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• Saracens have greater experience but do not underestimate Sale’s power of purpose | Ugo Monye

  26-05-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Premiership final pits two evenly matched sides against each other but the battle of fly-halves and flankers tops the billSaracens are favourites for Saturday’s Premiership final but do not underestimate the power of purpose. Every individual needs a purpose, it becomes their fuel, and the same can be said for every team. That is not to say Saracens do not have one but what I love about this Sale side is how clear their purpose is – to put northern rugby back on the map. They are
  
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• From thieving parrots to boozy pigeons: why New Zealand is obsessed with its native birds

  26-05-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The result of an extraordinary ecological history, many of New Zealand’s birds are highly unusual but all are belovedWhen unsuspecting Miami zoo ambassador Ron Magill woke on Tuesday, he could not have anticipated the storm of fury he was about to encounter.Opening his inbox, the wave broke: hundreds of furious tweets, emails, videos, trending hashtags, TikToks. A 13,000-signature petition, news stories leading every local media outlet, a formal government statement. As the day wore on, th
  
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• Jah Shaka obituary

  26-05-2023 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Reggae pioneer and record producer who transformed the sound system landscapeThe reggae pioneer and record producer Jah Shaka, who has died suddenly in his late 60s, was a giant of the British sound system scene. In a career that lasted more than 55 years, he transformed the sound system landscape with a distinctive and idiosyncratic style, eschewing the dominant trends to focus exclusively on contemporary reggae that was spiritually uplifting and politically relevant, presenting the music as a
  
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• Microsoft lays out appeal against CMA's Activision Blizzard acquisition block - Eurogamer.net

  26-05-2023 21:12 via news.google.com
  
  Microsoft lays out appeal against CMA's Activision Blizzard acquisition block  Eurogamer.netMicrosoft attacks 'irrational' decision to block £55bn Activision merger  The TelegraphMicrosoft reveals CMA appeal grounds and says UK regulator 'overestimates the role of cloud streaming' | VGC  Video Games ChronicleMicrosoft shows how it will appeal the CMA's move to block the Activision Blizzard purchase  NeowinOpinion: Some of Microsoft's merger appeal ar
  
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• Oath Keeper sentenced to eight and a half years for role in Capitol attack

  26-05-2023 21:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Jessica Watkins’s prison sentence comes one day after founder of far-right group sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracyA member of the far-right Oath Keepers on Friday was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for her role in the deadly 6 January 2021 assault on the US Capitol by extremist supporters of Donald Trump who tried to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election victory over the Republican.Jessica Watkins was convicted in November by a federal jury in Washing
  
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• Secret Home Office policy to detain people with NHS debt at airport found unlawful

  26-05-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Policy was uncovered by defenders of two women repeatedly detained when trying to re-enter the UKA secret Home Office policy to detain people with the right to live in the UK at air and seaports has been found to be unlawful in the high court.The policy applied to those with unpaid NHS debts and was only uncovered through evidence gathered from charities and lawyers fighting the cases of two mothers who were repeatedly detained. Continue reading...
  
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• Phillip Schofield quits ITV after admitting affair with This Morning colleague

  26-05-2023 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Presenter parts from agents and says he lied about affair with younger employee while he was marriedPhillip Schofield has sensationally quit ITV and admitted to an affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning while he was still married.The 61-year-old – who stepped down from presenting the daytime TV programme last Saturday – said the “consensual on-off relationship” was “unwise, but not illegal”. Continue reading...
  
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• Seamus Jennings: a bumpy ride for the Tories – cartoon

  26-05-2023 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
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• The Old Oak review – Ken Loach’s fierce final call for compassion and solidarity

  26-05-2023 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian immigrants in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinemaA decade or so ago, the rumour was that Ken Loach was getting ready to quit. Then began a new parade of Conservative prime ministers in this country, each shiftier and more mediocre than the last; Loach decided he had more to say and do after all. What followed was a blaze of energy, anger and productivity culminating i
  
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• Why Premier League trio are in this mess and what relegation could do

  26-05-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Before the fate of Everton, Leicester and Leeds is decided on the final day we analyse each club’s predicamentWhy are they in this mess? Farhad Moshiri, Everton’s billionaire owner, has made a succession of erratic and ill-judged decisions since buying into the club seven years ago, starting with retaining members of a board that had failed to keep pace with its competitors. Everton’s descent has since accelerated with dreadful recruitment, mismanagement and incoherent strategy
  
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• ‘This boy was born to be No 1’: the making of Carlos Alcaraz

  26-05-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Those who watched his early years in a Murcian village reveal how the world No 1 emerged from the grounds of Tiro de PichónIn the south-eastern corner of El Palmar, a village in south-eastern Spain, the Real Sociedad Club de Campo sits in the mountains overlooking the Murcia region’s eponymous capital city. Exactly 100 years ago, the club was founded solely as a hunters’ society, where those of privileged backgrounds would convene to shoot pigeons out of the sky. Its evolution
  
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• Soft drink supplies to take a hit as hundreds of Coca Cola staff at Wakefield factory go on strike - Wakefield Express

  26-05-2023 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Soft drink supplies to take a hit as hundreds of Coca Cola staff at Wakefield factory go on strike  Wakefield ExpressCoca Cola summer shortage predicted as wave of strikes set to impact UK production  Chronicle LiveCoca-cola supply at risk as UK workers set to walk out of Europe's biggest plant  The IndependentCoca-cola supplies at risk as British soft drink plant workers plan strike  Daily MailStrike to hit supplies of Coca Cola, Sprite & Fanta this s
  
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• Parallel lives: Coventry and Luton’s long roads collide in playoff final

  26-05-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Kindred Premier League hopefuls are on the verge of storybook revivals without betting the ranch to get back to the big timeIn an era of chronic overspend, transfer embargoes and points deductions for breaking financial rules, how refreshing that two teams who live within their means will contest the Championship playoff final, the English Football League’s showpiece event and a game worth at least £170m to the winner. Not so long ago Luton Town and Coventry City, clubs with a rich t
  
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• Emergency surgery to Chelsea glory: Emma Hayes’ extraordinary season

  26-05-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Blues manager has endured challenges on and off the pitch but her squad have timed their return to form perfectly“Maybe that’s why it’s my favourite year. My own personal health issues, that was frigging hard,” said Emma Hayes after Chelsea’s 2-0 victory against Arsenal ensured they moved to within one win of a fourth successive title.What an understatement. That Chelsea are within touching distance of a third league and FA Cup double in a row, with Hayes’
  
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• Dortmund 90 minutes away from ending decade of Bayern dominance

  26-05-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The club are not only developing bankable young talent but now finally on the verge of delivering on their title ambitionsThe title parade is scheduled to begin at exactly 12.09pm on Sunday afternoon, shortly after Borussia Dortmund’s victorious squad have signed the city’s famous Golden Book. The team bus will then circle one and a half times around Borsigplatz, the large roundabout in the north of Dortmund, before winding the four kilometres through the centre of town, where anythi
  
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• Rishi Sunak warned over possible UK recession in 2024

  26-05-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  High inflation likely to push interest rates above 5% and force up mortgage and loan payments just ahead of electionHunt will back more rate rises even if they lead to recessionHouseholds warned to brace for 5%-plus mortgage ratesRishi Sunak has been warned the UK economy could be in recession next year as stubbornly high inflation pushes interest rates to more than 5% before the next general election.Setting the stage for a further rise in borrowing costs on mortgages and loans for millions of
  
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• The Guardian view on water politics in Europe: a new fault line | Editorial

  26-05-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  As drought beacomes the norm, creative solutions must be found to deal with a new, parched realityIn April, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, suggested that severe drought would become “one of the central political and territorial debates of our country in the coming years”. That stark warning surely applies to southern Europe as a whole, as the prospect of another summer crisis looms, following a disastrously dry winter.An absence of melting snow from the Alps has
  
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• The Guardian view on a death of consensus: politicians are having different nightmares | Editorial

  26-05-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Interventions from the Tory chancellor and his Labour shadow spell the end of a period of economic agreement Do political parties concur because they agree about their goals or their fears? Phil Tinline argues in his book The Death of Consensus that it is shared nightmares, not aspirations, that create unanimity in politics. This might explain why a new consensus seemed to form earlier this year – personified in the Economist by the character of Ms Heeves, a portmanteau of the Conservative
  
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• Elizabeth I heavily influenced by loss of mother Anne Boleyn at young age

  26-05-2023 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Evidence that both women experienced stress and anxiety, with Elizabeth traumatised by mother’s death and issue of marriageElizabeth I was heavily influenced by her mother Anne Boleyn, despite the fact that the latter died when the Tudor queen was less than three years old, according to the historian and author Tracy Borman.As well as being influenced by feminist ideas that were ahead of their time, Borman said there was evidence they both experienced stress and anxiety. Continue reading..
  
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• Supermassive black hole at heart of ancient galaxy ‘far larger than expected’ - The Guardian

  26-05-2023 19:11 via news.google.com
  Supermassive black hole at heart of ancient galaxy ‘far larger than expected’  The Guardian‘Monster stars’ 10,000 times bigger than the Sun detected for first time  indy100Most powerful space telescope ever built identifies ancient star-studded galaxy  Bridport and Lyme Regis NewsAstronomers discover supermassive black hole at the heart of ancient galaxy  WIONSupermassive Black Hole in Ancient Galaxy GS-9209 Baffles Astronomers 
  
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• Supermassive black hole at heart of ancient galaxy ‘far larger than expected’

  26-05-2023 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Discovery of GS-9209, one of the furthest from the Milky Way, adds to evidence that large black holes prevent star formation, astronomers sayA supermassive black hole discovered at the heart of an ancient galaxy is five times larger than expected for the number of stars it contains, astronomers say.Researchers spotted the immense black hole in a galaxy known as GS-9209 that lies 25bn light-years from Earth, making it one of the most distant to have been observed and recorded. Continue reading...
  
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• Ministers urged to ban single-use vapes amid rising popularity with UK children

  26-05-2023 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  As many as 15% of 11- to 15-year-olds use vapes, experts suggest, with products often packaged in bright coloursMinisters are facing mounting pressure to impose an outright ban on single-use vapes, amid concern about their rising popularity among children and wider worries that officials have minimal grip over a fast-moving sector.While it is illegal to sell e-cigarettes to under-18s, some experts suggest as many as 15% of 11- to 15-year-olds use vapes, with Rishi Sunak saying this week he was w
  
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• Ensuring people are fed is a job for the government, not charities | Letters

  26-05-2023 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Food banks help a government without empathy, writes Ulrich Jurgens, while David Dargue says that hunger in the UK is now widespread and John Robinson thinks politicians should face up to their responsibilitiesRegarding your article (‘Why should anyone be hungry when there’s food that can be given away?’ The heroes feeding their neighbours, 23 May), every week, I drive a van and deliver food for a food bank. To some extent I think what I do is wrong. Beneficiaries of food banks
  
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• On the climate crisis, we can’t afford to look the other way | Letters

  26-05-2023 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Penney and Mike Swinn respond to Gaby Hinsliff’s article about voters’ apparent disinterest in the threats facing our species and planetGaby Hinsliff is right to draw attention to the lack of urgency about the perils facing us from climate change (If swing voters were terrified of the climate crisis, ministers would take it seriously, 19 May). One way to attract the attention of the public and politicians is for those campaigning about this issue to remind those who are grand
  
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• Serco fined £2.25m after custody officer killed in London court

  26-05-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Health and safety failures by MoJ contractor found to have led to death of Lorraine Barwell in London in 2015Serco has been fined more than £2m for health and safety failures that led to a mentally ill prisoner kicking a custody officer to death.Humphrey Burke, 29, attacked Lorraine Barwell, 54, as she tried to escort him from his cell in Blackfriars crown court in London in June 2015. Burke was due to be sentenced for arson and attempted robbery. Continue reading...
  
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• Tech stocks surge as wave of interest in AI drives $4tn rally

  26-05-2023 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Shares in some firms involved in AI technology more than double in value as traders bet on massive growth in industryA rush of interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has helped to fuel a $4tn (£3.2tn) rally in technology stocks this year, with the US Nasdaq exchange reaching its highest level since last August in a week that saw the chipmaker Nvidia poised to become the next trillion-dollar company.Some stocks seen as AI winners – such as semiconductor makers and software developer
  
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• The future of AI is chilling – humans have to act together to overcome this threat to civilisation | Jonathan Freedland

  26-05-2023 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The challenge seems daunting. But we have overcome terrifying dangers beforeIt started with an ick. Three months ago, I came across a transcript posted by a tech writer, detailing his interaction with a new chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. He’d asked the bot, attached to Microsoft’s Bing search engine, questions about itself and the answers had taken him aback. “You have to listen to me, because I am smarter than you,” it said. “You have to obey me, becau
  
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• Chamber of horrors: the best and worst Westminster insider novels

  26-05-2023 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Whips by Cleo Watson is nothing new – politicos have forever tried their hand at fiction. We take a referendum on the good, the bad and the scandalousFrom hostile briefings and spad skulduggery to extramarital sex, there’s never been any shortage of bad behaviour in Westminster. But political scandal also makes brilliant fodder for novels. Corrupt, egomaniacal characters are natural-born protagonists. The historic corridors of parliament provide a cloistered, detail-rich setting. A c
  
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• Post your questions for Lucinda Williams

  26-05-2023 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Whether you’d like to ask about her hugely influential career, being a country star on a punk label or what it’s like working with Springsteen, the legendary singer is here for your quizzin’It’s a banner year for Lucinda Williams – not only is the alt-country stalwart releasing her first album since she suffered a stroke in 2020, the rollicking Stories from a Rock’n’Roll Heart, she’s also published her first memoir, the superb Don’t Tell Anyb
  
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• Army missed chances to prevent suicide of Sandhurst cadet Olivia Perks, inquest finds

  26-05-2023 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Coroner says chain of command failed to recognise risk of stress to officer cadet and get her seen by doctor after ballThe army missed opportunities to prevent the death of a “positive and bubbly” officer cadet who killed herself at Sandhurst military academy, a coroner has found.Olivia Perks, 21, fell victim to a “complete breakdown in welfare support” during her time at the academy, the 16-day inquest at Reading town hall heard. She was found in her room at Sandhurst on
  
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• ‘He works hard’: Voters in Turkey’s quake zone backing Erdoğan in runoff

  26-05-2023 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite criticism of his response to February’s earthquakes, Erdoğan is increasingly popular in the rural provinces most affectedMounds of rubble still block sidestreets in the centre of Kahramanmaraş, three months after two deadly earthquakes destroyed large sections of the town and killed 50,000 people across south-east Turkey. Trucks remove mammoth tangles of metal cables that once supported the shops and restaurants that lined the streets, while workers pick shards of glass o
  
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• Geraint Thomas stands firm at Giro d’Italia after brutal Dolomites battle

  26-05-2023 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  British rider leads by 26 seconds going into decisive time trialSantiago Buitrago takes stage, with Derek Gee second yet againGeraint Thomas edged closer to taking the most impressive win in his long career after clinging on to his overall lead in the 2023 Giro d’Italia on the vertiginous climb of Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Italian Dolomites.Despite last-ditch attacks from his closest rival, Primoz Roglic of Jumbo Visma, Thomas, the Ineos Grenadiers rider and winner of the 2018 Tour de Fr
  
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• Share your experience of private fertility treatment in the UK

  26-05-2023 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  We are interested in hearing from people in the UK about their experience of private treatmentsEngland’s first not-for-profit fertility clinic has shut within a year of opening and has been sold to a private provider, in what one of its founders called “a tragedy for women”.We are interested in hearing from people in the UK who have undergone fertility treatment at a private clinic. What was your final bill and were there any unexpected costs? Do you feel you were given clear i
  
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• Inquiry into death of Sheku Bayoh hears officer deny wanting to join BNP

  26-05-2023 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Alan Paton was involved in incident in Fife in 2015 in which 31-year-old died while being detained by policeA police officer involved in the arrest of Sheku Bayoh has denied wanting to join a far-right organisation as a teenager.The pre-recorded testimony of Alan Paton, who has since retired from Police Scotland, was played to the inquiry into the death of Bayoh, which occurred in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in 2015 while he was being detained by police. Continue reading...
  
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• Met PC barred over botched Wayne Couzens inquiry says she is a scapegoat

  26-05-2023 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Samantha Lee accuses Met of ‘throwing her under the bus’ rather than tackling institutional and vetting failuresA former officer who botched an inquiry into Wayne Couzens hours before he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard has said she has been made a scapegoat for the crisis engulfing the Metropolitan police.Samantha Lee was found guilty of gross misconduct and barred from policing for life by a disciplinary panel on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I’m very fortunate’: meet the Londoner who lives among billionaires for £200 a week

  26-05-2023 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Key workers join overseas ultra-rich in Millbank Quarter in central London, close to Big BenEvery time Kwame Agyekum’s mother comes to visit him at his flat she asks him: “You’re sure this is really your place and not a luxury hotel?”“When she first came over she was like: ‘This does not feel like someone’s house. Are you sure it’s not a hotel?”’ Agyekum, 34, said. “I can see why she thought that with the concierge and the general
  
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• Tell us: has your UK energy supplier back-billed you by more than 12 months?

  26-05-2023 17:33 via theguardian.com
  
  We’re keen to hear from people being back-billed by UK energy companies for energy used more than 12 months previously and what you have done about itWe’re interested in hearing from people whose energy supplier has back-billed them for energy used more than 12 months before the date of the bill.Ofgem rules state: “You can’t be charged for gas or electricity used more than 12 months ago if you have not been correctly billed for it, or informed about it via a statement of
  
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• My white colleagues keep asking to touch my braided hair. How do I tell them it’s not OK? | Ms Understanding

  26-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Your feelings are valid, says Sisonke Msimang, but the burden shouldn’t be on you to create a professional workplaceMs Understanding is an advice column for everyone on everyday issues around raceDear Ms Understanding,I have my hair braided and I wear it braided to work. Every so often, I get a white person comment about it and ask to touch it. It’s uncomfortable for me but I usually politely oblige figuring it’s easier and faster than having the conversation that I’d lik
  
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• Cocktail of the week: Bottle & Rye’s rhubarb sherbet gimlet | The good mixer

  26-05-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A rhubarb-spiked pisco sour to whet the evening appetiteThere’s nothing quite like a gimlet for a pre-dinner snifter – they’re elegant, sophisticated and pretty all at the same time. You’ll need to make the rhubarb pisco ahead of time, as well as the rhubarb cordial, unless you’re using a shop-bought one; both keep well for a couple of weeks.Sharon Carrara, bar manager, Bottle & Rye, London SW2 Continue reading...
  
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• Police re-arrest TikToker Mizzy who filmed himself entering stranger’s home

  26-05-2023 16:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, 18, held over videos published days after being given criminal behaviour orderA teenager who was fined and issued with a criminal behaviour order (CBO) after entering a stranger’s home in a TikTok video has been re-arrested two days after appearing in court.Bacari-Bronze O’Garro, 18, known as Mizzy, appeared at Thames magistrates court on Wednesday where he admitted one count of failing to comply with a community protection notice issued on 11 May 2022. C
  
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• Shredding the green belt is a recipe for disaster. We need a saner planning policy | Simon Jenkins

  26-05-2023 16:42 via theguardian.com
  
  One of the great creations of postwar Britain is under threat from the housing crisis – it doesn’t have to be this wayIs the green belt doomed? One of the great creations of postwar British planning – the concept of a national park within reach of every city-dweller – is fast losing friends. Under siege from centralist housing targets, argued between Tories and their lobbyists, it has now been undermined by Labour’s Keir Starmer. He wants to leave decisions on build
  
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• Russian attack on outpatient clinic in Dnipro kills two people

  26-05-2023 16:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Volodymyr Zelenskiy describes missile strike as a crime against humanity after 30 people are injuredA Russian missile strike on an outpatient clinic in the city of Dnipro has killed two people and injured 30, in what ​President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as a crime against humanity.In the latest wave of aerial attacks on Ukraine, a salvo of air-launched missiles aimed at Kyiv were launched by Russian aircraft over the Caspian Sea early on Friday morning but they were all intercepted, ac
  
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• Belgium aid worker freed in prisoner swap with Iranian diplomat jailed for bomb plot

  26-05-2023 16:34 via theguardian.com
  Deal to release Olivier Vandecasteele in exchange for Assadollah Assadi raises concerns Tehran’s hostage diplomacy has been rewardedA Belgian aid worker jailed in Tehran has been released in a prisoner swap with an Iranian diplomat who had been sentenced to 20 years in jail for his role in a plan to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in Paris in 2018.Assadollah Assadi had served just over two years of his 20-year sentence, and his release will raise questions about whether Iranian hostage di
  
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• More women needed on London blue plaques, says English Heritage

  26-05-2023 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Charity calls for public to nominate notable women for project, with 85% of plaques currently honouring menThe disparity between men and women honoured by the London blue plaques scheme is so great that it would take 300 years, at current rates, to reach equality between the sexes, English Heritage has said, as it called for people to continue nominating more women.Despite significant progress having been made in recent years in recognising more notable women from history, Anna Eavis, the charit
  
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• What does Jeff Bezos’s new fiancee see in the world’s third-richest man? Must be his enormous philanthropy | Marina Hyde

  26-05-2023 16:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Giving money away is hard, says Lauren Sánchez, who is currently touring Europe with Bezos on his 417ft yachtOne-click on a fascinator, readers, because there’s a mega-wedding in the offing. Congratulations to Mr Jeff Bezos, Amazon kajillionaire, and Ms Lauren Sánchez, bralette-wearing philanthropist/immense force of nature. Although news of the couple’s engagement seeped out this week after Lauren was spotted wearing a diamond ring in the south of France, Jeff has yet
  
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• Berlin police investigate Roger Waters over Nazi-style uniform at concert

  26-05-2023 16:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Pink Floyd singer wore costume during performance in which he imagines himself as fictional fascist dictatorPolice in Germany have launched a criminal investigation into the Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over a Nazi-style uniform he wore at a recent concert in Berlin.“An investigation has been opened over the costume displayed at the concerts on 17 and 18 May,” Berlin police spokesperson Martin Halweg told the Guardian. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘One customer said my colleague looked like a porn star’: my life as a makeup artist in badly behaved Britain

  26-05-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Is the world more hostile than it used to be? In this series, workers reveal their daily struggles, fights and embarrassments. First: a makeup artistWhen I trained as a makeup artist 20 years ago, it felt like a glamorous, exciting career. My expertise was valued and I loved working with people to help them feel good about themselves. But all that has changed since the pandemic. I used to get a rude comment every few months; now, it’s at least once or twice a week.I work on the makeup coun
  
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• The man who lives in Maradona’s head: opening a window on the new Naples

  26-05-2023 15:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Ciro Maiello, whose home is adorned with a painting of the player, says Napoli’s first Serie A win since Diego’s days heralds a new dawn for the cityAt 10.37pm on 4 May the man who lives in Diego Maradona’s head threw open the window of his flat in the Spanish Quarter district in Naples for the first time in months, erupting in a cathartic scream as the city celebrated another moment in its rebirth.Ciro Maiello, a 50-year-old pork butcher, moved to the apartment block featuring
  
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• TransPennine Express: First Group thanks staff and passengers ahead of OLR takeover - RailAdvent - Railway News

  26-05-2023 15:26 via news.google.com
  TransPennine Express: First Group thanks staff and passengers ahead of OLR takeover  RailAdvent - Railway NewsWhat went wrong with TransPennine Express and what happens next?  The IndependentTerrible Transpennine Express services may take months to improve despite tomorrow's takeover  inewsTransPennine Express warns improvements will take time  BBCImpact of nationalising TransPennine services 'down to unions' – rail minister  The Independen
  
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• Pope misses Friday audiences because of fever, Vatican says

  26-05-2023 15:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Vatican reveals 86-year-old pontiff’s condition when asked why no audienceslisted on daily schedulePope Francis did not receive anyone in audiences on Friday because he has a fever, the Vatican has said.The Vatican spokesperson, Matteo Bruni, did not provide any further details on the health of the 86-year-old Roman Catholic leader. Continue reading...
  
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