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• Lance Reddick, star of The Wire and John Wick, dies aged 60

  17-03-2023 21:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The actor whose credits also include sci-fi series Fringe and action thriller White House Down has died of natural causesLance Reddick, actor known for roles in The Wire and the John Wick franchise, has died at the age of 60.According to multiple outlets, his representative confirmed that he died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. The actor had been recently doing interviews for his role in John Wick: Chapter 4, released next week. Earlier this week, he chose not to attend the film&rs
  
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• Venus Breakthrough // $1B to Deorbit ISS // Strange Moon Spacesuit Reveal - Fraser Cain

  17-03-2023 20:23 via news.google.com
  
  Venus Breakthrough // $1B to Deorbit ISS // Strange Moon Spacesuit Reveal  Fraser CainNASA finds the FIRST EVER evidence of volcano on Venus; Check shocking revelation  HT TechScientists Spot Recent Volcanic Activity on Venus | Smart News  Smithsonian MagazineWhat's Trending: Scientists discover volcanic activity on Venus  Hawaii News NowVenus could still be spewing lava, and scientists are hellbent on proving it  Popular ScienceView Full coverag
  
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• The tiny Philippine island on the frontline of the US-China battle for supremacy

  17-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Years ago, Fuga Island was set to host a Chinese ‘smart city’. Now it may become home to American troops as the US seeks to protect Taiwan and the regionThe azure waters are inviting and its long stretches of clear white sand are spotless. But hardly anyone is swimming or sunbathing. Fuga Island is not a holiday destination.The residents of the remote community of just over 2,000 on the northern tip of the Philippines are farmers and fishermen – growing palay and corn; raising
  
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• France erupts in strikes and protests over pension age rise – in pictures

  17-03-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers strike and protests spread across country as government confirms it intends to force through unpopular pension changes Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Iraq, 20 years on: the costs of war | Editorial

  17-03-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The toll of the disastrous US decision to invade, backed by the UK, becomes clearer every yearIt did not take long for anyone to realise that the Iraq war was the disaster that many had predicted; not much longer than it took to confirm that it was launched on a lie and that there were no weapons of mass destruction. Whatever relief or joy was felt by Iraqis at the fall of Saddam Hussein’s violent and oppressive regime, it was soon subsumed by the horror of what followed. The body count an
  
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• Kremlin likely to spin ICC arrest warrant as proof west wants to remove Putin

  17-03-2023 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Supporters of the invasion of Ukraine are portraying the court’s decision as a sign of western antagonism to RussiaThe international criminal court’s arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin will probably be portrayed as a point of no return in Russia, where the Kremlin will spin the court’s decision as proof that the west is seeking nothing short of regime change.While Putin has already been preparing his public for a long war, the arrest warrant will for the first time raise the con
  
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• The Guardian view on female costume designers: film’s real superheroes | Editorial

  17-03-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Though they rank low in awards tables, Oscar winners such as Black Panther’s Ruth E Carter are creating new ways of seeing the worldThe film awards season, which culminated in the Oscars last Sunday, often seems to be a red-carpet stroll for fashion designers in search of mass-marketing breaks. But within the films themselves, clothes have a more serious role that is rarely given the attention it deserves. Consider the winner of this year’s Oscar for best costume design, Ruth E Carte
  
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• Children are a numbers game to Jeremy Hunt and his ilk | Letters

  17-03-2023 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  David Blunkett says the chancellor has distorted the truth about childcare in his budget statement, while Tony Roberts says the Tories have always misunderstood the importance of early years provision. Plus letters from Margaret Varley and Ursula ShoneIn his budget statement, the chancellor said: “In 2010, there was barely any free childcare for under-fives. A Conservative-led government changed that …” Why would someone, respected for their integrity and decency, be prepared
  
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• Microsoft Offers ActiBlizz Remedies To EU, Deadline Pushed Back Yet Again - Pure Xbox

  17-03-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Microsoft Offers ActiBlizz Remedies To EU, Deadline Pushed Back Yet Again  Pure XboxEuropean Commission postpones decision on approving Activision Blizzard acquisition until May 22  VG247EU delays Activision Blizzard decision as Microsoft offers further remedies  Eurogamer.netEU Pushes Back Deadline to Decide on Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard to May 22  GamingBoltMicrosoft Is Open To More Call Of Duty Licensing Deals  GameSp
  
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• Classical music must be spared the BBC axe | Letters

  17-03-2023 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to Paul Hughes’s article about the savage cuts to orchestras and BBC SingersIt is not only at the BBC that live classical music is in crisis (There is no one with power to fight for classical music at the BBC now. It’s as if Herod runs the creche, 14 March). Music societies throughout the country are heading for extinction. Music departments in schools have been savaged by education cuts, on top of which there is virtually no time for classical music in what remains o
  
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• Big oil firms touted algae as climate solution. Now all have pulled funding

  17-03-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Insiders aren’t surprised as ExxonMobil, the last remaining proponent of green algae biofuel, ends researchOne by one, big oil firms have touted their investments in algae biofuels as the future of low-carbon transportation – and one by one, they have all dropped out. Now in the wake of the last remaining algae proponent, ExxonMobil, announcing its withdrawal, insiders say they are disappointed but not surprised.Algae research was central to Exxon’s green marketing campaigns fo
  
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• Giving babies peanut butter could prevent allergies, scientists say - BBC News - BBC News

  17-03-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Giving babies peanut butter could prevent allergies, scientists say - BBC News  BBC NewsBabies should be fed peanut butter from four months to slash deadly allergies, scientists claim...  The SunBabies should be given peanut butter early to ward off allergies, scientists say  The MirrorBabies should be given peanut products between 4 and 6 months to reduce allergy, say researchers  The BMJPeanut allergy risk cut if babies are given allergen early, study su
  
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• Selfies, falls and Idris Elba: Cheltenham 2023 – in pictures

  17-03-2023 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Our photographer Tom Jenkins captures the winners, the losers, the punters and all the thrills and spills at this year’s Cheltenham Festival Continue reading...
  
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• Putin’s alleged war crimes: who are the Ukrainian children being taken by Russia?

  17-03-2023 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  What we know about the children behind the indictment of Vladimir Putin and his children’s commissioner for abduction• Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe international criminal court in The Hague has indicted the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and children’s commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.This means there is now an international arrest warrant out for Putin, a reflection of the speed with which the international
  
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• When are passport office strikes and how to renew your UK passport?

  17-03-2023 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will the strike by Passport Office workers affect passport renewals?
  
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• ‘Alarming’ rate of mountain forest loss a threat to alpine wildlife

  17-03-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Since 2001, 7% of the habitat has been lost globally due to logging, wildfires and agriculture, scientists reportAn area of mountain forest larger than the state of Texas has been lost since 2001, with the amount disappearing each year accelerating at an “alarming” rate, a study warns.Scientists found 78m hectares (193m acres) of mountain forest have been lost across the world in the past two decades, which is more than 7% of all that exists. The main drivers of loss were logging, th
  
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• Longest Neck of Any Animal Ever: New Fossil Analysis Reveals Dinosaur With 50-Foot Neck - SciTechDaily

  17-03-2023 13:45 via news.google.com
  
  Longest Neck of Any Animal Ever: New Fossil Analysis Reveals Dinosaur With 50-Foot Neck  SciTechDailyThe Dinosaur With The Longest Neck In History Has Been Discovered  Giant Freakin RobotThis Dinosaur Had a 50-Foot-Long Neck, Scientists Say  Smithsonian MagazineScientists Have Made A Fascinating Discovery About This 162-Million-Year-Old Fossil  msnNOWIt's not a stretch: This dinosaur had a 15m neck  TODAYView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• UK renters: share your experience of frozen housing benefit

  17-03-2023 13:08 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to speak to UK tenants who get local housing allowance about the benefit remaining frozen despite rising rentsLocal housing allowance (LHA) has remained frozen since 2020, despite substantial increases to rents in subsequent years.We would like to speak with private renters in the UK who receive housing benefit. Has your rent risen in recent years? How have you been affected by frozen LHA rates? Have you fallen into arrears or been forced to move? Continue reading...
  
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• A pool on a precipice and St Patrick’s Day: Friday’s best photos

  17-03-2023 13:06 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• How NASA's spacesuits have changed through the years - Daily Mail

  17-03-2023 12:44 via news.google.com
  How NASA's spacesuits have changed through the years  Daily MailNew Space Suits Fitted for Women for the 1st Time  Inside EditionNASA Unveils Next-Gen Spacesuit for Artemis III Moon Surface Mission  SciTechDailyNasa unveils spacesuit for moon surface mission  youtube.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tell us: does your UK home have a plastic lawn?

  17-03-2023 11:57 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to speak to people in the UK who have had an artificial lawn fitted amid a rise in sales of plastic grassArtificial grass has become increasingly popular since the pandemic with global sales predicted to reach £4bn by 2027.We are interested in speaking to people who have had plastic lawns fitted. When did you do it and why did you opt for it over grass? Are now having second thoughts for environmental or other reasons? Or do you prefer it? Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We’ve shed many tears’: a day in the life of an NHS nurse – photo essay

  17-03-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We follow Bejoy Sebastian, a senior nurse at University College London hospital, a member of a critical care team who travel from all over the city to care for the very sickBejoy Sebastian is not in nursing for the money, but he is one of the most dedicated, enthusiastic and compassionate people you could wish to meet.He is a senior nurse at University College London hospitals NHS foundation trust (UCLH) and travels back and forth from his home near Heathrow in the far west of the city where he
  
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• UK weather: New maps show exact day storm deluge to bring chaos to Britain

  17-03-2023 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Hints of colder conditions are likely to make a return towards the end of the month.
  
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• How Eleanor Williams’ lies tore a town apart and finally unravelled – podcast

  17-03-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Why did Eleanor Williams, a young woman from a remote coastal town in England, pretend she was a victim of a grooming gang?In lockdown a Facebook post by Eleanor Williams went viral. In it the young woman showed her badly beaten face, injured hand – and claimed she was the victim of a grooming gang run by Asian men. Her post caught the attention not just of her local community in Barrow-in-Furness, but people across the country.A campaign was launched, tens of thousands of pounds were rais
  
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• Calls for talks to end junior doctors' strikes

  17-03-2023 03:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unions and ministers are being urged to start talks after a pay breakthrough with other NHS workers.
  
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• UK tourism: Visitor attractions suffering long Covid - industry body

  17-03-2023 03:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Visitor figures are 23% down on pre-pandemic levels, despite millions returning in 2022.
  
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• 'A village's goodwill saved me from life on the streets'

  17-03-2023 03:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report on rural homelessness reveals low funding has left rough sleepers relying on goodwill.
  
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• Passport office workers to strike for five weeks over pay dispute

  17-03-2023 03:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The strike action will have a "significant impact" on deliveries of passports as summer approaches.
  
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• BBC licence fee could increase by £13 next year after a two-year freeze

  17-03-2023 03:06 via express.co.uk
  
  The raise would lead to the biggest increase in 20 years.
  
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• Hemsby: How many other communities are at risk of erosion?

  17-03-2023 02:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What can be done to protect coastal communities at risk of being swallowed up by the sea?
  
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• The Papers: NHS pay deal and 'Banks try to reassure investors'

  17-03-2023 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deal that would give health workers a 5% rise and ongoing turmoil in the markets lead the papers.
  
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• Killers with history of coercive behaviour face tougher sentences

  17-03-2023 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Proposed new laws will target murderers with a history of controlling behaviour towards their victims.
  
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• The NHS pay dispute could soon be over but we are not there yet

  17-03-2023 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Union members are yet to back the deal, and the government still needs to pay for it, says Chris Mason.
  
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• What has happened to pay in the UK?

  17-03-2023 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Workers are calling for improved pay to tackle the cost of living crisis, but how have wages changed?
  
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• Three million drivers' licence delays since 2020, report finds

  17-03-2023 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People with medical conditions waited months for driving licences during the pandemic, MPs say.
  
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• Tougher sentences for men who murder their partners after years of abuse

  17-03-2023 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Murderers who control or coerce victims for years could face at least 25 years behind bars.
  
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• The late Queen's death gives major UK tourism boost as Windsor Great Park named top spot

  17-03-2023 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Some 5,636,844 flocked to the Berkshire town to marvel at the Long Walk and Deer Park and where the Queen called home.
  
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• Metropolitan Police expected to be heavily criticised for being racist, sexist and homophobic in report

  17-03-2023 00:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC understands the report will criticise the Met's tolerance of wrongdoing within its ranks.
  
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• An Irish Goodbye: Oscar winners greeted by loved ones at Belfast homecoming

  17-03-2023 00:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Family and friends gather for homecoming celebration with co-director Ross White and star James Martin.
  
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• Mum gets baby son's remains after 48-year fight

  17-03-2023 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lydia Reid says she will finally be able to bury her son Gary after decades of campaigning for answers.
  
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