no high level contact since drone crash

  15-03-2023 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Kremlin statement comes after US drone crashed following collision with Russian jetWhat we know on day 385 of the invasionThanks for following along – that’s it from me, Helen Sullivan, for today. My colleague Martin Belam will take you through the rest of the day’s news.AFP has this flash of news, saying Russia has called on the US to halt what it calls its “hostile” flights, after the collision of a Russian fighter jet with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that the Pentagon
  
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• Lucie Rie review – the genius ceramicist who refused to be boxed in

  15-03-2023 15:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
  The Austrian potter made a new life – and astonishing new work – in the UK after fleeing the Nazis. What a shame it must be seen behind glassTo look at a Lucie Rie ceramic is to see a new beginning; in every glaze, shape and incision is the search for a fresh perspective. Rie once said: “To make pottery is an adventure to me, every new work is a new beginning.” Over her 60-year career, Rie kept finding novel ways to experiment with aesthetic
  
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• Blossom, strikes and basketball: Wednesday’s best photos

  15-03-2023 15:26 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Budget 2023: Hunt overhauls pensions, benefits and childcare in push for growth

  15-03-2023 15:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor pledges cash for businesses and parents, and says UK will avoid recession this yearBudget 2023 live: reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s statementBudget 2023: key points at a glanceJeremy Hunt has said he is “proving the doubters wrong” as he used a stronger than expected economic performance to help fund new tax breaks for business investment and a drive to get people back into the workforce.Setting out £22bn of higher spending and tax breaks in the next financial year,
  
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• Top 10 visionary books about scientists: searching for an answer

  15-03-2023 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  From Virginia Woolf to Primo Levi, authors are drawn to capturingscientists’ obsessive quest for knowledgeScience, as much as art, is an act of imagination, the pursuit of something new. While novels about scientists often play with this likeness, there are also scientists who write with the ambition and empathy of novelists. Scientists in literature appear in all sorts of guises: as megalomaniacs, heroes, obsessives. It is this last figure – the obsessive – the character who w
  
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• The Portland wanderer goes missing – Bieke Depoorter’s best photograph

  15-03-2023 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘I met Michael on the streets of Portland, Oregon, and we would wander together. A year later, he wrote asking for cucumber, pancake mix and toilet rolls. When I went to his house, a stranger was living there’Back when I was studying photography, it made me uncomfortable to take shots of strangers in the street. Without their permission, it seemed like I was stealing images of them. It’s important for me to build up relationships with those I photograph, and the first time it f
  
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• ‘Positive change has ceased’ for workers in Qatar since World Cup, unions say

  15-03-2023 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Eight global union federations raise ‘serious concerns’Migrant workers face ‘deteriorating environment’Migrant workers in Qatar are facing deteriorating conditions since the World Cup, with rogue employers “emboldened by an absence of enforcement and growing confidence that rights violations will go unpunished”, a coalition of eight global union federations has said.In a statement on the eve of Fifa’s 73rd congress, taking place in Rwanda, the unions als
  
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• Census data shows disproportionate number of black Britons in social housing

  15-03-2023 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  ONS reveals 16% of white peoplein England and Wales live in social housing, but 44% of black peopleBlack Britons are almost three times as likely as their white counterparts to live in social housing, new census data shows, while people of mixed race backgrounds are 1.6 times more likely.The data showed that life outcomes varied considerably between ethnic groups in England and Wales in education and employment, health, disability, home ownership and overcrowding. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘How will I buy?’: housing crisis grips the Netherlands as Dutch go to polls

  15-03-2023 15:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Housing is key in this week’s provincial elections after years of soaring prices and government neglect Niki Struving, a 21-year-old student in Amsterdam, sits under an umbrella next to a circus tent, in bitter winds and driving rain. She is braving icy weather to campaign for more affordable housing – a key topic in Dutch regional elections this week.For a country known for its fiscal prudence, the Netherlands is suffering a surprising housing crisis. “In a couple of years I w
  
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• New info says the Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a release dates will be in June - Chrome Unboxed

  15-03-2023 15:09 via news.google.com
  
  New info says the Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a release dates will be in June  Chrome UnboxedLatest Pixel 7a leak all but confirms it's coming soon  TechRadarAlleged Google Pixel 7a prototype Selling on eBay months before Launch  gizmochinaGoogle Pixel Fold pricing and specs leaked – here's what we know  T3Google Pixel 7a — these 3 new rumors excite me the most  Tom's GuideView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pakistan court orders police to halt efforts to arrest Imran Khan

  15-03-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  High court move follows violent clashes between police and supporters outside former PM’s house in LahoreA court in Pakistan has ordered police to suspend an operation to arrest Imran Khan, after violent clashes between the former prime minister’s supporters and law enforcement outside his house.The vicinity of Khan’s residence became a battleground on Tuesday, when police arrived after a lower court in Islamabad issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for not appearing before it
  
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• UK expected to ban TikTok from government mobile phones

  15-03-2023 14:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position Britain is expected to announce a ban on the Chinese owned video-sharing app TikTok on government mobile phones imminently, bringing the UK inline with the US and European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing.The decision marks a sharp reverse from the UK’s previously relaxed position, but some critics and experts said Britain should also extend the ban to cover personal phones used
  
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• Spanish monastery admits girls to choir for first time in 700-year history

  15-03-2023 14:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Mixed group to take over duties of Escolania choir at Montserrat monastery one weekend a monthWomen and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in its 700-year history.The new chamber choir, made up of a mix of about 25 boys and women and girls aged 17 to 24, will be separate from the Escolania, which comprises 45 boys aged nine to 14. Continue reading...
  
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• Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over toxic train derailment

  15-03-2023 14:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Rail company faces 58-count civil lawsuit over chemical-releasing derailment and ‘long string’ of other hazardous incidentsThe state of Ohio is suing the rail giant Norfolk Southern over the derailment of a freight train carrying toxic chemicals through the village of East Palestine last month, calling it one of a “long string” of derailments and hazardous material incidents involving the company.The 58-count civil lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks to hold the rail c
  
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• Dell's first Windows 11 on ARM laptop is SHOCKINGLY affordable - Windows Central

  15-03-2023 14:35 via news.google.com
  
  Dell's first Windows 11 on ARM laptop is SHOCKINGLY affordable  Windows CentralDell reveals Snapdragon-powered Inspiron 14 laptop and it's amazing value  TrustedReviewsDell's Windows 11 ARM laptop is priced like a Chromebook  Digital TrendsDell's first Snapdragon-powered Windows laptop arrives at just $500  TechSpotDell Inspiron 14 is a $500 Windows on ARM laptop with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2  LiliputingView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘A disgrace’: more than 100 trees cut down in Plymouth despite local opposition

  15-03-2023 14:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Scores of trees destroyed in hours on Tuesday despite petition signed by 16,000 peopleMore than 100 mature trees have been cut down in the centre of Plymouth in a move campaigners said was reminiscent of the needless felling of thousands of trees in Sheffield.Despite widespread opposition from local people, the Conservative council in the Devon city cordoned off the trees with metal fencing, sent in security guards and in the cover of darkness on Tuesday night, destroyed more than 100 with chain
  
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• Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home Office, professional body says

  15-03-2023 14:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Home Office is recruiting them for national assessment board, taking decision away from local authoritiesThe professional body for social workers has urged its members not to work with the Home Office to assess the ages of asylum seekers, saying that political pressures could undermine their professional judgment.The Home Office is recruiting social workers to join the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB), which was set up under the Nationality and Borders Act to take responsibility for determin
  
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• Hunt: UK expected to avoid a recession in 2023

  15-03-2023 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The economy is on the right track but chancellor remains vigilant for more action, Jeremy Hunt tells MPs.
  
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• ‘Historic moment’ for nature as Europe’s first wild river national park announced in Albania

  15-03-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A project with outdoor gear company Patagonia and NGOs will protect the Vjosa, one of the continent’s last free-flowing waterwaysOne of the last wild rivers in Europe, home to more than 1,000 animal and plant species, has been declared a national park by the Albanian government, making the Vjosa the first of its kind on the continent.The Vjosa River flows 168 miles (270kms) from the Pindus mountains in Greece through narrow canyons, plains and forests in Albania to the Adriatic coast. Free
  
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• Texas judge hears case brought by far-right groups seeking to ban abortion pill

  15-03-2023 13:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Protests planned outside courthouse after Trump-appointed judge tried to keep hearing secret from the publicA Texas court is hearing a closely watched case on Wednesday morning on the future of a key abortion medication amid protests against the presiding judge’s decision not to publicize the hearing.Justice department officials, drug company attorneys and lawyers from the anti-abortion Alliance Defending Freedom gathered in the remote city of Amarillo, Texas, for a hearing before Judge Ma
  
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• UK events company Hyve Group sold to US private equity firm

  15-03-2023 13:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Providence Equity Partners will pay 108p for each share – worth 610p before Covid sent sales plummetingThe events organiser Hyve Group has become the latest UK company to be sold to a private equity firm, sending its shares sharply higher.In a joint statement, the US firm Providence Equity Partners said it had agreed a buyout deal paying 108p in cash for each Hyve share – valuing the international conference organiser at £481m. Hyve had previously rejected two offers worth 101p
  
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• Self-belief and gelatinous noise: the greatest work of late punk hero Glen ‘Spot’ Lockett

  15-03-2023 13:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Spot, who has died aged 71, went from rollerskating jazz head to in-house producer for SST Records, home to Black Flag, Hüsker Dü and more – and defined the expansive sound of US punkWhen Glen “Spot” Lockett pointed his camera at something, he intended to capture what was there, not what he wanted you to see. “I paid attention to my subjects and what they were doing,” he told Vice in 2014 while discussing Sounds of Two Eyes Opening, a book collecting his w
  
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• From poodles to great danes: nine fantastic breeds and what to feed them – in pictures

  15-03-2023 13:34 via theguardian.com
  
  What you feed your puppy will influence its quality of life in adulthood – but the needs of young dogs vary greatly for each breed. Discover what different dogs need in order to thrive in puppyhood and beyond Continue reading...
  
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• BBC apologises to mother of missing woman over licence fee letters

  15-03-2023 13:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Mother of university cook Claudia Lawrence felt ‘untold heartache’ over letters threatening £1,000 finesThe BBC has said it is “very sorry” for the distress caused to the mother of missing university cook Claudia Lawrence after letters about licence fee payments were sent to her daughter’s property.The broadcaster plans to apologise directly to Joan Lawrence after she told the Sun the letters, which she said had threatened up to £1,000 in fines, were cau
  
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• Russian downing of US drone ‘unprofessional’, says UK defence secretary

  15-03-2023 13:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Ben Wallace urges respect for international airspace as presumption grows incident was one-off blunder by Russian pilotRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, accused Russia of acting “unprofessionally” in an incident that led to the downing of a $32m US Reaper drone in the Black Sea after it was harassed by two Russian fighter jets.The comments, made while the minister was visiting Japan, reflect an emerging western view that the extraord
  
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• UK parents: has your child been diagnosed with ADHD?

  15-03-2023 13:05 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to speak with UK parents whose children have ADHD about the experience of getting diagnosedWe would like to speak to parents of children in the UK with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) about the process of getting a diagnosis.
  How did the diagnosis come about? Were you satisfied with the process? What role, if any, did your child’s school play? Has treatment and medication helped your child – if so, how? Continue reading...
  
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• Rust shooting special prosecutor steps down after challenge from Alec Baldwin

  15-03-2023 13:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor’s lawyers argued for removal of Andrea Reeb from case because she also serves as representative in state legislatureThe special prosecutor handling the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 Rust movie set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins announced late on Tuesday she is stepping down – as Baldwin’s lawyers had sought.The decision by special prosecutor Andrea Reeb came a month after Baldwin’s attorney filed a motion to remove her because she is
  
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• Midfield battle and David v Goliath: Women’s Champions League previews

  15-03-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tournament returns with four eye-catching quarter-finals, all of them being held at the clubs’ main stadiumsThe Champions League returns next week with four eye-catching encounters. For the first time, every quarter-final will be held in the clubs’ main stadiums, adding to the increased visibility and interest this competition is creating. Continue reading...
  
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• England ‘quite raw’ after T20 whitewash in Bangladesh, Matthew Mott admits

  15-03-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Coach says his side ‘never want to accept losing’Gap to next international white-ball action is ‘opportunity’There were no thrown teacups in the England dressing room on Tuesday night after Bangladesh sealed a 3-0 T20 series whitewash in Mirpur. Nobody got the hairdryer treatment. There may be a time and a place for such histrionics, but the end of a short tour at the end of a long winter is not it – no matter how shambolic some aspects of the final performance had
  
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• Drinking coffee could affect weight as caffeine linked to 'staying slim' - Daily Record

  15-03-2023 12:55 via news.google.com
  Drinking coffee could affect weight as caffeine linked to 'staying slim'  Daily RecordCoffee lover? High caffeine levels may curb body fat and diabetes risk  EuronewsCaffeine linked to lower BMI and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes  New ScientistHigh caffeine levels 'may help people stay slim' and cut risk of diabetes  Sky NewsHigher plasma caffeine levels may reduce adiposity and risk of type 2 diabetes  News-Medical.NetView Full coverage on Goog
  
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• South Korea U-turns on 69-hour working week after youth backlash

  15-03-2023 12:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Protesters claim proposed increase in hours would risk health and fail to boost low birth rateSouth Korea’s government has been forced to rethink a planned rise in working hours after a backlash from younger people who said the move would destroy their work-life balance and put their health at risk.The government had intended to raise the maximum weekly working time to 69 hours after business groups complained that the current cap of 52 hours was making it difficult to meet deadlines. Cont
  
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• Co-op hires delivery droids to drop groceries in Greater Manchester

  15-03-2023 12:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Fridge-sized self-drive robots from logistics firm Starship Technologies will ‘walk’ to customer homes in Sale and wait outside for drop-offAutonomous delivery robots will hit the streets of Greater Manchester this week as the Co-op partners with the self-driving logistics company Starship Technologies to bring its six-wheeled bots to a seventh British city.Five years after making their first UK delivery in Milton Keynes, Starship has expanded to cover hundreds of thousands of househ
  
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• Pushing Buttons: Why the Resident Evil 4 remake works

  15-03-2023 12:45 via theguardian.com
  
  This remake of the classic horror is like a crime novel, each chapter ending on a cliffhanger – proof that linear narrative games always have a place amid the open world blockbustersDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereYou know a game is important when even the release of a short playable demo is the most exciting, talked about event of the week. I am of course referring to the Resident Evil 4 remake, a 20-minute slice of which was made available for free on
  
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• NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spots a huge star on the brink of going SUPERNOVA - Daily Mail

  15-03-2023 12:34 via news.google.com
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spots a huge star on the brink of going SUPERNOVA  Daily MailJames Webb space telescope captures rare image of dying star  The GuardianSee NASA's Amazing Image Of An Exploding Star  Giant Freakin RobotNASA captures new image of star just moments before its explosive death  Daily StarNasa reveals stunning image of a rarely seen glowing star moments before huge transformation...  The SunView Full coverage on Google
  
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• Young people: are you living with eco-anxiety in the UK?

  15-03-2023 12:27 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to speak with young people aged 18 to 25 about dealing with eco-anxiety, as well as to parents and health practitioners of children experiencing itEco-anxiety – the chronic fear of environmental catastrophe – is affecting many young people’s daily lives, with six in 10 feeling very worried about the climate crisis, according to a global survey of youth last year.We would like to speak with people aged 18 to 25 in the UK about their experience of eco-anxiety. Is wo
  
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• More than a third of UK workers ‘would quit if told to return to office full-time’

  15-03-2023 12:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Data from LinkedIn also indicates share of job postings for remote roles has shrunk in past 10 monthsMore than a third of UK workers have said they would quit their job if their employer demanded they return to the office full-time, according to research showing how much the world of work has changed since the first Covid lockdown.Six in 10 employees are considering changing their job this year, according to data gathered by the professional networking site LinkedIn, although one in five of that
  
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• Mona Lisa V ‘the monstrous’: the grotesque, shocking side of Leonardo da Vinci

  15-03-2023 12:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The Italian master didn’t just paint the conventionally beautiful. As a new National Gallery show reveals, he was also drawn to irregular, diseased and aged faces – all captured with mind-bending accuracy and compassionLeonardo da Vinci comments in his notebooks that while few are trained in judging portraits, everyone feels entitled to criticise actual people: “whether someone is a hunchback (gobbo), or has one shoulder higher or lower than the other, or too big a mouth or nos
  
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