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• ‘Flambéed pizza’ leads to deadly fire at Madrid restaurant - The Guardian

  22-04-2023 23:55 via news.google.com
  ‘Flambéed pizza’ leads to deadly fire at Madrid restaurant  The GuardianFlambé fire kills two in Madrid restaurant  BBCMadrid restaurant fire: Two dead and 10 injured in blaze 'started by a waiter flambeing food'  Sky NewsSpain: Restaurant fire kills 2 in Madrid  DW (English)Flambéed pizza likely cause of fire at Madrid restaurant that killed 2  India TodayView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Wrexham promotion celebrations: All of the best party highlights from Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Paul Rudd & more after win over Boreham Wood - Goal.com

  22-04-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  
  Wrexham promotion celebrations: All of the best party highlights from Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Paul Rudd & more after win over Boreham Wood  Goal.comRyan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney burst into tears as Wrexham seal Football League promotion!  BT SportWrexham: Paul Rudd joins Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney at promotion win  BBCWATCH: The moment Ryan Reynolds grabs Ben Foster's Wrexham promotion winning shirt!  talkSPORTScouser named as 'one of t
  
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• Eddie Howe is on a higher plane but next level is the priority for Newcastle

  22-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Qualification for the Champions League would be significant boost and adds spice to the visit of SpursVisitors to Newcastle’s training ground are greeted by a vision of organised chaos. While bulldozers, diggers and cement mixers jostle for space with four-wheel drives, VIP parking bays are temporarily covered by giant piles of sand and hard-hatted contractors clock on for work alongside multimillionaire Premier League footballers.It is all part of the significant upgrading of a facility u
  
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• Fans speechless after spectacular Wrexham promotion

  22-04-2023 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The club has returned to the football league two years after its Hollywood owners took charge.
  
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• Car drives into crowd at French kite-flying festival, injuring ten

  22-04-2023 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Elderly driver reportedly lost control of vehicle in Berck-sur-Mer in northern FranceAt least 11 people have been injured after a car drove into a crowd at an international kite-flying festival in northern France on Saturday, according to reports.Initial reports suggested that an elderly driver lost control of their vehicle and collided into pedestrians in the seaside town of Berck-sur-Mer at around 6:25pm near rue de l’Ancien Calvaire. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘My remaining 13 million minutes’: productivity, ambition and being realistic in older age

  22-04-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The three-stage life – learn, earn, retire – seems outdated, but what model should we replace it with?When my mother died and my own “mortality alarm” went off, I found myself thinking deeply about ageing and the best approach to engage with it. My mum was nearly 100 when she died and my dad is alive and well in his 90s. With a bit of luck and if I stay fit and look after my health, I have a good chance of surviving into my 90s too. But is long life, as increasing numbers
  
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• ‘Capital of capital cities’: has Melbourne finally outshone its sparkly sister Sydney?

  22-04-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For a long time Sydney had the looks while Melbourne had the personality, but the southern city can now also lay claim to being bigger than its rivalFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt’s a rivalry as old as British settlement. Two cities, forever competing for the loyalty of their citizens and the admiration of visitors.One has a harbour. The other has laneways. One has world-class beaches, an
  
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• Striking nurses being 'treated as criminals', union claims - The Telegraph

  22-04-2023 21:55 via news.google.com
  
  Striking nurses being 'treated as criminals', union claims  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Nurses’ leader blasts Steve Barclay over ‘disgraceful’ use of legal action to stop strike

  22-04-2023 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Pat Cullen attacks health secretary’s attempt to prevent 48-hour action in England as ‘frightening for democracy’The leader of the Royal College of Nursing has said a legal attempt by the health secretary to block next weekend’s strike in England is “frightening for democracy and very frightening for trade unionism”.Pat Cullen, general secretary of the RCN, said it was “disgraceful” that Steve Barclay was attempting to thwart the strike via the cou
  
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• Wrexham promoted after Paul Mullin delivers their Hollywood ending

  22-04-2023 21:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Wrexham beat Boreham Wood 3-1 to win National LeaguePaul Rudd joins Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney in crowdAs a sea of red swarmed the pitch to celebrate Wrexham’s return to the Football League after a 15-year absence, it was a reminder of those who had got them back to this stage: the fans themselves. If it was not for the supporters taking control in 2011, after a winding-up order was served on the club for unpaid taxes, this day might not have come.The investment by Wrexham’s cu
  
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• See A Runaway Black Hole Tearing Through Space Right Now - Giant Freakin Robot

  22-04-2023 21:40 via news.google.com
  
  See A Runaway Black Hole Tearing Through Space Right Now  Giant Freakin RobotAstronomers' Best Image of a Black Hole Just Got an Epic Remaster  InverseMysterious object that looks like a black hole may actually be new type of String Theory star  ZME ScienceHubble spots runaway black hole leaving behind a trail of new stars  Astronomy MagazineView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tories consider controversial plan to politicise civil service after Raab scandal

  22-04-2023 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  No 10 adviser urges political appointments in a radical plan following crisis over bullyingRadical plans to bring in more “politicisation” of Whitehall by allowing ministers greater powers to appoint their own civil servants – including some with overt political affiliations – are being considered by the government’s own adviser on the civil service.Writing in today’s Observer, the Conservative peer and former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who is expe
  
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• Underdogs Brighton triumphing in the most rigged casino game of all | Jonathan Liew

  22-04-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Trust, courage, brains and a process: Sunday’s FA Cup semi-finalists have defied all the odds under Tony BloomIt all began with fruit machines on the Brighton seafront: cherries and bells, the flickering lights and weathered carpets of the West Street arcades, the little tinkle of change as a nine-year-old boy’s pocket money disappears down the chute, never to be seen again. Later it would be the horses and dogs, football and cricket, stocks and shares, poker and property empires. An
  
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• The forecast looks grim as climate crisis knocks cricket for six

  22-04-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From Oxford professors to Extinction Rebellion activists, those who love cricket are helping to tackle its climatic challenges“Like most cricketers, I just want a peaceful life,” says Xeena Cooper, a member of Bristol’s Extinction Rebellion Cricket Club, hitting a ball around in Hyde Park in the spring sunshine. “I don’t want to feel guilty or anxious or uncertain about the future of the game.“Cricket is the perfect vehicle for climate action, because the comm
  
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• Spurs must set their satnav for the right manager rather than guess at every turn | Jonathan Wilson

  22-04-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tottenham need a leader who suits their style – but it’s not clear Daniel Levy has the requisite vision to pierce the gloomTottenham stand at a crossroads. But then they always do. They have been standing at a crossroads for at least 50 years. And while some roads lead through cup finals and hopeful vistas and others through gloom and Tim Sherwood this, perhaps, is the true history of the Tottenham: life as a series of crossroads that lead always, eventually, back to another crossroa
  
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• Singapore and France can help us right the balance between ministers and officials | Francis Maude

  22-04-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The UK is now an outlier in terms of maintaining civil servants’ impartiality and continuity under different politicians – we must change to gain the robust culture we needIt is generally a mistake to draw conclusions on the basis of a single case. However, Dominic Raab’s resignation raises important issues. In our governing system, the executive is a partnership between ministers, who are usually politicians, and civil servants, who are mostly permanent employees.At its best,
  
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• Google Pixel Fold Leaks in Full - Thurrott.com

  22-04-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
  Google Pixel Fold Leaks in Full  Thurrott.comGoogle Pixel Fold design won't hold a candle to the Galaxy Z Fold line  SamMobile - Samsung newsThe Chrome Cast 224: the Pixel Tablet may have already missed its prime launch window  Chrome UnboxedComment: In defense of the Pixel Fold's bezels  9to5GoogleHuge Pixel Fold leak reveals tons of specs  TrustedReviewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mahrez gives timely reminder of his value for City with historic hat-trick | Nick Ames

  22-04-2023 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  After a mixed start to life at Manchester City, the Algerian has grown into one of Pep Guardiola’s most influential playersFour years ago Riyad Mahrez may have been excused mixed feelings when, at the end of his first season with Manchester City, they won the domestic treble. He had hardly been incidental to the fact but nor had he proved pivotal: form-wise it had been a mixed introduction to the relentless demands of Pep Guardiola’s football and he would admit, in hindsight, that se
  
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• Rapper Aitch inspired by sister to skydive for Down’s syndrome awareness

  22-04-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Musician cheered on during jump by his sister Gracie, who has the condition and regularly features in his workRapper Aitch has skydived to raise money and awareness for Down’s syndrome, inspired by his sister Gracie, who has the condition. Gracie, 13, regularly features in the Manchester-born rapper’s music and recently joined her brother in the video for his latest single, Round 2.Although the skydive had been scheduled to take place in March to coincide with Down’s syndrome A
  
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• The world’s most perfect places are being turned into backdrops for our tourist selfies | Tobias Jones

  22-04-2023 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Italy depends on tourism but despairs at the hordes who descend on its beauty spots. Its solutions are being watched around the globeLast week Italy was, again, struggling with the conundrum of mass tourism. One of the country’s most charming seaside towns, Portofino, has just introduced legislation to dissuade tourists lingering for selfies: there will be fines of up to €275 (£243) if they block traffic or pedestrians in two “red zones” of the beautiful bay.It&rsquo
  
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• 21 bodies exhumed in investigation of Kenyan cult

  22-04-2023 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Paul Mackenzie Nthenge reportedly told followers to starve themselves to ‘meet Jesus’Twenty-one bodies have been exhumed in eastern Kenya in an investigation into a cult whose followers are believed to have starved themselves to death, police sources have said.On Saturday officials reported seven deaths in connection with the inquiry after the arrest of Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, who reportedly told followers to starve themselves in order to “meet Jesus”. Continue reading...
  
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• Magazine editor sacked over AI-generated Michael Schumacher interview

  22-04-2023 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Die Aktuelle published mock interview in last week’s edition‘It in no way meets the standards of journalism that we expect’The publishers of a German magazine that ran an “interview” with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologised to the family of the Formula One legend.The seven-times F1 world champion, 54, has not been seen in public since December 2013 when he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident
  
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• Care homes in England using ‘revenge evictions’ to stifle complaints from residents

  22-04-2023 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Nearly 6,000 people were given notices to quit last year, and many of these came after issues were raisedCare home residents urgently need more security to prevent “revenge evictions”, campaigners say, after research revealed that at least one in 70 care residents in England received a notice to quit last year.Providers currently need to give just 28 days’ notice for a resident to leave their home. The research, by King’s College London backed by the Relatives and Residen
  
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• Trans woman starring in award-winning documentary fatally shot in Atlanta

  22-04-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Rasheeda Williams, who performed as Koko Da Doll, killed in third fatal shooting of trans woman in the city this yearRasheeda Williams, an Atlanta-based transgender woman who features in a forthcoming documentary that highlights the stories of four Black transgender sex workers in New York City and Georgia, was fatally shot in this week, the film’s publicist said on Friday.Williams, 35, who performed under the name Koko Da Doll, was killed on Tuesday evening at a shopping center in the sou
  
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• Raab’s off and Sunak has no backbone – cartoon

  22-04-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The prime minister confronts the bullying inquiry and his own weakness• You can order your own version of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Novelist Celeste Ng: ‘There was a period when I thought I’d never write again’

  22-04-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The award-winning author on how Trump, Covid and anti-Asian rhetoric inspired her latest novel, digging her way out of ‘post-book fatigue’, and learning to touch type using UlyssesCeleste Ng, 42, is the award-winning author of three novels, including Little Fires Everywhere, which was made into a miniseries starring and executive-produced by Reese Witherspoon. Her latest, Our Missing Hearts, dramatises the power of art and literature in dark times, unfolding in a nationalistic Americ
  
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• CBI Royal Charter status at risk after rape claims - The Telegraph

  22-04-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  CBI Royal Charter status at risk after rape claims  The TelegraphBusiness leaders call for CBI to disband in wake of allegations  The GuardianHow the CBI imploded in less than a week  The TimesTata Steel becomes latest major company to sever ties with CBI following second rape allegation  Daily MailFactbox: What is embattled British business group the CBI?  ReutersView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Here is the crater produced under the launch pad of the Starship spacecraft - AIRLIVE

  22-04-2023 18:54 via news.google.com
  
  Here is the crater produced under the launch pad of the Starship spacecraft  AIRLIVESpaceX's Starship Rocket Explodes Mid Air | Elon Musk's Starship Explosion | Space | English News  CNN-News18SpaceX's Starship launch was 'a success' despite mid-flight explosion: BofA  Yahoo FinanceSpaceX's Starship launch elevates environmental risks: Brandon Lingle  San Antonio Express-NewsSpaceX spectators take scrubbed launch in stride  AP ArchiveView Full co
  
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• How Mark Stewart set the tone for post-punk protest music | Alexis Petridis

  22-04-2023 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  The Pop Group’s lead singer, who has died at 62, whipped political confrontation into a thrilling mix of avant-funk and crashing soundscapesIn September 1978, the NME put a band made up of teenagers who had yet to release a record on its cover. It was the kind of dramatic, impulsive move to which the music press was occasionally prone, the sort of thing that invariably led to accusations of overheated hype or reckless desperation. By the autumn of 1978, punk was clearly winding down, or at
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan rockets past Hossein Vafaei at Crucible with session to spare

  22-04-2023 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Seven-time world champion surges through with 13-2 winPlayers put previous perceived disrespect behind themRonnie O’Sullivan turned his so-called Crucible grudge match against Hossein Vafaei into a demolition job as he won their second-round match at the world championship 13-2 with a session to spare. O’Sullivan reeled off six consecutive breaks of 50 or more, including his 1,200th and 1,201st career centuries, as he won all seven frames of their match on Saturday afternoon.O’
  
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• Retro-futurist landscapes inspired by rock idols and writers – in pictures

  22-04-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Maxine Gregson’s artworks – which have been described as “nostalgic futurism” – combine postcards and magazines bought on eBay, as well as her own photography, with snippets of lyrics and literature. “Joni Mitchell is a big inspiration,” she says. “I’ve also created pieces inspired by Bob Dylan, Joseph Heller and John Cheever. I’m currently reading JG Ballard as I’m told my work has similar dystopian qualities.” A graphic de
  
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• Pensions are a costly problem we need to talk about | Phillip Inman

  22-04-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  There are serious inequalities in how Britons save for retirement and in the health of those who have retired. Why?The pensions system has fallen under the gaze of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and not before time.Retirement is a vexed subject and little discussed in the UK, where there has always been a feeling among policymakers that a higher birthrate than most developed countries and buoyant levels of immigration – almost exclusively of working-age people – meant Britain was
  
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• Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk took away their checkmarks - The Independent

  22-04-2023 17:43 via news.google.com
  
  Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk took away their checkmarks  The IndependentSocial Media | The disappearing blue tick  eNCAPiers Morgan gets his Twitter blue tick back after major u-turn by Elon Musk but rival Dan Walker moans...  The SunTwitter restores 'blue tick' on Pope Francis' verified Twitter account | Trending on WION  WIONOlly Murs has existential crisis after Twitter blue tick disappears  Pl
  
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• ‘I am the führer. I’m the king’: new book lifts lid on life inside Boris Johnson’s chaotic No 10

  22-04-2023 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  PM blamed both Dominic Cummings and his wife to disguise his own reluctance to take difficult decisions, author claimsBoris Johnson fell out with his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings after growing tired of being treated like a “young and inexperienced king” who needed to be kept in order, Michael Gove has revealed.The levelling up secretary, who is close to Cummings and was a figurehead of the Vote Leave campaign beside Johnson, said the pair fell out soon after the 2019 electio
  
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• Take a look back at these 40 photos from nights out at Le Choix Bar in 2010 - do you recognise anyone? - Dewsbury Reporter

  22-04-2023 17:30 via news.google.com
  
  Take a look back at these 40 photos from nights out at Le Choix Bar in 2010 - do you recognise anyone?  Dewsbury Reporter
  
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• Frustration at Labour and Lib Dem HQs as local parties ‘go rogue’ to create progressive alliance

  22-04-2023 17:11 via theguardian.com
  
  List of council candidates in Tory heartland of Bracknell reveals de facto pact between opposition parties, undermining national positionsIn terms of the issues dominating the campaign trail, there is nothing unusual about the battle taking place to win seats on Berkshire’s Bracknell Forest council in May’s local elections. Potholes, council tax and sewage are among the hot topics on the doorstep.Yet a closer inspection of the candidate list in the Tory stronghold reveals an odd quir
  
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• Will they fight them on the beaches? Anger as Cleethorpes hits detectorists with £100 fines

  22-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lincolnshire locals are up in arms at an ‘illogical’ order by the council – and even Banksy is thought to be helping them outThe vast sands of Cleethorpes beach can stretch into the horizon at low tide, revealing all kinds of interesting things previously hidden by the sea. It’s the perfect spot for metal detectorists to discover artefacts such as musket balls and ancient coins among the marine debris.Yet the local authority has introduced a ban with the threat of £
  
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• Lake or mistake? The row over water firms, drought and Abingdon’s new super-reservoir

  22-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A proposal for 150bn litres of storage in Oxfordshire is mired in controversy and distrust of a privatised water industryIt will be like a giant flan case full of water dumped on a marsh, says Julie Mabberley. She is discussing the plan to put a 150bn-litre reservoir, spanning almost two miles across, at the foot of Twyford Down near Abingdon in Oxfordshire.Mabberley, a management consultant and local campaigner with 1,000 people on her list of anti-reservoir sympathisers, believes the 25-metre-
  
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• How to see the Lyrid meteor shower in Stoke-on-Trent tonight - Stoke-on-Trent Live

  22-04-2023 17:00 via news.google.com
  How to see the Lyrid meteor shower in Stoke-on-Trent tonight  Stoke-on-Trent LiveMeteor Shower will peak tonight with up to 18 shooting stars each HOUR  Daily MailLyrids meteor shower 2023: see the shooting stars if weather clears  The TimesCatch a Falling Star: Don't Miss Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak  SciTechDailyobserve spectacular Lyrids meteor showers this weekend  Euro Weekly NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Laura Kuenssberg: What is really going on in our schools?

  22-04-2023 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After years of talking about the NHS, there's a new political focus on education, says Laura Kuenssberg.
  
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• ‘Simply the greatest’: comedians pay tribute to ‘genius’ Barry Humphries

  22-04-2023 16:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Ricky Gervais, Rob Brydon and Matt Lucas among those paying homage to the Dame Edna Everage star who has died aged 89Tributes pour in for Barry Humphries – latest updatesBarry Humphries obituaryComedy stars from around the world have paid tribute to the late Barry Humphries, hailing him a “true great”.Humphries, best known for his character Dame Edna Everage, died in hospital in Sydney on Saturday aged 89. Continue reading...
  
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• Cycle hire: how poor parking put a spoke in the wheel of city schemes

  22-04-2023 16:52 via theguardian.com
  
  The boom in e-bike rental schemes may be good for the planet, but dumped bikes have become a dangerous urban blightOn the narrow streets of Soho, the bright, bulky silhouettes of London’s many hire-scheme bikes are visible on every turn – parked freestanding on roadsides, in docking stations, whizzing past slow-moving traffic and (a particular bugbear for many Londoners) lying horizontal across pavements, sometimes in piles.The proliferating schemes – the biggest of which inclu
  
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• JP Morgan execs reportedly maintained contact with Epstein after dropping him as client

  22-04-2023 16:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Bank’s links to sex offender financier deeper than previously known, as it faces lawsuit brought by US Virgin IslandsSenior executives with the global banking giant JP Morgan maintained contact with disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for years after dropping him as a client in 2013, six years after he was charged with solicitation of a minor, according to a new report.The allegation, reported in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, comes as JP Morgan, the world’s larg
  
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• Business leaders call for CBI to disband in wake of allegations

  22-04-2023 16:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Lobbying group ‘run its course’ as top firms leave after Guardian revelations over alleged sexual misconductComment: As CBI faces an exodus, do we need something to replace it?Second woman claims she was raped by CBI colleaguesThe Confederation of British Industry should disband after rape allegations led to an exodus of top firms from the lobbying group, business leaders said on Saturday.One said the CBI’s “extraordinary culture” has made it “nigh-on impossib
  
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• Battle of the super shoes: Nike under threat in London Marathon tech race

  22-04-2023 16:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Competition between footwear manufacturers has been likened to F1 and will continue on the streets of LondonWhen the world’s greatest distance athletes square off in the London Marathon on Sunday, there will be a battle within a battle, a technological arms race within the race. In the myriad fascinating storylines – a potential women’s world record, Mo Farah’s last dance over 26.2 miles and four of the five fastest men in history slugging it out – there is an intri
  
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• Get stuck in but let them lead: an expert’s guide to playing with your children

  22-04-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Lego Professor of Play explains how to explore, interact and enjoy time with your young children as they learn about the world around themPlay is a fundamental part of childhood – it is one of the key ways in which children explore the world and engage with people and objects. It occurs throughout childhood, changing as children grow – through moving and shaking objects as babies, then building blocks up and knocking them down, then playing imaginary games with parents and then s
  
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• ‘Flambéed pizza’ leads to deadly fire at Madrid restaurant

  22-04-2023 15:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Restaurant employee and customer die and 12 people injured in blaze after decorations caught lightTwo people died and 12 were injured in a fire apparently sparked when a waiter flambéed a pizza at a Madrid restaurant and accidentally set decorations ablaze.One of the dead was a restaurant employee and the other a customer, said the city’s mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida. He said one person was in a critical condition in hospital and five others were seriously hurt. C
  
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• iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe - TechRadar

  22-04-2023 15:30 via news.google.com
  
  iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe  TechRadarNew report says Apple's iOS 17 sideloading app feature may only be available in Europe  NeowinTop iOS 17 features that are likely to hit your iPhones SOON  HT TechiOS 17 biggest changes just tipped — and there's bad news  Tom's GuideSorry U.S. iPhone users, sideloading in iOS 17 will likely be limited to Europe  MacworldView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Woman who miscarried fined by NHS for claiming free prescription while pregnant

  22-04-2023 15:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Expectant mothers are entitled to free medication, but errors and red tape in applying for maternity exemption certificates leave many with bills of hundreds of poundsA woman who suffered a miscarriage has been fined by the NHS for claiming a free prescription during her pregnancy.Sadie Hawkes lost her baby before she had received the maternity exemption certificate that entitled her to free prescriptions throughout her pregnancy and the first year after birth. She has now been sent a demand for
  
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• Richard Madeley: ‘I couldn’t care less about the Alan Partridge comparisons’

  22-04-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The TV presenter, 66, talks about teenage car crashes, packing in smoking, how he became a journalist and why taking yourself seriously is daftMum was a gifted child-raiser. My happy childhood was down to her. Tiptoeing around Dad’s explosive outbursts was normal. He was loving, but short-tempered. When I wrote about our relationship, people jumped on the stories of him chasing me round the house and hitting me with a bamboo stick. I never laid a hand on my kids, and would never defend it.
  
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