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• 'We live in UK's most dangerous seaside town – leaving the house at night is terrifying'

  06-08-2023 23:58 via express.co.uk
  
  Ingoldmells is a popular resort town on the Lincolnshire coast but has experienced trouble with violent criminals and local drunks.
  
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• Love Island's Kady McDermott and Zach Noble embroiled in 'bitter' Reunion row live on ITV - Chronicle Live

  06-08-2023 23:56 via news.google.com
  Love Island's Kady McDermott and Zach Noble embroiled in 'bitter' Reunion row live on ITV  Chronicle LiveLove Island stars Ella B, Leah, Abi and Ella T send temperatures soaring as they arrive to The Reunion in styl  Daily MailLove Island fans all say same thing as Kady and Molly clash on reunion show  Daily StarLove Island reunion's most explosive moments from 'early' split to romance rumours  Wales OnlineLove Island's Kady becomes embroiled in a heated r
  
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• Kylian Mbappé barred from training with PSG’s main first-team group

  06-08-2023 23:53 via theguardian.com
  
  PSG return to training base on Monday after pre-season tourForward refusing to engage with club’s new contract offerKylian Mbappé will be barred from training with Paris Saint-Germain’s main first-team group as his contract dispute with the club continues.PSG return to their training base on Monday after their tour of Japan and South Korea, but Mbappé will be part of the so-called ‘loft’ training group rather than the first team. Continue reading...
  
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• Woman unrecognisable after going sober and ditching two bottles of vodka-a-day habit

  06-08-2023 23:40 via express.co.uk
  
  Abi Feltham bravely confronted her demons and now looks like a new person after ditching the booze.
  
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• Bibby Stockholm move-ins planned for Monday despite outbreak warnings

  06-08-2023 23:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Internal document warns ‘large numbers’ could be affected if disease breaks out on barge planned to house asylum seekersMinisters hope to move asylum seekers on to the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge on Monday despite warnings in an internal health document that many could be infected if there was an outbreak of a disease such as diphtheria on board.A draft “outbreak management plan” for the barge was released after a freedom of information request to NHS Dorset. The
  
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• Fines to rise sharply for illegal housing or employment of asylum seekers in UK

  06-08-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers announce higher penalties from next year in attempt to reduce ‘pull factors’ for people making small boat crossingsPeople who allow asylum seekers to work for them or rent their properties in breach of the law will face significantly increased fines from next year, as ministers attempt to reduce “pull factors” for people making small boat crossings.Landlords found to be hosting a lodger without lawful immigration status for the first time could be forced to pay
  
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• Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins taken 'hostage for six hours' by 'killers'

  06-08-2023 23:27 via express.co.uk
  
  The former Lostprophets singer was reportedly held hostage by 'killers who just arrived at prison'
  
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• Ellie Cardwell epitomises England’s spirit in Netball World Cup final | Emma John

  06-08-2023 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The goal shooter never gave up but Australia showed once again why they are the world’s best teamEllie Cardwell has one of the most expressive faces in netball. You can tell when England’s goal shooter is up, because her grin has the wattage of a battleship’s searchlight and at the start of this World Cup final she seemed to encapsulate her team’s confidence and joie de jouer. She sunk a shot from halfway back in the circle, and gestured to the crowd to make some noise. A
  
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• Is it just me, or do you hate the cult of canine too? - Daily Mail

  06-08-2023 23:10 via news.google.com
  Is it just me, or do you hate the cult of canine too?  Daily Mail
  
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• ‘Even more proud to be Jamaican’: Reggae Girlz defy the odds to reach World Cup knockout

  06-08-2023 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The team held off Brazil to become one of the last 16, having overcome indifference and underfunding on the wayWomen’s World Cup 2023 team guides part 23: JamaicaWhen Jamaica knocked football superpower Brazil out of the Women’s World Cup last week, it was not even 7am in Kingston.But the early hour was not enough to dampen the celebrations as the team – ranked 43rd in the world – became the first English-speaking Caribbean country to have made it to the knockout round. C
  
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• UK business confidence falls as economy slows and interest rates rise

  06-08-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Firms have cut back on hiring staff and manufacturing output is at its lowest since May 2020 as supply issues continue, a survey findsBusiness confidence fell last month amid jitters over the slowing UK economy dampening company plans to hire more staff, according to a survey of more than 4,000 firms.Optimism has declined, with higher interest rates and weak global demand contributing to gloom across the services and manufacturing sectors. Continue reading...
  
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• Channel migrants could be sent to Ascension Island 4,000 miles from the UK in the South Atlantic if the Rwanda - Daily Mail

  06-08-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  Channel migrants could be sent to Ascension Island 4,000 miles from the UK in the South Atlantic if the Rwanda  Daily MailNewspaper headlines: 'Plan B on Rwanda' as 'MPs defy second jobs anger'  BBCMigrants could go to Ascension Island if Rwanda policy fails  The TimesMinisters 'consider sending migrants to UK overseas territories'  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Alone review – have any of this survival show’s contestants even been outside before?

  06-08-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  They have to survive in the wilderness for as long as possible – but these Brits can’t start fires, are constantly terrified and can’t be trusted with sharp objects. Which isn’t as funny as you might think…The original version of Alone, a survivalist show with a large cash prize, is, of course, American. In it, a dozen or so contestants are dropped into a bear-studded and in various other ways inhospitable environment (usually the Alaskan or Canadian wilderness) an
  
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• Bryson DeChambeau shoots 58 on final round of LIV victory at Greenbrier

  06-08-2023 22:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Becomes only fourth player in top-level golf to shoot 58American finished 23-under for six-shot victoryBryson DeChambeau became the fourth player on a top-level tour to shoot 58, making birdies on his last four holes to capture his first LIV Golf title at the rain-softened Greenbrier on Sunday.DeChambeau holed a 35-foot putt on the par-three 18th and leapt with joy to celebrate the lowest score of his career. Continue reading...
  
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• YouTuber accused of murdering boyfriend 'hid chopped up body in suitcase' - The Mirror

  06-08-2023 22:47 via news.google.com
  YouTuber accused of murdering boyfriend 'hid chopped up body in suitcase'  The MirrorSpanish chef admits to Koh Phangan killing: Police  Bangkok PostView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Russia unleashes strikes against Ukraine; Kyiv targets Crimea bridge - Al Jazeera English

  06-08-2023 22:47 via news.google.com
  Russia unleashes strikes against Ukraine; Kyiv targets Crimea bridge  Al Jazeera EnglishUkraine-Russia war: Russia says it struck air bases in western Ukraine  The TelegraphSea drones appear to be giving Ukraine an avenue to strike back at Russia. But what are they?  Sky NewsSix dead following large-scale Russian missile strikes across Ukraine  Evening StandardRussia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 530 of the invasion  The GuardianVi
  
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• Mothers of 'vulnerable' teenage daughters take the NHS to court as they claim their girls are being fast-track - Daily Mail

  06-08-2023 22:37 via news.google.com
  Mothers of 'vulnerable' teenage daughters take the NHS to court as they claim their girls are being fast-track  Daily Mail
  
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• Tate Britain places gender reassignment surgery books in children's library

  06-08-2023 22:28 via express.co.uk
  
  The Tate Britain said its Story Space is "open to visitors of all ages and contains a range of books for children and teenagers".
  
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• Original Raven Returns in Tekken 8 Alongside Coffee-Loving Newcomer Azucena - Push Square

  06-08-2023 22:15 via news.google.com
  
  Original Raven Returns in Tekken 8 Alongside Coffee-Loving Newcomer Azucena  Push SquareTekken 8 welcomes Azucena and Raven – PlayStation.Blog  PlayStationTEKKEN 8 — Azucena Reveal & Gameplay Trailer  Bandai Namco Entertainment AmericaRaven & Azucena join the Tekken 8 roster in latest EVO 2023 reveal  DexertoTekken 8 - Official Azucena Gameplay Reveal Trailer  IGNView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Van Paemel Family review – a single-handed family epic

  06-08-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
  Valentijn Dhaenens switches between 13 characters, with the help of technology, to tell a story of poverty and social injusticeIt is maverick, perhaps reckless, to attempt to turn a multi-generational, multicharacter classic into a one-man show. Yet Valentijn Dhaenens pulls it off in this curious adaptation of Flemish playwright Cyriel Buysse’s 1903 epic about family, poverty, class and social injustice – with the help of nifty technology.Dhaenens, a co-found
  
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• Inside UK 'shanty town' where Labour council charges £1,560-a-month to live in crime hell

  06-08-2023 21:49 via express.co.uk
  
  One mother "at the end of her tether" became so exasperated by drugs gangs plaguing the shipping container homes she slept overnight in the Ealing Council office in protest.
  
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• Arizona woman accused of trying to kill husband by lacing coffee with bleach

  06-08-2023 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  A state grand jury indicted Melody Felicano Johnson in Tucson in July after her husband sent video to policeAn Arizona woman tried to kill her husband – a US military member – by poisoning his coffee with bleach daily since March before her arrest, authorities allege.Melody Felicano Johnson faces charges of attempted first-degree homicide, attempted aggravated assault, and adding poison to food or drink after her husband sent video to police of her apparently pouring bleach into his
  
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• Sinéad O’Connor tribute appears in Ireland as funeral plans announced

  06-08-2023 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Installation appears on hillside overlooking seaside town of Bray, where singer is to be buriedA fleeting installation honouring Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on a hillside overlooking the Irish seaside town of Bray, where she is to be buried on Tuesday.A message in 30ft-tall letters spelling out “ÉIRE ♡ SINÉAD” that was visible from the air appeared on Sunday outside the County Wicklow town, south of Dublin, that was her home for 15 years. Contin
  
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• Mathieu van der Poel becomes world road cycling champion in Glasgow

  06-08-2023 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Dutchman overcomes protest and crash to claim gloryRace had been held up for almost an hour by protestersMathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands won an attritional and dramatic men’s UCI World Road Race title in Glasgow, surviving an environmental protest, a high-speed crash and a broken racing shoe to claim the first road racing rainbow jersey of his career.“It means everything,” the Dutchman said of his title. “It was one of the biggest goals I had left and to win it to
  
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• Nicola Jennings on Thérèse Coffey ignoring post-Brexit green watchdog – cartoon

  06-08-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Raghuram Rajan: the banker who warned of meltdown in 2005

  06-08-2023 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The former governor of India’s central bank now steers a tricky course between supporting free markets and campaigning against unfettered risk-takingHe was once talked about as a possible successor to Christine Lagarde as boss of the International Monetary Fund. Then there were hints he might become governor of the Bank of England.But Raghuram Rajan says neither job was ever on his radar, despite his position in the front rank of central bankers after a stint running the Reserve Bank of In
  
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• Labour says it would 'temporarily' house refugees on offshore barges - The Independent

  06-08-2023 20:57 via news.google.com
  
  Labour says it would 'temporarily' house refugees on offshore barges  The IndependentBibby Stockholm: Barge arrivals expected in coming days - minister  BBCLabour would use barges to temporarily house asylum seekers, says Stephen Kinnock  The GuardianLabour would keep housing asylum seekers on barges - as Bibby Stockholm scheme to start 'in coming days'  Sky NewsFire alarms tested on Bibby Stockholm after safety concerns  The IndependentView Full
  
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• 'Beautiful boy' stabbed to death in popular UK seaside town pictured for first time

  06-08-2023 20:44 via express.co.uk
  
  The family of Cameron Hamilton have paid tribute to the "funny, kind and wonderful" 18-year-old who was murdered in Bournemouth this weekend.
  
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• Bodies of woman and toddler found after migrant boats sink off Lampedusa

  06-08-2023 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian coastguard says two bodies recovered, amid reports of at least 30 people missing from two vessels that sailed from Tunisia The bodies of a woman and toddler were recovered by the Italian coastguard after two shipwrecks overnight off the southern island of Lampedusa.Fifty-seven people were rescued and more than 30 were believed to be missing as of Sunday afternoon in what was described as “more tragic news” regarding those making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean i
  
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• Bournemouth murder probe: family pay tribute to 'beautiful boy' - Dorset Echo

  06-08-2023 20:19 via news.google.com
  
  Bournemouth murder probe: family pay tribute to 'beautiful boy'  Dorset EchoFamily's tribute to 'beautiful boy' stabbed to death after 'row' in UK holiday resort town  The MirrorFamily pay tribute to 'funny, kind and wonderful' 18-year-old who died in fight  Evening StandardBournemouth murder probe: two released under investigation  Bournemouth EchoMan, 18, who was stabbed to death in Bournemouth town centre 'during a fight' is pictured: Family pay tribute
  
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• Swedish mountain lodge closes as stomach bug spreads among hikers

  06-08-2023 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Guests told to leave STF Kebnekaise mountain station and nearby campers evacuated from country’s highest peakA popular lodge on Sweden’s highest peak has been forced to temporarily close after a stomach bug rapidly spread among hikers.STF Kebnekaise mountain station, which lies at the foot of the 2,096m Kebnekaise massif, had quarantined several guests who had caught the bug in recent days but decided to take a more drastic measure after it was also detected in hikers camping in the
  
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• Dozens die in train crash in southern Pakistan after 10 carriages derail

  06-08-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Thirty people reported dead and more than 90 injured after Rawalpindi-bound express overturnsA train has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90.Ten carriages of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah on Sunday, trapping many passengers, said senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho. Officials said rescue operations had been completed by early evening. Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump says he will ask the Judge to step aside - BBC

  06-08-2023 20:02 via news.google.com
  
  Donald Trump says he will ask the Judge to step aside  BBCTrump demands Judge Tanya Chutkan removal after protective order ruling  The IndependentTrump says he will ask for removal of judge assigned to election fraud case  inewsWho Is Tanya Chutkan? Trump Pushes Judge In Jan. 6 Case To Recuse Herself  ForbesTrump targets DC judge in 2020 election case  ReutersView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fears grow Pakistani government will delay general election due this year

  06-08-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Law minister claims new census needed for vote but supporters of Imran Khan, who is facing jail, believe his popularity is a factorConcerns are mounting in Pakistan that a general election due later this year could be delayed after the government announced that the vote could take place only after a new census was completed and new constituency boundaries drawn.The announcement from the nation’s law minister that it could take four months to complete the process came on the same day that t
  
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• Vieira seals Arsenal’s Community Shield shootout win after Trossard strikes late

  06-08-2023 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  If anyone considered this a glorified kickabout they should have watched Arsenal’s players wheel ecstatically towards their support after Fábio Vieira, finding Stefan Ortega’s top‑right corner, settled the penalty shootout and struck the first blow of 2023‑24.They would certainly have learned from the beam on Mikel Arteta’s face as he climbed up to the royal box for the Community Shield presentation. There was no chance of anyone wiping away his grin and, if
  
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• Lack of goals bounces USWNT from World Cup earlier than ever - ESPN - ESPN.co.uk

  06-08-2023 19:40 via news.google.com
  Lack of goals bounces USWNT from World Cup earlier than ever - ESPN  ESPN.co.ukUSA crash out of World Cup as Sweden win on penalties to reach last eight  The GuardianHIGHLIGHTS - Sweden v USA - 2023 Women's World Cup  ITV SportWomen's World Cup 2023: Why exit of holders USA was a predictable 'catastrophe'  BBCThere was no patronising or pretending . . . the USA game sold itself  The TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Niger: thousands gather for rally to cheer generals who led coup

  06-08-2023 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Supporters wave Niger and Russia flags as Ecowas deadline for military to cede power approachesThousands of coup supporters in Niger gathered on Sunday for a rally to cheer on the generals claiming power, as a deadline set by the west African bloc for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention was due to elapse.The Ecowas bloc, chaired by regional military powerhouse and Niger’s neighbour Nigeria, had given the troops that toppled President Mohamed Bazoum on 26
  
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• Kwasi Kwarteng admits mini-budget turmoil affected his mortgage

  06-08-2023 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Former chancellor says payments went up ‘considerably’ after his tax cuts sent borrowing costs spirallingKwasi Kwarteng has admitted that he has a tracker mortgage for which the payments have risen “a great deal” as a result of the economic turmoil after his mini-budget.In an interview with GB News, the former chancellor was asked whether he felt any sympathy for those affected by the rise in mortgage rates, before letting on that he was among them. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on the digital divide: a growing problem that must be taken seriously | Editorial

  06-08-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers are complacent about the high price to society of pushing the cost of administering public services on to their usersFrom GP appointments to railway tickets to cashless parking, key services in the UK are being delivered digitally. For many, the convenience is a tangible benefit. But there are appreciable downsides for the millions of people who find it difficult to carry out basic day-to-day functions in a world that assumes everyone is comfortable online. In the name of progress, the
  
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• Leigh prepare for Challenge Cup final with comfortable win at Leeds

  06-08-2023 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Leeds Rhinos 6-13 Leigh LeopardsLeigh on course for Super League top-two finishLeigh had not won at Leeds since April 1984, in the now-defunct Slalom Lager Championship, so this win on Sunday perhaps underlines perfectly the direction of travel in which these clubs find themselves. Six days before a first Wembley final in more than 50 years, the Leopards could have been forgiven had they taken their eye off the ball here. They had every excuse to lose this game, but losing is not something this
  
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• The Guardian view on invisible women: cancelled by history, restored with care | Editorial

  06-08-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  A new book on George Orwell’s first wife examines how Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s life was erasedGeorge Orwell’s first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, made his work possible at the cost of her own by taking on the household drudgery and typing up his writing instead of completing her master’s in psychology. But Wifedom, a remarkable new book by Anna Funder, shows there was much more to a woman who appears only fleetingly in her husband’s work and is poorly served
  
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• Indigenous activists gather in Brazil to discuss future of the Amazon

  06-08-2023 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners voice hopes and fears for the rainforest before leaders of eight Amazon nations attend summit in BelémThousands of Indigenous activists and environmentalists have converged in one of the Amazon’s biggest cities to voice their hopes and fears about the future of the world’s biggest rainforest.The Brazilian city of Belém will this week host a two-day conclave bringing together the presidents of eight Amazon nations including Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuel
  
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• Henry Slade set to be biggest omission from England World Cup squad

  06-08-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Slade given only 10 minutes by Steve Borthwick against Wales Alex Dombrandt and Tom Willis also likely to miss outSteve Borthwick is set to drop a Rugby World Cup bombshell by leaving Henry Slade out of his final 33-man squad for the forthcoming tournament. The Exeter back is one of several players who appeared in England’s disappointing defeat by Wales expected to be axed by Borthwick, with Joe Marchant, their brightest performer in Cardiff, preferred.Slade’s now expected absence co
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg's wife not happy as he puts UFC octagon in garden ahead of Musk fight - The Independent

  06-08-2023 19:13 via news.google.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg's wife not happy as he puts UFC octagon in garden ahead of Musk fight  The IndependentZuckerberg 'not holding breath' over Musk cage fight  BBCElon Musk v Mark Zuckerberg: Tech leaders' fight to be streamed on X  Sky NewsHow To Download Twitter/X Videos With Your Blue Subscription  SlashGearWatch Elon Musk's Unusual Live Video Of Himself Doing A Bicep Curl In A Meeting Room  BenzingaView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• MPs paid £10m for second jobs and freelance work over past year

  06-08-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Boris Johnson’s extra income accounts for almost half of figure, of which vast majority was made by Tory MPsAnalysis: Bumper income shows little has changedMPs have been paid £10m from second jobs and freelance work over the past year, largely driven by the size of Boris Johnson’s earnings as well as former Tory ministers taking up a slew of highly paid roles, a Guardian analysis has found.Almost 18 months after the furore around second jobs led to promises of a crackdown, MPs&
  
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• Bo Goldman obituary

  06-08-2023 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Oscar-winning screenwriter of films including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Scent of a WomanIn the late 1970s, Bo Goldman was researching a script about Melvin Dummar, the unassuming Utah factory worker, gas station owner and former “Milkman of the Month” who was named as a $156m beneficiary in a will supposedly written by Howard Hughes but later successfully contested in court. Slowly, a realisation dawned on the screenwriter: “This man is a failure just like I am.
  
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• US dispatches warships after China and Russia send naval patrol near Alaska

  06-08-2023 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Combined naval patrol appeared to be largest such flotilla to approach US territory and ‘highly provocative’, expert saysThe US dispatched four navy warships as well as a reconnaissance airplane after multiple Chinese and Russian military vessels carried out a joint naval patrol near Alaska last week.The combined naval patrol, which the Wall Street Journal first reported, appeared to be the largest such flotilla to approach US territory, according to experts that spoke to the outlet.
  
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• Buddha Passion review – Tan Dun’s message of love and compassion opens EIF in spectacular style

  06-08-2023 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Usher Hall, Edinburgh
  The massed ranks of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, its junior chorus and the Edinburgh festival chorus rose to the occasion to create an uplifting and joyous opening festival concertEdinburgh International festival director Nicola Benedetti has framed her first festival with the question: “Where do we go from here?” A question, she explained in a short speech before the opening concert, that she believes has helped the event refocus and develop an artist
  
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• Anita Carey obituary

  06-08-2023 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor known for her roles in television comedies, the epic drama The Spoils of War and Coronation StreetAt one time in the mid-1970s, the actor Anita Carey, who has died of breast cancer aged 77, seemed ever present in television comedy. But she switched to soap in 1978 when offered a short run in Coronation Street as Brenda Summers, a victim of domestic violence, who was befriended by Emily Bishop (played by Eileen Derbyshire).“I’ve done so much comedy on television that I was anxio
  
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• USA finally showed up against Sweden – but it was too little, too late

  06-08-2023 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  The Americans put in a performance worthy of defending champions in their final 2023 World Cup match. But a lack of finishing proved costly once againAs Sweden took a victory lap and Abba’s Dancing Queen blared through the night at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Alyssa Naeher stood with her hands on her hips in disbelief. It took several minutes – what felt like an eternity – for VAR to confirm that the ball had crossed the line on the final penalty of the game.It was almost im
  
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