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• Joe Biden to meet King Charles and Rishi Sunak in UK visit

  02-07-2023 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Joe Biden will meet King Charles at Windsor Castle on 10 July.
  
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• Lord's bosses suspend three members over clashes with Australia players

  02-07-2023 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Marylebone Cricket Club suspends three members over altercations with Australia players at Lord's on day five of the second Test.
  
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• Cambridge flat fire: Woman and children named by police

  02-07-2023 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gemma Germeney, 31, Lilly Peden, eight, and Oliver Peden, four, all died in the fire, police say.
  
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• Max Verstappen wins Austrian GP to extend F1 world championship lead – live reaction

  02-07-2023 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the Red Bull Ring, race starts 2pm BSTVerstappen speaks out over ‘unnecessary’ death of driver at SpaEmail Luke with any thoughts | Tweet @LukeMcLaughlinRed Bull’s Christian Horner has a quick chat: “It’s going to be an interesting race with the conditions … let’s see.”Riveting! Continue reading...
  
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• Tour de France 2023: stage two – live updates

  02-07-2023 17:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling updates from 209km ride to San SebastiánStage-by-stage guide | Email John or tweet himPowless, Boasson Hagen and Cavagna have just over three minutes on the pack and things have properly quietened down.An email: “Yesterday’s final 15km were absolutely brilliant,” writes William Preston. “The Yates Duo (sounds like a neo-jazz band) got an absolute stomp on over the flat and worked brilliantly. I love it when thrilling heroics wins a stage. I hope we see simi
  
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• The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, second Test, day five – live

  02-07-2023 17:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Over-by-over updates from the final day at Lord’sPope’s shoulder injury makes him a doubt for third Ashes TestAny thoughts? Email Jim or tweet @Jimbo_Cricket33rd over: England 118-4 (Duckett 53, Stokes 30) Pat Cummins to start from t’other end (the pavilion). These two were so potent last evening for Australia. Three singles off the over, this pair happy to nudge into the gaps and scamper singles.32nd over: England 115-4 (Duckett 51, Stokes 29) A single to Ben Duckett to open E
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukrainian forces gradually advance on Bakhmut; four people injured after shelling in Kherson

  02-07-2023 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Eastern Command spokesperson says Ukrainian forces are ‘pressuring’ Russian troops in Donetsk Oblast; Russian shelling hits residential area. says UkraineWhat we know on day 494 of the invasionPoland will send 500 police officers to its border with Belarus, the Polish minister of the interior, Mariusz Kaminski, said on Sunday, Reuters reports.“Due to the tense situation on the border with Belarus I have decided to bolster our forces with 500 Polish police officers from preventi
  
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• When the ants start crawling, yes, I take my antipsychotics – but human touch is also a powerful balm | Eleanor de Jong

  02-07-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  What’s often overlooked in the treatment of mental illness is the neglect of your body, and its need to be cared for and soothedWhen a manic episode is brewing, before any thoughts get really strange, my body tells me what’s just around the corner.Colours become hypersaturated and video-game like, often pulsating with intensity. Sounds are amplified, as if you’ve developed superhuman abilities. I’ll feel a growing pressure in my head and my vision becomes very sharp; I ca
  
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• In brief: The God of Good Looks; Rental Person Who Does Nothing; Starling – reviews

  02-07-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A punchy romance with much to say about Caribbean life; a lazy Japanese guy muses on meaning and connection; and a memorable coming-of-age novelBreanne McIvor
  Fig Tree, £14.99, pp384 Continue reading...
  
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• Film-maker Fyzal Boulifa: ‘I need to engage with my country in this strange time of identity crisis’

  02-07-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The acclaimed British-Moroccan director, who made his name with 2019’s Lynn + Lucy, on growing up in white working-class Leicester, filming with nuance and the brutality of LondonFyzal Boulifa and I arrive together at his film distributor’s offices, to a boisterous welcome from a pair of French bulldogs. He stoically endures their enthusiasm while confiding under his breath that he is actually terrified of dogs. It seems an apt introduction to a director who spent more than a decade
  
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• Can diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic break addictions too?

  02-07-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Doctors are hearing anecdotal reports of reductions in drinking and smoking, but experts caution that more research is neededWhen Sarah Bennett started taking semaglutide for weight loss last year, she noticed other unexpected changes in behaviour – that longstanding habits fell away without her consciously intending them to.Semaglutide is commonly known as Ozempic, the brand name for the drug when prescribed as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. Ozempic has been widely used off-label for we
  
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• Thames Water shareholder gives backing to crisis-hit firm

  02-07-2023 16:50 via theguardian.com
  
  USS support for turnaround plan comes as water company buckles under £14bn debt burdenSewage in kitchens and ‘white elephant’ projects: why Thames Water is strugglingOne of Thames Water’s big shareholders has given its backing to the embattled water company, after the surprise departure of its chief executive and crisis talks with the government over its viability.Thames Water, which is buckling under a £14bn debt burden and has embarked on an eight-year turnaround
  
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• Water cremation: Co-op Funeralcare to be first UK company to offer resomation

  02-07-2023 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The process, used in the US and Canada, will be available later this year through Co-op Funeralcare.
  
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• Emmerdale actor Meg Johnson dies aged 86

  02-07-2023 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Soap star who also acted in Coronation Street, Brookside and the musical Chicago, had dementia, her family saidThe soap opera stalwart Meg Johnson has died at the age of 86 after having had dementia “for the last few years”, it has been confirmed.The death of Johnson, who had played Pearl Ladderbanks in Emmerdale since 2003, was announced in a joint statement from her family, the talent agency Jorg Betts Associates and the ITV show. Continue reading...
  
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• Should I worry about running damaging my knees?

  02-07-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Is it true that pounding the pavement causes arthritis? Does it matter what kind of shoes you wear or what surface you run on? When you run, every step you take can land with a force equal to almost four times your body weight. Run a mile, and you’re taking 1,500 steps like that. Sure, we’re all born to run, and perhaps even evolutionarily adapted to chase skittish deer across miles of open plain. But our ancestors weren’t running on concrete and the average hunter was probably
  
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• Cat owners called on for UK’s first feline blood bank

  02-07-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Portuguese organisation hopes to set up resource for veterinary practices around BritainPingo does not look like a conventional superhero. There is no spandex costume, a dearth of magical powers and – as far as is known – no secret identity. Yet the black and white cat is part of a bold endeavour to save lives: the first feline blood bank in the UK.Human blood banks have existed in the UK since 1937, while dogs have been taking part in canine blood donation drives for years. Continue
  
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• Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts

  02-07-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British LibraryHad it been made, the television drama would have begun with a middle-aged Mary Seacole, the British-Jamaican woman who nurses hundreds of British soldiers during the Crimean war, introducing herself to staff at the British military hospital at Scutari, near Istanbul, in 1855. Among them is Florence Nightingale, who briskly asks Seacole what she wants. This, at least,
  
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• African Head Charge: A Trip to Bolgatanga review – a polite revival

  02-07-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Veteran band leader Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah has relocated to Ghana, making a relaxed album that lacks the menace of his dub collective’s bassier effortsA Trip to Bolgatanga is the first album in 12 years from formerly prolific dub collective African Head Charge. Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, the veteran band’s leader, has relocated to Bolgatanga, a Ghanaian town famed for its craftwork. Inspired by his new surroundings, the vocalist-percussionist has completed 10 new songs in colla
  
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• We Cut Through Dust review – mixed messages from post-apocalyptic Manchester

  02-07-2023 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Manchester international festival
  The audience tour the city listening to a series of voice notes sent by world-weary survivor. But this promenade performance falters with its form and sense of purposeWith its commitment to world premieres, Manchester international festival could easily seem detached from the city. Invite too many glitzy global names to collaborate on esoteric projects and you could appear remote. To avoid that trap, even as it fields its John Grants and its Alison Goldfrapps, t
  
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• Office chair racing and ‘royals’ at London Pride: the weekend’s best photos

  02-07-2023 15:42 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Using austerity economics to crush UK inflation would be a cure worse than the disease | Richard Partington

  02-07-2023 15:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Caution needed rather than panic measures over short-term risks after credibility of government and Bank of England hitFor more than a year Britain has been trapped with the highest inflation rate in four decades. Rather than making serious inroads to shift this uncomfortable fact, the past month’s economic developments have turned the country to panic.The view in the City is the Bank of England has lost control. After a parade of bad news, leaving it backed into a corner, the central bank
  
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• South African Zulu king’s entourage denies ‘poisoning’ rumours

  02-07-2023 15:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Confusion as spokesperson says reports Misuzulu Zulu in hospital after falling ill were untrueUncertainty reigned on Sunday over the health of South Africa’s Zulu king, the head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy, with his spokesperson denying reports he had been hospitalised.Misuzulu Zulu, 48, ascended the throne last year after the death of his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, amid a bitter feud over the royal succession. Continue reading...
  
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• France riots: calmer night reported despite 700 arrests

  02-07-2023 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Forty-five thousand police and gendarmes deployed across country in fifth night of rioting‘We are seen as less human’: inside Marseille’s districts abandoned by the policePolice made at least 700 arrests during a fifth night of rioting in France, but despite an attack on the home of a local mayor authorities said the scale and intensity of the violence sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager appeared to be waning.As security reinforcements were deployed on Saturday t
  
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• Baltimore shooting: two dead and dozens injured in US city

  02-07-2023 15:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Two adults killedand 28 wounded in incident, according to local police who are still searching for shooterTwo people have been killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting in Baltimore, including three who are in critical condition, police have said.The Baltimore Police Department acting commissioner, Richard Worley, confirmed there were a total of 30 victims during a press conference at the scene on Sunday. Police said they were still looking for the shooter.Reuters and the Associated Press contrib
  
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• Nick Kyrgios admits he is ‘almost dreading’ return to tennis at Wimbledon

  02-07-2023 15:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyrgios set to compete at tournament after spell on sidelinesAustralian faces tricky test against David Goffin in first roundNick Kyrgios declared himself fit for Wimbledon after his long injury lay-off but said he was “almost dreading” his return to tennis.The 28-year-old pulled out of the Australian Open on the eve of the tournament, announcing he needed surgery on his knee, and he has played only one match since, last month in Stuttgart. Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Baker withdraws support for Braverman over grooming gangs rhetoric, says ally

  02-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Influential Brexiter backedhome secretary’s leadership bid but is said to object to her singling out British-Pakistani menSuella Braverman’s rhetoric about child sexual abuse and grooming gangs has cost her the support of an influential Conservative backer, Steve Baker, in a sign her hardline approach to culture war issues could hamper her chances of becoming Tory leader.Baker, a Tory MP on the Brexiter right of the party, who is now a Northern Ireland minister, was Braverman’s
  
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• Readers reply: how different are modern humans from the first Homo sapiens?

  02-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsHow different, genetically, physiologically or mentally, are humans today from the first Homo sapiens? And do these changes reveal anything about how we might evolve in the future? Gail Whitbourne, Quebec CitySend new questions to [email protected]. Continue reading...
  
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• My law-breaking mission to save Britain’s endangered orchids

  02-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ben Jacob looks back on his lifelong passion for Britain’s native orchids, and reveals why he has risked heavy fines and even prison to save themA garden centre. The soft artificial light of neon bulbs. Aisles hung with gloves, plastic bottles, plant food. Houseplants perched on white tables. Maybe not a place conventionally thought to change a life, but it changed mine. Not the bottles or gloves, but one of those houseplants. There it was in a plastic pot in the company of a few others, l
  
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• I spoke to teachers preparing to strike. Their trauma was palpable | John Harris

  02-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Staff are burning out and classroom cupboards are bare, hitting students hard. We should feel shock – but also a sinking sense of deja vuI love my mum,” said last Saturday’s headliner on Glastonbury’s West Holts stage. But then, as the London-born hip-hop artist Loyle Carner prepared for his next song, he got on to the really crucial part. “My mum’s a teacher; my girlfriend’s a teacher,” he said. “The only thing I feel like right now is, teac
  
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• Goodbye, grit. What if we all just gave up on work? | Emma Beddington

  02-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It feels like we have no choice but to keep grinding – but the anti-work movement looks heroic in the face of burnout and climate catastropheThere is something pleasing about the story of the Italian teacher Cinzia Paolina De Lio, who was recently dismissed for being off work, in one way or another, for 20 years during her 24-year period of employment. De Lio is appealing, but probably didn’t do herself any favours by reportedly telling local media: “Sorry, but right now I&rsqu
  
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• Dolly Parton: the star who unites rock with country … and left with right

  02-07-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The singer has the political talent to take stands – on gay rights, or child literacy – without losing her conservative heartland fans At 77, Dolly Parton is justly being celebrated, along with her more established virtues, for an ability to unite disparate groups. She has, it’s claimed, an equally strong fanbase in the Trumpian “Rust Belt” as among the gay clubbers of New York City, to pick two of America’s polarised stereotypes.Her London visit to promote a
  
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• What languages do native speakers of Mandarin and Arabic find the hardest to learn?

  02-07-2023 14:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsMandarin and Arabic often top the list of languages that are hardest to learn. But what do native speakers of those languages find the hardest to master, and why? Alex Billings, LincolnPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to [email protected]. A selection will be published next Sunday. Continue readi
  
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• Rick Froberg, acclaimed post-hardcore frontman for Drive Like Jehu and more, dies aged 55

  02-07-2023 14:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Impassioned singer and guitarist, who has died of natural causes, also fronted the bands Hot Snakes, Pitchfork and ObitsRick Froberg, the strident frontman with US post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Pitchfork and Obits, has died aged 55.His death was announced by longtime collaborator John Reis, who wrote on Instagram:Rick passed away suddenly last night from natural causes. His art made life better. The only thing he loved more than art and rock n roll was his friends. He will for
  
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• Football clubs urged to consider gambling ad impact - BBC

  02-07-2023 14:04 via news.google.com
  
  Football clubs urged to consider gambling ad impact  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Israel’s far-right government fans the flames of vigilante settler violence

  02-07-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Religious nationalists emboldened now their representatives are major players in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new administrationFive bullet holes now scar the walls and window of Hummus Restaurant, a modest fast food outlet near the settlement of Eli on the Israeli-built highway running the length of the occupied West Bank.On 20 June two gunmen affiliated with Hamas, the militant group in control of the Gaza Strip, shot and killed four people here in one of the worst attacks committed by Palestini
  
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• Holding our nerve: a renovation that grew and grew

  02-07-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A stunning conversation of a home that began with a lick of paintWhen your surveyor tells you midway through your build that your house is now worth a third less than what you paid for it, you either lose the motivation to keep going, or carry on and hope for the best. Ann Marie Cousins was a litigator when she and her husband, David, bought their home in Yorkshire and, although, she’d extended kitchens and bathrooms before, renovating a house that’s of architectural interest and in
  
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• The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, second Test, day five – live - The Guardian

  02-07-2023 13:59 via news.google.com
  
  The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, second Test, day five – live  The GuardianThe Ashes 2023: Cricket's lawmakers clarify why Mitchell Starc's attempted catch was not out  BBCDid Mitchell Starc REALLY 'drop' Duckett ball? | Ricky Ponting reacts to surreal non-wicket in Ashes  Sky Sports CricketEngland v Australia second Ashes Test day four report and scores:  Sportinglife.comThe Ashes 2023: Ben Duckett reprieve a disgrace, says Glenn McGrath &n
  
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• Second world war British fighter planes unearthed in Ukraine

  02-07-2023 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Remains of eight Hurricanes dating back to 1940s conflict found south of KyivAuthorities in Ukraine have discovered the remains of eight British Hurricane fighter planes dating back to the second world war.The aircraft, found near an unexploded bomb dating from the same conflict in a forest south of Kyiv, were sent to the Soviet Union by Britain after Nazi Germany invaded the country in 1941. Continue reading...
  
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• Ollie Pope’s shoulder injury makes him a doubt for third Ashes Test at Headingley

  02-07-2023 13:35 via theguardian.com
  
  England vice-captain to have scan on right shoulder on MondayMoeen Ali available again while Mark Wood fit to face AustraliaOllie Pope is a significant doubt for the third Ashes Test, with scans on his injured right shoulder booked for Monday and England braced for a reshuffle as they head to Headingley, where the next match starts on Thursday.Pope injured his right shoulder in the field on the first day of the second Test at Lord’s and re-injured it in similar circumstances on the third.
  
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• Tour de France stage 2 Live - A hilly battle in the Basque country - Cyclingnews

  02-07-2023 13:27 via news.google.com
  
  Tour de France stage 2 Live - A hilly battle in the Basque country  CyclingnewsTour de France: Stage two - will Britain's Adam Yates stay in yellow?  BBCSteep Climbs In The Basque Country To Start The Race! | Tour De France 2023 Highlights - Stage 1  GCN RacingJonas Vingegaard: 'The Tour de France won't be decided by four seconds'  CyclingWeeklyTour de France 2023: stage two – live updates  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard says strike disruption will get worse - BBC

  02-07-2023 13:17 via news.google.com
  
  NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard says strike disruption will get worse  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Allergy season really is getting worse every year. Here’s how science can help | Theresa MacPhail

  02-07-2023 13:16 via theguardian.com
  
  We are slowly beginning to understand how our immune systems work, which will help us prevent allergies – but more research is desperately neededIf it seems as though everyone around you has been sneezing, coughing and wheezing more often this summer, you’re not imagining things. Allergies are both becoming more common and getting worse. In some ways, this is not news. Respiratory allergy, asthma, eczema and food allergy rates have all been ticking upward for at least the past 50 yea
  
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• ‘Bidenomics’ is a business opportunity. But who can cash in?

  02-07-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Millions of dollars are going to support the president’s policies on infrastructure and services – and some of it could be yoursThis past week Joe Biden gave a speech in which he touted his economic policies and, rather than deflecting, he leaned into what many of his opponents called “Bidenomics”.Bidenomics is the opposite of “trickle-down” theory, which holds that tax cuts to wealthy individuals and corporations ultimately find their way to the rest of the p
  
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• Archaeologists hunt for burial site of famous 19th-century elephant in Gloucestershire

  02-07-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Historians hope to find remains of animal from one of Britain’s Victorian travelling menageriesThey are more used to excavating prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon sites, but archaeologists are now embarking on an extraordinary hunt for the fabled burial site of a 19th-century elephant – in south Gloucestershire.This was a famous “beast” that drew crowds as part of a travelling menagerie that toured the length and breadth of Britain. It is thought to be the mighty mammal i
  
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• Lord Bob Kerslake: Former Civil Service head dies aged 68 - BBC

  02-07-2023 12:41 via news.google.com
  
  Lord Bob Kerslake: Former Civil Service head dies aged 68  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Stena Line incident: Man dies after going overboard on Belfast to Cairnryan ferry - Belfast Live

  02-07-2023 12:40 via news.google.com
  Stena Line incident: Man dies after going overboard on Belfast to Cairnryan ferry  Belfast LiveMan dies after falling overboard from Stena Line ferry  BBCStena Line issues statement after 'man overboard' incident on Belfast to Cairnryan sailing  Belfast TelegraphMajor rescue launched after person falls overboard from Stena Line ferry...  The Scottish SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Magnussen and de Vries to start F1 Austrian GP from pitlane - Motorsport.com

  02-07-2023 12:38 via news.google.com
  Magnussen and de Vries to start F1 Austrian GP from pitlane  Motorsport.comAustrian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen beats Sergio Perez to sprint win  BBCPOV: You're An F1 Driver Arriving For Race Day! #Shorts  McLarenLIVE: 2023 F1 Austrian Grand Prix  Racingnews365.com“Was Suddenly Labeled a Loser”: Sergio Perez Opens Up on His Difficult Dry Spell as Max Verstappen’s Dominant Form Continues to Mount Pressure  EssentiallySportsView Fu
  
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• Labour should investigate any claim of Jess Phillips ‘racism’, says shadow minister

  02-07-2023 12:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Bridget Phillipson says party has process to look into headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh’s complaint against frontbench colleagueA complaint against the Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips by one of Britain’s highest-profile headteachers accusing her of “racist and bullying behaviour” should be investigated, the shadow education secretary has said.Bridget Phillipson, a senior member of Keir Starmer’s team, said any complaint against a Labour MP should be looked into,
  
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• Spilled milk closes the M6 motorway after tanker crash - BBC

  02-07-2023 12:31 via news.google.com
  
  Spilled milk closes the M6 motorway after tanker crash  BBCM6 traffic at standstill after milk tanker flips over central reservation - live  Lancs LiveMan and woman taken to hospital after M6 milk tanker crash  Lancashire TelegraphM6 closed after two in hospital following overturned milk tanker  The MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Patients to ‘pay price’ for ministers and unions failing to stop strikes, says NHS chief

  02-07-2023 12:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Warning from head of NHS in England comes as minister accuses junior doctors of walking away from talksThe head of the NHS in England has said patients will “pay the price” because ministers and health unions have failed to stop unprecedented strikes this month, with the health secretary, Steve Barclay, accusing junior doctors of “walking away” from talks.Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of the health service in England, said the “significant disruption”
  
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