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• Scott McTominay stuns Spain to extend Scotland’s perfect start to qualifying

  28-03-2023 22:55 via theguardian.com
  
  In November 1984, Steve Clarke stood alongside his father on the north terrace of Hampden Park as a Scotland team inspired by Kenny Dalglish swatted aside Spain. Almost 40 years on, Clarke found himself masterminding a result which is arguably even more impressive given the football paths subsequently taken by the nations in question.Scotland, who sit proudly atop their Euro 2024 qualifying section, were fully worth their first win over the Spanish since Clarke was that paying punter. Two-goal S
  
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• Kieffer Moore header helps Wales sink Latvia after Gareth Bale farewell

  28-03-2023 22:51 via theguardian.com
  
  So far, so good. Wales built on their draw in Croatia by claiming their first Euro 2024 qualifying win courtesy of Kieffer Moore’s first-half header against Latvia.This was Wales’s first game in Cardiff since their group-stage exit at the World Cup and a sold-out crowd gave Gareth Bale, the most-capped Wales male player and surely the greatest in their history, a fitting send-off. The Latvia head coach, Dainis Kazakevics, went on the charm offensive in the buildup, talking up Wales&r
  
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• Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy review – a totally chemistry-free interview

  28-03-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  There’s no spark to this chat between the survivalist and the inspirational politician. Luckily, the Kyiv residents he meets provide the presenter with personal, memorable moments‘I spent a life working in survival,” says Bear Grylls, on his way to Ukraine to shoot War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy. “But now I will be learning from Ukrainians about what it takes to survive … in a war zone.” As the presenter travels to Kyiv, to meet civilians and
  
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• US court reinstates Adnan Syed murder conviction in Serial podcast case

  28-03-2023 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Maryland court orders conviction reinstated and new hearing held but ruling suggests Syed, 41, will not remain convicted for longA court in Maryland has reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the Baltimore man whose alleged involvement in the 1999 murder of 17-year-old Hae Min Lee was the subject of the hit podcast Serial.Syed, 41, was convicted of murdering Lee in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison, though he always maintained his innocence. In September last year, state prosecutors
  
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• Richard Sharp ‘unsuitable’ for chair, says former BBC boss

  28-03-2023 21:16 via theguardian.com
  
  John Birt says appointment process for chairman ‘fatally flawed’ due to ‘cosiness’ of Boris Johnson loanFormer BBC director general John Birt has said chairman Richard Sharp’s appointment should not stand as he was an “unsuitable candidate” in a “fatally flawed” process.Lord Birt said the “cosiness” of the £800,000 loan that Sharp facilitated for Boris Johnson makes him unsuitable for the role, despite the BBC chairman denyi
  
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• The bar sinks low enough for Sunak to enjoy a brief dose of popularity

  28-03-2023 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Liaison committee gently questions a prime minister who stands out just for getting a few things half-rightA minister who has admitted to using cocaine being sent out to announce a clampdown on laughing gas. Totally normal. A home secretary who can’t be trusted to stay on message. Totally normal. A government prepared to break international law by deporting refugees. Totally normal. An environment secretary permanently at war with herself and the farming community. Totally normal. A chance
  
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• Mike Pence must testify before grand jury investigating January 6 – reports

  28-03-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A federal judge ruled the former vice-president must appear in the inquiry into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 electionFormer US vice-president Mike Pence must testify in front of a grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s election subversion and incitement of the January 6 attack on Congress, a federal judge reportedly ruled on Tuesday.Multiple news outlets reported the ruling, which remained under seal. Continue reading...
  
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• Eubank Jr likely to be denied permission for revival of Conor Benn fight

  28-03-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Eubank Jr needs approval from British Boxing Board of Control Original fight called off after Benn tested positive for clomifeneThe proposed revival of Conor Benn’s bout against Chris Eubank Jr is in danger of being derailed because the British Boxing Board of Control is likely to deny Eubank Jr permission to take part in the fight even if it is located abroad.All British boxing licence-holders need to apply to the board for permission to compete in a foreign territory under a different co
  
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• UK’s illegal migration bill will force traffickers underground, says May

  28-03-2023 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Former prime minister said Sunak’s immigration proposals could deny support to modern slavery victimsThe UK’s illegal migration bill could mean modern slavery victims are less likely to give evidence against traffickers, Theresa May has said.The former Conservative prime minister warned MPs that slave drivers and traffickers will find it easier to escape justice under Rishi Sunak’s immigration plans. Continue reading...
  
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• Poole harbour oil spill washes up on wildlife haven Brownsea Island

  28-03-2023 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: National Trust concerned at danger to rich mix of ecosystems including lagoon, woodland, salt marsh and reedbed Oil from the Perenco pipeline leak in Poole harbour has washed up on the shores of Brownsea Island, an internationally important wetland and marine conservation zone.Nearly 200 barrels of reservoir fluid – a brine mixture that is about 15% oil – leaked into the waters of Ower Bay on Sunday from the pipeline sparking a major incident and urgent clean-up operation.
  
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• Prince Harry: royals ‘agreed not to sue’ newspapers over phone hacking

  28-03-2023 20:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Harry says he was conditioned to accept family’s view that they should not dare take on UK newspaper industryPrince Harry has claimed members of the royal family struck a secret deal with newspapers not to sue them over phone hacking because it would “open a can of worms”.Harry alleged his own family hid information from him about press intrusion and he had been conditioned to accept his family’s view that they should not dare to take on the British newspaper industry. Co
  
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• Humza Yousaf says FM vote sends ‘strong message’ but SNP unity bid stumbles

  28-03-2023 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Scotland’s first Muslim leader hails victory but rival Kate Forbes rejects offer of cabinet postHumza Yousaf has said becoming Scotland’s first Muslim leader sends a strong message “to every single person out there who feels that they don’t belong”, after he was voted in by MSPs.But the first minister’s attempts to reunite his party after a bitter leadership campaign fell at the first hurdle after his main rival, Kate Forbes, turned down a position in his cabi
  
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• Martin Rowson on the Conservatives’ illegal migration bill – cartoon

  28-03-2023 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
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• Five planets line up to put on celestial show for skywatchers tonight

  28-03-2023 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus will briefly appear in a planetary alignment near the crescent moon after sunsetFive planets will align in the night sky for an extraordinary view on Tuesday in a phenomenon dubbed a “planetary parade”.The planets – Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars – will come together on the western horizon, near the crescent moon, for a brief display after sunset. People almost anywhere on Earth with a westerly view and clear skies will b
  
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• Biden brings forward Belfast visit, putting meeting with king in doubt

  28-03-2023 20:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Charles and president likely to instead stage back-to-back visits to mark 25 years of Good Friday agreementHopes that Joe Biden’s landmark trip to Belfast next month will be rounded off by a meeting with King Charles are fading after the US president brought forward by a week his trip to celebrate 25 years of peace.It now appears likely the king and the president will stage back-to-back visits in an echo of historic visits to Dublin by Barack Obama and the queen in 2011. Continue reading..
  
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• Moment car crashes into living room, causing £30,000 of damage in Cambridgeshire

  28-03-2023 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The driver was handed a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to pay £12,000 in compensation.
  
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• Russian and Belarus athletes should be allowed to compete as neutrals, says IOC

  28-03-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Thomas Bach: ‘We see that in some sports it’s already working’‘Blanket prohibition of athletes cannot go on’Russian and Belarusian athletes should be allowed to compete again across all sports as neutral athletes – as long as they have no clear links to the military, the International Olympic Committee has said.However the IOC’s executive board has suggested that Russian and Belarusian teams should remain banned from international competition, along with
  
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• Mothers and babies being put at risk due to unsafe NHS maternity services, report says

  28-03-2023 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  NHS ombudsman says more tragedies will occur unless decisive action in takenMothers and babies are being put at risk because maternity services are still providing unsafe care, despite a series of scandals that have cost lives, the NHS ombudsman has warned.More tragedies will occur unless the health service takes decisive action to put an end to repeated and deeply ingrained problems which lead to “the same mistakes over and over again”, he said. Continue reading...
  
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• Who is Scotland's new first minister, Humza Yousaf?

  28-03-2023 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Humza Yousaf won a majority of votes from MSPs to become the country's sixth first minister.
  
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• The Guardian view on our links to slavery: a necessary reckoning with the past | Editorial

  28-03-2023 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Facing up to the fact that Britain was built on subjugation and empire will help navigate the futureThe Guardian has long been considered a champion of progressive values, rooted in a northern English radical tradition. So it will come as a shock to many that much of the wealth of the Manchester Guardian’s founder, John Edward Taylor, and that of most of his backers was connected to transatlantic slavery. A two-year-long investigation has shown that Taylor traded in slave-picked US cotton
  
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• Jury to hear statements from Gwyneth Paltrow’s children in Utah ski crash trial

  28-03-2023 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Depositions from Apple, 18, and Moses, 16, would be read in court but they would not be called to give evidence in personJurors in the Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial were expected to hear statements from her two teenage children on Tuesday as the proceeding approaches expected summations on Thursday.Attorneys for Paltrow, 50, said depositions from 18-year-old Apple and 16-year-old Moses, would be read in court but they would not be called to give evidence in person as time began to run out on t
  
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• The Guardian view on Israel’s political crisis: not over yet | Editorial

  28-03-2023 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t abandoned his attack on the supreme court. His opponents should not give up eitherThere is no room for relief. Benjamin Netanyahu’s assault on Israel’s democratic institutions is not over; it is merely on pause. After nearly three months of political crisis, popular outrage and mounting protests, the prime minister was forced to suspend his attack on the judiciary. He has already caused serious damage to the economy and the state through a headlong cha
  
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• Rishi Sunak raises doubt over asylum flights to Rwanda this summer

  28-03-2023 19:45 via theguardian.com
  
  PM tells MPs ‘no one has promised’ flights by summer, after Home Office source said plans were on trackRishi Sunak has raised doubts that asylum flights to Rwanda will take off by the summer, despite official briefings during Suella Braverman’s trip to the African country that plans were on track.During an appearance at the Commons liaison committee, the prime minister told MPs that “no one has promised flights by the summer” after he was pressed over the deterrent
  
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• Chennai Super Kings line up Ben Stokes as future captain in IPL

  28-03-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Side sees all-rounder as potential long-term leaderEngland working with CSK so Stokes is fit for AshesBen Stokes is being groomed as a possible long-term captain of Chennai Super Kings as he prepares to start the Indian Premier League this year as a specialist batter.Stokes heads into the tournament with English fingers crossed that he is fit to play a full role in the Ashes this summer after a longstanding knee injury curtailed the all-rounder’s role with the ball during the recent 1-1 Te
  
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• French protesters and police clash in marches against pension changes

  28-03-2023 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Police use teargas and water cannon against hooded protesters on the margins in some citiesProtesters and police clashed on the edges of street demonstrations in France on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of people took part in marches against Emmanuel Macron’s use of constitutional executive powers to push through an unpopular rise in the pension age to 64.While demonstrations in Paris and Nantes were peaceful, with the majority of demonstrators chanting and calling for the pension change
  
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• Corbyn gives strong hint he will stand against Labour as independent

  28-03-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-Labour leader says he has ‘no intention of stopping the fight’ as Keir Starmer faces fierce criticism from leftJeremy Corbyn has given his strongest hint yet that he will stand as an independent candidate, saying he has “no intention of stopping the fight” to represent his north London constituents.The former party leader was on Tuesday formally blocked from standing for Labour at the next election, prompting leftwingers to fiercely criticise Keir Starmer’s &ldqu
  
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• We must continue to guard against the anti-vaccine movement | Letters

  28-03-2023 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Bernard Bedford, Dr Andrew Hill and Andrew Scaife respond to an article by Devi Sridhar on the dangers of vaccine scepticism, especially with regard to childrenI wholeheartedly agree with Devi Sridhar’s concern about dwindling childhood protection from infectious diseases (In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work - and our children need them, 27 March). Coming from a small hamlet near Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, I developed measles, mumps, then whooping cough in rapid successio
  
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• Malawi does need foreign aid, but structural reform too | Letter

  28-03-2023 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Asher Jacobsberg responds to a letter that said aid is doing more harm than good in MalawiRe Benny Dembitzer’s letter on aid to Malawi (23 March), as someone who lives in Malawi and has seen first-hand the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy, and other cyclones in recent years, it seems to me to be the worst time to suggest that Malawi does not need aid. While of course structural reforms are needed in Malawi to make it more resilient, Malawians are also in dire need of immediate support
  
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• Nashville school shooter legally stockpiled weapons before attack

  28-03-2023 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Audrey Hale, 28, said ‘something bad is about to happen’ as police accused of lack of urgency after being alerted by suspect’s friendThe killer of three children and three adults at a Christian elementary school in Tennessee bought numerous firearms in the weeks leading up to the mass shooting, police have revealed.Audrey Hale, 28, was under a doctor’s care for an unspecified emotional disorder at the time of the rampage, the Nashville police chief, John Drake, said at a
  
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• Michel Houellebecq sex film to be released despite attempt to stop it

  28-03-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Amsterdam court dismisses French author’s complaint against film that shows him having sex with young womenA Dutch art collective can release an experimental erotic film showing the French novelist Michel Houellebecq having sex with young women in spite of the author’s attempt to stop its circulation, an Amsterdam court has ruled.Amsterdam’s district court on Tuesday afternoon dismissed a legal complaint by Houellebecq and his wife, Qianyun Lysis, that had aimed to curb the dis
  
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• Amsterdam tells young British men who want a ‘messy’ weekend to stay away

  28-03-2023 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  In bid to reduce nuisance behaviour ads will be triggered if people search online for terms such as ‘stag party Amsterdam’The city of Amsterdam is geo-targeting a campaign to tell young British men wanting a “messy” weekend to stay away.Research has suggested these Britons aged 18-35, and Dutch men of a similar age, tend to cause most nuisance in the red light district, with stag parties, pub crawls and all-night drink and drug benders making life unbearable for residents
  
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• Boris Johnson jokes he was given Partygate fine for ‘eating lunch at his desk’

  28-03-2023 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Former prime minister told audience in Lagos that his fine from police for breaking Covid laws was ‘bizarre’Boris Johnson has made light of his police fine for the Partygate scandal during a speech in Nigeria, joking that he was criminalised for standing up and eating lunch at his desk for 20 minutes.The former prime minister dismissed his fine from police for breaking Covid laws as “bizarre” at a conference in Lagos on “rehumanising human experience”. Continu
  
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• What challenges await the new SNP leader and first minister of Scotland?

  28-03-2023 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Humza Yousaf must reunite the party, fill its coffers and face opposition MPs who believe he is the SNP’s weak pointHumza Yousaf’s confirmation as Scotland’s new first minister, the sixth since the devolved parliament was convened in 1999, may well be the easiest task he faces during his first week in charge.Putting the vexed decisions about his policy agenda and spending plans to one side, he has a number of urgent and challenging tasks in the days ahead, within the party he n
  
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• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves review – passable, playful adventure

  28-03-2023 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  There’s just about enough goofy charm, if not enough humour, in this serviceable attempt to create a new big-screen franchise from the fantasy gameEven with a surprise resurgence in the popularity of the immersive, exhausting role-playing fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons (2017 saw more players of the game than any other year in its entire existence), betting a reported $150m on a new franchise-starting film is a risky, borderline reckless, move, like betting on a regular goblin against
  
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• Gary Lineker wins battle with HMRC over £4.9m tax bill

  28-03-2023 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Tribunal rules TV host has not failed to pay any tax or national insurance as IR35 rules do not apply to himGary Lineker has won his battle with HMRC over a £4.9m tax bill.The tax authorities had told the Match of the Day host, who operates his own company and works on a freelance basis for the BBC and BT Sport, that he should have been classed as an employee. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Before cancer I was really unhappy’: Tracey Emin on the joy of founding her own art school

  28-03-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artistsIt’s a Saturday morning and the band of the 1st Margate Girls’ and Boys’ Brigade is marching down a side street with pipes and drums ringing out amid a crowd that includes luminaries of the art world, Bob Geldof, and the kids across the road who are still in their pyjamas. Then the t
  
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• Nashville victims: three nine-year-olds and school head among six shot dead

  28-03-2023 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Three children at the Covenant School in the Tennessee capital were shot dead on Monday, the 129th US mass shooting this yearThree nine-year-old children and three adults arrived at the Covenant School, a small, private Christian academy in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday for what appeared to be a normal day of school.Before noon, all six had been killed – the victims of a shooter who terrorized the school with multiple firearms before being shot dead by police. Continue reading...
  
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• Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire’s son admits role in death to BBC

  28-03-2023 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Farouk Abdulhak, who fled to Yemen after the death of a student in London, admits his involvement.
  
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• One of the biggest safeguarding risks to Black children is the Metropolitan police | Franklyn Addo

  28-03-2023 17:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Three years after the Child Q incident, officers are still targeting and strip-searching Black schoolchildren. Here’s how we can stop thisThree years ago, frightful details emerged of the strip-searching of a 15-year-old Black schoolgirl by police officers in Hackney. At the time, I was working in the borough as part of a harm reduction programme, engaging with vulnerable young people in settings ranging from hospitals to pupil referral units.“Child Q” was wrongfully suspected
  
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• Inequality starts before birth – so child benefits should too | Mary Reader

  28-03-2023 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Providing a safety net from ‘cradle to grave’ is already too late. Time to revive an old Labour policy that can make things fairerBy the time children start school in the UK, those from low-income backgrounds are already an average of four months behind their peers in terms of educational development. The gap only widens from there. By the end of primary school, it’s nine months. By the time they take their GCSEs, 18 months. Inequality grows exponentially throughout childhood,
  
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• Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou: the Ethiopian nun who was one of history’s most distinctive pianists

  28-03-2023 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Guèbrou, who has died aged 99, was a classically trained musician and society girl who turned towards faith – and cultivated a style of playing like no otherThe music of the pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, who has died at the age of 99, seemed to reflect every area of her extraordinary life. A daughter of Addis Ababa’s upper classes, she was immersed in Ethiopian traditional song, then trained in classical violin and piano, embraced early jazz and later too
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: The left-wing veteran outcast by his party

  28-03-2023 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-Labour leader's long political career hangs in the balance after being stopped from standing as an MP.
  
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• Net zero tsar and senior Tories among those urging biomass subsidies rethink

  28-03-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Chris Grayling express concern at system under which Drax made £617m in 2022The UK government should rethink its subsidies for burning wood for fuel, former Conservative ministers and the net zero tsar have said.The energy company Drax, which burns forest biomass, made £893m in direct government subsidies in 2021. The level of support fell to £617m in 2022 as electricity prices exceeded an agreed “strike price” agreed to encourage rene
  
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• Russian man detained after daughter’s anti-war drawings flees house arrest

  28-03-2023 16:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Alexei Moskalyov convicted of discrediting armed forces on social media, after police investigated daughter’s drawingsRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesA Russian man who was detained by police after his daughter drew anti-war pictures at school was sentenced on Tuesday to two years after being convicted of discrediting the armed force.But in a dramatic turn of events, a court spokesperson said the man, Alexei Moskalyov, had fled house arrest overnight and his whereabouts were currently not
  
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• US charges Sam Bankman-Fried with bribing Chinese officials

  28-03-2023 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  FTX founder accused of conspiring to bribe Chinese officials with $40m worth of payments in new indictmentUS prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange of conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40m worth of payments.Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Bankman-Fried with directing the payment in order to unfreeze accounts belonging to his hedge fund, Alameda Research, that Chines
  
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• Fish finger surprise! The shocking ingredients found in supermarket foods

  28-03-2023 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  This week, a woman in Middlesbrough was greeted by a disturbing sight when she cut into some breaded pollack. It’s far from the first time foreign bodies have turned up in groceriesName: Guerrilla ingredients.Age: Not new. The tabloids have always loved a something-unexpected-found-in-the-groceries story. Continue reading...
  
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• Will an Oasis reunion finally happen – and do we really need it?

  28-03-2023 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Recent proclamations by the Gallagher brothers have convinced some that re-forming is no longer unthinkable. Here we present the case for and againstCrashing into our collective consciousness once again, as inexorable as the tides and almost as frequent, is the suggestion of an Oasis reunion. Liam Gallagher has been unusually generous about his brother’s new single Dead to the World, saying “how can such a mean spirited little man write such a beautiful song” – an improve
  
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• Charlotte Edwards after her WPL win: ‘I want to coach internationally’

  28-03-2023 16:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Fresh from Mumbai Indians’ success in the inaugural final, the head coach speaks of her ambition and an X-factor player England turned down“It’s been the most unbelievable six weeks I have had in cricket,” says Charlotte Edwards, fresh off the plane after the victory with Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League final on Sunday and about to head straight into a coaching session with Southern Vipers.This 48-hour turnaround may sound like a comedown after Nat Sciv
  
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• The Maldives are 99% water, so why can almost no teenagers swim?

  28-03-2023 16:41 via theguardian.com
  
  A lack of swimming skills among young people, especially girls, stops them working in local industries and getting involved in conservationAzha Abdul Azeez lives in Malé, the capital of the Maldives archipelago, surrounded by the idyllic Indian Ocean. But she “grew up in the house” and the water that makes up so much of Abdul Azeez’s home – a rich habitat including coral reefs, turtles, manta rays and exotic fish – terrifies her because she never learned to s
  
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• ‘A portrait of defeat’: inside a revealing film about Pope Francis

  28-03-2023 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Gianfranco Rosi’s intimate new documentary In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis follows the pontiff as he confronts contentious issues around the worldA lot is said during the quiet moments in Gianfranco Rosi’s In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis, when the holy figure takes a pause from giving hopeful or apologetic speeches to stare into the abyss, lost in his own thoughts and prayers. Those are opportunities for Rosi, the documentary film-maker behind Fire at Sea and Notturno
  
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