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• Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Anna Wintour honoured in king’s birthday list

  16-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Knighthood for late novelist Amis is dated 18 May as honours cannot be given posthumouslyTwo giants of the literary world, the novelists Ian McEwan and the late Martin Amis, are recognised in the king’s first official birthday honours along with the fashion colossus Dame Anna Wintour.The Booker prize-winning McEwan, whose acclaimed titles include Amsterdam, On Chesil Beach and Atonement, becomes a companion of honour, the highest award for outstanding achievement, of which there are only 6
  
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• Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species - The Guardian

  16-06-2023 23:28 via news.google.com
  Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species  The GuardianPaleontologists Discover New Species of Ankylosaur  Sci.NewsFOSSILISED REMAINS OF NEW ARMOURED DINOSAUR DISCOVERED ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT  Island EchoArmoured dinosaur on Isle of Wight for the first time in 142 years #dinosaur #jurassic #IsleOfWight  GBNewsArmoured dinosaur discovered on Isle of Wight 'for first time in 142 years'  Bridport and Lyme Regis NewsView Full
  
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• Ranos’ double hits Wales’ Euro 2024 hopes as Armenia pull off shock win

  16-06-2023 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  This was a deeply unedifying evening for Wales, a frankly embarrassing evisceration that could quite feasibly have lasting ramifications. A shock defeat by Armenia, a country sandwiched between Kyrgyzstan and Belarus in the Fifa rankings, 71 places below Wales, represents a significant setback to Wales’s hopes of reaching Euro 2024.It was a dire performance and an ignominious result, the kind that had shades of those sore losses to Moldova, North Macedonia and Cyprus that supporters though
  
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• Leela Row Dayal: The first Indian woman to win a match at Wimbledon

  16-06-2023 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leela Row Dayal, an artist and athlete, led an extraordinary life - yet little is known about her.
  
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• Queen of Oz review – Catherine Tate is truly monstrous in her new BBC sitcom

  16-06-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The comedian’s highly watchable series about a booze-addled monarch who’s sent away to rule Australia proves one thing – she really excels at playing borderline sociopathsPrincess Georgiana is a hard-partying, red-headed spare to the throne of England whose unbecoming antics are catnip to the tabloids. Her co-creator (with Borga Dorter), Catherine Tate, assures us that she is not based on anyone in particular.When the princess projectile-vomits over a child monarchist during a
  
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• Strictly's Amy Dowden has two tumours removed in breast cancer op as she issues update - OK! magazine

  16-06-2023 22:59 via news.google.com
  Strictly's Amy Dowden has two tumours removed in breast cancer op as she issues update  OK! magazineStrictly's Amy Dowden more positive after cancer surgery  BBCAmy Dowden opens up on terrifying wait for surgery after cancer diagnosis  Wales OnlineAmy Dowden reveals two tumours were removed during cancer surgery  Evening StandardStrictly's Amy Dowden discusses 'terrifying' wait for surgery following breast cancer diagnosis  Daily MailView Full co
  
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• Alexander-Arnold inspires England to sweep Malta aside 4-0 in Euros qualifier

  16-06-2023 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  It is the tournament qualification that has come to feel impossible for England to miss – and not only because of their victory over Italy in Naples in March’s opening match, although that plainly helps. The top two nations in this five-team group will advance to Euro 2024 in Germany and there is even a possible safety net via the Nations League.And so, with Ukraine beaten at Wembley in the second game, England had this stroll to another victory, another step closer to the inevitable
  
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• UK energy prices: New deal launched offering tariff £100 cheaper than the price cap - GB News

  16-06-2023 22:48 via news.google.com
  
  UK energy prices: New deal launched offering tariff £100 cheaper than the price cap  GB NewsAnother major energy supplier launches ‘UK’s cheapest’ fixed deal that’s £100 less than price cap – but is...  The SunDeja-vu: Wholesale price surge triggers supplier to pull back new fixed tariff  Energy Live News - Energy Made EasyMajor energy supplier offers new and existing customers the 'cheapest UK fixed deal'  Birming
  
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• Home invasions and roadblocks: New Zealand on alert as ‘seal silly season’ begins

  16-06-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Public notice issued to watch out for the flippered creatures as they start to leave their breeding colonies and venture out into New ZealandSunbathing on roads, breaking through catflaps, visiting film sets, invading homes and taking in the heat of backyard spa bath covers – New Zealand’s “seal silly season” has officially begun and the country is bracing for an influx of adolescent marine mammals exploring the country’s highways, patios and golf courses.This week,
  
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• George Floyd murder: Minneapolis police have pattern of aggression and discrimination, DoJ inquiry finds

  16-06-2023 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Merrick Garland announces findings of Department of Justice investigation into department after Floyd’s killing by officersThe US attorney general, Merrick Garland, on Friday announced that the 2020 murder of George Floyd was part of a “pattern or practice” ofexcessive force used by the department and years of unlawful discrimination against Black Americans.Garland held a press conference to reveal the findings of the two-year investigation by the Department of Justice (DoJ) in
  
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• ‘We didn’t know’: England’s Ashes declaration takes Bairstow by surprise

  16-06-2023 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Ben Stokes curtailed innings with two wickets remaining‘I definitely didn’t know. It was a scramble’Jonny Bairstow said he had no inkling that Ben Stokes was considering the surprise declaration that ended England’s innings on 393 for eight, caused chaotic scenes in the dressing room and left Australia’s openers with an awkward 20 minutes to see out at the end of first day of the Ashes series, one they successfully negotiated to reach 14 without loss.“We didn&
  
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• Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92

  16-06-2023 21:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writerDaniel Ellsberg, a US government analyst who became one of the most famous whistleblowers in world politics when he leaked the Pentagon Papers, exposing US government knowledge of the futility of the Vietnam war, has died. He was 92. His death was confirmed by his family on Friday.In March, Ellsberg announced that he had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Saying he had been given three to s
  
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• Boris Johnson urges allies not to oppose damning report into his conduct - Financial Times

  16-06-2023 20:55 via news.google.com
  
  Boris Johnson urges allies not to oppose damning report into his conduct  Financial TimesBoris Johnson proves parliamentary democracy is working | Andrew Marr | New Statesman  The New StatesmanBoris Johnson 'calling off the dogs' from attacking privileges committee report  Sky NewsForget Boris, Rishi Sunak is much more furious with Nadine Dorries  inewsBrendan Hughes: Boris Johnson partygate report findings a surprise to no one in Northern Ireland &nb
  
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• Germany’s return of sacred Kogi masks to Colombia may have health risks

  16-06-2023 20:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Wooden artefacts dating from 15th century and bought from indigenous people were treated with pesticides while in museumGermany has returned two wooden masks of the indigenous Kogi community to Colombia but conceded that wearing the sacred artefacts in ceremonies may come with a health risk because they were treated with toxic pesticides during their time in German museums.The masks, which date back to the mid-15th century and have been held in ethnological collections in Berlin for over a centu
  
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• ‘Like a rock star coming into the building’: the return of The Archers’ most iconic villain

  16-06-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Rob Titchener’s coercive control over wife Helen caused listeners to donate £175k to domestic abuse charities. Now, he’s back. Actors Louiza Patikas and Timothy Watson explain why“I take it you’re his partner,” says the hospital doctor to Helen Archer, who delivers a world of complexity in her non-committal “erm”. The correct answer, of course, would be: “Absolutely not, thankfully.”In fairness to Helen – nerves frayed after meeti
  
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• Joe Root scores superb Ashes century before England declare against Australia

  16-06-2023 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  First Ashes Test: England 393-8 declared; Australia 14-0Australia survive tricky late spell after hosts pile on runsThe opening day of this Ashes series was a belter, with a packed Edgbaston treated to an absorbing arm-wrestle between England and Australia, a sublime Joe Root century, and the latest aggressive declaration from Ben Stokes.If this is a sign of what is to come, those pre-match predictions of a classic contest may well have undersold it. Continue reading...
  
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• Nicola Jennings on a long knight with bawling Boris Johnson – cartoon

  16-06-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• NHS Providers boss warns of health service ‘looking into abyss’ if consultants strike

  16-06-2023 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  BMA’s junior doctors’ committee says government can end dispute by ‘paying doctors what they are worth’The NHS will be “looking into the abyss” if hospital consultants follow the example of junior doctors and go on strike over pay, the leader of England’s hospital bosses has said.Hospitals will be left unable to function normally if consultants – the most senior doctors on wards – stage walkouts in pursuit of their pay claim, Sir Julian Hartl
  
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• ‘Almost still shines’: 3,000-year-old sword unearthed in Germany

  16-06-2023 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Object from mid-bronze age, in ‘extraordinary’ state of preservation, was found in grave in BavariaA bronze sword more than 3,000 years old , which is so well-preserved that it “almost still shines”, has been unearthed in southern Germany, officials say.The Bavarian state office for the preservation of historical monuments (BLfD) said the sword, which is believed to date back to the end of the 14th century BC — the middle of the bronze age — was found during e
  
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• Former Ofsted chief: school inspections should change after headteacher’s death

  16-06-2023 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Sir Michael Wilshaw says he now thinks differently about use of one-word headline grades in EnglandThe former chief inspector of schools in England Sir Michael Wilshaw has said Ofsted’s style of school inspections needs to change after the death of the headteacher Ruth Perry.Wilshaw, who led Ofsted until 2016, said Perry’s death, following an inspection that downgraded her school from “outstanding” to “inadequate”, had changed his mind over the use of one-word
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump and political violence: more than words | Editorial

  16-06-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Though extremist groups are under renewed pressure, the threat they pose has not disappearedLike Joe Biden’s ascent to the White House, Donald Trump’s indictment for unlawfully holding classified documents and obstructing justice offers a partial answer to one great question of American politics: can the country’s institutions contain his excesses?The backlash that the indictment has prompted highlights another: what happens when they do? When the Democrat defeated him, Mr Trum
  
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• Leicester confirm Enzo Maresca’s arrival from Manchester City as manager

  16-06-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Maresca has been working as Pep Guardiola’s first-team coachHe has had one previous spell as a head coach with ParmaLeicester have confirmed the appointment of Enzo Maresca as their manager on a contract to 2026. The 43-year-old has left his role as Manchester City’s first-team coach to try to lead Leicester back to the Premier League.Maresca, a highly regarded coach who started his playing career at West Brom, was preferred to candidates including Dean Smith, who took interim charge
  
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• The Guardian view on Colombia’s child survivors: a rainforest fairytale | Editorial

  16-06-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Feats of endurance such as this provoke wonder for what they reveal about what it means to be humanThe story of four children discovered deep in the Amazon jungle, grieving, hungry and insect-bitten but otherwise uninjured despite being lost for 40 days after a plane crash, feels closer to myth or fairytale than real life. That a dog apparently accompanied them for some of this time, before itself going missing, is yet another fantastical element in a drama that has gripped Colombia and much of
  
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• Truck driver convicted of killing 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

  16-06-2023 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Jurors to debate death penalty for Robert Bowers, 50, who had admitted killing worshippers at start of trialA truck driver who expressed hatred of Jews has been convicted of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue on the Jewish Sabbath and fatally shooting 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.The guilty verdict on Friday against Robert Bowers was a foregone conclusion. Bowers’s lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and ki
  
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• French officials fight for possession of French Revolution-era letter

  16-06-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Government blocks sale of Charlotte Corday’s 1793 manifesto justifying murder of Jean-Paul MaratFrench officials are fighting for possession of a 1793 manifesto by a woman justifying her decision to stab a revolutionary leader to death, with local authorities saying they will take the case to court.Charlotte Corday was a 24-year-old member of a moderate faction during the French Revolution, who became alarmed at the way it was being taken over by violent extremists. Continue reading...
  
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• Greek coastguard denies claims refugee boat capsized after tow rope attached

  16-06-2023 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  UN calls for urgent action to prevent further tragedies as police believe up to500 people remain missingGreek authorities have rejected claims that a fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean this week with the loss of potentially hundreds of lives capsized after the coastguard attempted to tow it, as the UN called for urgent action to prevent further tragedies.Authorities have confirmed 78 deaths and said 104 survivors – mostly from Syria, Egypt and Pakistan – had been brought ash
  
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• ‘A man of miracles’: The Road director John Hillcoat on Cormac McCarthy

  16-06-2023 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The film-maker, who is also set to adapt Blood Meridian, reflects on his friendship with the late author, ‘a monumental artistic force’Firstly, this is extremely hard for me to write. The loss of such a unique and monumental artistic force is one thing, and the loss of such a special friend is another.We first connected via a phone call one week out from shooting The Road. Cormac lifted a huge weight from me by simply pointing out that “a book is a book, and a film is a film&rd
  
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• Hay fever may get worse due to climate change, says Met Office - The Guardian

  16-06-2023 19:04 via news.google.com
  Hay fever may get worse due to climate change, says Met Office  The GuardianHay fever: How to stop sneezing at your favourite festivals  BBCHow to relieve hay fever symptoms in adults?  The IndependentHealth warning issued as pollen counts rise in Wigan and surrounding areas  Wigan TodayWarnings over 'thunderstorm asthma' as heatwave comes to dramatic end  Metro.co.ukView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Boris Johnson tells allies not to vote against Partygate report

  16-06-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Former PM in fresh controversy as he is accused of ‘clear breach’ of rules by taking up new job as Mail columnistBoris Johnson called off his parliamentary supporters threatening to vote against the finding that he misled parliament, as he appeared to run out of road in his battle over the Partygate scandal.The former prime minister asked his allies not to oppose a motion in the House of Commons on Monday endorsing the findings of the privileges committee, which found he deliberately
  
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• All hail Darth Shannon – the Star Wars villain we’ll never get to see

  16-06-2023 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Currently co-starring in The Flash, the actor Michael Shannon has revealed he turned down a role in Star Wars because it was ‘mindless entertainment’. Does he have a point?And so it comes to pass: Michael Shannon, that steely eyed princeling of the scene-stealing character actors’ guild, has become the latest figure to say he does not much like modern superhero movies. Or, more specifically, Star Wars, which he recently described as “mindless entertainment” in an in
  
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• Tangled ethical issues in a tragic abortion case | Letters

  16-06-2023 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers debate whether a mother who had an abortion beyond the legal limit of 24 weeks should have been sent to prisonI am pro-choice. It is essential for women to have access to safe and legal abortion in the early stages of pregnancy. However, despite the indignant response to this tragic case (Scrap this unjust verdict, scrap this law: no woman should go to prison for having an abortion, theguardian.com, 13 June), I am yet to understand how women’s access to legal abortion is threatened
  
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• Education and tax are the best ways to tackle child vaping | Letters

  16-06-2023 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  We need to teach children about the harmful effects of vaping, says Mary Deller. And Nicholas Hopkinson writes that we should deal with youth vaping while making sure e-cigarettes are available for adult smokers who want to quitThe child vaping crisis, articulated by parents and teachers across the UK (The child vaping crisis: ‘From what my daughter says, 90% of her year do it’, 14 June), is certainly something we are seeing in our drug prevention and education work with children and
  
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• Pitti cool: menswear SS24 highlights from Florence – in pictures

  16-06-2023 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  From Fendi’s impressive factory tour and ERL’s futuristic surfers, to made-to-order Detroit denim, Pitti Immagine Uomo, the bi-annual menswear showcase, got the Italian leg of fashion month off to a flying start. Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit distracted UK ministers from Covid planning, official tells inquiry

  16-06-2023 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Government focused on no-deal preparation and did not foresee need for PPE, contact tracing or possible lockdownsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK was unprepared for the Covid pandemic because the government was distracted by plans in anticipation of a no-deal Brexit, a senior Cabinet Office official has said.Katharine Hammond, the former director of the civil contingencies secretariat in the Cabinet Office, agreed that lockdowns, serious social restrictions, shielding, the collapse
  
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• Finland’s ‘most rightwing government ever’ to cut spending and immigration

  16-06-2023 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Four-party coalition including far-right Finns agrees deal on austerity and to tighten up citizenship rulesFinland will slash spending, cut immigration and tighten up citizenship rules under a new four-party coalition government including the far-right Finns party and headed by the conservative leader Petteri Orpo.The coalition of Orpo’s National Coalition party (NCP), the Finns, the Swedish People’s party (RKP) and the Christian Democrats has a majority of 108 MPs in the 200-seat pa
  
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• What does end of Spotify deal mean for Harry and Meghan?

  16-06-2023 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Streamer and couple said it was a mutual decision but a PR expert says it looks bad for their brandWhen the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their $20m, multi-year deal with Spotify in 2020, it was hailed as the centrepiece of the couple’s growing business empire.So when news broke that the deal had come to an end after just one series, questions arose over why the partnership had broken down so quickly and what it meant for the Harry and Meghan brand. Continue reading...
  
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• Barbara Kingsolver: ‘Rural people are so angry they want to blow up the system’

  16-06-2023 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The first author to win the Women’s prize for fiction twice on how Charles Dickens – and rage about the opioid crisis - helped her write ‘the great Appalachian novel’‘Guilty!” American novelist Barbara Kingsolver says when I ask how she feels to become the first writer to win the Women’s prize for fiction twice. “Guilty and delighted,” she says over coffee in a London hotel, the morning after winning the prize for her tenth novel Demon Copper
  
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• To save their own skins, Trump and Johnson are destroying something precious: our faith in the law | Jonathan Freedland

  16-06-2023 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Both men sing from the Berlusconi songsheet, denouncing charges against them as partisan attacks while we pay the priceThe three tenors of showman populism, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Silvio Berlusconi, reached the top through a combination of telegenic clownishness, “I alone can fix it” braggadocio and a shared strain of narcissistic nationalism – and now one faces the judgment of the courts, another has fled the judgment of his peers, while the third contemplates the jud
  
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• How To Choose The Best Gravel Tyre - BikeRadar

  16-06-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  How To Choose The Best Gravel Tyre  BikeRadarIs it really worth getting a power meter for gravel riding?  CyclingWeeklyGravel bike tyre pressure explained | Everything you need to know  BikeRadarWTB Vulpine SG2 gravel tyre review - Gravel Bike Tyres - Tyres  BikeRadarView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Battle in the Channel: seigneur of Sark takes on Barclay dynasty

  16-06-2023 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Christopher Beaumont is attempting to buy up abandoned hotels and other buildings owned by Telegraph billionairesChristopher Beaumont’s ancestors ruled the tiny island of Sark as a feudal state for 443 years until, in 2008, the billionaire Barclay brothers “forced democracy on the island”, as he puts it.Now Beaumont, 66, is leading a charm offensive to attract new members of the global super-rich to help fund a takeover of the Barclay family’s string of abandoned hotels a
  
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• Five planets to line up in night sky and could be visible to human eye - STV News

  16-06-2023 17:57 via news.google.com
  
  Five planets to line up in night sky and could be visible to human eye  STV NewsRare chance to see five planets align in the sky in June 2023 | Eastern Daily Press  Eastern Daily PressOne Of The Rarest Cosmic Events Ever Is Happening And You Can See It  Giant Freakin RobotFive planets to line up in dawn parade this weekend  Wales OnlineView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘It’s nothing personal’: Katie Boulter in row at net with Harriet Dart after win

  16-06-2023 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Dart appeared to query rival’s professionalism in NottinghamAndy Murray beats Dominic Stricker to make men’s semi-finalHarriet Dart had a fiery exchange at the net after she lost in straight sets to the British No 1, Katie Boulter, at the Nottingham Open. Continue reading...
  
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• Hidden warning signs of diabetes in your eyes which could signal advanced disease - The Mirror

  16-06-2023 17:51 via news.google.com
  Hidden warning signs of diabetes in your eyes which could signal advanced disease  The MirrorHidden warning signs of diabetes that affect your EYES  Daily MailStudy: Nearly 10 million people in US with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy  Ophthalmology TimesDiabetes-Related Eye Disease Remains High in the U.S.  Medpage TodayEye Damage Affects 26% of Those With Diabetes in the US  MedscapeView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rail regulator to investigate station food and drink prices

  16-06-2023 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Office of Rail and Road to ‘scrutinise the market’ after customers complain of prices far higher than on high streetThe price of railway station food and drink is to be investigated by the rail regulator amid reports that passengers are being charged much more than on the high street.The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said its intended to “scrutinise the market, its structure and dynamic, and examine if it is working well” after customers had complained that prices for foo
  
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• Transition: the story of a trans journalist embedded with the Taliban

  16-06-2023 17:43 via theguardian.com
  
  In a fascinating new documentary, an Australian trans man gains unprecedented access to the terrorist organisation while keeping his identity secretIn 2021, Jordan Bryon took major steps to physically realize his identity as a transgender man, opposed by a society that often looked upon him with hostility and a government that neither understood nor respected him. As he started hormone injections in preparation for gender-affirming surgery, he soon found himself embroiled in a political firestor
  
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• Ferrari’s Le Mans success cannot mask their ongoing F1 struggles | Giles Richards

  16-06-2023 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The Scuderia enjoyed a first overall win in the 24-hour race since 1965 but trail a distant fourth in the F1 standingsA week on from a hard-fought victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours, Ferrari will have taken heart from a reminder that they can compete with and beat the best. Yet at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, in the discipline that matters most to the Scuderia, the best they can hope for it appears is coming to a better understanding of their car. While Red Bull march away with the For
  
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• Focus of war shifting south towards Mariupol, Ukrainian minister says

  16-06-2023 17:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Deputy defence minister tells Guardian that Ukrainian forces are making progress, with far fewer deaths than RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe centre of the fighting in Ukraine has switched to the road to Mariupol, where the Ukrainian offensive is slowly pushing back Russian forces, and British Challenger tanks are ready to join battle, a minister in Kyiv has said.Hanna Maliar, a deputy defence minister, said the most active fighting was no longer around Bakhmut, in the eas
  
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• Canada police rush to identify 15 victims of deadly highway collision

  16-06-2023 17:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Crash involving a truck and a bus carrying mostly elderly people in Manitoba was one of the country’s worst in recent yearsPolice in the Canadian province of Manitoba are trying to identify the 15 people killed when a truck and a bus carrying mostly elderly people collided in one of the country’s worst recent road crashes.Flags at the legislative building flew at half-mast to mark the victims of Thursday’s collision near the town of Carberry in south-western Manitoba, 170km (10
  
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• Ignored and isolated: my nightmare in a wheelchair at the Champions League final | Ellis Palmer

  16-06-2023 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Uefa must make its showpiece event accessible as a lack of thought for wheelchair users led to a horror show in IstanbulAs a wheelchair user who attended the Champions League final in Istanbul last weekend, it was probably the worst experience I’ve ever had at a stadium. And I’ve been kettled outside Wembley with drunk fans pushing past my mum and knocking her over.When your team reach and win the Champions League final, you want to make memories from it. Unfortunately, Uefa created
  
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• Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced amid water shortage - BBC

  16-06-2023 17:22 via news.google.com
  
  Kent and Sussex hosepipe ban announced amid water shortage  BBCBlitz spirit in villages in Kent and Sussex without water for days  BBCIn Pictures: People collect bottled water at Hastings as hundreds of homes lose their supply  SussexWorldHow the village named the best place to live in the UK is coping without water  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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