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• Teen on e-bike dies after being followed by police in Salford

  08-06-2023 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 15-year-old boy collided with a parked ambulance after he was followed by police traffic officers.
  
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• Boris Johnson has Partygate inquiry findings ahead of report's publication

  08-06-2023 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A committee is deciding whether the former PM purposely misled Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street.
  
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• British child among injured in French park attack

  08-06-2023 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All four children are in hospital and officials have told the BBC they are in a stable condition.
  
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• Humza Yousaf 'disturbed' by claims NHSGGC spied on families

  08-06-2023 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has admitted paying a private company to monitor bereaved families.
  
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• 'Soulmates' who were 'joined at the hip' kill themselves and their dogs in suicide pact

  08-06-2023 21:57 via express.co.uk
  
  A police investigation about an incident in Wales and financial stresses were said to be two of the reasons why a devoted couple killed themselves at their home.
  
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• West Ham trophy parade draws huge east London crowds

  08-06-2023 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crowds in east London celebrate West Ham football club's first major trophy for 43 years.
  
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• Donald Trump asks for new trial in E Jean Carroll sexual abuse case – live

  08-06-2023 21:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Former US president wants new trial weeks after being told to pay $5m in damages by Manhattan court While we’ve been focusing on the supreme court this morning, we’ve also been watching developments in the House of Representatives. Hardline Republicans have effectively paralyzed the chamber because they’re unhappy at speaker Kevin McCarthy over the deal with Democrats that raised the US debt ceiling.The spat appears to have widened to envelop No 2 House Republican Steve Scalise
  
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• J Hus: Who Told You review – the song of the summer has arrived

  08-06-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  With a jazzy guest spot from Drake, this ode to the joy of dancing shows how masterful each MC is at moving with a beatInflate the unicorn, charge the vape, put this year’s iteration of alcopop on ice and set your fingers to gun: the song of the summer has arrived.In a music and media industry in need of catchy frameworks (guilty), defining the season’s banger has become a yearly pastime, but 2023 was starting to feel a bit nervy. Pundits have been reaching for tracks
  
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• Pat Robertson obituary

  08-06-2023 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  US television evangelist who sought the Republican presidential nomination and helped make religion central to the party’s politicsAlthough the concept of separation of church and state is entrenched in the US constitution, the influence of churchmen in political affairs is an American tradition dating back to the colonial era. Indeed, modern media has made the voice of contemporary evangelists every bit as powerful as Cotton Mather’s sermons were to the early Puritans. Pat Robertson
  
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• Five killed in shooting at car wash near Nazareth as Israel sees wave of violence

  08-06-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Police believe Yafa an-Naseriyye incident was connected to dispute between organised crime familiesFive people have been killed in a shooting at a car wash in an Arab town in northern Israel, police said, the latest incident in a wave of criminal violence tearing through the minority community.Police said they believed the shooting on Thursday in the town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, near the city of Nazareth, was connected to a dispute between organised crime families. Continue reading...
  
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• Russian man dies after being mauled by shark off Egyptian Red Sea resort

  08-06-2023 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities close off 46-mile stretch of coastline after man attacked by tiger shark near HurghadaA Russian man has died after being mauled by a shark off one of Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, Egyptian and Russian authorities have said.Egypt’s environment ministry said the man was killed on Thursday after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada. Authorities closed off a 46-mile (74km) stretch of the coastline, announcing it would remain off-limits until Sund
  
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• 40k asylum seekers who crossed Channel given 'de facto amnesty'

  08-06-2023 20:51 via express.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of illegal migrants have been handed a "de facto amnesty" for crossing the Channel.
  
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• 'Recently discovered dinosaur believed to be last of its kind' - Geo News

  08-06-2023 20:45 via news.google.com
  
  'Recently discovered dinosaur believed to be last of its kind'  Geo NewsNewly-discovered 100m-year-old dinosaur with 'beautiful skull' is bombshell find  Daily StarDinosaur named after 2-faced Roman god could be 'missing link' in duck-billed dinos' evolution  Livescience.comNew dinosaur named after two-faced Roman god struggled to survive climate change  ZME ScienceNew Toothy Herbivore Dinosaur "Iani" Could Have Been The Last Of Its Kind  IFLScie
  
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• Teenager, 15, dies after e-bike smashes into ambulance following police chase

  08-06-2023 20:38 via express.co.uk
  
  An ambulance at the scene of the fatal crash in Salford has a smashed windscreen.
  
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• ‘They hate us so much’: villagers flee flooding after dam attack

  08-06-2023 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
  In Bilozerka, eight miles west of Kherson, people try to rescue animals and possessions but are forced to wait for waters to recedeIt took 24 hours for the flood waters to come to Bilozerka, a frontline village 8 miles west of Kherson. When they did, in a 90-minute rush early on Wednesday, they flooded out about 24 cottages in two streets by the waterline – the fast rising levels forcing Oleksandr to flee his home of 22 years.“I was hiding in the attic, it was probably 4am, and I rea
  
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• Touching tribute planned for 'beautiful' girl, 12, who died in Bournemouth Beach tragedy

  08-06-2023 20:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people attended Sunnah Khan's funeral and now the family is fundraising for a memorial headstone for their 12-year-old daughter's grave.
  
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• Kakhovka dam collapse unlikely to hurt Ukraine counteroffensive but will have long-term impact

  08-06-2023 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Catastrophe is also likely to fuel concerns about Moscow’s brinkmanship, if suspicions that Russia blew up the dam are provedThe collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam is not likely to significantly hinder the first stages of the counteroffensive against Russian troops, now gathering force across the country’s south and east.A river crossing in Kherson province, downstream from the dam, would have been technically challenging and extremely risky even before the area became a vast f
  
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• Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden seal landmark deal on UK-US cooperation

  08-06-2023 20:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Atlantic declaration signals major shift away from recent UK mantra of unfettered free tradeUK politics liveRishi Sunak and Joe Biden have announced a landmark deal for transatlantic cooperation that moves the UK firmly into the US administration’s economic orbit and marks a revival in ties after the turbulence of Brexit.While the so-called “Atlantic declaration” unveiled by the two leaders at the end of Sunak’s visit to the US capital is little more than a series of econ
  
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• Up to 40 security guards at UCL could lose jobs under restructuring

  08-06-2023 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Contractor says many of its staff rely on working 60 hours a week, but could see this reduced to 42 on average Dozens of security guards at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities face losing their jobs, while many more are likely to see pay cuts of as much as £13,500 a year during the cost of living crisis, their representatives have said.In the latest episode in the long-running fight by outsourced workers at University College London (UCL), the staff have been told that, wit
  
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• Drone footage shows flooded minefields in southern Ukraine – video

  08-06-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage recorded in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region shows heavily mined areas inundated with flood water after the Kakhovka dam was destroyed. Mine specialists said they feared the explosive devices could be uprooted and endanger civilian areas. Jasmine Dann, a regional operation manager for the Halo Trust, which specialises in clearing mines and other explosive devices in conflict zones, said: 'For the past two days, we have not been able to access any of those minefields and we believe that
  
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• Tense fighting reported as Ukrainian forces go on attack south of Zaporizhzhia

  08-06-2023 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Counteroffensive reported to have begun, with large force pushing assault against Russian positionsA substantial Ukrainian force was pushing an assault against Russian positions in the south on Thursday, in an intensification of fighting that some Ukrainian officials and western analysts said marked the start in earnest of Kyiv’s much-vaunted counteroffensive.The combat against Russian positions south of Zaporizhzhia included western-supplied tanks and armoured vehicles and infantry backed
  
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• Common energy drink ingredient taurine ‘may slow ageing process’

  08-06-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists call for major clinical trial after lifespans of mice extended by boosting levels of micronutrientScientists have called for a major clinical trial of a substance added to many energy drinks after studies in animals showed that supplementation may slow the ageing process and promote healthier lives.Researchers found that levels of the micronutrient, taurine, fell substantially with age, but that topping them up to more youthful levels boosted the health of mice and monkeys and even ex
  
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• Whiskey-a-no-no: dog toy cannot mimic Jack Daniel’s, US supreme court rules

  08-06-2023 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Justices unanimously reject lower court ruling that defined Bad Spaniel chew toy as ‘expressive work’ exempt from trademark lawThe US supreme court on Thursday gave a boost to Jack Daniel’s in its trademark dispute with a dog accessory company that sold a parody chew toy resembling the distiller’s widely recognized black-label whiskey bottle.The 9-0 decision written by Justice Elena Kagan, from the liberal wing of the bench, threw out a lower court’s ruling that the
  
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• Croydon tram driver ‘became disoriented’ prior to 2016 crash

  08-06-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Alfred Dorris, 49, apologises to families of seven victims while giving evidence for the first time at Old Bailey trialThe driver in the Croydon tram disaster has apologised to the families of the victims, saying: “I’m sorry that I became disoriented.”Alfred Dorris, 49, was allegedly going three times the speed he was supposed to before his tram derailed on a sharp curve at Sandilands in south London, killing seven passengers and seriously injuring 19 more. Continue reading...
  
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• UK Athletics handed £150,000 in lottery cash to stage London Diamond League

  08-06-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  UK Sport helps cash-strapped governing body to stage eventUKA feared they could lose £500,000 from hosting meetingCash-strapped UK Athletics has been handed £150,000 of lottery cash to help stage next month’s London Diamond League meeting in a major boost for the struggling governing body.At one stage, UKA feared they could lose about £500,000 from the meeting at the London Stadium but insiders have told the Guardian the injection of the money from UK Sport’s major
  
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• Trump lawyers request new trial in E Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

  08-06-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Attorneys, in Manhattan federal court filing, say award of $5m in damages for sexual abuse and defamation was excessiveDonald Trump on Thursday asked for a new trial in a civil case brought by writer E Jean Carroll, in which a jury last month found the former US president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer and awarded her $5m in damages.In a filing in Manhattan federal court, Trump’s lawyers said the jury’s $2m award for the sexual abuse portion of the verdict was &l
  
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• The Guardian view on the future of social care: a chance for Labour | Editorial

  08-06-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservative neglect of the system has been a disaster. Wes Streeting and his colleagues must show they can do better Two proposals in the course of a week present opposing approaches to England’s care crisis. A government scheme will recruit volunteers to run errands, in a desperate attempt to lessen the problem of people stuck in hospital because they can’t be safely discharged. Tasks, including collecting prescriptions, will be allocated via an app. A far more substantial plan fro
  
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• The Guardian view on the Republican primary: leader of the unappetising pack | Editorial

  08-06-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  The candidates proliferate – but Donald Trump, running both as former president and insurgent, is far ahead of themDonald Trump has an excess of companions in the race for the Republican nomination for 2024, but a paucity of rivals. The quantity of candidates in the presidential primary so far appears in inverse relationship to the threat they pose to him. The main question prompted by several recent declarees is not how they might win or what they might offer, but simply “why?&rdquo
  
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• Australia take control of WTC final as India contribute to own downfall

  08-06-2023 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  World Test Championship final D2: Australia 469; India 151-5Three India batters bowled after leaving ballOn a day of unbroken sunshine at the Oval India toiled in Australia’s shadow. Ascendant at the end of day one, Pat Cummins’ side were resplendent at stumps on day two and, though Ravindra Jadeja and Ajinkya Rahane led something of a late fightback, India ended the day on 151 for five, still 318 behind.They will feel they contributed to their own downfall. There was some unexceptio
  
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• Footage released of moment Sgt Matt Ratana is shot by gunman in custody

  08-06-2023 19:20 via express.co.uk
  
  WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT The defendant denies murder after he is accused of killing the officer with a gun hidden under his armpit.
  
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• Keir Starmer’s centralist rule is not the Labour we know | Letters

  08-06-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Mike Sheaff cannot remember a time when party democracy was held in such disregard; plus letters from Phil Davis, Frank Newhofer and Matthew BowlesI am grateful that the Guardian gives space to Simon Jenkins’s warning of the dangers to democracy evident in Labour’s decision to prevent Jamie Driscoll’s re-selection as Labour’s candidate for North of Tyne mayor (Keir Starmer says he wants to empower local communities. The Jamie Driscoll affair suggests otherwise, 5 June), a
  
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• The Y2K bug should teach us to be wary of AI | Letters

  08-06-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  John Thow on the global effort that prevented a Y2K disaster, and Robert Frazer on Isaac Asimov’s laws of roboticsRe the existential threat from AI (Letters, 2 June), Phyl Hyde says the concerns over Y2K were “a panic” about an “overblown future cause”. Like many IT specialists across the world, I am fed up with this misinterpretation of what happened. Organisations put serious money into employing thousands of people to inspect their systems and to amend them to en
  
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• Glastonbury: Disposable vapes added to 'what not to bring' list

  08-06-2023 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The festival extends its "reduce, reuse, recycle" slogan to "environmentally hazardous" e-cigarettes..
  
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• Karolina Muchova inflicts shock French Open semi-final defeat on Sabalenka

  08-06-2023 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Unseeded player reaches first Grand Slam finalCzech wins tight thriller 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5Karolina Muchova saved a match point to stun Aryna Sabalenka and reach her first grand slam final at the French Open.The unseeded Czech fought back from 5-2 down in the deciding set to claim a 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 7-5 victory in a tremendous contest lasting three hours and 13 minutes. Sabalenka, who was bidding to win back-to-back slam titles after lifting the Australian Open trophy, appeared to have turned t
  
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• UK heatwave: How does sunscreen work?

  08-06-2023 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Do you know your UVA from your UVB?
  
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• Palestinian journalist hit in head by bullet during raid on terror suspect’s home

  08-06-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  News photographer Moamen Sumreen, 22, had been covering the demolition of the apartment in RamallahA Palestinian news photographer is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit in the head by a rubber bullet during a rare Israeli raid in Ramallah, the Palestinian administrative capital in the occupied West Bank.A convoy of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) vehicles entered the city late on Wednesday night in order to demolish the home of a terrorism suspect who had been accused of planting two
  
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• War Pony review – rousing tale of love and money on a Native American reservation

  08-06-2023 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  The tenderness, wisdom and instinct to survive of two teenage males is beautifully observed in actor-turned-director Riley Keough’s debut featureActor Riley Keough establishes her film-making credentials with this terrific debut feature, co-directed with Gina Gammell. It is a movie set on and around the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota and is scripted by Gammell with Bill Reddy and Franklin Sioux Bob. It’s a really heartfelt and absorbing story (with something of Chloé Z
  
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• Jack Draper to miss Wimbledon with shoulder injury in latest fitness blow

  08-06-2023 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  British player suffered injury in buildup to French OpenDraper makes ‘difficult decision to miss grass-court season’Jack Draper will miss Wimbledon because of the shoulder injury he suffered at the French Open last week. It is a huge blow to the 21-year-old, whose progress has been disrupted by a series of injuries.Draper suffered the injury in practice before his first-round match at Roland Garros against Tomas Etcheverry last Monday. The British No 4 was forced to serve underarm at
  
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• Joe Biden calls Rishi Sunak 'president' by mistake

  08-06-2023 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK prime minister and US president were speaking to the media ahead of talks in Washington.
  
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• Giant vessel housing asylum seekers could be docked in Plymouth

  08-06-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Devon port among south coast sites examined by Home Office staff amid calls for legal challenge to policyPlymouth could become the latest site chosen for a giant vessel to house asylum seekers amid calls for the Home Office to be challenged in the courts over the policy.The Devon port is one of several places along the south coast that have been examined by Home Office staff, Whitehall and maritime sources have said. Continue reading...
  
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• All the photos as travellers on horseback gallop through river at the Appleby Horse Fair

  08-06-2023 18:28 via express.co.uk
  
  The population of the town in which the Appleby Horse Fair takes place will swell by 900 percent over the next few days as visitors come to enjoy themselves.
  
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• Paul McCartney to share Beatles memories in livestream interview with Stanley Tucci

  08-06-2023 18:25 via express.co.uk
  
  Sir Paul McCartney and Stanley Tucci in conversation has been announced to mark the launch of a special Beatles photography exhibition.
  
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• China reportedly reaches secret deal with Cuba to host spy base on island

  08-06-2023 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Eavesdropping facility on island 100 miles from Florida would allow China to gather electronic communications from the USChina has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles from Florida, the Wall Street Journal has reported, , but the White House cast some doubt on the report.Such a spy installation would allow Beijing to gather electronic communications from the south-eastern United States, which houses many US military bas
  
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• Canada battles hundreds of wildfires as smoke still chokes major cities

  08-06-2023 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Quebec minister described ‘unprecedented’ situation amid warnings that country must be prepared in future• Wildfires latest news – liveWildfire crews in Canada continue to battle hundreds of blazes across the country as air quality in major cities remains poor and other regions brace for intense heat. And as the country burns, experts warn Canada needs to do a better job of readying its communities in areas increasingly prone to destructive blazes.More than half of the 414
  
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• Labour won’t be able to instantly fix every Tory failure. But social care would be a good place to start | Polly Toynbee

  08-06-2023 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Solving this neglected crisis require money. The problem is: so does every public institution starved of funds since 2010Indignation fatigue makes it hard to keep track of the many public service failures, so social care has fallen from the public eye since Covid – though it goes on getting worse. Its failings block more hospital beds with elderly patients who can’t be released because there’s nowhere for them to go. More people needing care find rising barriers of ever-higher
  
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• Boris Johnson has been given Commons Partygate inquiry findings, say sources

  08-06-2023 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-PM handed dossier laying out privileges committee’s findings as inquiry into whether he misled parliament nears end Boris Johnson has been given the findings of an investigation into whether he misled parliament over Partygate, the Guardian has been told.With the nearly year-long inquiry drawing to a close, sources said a “warning letter” had been submitted to the former prime minister containing criticisms for him to respond to. Continue reading...
  
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• Rish! talks up his hectic schedule in bilat with Biden | John Crace

  08-06-2023 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  US president’s $1tn infrastructure act pales into insignificance against prime minister’s five prioritiesRishi Sunak: Good morning, Mr President.Joe Biden: Er … good morning … er … I’m sorry, who are you? Continue reading...
  
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• Coleraine: No more births to take place at Causeway Hospital

  08-06-2023 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A decision has been made to consolidate maternity services within Antrim Area Hospital.
  
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• Succession withdrawal? Here are the shows to help scratch that itch

  08-06-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With many of us mourning the Roy clan, a bounty of alternatives exists to help provide the backstabbing and ladder-climbing we so missThis past Sunday, TV watchers not drawn in by The Idol’s soft-core glowering may have experienced a pang of absence, suddenly aware of the Succession-shaped hole in their schedule of appointment viewing.A mourning period follows the conclusion of any series with that degree of buzzy ubiquity and the only way to bust through the doldrums is with a good, satis
  
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• Post your questions for Ice Cube

  08-06-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Got something to ask the rap legend and acclaimed actor ahead of his UK tour? Send it our way and we’ll put it to himFrom west coast rapper to globally acclaimed actor and film-maker, Ice Cube remains an enduring and formidable pop culture presence. In December he will embark on his biggest tour of the UK and Ireland yet (accompanied by fellow hip-hop mainstays Cypress Hill and the Game) and to mark the announcement, he will join us to answer your questions about anything in his varied car
  
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