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• Junior doctors’ strike: hospitals ‘worried about overnight patient safety’ - The Guardian

  11-04-2023 23:59 via news.google.com
  Junior doctors’ strike: hospitals ‘worried about overnight patient safety’  The GuardianNHS care 'on a knife edge' as junior doctors go on strike  Channel 4 NewsJunior doctors' strike: Cancer survivor's anguish over cancelled op  BBCJunior doctors are awol because they’re on strike – what’s the government’s excuse?  The IndependentI’ll tell you why junior doctors are striking: things are so unsafe we have no
  
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• Mayor says Louisville shooter’s rifle ‘will be back on the streets’ under state law

  11-04-2023 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Kentucky law requires officers to send assault-style rifle used in shooting to state police officials to sell at auctionThe mayor of Louisville has said Kentucky law would make him a criminal if he destroys the assault-style rifle used by a gunman in Monday’s killing of five bank employees in his city.An emotional Craig Greenberg was speaking Tuesday at a lunchtime press conference during which police revealed the killer – an employee at the Old National Bank who also wounded eight o
  
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• Up to 50 UK special forces present in Ukraine this year, US leak suggests

  11-04-2023 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Documents appear to list number of western special forces personnel in Ukraine in February and MarchLeaked US military documents indicate that the UK has deployed as many as 50 special forces to Ukraine.The documents suggest that more than half of the western special forces personnel present in Ukraine between February and March this year may have been British. Continue reading...
  
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• More than 900 people affected by Grenfell Tower fire settle claims

  11-04-2023 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  The bereaved, survivors and locals to receive damages relating to 2017 tragedy in west LondonMore than 900 bereaved family members, survivors and local people who were affected by the devastating Grenfell Tower fire have agreed on a settlement of their civil claims arising from the blaze.The fire at the residential tower block in west London killed 72 people in June 2017. Those who took part in the legal claim were represented by 14 firms that have stressed the agreement does not affect the long
  
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• Liz Truss to say Macron trip to China was sign of weakness

  11-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM to say in speech that any attempts by western leaders to appease Xi Jinping would be a mistakeLiz Truss will say Emmanuel Macron’s recent trip to China was a “sign of weakness”, after the French president asked Beijing for support in ending the war in Ukraine.In the latest of a series of foreign policy interventions designed to encourage Rishi Sunak to take a tougher approach towards China, Truss will say in a speech that any attempts by western leaders to appease Xi
  
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• Investing in public transport could give economy £50bn annual boost, says TUC

  11-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Radical rise in spending on trains, trams and buses needed to cut car use, reports body representing unions in England and WalesMinisters have been urged to ramp up spending on public transport in England and Wales to tackle the climate emergency, and to unlock a £50bn a year boost to the economy, in a report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The report released by the TUC, a federation representing 48 unions, argues for a radical increase in investment – calling for £18bn mor
  
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• Colin from Accounts review – at last, a female character that’s not a stereotype!

  11-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  This unfailingly funny, perfectly acted Australian sitcom features a lead that’s neither a hot mess nor a manic pixie dream girl. It’s honest, kind and goes from strength to strengthIt begins, as all great love stories do, with a flash of boob. A 29-year-old medical student, Ashley (Harriet Dyer), is on her way to a safety seminar at the hospital when fortysomething microbrewer Gordon (Patrick Brammall) stops his car to let her cross the road. To thank him – and cheer herself u
  
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• My Daily Horoscope: What does April 12 2023 hold for MY star sign? Oscar Cainer tells all - Daily Mail

  11-04-2023 23:04 via news.google.com
  My Daily Horoscope: What does April 12 2023 hold for MY star sign? Oscar Cainer tells all  Daily MailHoroscope today: Daily star sign guide from Mystic Meg on April 12...  The SunDaily horoscope for April 12, 2023 – forecast for all star signs  Metro.co.ukAquarius Horoscope Today: April 12, 2023  VOGUE IndiaHoroscopes today - Russell Grant's star sign forecast for Tuesday, April 11  ExpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Manhattan DA who indicted Trump sues Republican Jim Jordan over interference in case

  11-04-2023 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Alvin Bragg is suing to block the subpoena of a former prosecutor who led an inquiry into Donald Trump’s business practicesManhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Republican congressman Jim Jordan to stop what Bragg called an “unconstitutional attack” on the ongoing criminal prosecution of former US president Donald Trump in New York.The lawsuit aims to block a subpoena of Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who had led the Manhattan district attorney’s in
  
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• Erling Haaland seals Manchester City’s first-leg demolition of Bayern Munich

  11-04-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Could this be the year, at long last, for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola? The evidence is mounting, the latest exhibit from a team hitting form at just the right time unfolding in front of shocked German eyes. And those of the rest of Europe.It is City’s 12th consecutive season in the Champions League and, under Guardiola in particular, they seem to have found new and increasingly painful ways to fall short of the ultimate prize. Continue reading...
  
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• Kerr and Grant strike as Australia end sloppy England’s long unbeaten run

  11-04-2023 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Friendly international: England 0-2 AustraliaMistake from Leah Williamson set up Kerr’s first goalThe spectre of defeat loomed over England as each game extended their impressive unbeaten run under Sarina Wiegman.That the 30-game run came to an end with a limp and frustrating performance in a defeat to World Cup co-hosts Australia in the team’s final match before the manager names her squad is far from ideal. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands gather for West Bank funeral of British-Israeli shooting victim - The Guardian

  11-04-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  Thousands gather for West Bank funeral of British-Israeli shooting victim  The GuardianBritish-Israeli shooting victim Lucy Dee's organs save five  BBCFuneral held for British-Israeli woman who died after West Bank attack that killed daughters  Sky NewsThousands attend funeral of mother of British-Israeli sisters after all killed in West Bank shooting  The IndependentIsraeli army kills two alleged Palestinian gunmen in West Bank  Hampstead Highga
  
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• Twitter’s ex-CEO sues company after legal turmoil

  11-04-2023 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Parag Agrawal and other executives allege they have spent more than $1m out of pocket on feesFormer Twitter executives, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, are suing the social media company over legal fees incurred in a recent storm of legal battles.Agrawal is joined in the suit by the company’s former chief legal officer, Vijaya Gadde, and former chief financial officer, Ned Segal. They allege they have spent more than $1m out of pocket on legal fees related to shareholder lawsuits and gover
  
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• Russian hackers ‘target security cameras inside Ukraine coffee shops’

  11-04-2023 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  US cybersecurity official alleges CCTV monitored for intelligence on movement of aid convoysRussians hackers have logged into private security cameras in Ukraine coffee shops to collect intelligence on aid convoys passing by, a top US security official said on Tuesday.Rob Joyce, director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, said Russian government and government-backed hackers persist in attacking Ukrainian information technology systems as part of their invasion of the country. Con
  
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• Joe Biden lands in Belfast ahead of four-day visit to island of Ireland

  11-04-2023 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  US president arrives in Northern Ireland on Tuesday before flying to Dublin in visit to help ‘keep the peace’Joe Biden has landed in Northern Ireland ahead of a four-day visit to the island of Ireland to underpin his support for peace in the country and to celebrate his Irish roots.The US president was met at Belfast international airport by Rishi Sunak on Tuesday night for the start of a visit expected to mix delicate political choreography with economic announcements and events lin
  
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• Stranger Things stars rush to congratulate Millie Bobby Brown on ‘engagement’ - The Independent

  11-04-2023 22:05 via news.google.com
  Stranger Things stars rush to congratulate Millie Bobby Brown on ‘engagement’  The IndependentMillie Bobby Brown Is ENGAGED!  Entertainment TonightMillie Bobby Brown announces her engagement to Jake Bongiovi  BBCIs Millie Bobby Brown ENGAGED To Jake Bongiovi?  Access HollywoodMillie Bobby Brown engagement with Jake Bongiovi irks fans: shes only 19  Geo NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Biden calls family of reporter detained in Russia and charged with espionage

  11-04-2023 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Phone call occurred a day after the US declared the Moscow-based Wall Street Journal reporter wrongfully detainedJoe Biden spoke to the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after the Moscow-based journalist was detained in Russia and charged with espionage.The president made the call as he flew to Belfast to start a four-day trip to Northern Ireland and Ireland. The call happened one day after the Biden administration formally declared the reporte
  
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• Liverpool pull out of race to sign Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund

  11-04-2023 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Club long linked with summer move for England midfielder £135m-plus cost deemed too much given need to overhaul squadLiverpool have decided not to pursue a deal for Jude Bellingham this summer as the cost of signing the England international would restrict the planned overhaul of Jürgen Klopp’s squad.Bellingham has been a leading transfer target for Liverpool for more than a year but the overall price of signing the 19-year-old midfielder alongside the possibility that Borussia
  
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• UN chief sounds alarm on Somalia’s ‘massive’ need for aid - Al Jazeera English

  11-04-2023 21:51 via news.google.com
  UN chief sounds alarm on Somalia’s ‘massive’ need for aid  Al Jazeera EnglishUN chief seeks 'massive international support' for drought-hit Somalia  Warrington GuardianSomalia in need of humanitarian aid as it faces worst drought in decades  PBS NewsHourUN Chief Appeals for Urgent International Aid to Somalia  Voice of America - VOA NewsUN chief says 2.3 million Somalis displaced by drought  Al Jazeera EnglishView Full coverage
  
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• S Club 7 star Rachel Stevens breaks silence after Paul Cattermole's tragic death - Manchester Evening News

  11-04-2023 21:48 via news.google.com
  S Club 7 star Rachel Stevens breaks silence after Paul Cattermole's tragic death  Manchester Evening NewsPaul Cattermole death: S Club 7's Jo O'Meara says she is heartbroken  BBCPaul Cattermole was used up and spat out by fame. He was left with nothing  The MirrorS Club 7's Rachel Stevens breaks her silence on Paul Cattermole's tragic death  Daily MailS Club 7 star Rachel Stevens 'heartbroken' as she addresses Paul Cattermole's death  Birmingham
  
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• Armenian and Azeri soldiers clash near contested Nagorno-Karabakh region

  11-04-2023 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Rivals have accused each other of initiating fire which killed seven peopleSouth Caucasus rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of initiating a fatal clash around the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region which killed seven soldiers.The two neighbours – both formerly part of the Soviet Union – have fought repeatedly over the last 35 years for control of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but home to a mainly ethnic Armenian populat
  
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• 'They must do their duty': The Queen wanted both Prince William and Prince Harry to serve on frontline, royal documentary reveals - Sky News

  11-04-2023 21:36 via news.google.com
  'They must do their duty': The Queen wanted both Prince William and Prince Harry to serve on frontline, royal documentary reveals  Sky NewsPrince Harry allowed to serve in Afghanistan but NOT Prince William due to 'great risks'  GBNews'Harry and Andrew's 'Spare' parallels resurface after breach of royal protocol'  GB NewsThe Queen wanted Harry AND William to fight in Afghanistan  Daily Mail‘They must do their duty’: Queen Elizabeth ‘wante
  
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• How the tide turned against the CBI’s director general

  11-04-2023 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Sacked chief says he is ‘shocked’ and allegations have been ‘distorted’CBI dismisses Tony Danker after conduct complaintsThe director general of Britain’s most prominent lobby group is not leaving quietly. On Tuesday morning, hours after learning of his dismissal from the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker posted a series of tweets in which he revealed he was “shocked” at the decision, which followed allegations of misconduct.Some present and
  
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• Essex pub landlady replaces golliwog doll collection that was seized by police

  11-04-2023 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Benice Ryley plans to display new dolls despite police investigation into an alleged hate crimeThe landlady of a pub whose collection of golliwog dolls was confiscated by police has assembled replacements, which she plans to display in defiance of a continuing investigation.Last week four Essex police officers and a trainee seized all the dolls on show in the White Hart Inn in Grays as part of an investigation into an alleged hate crime. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We have to move fast’: US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence

  11-04-2023 21:22 via theguardian.com
  
  The commerce department has requested public comment on AI accountability measures to ensure privacy and transparencyThe US government is taking its first tentative steps toward establishing rules for artificial intelligence tools, as the frenzy over generative AI and chatbots reach a fever pitch.The US commerce department on Tuesday announced it is officially requesting public comment on how to create accountability measures for AI, seeking help on how to advise US policymakers to approach the
  
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• Martin Rowson on the strike by junior doctors – cartoon

  11-04-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• City of London police open inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct at CBI

  11-04-2023 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation begins after the Guardian reports on complaints against senior figures at business organisationCity of London police have launched an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the Confederation of British Industry in the wake of the Guardian’s reports of complaints against senior figures at the organisation.Britain’s most prominent business group is battling to secure its future after more than a dozen women employed by the CBI claimed to have been victims of vari
  
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• Head of referees’ charity believes Hatzidakis has been punished enough

  11-04-2023 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Martin Cassidy says elbow incident ‘blown out of proportion’Referee Salisbury dropped for failing to award Brighton penaltyThe assistant referee who appeared to throw an elbow at Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson has been punished enough, according to the head of a referees’ charity.Martin Cassidy, the chief executive officer of Ref Support UK, believes the incident on Sunday at Anfield, where Constantine Hatzidakis raised his arm to the face of the Liverpool defender, has bee
  
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• Tupperware warns it could go bust without emergency funding

  11-04-2023 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Shares in US firm have fallen almost 50% this week and stock exchange says it is in danger of being delistedTupperware, the American plastic food container business founded by the chemist Earl Tupper 77 years ago, has predicted it will go bust unless it can raise emergency funds.Shares in the Massachusetts firm, which became famous in the 1950s and 1960s when mostly women held “Tupperware parties” to sell its plastic containers with patented “burping” seal, crashed almost
  
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• Man suspected of being Stakeknife, Britain’s top spy in IRA, dies

  11-04-2023 20:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Death of Freddie Scappaticci, who always denied he was mole, puts question mark over inquiry into his alleged crimesThe man said to be the British army’s most important agent inside the Provisional IRA has died, putting a question mark over the inquiry into his alleged crimes and the role played by security forces.Freddie Scappaticci, a west Belfast former bricklayer who was alleged to have been a top mole known as Stakeknife, died and was buried last week, it emerged on Tuesday. He was in
  
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• US feared Ukraine could fall ‘well short’ in spring counter-offensive, leaks reveal

  11-04-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Top secret’ document reportedly warned Kyiv faced shortfalls in troops and weaponry and suggested any gains would be modestPentagon leak traced to video game chat about UkraineUS intelligence reportedly warned in February that Ukraine might fail to amass sufficient troops and weaponry for its planned spring counter-offensive, and might fall “well short” of Kyiv’s goals for recapturing territory seized by Russia, according to one of a trove of leaked defence documen
  
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• Dad given just weeks to live with brain tumour survived longer after his wife gave him illegal drugs - Daily Mail

  11-04-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  Dad given just weeks to live with brain tumour survived longer after his wife gave him illegal drugs  Daily Mail'Miracle' dad given weeks to live survives TWO YEARS after wife gives him illegal drugs  The MirrorHuddersfield dad's heartbreak at 'precious' daughter's dramatic change after brain tumour  Yorkshire LiveDad given weeks to live survives two years after wife gives him illegal cannabis oil  LADbible'Miracle' dad given weeks to live survived two yea
  
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• Two men accused of trying to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins to undercover police

  11-04-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Durham crown court hears pair knew coins worth an estimated £766,000 came from Viking hoardTwo amateur history enthusiasts have been accused of trying to sell ancient coins from a Viking hoard to representatives of a mystery American buyer who were in fact undercover police officers.Roger Pilling, 74, of Rossendale, Lancashire, and Craig Best, 46, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, are facing a jury trial at Durham crown court. Continue reading...
  
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• Jerusalem holy site visits restricted after Israeli soldiers shoot two Palestinians

  11-04-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Al-Aqsa mosque closed to non-Muslims and tourists after gunmen who shot at an army post killed by security forcesIsrael has halted visits by non-Muslims and tourists to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site, as its military said soldiers had shot dead two Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of unrest showed no sign of subsiding.Last week, an Israeli police raid at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, a tinder box in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, triggered rocket attacks fr
  
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• The Guardian view on Joe Biden in Belfast: securing the Good Friday legacy | Editorial

  11-04-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The American president cannot solve the current impasse single-handedly. But US economic heft can helpIn The Green and White House, an account of the ancestral ties that have linked so many American leaders to Ireland since the 19th century, Joe Biden is described as the most deeply “connected” president of all. Throughout his career, Mr Biden has placed his Irish roots at the heart of his political identity, and played an influential role in promoting the Northern Ireland peace proc
  
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• The Guardian view on Russia’s hostage-taking: free Evan Gershkovich | Editorial

  11-04-2023 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  The charges against the Wall Street Journal reporter are a chilling and unprecedented move The Biden administration’s designation of the American reporter Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained” by Russia is not merely a statement of the obvious, but unlocks additional resources to secure his release and shows that the US is rightly prioritising his case. Gershkovich, of the Wall Street Journal, was detained on 29 March on a reporting trip to Ekaterinburg, and was formally ch
  
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• Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Battle Pass: Rewards and tiers - Dexerto

  11-04-2023 19:33 via news.google.com
  
  Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Battle Pass: Rewards and tiers  DexertoIntroducing the Battle Pass and Bundles for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II and Call of Duty®: Warzone™ 2.0 Season 03  Call of DutyWarzone 2 Season 3 adds one-shot snipers, pacing and movement changes | VGC  Video Games ChronicleModern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 Season 3: release time and overview  Metro.co.uk'Warzone' reveals Season 3 Gulag map and teases ret
  
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• CBI head Tony Danker sacked after misconduct claims - Financial Times

  11-04-2023 19:27 via news.google.com
  
  CBI head Tony Danker sacked after misconduct claims  Financial TimesCBI sacks director general Tony Danker after misconduct allegations  The IndependentCBI boss Tony Danker 'shocked' at firing over misconduct claims  BBCCBI risks extinction  The TelegraphAfter the sacking of Tony Danker, let the CBI misconduct scandal be a warning to British business  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Nottingham Forest sack sporting director Filippo Giraldi after six months

  11-04-2023 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Forest say he departs ‘amicably with our best wishes’Club are in Premier League relegation zoneNottingham Forest have sacked their sporting director Filippo Giraldi after six months. The Italian, whose previous jobs include a nine-year spell at Watford, departs with the club in relegation zone.Forest’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, said last week that it was time for everyone at the club, from the “owners, to the board, our supporters, backroom staff, coaches and players, t
  
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• Overwatch 2 Season 4 release TIME, date, patch notes, Lifeweaver, Space Opera Battle Pass - Express

  11-04-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  Overwatch 2 Season 4 release TIME, date, patch notes, Lifeweaver, Space Opera Battle Pass  ExpressSeason 4 Battle Pass Trailer | Overwatch 2  XboxHere’s Everything In The ‘Overwatch 2’ Season 4 Battle Pass For The Free And Premium Tiers  ForbesOverwatch 2: Season 4 Release Time and Updates  Den of GeekAll map changes in Overwatch 2 Season 4: Hollywood, New Queen Street & map pool removal  DexertoView Full coverage on Google
  
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• IMF economic forecast: UK doesn't have 'external engine that it once had' - El-Erian - Sky News

  11-04-2023 19:05 via news.google.com
  
  IMF economic forecast: UK doesn't have 'external engine that it once had' - El-Erian  Sky NewsUK to be one of worst performing economies this year, predicts IMF  BBCDaybreak: IMF Warns That Markets Are Still Fragile  BloombergInterest rates likely to fall back to pre-pandemic levels, says IMF  Mortgage SolutionsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Carlo Ancelotti sparkles as he offers sly reminder of Real Madrid’s quality

  11-04-2023 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Before Chelsea’s visit, the manager smoothly sends a message to the doubters who put last season’s triumph down to luckCarlo Ancelotti had finished talking, or at least that’s what everyone thought, and Real Madrid’s press officer had started wrapping up the final news conference before facing Chelsea when the coach suddenly stopped him. In those three seconds of silence, everything that needed to be said seemingly said, he decided that actually he was going to add someth
  
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• Police to investigate alleged sexual misconduct at CBI after boss sacked - The Telegraph

  11-04-2023 19:03 via news.google.com
  
  Police to investigate alleged sexual misconduct at CBI after boss sacked  The TelegraphCBI sacks director general Tony Danker after misconduct allegations  The IndependentYour three-minute digest  The TimesCBI risks extinction  The TelegraphAfter the sacking of Tony Danker, let the CBI misconduct scandal be a warning to British business  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mysterious dark matter mapped in finest detail yet - BBC

  11-04-2023 19:03 via news.google.com
  
  Mysterious dark matter mapped in finest detail yet  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Glaring flaws in the idea of excluding trans people from single-sex spaces | Letter

  11-04-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Dr Matti Wenham argues that forcing trans men into women’s spaces will end up increasing risks to women, and wonders how such a policy could be policedThe Equality and Human Rights Commission’s advice to the minister for women and equalities (Kemi Badenoch could rewrite law to allow trans exclusion from single-sex spaces, 4 April) appears to avoid addressing the key issue driving recent attention on the rights of trans people: access to single-sex toilets and changing spaces. They ap
  
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• Britain’s monarchy backed slavery from day one | Letters

  11-04-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Jordan Andrews on Charles II’s backing for the Royal African Company. Plus, Robert Godsill on Oliver Cromwell’s leading role in slaveryYour article refers to William III’s shares in the Royal African Company (RAC), which transported more slaves across the Atlantic than any other company, but misses the bigger picture (The Colston connection: how Prince William’s Kensington Palace home is linked to slavery, 6 April).The RAC (and its predecessor, the Company of Royal Advent
  
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• UK weather: Snow and heavy rainfall to follow 70mph gusts as forecasters warn of ‘unsettled’ week - The Independent

  11-04-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  UK weather: Snow and heavy rainfall to follow 70mph gusts as forecasters warn of ‘unsettled’ week  The IndependentUK to be BATTERED by 60mph winds as Met Office issues yellow weather warning  GBNewsUK storm forecast: Britain to be hit by 400 mile-long warning with 70mph winds and washout  ExpressNI weather: Met office warning as wind and rain forecast  BBCYellow wind warning issued for whole of Sussex: 'Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry
  
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• Christopher Gunning obituary

  11-04-2023 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Composer best known for creating the theme music for the popular and long-running ITV series PoirotThe composer Christopher Gunning, who has died aged 78 of renal cancer, operated with equal assurance in both the film and television world and the classical symphonic tradition. The music for which he is most widely known is that for ITV’s long-running series Agatha Christie’s Poirot, starring David Suchet, for which he won a Bafta in 1989 and created incidental music for some 40 of th
  
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• The Lake District drug scene: why people are getting high in the UK’s biggest beauty spot

  11-04-2023 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  A gaggle of freaked-out trippers had to be walked and talked down from a Lake District peak at the weekend by the Keswick Mountain Rescue serviceName: The Lake District, Britain’s favourite – and most visited – national park.Age: As old as the hills, literally. Or “the fells”, as they say in those parts. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘One of the most important works of our time’ – inside Innocence, Kaija Saariaho’s school-shooting opera

  11-04-2023 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Sung in nine languages, with music by one of the world’s most acclaimed composers, Innocence comes to the UK this month. The team behind it reveal how it drew on everything from The Last Supper to Finnish cowherding musicWhen BBC Music Magazine last year canvassed dozens of international composers about who they thought was the greatest of all time, Kaija Saariaho was their most frequently nominated living colleague. She was ranked at No 17, just between Brahms and Haydn. The esteem in whi
  
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