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• Nicola Bulley's Fitbit gave a heart-rate output for eight days after she drowned

  26-06-2023 23:59 via express.co.uk
  
  Crucial watch data recorded her as taking thousands of steps between 8am and 9:30am. No further steps were noted by the Fitbit after 9:30am.
  
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• Family’s fury as gran with dementia is evicted from care home

  26-06-2023 23:51 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A frail dementia patient has been evicted from a care home against her family's wishes.
  
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• Fergie hopes breast cancer 'caught in time', now recovering from surgery

  26-06-2023 23:38 via express.co.uk
  
  In a podcast recorded last week, the Duchess revealed that she almost didn't attend her scan because she didn't want to travel into London on a hot day
  
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• List of witnesses against Trump cannot be secret in documents case, judge rules

  26-06-2023 23:33 via theguardian.com
  
  US district court judge Aileen Cannon also scheduled a hearing to start the discovery process for classified documentsThe federal judge presiding over the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump in the classified documents case ruled against the government in her first pre-trial order on Monday, denying a request from federal prosecutors to file a list of potential witnesses against the former US president under seal.“The government’s motion does not explain why filing the list with the
  
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• Labour puts pressure on government over frozen Russian assets plan

  26-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Party to use opposition debate to call for workable proposals, saying Moscow must pay for destruction in UkraineLabour has made a partial break from the government over its Ukraine policy by demanding ministers come up with a plan to freeze Russian assets within 90 days. It is also demanding a deadline is set after which it will be a criminal offence to fail to disclose information about the whereabouts of Russian assets.Labour, which has been reluctant to make public any differences with the go
  
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• Stephen Lawrence murder suspect's threat to black man during attack in London

  26-06-2023 23:20 via express.co.uk
  
  Matthew White, who died aged 50 in 2021, was named after a BBC investigation which found the Metropolitan Police seriously mishandled important inquiries related to him.
  
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• Meghan labeled untalented as fallout from collapse of Spotify deal rumbles on

  26-06-2023 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Entertainment executive Jeremy Zimmer reportedly said: ‘Turns out Meghan Markle was not a great audio talent, or necessarily any kind of talent’A wave of criticism directed at the Duchess of Sussex after the collapse of her podcast deal with Spotify has gathered pace, with a leading Hollywood agent labeling Meghan “untalented”.Jeremy Zimmer, chief executive of the United Talent Agency (UTA), reportedly made the comments during a discussion on podcasting, and the role of c
  
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• Sunak urges supermarkets to to pass on savings to shoppers as Sainsbury's cuts prices

  26-06-2023 23:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak has urged supermarkets to pass on savings to shoppers - as Sainsbury's announced a £15million plan to cut prices on household staples.
  
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• Nationwide boss urges other banks to keep branches open to 'save the high street'

  26-06-2023 23:01 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Bank bosses have been urged to guarantee they will keep branches open to help customers in the cost-of-living crisis and save our high streets.
  
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• Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change review – proof that the hearing world is as prejudiced as ever

  26-06-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Strictly winner is a wonderful, hopeful presence – but the main takeaway of this courageously honest documentary is how little things have changed for the deaf community in decadesIn my late teens and early 20s, which was the early 90s, I used to work with disabled children. It was a time when, although it was never put in such terms by anyone in authority, the rule of thumb seemed to be that if you had an invisible disability – such as deafness, say – you were expected to
  
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• Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub shooter sentenced to life in prison

  26-06-2023 22:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and 46 counts of attempted murder in hearing packed with victimsThe person who killed five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ nightclub last year was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, after victims called the shooter a “monster” and “coward” who hunted down revelers in a calculated attack on a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community.Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty on Monday to five counts of murder and 46 c
  
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• Shaken by inflation? Be a Brit and show some grit, says Rishi

  26-06-2023 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Life’s about survival these days – but the trick, according to the PM, is just to hold our nerveWe just need to hold our nerve. That was Rishi Sunak’s message to the country over the weekend. Time to remind us Brits to rediscover our inner stiff upper lip. To shrug off the increased, unaffordable mortgage repayments. To laugh as wage rises fail to keep pace with inflation. To quote Kipling as debt rises to more than 100% of GDP.Easier for some than for others. If, like Sunak, y
  
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• Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169k a person, says Home Office

  26-06-2023 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Impact assessment’ of the illegal migration bill reignites bitter rows over the controversial schemeThe cost of sending a single person seeking asylum to Rwanda could be nearly £170,000, according to government analysis, which has immediately reignited bitter rows over the controversial scheme.A long-awaited “impact assessment” of the illegal migration bill has conceded that ministers do not know the overall costs of implementing plans to detain and deport anyone w
  
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• Cost to send a migrant to Rwanda £63000 more than keeping in UK - BBC

  26-06-2023 21:01 via news.google.com
  
  Cost to send a migrant to Rwanda £63000 more than keeping in UK  BBCGovernment scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169,000 per person, Home Office says – UK politics live  The GuardianCost to send migrant to Rwanda £63000 more than keeping in UK  bbc.co.ukView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ilkay Gündogan departs Manchester City with legend status secured | Will Unwin

  26-06-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  German midfielder leaves for Barcelona as a serial trophy-winner whose crucial goals contributed to a historic trebleIlkay Gündogan arrived at Manchester City injured and his first season ended before Christmas because of a torn cruciate ligament. It was an inauspicious start for the German but he leaves seven years later as the key component in a historic treble-winning side.Pep Guardiola knew the value of the midfielder and made him his first City signing in the summer of 2016 for a measl
  
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• Craig Brown was revered throughout a game he knew better than most | Ewan Murray

  26-06-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The last manager to take Scotland to a World Cup, who has died aged 82, moved with times and never lost his touchThe phrase was as common as it was needless. “I’m sorry, I don’t want to keep you back from anything …” Craig Brown never was holding this or any other journalist away from something more important than the extended insight being offered into football matters of the 1960s, 2000s or anywhere else in between.Brown did not appreciate his age being a matter
  
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• Stephen Lawrence inquiry should have received more from Met, IOPC found

  26-06-2023 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Watchdog identified further details that ‘could and should’ have been handed over to Macpherson inquiryAn official investigation has concluded that Scotland Yard had information that “could and should” have been handed to the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence’s murder but failed to disclose it, the Guardian has learned.The unpublished findings from the police watchdog are a potential fresh embarrassment to the Met and emerged after a sixth suspect in the 1993 killing of
  
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• Greek voters propel new far-right Spartans group into parliament

  26-06-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyriakos Mitsotakis of centre-right New Democracy party wins second term as prime minister but unheard-of group delivers shockGreece’s general election has propelled a far-right group called the Spartans, a previously unheard-of political force, into the Athens parliament with the help of an imprisoned, neo-Nazi leader of the now-disbanded Golden Dawn party.While the centre-right politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis has won a second term as prime minister, the Spartans have emerged as the fifth
  
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• Keir Starmer promises to ease tensions between Labour and India

  26-06-2023 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Party leader seeks to win back British Indian voters after anger over party’s perceived support for Pakistan in Kashmir disputeKeir Starmer has promised to reset relations between the Labour party and India after years of tension between the two.The Labour leader said on Monday that his party had made mistakes in its approach to relations with the world’s most populous country, and that it would seek closer ties if elected to power next year. Continue reading...
  
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• Plans to close most UK railway ticket offices to kick off ‘in weeks’

  26-06-2023 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers want rail firms to push ahead with plans that RMT union has pledged to opposeA process to shut nearly all of Britain’s railway station ticket offices could begin as early as next week, the RMT union has warned.Almost 1,000 offices are believed to be targeted for closure under government proposals to cut costs and “modernise” the railway, although ministers have for months shied away from spelling out the extent of the plans, in the face of concern from their own MPs a
  
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• The Guardian view on universities: arts cuts are the tip of an iceberg | Editorial

  26-06-2023 20:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers are ultimately responsible for weakening the arts and humanities. They are taking the country backwardsThe announcement that the University of East Anglia is to cut 31 arts and humanities posts – out of a total of 36 academic job cuts – has rightly prompted anger as well as dismay. UEA became a literary flagship among the new universities that opened in the 1960s. This year is its 60th birthday, and since 1970 it has been home to one of the most famous creative writing cour
  
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• The Guardian view on banning council boycotts: a blow to local democracy | Editorial

  26-06-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Outlawing economic pressure on foreign governments is a cynical and authoritarian move that attacks legitimate protestIn the early 1980s, Margaret Thatcher described the African National Congress as a “typical terrorist organisation” and one of her MPs said that Nelson Mandela should be shot. In sharp contrast, British councils took a stand against apartheid by boycotting South African goods. Mayors around the world signed a declaration calling for the release of the man who would be
  
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• Colorado Club Q shooting: Attacker sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty - bbc.co.uk

  26-06-2023 20:10 via news.google.com
  
  Colorado Club Q shooting: Attacker sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty  bbc.co.ukSuspect admits five counts of murder over shooting at LGBT+ nightclub  Hampstead Highgate ExpressSuspect pleads guilty in Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs  CBS NewsColorado gay nightclub shooter given life sentence  RTE.ieFamilies condemn 'monster' who admitted murdering five in LGBT+ club shooting  Hampstead Highgate ExpressView Full coverage o
  
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• Daniel Christie on Vladimir Putin losing his grip – cartoon

  26-06-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• That shrinking feeling: London’s docklands can no longer bank on financial sector | Nils Pratley

  26-06-2023 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  HSBC is to vacate its ‘tower of doom’ – can Canary Wharf reinvent itself in the post-pandemic era?Farewell to the “tower of doom”, hello to views of St Paul’s. One suspects a majority of the 8,000 inhabitants of HSBC’s 42-storey global head office in Canary Wharf will be delighted by the prospect, in late 2026, of a move westwards to a redeveloped former BT building near the cathedral. A sterile life in docklands, as HSBC staffers’ nickname for the
  
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• Stephen Lawrence: Anger at police failings after BBC names sixth suspect - bbc.co.uk

  26-06-2023 19:47 via news.google.com
  
  Stephen Lawrence: Anger at police failings after BBC names sixth suspect  bbc.co.ukStephen Lawrence murder: Metropolitan Police name new suspect 30 years on  Sky NewsWhat happened to Stephen Lawrence's killers?  Birmingham LiveStephen Lawrence: BBC names new suspect in UK's most notorious racist murder  bbc.co.ukBBC One changes TV schedule to air Stephen Lawrence: The Sixth Suspect  Radio TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Stokes and McCullum have delivered entertainment but winning cricket is key | Mark Ramprakash

  26-06-2023 19:45 via theguardian.com
  
  England have invigorated Test cricket after being let off the leash but will the public stay with them if they lose at Lord’s?It’s time for supporters and management to decide what they want with England going into the second game of the Ashes 1-0 down. If entertainment is the sole criteria, that box has been ticked. The first Test was great to watch, and the mentality of the side, their attitude and bravery, was so impressive. It is not just hype: they are invigorating Test cricket
  
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• Paris Mayo jailed for murder of newborn son - BBC

  26-06-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
  Paris Mayo jailed for murder of newborn son  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Oscar-winner next door: the everlasting appeal of Jennifer Lawrence

  26-06-2023 19:45 via theguardian.com
  
  After a brief period out of the spotlight, the actor is back with raunchy comedy No Hard Feelings and a performance to remind us that she’s still at the top of her gameBecause the advertisements for the new comedy No Hard Feelings have billed the film as an uncouth romp in the grandly off-color tradition of hard-R raunch, ticket-buyers may be somewhat surprised to find a heartfelt love letter to Montauk scrawled in the margins around the dirty doodles.More than a telegenic setting, the har
  
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• Short scream heard on morning Nicola Bulley disappeared, inquest told

  26-06-2023 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Pathologist says in her opinion there was no alcohol in blood of 45-year-old, and no evidence of assaultWitnesses heard a short gasping scream on the morning Nicola Bulley disappeared, her inquest has been told, with other testimony suggesting the mortgage broker drowned with no evidence of third-party harm or alcohol in her bloodstream.Two villagers told the inquest in Preston they heard a scream on the morning of 27 January. Continue reading...
  
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• Mum captures seagull on film stealing crisps from petrol station

  26-06-2023 19:26 via express.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Fattore, 39, saw the herring gull while waiting for her husband Shanon, 41, to come out of the shop near Gillingham, Kent.
  
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• Last surviving gaslit cinema in world to reopen in Leeds

  26-06-2023 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: £4.8m refurbishment, which has taken eight years, will include extension to building, restored interior and 50-seat second screenWhen Hyde Park Picture House first opened its doors to the public shortly before the first world war, women were at the mercy of groping men, who used the darkness as a cover to carry out attacks.It was such a problem that the owner of the Leeds cinema installed gas lamps in the auditorium in the hope of deterring would-be assailants. Continue reading.
  
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• Prigozhin crosses his Rubicon in echo of Caesar’s march on Rome

  26-06-2023 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Wagner leader’s abortive mutiny was an irrevocable step that may yet have serious consequencesOleksandr Syrskyi, the head of Ukraine’s ground troops, told the Guardian last week about his love of studying ancient Greek and Roman warfare: reading Plutarch, for example, or thinking about the battle of Cannae, in which an outnumbered north African force under Hannibal all but annihilated a huge Roman army in southern Italy.Perhaps this weekend, when considering the mutiny of Yevgeny Pri
  
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• Mass airlift of UK nationals from Russia impossible, says James Cleverly

  26-06-2023 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign secretary says Britain planning for ‘all scenarios’ after Wagner group uprisingUK politics live – latest updatesIt would be impossible for Britain to conduct a mass airlift of its nationals from Russia, but the UK government is planning for “all scenarios” after the country pulled back from the brink of civil war, the UK foreign secretary has said.James Cleverly said he could not give an accurate figure for the number of Britons still in Russia, although the
  
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• Public sector pay increase must be responsible - PM - BBC

  26-06-2023 18:55 via news.google.com
  
  Public sector pay increase must be responsible - PM  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Boy, 17, stabbed and left for dead in London canal dies despite rescue attempt

  26-06-2023 18:34 via express.co.uk
  
  The teenager was pulled out of the canal and failed attempts were made to resuscitate him.
  
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• Mason Mount 'ready to hold talks with Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino' - Sports Mole

  26-06-2023 18:33 via news.google.com
  Mason Mount 'ready to hold talks with Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino'  Sports MoleManchester United report: Mason Mount certain to move, after a final bid made to Chelsea  FourFourTwoMason Mount: Man Utd's £55m bid remains on table with Moises Caicedo and Adrien Rabiot other targets  Sky SportsChelsea sale 'held up by Man Utd tax' with Red Devils attempting to use £50m transfer as leverage  Football365Liverpool already magnified latest Man Un
  
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• Google Reportedly Testing Letting People Play Games on YouTube - IGN

  26-06-2023 18:25 via news.google.com
  
  Google Reportedly Testing Letting People Play Games on YouTube  IGNGoogle wants you to play games on YouTube  T3Google reportedly testing feature to play games on YouTube  GamesIndustry.bizReport: Google is experimenting with instant games on YouTube  Game DeveloperGoogle is reportedly testing a product to play games via YouTube | VGC  Video Games ChronicleView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Defence stocks fall after aborted uprising in Russia - Financial Times

  26-06-2023 18:22 via news.google.com
  
  Defence stocks fall after aborted uprising in Russia  Financial TimesPutin's Next Problem: The Readout With Ruth David  BloombergRussian rouble falls to 15-month low before recovering following Wagner rebellion – BBC News  BBC NewsGlobal stocks weaken and crude gains after revolt in Russia  Financial TimesPutin's Challenge: The Bloomberg Open, Europe Edition  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Belarus will let Wagner Group stay operational, Prigozhin says - POLITICO Europe

  26-06-2023 18:21 via news.google.com
  Belarus will let Wagner Group stay operational, Prigozhin says  POLITICO EuropeRussia latest: Wagner leader Prigozhin speaks for first time following mutiny - BBC News  BBC NewsWhere is Russian President Vladimir Putin? – BBC News  BBC NewsWhat we learned so far from a short-lived mutiny in Russia  EUobserverRussia Uprising: Putin Made Himself Even Weaker Responding to Wagner Mutiny  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Two and five-year fixed-rate mortgages in UK at highest level for seven months

  26-06-2023 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Data from Moneyfacts shows average cost of two-year deal now at 6.23%, with five-year at 5.86%The average price of two- and five-year fixed-rate mortgages in the UK has hit its highest level for seven months, putting further pressure on borrowers who are reaching the end of their deals.Data from the financial information firm Moneyfacts showed the cost of a two-year deal for homeowners rising to 6.23% on Monday, up from 6.19% at the end of last week and its highest since last November. Meanwhile
  
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• Australia's and England’s five-day Test is a triumph which must happen again | Geoff Lemon

  26-06-2023 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  The real legacy of this extended match should be fine cricket featuring the most runs on aggregate in any women’s TestAn Australian win, a huge match haul of wickets, a turnaround from a day earlier – sure, all significant on the fifth day of the Women’s Ashes Test in Trent Bridge. Significant above all, though, were two words in that previous sentence: fifth day. Finally, a women’s Test was played over the full span that men’s matches enjoy, giving the space to the
  
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• Mother's nightmare after botched veneers left her housebound for three years

  26-06-2023 18:17 via express.co.uk
  
  Jade Simmons, 37, paid £1,699 to get new veneers at a prestigious dental clinic in London after she spotted an advertisement on Facebook.‌ However, she was left shattered when her teeth began crumbling in her mouth just days later.
  
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• Baby-killing teen jailed for murdering her son when she was 15 before dumping body in bin

  26-06-2023 18:15 via express.co.uk
  
  Mayo assaulted her helpless child, leaving him with a fractured skull before forcing cotton wool in his mouth, the court heard.
  
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• Teenager Paris Mayo sentenced to at least 12 years for murder of newborn son

  26-06-2023 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayo was 15 when she killed son she gave birth to at her home in Herefordshire to hide pregnancy from her familyA woman has been detained for a minimum of 12 years for murdering her newborn baby when she was 15 to prevent her family discovering she had been pregnant.Paris Mayo, now 19, gave birth to her son, Stanley, alone and in silence in the living room of her home in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, while her parents and brother slept upstairs. Continue reading...
  
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• Paris men’s fashion week, SS24: 10 key collections – in pictures

  26-06-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  High-waisted trousers, short shorts, indoor fountains and a performance by Jay-Z… here are the highlights from Paris fashion week men’s Continue reading...
  
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• Did you solve it? The simple question almost everyone gets wrong

  26-06-2023 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  The answers to today’s stencil stumpersEarlier today I set you these six stencil puzzles, based on a IQ test for children devised by the American psychologist Grace Arthur in the 1920s.In each puzzle there is a patterned square at the top. The challenge is to work out how to create this square by placing some of the available stencils and coloured blocks on top of each other. Continue reading...
  
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• Gut Instincts: Microbiome's Role in Autism Revealed - Neuroscience News

  26-06-2023 17:48 via news.google.com
  
  Gut Instincts: Microbiome's Role in Autism Revealed  Neuroscience NewsHow to talk about autism: reconciling genomics and neurodiversity  Nature.comNew research clarifies connection between autism and the microbiome  Medical XpressMulti-level analysis of the gut–brain axis shows autism spectrum disorder-associated molecular and microbial profiles  Nature.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Seventy-six and looking for your next gig? You’ll get a warmer welcome at Glastonbury than at the supermarket | Zoe Williams

  26-06-2023 17:41 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s great that Elton John can still wow the crowds – but let’s not pretend he’s opening doors for other older peopleIn a media landscape of wall-to-wall mean, where it is considered normal and proportionate to lose your nut over an imaginary teenager who wants to identify as a cat, or whip yourself into a fury that some stranger, somewhere, doesn’t eat dairy, there is one personal remark that is off-limits: you can’t call anyone too old to do a thing because
  
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• Here’s how we can stop Britain’s inflation nightmare | Letters

  26-06-2023 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers offer solutions to rising interest rates and mortgage costsHow very apt to compare the rises in interest rates on mortgages with other European countries (Report, 20 June). In any other aspect of life, taking on a loan when you do not know what the future repayments will be would be very bad financial practice. Yet when homebuyers take on what is likely to be by far their biggest loan, the best they can hope for is a fixed term of two or, at best, five years – thereafter they are a
  
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