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• The Guardian view on supplying cluster bombs: not just a 'difficult' decision, but the wrong one | Editorial

  10-07-2023 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  The US is to transfer the devastating weapons to Ukraine. Kyiv is in a desperate struggle – but Joe Biden should not have approved thisTwenty-thousand Laotians, almost half of them children, have been killed or injured by unexploded ordnance since the Vietnam war ended. It is half a century since the US stopped bombing Laos, having dropped more than 2m tons of cluster munitions; decades on, people then unborn are still paying the price. On one estimate, it will take another 100 years to fu
  
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• The Guardian view on rape cases: the government has a long way to go | Editorial

  10-07-2023 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The number of prosecutions has risen, but the overall situation is concerning, with a record-high level of sex offences recordedRape and other serious sexual offences devastate the lives of victims, who carry scars with them through their lives. Prosecutions and convictions for these crimes remain too rare. In the year to September 2022, there were 70,633 rapes reported by police in England and Wales; in 2022, there were 459 convictions. Such an enormous gap is nothing new and has led campaigner
  
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• Incredible New 3D Visualization Lets You Travel Through 5000 Galaxies As Seen By JWST - IFLScience

  10-07-2023 19:07
  
  Incredible New 3D Visualization Lets You Travel Through 5000 Galaxies As Seen By JWST  IFLScienceSpace: 3D visualisation released showing what it's like to travel past 5000 galaxies  Sky NewsJourney Into the Past: Webb's Trippy 3D Animation Guides You to an Ancient Galaxy  GizmodoJames Webb Space Telescope travels billions of years in amazing 3D video  Space.comWatch: 3D visualization of 5,000 distant galaxies captured by JWST  Interesting Engine
  
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• Napping is linked to a larger brain. Does it matter? - Big Think

  10-07-2023 19:00
  
  Napping is linked to a larger brain. Does it matter?  Big ThinkI'm a neuroscientist - here are my key dos and don'ts for napping  Daily MailHow do you stop cognitive decline? Seeing friends, exercise key, say experts  South China Morning PostSleep restrictions take a toll: Study highlights negative impact on athletic performance and wellbeing  PsyPostSix hours' sleep 'might be a waste of time'  NewstalkView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Labour is right to talk about the power of oracy | Letters

  10-07-2023 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to Labour’s pledge to put oracy – the ability to express yourself confidently – on the curriculumI was encouraged by reading of Keir Starmer’s ambition to put speaking lessons at the heart of the curriculum (Keir Starmer says he is as ‘laser-focused on poverty’ as Tony Blair was in 1997, 6 July). Despite this causing some to fear that schools would revert to children reciting “How now, brown cow”, oracy or public speaking lessons ca
  
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• Anatomy is a vital part of the medical curriculum | Letters

  10-07-2023 18:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The study of structure of the human body is being sidelined in medical courses, warns Bernard MoxhamProf Chris Ward is right to point out that “softer skills” in the medical course cannot be readily learned in the classroom (Letters, 4 July).However, the opinion that instead of “memorising lots of anatomy” the subject should be learned as it becomes clinically relevant, may speak of the medical course in the very dim and distant past but not of the present. Continue readi
  
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• Rolling Stones star makes surprises appearance at Johnny Depp’s Hollywood Vampires gig

  10-07-2023 17:08 via express.co.uk
  
  Johnny Depp welcomed a Rolling Stones legend on stage at last night Hollywood Vampire's concert to pay tribute to the late Jeff Beck.
  
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• Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds

  10-07-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hottest summer on record – fuelled by climate crisis – brought unusually high mortality rates, statistics showSearing heat killed more than 60,000 people in Europe last summer, scientists have found, in a disaster made deadlier by greenhouse gases baking the planet.EU statisticians rang alarm bells in August, as sweltering heat, withering drought and raging fires consumed much of the continent, after seeing unusually high numbers of people die during Europe’s hottest summer on
  
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• Met issues new update into claims of BBC star paying for explicit photos of teenager

  10-07-2023 16:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Detectives from the Metropolitan Police met with representatives from the BBC online this morning.
  
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• Very friendly King Charles and Biden touch one another in an 'unheard of' protocol breach

  10-07-2023 16:24 via express.co.uk
  
  Biden placed a hand on Prince Charles's back as the pair met for talks on climate change
  
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• Mum says sons would ‘disown her’ for wearing PLT outfit that leaves her exposed

  10-07-2023 16:02 via express.co.uk
  
  A mum of three ordered a comfy onesie for lounging around the house but quickly found she was "hanging out" of her skin-tight outfit.
  
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• Train 'close to overturning' leaves passengers injured and luggage thrown across carriage

  10-07-2023 15:31 via express.co.uk
  
  The train was going so fast it is likely some of its wheels lifted off the rails, a report has found.
  
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• Massive cargo ship runs aground on lighthouse off Cornish coast - RNLI rush to scene

  10-07-2023 14:28 via express.co.uk
  
  The 640-foot-long cargo ship ran aground off a lighthouse nine miles from Land's End.
  
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• Small boat arrivals: Where are they coming from? MAPPED

  10-07-2023 14:09 via express.co.uk
  
  Over 1,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats in just two days last week for the first time this year.
  
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• First sign of incurable disease could be spotted whilst driving

  10-07-2023 13:54 via express.co.uk
  
  According to experts, one of the major problems with this particular disease is patients who spot the disease then keep the symptoms they've spotted to themselves.
  
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• Superfit mum who gave birth at 40 suffers from crippling illness leaving her immobile

  10-07-2023 13:44 via express.co.uk
  
  Sher said she wants to help others suffering from the same "misunderstood" condition.
  
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• The big idea: why climate tribalism only helps the deniers

  10-07-2023 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  From nuclear power to electric vehicles, battles between activists risk getting in the way of reducing emissionsOne of the most effective ways to be a climate sceptic is to say nothing at all. Why expend the effort slapping down climate solutions when you can rely on feuding climate activists to tear each other’s ideas apart? We tend to fight with those we are closest to. This is true of family. But it’s also true of our peers, which for me, are those obsessed with trying to fix clim
  
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• Groom threatens to cancel wedding because bride-to-be wants to 'ban' his daughter from day

  10-07-2023 13:29 via express.co.uk
  
  The distressed groom took to social media to share he was thinking of calling the whole thing off, because his wife-to-be didn't want to involve his 11-year-old daughter in the ceremony.
  
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• BBC explains the reason it hasn't named presenter at heart of new sex scandal

  10-07-2023 13:11 via express.co.uk
  
  The reasons behind the decision to protect the identity of its presenter are both legal and also ethical, according to the national broadcaster.
  
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• BBC’s own reporter admits corporation in ‘crisis’ over presenter explicit pictures claims

  10-07-2023 13:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The corporation's internal investigation has left multiple questions unanswered, said Lucy Manning.
  
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• 'Antisocial' children 'stealing from locals' and leaving rubbish all over seaside town

  10-07-2023 12:42 via express.co.uk
  
  Locals of all ages are up in arms about the partying and litter, with on student saying it was a case of a small group ruining it for everyone.
  
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• Teenager arrested after teacher stabbed at Tewkesbury School

  10-07-2023 12:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teacher is in hospital and a teenage boy is in custody, Gloucestershire Police say.
  
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• Paddy McCourt: Suspended sentence for ex-NI footballer

  10-07-2023 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former NI international Paddy McCourt was convicted for touching a woman in a Londonderry bar.
  
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• Secondary school teacher 'stabbed by pupil' in horrific attack

  10-07-2023 11:53 via express.co.uk
  
  Gloucestershire Police put the school in lockdown after being called around 9.10am today. A teenager has been arrested and a male teacher was taken to hospital.
  
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• Thames Water secures £750m cash injection

  10-07-2023 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The water company, which is struggling under huge debts, is facing the threat of nationalisation.
  
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• Frugal reverend saves £72 a year by religiously planning where to buy his fuel

  10-07-2023 11:34 via express.co.uk
  
  Reverend Ian uses a comparison website to decide where to buy fuel, which happens to be cheaper in a neighbouring county.
  
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• Easyjet cancels 1,700 flights from July to September

  10-07-2023 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The airline axes flights to and from Gatwick airport as schools head towards the summer break.
  
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• UK hot weather: New maps show incoming heatwave plume ambushing Britain in just days

  10-07-2023 11:18 via express.co.uk
  
  Rising temperatures could see the UK hit by warm, dry spells towards the end of July and early next month, the Met Office says.
  
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• Rape reform programme extended across England and Wales

  10-07-2023 11:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women rape complainants say the system is still weighted against them, even with programme pilots.
  
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• Family 'upset' with BBC response to presenter photo claims

  10-07-2023 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of a teenager allegedly paid by a BBC star for explicit photos are said to be upset by the corporation's latest response.
  
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• Brad Pitt films at Silverstone during F1 British GP weekend

  10-07-2023 10:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood star films scenes at the F1 circuit for a new movie co-produced by Lewis Hamilton.
  
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• Nottingham maternity review set to become UK's largest

  10-07-2023 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A senior midwife leading the inquiry is expected to announce 1,700 families' cases will be examined.
  
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• Luton: Van overloaded with carpet rolls stopped by police

  10-07-2023 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A driver is spotted with rolls of carpet sticking out of the front and back of the van in Luton.
  
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• Met Police: Doreen Lawrence concerned about pace of reform

  10-07-2023 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stephen Lawrence's mother has written to the home secretary to say that "vital changes" are needed.
  
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• RTÉ board stood down after payment scandal

  10-07-2023 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New director general Kevin Bakhurst says there can be no repeat of recent "shameful events".
  
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• Second girl, 8, dies after Wimbledon school car crash

  10-07-2023 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nuria Sajjad "embodied joy, kindness and generosity", her family said.
  
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• Brothels, bartenders and film stars: Eve Arnold’s women – in pictures

  10-07-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The pioneering photojournalist was headhunted by Magnum and became a personal favourite of Marilyn Monroe. A new retrospective tells her storyContinue reading...
  
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• Bury murder arrest after man hurt in bar fight dies

  10-07-2023 07:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 35-year-old died in hospital after he was punched and fell to the ground, police say.
  
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• Glenrothes high-rise residents' fears over fire service cuts

  10-07-2023 07:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents in Glenrothes fear fire rescues will take longer due to cuts in Tayside, Fife and Glasgow.
  
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• Data breach criminals' threat to publish nudes of woman

  10-07-2023 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman whose data was stolen says the scammers left her shaking and feeling "violated".
  
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• The Papers: 'BBC suspends star' and 'calls in police'

  10-07-2023 06:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The suspension of a BBC star accused of paying a teenager for explicit photos leads Monday's papers.
  
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• ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ – podcast

  10-07-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources. We have to change our approach Continue reading...
  
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• Long Covid forces Harpenden businessman into early retirement

  10-07-2023 05:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prolonged brain fog means Marcus Whitehead has had to retire early from his high-powered city job.
  
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• Payback or play? The orcas sinking yachts – podcast

  10-07-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Since May 2020, there have been hundreds of reports of orcas interacting with boats in the strait of Gibraltar. Philip Hoare reportsOrcas, also known as killer whales, rarely interfere with boats. But since May 2020, some of these highly intelligent and social mammals have changed their behaviour. There has been an increase in incidents of orcas breaking rudders and even sinking yachts in the strait of Gibraltar. This behaviour seems to be spreading. In June, orcas rammed into a yacht in the Nor
  
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• Rape reform programme extended across England and Wales - BBC

  10-07-2023 03:11
  
  Rape reform programme extended across England and Wales  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Wordle answer today for Monday, 10th July: What is the word today for 751? - Eurogamer.net

  10-07-2023 01:01
  
  Wordle answer today for Monday, 10th July: What is the word today for 751?  Eurogamer.netToday's Wordle hint and answer for Monday, July 10  Rock Paper ShotgunWordle today: Wordle 751 July 10 hints and today's answer | HeraldScotland  HeraldScotlandWordle 750 answer for July 9: Quite a tiring puzzle! Check hints, clues, solution  HT TechWordle hint and answer for Sunday, July 9  Rock Paper ShotgunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Wimbledon 2023 results: Novak Djokovic leads by two sets against Hubert Hurkacz after Andrey Rublev wins - BBC

  10-07-2023 00:03
  
  Wimbledon 2023 results: Novak Djokovic leads by two sets against Hubert Hurkacz after Andrey Rublev wins  BBCWhy Carlos Alcaraz is not Novak Djokovic’s Biggest Threat at Wimbledon  Last Word On SportsWimbledon 2023: Novak Djokovic to resume fourth-round match with Hubert Hurkacz on Monday two sets up  Eurosport UKWimbledon LIVE: Watch BBC TV coverage, follow radio & text commentary - Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek & Jessica Pegula play on day seven - Live
  
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