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• Minneapolis to pay $700,000 to family of man killed by police

  21-05-2023 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Chiasher Vue’s kids wanted to calm their mentally ill father, but police detained them in vehicle and killed him as he pointed a gunThe city of Minneapolis has agreed to a $700,000 settlement with family members who were locked inside two squad cars when police killed their father after officers refused their offers to try and help calm him down.A federal judge ruled that officers were justified in shooting 52-year-old Chiasher Vue after he pointed a rifle at them on 15 December 2019. The
  
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• FBI investigating shooting death of Native man by border patrol in Arizona

  21-05-2023 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Raymond Mattia of the Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona was shot by agents after calling them for assistanceThe FBI and Tohono O’odham Nation police are investigating the fatal shooting of a tribal member by US border patrol agents in southern Arizona.Federal Customs and Border Protection officials said agents from the Ajo border patrol station “were involved” in a fatal shooting on the Tohono O’odham reservation near Ajo at about 10pm on Thursday. They have
  
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• Labour vows to reverse rise in suicides in England and Wales within five years

  21-05-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader to sayplan for reforming NHS will focus on ‘biggest killer of young lives in this country’A Labour government would reverse the rise in the number of deaths from suicide as part of a health plan to replace pain and anxiety with a “hope of a renewed NHS”, Keir Starmer will pledge.In a speech on Monday, the Labour leader will say his plan for reforming the NHS will focus on the biggest causes of death in the UK including suicide.In the UK and Ireland, Samarita
  
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• Manchester United still need ‘miracle’ to win WSL title, claims Marc Skinner

  21-05-2023 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Last-gasp United winner against City keeps them in contentionChelsea denied title but face bottom club Reading on final dayMarc Skinner believes Manchester United require a “miracle” to overhaul Chelsea and win the Women’s Super League on the final day of the season, despite a last-gasp winner against Manchester City giving them hope of a first title.United looked poised to gift a fourth successive title to Chelsea by drawing against City until Lucia García’s injur
  
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• Menopause drug for hot flushes could be available by end of the year - Daily Mail

  21-05-2023 23:05 via news.google.com
  
  Menopause drug for hot flushes could be available by end of the year  Daily MailDrug for hot flushes will transform menopause treatment, doctors say  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Manchester City revel in coronation but they cannot control their legacy | Jonathan Liew

  21-05-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Pep Guardiola’s team are dominant now but their success and the wealth that has driven it may be best left to posterityThe fans were warned not to invade the pitch. There was a message on the big screen a few minutes before the end, a reminder on the public address system that entering the playing surface was strictly illegal and would not be tolerated. There was a line of stewards and police officers poised like sprinters by the touchline, ready to secure the turf as soon as the game ende
  
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• Depp v Heard review – Amber and Johnny make for profoundly depressing television

  21-05-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This documentary about the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard legal battle aims for neutrality. But it’s a gruesome exercise in wringing entertainment from a case about domestic violenceIn 2019, Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation, after Heard wrote an article published in the Washington Post in which she referred to herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse”. In 2020, the actor lost a separate libel case in the UK against the Sun, which had called
  
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• Double amputee Gurkha veteran reaches summit of Mount Everest

  21-05-2023 22:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Hari Budha Magar reached the peak despite being a double amputee since an explosion in AfghanistanA Gurkha soldier veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan has achieved mountaineering history after reaching the top of Mount Everest.Hari Budha Magar, who lives in Canterbury, Kent, reached the summit of the world’s tallest mountain at 3pm on Friday, having started the climb on 17 April – exactly 13 years since he lost his legs after an IED explosion. Continue reading...
  
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• "HAS ANYONE SEEN JASON CUNDY?" Man City fan Jackie REACTS to Pep's team WINNING the Premier League - talkSPORT

  21-05-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  
  "HAS ANYONE SEEN JASON CUNDY?" Man City fan Jackie REACTS to Pep's team WINNING the Premier League  talkSPORTTen title-race turning points: how Manchester City overtook Arsenal  The GuardianGuardiola says two Arsenal players taught him a lesson as Man City win title  Evening StandardPunter put £20 on Man City, Burnley, Plymouth and Leyton Orient to win leagues - but he cashed out  GIVEMESPORTPep Guardiola has changed football and is ahead of Sir Alex
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein allegedly tried to extort Bill Gates over extramarital affair

  21-05-2023 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Convicted sexual offender reportedly threatened to expose Gates’s relationship with Russian bridge player Mila AntonovaThe convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared to threaten Bill Gates and tried to blackmail the multi-billionaire over his extramarital affair with a Russian bridge player, according to a new report published by the Wall Street Journal.Speaking to the Journal, sources familiar with the matter said that after Epstein found out about the Microsoft co-founder’s
  
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• Greek centre-right party falls short of majority in general election

  21-05-2023 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s party on 40% share against Syriza on 20%, with more than 90% of votes countedGreece’s general election has failed to produce a winner despite the centre-right party of the incumbent prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, clinching 40% of the vote with more than 90% of ballots counted.New Democracy was leading with a 20-point margin – 40.8% – over the leftist main opposition Syriza party which was trailing at just over 20.1% – a dif
  
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• Man dies after A6 Topley Pike motorbike and bus crash - Derbyshire Live

  21-05-2023 21:59 via news.google.com
  Man dies after A6 Topley Pike motorbike and bus crash  Derbyshire LiveView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Disabled woman forced to sleep in hotel dining area ‘after booked room was unavailable’

  21-05-2023 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Kat Watkins, who requires a ventilator at night, said she is suffering from severe back pain after night at Travelodge in HounslowA disabled wheelchair user who requires a ventilator at night had to sleep on a sofa in a hotel dining room because the accessible room she booked was not available.Kat Watkins, 36, a UN convention on the rights of disabled people development officer at Disability Wales, who has brittle bone disease and sleep apnoea, said she is suffering from severe back pain as a re
  
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• Jack Grealish opens up on Erling Haaland relationship as Man City celebrate title - The Mirror

  21-05-2023 20:55 via news.google.com
  Jack Grealish opens up on Erling Haaland relationship as Man City celebrate title  The MirrorThe night Manchester City's goal king Erling Haaland couldn't get a kick against Glenavon  Belfast TelegraphMan City: Haaland tells Grealish 'I f***ing love you!' on live TV  Daily MailErling Haaland crashes interview and swears on live TV as Sky Sports forced to apologise  The MirrorMan City: Phil Foden names his POTY alongside Erling Haaland  Metro.co.u
  
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• ‘Stylist extraordinaire’: worlds of literature and politics pay tribute to Martin Amis

  21-05-2023 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Fellow writers including Salman Rushdie express their admiration for British novelist who has died aged 73Salman Rushdie has led tributes to Martin Amis after the celebrated author died aged 73.Rushdie said Amis, who died at his home in Florida on Saturday, had a unique literary voice and that “it was unwise to try to imitate him”, adding in a piece for the New Yorker: “He used to say that what he wanted to do was leave behind a shelf of books – to be able to say: ‘
  
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• Sunak under pressure to launch ethics inquiry over Braverman speeding row

  21-05-2023 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  No 10 appears to distance itself from home secretary amid growing political storm about possible breach of ministerial codeRishi Sunak is under intense pressure to launch an investigation into whether Suella Braverman broke the ministerial code by requesting a private speed awareness course, as Downing Street appeared to distance itself from the beleaguered home secretary.The prime minister arrives back from the G7 summit in Japan to a growing political storm over whether Braverman breached stri
  
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• Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama - The Guardian

  21-05-2023 20:13 via news.google.com
  Firebrand review – Jude Law’s obese and oozy Henry VIII rules supreme in Catherine Parr drama  The GuardianGigi Hadid leads the glamour as she attends the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Firebrand  Daily MailFirebrand, Cannes 2023, review: Jude Law's Henry VIII is horribly good  The TelegraphFirebrand review — Jude Law is scarily good as a murderous Henry VIII  The Times'Firebrand': Cannes Review | Reviews | Screen  Screen Inte
  
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• Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary step in at post-Schofield This Morning

  21-05-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Temporary hosts will take on presenting duties as Phillip Schofield tries to keep hold of his broadcasting careerAlison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary have been announced as temporary presenters of ITV’s This Morning, as former host Phillip Schofield battles to save his television career.Schofield announced on Saturday he would step down from presenting the daytime talkshow with immediate effect, after ITV bosses told him “the current situation can’t go on” following we
  
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• Eureka review – booze, bird souls and Viggo Mortensen in barmy yet rich experimental enigma

  21-05-2023 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso is back with another rewardingly weird journey into the unknownIt is the custom now for everyone in the film business to describe film-makers as “storytellers”. But even leaving aside the fact that so many film-makers are not very good at the old-fashioned business of storytelling, the fact is that cinema does not have to be about story, however uncommercial an idea that seems.The Argentinian director Lisandro Alonso is a case in point: his wo
  
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• Rome: climate activists turn Trevi fountain water black – video - The Guardian

  21-05-2023 19:36 via news.google.com
  
  Rome: climate activists turn Trevi fountain water black – video  The GuardianTrevi Fountain turned black by climate change protesters  The TimesRome's Trevi Fountain turns black in Rome climate protest against fossil fuels  The IndependentRome climate protesters turn Trevi fountain water black  The GuardianClimate activists blacken Trevi Fountain over Italy floods  DW (English)View Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ben Jennings on Suella Braverman’s speeding fine – cartoon

  21-05-2023 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
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• Hoarding items could be a warning sign of dementia, says expert - The Mirror

  21-05-2023 19:32 via news.google.com
  Hoarding items could be a warning sign of dementia, says expert  The MirrorExpert shares how to spot dementia related personality changes  ExpressShocking number of suspected dementia cases in Swindon lack formal diagnosis  Swindon AdvertiserA quarter of suspected dementia cases in Barrow lack a formal diagnosis  The MailHoarding items could be an ‘unusual’ warning sign of dementia, says expert  ExpressView Full coverage on Google New
  
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• The Guardian view on England’s water companies: a badly broken system | Editorial

  21-05-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers were warned about the risks of private equity entering the sector but did nothing. Now we’re paying the priceThe revelation should anger all who care about England’s rivers and beaches. Two decades ago, ministers were warned about private equity firms buying up water companies. In a briefing prepared for Britain’s competition regulator prior to the takeover of Southern Water, researchers raised the alarm that private equity-owned water companies would become “im
  
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• Anatomy of a Fall review – Sandra Hüller compels as an author accused of her husband’s murder

  21-05-2023 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  There’s a bracing and chilly high-mindedness about Justine Triet’s psychothriller, about a suspicious death whose only reliable witness happens to be blindI have been agnostic about Justine Triet’s work in the past, but her courtroom drama murder mystery in this year’s Cannes competition, with its ambiguous title and ambiguous dénouement, is very intriguing. It reminded me at various stages of Billy Wilder’s Agatha Christie adaptation Witness for the Prosecut
  
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• The Guardian view on Pakistan’s army: go back to the barracks | Editorial

  21-05-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  The confrontation between the country’s most popular politician, Imran Khan, and the generals threatens to paralyse the stateThe standoff between Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, and the country’s military is yet another sign that the political system created by the army is inherently unstable. Since independence, Pakistan’s generals have become ever more involved in running the country – and its civilian leaders ever more dependent on their backing. No
  
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• Sam Allardyce turns on substitutes after Leeds’ painful defeat at West Ham

  21-05-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager unhappy as 3-1 loss leaves survival out of Leeds’ handsRodrigo and Bamford doubtful for key final game against SpursSam Allardyce criticised his substitutes for failing to step up against West Ham and admitted that Leeds, who are facing the prospect of relegation from the Premier League, will struggle to beat Tottenham on the final day of the season after losing Patrick Bamford and Rodrigo to injury.Leeds would have moved out of the bottom three with a game to go if they had beaten
  
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• Mayor pushes plan to force homeless New Yorkers with mental illness to seek help

  21-05-2023 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Former police captain Eric Adams says ‘there are more Jordan Neelys out there’ but proposals criticized by civil rights groupsNew York mayor Eric Adams has warned that there are “more Jordan Neelys out there”, invoking the name of the unhoused man who was killed on the subway earlier in May as the Democratic mayor pushed his idea to force people with mental illness to access help.In an interview with MSNBC on Sunday, Adams called a dearth of such services – particul
  
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• How Phillip Schofield went from children’s TV star to ousted This Morning host

  21-05-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  A look back at presenter’s career, which has taken a hit thanks to a series of damaging press storiesPhillip Schofield’s biographer once described the TV presenter as the “hottest star in Britain today” with a “glorious, uplifting life story”. Schofield, they said, had “triumphed at everything he has done” enabling him to lead a life of “love and passion, weeping and laughter, death, tragedy, and heartstopping joy”.Those comments were w
  
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• Brandon McNulty wins Giro d’Italia stage 15 as Thomas cuts Armirail’s lead

  21-05-2023 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Bruno Armirail sees lead over Geraint Thomas cut by 33secMark Cavendish calls press conference for MondayThe American Brandon McNulty, of UAE Team Emirates, held off Ben Healy and Marco Frigo to win stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia, a 195km ride from Seregno to Bergamo.McNulty turned on the afterburners with a perfectly timed sprint to race past Healy (EF Education-Easy Post) and Frigo (Israel–Premier Tech) in the final 100m to snatch victory, while Bruno Armirail of Groupama-FDJ retain
  
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• These Zelda: Tears of Kingdom players are determined to pet the dog - Eurogamer.net

  21-05-2023 18:51 via news.google.com
  
  These Zelda: Tears of Kingdom players are determined to pet the dog  Eurogamer.netTears Of The Kingdom’s graphics are terrible, the critics are right:  Metro.co.ukHow Long Is ‘The Legends Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom,’ Exactly?  ForbesZelda: Tears of the Kingdom made me realize that physics are more important than graphics  Tom's GuideThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the review  Morning ExpressView Full coverage on G
  
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• Ukraine: Zelenskiy denies Russian claims to have taken Bakhmut

  21-05-2023 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Bakhmut is only in our hearts. There is nothing ... just ruins and dead Russians,’ says Ukraine’s presidentRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine has rejected Russian claims to have captured Bakhmut, insisting its forces still have a foothold in the Donbas city and are steadily encircling the Russian mercenaries holding the ruined town centre.It was impossible to verify the conflicting claims in a battle of attrition for a devastated city, which has assumed symb
  
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• Keir Starmer should look at reversing Brexit | Letter

  21-05-2023 18:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Brexit has failed to deliver, so we should consider strategies and policies for rejoining the European Union, says Kate PurcellJonathan Freedland’s article (They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed, 19 May) reinforced my exasperation, as an increasingly reluctant Labour supporter, about why Keir Starmer and his shadow cabinet persistently fail to grasp the implications and develop policies to rejoin the EU. As it becomes so apparent tha
  
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• A low birthrate is good news for the planet | Letters

  21-05-2023 18:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Barbara Williams, Alistair Currie and Tim Barker respond to the Conservative MP Miriam Cates’s comments at the National Conservatism conferenceAlong with many of our Tory MPs, Miriam Cates demonstrates an ignorance of changes afoot in broader public opinion (Low birthrate is UK’s top priority, Tory MP tells rightwing conference, 15 May). While birthrate has always been regarded as essential to maintain a workforce and represents a source of financial profit, in the context of escalat
  
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• Bexhill: Vandalised black woman sculpture cleaned by locals

  21-05-2023 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sculpture of a seated woman looking out to sea was spray-painted white on Monday.
  
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• Man, 77, arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found in Milton Keynes

  21-05-2023 17:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Deceased, who was in her 70s, died in hospital after reported attack and police say they are not looking for anyone elseA 77-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found unconscious and later died.Thames Valley police found the woman, who was also in her 70s, unconscious just after 8am on Saturday, after reports a woman had been attacked in Bradwell Road, Loughton, Milton Keynes. The woman was taken to hospital, where she died. Continue reading...
  
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• UK arms sales reach record £8.5bn as global tensions escalate

  21-05-2023 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  More than half of weapons exports were for repressive regimes such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as sales doubled last yearBritish arms exports doubled during 2022 to a record £8.5bn according to the only publicly available official figures, reflecting escalating geopolitical uncertainties and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The largest destination for UK-made weaponry was Qatar, which bought £2.7bn-worth, and 54% went to countries designated as “not free” by
  
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• French giants La Rochelle sent a World Cup message by unpicking Ireland’s best | Robert Kitson

  21-05-2023 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  The defending champions’ giant yellow sledgehammer decided a thrilling contest and hinted at unstoppable French strengthPlenty of weighty questions will continue to hang in the Dublin air in the months ahead after the stunning Champions Cup final between La Rochelle and Leinster on Saturday. An official investigation has already been opened into a reported altercation in the tunnel at half-time but the implications of what unfolded on the field could prove even more significant in the medi
  
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• British woman missing on Greek island found dead in remote area

  21-05-2023 17:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Susan Hart, 74, from Bath, was on holiday in Telendos when she disappeared on 30 AprilA woman who went missing on holiday on a Greek island three weeks ago has been found dead in a remote area.Susan Hart, 74, from Bath, was in Telendos with her husband, Ed, when she disappeared on 30 April. Continue reading...
  
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• Save our pudding! Why restaurant desserts are disappearing

  21-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  They were once a high spot of eating out. Now you’re lucky if the pudding menu stretches to a couple of choices. Is the UK losing its sweet tooth?Nothing baffles Grace Dent more than being deliberately served “stone-cold” bread and butter pudding: “It should obviously be hot. That’s what makes it soft, delicious and yielding. I’ve had that twice.”While it’s a quick, simple way for a restaurant to conclude a meal, cold bread and butter pudding is, f
  
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• From exquisite beauty to lingering horror: the secret world of Australia’s herbarium

  21-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With 1.4m specimens kept in state-of-the-art sealed vaults, the $280m collection holds stories of the past, predictions for the future – and plants that could literally change your mindGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAt the National Herbarium of New South Wales, specimens of plant species are treated with reverence. They are kept in temperature-controlled sealed vaults, in immaculate condition, behind thick walls of rammed earth that are fire- and waterproof. These plants, after
  
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• ‘Can I just … rest?’: guilt, the four-day working week and what to do with the fifth day

  21-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As support for the four-day working week grows, we wrestle with the culture of achievement and busyness, and feelings of guilt and accountabilityThe clatter and clamour of the morning is gone. Coffee dregs stain the base of a pair of cups. Cereal bowls are stacked in the sink. The sound of my footsteps down the hallway bounce through the house and the keys clash on the drawers like a cymbal. Everyone has gone. Off to work, off to school. Except me.I work a four-day week and today is my fifth day
  
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• Road safety groups hit out at Suella Braverman over speeding incident

  21-05-2023 16:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Home secretary accused of downplaying offence after reportedly requesting private speed awareness courseRoad safety campaigners have accused the UK home secretary of trying to downplay the dangers of speeding after she reportedly requested a private speed awareness course after being caught driving over the speed limit.Suella Braverman became the latest minister to be caught committing a road traffic offence when she was clocked speeding last summer when she was attorney general. Continue readin
  
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• Climate change: Ministers lack urgency on flood risks, critics say

  21-05-2023 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opposition parties and environmental campaigners say the planning systems needs reform.
  
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• ‘It was utterly surreal’: police accused of farcical error after 14 arrested at seminar on day of coronation

  21-05-2023 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Primary teacher and ex-civil servant were among those attending class. Here they recount what happened“I felt that they knew by the time they had taken us to the station in the van that they had the wrong people,” said Lauren, 26, a medical writer in the pharmaceutical industry.The post-coronation wash-up over the last fortnight has been marked by an array of surreal stories of bungled arrests, from the republican activists swept up by police for possession of luggage straps to the p
  
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• Philosopher Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’

  21-05-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The controversial author on the importance of updating his landmark book on animal liberation, being ‘flexibly vegan’ and the ethical dangers of artificial intelligence for the non-human worldAustralian philosopher Peter Singer’s book Animal Liberation, published in 1975, exposed the realities of life for animals in factory farms and testing laboratories and provided a powerful moral basis for rethinking our relationship to them. Now, nearly 50 years on, Singer, 76, has a revis
  
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• Chris Harris Drives The AMG One | Top Gear Series 33 - Top Gear

  21-05-2023 16:00 via news.google.com
  
  Chris Harris Drives The AMG One | Top Gear Series 33  Top Gear
  
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• Full list of Essex banks closing in 2023 including Santander, Barclays and HSBC - Essex Live

  21-05-2023 15:55 via news.google.com
  Full list of Essex banks closing in 2023 including Santander, Barclays and HSBC  Essex LiveBarclays announce 12 more bank branches across England and Wales will close in August - the full list  LBCMajor high street bank to close further branches over the next few months – see the full list...  The SunUK bank closures IN FULL including Santander, Barclays and HSBC - search your town  The MirrorBarclays announce closures of 12 more branches - see if yo
  
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• Sunak ranks China as top challenge to global security - POLITICO Europe

  21-05-2023 15:40 via news.google.com
  Sunak ranks China as top challenge to global security  POLITICO EuropeRishi Sunak says China poses 'biggest challenge' to global security  Sky NewsChina poses biggest threat to global security, says Sunak  The GuardianChina challenges global security and prosperity, says Rishi Sunak  The TimesRishi Sunak: 'Authoritarian China poses the biggest challenge of our age'  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Great Manchester Run sees 25,000 people join 20th event

  21-05-2023 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elite runners including Sir Mo Farah took part along with a host of fundraisers and celebrities.
  
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• Don’t celebrate the prospect of the Tories in opposition – that’s the real danger zone | Nesrine Malik

  21-05-2023 15:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The NatCon conference showed how a rightwing network is spreading toxic ideology – away from government, it will only escalateOblivion. Possibly even extinction. That’s where the Conservative party is headed, it would be safe to assume, after the local elections wipeout, persistently poor polling and the failure of any mythical “Sunak bounce” to materialise. Based on last week’s National Conservatism conference, it looks as though the extreme Brexit-addled wing of t
  
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