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• Craig Bellamy: Burnley assistant boss and former Wales captain bankrupt

  01-04-2023 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley assistant manager and former Wales captain Craig Bellamy says he is bankrupt.
  
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• Newtownards: Four charged after gang attacks man in shopping centre

  01-04-2023 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The charges include affray, disorderly behaviour and assault after the incident in Newtownards.
  
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• M&S cuts jobs with head office future in doubt - The Times

  01-04-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  M&S cuts jobs with head office future in doubt  The TimesM&S eyes 'hundreds of job cuts' with head office roles at risk  Retail GazetteMarks & Spencer to Cut Jobs at Head Office: Sunday Times  BloombergMarks & Spencer to cut jobs at head office: Report | Mint  MintView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Husband and wife killed in road crash on A85 in Argyll

  01-04-2023 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Martin Cousland, 70, and wife Jo, 69, died at the scene of the two-car crash near Dalmally.
  
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• Dover delays see pupils wait hours to arrive for Easter trips

  01-04-2023 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pupils and teachers are said to be "shell-shocked" as they face "horrendous" delays at Dover.
  
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• Nottingham: 'White collar' boxer injured in charity bout dies

  01-04-2023 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The amateur fighter was taken to hospital after his bout but his condition deteriorated.
  
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• Manchester City 4-1 Liverpool: Pep Guardiola's side overcome Erling Haaland's absence to sink Reds

  01-04-2023 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City overcome the absence of leading scorer Erling Haaland to hammer Liverpool and cut Arsenal's lead at the top to five points.
  
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• Paul O'Grady: Donations since his death overwhelm Battersea Cats and Dog Home

  01-04-2023 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Battersea Cats and Dogs Home receives more than £100,000 after the presenter's death.
  
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• Ken Buchanan: Scotland's first undisputed boxing world champion dies at 77

  01-04-2023 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ken Buchanan, Scotland's first undisputed world champion and arguably the country's greatest boxer, dies at the age of 77.
  
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• The night sky in April: Pink Moon and Lyrid fireballs | Eastern Daily Press - Eastern Daily Press

  01-04-2023 14:30 via news.google.com
  
  The night sky in April: Pink Moon and Lyrid fireballs | Eastern Daily Press  Eastern Daily PressSkies in April to offer amazing views of solar eclipse, meteor shower  Geo NewsApril’s full Pink Moon to share the spring sky with 3 bright planets this week  MLive.comApril Astronomy: What's in the North Texas Sky This Month?  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthWatch the Sky: April 2023 to Host Hybrid Solar Eclipse, Pink Moon and More | Weather.com  The Wea
  
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• Cambridgeshire shootings: Man in court over murders

  01-04-2023 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bodies of Gary and Josh Dunmore were found in Cambridgeshire on Wednesday.
  
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• Jurassic Makeover: Revealing the True Faces of Predatory Dinosaurs Like T. rex - SciTechDaily

  01-04-2023 12:32 via news.google.com
  
  Jurassic Makeover: Revealing the True Faces of Predatory Dinosaurs Like T. rex  SciTechDailyTerrifying T-Rex Actually Had Big, Luscious Lips, Scientists Say  FuturismT. rex had lips, beetles using yeast to eat wood, and more!  CosmosThose protruding T Rex teeth? They were covered by lips: study  Phys.orgWas there any T-Rex with lips? Find out here  Geo NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mum of teenager who died 'failed' by Coventry hospital reps

  01-04-2023 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Naomi Rees-Issitt, lost her son Jamie, who died after waiting 17 minutes for an ambulance.
  
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• Dover port officials ‘deeply frustrated’ with coach delays

  01-04-2023 10:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Port blames critical incident on extra Easter ferry bookings for coaches and French border processesThe Port of Dover has said it is “deeply frustrated” as coach traffic continues to face “significant delays”.The port, which has declared a critical incident, said the delays were “due to lengthy French border processes and sheer volume”. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We want to read about people falling in love’: Curtis Sittenfeld and Marian Keyes on the romcom revival

  01-04-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The American and Irish novelists discuss the joys of writing romance, standing up to the critics and why we’re in a ‘golden age’ for the menopauseCurtis Sittenfeld is the author of seven novels, including American Wife and Rodham, reimaginings of the lives of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton. Her new novel, Romantic Comedy, revolves around a TV sketch show based on Saturday Night Live, and dissects celebrity culture in a love story set during the pandemic, much of which takes pla
  
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• University Challenge was biased towards Oxbridge when I worked on it, and it still is. But there’s a fix | Lillian Crawford

  01-04-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A third of the teams competing come from just two universities. How can that not be elitist?It’s hard to argue that University Challenge isn’t elitist. The quizshow relies upon the assumption that Oxford and Cambridge will be the favourites to win, aided not only by virtue of historical reputation, but by the fact that individual colleges are invited to enter thanks to an archaic entrance process devised in 1962. This creates a programme premised on class divides, illustrated weekly
  
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• Painting a new pantheon: portrait series honours Black radicals

  01-04-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Artists and writers pay tribute to figures who resisted slavery and racism, as part of Guardian project exploring the paper’s links to enslavementAn entrepreneurial Pan-Africanist, a boxer-turned-campaigner and a pair of African American abolitionists are among a group of radical Black figures who are featured in new portraits commissioned by the Guardian as part of its Cotton Capital project.The Radicals series includes eight exclusive portraits painted by prominent Black artists, includi
  
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• Harvard professor’s fossil fuel links under scrutiny over climate grant

  01-04-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Colleagues and students query role of Jody Freeman, who won prestigious research grant despite sitting on ConocoPhillips boardAn eminent Harvard environmental law professor’s links to the fossil fuel industry are under scrutiny from colleagues and students after she was awarded a prestigious research grant to investigate corporate climate pledges.Jody Freeman, founding director of Harvard’s environmental and energy law program and former Obama-era White House advisor, is a paid board
  
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• Budget airlines: which is the best – and what about the worst?

  01-04-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After Jet2 topped a Which? poll, we ask UK travel experts for their views and take a close look at the rules and extrasSo which budget airlines offer the best customer experience, and which ones will have you muttering “never again” as you stagger out of the airport?There is of course no one-size-fits-all answer – there are so many variables at play, from cost, customer service and the number of cancellations to legroom and luggage policy. Each airline has its own (often byzant
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian general ‘pushing limits of how far Putin will tolerate failure’

  01-04-2023 09:55 via theguardian.com
  
  UK intelligence says Valery Gerasimov’s tenure in charge of Russian forces characterised by failed winter offensiveThe UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) latest intelligence update catalogues the performance of Russian chief of the general staff (CGS) General Valery Gerasimov who, the MoD says is “pushing the limits of how far Russia’s political leadership will tolerate failure.”Here is the update:On 11 January 2023, Russian Chief of the General Staff (CGS) General Vale
  
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• Max Verstappen claims pole for Australian GP but Mercedes roar again

  01-04-2023 09:05 via theguardian.com
  
  World champion claims 22nd career pole and first in AustraliaGeorge Russell second and Lewis Hamilton start third for raceMax Verstappen claimed pole for Red Bull in the Australian Grand Prix, mastering testing, cool conditions in Melbourne and lowering the Albert Park lap record four times to confirm his favouritism for Sunday’s race.He beat the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton into second and third, a great result for the team who are struggling this season. Fernando Alonso
  
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• Drought or no drought? California left pondering after record winter deluge

  01-04-2023 09:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Severe storms may have filled reservoirs but in the Golden State, a dry spell is ‘always lurking in the background’Just a few months ago, millions in California were living under mandatory water conservation rules. The driest three years on record had transformed the state, depleted reservoirs and desiccated landscapes.Then came a deluge. A dozen atmospheric river storms and several “bomb cyclones” have broken levees and buried mountain communities in snow, but they have
  
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• Tom Gauld on the power of TikTok – cartoon

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Thomas Tuchel has chance to prove his staying power at Bayern Munich | Jonathan Liew

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Title showdown with former club Borussia Dortmund hints at short-term punt but move may give team best shot at stabilityBayern Munich are by no means immune to mistakes, but they rarely make the same mistake twice. The ground lost to Borussia Dortmund between 2010 and 2012 was spectacularly recaptured, along with many of the rival club’s best players. The abortive reign of Carlo Ancelotti in 2016 seems to have warned the club hierarchy off the allure of the star foreign manager. And the re
  
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• My favourite American beauty shop is back in the UK | Sali Hughes

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The new store stocks more than 135 skincare, makeup, fragrance, hair and body brands – all under one roofI remember a colleague in the beauty industry telling me that British women don’t want to shop for luxury beauty products like groceries. Allegedly, we wanted luxury beauty dispensed only from counters, by uniformed sales consultants with time to devote to a single customer and brand. This was the blinkered argument put forward by beauty industry analysts to explain the UK closure
  
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• How 149 seconds of grainy footage made the case for Michael Vaughan

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Over four days in a stuffy Fleet Street room, two and a half minutes of video was spliced and dicedAnyone with a passing interest in the assassination of John F Kennedy knows about the Zapruder film, the silent 8mm sequence shot by Abraham Zapruder as the president’s car drove through Dallas on a fateful day in November 1963. For almost 60 years it has been picked over by experts and conspiracy theorists alike in the hunt for who really killed JFK.Over four days in a stuffy room on Fleet S
  
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• Finland election: tight race has Marin’s SDP polling behind far right

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Long coalition talks may follow Sunday, with conservative NCP not ruling out deal with populist FinnsFour years after she became the world’s youngest prime minister, Finland’s Sanna Marin faces a battle to keep her job on Sunday in an unpredictable election so tight that it could be won by any of the country’s three main parties.Marin, now 37, took the reins of the Social Democratic party (SDP) – and the Finnish premiership – in 2019 and has since piloted the tradit
  
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• Boulangère lamb, roast pepper salad and semlor buns: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Easter recipes

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  These dishes ooze with flavours of Easter, from spring lamb and roasted peppers to a Scandinavian dessert with a Japanese twistI’m always excited about the ceremonial cooking of lamb in any context, and especially over Easter, when I know the table will be abundant with good company and light-hearted cheer. For this reason, I don’t mind taking on the task of putting together the celebratory meal, getting lost not only in the meaty centrepiece, but also in the semlor buns and slow-coo
  
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• Amid the Prince Harry circus lies a court battle with the highest stakes

  01-04-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Daily Mail’s owner, the prince and Elton John could be on the road to one of the biggest media trials in British historyWhy is Prince Harry bringing legal action against Daily Mail owner?When the Duke of Sussex unexpectedly arrived at the high court on Monday morning he became the most senior royal to appear in a courtroom since Princess Anne admitted being in charge of an English bull terrier that was dangerously out of control in a public space.Prince Harry was there to allege that A
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: IMF approves four-year $15.6bn loan programme for Ukraine

  01-04-2023 08:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Loan part of global package to help Kyiv rebuild its economy as Joe Biden calls on Russia to release arrested Wall Street Journal reporterBucha, the town infamous for a massacre at the hands of Russia, has become a symbol of Ukraine’s reconstruction effort. But experts say the influx of money from the west will bring challenges in such a corrupt country, as Lorenzo Tondo reports:Russia has lost at least six ZOOPARK-1M counter-battery radar and will struggle to regenerate them because of sa
  
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• Reach for the Stars by Michael Cragg review – bubblegum pop’s finest hour

  01-04-2023 08:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A terrific piece of social history that charts the highs and lows of the music industry at the turn of the millenniumCases are regularly made for this or that period of pop history to be recognised as a “golden era”, and random chunks of the 1950s to the 1990s have been widely exalted. It is to Michael Cragg’s great credit that his new book, a thoroughgoing oral history, focuses on a period until now almost entirely shunned by critics: British millennial bubblegum.It was an era
  
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• ‘Why mine so close?’: the fight to protect the pristine Okefenokee swamp

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  An Alabama company wants to mine near the 440,000-acre Georgia swamp, but locals and scientists fear it could be irreparably harmedHumans, as a general rule, are rather unkind to swamps. They are disparaged as rotten places that must be drained, either literally, to make way for farmland and houses, or metaphorically, to make way for demagogues. It’s to this backdrop that one of the last remaining intact large swamps in the US, a pristine wetland almost unrivaled anywhere in the world, fin
  
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• What links Easy Rider and 12 Angry Men? The Saturday quiz

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From The Four Seasons to big turtles, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who wrote thrillers on a gold-plated typewriter?
  2 What is the largest species of turtle?
  3 Under what name was Margaret Anderson the first black female DJ on Radio 1?
  4 75% of whose paintings are in a 2023 Amsterdam exhibition?
  5 What are the two provinces of the Church of England?
  6 Which sporting group is overseen by the PGMOL?
  7 What varnish is named after its country of origin?
  8 Which encyclopedia was launche
  
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• ‘We won’t be here for long’: UK firms fear the worst as energy bill support ends

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Bills could rise by as much as 133% when new cap is introduced this weekend, say analystsThousands of small businesses risk going bust as “brutal” energy bills are to double with the end of a government support scheme from this weekend.Companies are braced for an increase in energy costs as the government’s support for non-household energy bills falls away, and many fixed rate deals come to an end. The combined impact could drive energy bills for many companies up by as much as
  
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• Our sleeping secrets caught on camera: nine beds and the people in them reveal everything – from farting to threesomes

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Would you let your dog in your bed? Your children? Your partner? We set up cameras in nine bedrooms, taking a picture every 30 seconds for 12 hours, to tell the tale of a single night’s sleepFor seven and a half years, Brad and Felicity, now in their early 30s, have been sleeping in the same bed. Their 18-month-old daughter, Brooke, has shared their bed since she was born.Felicity and Brad with Brooke, at 23.18 Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It feels like a scandal’: Wizz Air passengers claim website bug cost them extra

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Travellers reportedly forced to pay at airport to board plane after technical hitch stopped them checking in onlineIt was recently named “the UK’s worst airline” by the consumer body Which?, and has been hauled over the coals by the industry regulator. Now Wizz Air is facing criticism over yet another issue. Passengers have contacted Guardian Money after being forced to cough up substantial sums at the airport or face being turned away from their flight after apparently encount
  
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• Farne Islands shut to visitors over fears of new avian flu outbreak

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rangers work to avoid repeat of last year’s devastating losses in breeding seabird colonies on the islands off the Northumberland coastThe Farne Islands will not open to visitors this spring in anticipation of bird flu once again ravaging breeding seabird colonies, after an “unprecedented” spate of deaths last year.The rocky outcrop of islands off the coast of Northumberland has been looked after by the National Trust since 1925 and there are no previous records of so many enda
  
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• Eight great trips for the long bank holiday weekends

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With four public holidays over the next two months, we pick exciting breaks in town and country in the UK, France and the NetherlandsCulture in Hull
  For a last-minute Easter getaway, a city break offers more choice and less chance of places being booked up. The UK’s 2017 City of Culture, Hull is an interesting, multifaceted destination. There are leaflets of trails at the tourist kiosk at the railway station for exploring Hull’s Old Town, which has become a popular film location: it
  
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• Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue to close and move wildlife to Arkansas

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Howard Baskin, husband of Tiger King star, said the center agreed to move most of its cats to Turpentine Creek Wildlife RefugeThe Big Cat Rescue center run by Carole Baskin of Netflix fame is planning to close down and for most of its wildlife to be transported from Florida to a sanctuary in Arkansas.In a statement, Howard Baskin, the husband of the co-star of Netflix’s smash hit series Tiger King, announced that the 30-year-old center in Tampa had agreed to move most of its cats to the Tu
  
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• Body of man killed in custody may have been shown to trainees, Yorkshire police admit

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Body of Christopher Alder could have been seen by cadets after mixup of remains, says South Yorkshire forceSouth Yorkshire police have admitted that officers may have been shown the body of Christopher Alder, a former paratrooper who died in police custody, in a mortuary as part of their routine training years after he was supposed to have been buried.Alder, an ex-Parachute Regiment soldier, choked to death while handcuffed and lying face down on the floor of a Hull police station on 1 April 199
  
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• Beef: Ali Wong ’s rage-fuelled drama is one of the most riveting shows of the year

  01-04-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This dark, hilarious series sees a chance encounter send two strangers tumbling down a rabbit hole of revenge. It’s an early contender for the best-of-the-year listsThere’s a lot to love about Beef, the new A24/Netflix show (out Thursday) you’re going to spend the next few weeks hearing about, but one of my favourites is how clearly and surely it looks LA in the eye. We all know the facts: there are only three cities in the world, and those are LA, London and New York. I have n
  
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• Theatre roof collapses as deadly storms tear through southern and midwest US

  01-04-2023 07:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Tornadoes leave devastation in states including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma, with at least four dead, more injured and extensive damageA monster storm system tore through southern and midwest US on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centres in Arkansas and collapsed a theatre roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.Authorities said one person was killed and 28 people injured after the roof of the Apollo Theater collapsed during a tornado in the tow
  
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• Theatre roof collapse kills one as deadly storms tear through southern and midwest US

  01-04-2023 07:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Tornadoes leave devastation in states including Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and Oklahoma, with at least four dead, more injured and extensive damageA monster storm system tore through southern and midwest US on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centres in Arkansas and collapsed a theatre roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.Authorities said one person was killed and 28 people injured after the roof of the Apollo Theater collapsed during a tornado in the tow
  
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• TV tonight: Lesley Manville’s juicy murder mystery series kicks off

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A crime author is found dead in Magpie Murders. Plus: Ed Sheeran and Russell Crowe join Jonathan Ross. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• Tougher second homes regulations come into force in Wales

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Council tax and planning changes aim to make housing more affordable for those on local incomesRadical measures giving councils in Wales a raft of extra powers designed to stop second homes hollowing out communities, especially in coastal and rural areas, have come into force.Local authorities across Wales are using the powers to increase the amount of council tax that second home owners must pay and will also be able to bring in changes to planning rules to make it harder for houses and flats t
  
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• Tim Dowling: I’m fixing the roof – and my life is hanging by a thread

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Were the last people who did this nine-feet tall, or did they use a crane? My ladder is just about high enough, I hope …Over the past month I’ve taken a small number of men out to the garden to show them the large hole in the plastic corrugated roofing that spans the side return, and my solution to the problem: an umbrella poked up through the hole and opened, with a wrench hanging from its handle to keep it from blowing away. I only wanted them to admire my low cunning, but they al
  
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• The best theatre to stream this month: Emilia Clarke in The Seagull, the RSC’s Tartuffe and more

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes a Big Night of Musicals, You Bury Me and James Earl Jones in King LearGame of Thrones stars Emilia Clarke and Indira Varma reunited for Jamie Lloyd’s typically bold and radical Chekhov production in the West End last year. It now joins the National Theatre at Home archive alongside the Donmar Warehouse’s Henry V, starring another GoT alumnus, Kit Harington. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Rebuilding is part of our resistance’: how Ukraine is bringing Bucha back to life

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The town infamous for a massacre at hands of Russia has become a symbol of Ukraine’s reconstruction effort, but experts say the influx of money from the west will bring challenges in such a corrupt countryStanding on the crumbling roof of a house, dozens of workers hammer in unison. Around them, cranes, bulldozers and trucks work frantically to repair roads and buildings destroyed by Russian artillery. It is hard to believe that this noisy construction site is in Yablonska Street, in the t
  
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• Planning applications in England fall to record low in housing blow

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts say developers deterred by changes to planning system brought in by successive Tory governmentsPlanning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years, according to figures published this week by the levelling up department that highlight the scale of the country’s housing crisis.Local authorities received fewer applications to build new buildings or improve old ones in 2022 than at any point since before 2006, the earliest year for which the governm
  
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• Letter signed by Elon Musk demanding AI research pause sparks controversy

  01-04-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The statement has been revealed to have false signatures and researchers have condemned its use of their workA letter co-signed by Elon Musk and thousands of others demanding a pause in artificial intelligence research has created a firestorm, after the researchers cited in the letter condemned its use of their work, some signatories were revealed to be fake, and others backed out on their support.On 22 March more than 1,800 signatories – including Musk, the cognitive scientist Gary Marcus
  
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