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• Britney Spears and Sam Asghari DENY trouble in their marriage after time apart WITHOUT their rings - Daily Mail

  31-03-2023 23:53 via news.google.com
  Britney Spears and Sam Asghari DENY trouble in their marriage after time apart WITHOUT their rings  Daily MailSam Asghari hits back at Britney Spears split rumours as singer suffers setback  The MirrorSam Asghari wears wedding ring amid Britney Spears marriage breakdown rumours  Metro.co.ukBritney Spears seen without wedding ring and holding teddy bear as star jets off to Hawaii  ExpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pollard’s boot guides Leicester to Champions Cup win over Edinburgh

  31-03-2023 23:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Last 16: Leicester 16-6 EdinburghTigers’ Jasper Wiese scores game’s only tryJasper Wiese scored the game’s only try on a wet night at Welford Road as Leicester Tigers reached the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup with a 16-6 win over Edinburgh.The South African replacement’s individual effort came at a time when the visitors had momentarily turned the game on its head through two penalties from Emiliano Boffelli. Continue reading...
  
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• Klopp does not know which Liverpool will show up against Manchester City - The Guardian

  31-03-2023 23:48 via news.google.com
  Klopp does not know which Liverpool will show up against Manchester City  The GuardianMan City v Liverpool: Danny Murphy on Jurgen Klopp's huge eight days  BBCJürgen Klopp's pre-match press conference | Man City vs Liverpool  Liverpool FCIAN HERBERT: Man City vs Liverpool is a clash clouded by a mutual loathing forged off the pitch  Daily MailPep Guardiola warns Man City players about suffering demise like Liverpool  The MirrorView Full cove
  
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• Andrew Tate released from detention and moved to house arrest in Romania

  31-03-2023 23:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Bucharest court of appeal rules in favour of divisive social media influencer who has spent months in a Romanian jailAndrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who has spent three months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organised crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal along with his brother to be moved from detention to house arrest.The Bucharest court of appeal ruled in favour of their appeal, which challenged a judge’s decision last week to extend his arrest a fourth tim
  
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• Port of Dover declares critical incident as coaches face long wait to board ferries

  31-03-2023 23:22 via theguardian.com
  
  P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways say sailings hit by bad weather, surge of Easter getaways and border control hold-ups in France The Port of Dover has declared a critical incident as high levels of traffic caused lengthy delays for coach passengers.P&O Ferries and DFDS Seaways also reported delays to ferry and coach services, citing bad weather and hold-ups at French border controls. Continue reading...
  
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• Jailed: ‘Bully’ who murdered pensioner he found in his bed after she mistook his home for B&B - The Independent

  31-03-2023 23:12 via news.google.com
  Jailed: ‘Bully’ who murdered pensioner he found in his bed after she mistook his home for B&B  The IndependentTragic final moments of grandmother entering what she believed was B&B, before being beaten to death  Daily MailMan jailed for life after murdering pensioner who mistook his home for B&B and got into his bed  Sky NewsLast moment gran, 71, was seen alive after mistaking home for her B&B  Manchester Evening NewsView Full c
  
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• Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth - Financial Times

  31-03-2023 22:57 via news.google.com
  
  Mis-steps that brought Virgin Orbit crashing back to earth  Financial TimesVirgin Orbit: Sir Richard Branson's rocket company cuts 85% of workforce  BBCVirgin Orbit sacks 85% of workforce and ceases operations 'for foreseeable future'  Sky NewsAs Virgin Orbit Woes Mount, Spacetech Funding Hasn't Crashed  Crunchbase NewsVirgin Orbit's collapse raises questions about Matthew Brown  QuartzView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Joe Biden to turn down invitation to Coronation of King Charles III - The Telegraph

  31-03-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Joe Biden to turn down invitation to Coronation of King Charles III  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Heathrow ‘operating as normal’ as 10-day strike by security staff begins - The Guardian

  31-03-2023 22:13 via news.google.com
  Heathrow ‘operating as normal’ as 10-day strike by security staff begins  The GuardianHeathrow security guards begin 10-day strike during Easter break  BBCFamily's £20,000 dream Disneyland trip is cancelled because of Heathrow strikes  Daily MailHeathrow Airport staff go on strike as CEO gets bumper pay rise over salaries break down  LBCHeathrow airport security staff to strike for 10 days over Easter  Sky NewsView Full coverage
  
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• The Lost Spells review – enchanting musical has an abundance of magic

  31-03-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Watford Palace theatre
  A cockney fox and a preening jackdaw open our eyes to the wonders of nature in this charming show based on Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’s bookIn this new musical, spawned by Robert Macfarlane’s children’s book, we are led into an enchanting woodland world by Jay, who is so overcome by nerves on her first day at school that she forgets her name and is on a mission to find it.Some of the poetry of the book is incorporated into Matt Borgatti’s c
  
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• ‘Slipping through our fingers’: New Zealand scientists distraught at scale of glacier loss

  31-03-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Research institute NIWA predicts many of country’s most important glaciers will be gone within the decade The plane’s engine groans, and its small frame rises. Through a thin membrane of cloud, the spine of the southern alps rises like a dark sawblade.“I’m wondering if my favourite glacier is going to be there,” says principal climate scientist Dr Andrew Lorrey. “We’ve had a really, really hot one this summer. It’s hard to say. We’ll just hav
  
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• Joshua reaches the point of no return in must-win clash against Franklin

  31-03-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Former heavyweight champion is back in action on Saturday knowing a third straight loss would signal the end of his careerAs Anthony Joshua walks to the ring at the 02 in London on Saturday night, to face the relatively limited American Jermaine Franklin, it will be more than two years and three months since he last had his hand raised in victory. In December 2020, on a bleak winter night in the midst of Covid and in front of a sparse crowd of a thousand socially distanced fans, Joshua bludgeone
  
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• It is tempting to see no winners but ECB’s judgment is a victory for Rafiq | Barney Ronay

  31-03-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This saga is an observation porthole into English cricket and, beyond that, Yorkshire CCC and wider societyLooking back at the footage now, Trent Bridge, 22 June 2009, the players of Yorkshire CCC about to walk out on to the field to face Nottinghamshire in the late evening sunshine, it is hard not to feel a sense of English cricket’s own Zapruder film being spliced into place. Every act, every cutaway, every pause, every edit seems undercut by a sense of historical weight, the smiles, the
  
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• It is tempting to see no winners but ECB’s judgment is a victory for Rafiq

  31-03-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This saga is an observation porthole into English cricket and, beyond that, Yorkshire CCC and wider societyLooking back at the footage now, Trent Bridge, 22 June 2009, the players of Yorkshire CCC about to walk out on to the field to face Nottinghamshire in the late evening sunshine, it is hard not to feel a sense of English cricket’s own Zapruder film being spliced into place. Every act, every cutaway, every pause, every edit seems undercut by a sense of historical weight, the smiles, the
  
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• Woman fatally injured at Arthur’s Seat said husband had pushed her, witness says

  31-03-2023 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Kashif Anwar is accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed and her unborn child by pushing her from hillA woman walking on Arthur’s Seat on the night a husband is alleged to have pushed his wife off the Edinburgh hill claimed the alleged victim told her he had pushed her, a court has heard.Kashif Anwar, 29, is accused of murdering Fawziyah Javed, 31, and her unborn child in September 2021 by pushing her from the landmark. Continue reading...
  
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• Hisense's super-bright 85-inch QLED TV is ready to take on OLED TVs - TechRadar

  31-03-2023 21:36 via news.google.com
  
  Hisense's super-bright 85-inch QLED TV is ready to take on OLED TVs  TechRadar
  
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• Everton’s survival in doubt if relegated from the Premier League

  31-03-2023 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Club’s ability to continue as a going concern at risk if demotedEverton’s combined losses for past three years stand at £305.5mEverton’s ability to continue as a going concern would be plunged into doubt in the event of relegation from the Premier League, the club’s latest set of accounts have revealed.The bleak assessment, contained in the Everton directors’ report and from the auditor Crowe UK LLP, came on Friday when the club announced losses of £44.7
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow wins $1 in case over ski crash - Channel 4 News

  31-03-2023 21:05 via news.google.com
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow wins $1 in case over ski crash  Channel 4 NewsGwyneth Paltrow awarded $1 and cleared of fault over ski crash  BBCThe Gwyneth Paltrow verdict was justified – but there’s another issue at play here  The IndependentMAUREEN CALLAHAN: America roots for people who stand up to bullies. THAT's why Paltrow won  Daily Mail'I Wish You Well': Gwyneth Paltrow's Finally Outdone 'Conscious Uncoupling' And We're Screaming  HuffPost UK
  
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• Sarah Akinterinwa on how Rishi Sunak is playing the public for fools – cartoon

  31-03-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Cambridgeshire shootings: man charged with murder over deaths of father and son

  31-03-2023 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Stephen Alderton, 66, will appear in court in connection with killings of father and son Gary and Josh DunmoreA man has been charged with the murders of a father and son following two shootings in villages in Cambridgeshire.Stephen Alderton, 66, has been charged with the murders of Gary
  and Joshua Dunmore after the incidents near Huntingdon on Wednesday, Cambridgeshire police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Starmer accuses government of ‘turning Britain’s waterways into an open sewer’

  31-03-2023 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Lib Dems call for Thérèse Coffey to resign after raw discharges sent into English rivers 825 times a day last yearKeir Starmer has accused the government of “turning Britain’s waterways into an open sewer”, as data showed raw discharges were sent into English rivers 825 times a day last year.Private water companies have been consistently accused of failing to take action, and the Environment Agency admitted there were more than 300,000 spillages into rivers and co
  
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• Fabio Paratici steps back from Tottenham role as Daniel Levy awaits FIFA appeal ruling - Football.London

  31-03-2023 20:03 via news.google.com
  Fabio Paratici steps back from Tottenham role as Daniel Levy awaits FIFA appeal ruling  Football.LondonFabio Paratici - Update  Tottenham HotspurFabio Paratici to take immediate leave of absence from Tottenham following FIFA ban  Sky SportsFabio Paratici agrees to step away immediately from Tottenham duties  The GuardianFabio Paratici agrees to STEP DOWN from his role at Tottenham  Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Two months, two teams, one winner: Premier League title race starts here

  31-03-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Will Manchester City extend an already dominant era or can Arsenal’s upstarts stay clear of the field and complete what would be a remarkable triumph?It has been a Premier League season of distractions, pop-up windows and one vast and disorientating hiatus. Exactly 34 weeks have passed since Arsenal kicked things off with a Friday night trip to Crystal Palace, a week before temperatures in London hit 34 degrees, four months before Lionel Messi was draped in a propaganda cape in Qatar, a mo
  
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• Stellini seeks to pick up the pieces at Tottenham after week of chaos

  31-03-2023 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Acting head coach is set to be in charge of Tottenham for 10 crucial league matches and fans hope for a fresh approachCristian Stellini has been here before: a press conference now and then when Antonio Conte was unavailable; sometimes preparing to lead Tottenham into a game. But not like this. Not as the man in charge for a significant period – 10 Premier League matches to be precise, when the Champions League qualification push will be decided. Not as the face of the club, the de facto s
  
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• Dominic Raab is ‘100% a bully’, says former Foreign Office official

  31-03-2023 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice secretary, who denies bullying allegations, oversaw a toxic atmosphere, ex-staffer saysDominic Raab is “100% a bully”, and also took no steps to intervene in bullying by others, a former Foreign Office official has said in the latest accusations against the justice secretary and former foreign secretary.The claims, reported by ITV News, came as Rishi Sunak declined to say why an independent inquiry into Raab’s behaviour had not yet reported back after more than four mon
  
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• The Guardian’s slavery links: it’s right to finally confront the wrongs of the past | Letters

  31-03-2023 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to the Guardian’s investigation uncovering its founders’ connections with the slave tradeI have just read Katharine Viner’s article about the Guardian’s links to enslavement (How our founders’ links to slavery change the Guardian today, 28 March). I live in Martinique, a Caribbean island where France kept the black population in slavery until 1848, and some of my ancestors were slaves.Just like Britain, France compensated slave owners, while slaves g
  
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• Spiralling staff shortages have put the NHS in the last-chance saloon | Letters

  31-03-2023 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Dr Latifa Patel thinks funding and a proper workforce plan are vital, and Prof Kamila Hawthorne says without general practice, the rest of the NHS will collapseWhen asked what the most important priority should be for the NHS, more than half of the public asked in the British Social Attitudes survey (Satisfaction with the NHS plummets to lowest level in 40 years, 29 March) pointed to increasing the number of staff.According to your article on the draft NHS workforce plan (NHS staff shortages in
  
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• Italy’s privacy watchdog bans ChatGPT over data breach concerns

  31-03-2023 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Temporary measure is in place ‘until ChatGPT respects privacy’, says Italian Data Protection AuthorityItaly’s privacy watchdog has temporarily banned ChatGPT, after raising concerns about a recent data breach and the legal basis for using personal data to train the popular chatbot.The Italian Data Protection Authority described the move as a provisional measure “until ChatGPT respects privacy”. The watchdog said it was imposing an “immediate temporary limitati
  
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• Liz Truss: UK should stop China joining Indo-Pacific trade deal - POLITICO Europe

  31-03-2023 19:12 via news.google.com
  Liz Truss: UK should stop China joining Indo-Pacific trade deal  POLITICO EuropeUK's CPTPP membership expected to boost trade bloc's economic clout, open up new markets  CNAUK-Asia trade deal to boost UK economy by 0.08%  BBCThe UK has joined a trade bloc because there’s ‘strength in numbers’ – remind you of anything?  The IndependentKemi Badenoch has delivered a post-Brexit trade deal – if only it meant something  i
  
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• Economic growth is needed to reduce global poverty | Letters

  31-03-2023 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Charles Kenny of the Center for Global Development responds to an article by the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rightsI’m very grateful to Olivier de Schutter, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, for his discussion of the paper by me and Zack Gehan on future growth forecasts and poverty in 2050 (Economic growth is not a magic wand for ending poverty, 20 March). There is much to agree with in his analysis, but I’d disagree with his statement
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump’s indictment: he’ll fight the law. Who will win? | Editorial

  31-03-2023 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  The former president faces far more serious allegations than paying hush money to an adult film star. This is only the beginningDonald Trump has built his career on brazenness. A man without shame, he has hurtled on apparently unstoppably, through serial scandals, two impeachments, electoral rejection and an armed insurrection by his supporters. Now he is setting another grim precedent, as the first former US president in history to be charged with a criminal offence. Half a century after the fi
  
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• The Guardian view on community policing: patrols aren’t a panacea | Editorial

  31-03-2023 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have both pledged to crack down on antisocial behaviour. But policing social problems won’t make them go awayPoliticians have been calling for a return to neighbourhood policing ever since Theresa May decimated the service. This week, Rishi Sunak put forward plans for “hotspot” patrols as part of a draconian crackdown on fly-tipping and laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Days earlier, Keir Starmer called for “more visible neighbourhood policing&rdq
  
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• King Charles at Hamburg memorial for Allied wartime air raids - BBC

  31-03-2023 19:04 via news.google.com
  
  King Charles at Hamburg memorial for Allied wartime air raids  BBCWas the King smiling or crying after first state visit?  BBCKing Charles eats crown shaped cake during Germany state visit  The IndependentLet Charles be Charles – we are seeing the benefits of his meddling  inewsThrough the King's visit, a display of German friendship  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Vaughan rails at ECB after charge of racist language found unproven

  31-03-2023 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Former England captain cleared on balance of probabilityFive others found to have used racist or discriminatory languageMichael Vaughan has described the proceedings of the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) as “inappropriate and inadequate” after charges against him of using racist and/or discriminatory language and bringing the game into disrepute were dismissed on Friday, saying the process of clearing his name “brought me to the brink of falling out of love with cricket&rd
  
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• Overwatch 2 "Very Serious" Patch Notes: April Fools Arcade Mode - Overwatch 2 Wiki Guide - IGN

  31-03-2023 18:58 via news.google.com
  
  Overwatch 2 "Very Serious" Patch Notes: April Fools Arcade Mode - Overwatch 2 Wiki Guide  IGNUnhinged Overwatch 2 April Fool's Patch Notes Are Kinda Great  KotakuHere are Overwatch 2's 'very serious' April Fools' Day patch notes  Windows CentralOverwatch 2 April Fools patch buffs heroes in absurd ways, adds new ultimate voice lines  DexertoApril Fools' brings significant temporary hero changes to Overwatch 2  Dot EsportsView Full coverage on Goog
  
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• Was the King's first state visit a success?

  31-03-2023 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The state visit to Germany has proved to be a success despite the inauspicious postponed start.
  
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• Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country. But the threat is not only to Israel | Jonathan Freedland

  31-03-2023 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  As one door slid open for Northern Ireland 25 years ago, another was sliding shut for Israel and Palestine – and disaster followedEven before the freshly acquitted Gwyneth Paltrow gave us what we are obliged to call the Slalom Witch Trial, she had already made an enduring gift to the language. For a quarter century, we have spoken of Sliding Doors moments, in homage to the otherwise slight Paltrow romcom in which a single, small action has life-altering consequences – opening up two
  
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• In Pictures: King Charles's state visit to Germany

  31-03-2023 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On his final day, the King travelled to Hamburg where he remembered those who died in Allied bombings.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow glides out of ‘ski-and-run’ trial with brand enhanced

  31-03-2023 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  The Hollywood star turned luxury wellness guru not only convinced the jury but won plaudits for her poise and lookGwyneth Paltrow glided out of a Utah courtroom on Thursday, in victory delivering her ski collision accuser the memorable kiss-off “I wish you well.”Almost immediately after the jury had opined, questions turned to whether beating back a $300,000 claim her lawyers termed “utter BS”, will prove to be personally and commercially brand-enhancing. Continue reading
  
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• Man to serve at least 14 years for murder of woman who mistook his Welsh home for B&B

  31-03-2023 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Margaret Barnes, 71, entered home of David Redfern and got into his bed while staying in Barmouth, GwyneddA “cowardly bully” has been jailed for life with a minimum of 14 years in prison for murdering a 71-year-old woman who mistook his home for a B&B and got into his bed.Margaret Barnes had been visiting Barmouth in Wales from her home in Birmingham when she mistook her accommodation for the home of David Redfern, a few doors away, Caernarfon crown court heard. Continue reading.
  
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• UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition

  31-03-2023 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  UK Athletics follows World Athletics on policyGoverning body will explore creation of open categoryUK Athletics has performed a U-turn by announcing an immediate ban on transgender women from competing in the female category across all its events.The decision comes two months after UKA claimed that it wanted to implement a ban, in order to protect the female category, but feared it would be too “risky” to do so unless the government changed the law. Continue reading...
  
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• Sex education overhaul in England based on ‘overblown’ claims, say teachers

  31-03-2023 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  DfE proposes age ratings for classes after Tory MP claimed children were given ‘graphic lessons on oral sex’Plans to overhaul official guidance on sex education in schools are blowing a perceived problem out of all proportion, teachers’ representatives have said.The Department for Education (DfE) has set out proposals to introduce age ratings designed to prevent teachers covering some subject matter with younger children, as well as other measures, after the prime minister orde
  
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• Eddie Hearn tips Anthony Joshua to fight 'like a wrecking ball' against Jermaine Franklin - Daily Mail

  31-03-2023 17:46 via news.google.com
  Eddie Hearn tips Anthony Joshua to fight 'like a wrecking ball' against Jermaine Franklin  Daily MailAnthony Joshua v Jermaine Franklin: Briton weighs in at career-heavy 18st 3lb for Saturday's fight  BBCAnthony Joshua vs. Jermaine Franklin • FULL WEIGH IN & FACE OFF | DAZN & Matchroom Boxing  Seconds OutAfter Getting Humbled by Keanu Reeves, ‘Black Adam’ Star Dwayne Johnson Warned of Two More Defeats  EssentiallySportsAnthony Josh
  
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• FTSE 100 closes higher as volatile quarter finishes with a flourish - Proactive Investors UK

  31-03-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
  FTSE 100 closes higher as volatile quarter finishes with a flourish  Proactive Investors UKFTSE 100 Live: Shares close at highest level in three weeks; UK ‘a little further away’ from recession  Yahoo Finance UKBritain's FTSE 100 Index Is Back to Being the Poor Man of Europe  BloombergFTSE 100 Live: Highest FTSE close in three weeks; recession 'a little further away'  Evening StandardFTSE 100 up, UK avoids recession - Market Report  P
  
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• ‘Let him go’: Joe Biden calls on Russia to release US journalist

  31-03-2023 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Human Rights Watch describes arrest of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich as ‘depraved cynical move’ designed to silence critical voicesPresident Joe Biden has called on Russia to release Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested earlier this week on espionage charges and facing 20 years in jail.“Let him go,” said Biden, when asked about the case on Friday. Previously, the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, described the espionage charges levelled
  
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• Amanda Holden 'ignores' Paul O'Grady backlash as she jets off to the US - Daily Record

  31-03-2023 17:36 via news.google.com
  Amanda Holden 'ignores' Paul O'Grady backlash as she jets off to the US  Daily RecordPaul O'Grady's husband shares last picture they took together  Sky News‘We used to chat as we walked our dogs. He was lovely!’ Readers on the Paul O’Grady they knew and adored  The GuardianCorrie's Jodie Prenger pays tribute to Paul O'Grady by renaming her new rescue dog Lily  Daily MailPaul O’Grady’s husband Andre shares final picture of them
  
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• A wine a day WON'T kill you, experts now claim - Daily Mail

  31-03-2023 17:20 via news.google.com
  A wine a day WON'T kill you, experts now claim  Daily MailThe number of daily glasses of wine scientists say won't kill you  The TelegraphDrinking a pint of beer or glass of wine a day won’t kill you, study finds...  The SunYet Another Study Suggests Drinking Isn't Good for Your Health  TIMEView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• New poll gives SNP bounce after Humza Yousaf elected leader - The National

  31-03-2023 17:14 via news.google.com
  
  New poll gives SNP bounce after Humza Yousaf elected leader  The NationalHumza Yousaf wants a fight. Good  The SpectatorHumza Yousaf: New first minister vows to deliver independence for Scotland  Financial TimesHerald View: Yousaf deserves the chance to show what he can do. But the task is huge  HeraldScotlandReaders' Letters: Kate Forbes should have accepted rural Cabinet position  The ScotsmanView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The SNP is the most vulnerable it’s been in a long time. But only a fool would write it off | Martin Kettle

  31-03-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  While Humza Yousaf faces an uphill battle reviving his party, Britain continues to slowly come apart at the seamsThe visitor to Derby’s city museum, perhaps attracted there by its Joseph Wright paintings, will also discover a recreated 17th-century, oak-panelled living room. The room is on display because it was in Derby, in December 1745, that Prince Charles Edward Stuart called off his Jacobite army’s advance on London and began the retreat to Scotland. It was a turning point for t
  
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• Sunak’s anti-union laws would make UK ‘international outlier’, lawyers say

  31-03-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Employment experts say proposals are ‘departure from established norms and treaty obligations’Rishi Sunak’s new anti-trade union legislation would make the UK one of the most difficult countries in the democratic world in which to go on strike and may breach treaty obligations, a group of top employment lawyers have said.The 10 academic experts in employment law said the proposed laws to enforce “minimum service levels” in sectors such as health, transport and schoo
  
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