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• 'Viking disease' came from our interbreeding with Neanderthals - The Times

  14-06-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
  'Viking disease' came from our interbreeding with Neanderthals  The TimesStrongest genetic risk factors for Viking disease are inherited from Neanderthals  News-Medical.NetStudy: Viking Disease is Partly of Neanderthal Origin  Sci.NewsHand disease known as Viking disease may have its origins in Neanderthal genes  arkeonews“Viking Disease” Might Have Actually Come From This Ancient Human Cousin  InverseView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Heartbroken fathers address Nottingham vigil

  14-06-2023 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fathers of Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar say their children loved life at Nottingham University.
  
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• Human footprint from 153,000 years ago 'pushes the clock back on mankind by 30 millennia' - Yahoo News UK

  14-06-2023 18:01 via news.google.com
  Human footprint from 153,000 years ago 'pushes the clock back on mankind by 30 millennia'  Yahoo News UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus - Phys.org

  14-06-2023 17:55 via news.google.com
  
  Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus  Phys.orgMajor finding boosts hope for finding alien life in our solar system  The IndependentScientists confirm Saturn's moon is habitable in massive breakthrough  UNILADIngredient for life detected in icy plume from Saturn's moon Enceladus  Chemistry WorldCassini mission finds key ingredient for life at Saturn's moon Enceladus  Sky at Night MagazineView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Lucy, the world's most famous human ancestor, could walk just like us, new research suggests - Sky News

  14-06-2023 12:37 via news.google.com
  Lucy, the world's most famous human ancestor, could walk just like us, new research suggests  Sky NewsFirst hominin muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old 'Lucy' could stand as erect as we can  University of Cambridge news3.2 Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor Walked like Us  Greek ReporterLucy the ancient human walked fully upright, and she was ripped  New AtlasLucy, our ancient human ancestor, was super buff  Popular ScienceView Full cov
  
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• Bust Woking council to cut ties with firm behind debt-ridden skyscraper

  14-06-2023 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Northern Irish developer Moyallen owns 52% of Victoria Square development at centre of local authority’s financial meltdownWoking council plans to sever ties with the Northern Irish developer behind a skyscraper venture that helped tip the tiny Surrey local authority into effective bankruptcy.Amid ballooning costs and delays, a dramatic plunge in the value of the council’s Victoria Square development – which is 52% owned by Moyallen, a business from Dungannon, County Tyrone &nd
  
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• We love our London trees and thought we’d won the battle to save them. How wrong we were | Sandra Laville

  14-06-2023 11:26 via theguardian.com
  
  I’ve seen trees around the country threatened by development, bulldozers and chainsaws. Now it is happening on my doorstepI live near a group of beautiful, mature trees that spread across a corner of two residential roads; they are a community hub, providing a shady place to sit and chat. They are much loved, all covered by tree protection orders, and provided as a gift in perpetuity to the community in the 1980s as a planning condition for the creation of a business park. Forty years on,
  
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• Home Office failing to provide proper evidence on migrant abuse claims, Suella Braverman told – UK politics live

  14-06-2023 11:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Home secretary is facing questions from the home affairs select committeeSimon Fell (Con) is asking the questions now.Q: Why are you only committed to reducing fraud by 10%? Continue reading...
  
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• UK economy returns to growth in April; global oil demand ‘close to peaking’ – business live

  14-06-2023 11:16 via theguardian.com
  
  UK economy has bounced back from March’s contraction, helped by consumer spending, but production and construction shrank in AprilUK economy returns to growth as spending in pubs lifts outputUK borrowing costs soar above levels of Liz Truss premiershipApril’s 0.2% growth means the UK economy made a positive start to the second quarter of 2023, having grown by just 0.1% in the first quarter (and shrinking in March).Jeremy Batstone-Carr, European strategist at Raymond James Investment
  
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• Our Planet II review – so much of David Attenborough’s new show is just astonishing

  14-06-2023 11:16 via theguardian.com
  
  From cameras that mimic homeless bees to extremely cute chicks, it’s an honour to see these sights – but be prepared to witness humanity’s awful consequences for wildlifeSitting at home, breath held, earnestly hoping that some tiny animal thousands of miles from your sofa can survive a life-or-death situation: it’s always been one of the eerie pleasures of a wildlife documentary, despite such a reaction being essentially irrational. What does it matter whether that lizard
  
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• Labour suggests ‘gongs for cronies’ row is stopping Rishi Sunak doing his job properly as PM – UK politics live

  14-06-2023 11:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Wes Streeting says junior doctors are on strike is because ‘they don’t have someone to negotiate with’Q: Are you making progress in recruiting more caseworkers?Braverman says she has 1,281 full-time equivalent asylum decision makers. That is 48% more than in July 2022. She says they want to get that to 2,500 by September. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: UN nuclear chief’s to visit Zaporizhzhia plant delayed due to safety concerns

  14-06-2023 11:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Rafael Grossi’s visit to Russian-held area delayed ‘some hours’ amid safety concernsAt a glance: what we know on day 476 of the invasionDmitry Medvedev, long-term ally of Vladimir Putin and currently deputy chair of the security council of Russia, has said on Telegram that Russia needs to put in a demilitarised zone as far west as Ukraine’s Lviv, which he referred to by its Russian name Lvov and German name Lemberg.He went on to say that, as a result of the Nord Stream sa
  
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• Armpit confidential: why men are now shaving – and women are doing whatever they like

  14-06-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  On Saturday, the bare underarms of footballer John Stones prompted a huge reaction online. He is far from alone in his depilation choices, at a time when the fashion world is embracing women’s body hairIt’s an image that will go down in sporting history – or at least linger in many memories. Manchester City midfielder John Stones, crouched down on the pitch, in a torn shirt revealing his bare chest and … a freshly shaved armpit?The ripped shirt was not intentional. It to
  
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• Nottingham: victim’s family tell of ‘complete devastation’ after ‘senseless’ killing – latest updates

  14-06-2023 10:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Family of Barnaby Webber say he was ‘beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with everything in life to look forward to’Tell us: have you been affected by the situation in Nottingham?We are yet to hear from the Nottinghamshire police today, but yesterday the force said it was not looking for any other suspects:The family of university student Barnaby Webber, 19, who was killed yesterday, have paid tribute to him, saying he was a “beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with eve
  
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• Andrew Tate served legal papers after allegations of rape and sexual assault

  14-06-2023 10:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Four women in UK are pursuing civil proceedings against social media influencer and former kickboxerAndrew Tate has been served with legal papers by lawyers representing four of his alleged victims who have accused him of rape and sexual assault.The four women, in their late 20s and early 30s, are pursuing civil proceedings against the social media influencer and former kickboxer over alleged offences between 2013 and 2016 while he was still living in the UK. A Crowdjustice campaign to support l
  
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• Shell drops target to cut oil production as CEO guns for higher profits

  14-06-2023 10:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Wael Sawan prioritises shareholder payouts, setting out plan to keep oil production steady until 2030Shell has abandoned plans to cut oil production each year for the rest of the decade, in a shift in approach to firmly target fossil fuels and increase payouts to shareholders under its new chief executive, Wael Sawan.The FTSE 100 oil company on Wednesday announced that oil production would remain stable until 2030, after previously saying it would cut output by “around 1-2% each year&rdquo
  
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• Under fire PGA boss Jay Monahan ‘recuperating from a medical situation’

  14-06-2023 10:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Architect of divisive Saudi merger has faced calls to stand down‘Our priority is to support our players’ says the PGA Jay Monahan, the PGA commissioner who has faced calls to resign after overseeing the merger of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), is “recuperating from a medical situation”.A joint statement from Monahan and the PGA Tour’s policy board read: “Jay Monahan informed the PGA Tour Policy Board that
  
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• Neil Warnock persuaded to stay at Huddersfield past his 75th birthday

  14-06-2023 10:25 via theguardian.com
  
  74-year-old agrees one-year contract at Championship clubLongstanding No 2 Ronnie Jepson will be assistant coachNeil Warnock has signed up to take charge of Huddersfield Town beyond his 75th birthday after agreeing a one-year extension at the Championship club.The manager, who has taken charge of 1,619 league games in English football, insisted last month he would depart after coming out of retirement in February to keep Huddersfield up with a game to spare. Warnock returned to the club last sea
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 476 of the invasion

  14-06-2023 10:07 via theguardian.com
  
  At least three killed in Russian strike on port city of Odesa; visit of UN nuclear chief to Zaporizhzhia plant reportedly delayedSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageThree people have been killed and at least 13 injured in a Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, Ukrainian forces have said. Air defences downed two Kalibr cruise missiles, but authorities said the attack still struck civilian infrastructure including a business centre, an educational institution, a resid
  
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• Marcus Rashford admits seeing Manchester City win treble ‘not nice’

  14-06-2023 10:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Forward says City’s success has given United more motivationRashford brushes off questions over England commitmentMarcus Rashford has admitted that Manchester City completing the treble by winning the Champions League was a difficult moment for the Manchester United player.The victory over Internazionale in Istanbul meant that City joined their rivals as the only English clubs to have won the league, the FA Cup and the European Cup in the same season, a bruising moment for the red half of
  
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• We write the TV, radio and theatre shows you love. Do you want robots and AI doing that job? | Lisa Holdsworth

  14-06-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Writers here in the UK are joining a global march to protest at worsening pay and conditions, and new threats to our livelihoodsI’m a working screenwriter with more than two decades of experience on UK shows such as Call the Midwife, Midsomer Murders, New Tricks and Fat Friends. I’m also chair of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), a union that represents about 3,000 writers across TV, film, theatre, books, video games and radio. Today, we’re joining colleagues fr
  
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• ‘We had both grown up but didn’t know each other’: a mother and son’s dance reunion

  14-06-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Latifa Khamessi’s parents prohibited her from dancing. Now, after years apart, she and her son Mohamed Toukabri share the stage for a duetAs a teenager in 1970s Tunis, Latifa Khamessi used to sneak out to discos. Her parents didn’t approve. One time they punished her by shaving her hair off, but Khamessi went to her hairdresser and got a wig. Then they hid her dresses, so she wore one of her brother’s shirts instead. She had a rebellious spirit, but mostly Khamessi just loved t
  
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• Paradise Highway review – not even Juliette Binoche can save this stinker

  14-06-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A trucker being blackmailed by a criminal gang has to flee with the 12-year-old girl she was trafficking when the drop-off goes wrong. Cue Morgan FreemanJuliette Binoche is incapable of giving a bad performance, but here she is, probably as close as she’ll ever get to a stinker, playing a long-distance lorry driver on the wrong side of the law in Mississippi. For about five minutes there’s novelty watching La Binoche in trucker mode, wearing a bandana and filthy jeans, stomping aroun
  
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• Lionel Messi’s move to Miami brings joy, disbelief, and potential pitfalls

  14-06-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The World Cup winner’s pending arrival will be transformative, but Inter Miami must grow up fastThe Miami Heat were the runners-up in this month’s NBA finals, while the Florida Panthers reached the NHL’s Stanley Cup final down the road in Sunrise. And then there’s the small matter of Lionel Messi joining Inter Miami CF of MLS.The 2022 World Cup winner will join his new teammates within weeks and locally there’s disbelief to accompany incredible excitement. It probab
  
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• EU’s biodiversity law under threat from centre-right MEPs

  14-06-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The EPP, the European parliament’s largest group, says it supports climate goals but objects to ‘bad proposal’EU plans to restore biodiversity on land and sea are hanging in the balance after the European parliament’s biggest political group called for the proposals to be torn up and rewritten.On the eve of a vote on the nature restoration law (NRL) package, the chairman of the centre-right European People’s party (EPP) said the vote was “50-50” with pot
  
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• E.ON Next ordered to pay £5m over poor customer service

  14-06-2023 09:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Compensation decision follows Ofgem review that found ‘severe weaknesses’ in complaint handlingThe power supplier E.ON Next has been ordered to pay £5m in compensation to consumers for poor customer services, the energy watchdog for Great Britain has announced.Ofgem said a review of customer service standards and complaint handling across the sector uncovered “severe weaknesses” at E.ON Next, with customers facing long call-waiting times and a high level of unanswer
  
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• At 91, Don King still longs for the spotlight. But it is shining elsewhere

  14-06-2023 09:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The contrasting fortunes of the flamboyant promoter and his fellow boxing dealmaker, Bob Arum, were on full display over the weekendLarry Merchant, the venerable sportswriter and TV commentator recently observed, at the age of 92, that “it’s easy getting into your 80s but hard to get out of them.”That wisdom applies to two men who dominated boxing for a half-century and shaped the business as we know it today. Don King will turn 92 on 20 August. Bob Arum will be 92 on 8 Decembe
  
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• Donald Trump’s arrest is ugly but it’s also democracy in action | Margaret Sullivan

  14-06-2023 09:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice for the lawless Trump has been far too long in coming. But who knows whether he really will be held responsible in the long runAmid the palm fronds and the red baseball caps, after a motorcade on a Florida highway and before a shameful fundraiser at a New Jersey golf resort, the moment finally arrived.Donald Trump was arrested and formally charged with federal crimes – a first for an American former president. He was hit with 37 counts, to be precise, related to his retaining and f
  
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• Ignoring Robert F Kennedy Jr is not an option | Naomi Klein

  14-06-2023 09:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Given the strengths that Kennedy possesses as a candidate, we should expect him to continue to build momentum. Ignoring him is not an option Continue reading...
  
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• When Motherwell won a Copa del Rey and other foreign cup triumphs | The Knowledge

  14-06-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Plus: World Cup winners claiming solo silverware and the biggest gaps between top scorersMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“Have just found out that Motherwell are the only non-Spanish side to win the Copa del Rey,” tweets Dave Chamberlain. “Are there any other examples of teams winning another country’s cup competition whilst not being a member of their FA?”Let’s start with a bit of housekeeping: specifically, Motherwell winning the Copa del Rey
  
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• Jordi Alba: ‘The problem at Barcelona wasn’t me. I have a clear conscience’

  14-06-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The free agent, preparing to captain Spain against Italy, on his Barça exit, dealing with lies and feelings on the Premier LeagueJordi Alba is scrolling through his phone. “There’s nothing, eh,” he says. The story breaks almost the moment he walks through the door and he hears it here first, told as he enters the room. It’s not official yet and he can’t find anything to confirm it, but it soon will be: Lionel Messi is going to Miami. As for the man who laid o
  
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• Cormac McCarthy, celebrated US novelist, dies aged 89

  14-06-2023 08:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Author of Blood Meridian, The Road and No Country for Old Men died in his home of natural causes, publisher announcesCormac McCarthy, the revered novelist whose bleakly violent, apocalyptic visions of the American south drew him fans from Oprah Winfrey to Saul Bellow, has died at the age of 89.McCarthy died in his home of natural causes. His son John confirmed the death. Continue reading...
  
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• My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar review – a survivor’s story

  14-06-2023 08:30 via theguardian.com
  
  An extraordinary, posthumously published book recalls the horrors of Nazi occupation and the liberation of Bergen-BelsenWhen Nazi officers arrived at the home of 15-year-old Hannah Pick-Goslar, she had her suitcase ready. The Goslars had already narrowly survived one razzia, the name for the systematic roundup of Jews in occupied Amsterdam. After taking the family to a theatre-turned-deportation centre, officials had looked at their papers and, seeing that Pick-Goslar’s father and grandfat
  
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• Woking council to cut ties with firm behind debt-ridden skyscraper

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Northern Irish developer Moyallen owns 52% of Victoria Square development at centre of local authority’s financial meltdownWoking council plans to sever ties with the Northern Irish developer behind a skyscraper venture that helped tip the tiny Surrey local authority into effective bankruptcy.Amid ballooning costs and delays, a dramatic plunge in the value of the council’s Victoria Square development – which is 52% owned by Moyallen, a business from Dungannon, County Tyrone &nd
  
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• Therapy is great. But have some Americans had too much? | Arwa Mahdawi

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new lesbian dating show drummed the point home to me: therapy speak is now ubiquitous
  Every evening, after we put our toddler to bed, my wife and I sit down to share our learnings for the day and strategise for the future. We talk about how we can help each other achieve our full potential and how we can show up for each other while ensuring we maintain safe spaces to focus on ourselves. Only kidding … we collapse on the couch and watch Netflix.The latest thing we have been binging is a
  
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• The other day in the supermarket I was accused of stealing. Heartlessness has crept into everyday life | James

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Things are difficult but I am determined not to accept lesser treatment. And I urge others in my position not to accept it eitherThis article is part of the heat or eat diaries: a series from the frontline of Britain’s cost of living emergencyIn 21st-century Britain, we should be able to hope for more than mere subsistence. But life for me and many others in my community has become geared solely around survival.Morale is low. One of the projects I attend provides hot meals and surplus food
  
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• The long, dark shadow of Bhopal: still waiting for justice, four decades on

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The cloud of poisonous gas that leaked from a rusting chemical plant in 1984 still blights the lives of tens of thousands of people in the Indian city, including many not born then. But Union Carbide never answered for the devastating contamination. Photographer Judah Passow spent a year recording the lives of some victims of the disasterJust after midnight on 2 December 1984 a storage tank at the Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal began leaking a gas called methyl isocyanate (MIC). The plan
  
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• Smile for the camera! Magical images of childhood – in pictures

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Gathering images from 1865 to the present day, a new charity show focuses on children at play – from baking bread to playing on demolition sites Continue reading...
  
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• Masterpieces and oddities: Cormac McCarthy’s bleak, bold and batty films

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From the exemplary adaptation of No Country for Old Men to the offbeat screenplay for The Counselor, McCarthy’s sparse style lent itself to cinemaGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe late and great Cormac McCarthy’s most famous novel is probably The Road, a hauntingly well-written and shattering story of a father and son trekking across a lawless America, wiped out by an unspecified cataclysmic event. Much has been made of the author’s sparse style, which combines poe
  
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• Josh Hazlewood dilemma shows Australia’s embarrassment of riches | Geoff Lemon

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Fast bowler who played so well in 2019 is not fully fit and may miss out in the first Ashes Test because of Scott Boland’s formJosh Hazlewood missed the first Test of the 2019 Ashes in Birmingham off the back of an injury layoff. Due to caution about his buildup, he was held back in favour of a bowler who was a bit slower, a bit less glamorous, but would hit the seam all day with nagging accuracy.In 2023 it might be the same story. Swap Peter Siddle for Scott Boland this time around, and H
  
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• Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire review – terrifying extreme weather, and how to stop it

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As well as footage of destructive blazes tearing through California, this documentary offers careful analysis of how to prevent themAs the intense Canadian wildfires continue to make headlines, engulfing New York City in toxic orange smog, this timely and informative documentary seeks to change the way we think about these increasingly hazardous ecological events. Featuring footage from recent natural disasters, including the historic 2018 Camp fire in northern California, the opening places vie
  
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• Boots and bathers: the rise of UK cross-country swimming and where to do it

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The newly popular mix of hiking and open-water swimming opens up new routes for adventurers looking to explore mountains, lakes and coastsCross-country swimming – the combination of hiking and open-water swimming – enables you to create routes that traverse land and water, whether it be mountains, lakes or a stretch of coastline. The concept is that when your walk comes to a body of water, you pack your kit into a waterproof inflatable bag that can be towed, swim to the next destinat
  
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• BMA chair urges Sunak to broker settlement with junior doctors

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As junior doctors launch three-day strike, Prof Philip Banfield tells PM ‘you have not listened and do not value our members’The leader of Britain’s doctors has urged Rishi Sunak to use his personal authority to broker a settlement in the junior doctors’ dispute that is set to again paralyse the NHS.Prof Philip Banfield, the chair of the British Medical Association (BMA), has written to the prime minister asking him to intervene in the bitter pay row. Continue reading...
  
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• Blind man who fell on to rail tracks sues Network Rail over lack of tactile paving

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Abdul Eneser described incident at Manchester Piccadilly as ‘most traumatic experience’A blind man who fell on to rail tracks and was nearly hit by a freight train is suing Network Rail for failing to put in place tactile paving to protect him.Abdul Eneser, 20, says he fell on to the tracks at Manchester Piccadilly station as he was unable to feel where the platform edge was due to the lack of metal studs or adhesive tiles. He was also not provided with passenger assist support, whic
  
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• Amazon under fire for ramping up sellers’ fees and advertising costs

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Some delivery and storage costs for European vendors more than doubled in 2017-23, analysis showsAmazon has been accused of being “no friend of the small business” after a report discovered evidence that the online marketplace has ramped up fees and advertising costs for sellers.It found that between 2017 and 2022 Amazon had tripled the amount it earned from fees for independent sellers in Europe, including for listings, deliveries and digital support. That growth far outstripped the
  
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• Amazon insisted I report my missing package to the police

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Although it was marked as ‘delivered’, it won’t believe it wasn’tI placed an order on Amazon totalling £71.97. It never arrived. The package was marked as delivered, with the tracker showing it was handed to a receptionist. My block of flats doesn’t have a reception. Amazon insisted I obtain a crime reference number and a police report into the “theft”, before it could authorise a refund or replacements. The police informed me that, as there was no
  
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• A moment that changed me: the missile alert promised sudden death. That awful hour taught me how to live

  14-06-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I had stopped being an active participant in my own life. Now I knew I had to shorten my list of regrets – and I began meeting the world with a resounding ‘yes’I was helping my mother prepare for an appointment at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Honolulu when I got the text message. “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII,” the official alert read. “SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” The islands were already on edge because of tensions
  
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• TV tonight: Michael Sheen and David Tennant return with their strangely enjoyable comedy

  14-06-2023 07:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Staged is back for a third season. Plus: The Gallows Pole divided the nation but hints at another series as it concludes. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• Malaysia to ask Interpol for help to track down comedian over MH370 joke

  14-06-2023 07:03 via theguardian.com
  
  US-based comic Jocelyn Chia strains relations between Singapore and Malaysia with joke about how Malaysia’s planes cannot flyMalaysian police will seek Interpol’s help to track down a US-based comedian who mocked the country and joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.Jocelyn Chia will be investigated under the country’s laws relating to insulting speech and offensive or obscene online content, Malaysia’s state news agency Bernama reported. Police chief Acr
  
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• UK public buildings feared to be at risk of collapse as concrete crumbles

  14-06-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers launch inquiry into use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)Ministers have launched a UK government-wide inquiry into the use of crumbling concrete in public buildings following fears that nurseries, offices, shops and leisure facilities are in danger of collapse.Every Whitehall department has been ordered to assign a civil servant to identify the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) across the £158bn government estate, the Guardian has learned. Contin
  
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