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• Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’

  29-04-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  With local polls on Thursday, the Labour leader must convince voters his party can fix the Tories’ mistakes – and make bold, eye-catching pledges • Read more: ‘I’ll be bolder than Blair on public service reform,’ says StarmerKeir Starmer is being shown around the Royal Crown Derby factory in the east Midlands city, and the reasons for choosing the venue are clear. We are days away from crucial local elections on Thursday and the coronation of King Charles III w
  
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• Freya the walrus immortalised in bronze statue in Oslo fjord - Euronews

  29-04-2023 22:49 via news.google.com
  
  Freya the walrus immortalised in bronze statue in Oslo fjord  EuronewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Microsoft rivals attack CMA for blocking Activision deal - The Times

  29-04-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Microsoft rivals attack CMA for blocking Activision deal  The TimesActivision Poised to Pocket a Cool $3 Billion if Xbox Buyout Breaks Down  Push SquareMicrosoft's new 10-year deal with Nware "democratises access to play titles anywhere"  Eurogamer.net4 big deal reports: Activision plunges on blocked Microsoft buyout | Pro Recap By Investing.com  Investing.comWhat’s next for Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal after UK ban?  The I
  
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• Miniature landscapes inside mint tins – in pictures

  29-04-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Since 2017, Colorado-based painter Remington Robinson has been painting outdoor scenes on the inside lids of Altoids tins. Citing the work of fellow plein-air artist Monet as inspiration, Robinson recreates views he finds on his travels, spanning sunny meadows, azure lakes and distant mountains. “I always like painting the Flatirons, the rock formation here in Boulder,” he says. “But really, I like anything that has interesting lighting conditions. Nature inspires me.” Co
  
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• Laura Kuenssberg: What could go right and wrong for parties in England's local elections?

  29-04-2023 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Laura Kuenssberg asks what could go right and wrong for political parties at the polls next week.
  
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• Could AI save the Amazon rainforest?

  29-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservationists in the Brazilian Amazon are using a new tool to predict the next sites of deforestation – and it may prove a gamechanger in the war on loggingIt took just the month of March this year to fell an area of forest in Triunfo do Xingu equivalent to 700 football pitches. At more than 16,000 sq km, this Environmental Protection Area (APA) in the south-eastern corner of the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Pará, is one of the largest conservation areas in the world. And ac
  
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• Where do Tories stand in post-Sturgeon Scotland?

  29-04-2023 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Douglas Ross and Rishi Sunak cracked plenty of gags about the SNP - but their party faces uncertainty too.
  
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• Sudan evacuation: Baby meets father for first time after escape to UK

  29-04-2023 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the moment Muammar Ali meets his three-month-old daughter as his family joins him in the UK.
  
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• ESA's Jupiter-bound Juice spacecraft has a sticky problem with its radar - The Register

  29-04-2023 11:23 via news.google.com
  
  ESA's Jupiter-bound Juice spacecraft has a sticky problem with its radar  The RegisterView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scotland’s last pearl fisherman

  29-04-2023 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bill Abernethy found Scotland’s largest freshwater pearl in living memory.
  
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• Post your questions for Britt Ekland

  29-04-2023 10:25 via theguardian.com
  
  She’s done everything from Bond films to I’m a Celebrity, and has found time to inspire a song or two along the way. So now’s your chance to ask the question you always wanted toThis week we welcome Britt Ekland to the Reader Interview chair, to celebrate the 50th-anniversary re-release of British folk horror classic The Wicker Man. So … what to know, and what to ask? There’s her other famous films: as showgirl Rachel Schpitendavel in The Night They Raided Minsky&r
  
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• Grief: Teenagers make videos to help young people with loss

  29-04-2023 09:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of young people in Northern Ireland are trying to help others deal with their grief.
  
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• The aurora hunters chasing the perfect pictures of the Northern Lights

  29-04-2023 08:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographers speak about their quests to capture the beauty of the Northern Lights.
  
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• Drop in young people protected against 'fatal' disease in York - York Press

  29-04-2023 06:00 via news.google.com
  
  Drop in young people protected against 'fatal' disease in York  York PressParents are being urged to check their child is up-to-date with vaccinations as measle jabs fall below target  Wigan TodayChanges announced for HPV vaccination programme  3FMFRIDAY NIGHT | HPV vaccination in primary schools  Citizen TV KenyaDrop in teen vaccine coverage 'shocking', says school nurse leader  Nursing TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Jessie Ware: Why the 'prudish' star is singing about sex

  29-04-2023 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How unlocking her naughty side changed Jessie Ware's career and gave her musical freedom.
  
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• Local elections 2023: Conservatives hope to retain red wall gains

  29-04-2023 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People in Clay Cross discuss the area's political history and what might happen on 4 May.
  
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• King Charles coronation: Does Scotland want its kilted king?

  29-04-2023 00:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charles is a king with his heart in the Highlands, but is Scotland ready to claim him as its own?
  
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