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• Southern Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12 - BBC

  18-03-2023 23:51 via news.google.com
  
  Southern Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12  BBCAt least 15 dead after strong earthquake hits Ecuador and northern Peru  The GuardianEarthquake kills at least 14 in Ecuador and Peru and causes widespread damage to homes and buildings  Sky NewsEarthquake strikes Ecuador killing at least 12 people and causing widespread damage  The IndependentFour killed as strong earthquake shakes coastal Ecuador  STV NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• People forced to wait outside without shoes after Liverpool city centre hotel fire - Liverpool Echo

  18-03-2023 23:48 via news.google.com
  People forced to wait outside without shoes after Liverpool city centre hotel fire  Liverpool EchoHotel evacuated as fire rips through premises in Liverpool sparking emergency response  ExpressHotel fire, Liverpool City Centre  Merseyside Fire & Rescue ServiceLive updates as Liverpool city centre hotel on fire  Liverpool EchoView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• DR ELLIE CANNON: I have type 2 diabetes that gives me cold feet... how can I keep them warm? - Daily Mail

  18-03-2023 23:41 via news.google.com
  DR ELLIE CANNON: I have type 2 diabetes that gives me cold feet... how can I keep them warm?  Daily Mail
  
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• Bracelet that can detect heart attacks in minutes being developed - Daily Mail

  18-03-2023 23:36 via news.google.com
  
  Bracelet that can detect heart attacks in minutes being developed  Daily Mail
  
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• MoD apologises for asking Afghans to get Taliban’s approval to come to UK - The Guardian

  18-03-2023 23:28 via news.google.com
  MoD apologises for asking Afghans to get Taliban’s approval to come to UK  The Guardian‘I am scared of my shadow’: Afghan judge living in fear of Taliban denied sanctuary in Britain  The IndependentBBC attacked for calling female Afghan footballers who fled Taliban 'false'  The TelegraphFemale footballers who fled Afghanistan in 2021 criticise BBC’s ‘false footballers’ article  The GuardianBritain tells Afghans they can
  
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• Scientists develop gene test to tell if blood cancer drugs will work - Daily Mail

  18-03-2023 23:22 via news.google.com
  Scientists develop gene test to tell if blood cancer drugs will work  Daily MailNew blood test can identify 70 early stage cancers  Evening StandardView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘Vanity project’: Braverman under fire for taking only rightwing press to Rwanda - The Guardian

  18-03-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  ‘Vanity project’: Braverman under fire for taking only rightwing press to Rwanda  The GuardianSuella Braverman visits Rwanda houses built for migrants deported from the UK  The TelegraphSuella Braverman excludes non-right-wing media from Rwanda trip  The NationalSuella Braverman visits site yet to house deported asylum seekers in Rwanda  Guardian NewsGross misperception about Rwanda in the UK, Home Secretary says  The IndependentView
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell resigns as SNP chief executive - The Telegraph

  18-03-2023 22:22 via news.google.com
  
  Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell resigns as SNP chief executive  The TelegraphSNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell resigns  Channel 4 NewsSNP chief executive Peter Murrell resigns amid membership row  The GuardianScotsman comment: Peter Murrell should follow SNP media chief out of the door  The ScotsmanWho is Peter Murrell? SNP chief and Scotland's 'First Husband'  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Britain’s Got Talent sparks fury after ‘inappropriate’ prank involving Simon Cowell and Bruno Tonioli... - The Scottish Sun

  18-03-2023 22:19 via news.google.com
  Britain’s Got Talent sparks fury after ‘inappropriate’ prank involving Simon Cowell and Bruno Tonioli...  The Scottish SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Two new species of yeast named after Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips

  18-03-2023 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Discoveries that could help diabetics titled in honour of activist and journalist murdered in AmazonScientists in Brazil have found two new species of fermenting yeasts and named them after journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira, the two men murdered last year in the Amazon rainforest.The discovery came from four isolates of the Spathaspora species, according to a paper published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Continue reading...
  
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• Deaths reported after strong earthquake hits Ecuador and northern Peru

  18-03-2023 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Magnitude 6.7 tremors shook area 50 miles south of Ecuador’s second city, Guayaquil, killing at least four peopleA strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least four people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.The US Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 in the country’s coastal Guayas region. Its centre was about 50 miles (80 kilometre
  
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• Warning to millions of smartphone owners to switch off this setting immediately amid serious security flaws - Manchester Evening News

  18-03-2023 21:49 via news.google.com
  Warning to millions of smartphone owners to switch off this setting immediately amid serious security flaws  Manchester Evening NewsGoogle warns millions to change WiFi setting over security issues: check if your phone is affected  OhmymagWarning to millions of phone owners as expert warns them to switch off this Wi-Fi setting immediately  Birmingham LiveMillions of Samsung Galaxy owners issued urgent Wi-Fi setting warning  Manchester Evening NewsGoogle Ex
  
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• Ireland clinches Six Nations Grand Slam with victory over England - Sky News

  18-03-2023 21:42 via news.google.com
  
  Ireland clinches Six Nations Grand Slam with victory over England  Sky NewsSix Nations 2023: Ireland 29-16 England - Irish seal Grand Slam in Dublin  BBCHIGHLIGHTS - Ireland beat England to win the GRAND SLAM | ITV Sport  ITV SportA Grand Slam In Dublin - Highlights  IrishRugby TVMum stuck in the middle of Farrell family feud: Owen  Belfast TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• European club football: Dortmund go top of Bundesliga with Cologne rout

  18-03-2023 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Marco Reus and Haller score twice in Dortmund’s 6-1 thrashingRB Leipzig suffer shock 1-0 defeat to BochumBorussia Dortmund climbed to the top of the Bundesliga after demolishing Cologne 6-1 on Saturday, with Sébastien Haller and captain Marco Reus both scoring twice. Dortmund underlined their title ambitions by blowing away their opponents during an explosive four-goal first half performance at home.Dortmund are now on 53 points, one ahead of Bayern Munich who are face Bayer Leverku
  
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• Gary Lineker says 'it's great to be here' on BBC football return

  18-03-2023 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alan Shearer describes "difficult situation” caused by Gary Lineker's impartiality row suspension.
  
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• Match of the Day review: Lineker’s return restores charm and calm

  18-03-2023 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Presenter handles Man City v Burnley FA Cup quarter-final with characteristic professionalism“Ah,” tweeted Gary Lineker from the Etihad Stadium, an hour before coverage began on BBC One of Manchester City v Burnley in the FA Cup quarter-final. “The joys of being allowed to stick to football.”The speed of the modern news cycle means it seems like months since Lineker was suspended by the BBC for criticising government immigration policy, but in fact it was only last weeken
  
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• Donald Trump: ex-president predicts arrest over Stormy Danials payments on Tuesday - The Times

  18-03-2023 21:20 via news.google.com
  
  Donald Trump: ex-president predicts arrest over Stormy Danials payments on Tuesday  The TimesTrump Says He Will Be Arrested And Asks Supporters To Protest | Donald Trump Speech | News18 LIVE  CNN-News18Bolton reacts to Trump's post that he expects to be arrested  CNNGet ready for Manhattan DA’s made-for-TV Trump prosecution: high on ratings, but short on the law  The HillEx-US President Donald Trump expects to be arrested on Tuesday  BBCVie
  
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• Millions paid in bonuses to UK Silicon Valley Bank staff days after £1 rescue - The Guardian

  18-03-2023 21:18 via news.google.com
  Millions paid in bonuses to UK Silicon Valley Bank staff days after £1 rescue  The GuardianUK arm of Silicon Valley Bank paid out more than £15million in bonuses days after bailout  Daily MailHow the power of networks rescued SVB UK  The TimesSilicon Valley Bank UK arm hands out £15m in bonuses days after £1 rescue  Yahoo News UKSilicon Valley Bank staff handed up to £20m in bonuses  The TelegraphView Full coverage o
  
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• Jeremy Hunt's budget fails to move voters as Labour retains election lead in poll - Evening Standard

  18-03-2023 21:10 via news.google.com
  
  Jeremy Hunt's budget fails to move voters as Labour retains election lead in poll  Evening StandardBudget helps the rich while doing nothing to solve the cost of living crisis, poll says  inewsBritons still more concerned than reassured post-Budget for the economy, public services and their own finances – but less worried than after Autumn Statement  Ipsos in CanadaPublic more concerned than reassured after Budget, poll suggests  Evening StandardJere
  
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• Saturday Night Takeaway viewers stunned as 'chaotic' Toni Collette swears live on TV - Daily Record

  18-03-2023 21:06 via news.google.com
  Saturday Night Takeaway viewers stunned as 'chaotic' Toni Collette swears live on TV  Daily RecordToni Collette SWEARS during Saturday Night Takeaway ... forcing the Ant and Dec to apologise  Daily MailSaturday Night Takeaway fans disagree as Ant forced to apologise  Liverpool EchoSaturday Night Takeaway guest Toni Collette swears live on air  Yahoo News UKSaturday Night Takeaway guest swears live on air pre-watershed  Digital SpyView Full covera
  
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• Trump claims he ‘will be arrested’ on Tuesday in New York criminal case

  18-03-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-president makes remark on Truth Social without any official confirmation of the likelihood or timing of charges being broughtDonald Trump has posted on his platform Truth Social that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday in the criminal case in New York involving hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.Earlier this year the former US president called for protests by his supporters if he was indicted in any of the numerous criminal investigations in New York, Georgia and by federa
  
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• Ireland clinch Six Nations grand slam after victory over 14-man England

  18-03-2023 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Ireland 29-16 EnglandDan Sheehan scores two tries as hosts pull away in second halfThere have been some raucously celebrated green days but few to match the roar when this particular final whistle sounded. Andy Farrell’s modern Ireland were already the world’s No 1 team and now a Six Nations grand slam has been added to their lengthening honours list. In truth, though, the cheers also reflected a sense of genuine relief that shamrock dreams had actually come true.Even against 14 men,
  
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• Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen aims to win from 15th after engine failure: 'Anything is possible' - Sky Sports

  18-03-2023 20:53 via news.google.com
  Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen aims to win from 15th after engine failure: 'Anything is possible'  Sky SportsPerez on Saudi GP pole as Verstappen 15th after issue  BBCSaudi Arabia GP  McLarenDemand for scouse supercars 'never been so great'  Liverpool EchoRed Bull opt for caution by fitting new gearbox for Max Verstappen  Planet F1View Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Terrifying moment LA weather forecaster's eyes roll to the back of her head before she collapses - Daily Mail

  18-03-2023 20:47 via news.google.com
  Terrifying moment LA weather forecaster's eyes roll to the back of her head before she collapses  Daily MailTV presenter faints live on-air throwing CBS broadcast into chaos  Daily StarCBS LA weatherwoman Alissa Carlson Schwartz collapses on air  Metro.co.ukHorrifying moment forecaster's eyes roll to back of her head before collapse on live TV  The MirrorUpdate on KCAL News Meteorologist Alissa Carlson  CBS Los AngelesView Full coverage on Google
  
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• Haaland fires hat-trick as Manchester City demolish Kompany’s Burnley 6-0

  18-03-2023 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Pep Guardiola threw bouquets at Vincent Kompany, then ordered his Manchester City team to eviscerate his former captain’s, which they did via Erling Haaland’s sixth hat-trick of the season (and second of the week) as Burnley were downed and a place secured in Sunday’s semi-final draw.City’s manager had lauded Kompany for his drilling of a side that are near dead-certs for promotion to the Premier League, but a team sheet that showed Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Rodri and
  
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• Ellis Simms scores late leveller to rescue vital point for Everton at Chelsea

  18-03-2023 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  A hero is no less welcome for being so unlikely. Ellis Simms has looked a forlorn figure since returning to Goodison Park, but he came off the bench to score an equaliser that lifted Everton to 15th, two points clear of the relegation zone.Simms had scored seven goals in 14 starts on loan at Sunderland earlier before being recalled by Frank Lampard prior to his sacking. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Skinny jab’ drug firm facing fresh inquiries after ‘serious breaches’ of industry code

  18-03-2023 20:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Pharmaceutical company behind blockbuster diet jab Wegovy confronts crises on multiple fronts, amid scrutiny of UK activitiesThe maker of slimming jab Wegovy was facing crises on multiple fronts this weekend, with the UK medicines regulator announcing a review of its operations at the same time as an investigation is under way into the approval of its injections for NHS use.In the last few days, Novo Nordisk has also been suspended from its pharmaceutical trade body and seen the loss of a key pa
  
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• UK finance minister, Bank of England governor in contact over Credit Suisse - source - Reuters.com

  18-03-2023 20:22 via news.google.com
  
  UK finance minister, Bank of England governor in contact over Credit Suisse - source  Reuters.comCredit Suisse shares tumble - sending US and Europe markets into red  Channel 4 NewsInside the Credit Suisse crisis that shook banking to its core  The TimesAre banks on the edge of another 2008-style precipice?  Financial TimesCan comms really be blamed for bank runs?  PR WeekView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Millions paid in bonuses to UK Silicon Valley Bank staff days after £1 rescue

  18-03-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers reported to have received payouts from ‘modest’ pool of £15m-£20m following takeover deal by HSBCThe UK arm of the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank is reported to have paid millions of pounds in bonuses days after it was sold in a rescue deal for £1.Staff at Silicon Valley Bank UK (SVB UK) are said to have been given payouts from what has been described as a “modest” bonus pool of between £15m and £20m. The Californian-based bank collaps
  
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• Joe Biden hails decision to issue ICC arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin

  18-03-2023 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  US president joined by German chancellor in support of action taken after Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian childrenThe US president, Joe Biden, has backed the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over his role in the abduction of Ukrainian children, saying it was “justified”.Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was among other international leaders who welcomed the decision, saying on Saturdayyesterday that it showed &ld
  
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• Boris Johnson makes last-ditch bid to discredit Partygate inquiry

  18-03-2023 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-prime minister due at televised Commons committee hearing, with legal team about to publish new evidence backing his claimsA defiant Boris Johnson is preparing an extraordinary televised defence of his actions during the Partygate scandal, as his allies this weekend accused the parliamentary inquiry into the affair of relying on weak evidence compiled by a former civil servant recruited by the Labour party.With a potentially explosive appearance at the Commons privileges committee due on Wedn
  
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• Think women have never had it so good? You should take a look at medieval days | Martha Gill

  18-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  History shows that progress in gender equality is neither steady nor inevitableWhat was life like for women in medieval times? “Awful” is the vague if definite answer that tends to spring to mind – but this is an assumption, and authors have been tackling it with new vigour.The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega, and The Wife of Bath: A Biography by Marion Turner both contend that women were not only bawdier but busier than w
  
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• ‘The fungal awakening’: how we came to love (and fear) fungi

  18-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After centuries of fear and disdain, mushrooms are having their moment. From sci-fi smash hits to drug trials, an emerging league of mycophiles are bringing fungi out of the shadowsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSome people are drawn to beautiful birds. Others are enamoured with orchids. There are those who are mesmerised by the kaleidoscopic swish and sway of tropical fish. But mention you’re interested in fungi, and you’re likely to be met
  
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• ‘It’s Up to Us’: squeezed by the housing crisis, a NSW rural community finds its own solution

  18-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After raising $350K, a group of Bega electorate residents provided temporary units for locals, but long-term investment is needed to provide more permanent accommodationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAbout two years ago, Michael Brosnan decided he could no longer wait for the government to act on the housing crisis.As more and more people were squeezed into homelessness in his community on the far south coast of New South Wales, he and other locals decid
  
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• I started running during lockdown and still hate it – but what counts is I do it anyway | Myke Bartlett

  18-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Yes, it feels good to be fit, but the gift of fitness isn’t to make exercise pleasurable – it’s to make impossible things achievableGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastI have always hated exercise. Sport always seemed the perfect storm of suffering and tedium. For an “unco” kid like me, there would always be something more rewarding than chasing a ball around a field. Reading. Watching TV. Listening to music. Staring into space.
  
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• I believed readers only wanted trauma stories from writers of colour. Then I became an author | Zoya Patel

  18-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For so long, it seemed that readers were only interested in the experiences of people like me if we were traumatised, not triumphant – and I internalised this as an indisputable factGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI can’t pinpoint exactly when I started imagining myself in the stories I read, but I know it was at a young age. Some of the first books I really connected with were Sweet Valley Twins, an American series about blonde, blue-eyed twin sisters who lived a very mid
  
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• Breeding birds in captivity may alter their wing shapes and reduce post-release survival chances

  18-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New research on critically endangered orange-bellied parrot finds 1mm difference in length of one feather – enough to reduce survival rate by 2.7 timesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBreeding in captivity can alter birds’ wing shapes, reducing their chances of surviving migratory flights when they are released to the wild, new research suggests.A study of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot has found that in captive-bred birds, tho
  
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• Imran Khan's arrest warrant cancelled after police use bulldozers to raid house - The Telegraph

  18-03-2023 19:51 via news.google.com
  
  Imran Khan's arrest warrant cancelled after police use bulldozers to raid house  The TelegraphImran Khan court hearing prevented by Islamabad clashes  BBCArrest warrant cancelled for former PM of Pakistan, Imran Khan  Channel 4 NewsImran Khan: Petrol bombs thrown and shots fired at Pakistan police as they raid home of former prime minister  Sky NewsPolice raid Khan's house as ex-Pakistan PM heads to court  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full coverage on
  
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• Bono finally admits to liking Abba. It’s a sure sign of maturity | Barbara Ellen

  18-03-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The days of having ‘cool’ musical taste are over. Owning up to guilty listening pleasures is a joy in itselfThere must be a circle of rock’n’roll hell full of people tangled up for all eternity in concepts of “cool” and “uncool”. Now along comes U2’s frontman, Bono, speaking on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room, saying that, as a 16-year-old punk rocker, pressure to look “macho” meant: “I [didn’t] want to own up to [likin
  
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• Sergio Pérez on pole for Saudi Arabian F1 GP after Max Verstappen falters

  18-03-2023 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Engine failure sees defending champion start in 15thRed Bull teammate Pérez joined on front row by Charles LeclercMax Verstappen has repeatedly warned against believing his Red Bull team held all the cards in the opening rounds of the new Formula One season. It was a guarded stance that looked unnecessarily wary but the Dutchman’s caution proved all too prescient when he was forced to retire from qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. His teammate, Sergio Pérez, duly ste
  
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• ‘We had to hide them’: how Ukraine’s ‘kidnapped’ children led to Vladimir Putin’s arrest warrant

  18-03-2023 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands have been taken to Russia for ‘adoption’ or ‘re-education’, but the international community is seeking justiceSipping his tea at one of the few cafes still open in the battered Ukrainian frontline city of Kherson, Volodymyr Sagaydak shows a video of the day four thugs from the Russian FSB security services arrived at the city’s main orphanage, where he is a staff member. Kherson was liberated in November after eight months of occupation, but is pounded eve
  
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• Richard Milward: ‘I hid my writing like a secret vice’

  18-03-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The novelist on his latest book, a Charles Manson-inspired work written in slang, his love of the band Mogwai and the trials of sorting post for Royal MailRichard Milward, 38, grew up in Middlesbrough and lives in London. He is the author of three previous novels: Apples, published when he was 22; Ten Storey Love Song, told in the form of a single 300-page paragraph; and Kimberly’s Capital Punishment (2012), which has six alternative endings. His new novel, Man-Eating Typewriter, a book wi
  
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• Jeremy Hunt’s topsy-turvy budget: jam tomorrow but never jam today – cartoon

  18-03-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The promise of a better life recedes ever further under the Tories• You can order your own version of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Big Boys review – an achingly brilliant queer coming-of-age classic

  18-03-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Isaac Krasner delivers a sublime breakout performance as a lovestruck teen in Corey Sherman’s restrained but magical debutWith its come-on of a title, its coming-of-age narrative and its teen hero on the verge of coming out, Big Boys sounds like the sort of LGBTQIA+ fare that grows on trees. In fact, this debut from the writer-director Corey Sherman is a real four-leaf clover: delicate, unique and subtly magical.In its 16-year-old lead actor, Isaac Krasner, the film boas
  
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• Court cancels Imran Khan’s arrest warrant after clashes in Pakistan capital

  18-03-2023 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Supporters of ex-prime minister and police fight outside court where he was addressing charges of unlawfully selling state giftsA court in Islamabad has cancelled Imran Khan’s arrest warrant after intense clashes between police and the former prime minister’s supporters outside the judicial complex.Khan officially appeared before the court in Pakistan’s capital on Saturday, complying with a judicial order that led to a failed attempt to arrest him on Tuesday. He is facing vario
  
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• Alan Shearer talks of ‘difficult week’ as he and Gary Lineker return to MotD

  18-03-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Presenters back to cover FA Cup quarter-final after row that nearly cost BBC director general and chairman their jobsGary Lineker returned to presenting Match of the Day on Saturday evening after a row that threatened to topple the BBC chairman and director general.As the former England international introduced live BBC coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley, pundit Alan Shearer touched on the recent controversy. Continue reading...
  
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• Crowds in Milan protest against curbs on rights of same-sex parents

  18-03-2023 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Italy’s new rightwing government put a strong emphasis on traditional family values during electionsHundreds of people took to the streets in Milan in protest against moves by Italy’s new rightwing government to restrict the rights of same-sex parents.“You explain to my son that I’m not his mother,” read one sign held up amid a sea of rainbow flags that filled one of the northern city’s central squares. Continue reading...
  
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• Lance Reddick: The Wire’s crusading cop led with command and conviction

  18-03-2023 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  The late actor has left behind a career of distinguished and often devastating roles, headed up by his no-nonsense lieutenant in the HBO dramaOn HBO’s crime-and-punishment epic The Wire, the moral arc of the universe does not bend toward justice. In the dramatized yet scrupulously realistic Baltimore mapped by creator David Simon, institutions – policing, education, politics – preserve their entrenched structures of power at the cost of the individual, and it happens over and o
  
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• Imagine a time when Shakespeare played a very second fiddle to Ben Jonson | Tomiwa Owolade

  18-03-2023 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Richard Cohen’s Making History returned me to the childhood ecstasy of leafing through my first encyclopaediaMy favourite subjects at school were English and history. By A-level I had to pick which one to study for university. I chose English. Reading Richard Cohen’s deliciously erudite book Making History makes me reconsider whether I made the right choice.History is not simply about being bogged down in a library trying to decipher an unintelligible manuscript with a magnifying gla
  
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• Ward-Prowse’s last-gasp penalty gives Southampton point to hurt Spurs

  18-03-2023 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite Antonio Conte’s summer departure being widely accepted as an inevitability, Tottenham can still rescue this season. Even if finishing fourth last year has not resulted in much happiness this campaign, the financial rewards for club, playing and coaching staff are considerable.Newcastle’s win at Nottingham Forest had further upped the ante but at Southampton, as so often with the Tottenham of 2022-23, questions of motivation will have to be raised. Pape Sarr thoughtlessly and
  
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