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• What you need to know from today's Google IO: PaLM 2, Pixel Fold, AI everywhere - The Register

  10-05-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  
  What you need to know from today's Google IO: PaLM 2, Pixel Fold, AI everywhere  The RegisterGoogle reveals AI updates as it vies with Microsoft  BBCThe Google Search Generative Experience - All New AI Google Search Engine  Search Engine RoundtableGoogle launches new AI PaLM 2 in attempt to regain leadership of the pack  The GuardianGoogle AI targets programmer productivity  ComputerWeekly.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Google Pixel Tablet launches in three colours with Nest Hub-like charging dock - Notebookcheck.net

  10-05-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Google Pixel Tablet launches in three colours with Nest Hub-like charging dock  Notebookcheck.netTake note, Samsung, this is how you sell a new tablet concept  SamMobile - Samsung newsHands on: Pixel Tablet is so much more than a tablet, it's a lifestyle  TechRadarGoogle Pixel Tablet is fully official with bundled Charging Speaker Dock - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Republicans respond to Trump being found liable of sexual abuse of E Jean Carroll - The Independent

  10-05-2023 20:19 via news.google.com
  
  Republicans respond to Trump being found liable of sexual abuse of E Jean Carroll  The IndependentDonald Trump calls sex accuser a 'wack job' - and refuses to say who he wants to win Ukraine war  Sky NewsTrump vows to appeal against verdict in E Jean Carroll sexual abuse case  The IndependentTrump symbolized powerful men’s impunity for sexual abuse – until now  The GuardianLiable for sexual abuse, yes – but Trump’s political career
  
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• Meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home could've come from a comet - Daily Mail

  10-05-2023 19:29 via news.google.com
  
  Meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home could've come from a comet  Daily MailAlien rock causes cosmic disturbance in New Jersey home  The RegisterPossible meteorite crashes into bedroom in New Jersey  The Guardian USPossible meteorite that crashed into Hopewell home headed to TCNJ  News 12 New JerseyShock as 4billion-year-old ‘meteorite’ the size of a potato smashes into family’s bedroom while ‘still warm...  The SunV
  
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• Fossils of gigantic pliosaur found in museum drawer - The Times

  10-05-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Fossils of gigantic pliosaur found in museum drawer  The TimesDinosaur study reveals how Earth’s largest-ever animals reached such colossal sizes  ExpressLiopleurodons that once swam the Jurassic seas were 80 feet long  Earth.comGigantic pliosaur species discovered in Oxfordshire museum  Interesting EngineeringGiants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale, says study  Phys.orgView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Autistic girl stuck on general hospital ward for months

  10-05-2023 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts say it was the wrong place for the 16-year-old, but she had nowhere else to go.
  
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• The 'silent’ symptom of dangerously high cholesterol that shows on your TOES – and 3 other signs - The Mirror

  10-05-2023 17:33 via news.google.com
  The 'silent’ symptom of dangerously high cholesterol that shows on your TOES – and 3 other signs  The MirrorI'm a doctor - your TOES can show you've got high cholesterol  Daily MailThe ‘silent’ symptom of dangerously high cholesterol you can spot in your EYES – and 2 other signs...  The SunHigh cholesterol could be spotted in the toes - cardiologist shares sign to look out for  Express'Silent' high cholesterol symptom you can
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury’s attack on illegal migration bill ‘wrong on both counts’, says minister – UK politics live

  10-05-2023 17:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Justin Welby says bill is ‘morally unacceptable’ and rules on protection of refugees are not ‘inconvenient obstructions’In the House of Lords peers are just starting to debate the second reading of the illegal migration bill.Simon Murray, aka Lord Murray of Blidworth, is opening the debate. He is a lawyer who was made a Home Office minister, and a peer, when Liz Truss was PM.We now face a perfect storm of factors driving more people into homelessness while giving us fewer
  
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• Updated DNA map better reflects human diversity - BBC

  10-05-2023 17:04 via news.google.com
  
  Updated DNA map better reflects human diversity  BBC“The” human genome was always a misnomer  The EconomistHuman Genome Project overhauled to reflect diversity of our species  The TimesResearchers create new "pangenome" that provides better view of human genome  News-Medical.NetGenetics Breakthrough: Promising new era of ethnic diversity-informed tests and treatments  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Chelsy Davy rejected royal life after alleged unlawful intrusion by Mirror Group journalists, court documents say – live

  10-05-2023 17:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Prince Harry and other high-profile figures’ claims against Mirror Group Newspapers allege unlawful information gatheringSherborne refers to an email exchange dates 2002 in which editorial manager John Honeywell notes the “frightening” level of costs spent on private investigator services.Spending millions only makes sense if you’re profiting from the exercise, Sherborne says. Continue reading...
  
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• Poached pears, winter salad and ‘unthinkable’ pasta: Iranian Italian recipes from Saghar Setareh

  10-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From the Middle East to the Mediterranean, the culinary traditions of the two regions are a deja vu of flavours for the Tehran-born, Rome-based cookماکارونی Continue reading...
  
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• Meet Australia’s Eurovision superfans: ‘We’re not reachable for six months of the year’

  10-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Even before the country joined the competition, it had a devoted community of local fans. But could 2023 be the last year Australia is invited?The UK is having one of its busiest weeks in months – but while the coronation put Britain in the global spotlight last weekend, all eyes are on a very different cultural spectacle in Liverpool this weekend.Eurovision drew in 161 million viewers last year, with 40 countries participating. Since 1956, each has put forward a musical act to face a publ
  
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• Lithe lizards and a dog’s dinner – readers’ best photos

  10-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page Continue reading...
  
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• From rampaging teenagers to female assassins: why has East German culture become so cool?

  10-05-2023 16:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Is Britain’s sudden appetite for the GDR an unhealthy obsession? Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the Wall, examines the new wave of books and shows about life under the Stasi in the vanished state“It is obviously incredibly difficult to understand and make comprehensible how we lived back then,” sighed a frustrated Angela Merkel shortly before she was appointed chancellor of Germany in 2005. She was about to become one of the most powerful women on Earth, yet the world made no ef
  
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• George Santos in custody after surrendering to federal charges related to election violations – live

  10-05-2023 16:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Santos has been charged with wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making materially false statements to the House of RepresentativesGeorge Santos allegedly lied about being unemployed to collect unemployment benefits.According to the indictment, in June 2020, Santos applied to receive unemployment insurance benefits through the New York state department of labor. In the application, Santos “falsely claimed to have been unemployed since the week of March 22, 2020”.
  
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• Moulin Rouge forced to drop ‘cruel’ underwater act that used snakes

  10-05-2023 16:50 via theguardian.com
  
  City hall warned Paris venue against use of terrestrial snakes after animal rights groups stepped up protestsThe Moulin Rouge cabaret club in Paris has been forced to drop a long-running act in which terrestrial snakes are plunged into a water tank while a dancer swims around them, amid outrage and growing street protests by animal rights groups.The historic cabaret club, which was founded in 1889 and whose audience for its dance shows is largely made up of tourist groups, had for weeks defended
  
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• David Moyes targets ‘best achievement’ by leading West Ham to European final

  10-05-2023 16:43 via theguardian.com
  
  West Ham host AZ Alkmaar in Thursday’s first leg of semi-finalZouma back from injury for Europa Conference League clashDavid Moyes has said it would be arguably the biggest achievement of his career if he leads West Ham past AZ Alkmaar and into the Europa Conference League final.West Ham, who have not won a major trophy since 1980, will start as favourites when they host AZ in the first leg of their semi-final on Thursday night. They have the chance to end a difficult season on a high and
  
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• It’s no wonder that many in Pakistan now fear for the fate of Imran Khan | Farzana Shaikh

  10-05-2023 16:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The arrest of the former PM is yet another chapter in the conflict between the country’s all-powerful army and political classThe arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan on charges of corruption has sent shock waves throughout Pakistan and the wider world, raising the prospect of an imminent disintegration of the country’s fragile social and political fabric.For many, however, it also speaks to a well-established tradition: the incarceration of political leaders who fall foul of t
  
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• Ransomware payments nearly double in one year

  10-05-2023 16:34 via theguardian.com
  
  British cybersecurity firm also finds UK ransom payments even higher than global averageRansomware payments have nearly doubled to $1.5m (£1.2m) over the past year, with the highest-earning organisations the most likely to pay attackers, according to a survey.Sophos, a British cybersecurity firm, found that the average ransomware payment rose from $812,000 the previous year. The average payment by UK organisations in 2023 was even higher than the global average, at $2.1m. Continue reading.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine claims it has partially destroyed brigade attacking Bakhmut with heavy Wagner losses

  10-05-2023 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine’s military says Russia increasingly relying on regular forces after heavy losses to mercenary group in eastern cityRussia-Ukraine war at a glanceSuspilne, Ukraine's state broadcaster, offers this round-up of the latest developments overnight. It writes on its official Telegram channel:In Bakhmut, fighters of the 3rd brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine advanced 2.6km during the storming of Russian positions for two days and defeated two companies of the 72nd brigade of the Russia
  
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• I thought my umming and erring made for better radio. I was wrong | Adrian Chiles

  10-05-2023 16:27 via theguardian.com
  
  When you’re dealing with the day’s big issues, a little hesitation is natural. But mine got out of control‘Could you de-um this please?” the producer asked, handing me a reel of quarter-inch audio tape. Being eager to please, I told him I’d be happy to, even though I knew not what he was on about. This was 1994. I had just started working at BBC Radio and was still learning the ropes. Furtively, I sought a friendly face to tell me a) what de-umming was and b) how to
  
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• UK proscribing Wagner group as terrorist ‘will help Ukrainians sue’

  10-05-2023 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyer leading refugees’ case says British designation would also weaken Russian mercenary force straight awayRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAn imminent British government decision to proscribe the Wagner mercenary group would speed up plans by Ukrainian refugees to sue the organisation for up to £5bn in damages in the UK courts, the lawyer leading the case has told the Guardian.The UK government signalled it was prepared to proscribe the group, which is active in Russ
  
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• Possible meteorite crashes into bedroom in New Jersey

  10-05-2023 16:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents were not at home in Hopewell Township when rock appeared to hit house on MondayA possible meteorite crashed into a bedroom of a New Jersey home, puncturing a hole into the roof and leaving residents rattled, though they were not home at the time.The metallic object in the Monday incident looks like a shiny rock, about 4in by 6in, police in Hopewell Township said. Continue reading...
  
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• Scotland Yard admits failing to hand over documents to Daniel Morgan inquiry

  10-05-2023 16:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Met left dozens of documents in locked cabinet instead of passing to inquiry into its own corruptionDozens of documents that Scotland Yard should have handed over to an official inquiry into its corruption were instead left in a locked cabinet located on the same floor as its commissioner, the Guardian has learned.The revelation relates to 95 pages of documents the force now accepts it should have given to the Daniel Morgan inquiry, investigating the unsolved murder of the private detective and
  
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• Scarlett Johansson: losing Gravity role to Sandra Bullock made me feel hopeless

  10-05-2023 16:04 via theguardian.com
  
  In-depth interview reveals that rejections for major roles made the actor reconsider her job, and gives details about her legal battle with Disney over Black WidowScarlett Johansson has spoken about her feelings of inadequacy following a run of rejections for major roles.In an in-depth interview with Variety, the actor said she considered quitting the industry around 2011, after two coveted roles instead went to Emily Blunt and Sandra Bullock. Continue reading...
  
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• Home Office admits errors after arrest of Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

  10-05-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials say number of guards detained in March had been granted indefinite leave to remain by mistakeThe Home Office has admitted it made errors in the handling of the cases of some Nepali guards who risked their lives to protect British embassy staff in Afghanistan and were airlifted to safety in the UK after the Taliban took control of Kabul.Ten of the guards who were living and working in the UK were arrested on 27 March in an immigration enforcement operation, handcuffed and placed in immi
  
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• A woman expresses how it feels to survive rape: Elisa Iannacone’s best photograph

  10-05-2023 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  She wanted to be pictured on the edge of an abyss. The dress represented her career, her relationships – everything that had been ripped away from herMy series The Spiral of Containment was about translating how people are made to feel after being raped. It tried to express trauma through the realm of the imagination, using the language of magical realism. I met with and talked to survivors to attempt to understand how they thought about their trauma. Then I would sketch potential images t
  
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• Former PM Imran Khan appears before judge amid uproar in Pakistan

  10-05-2023 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  At least three people shot dead and 27 injured in Peshawar as protests spread across countryPakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been presented before a judge at a police station in Islamabad, 24 hours after his arrest by scores of paramilitary officers that led to countrywide uproar.At least three people were shot dead and 27 were injured after violence broke out between protesters and police in the city of Peshawar, according to a local hospital. Vehicles were torched and the
  
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• Interpol calls for help naming 22 women murdered across Europe in past 50 years

  10-05-2023 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Operation Identify Me appeals to public for help to solve cold cases in Germany, the Netherlands and BelgiumPolice have appealed to the public to help name 22 murdered women in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany whose bodies have never been identified – some of whom died more than half a century ago.In an attempt to spark people’s memories, Interpol, the international policing organisation, has published details of the cases that would normally only be available to law enforcement
  
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• New Species Of Demon Shark From The Deep Has Unsettling White Irises - IFLScience

  10-05-2023 15:35 via news.google.com
  
  New Species Of Demon Shark From The Deep Has Unsettling White Irises  IFLScienceView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• John Lewis staff rebuke Sharon White over losses but back her to continue

  10-05-2023 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Chair vows retailer will stay employee-owned after row over reported plans to sell stake in partnership to investorsThe boss of John Lewis pledged the group would always remain employee-owned “no ifs no buts” after staff members backed her to continue as chair but expressed their dismay at the retailer’s poor performance last year.Sharon White had faced controversy after reports she was considering selling a stake in the company to an outside investor in an attempt to raise &po
  
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• Test your intelligence level in just nine seconds with this tricky brain teaser

  10-05-2023 15:27 via express.co.uk
  
  Trying to work out exactly where the C is has left thousands of people scratching their heads, see if you can do it by looking at Express.co.uk's daily teaser.
  
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• Congolese floods and a home run: Wednesday’s best photos

  10-05-2023 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Liable for sexual assault, yes – but Trump’s political career is far from over | Lloyd Green

  10-05-2023 15:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawsuits are piling up, but with Ron DeSantis fading, and Joe Biden losing ground, Trump’s 2024 prospects are undimmed It is the worst of times and the best of times for Donald Trump. On Tuesday, he suffered another legal defeat. A federal jury found him liable for the sexual abuse, forcible touching, and defamation of E Jean Carroll. She was awarded $5m in damages.The 45th president, however, escaped liability for rape. He also leads Joe Biden in their latest hypothetical match-up, while
  
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• Secret sex signals: love languages of long-term couples – from aubergine emojis to extreme eye contact

  10-05-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  While the former footballer Peter Crouch has found limited success with his clumsy attempts at seduction, couples have many fiendish and ingenious methods of covert communicationName: Secret signals.Age: Ancient. Continue reading...
  
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• Online UK pharmacies prescribing weight loss jabs to people with healthy BMI

  10-05-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Calls for stricter checks after Guardian investigation into availability of controversial drugsOnline pharmacies operating in the UK are approving and dispatching prescriptions of controversial slimming jabs for people of a healthy weight, a Guardian investigation has found.Some pharmacies appear to be issuing prescriptions of such medications to people who lie about their body mass index (BMI) on an online form. In one case a reporter was issued a prescription after accurately saying
  
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• Lost lead? Remco Evenepoel is brought down by stray dog at Giro d’Italia

  10-05-2023 14:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Pre-race favourite unseated after swerving to avoid animalRider and dog avoid serious injury in treacherous conditionsRemco Evenepoel’s hopes of winning the Giro d’Italia took an unexpected hit when he crashed after swerving to avoid a stray dog during Wednesday’s fifth stage.In rainy conditions, the Belgian was upended when the careless canine ran into the peloton’s path in the early stages of the ride from Atripalda to Salerno in southern Italy. A number of Evenepoel&rs
  
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• The Spin | Plight of Jeff Jones offers cautionary tale for Jofra Archer and England

  10-05-2023 14:47 via theguardian.com
  
  The Glamorgan paceman first felt his elbow ‘click’ on England duty aged 26 and was never to play Test cricket againWilf Wooller could have been talking about Jofra Archer, had he not been discussing a cricketing elbow injury over a quarter of a century before his birth. “Cricketers have had this before and got over it, but for a fast bowler it is different,” Wooller said. “Even a medium-pacer might get away with it but with anyone who bowls really quickly the joint
  
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• Militants in Gaza fire at least 60 rockets into Israel in response to airstrikes

  10-05-2023 14:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Region bracing for escalation after Israeli bombings killed three Palestinian commanders and 10 civiliansMilitants in the blockaded Gaza Strip have fired at least 60 rockets into Israel in response to surprise Israeli airstrikes a day before that killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior commanders and at least 10 civilians.Several salvoes in less than an hour set off air raid sirens in towns and cities across southern Israel on Wednesday afternoon, including the country’s commercial a
  
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• Avril Lavigne review – raucous high school reunion for the sk8er dads

  10-05-2023 14:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Alexandra Palace, London
  Creating a nostalgic pop punk party for fans of her noughties hits, the Canadian remains a great singer and performer‘Some things never changed after all these years – I still love skater boys!” proclaims a giddy Avril Lavigne to a sold out Alexandra Palace. An explosion of red confetti, cheap guitar riffs, and bratty pop punk vocals about an unlikely romance between a girl who does ballet and an adolescent punk then combine to inspire non-stop whooping
  
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• Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price’s future in doubt after damning report

  10-05-2023 14:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Speculation mounts that Price could step down after review found party had failed to ‘detoxify’ its cultureAdam Price, the leader of Plaid Cymru, is understood to be considering his future after a damning review found his party had failed to “detoxify” its culture.Price, 54, who has led the Welsh nationalist party since 2018, apologised in response to the report and said it must do better to foster a culture that was “safe, inclusive and respectful to all”, bu
  
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• E Jean Carroll ‘overwhelmed with joy’ for women in US after Trump verdict

  10-05-2023 14:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Columnist tells NBC’s Today show ‘this is about getting my name back’ after jury finds ex-president sexually abused herE Jean Carroll said she was “overwhelmed with joy for the women in this country” after a jury found Donald Trump sexually abused her, in a civil trial over her allegation that he raped her in a New York department store in 1996.“I’m overwhelmed, overwhelmed with joy and happiness and delight for the women in this country,” the writ
  
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• US inflation beat forecasts in April but remained high at 4.9%

  10-05-2023 14:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Annual rate has fallen sharply since hitting 40-year high last June but prices are still rising at a rate over twice the Fed’s targetThe price of goods and services in the US remained stubbornly high in April, rising 4.9.% from a year ago, the labor department reported on Wednesday,The annual rate of inflation has fallen sharply since hitting a 40-year high of 9.1% last June. April’s rise nearly matched the 5% rise recorded in March. It was the 10th consecutive month that the rate ha
  
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• Robert De Niro has had his seventh child aged 79. Does that explain the bagel adverts?

  10-05-2023 14:34 via theguardian.com
  
  The prolific actor has announced he is now a father of seven. Is this why he made Dirty Grandpa and The War With Grandpa and The Intern and Salvage Station? The most impressive thing about Robert De Niro is how prolific he is. The man is 79 years old, and simply cannot stop. In the last 10 years alone he has made 19 films, with four more coming this year. Have they represented the best work of his career? Probably not, although someone out there must love Dirty Grandpa. On top of that, he owns o
  
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• Outbreak of deadly Victorian disease on cards in UK, experts warn - Birmingham Live

  10-05-2023 14:34 via news.google.com
  
  Outbreak of deadly Victorian disease on cards in UK, experts warn  Birmingham LiveYet Another Victorian Disease Is Making A Comeback In The UK – This Is Why  HuffPost UKLow uptake of MMR vaccine letting measles 'gain foothold' in London  Evening StandardMajor outbreak of highly-contagious and deadly Victorian disease is on the cards, experts warn...  The SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Spectator journalist Taki Theodoracopulos to face trial for alleged attempted rape in 2009

  10-05-2023 14:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Greek-born 86-year-old, who denies the charge, to go on trial in Switzerland, where offence is alleged to have occurredThe journalist Taki Theodoracopulos is facing trial in Switzerland after being charged with attempted rape.The 86-year-old, who writes a column for the Spectator, was charged in February over the alleged incident in 2009. He is accused of attempting to rape a woman on a ski weekend at his chalet in Gstaad in the Swiss Alps. Continue reading...
  
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• Police officer faces trial after he denies three counts of rape while on duty

  10-05-2023 14:16 via express.co.uk
  
  Sergeant David Stansbury spoke only to plead not guilty and confirm his name and date of birth.
  
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• Somerset: major incident declared after flash flooding

  10-05-2023 14:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Heavy thunderstorms cause dangerous driving conditions, blocked roads and damage to homesFlash flooding in parts of south-west England following torrential rain has led to a major incident being declared in Somerset.Heavy thunderstorms on Tuesday evening resulted in Devon and Somerset fire and rescue declaring a major incident in the Galhampton, North Cadbury, and South Cadbury areas. Continue reading...
  
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• Will New Zealand join? What links the Beatles to peace in Ukraine? It’s the fiendish Eurovision 2023 quiz!

  10-05-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From Cliff Richard to Kalush Orchestra, find out how much you really know about Europe’s biggest song contest. Will you get douze points? This weekend, for the first time since 1998, the UK is hosting Eurovision (on behalf of last year’s champions, Ukraine). The contest and its semi-finals are being held in Liverpool. But how much do you know about this year’s artists, the connections between Eurovision and Liverpool, and the UK’s history in the competition? Take our quiz
  
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• The lawyer whose sex trafficking case against Instagram could spell trouble for big tech

  10-05-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Annie McAdams represents clients who claim Meta’s products connect vulnerable people with sex buyers On 14 March 2022, Annie McAdams, a personal injury lawyer running a small firm in Houston, Texas, filed a civil action suit on behalf of one of her clients. The plaintiff was a 23-year-old woman, who had endured years of sexual exploitation at the hands of a convicted trafficker. The defendant was one of the most powerful technology companies in the world.Contained within McAdams’s fe
  
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