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• Trump election investigation: Georgia grand jury witnesses called early as prosecutors ‘moving faster’ than expected – live

  14-08-2023 23:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Georgia Lt Gov Geoff Duncan and journalist George Chidi to testify on Monday; court publishes then removes docket of charges against TrumpElection interference charges loom as docket posted then removedTwice impeached and now arrested and indicted three times. Donald Trump faces serious criminal charges in New York, Florida and Washington over a hush-money scheme during the 2016 election, his alleged mishandling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.As Trum
  
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• Jordan Henderson feels Saudi heat but Mané fails to ruin Al-Ettifaq debut

  14-08-2023 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Liverpool captain has moved to Saudi Pro League and was not alone in finding going tough as they beat Al-NassrJordan Henderson was on his haunches. He had given everything. The former Liverpool captain, and new talisman for Al-Ettifaq, had pushed himself to the physical limits in the service of his team. It was the sort of moment that has previously served to build the Henderson legend, except with a small difference: his team were 1-0 down here and there was still an hour to play.An impo
  
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• Andy Murray: ‘I’m at my highest ranking since the operation. I’m really proud of that’

  14-08-2023 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Currently ranked No 36 in the world, the Scot believes he can go even higher despite his four-year fight to get back to the topJust a few minutes after his devastating five-set second‑round defeat by Stefanos Tsitsipas at Wimbledon this year, Andy Murray was inconsolable as he arrived before the press. Murray had spent the prior months working tirelessly with the belief he had positioned himself for a positive run on home soil. Instead, despite leading by two sets to one overnight, he coul
  
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• Raphaël Varane gives nervy Manchester United win against lively Wolves

  14-08-2023 23:05 via theguardian.com
  
  It was far from deserved but Manchester United and Erik ten Hag started their tricky second album with a win thanks to Raphaël Varane’s header against Wolves. It was not without a late, late scare, though, as André Onana collided with two Wolves players in the penalty area when trying to punch out a cross but the VAR saw nothing untoward.The visitors wasted a collection of chances to ensure one goal was enough to collect three points. Wolves leave Old Trafford frustrated but wi
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried charged with using stolen funds for political donations

  14-08-2023 22:36 via theguardian.com
  
  New indictment charges former billionaire with seven counts of conspiracy and fraudSam Bankman-Fried used stolen customer funds to make more than $100m in campaign contributions ahead of the 2022 US midterm elections, federal prosecutors said on Monday in a new indictment filed against the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange.The new indictment charges the 31-year-old former billionaire with seven counts of conspiracy and fraud over the collapse of the exchange. He has previously pleaded n
  
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• Dissident republicans blamed for posting PSNI data leak document on wall - The Times and The Sunday Times

  14-08-2023 22:21 via news.google.com
  
  Dissident republicans blamed for posting PSNI data leak document on wall  The Times and The Sunday TimesPSNI data breach: Donaldson says police should not be left leaderless  BBCEditorial: Northern Ireland cannot be rudderless in a security crisis  Belfast News Letter DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson demands 'accountability' over PSNI data leak  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Chelsea poised to add Lavia to Caicedo signing in second Liverpool blow

  14-08-2023 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Blues expected to pay Southampton £50m plus add-ons Bournemouth trigger Tyler Adams’s £20m release clause Chelsea are poised to continue their spending spree by beating Liverpool to Southampton’s Roméo Lavia.Liverpool have already missed out on Caicedo, whose preference was always to move to Stamford Bridge, and Jürgen Klopp is braced for more disappointment in his hunt for a new midfielder. Continue reading...
  
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• Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry review – the dullest celebrity travel show of all time

  14-08-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Are Gavin and Stacey co-stars Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb even friends? You can’t tell from this mind-bendingly banal failure of a series. Who is responsible for this flop?The celebrities are everywhere: go to the ends of the earth and there you will find famous faces wryly immersing themselves in the local culture in the name of yet another TV travelogue (and enjoying a free – no wait, paid – holiday in the process). Stanley Tucci is in Italy, as are Alan Carr and Amanda Ho
  
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• Hawaii: tell us about your connection with Lahaina

  14-08-2023 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Whether you live in the area or have visited before, we would like to hear your memories and experiences of LahainaAt least 96 people have been confirmed killed after a ferocious wildfire swept through Maui last week. With hundreds still missing, officials have warned the death toll may rise.The fire all but destroyed Lahaina, the historic town on Hawaiian island’s west side. More than 2,700 structures have been destroyed, including the oldest house on Maui, the Baldwin Home Museum, the Wa
  
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• Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi

  14-08-2023 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedureA 13-year-old girl in Mississippi gave birth to a boy after she was raped as well as impregnated by a stranger – and then was unable to get an abortion, according to a Time magazine report published on Monday.The mother of the girl, who uses the pseudonym Ashley in the report, was looking to get an abortion for her daughter but was told the closest abort
  
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• Bibby Stockholm: Home Office ‘should accept blame’ for delay in removing people

  14-08-2023 21:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor of Portland says ‘buck stops with Suella Braverman’ after it took three days to inform ministers about outbreakThe Home Office should accept responsibility for failing to immediately remove asylum seekers from a giant barge after the detection of a dangerous bacteria, the mayor of Portland has said.Carralyn Parkes said the “the buck stops with Suella [Braverman]” after Whitehall briefings over the weekend claimed that contractors on the Bibby Stockholm were to blame
  
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• Spain continue emotional journey in World Cup semi-final with Sweden

  14-08-2023 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Some players protested against their manager in 2022 but Jorge Vilda is still there as Spaniards’ interest in team growsJenni Hermoso could already feel the butterflies. There were plenty of tears shed after the win against the Netherlands and if they can beat Sweden on Tuesday to reach Spain’s first World Cup final then doubtless there will be plenty more. But now, as she put it: “We need to feel that nervous sensation in our stomach. Just thinking about it gives me shivers. I
  
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• Threads app usage plummets despite initial promise as refuge from Twitter

  14-08-2023 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Social media app, launched in the wake of Twitter chaos, recorded 576,000 active users in August, down 79% from 2.3 million in JulyThe daily usage of Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, continues to slump after a strong start in its first weeks of existence.Engagement with the social media app is down 79% from a high of 2.3 million active users in early July to 576,000 as of 7 August, according to Similarweb, a digital intelligence platform. Continue reading...
  
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• Former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing Black men

  14-08-2023 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Group of six white Mississippi police officers had tortured two Black men for an hour and a half during a house raidIn late January, a group of six white Mississippi police officers raided a house in Rankin county, a suburb outside of Jackson, and tortured two Black men for an hour and a half. The following month, the justice department opened a civil rights investigation into the Rankin county sheriff’s department, and since then, the officers have either resigned or been fired. Activists
  
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• UK universities face more strikes unless employers resume talks, union warns

  14-08-2023 21:15 via theguardian.com
  
  University and College Union is preparing a new ballot that could lead to marking boycott continuing and strikes lasting into 2024Universities across the UK will face another round of strikes next month unless employers agree to return to the negotiating table, the University and College Union has warned.A marking boycott that has left tens of thousands of students without their degree result this summer will continue, the union said, while preparations will get under way for a new strike ballot
  
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• Steve Bell on reports Julian Assange may be offered a plea deal – cartoon

  14-08-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Adam Flood: Remoulded review – high-kicks and comedy gems in energetic debut

  14-08-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
  Showing off an impressive range of facial expressions, the comic takes us on a whistle-stop tour of his life with songs and sketchesI’ve seen Adam Flood tell the joke about his haircut, which appears in his debut hour, about four times now in different settings. It is a testament to his quality that today it’s just as funny as the first time.In Remoulded, Stoke-on-Trent native Flood offers a fun take on the musical comedy autobiography. Armed with an A
  
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• Hunter Biden lawyers say collapsed plea deal on gun charge remains valid

  14-08-2023 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Response to federal prosecutors’ move to render plea deal moot comes days after appointment of David Weiss to special counselLawyers for Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden who has been under a years-long federal investigation over failing to pay taxes and, separately, illegally possessing a gun, said that part of the plea deal which unexpectedly fell apart in July remains “valid and binding”, in a Sunday court filing.Federal prosecutors, led by US attorney David Weiss
  
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• Keir Starmer accuses Tories of ‘moving goalposts’ on NHS cancer care

  14-08-2023 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Proposals to ‘streamline’ treatment, which government says are clinically led, would cut number of targets from nine to threeKeir Starmer has accused the government of “moving the goalposts” as the number of NHS cancer waiting time targets is expected to be reduced.The government has been consulting on the proposed measures to streamline NHS cancer care, which would replace the nine existing cancer targets with just three. The target of all patients seeing a specialist wi
  
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• Harry Kane’s signing is an attempt to make Bundesliga less competitive | Nick Ames

  14-08-2023 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Core product remains authentic but Bayern Munich, fresh from 11th straight title, have their eyes on Champions League gloryHarry Kane was still more than a fortnight from joining Bayern Munich when his prospective employers’ president, Herbert Hainer, attempted to take a look at the bigger picture. “Here in the Bundesliga we don’t have many international stars any more,” he said. “He would do us and the Bundesliga good.”Officials monitoring the TV ratings on F
  
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• Billion Dollar Heist review – cybercrime documentary relives tech chaos

  14-08-2023 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  A hit-and-miss documentary often struggles to explain the hows and whys of the Bangladesh Central Bank cyber heist of 2016Cybercrime, on top of being difficult to detect and even more so to prove, is notoriously tricky to visualize. The impact may be tangible, even devastating – nuclear plants damaged, hospitals disabled, pipelines shut down – but the perpetrators are shadowy and inscrutable, the crime unseen and insidious, the methods vague and indecipherable to lay people without a
  
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• Dissident republicans obtained leaked police data, says PSNI chief

  14-08-2023 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Force’s chief constable believes thousands of officers’ personal details are in paramilitary handsRepublican paramilitaries have obtained the information that leaked in a Police Service of Northern Ireland data breach, according to the force’s chief constable.Simon Byrne said on Monday that he believed dissident republicans had the dataset that mistakenly disclosed the personal details of more than 10,000 officers and staff last week. Continue reading...
  
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• Hawaii governor warns death toll could rise as hundreds still missing after fires

  14-08-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Josh Green says ‘it’s impossible to guess’ final death toll as rescue teams search destroyed LahainaTell us about your connection with LahainaHawaii’s governor warned that many more people could be found dead, nearly a week after a ferocious wildfire raged through parts of Maui.The death toll from last Tuesday’s inferno has reached 96, making it the US’s deadliest wildfire in the past 100 years. Continue reading...
  
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• Which UK nation has the longest NHS waiting list?

  14-08-2023 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Steve Barclay says Welsh and Scottish patients could be seen more quickly in England, but devolved politicians dispute thisThe numbers are striking in their enormous size: 7.6 million people are now on waiting lists in England, a figure that has been growing in recent years, breaking records in all but three of the last 30 months.Therefore, English patients may have been surprised to hear that Steve Barclay is open to Welsh and Scottish patients on long waiting lists for treatment being able to
  
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• One Way Out review – haunting Windrush drama beneath teenage banter

  14-08-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh
  Montel Douglas writes four males leads who are on the brink of becoming men, but their jokes and dancing belie a darker storyWe might not all remember our school days fondly, but One Way Out – one of the three winner’s of this year’s Untapped award in Edinburgh – coaxes out all the banter, fun and games you’d want from your teenage years. Underneath the sparky rapport shared by the four male leads, however, this play written by Montel D
  
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• Compassion can produce better performance – just look at the Lionesses | Cath Bishop

  14-08-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sarina Wiegman stood by Lauren James but how many elite athletes experience that depth of support in moments of crisis?If you want to see a high‑performance team with compassion at its heart, there are regular 90-minute(-plus) masterclasses from the Lionesses free on UK screens at the moment. We’ve seen a few individual athletes start to role‑model self-compassion publicly over recent times, ranging from Simone Biles to Ben Stokes. Now we are seeing the power of compassion in t
  
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• Michael Oher says adoption at heart of The Blind Side was a lie

  14-08-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Former NFL star says he was never adopted by Tuohy familyLawsuit claims family made millions as conservatorsMichael Oher, the former NFL player who was the subject of the tale of adoption and athletic triumph documented in The Blind Side, has alleged that the story at the heart of the popular book and movie was a lie.The 2009 movie, based on a book by Michael Lewis, tells the story of how Oher, who is Black, grew up in abject poverty before being adopted by a rich white family and eventually mak
  
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• ‘There’s no police or state’: Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars

  14-08-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepersHuman rights abuses in Haiti are soaring while the Haitian state is almost nonexistent and unable to protect its people from the brutality of armed gangs, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned in a new report.Rival criminal factions now have such a tight grip over the country that international security forces could be necessary to restore order, the rights groups said.
  
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• The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults | Editorial

  14-08-2023 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Chaos surrounding the discovery of legionella on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge reveals a policy that is at seaThe tragedy of the deaths of at least six people on Saturday morning, as another overcrowded boat sank while trying to reach England’s south coast, has focused attention on the plight of Afghans fleeing their homeland. Rightly so: in the almost two years since the Taliban seized control, it has carried out reprisals against opponents, while the independent legal system has colla
  
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• The Guardian view on Hawaii’s lethal wildfire: lessons to learn from a catastrophe | Editorial

  14-08-2023 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  In a new reality of climatic instability and volatility, proactive planning for the very worst needs to be part of the new normalThe dreadful scale of the loss of life on the Hawaiian island of Maui has emerged day by day, as search and rescue teams scour ash and rubble. But it is already clear that the wind-fuelled blaze which last week ripped through the historic town of Lahaina was the deadliest wildfire in the United States for more than 100 years.Hundreds are still missing, and the sheer in
  
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• Transition from ‘dirty’ to green US jobs rises, leaving older workers behind

  14-08-2023 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers in their 40s, 50s and 60s and those without college degrees appear least likely to move into green jobs, research findsThe rate of transition from “dirty” to green jobs is rapidly rising but older and blue collar workers are being left behind, new research has found.Overall the transition rate from dirty to clean industries increased tenfold between 2005 and 2021 with a significant uptick in EV-related roles – even before the $369bn Inflation Reduction Act boost for ren
  
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• Long delays at Panama Canal after drought hits global shipping route

  14-08-2023 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Number of vessels able to pass through each day limited because lower availability of waterCommercial ships are facing long queues and delays to travel through the Panama Canal as a lengthy drought in the Central American country has led to a cut in the number of vessels able to pass through one of the world’s most important trading routes.In a fresh demonstration of the impact of the climate crisis on global business and trade, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), which manages the waterway,
  
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• Afghan scholars in UK fear they may be forced to return home

  14-08-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Government urged to grant current cohort of Afghans on Chevening scholarship programme indefinite leave to remainAfghan scholars studying in the UK under a Foreign Office scheme say they live in fear of being forced back into Taliban clutches.The current cohort of Afghan Chevening scholars say they are stuck in limbo and face the possibility of having to return to Afghanistan after their graduation in September or once their visas expire. Continue reading...
  
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• Darren Campbell no longer with GB on eve of World Athletics Championships

  14-08-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sprints head has difference of opinion with UKA’s MaguireNews is the latest bump in the road for team before BudapestBritain’s preparations for the World Athletics Championships are facing more turbulence with Darren Campbell, the popular head of sprints and relays, no longer with the team as they fly to Budapest.Officially Campbell is on sick leave, but the Guardian also understands that his absence comes amid differences of opinion with the UK Athletics technical director, Stephen
  
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• ‘Gamechanger’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial

  14-08-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environmentThe judge who heard the US’s first constitutional climate trial earlier this year has ruled in favor of a group of young plaintiffs who had accused state officials in Montana of violating their right to a healthy environment.“I’m so speechless right now,” Eva, a plaintiff who was 14 when the suit was filed, said in a statement. “I’m really just ex
  
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• ‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial

  14-08-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environmentThe judge who heard the US’s first constitutional climate trial earlier this year has ruled in favor of a group of young plaintiffs who had accused state officials in Montana of violating their right to a healthy environment.“I’m so speechless right now,” Eva, a plaintiff who was 14 when the suit was filed, said in a statement. “I’m really just ex
  
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• Rotherham estate footage shows crashes and near misses

  14-08-2023 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rotherham residents fear that someone will be badly injured or killed after a spate of crashes.
  
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• Form of gene therapy offers hope for severe alcohol addiction, study finds

  14-08-2023 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  US research linked to dopamine release finds macaques decreased consumption by up to 90% after treatmentA form of gene therapy that is already being trialled in patients with Parkinson’s disease might provide a one-off treatment for severe alcohol addiction.A study in macaque monkeys that were predisposed to heavy drinking found that it dramatically curbed their alcohol consumption. “Drinking went down to almost zero,” said Prof Kathleen Grant, at Oregon Health and Science Univ
  
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• City watchdog to contact MPs and other PEPs to ask if they have been debanked

  14-08-2023 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquiry aims to find out extent of denial of banking services to politically exposed persons such as politicians and army leadersThe City watchdog is to write to politicians and civil servants asking whether they have been denied banking or other financial services, following the scandal that erupted after Nigel Farage’s accounts were threatened with closure.The Financial Conduct Authority plans to send letters on Tuesday to politically exposed persons (PEPs) – who include MPs, peers
  
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• Man dies after ‘major incident’ at Everton stadium construction site

  14-08-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Health and Safety Executive investigating circumstances that led to the death of 26-year-oldA 26-year-old man has been killed in a “major incident” at the construction site of the new Everton stadium.Emergency services including an air ambulance arrived at the site on Bramley Moore dock, Liverpool, shortly after midday on Monday, and workers were asked to leave the area. Continue reading...
  
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• West Midlands football team walk off over ‘racial abuse’

  14-08-2023 18:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Match abandoned as Wednesfield FC leave pitch over alleged abuse by spectator in match against Droitwich SpaA non-league football team walked off the pitch in disgust at alleged racial abuse directed towards teammates, leading to the match being abandoned.Players and staff for Wednesfield FC left towards the end of the second half of their match on Saturday at Droitwich Spa FC. The Midland Football League division one game was officially abandoned. Continue reading...
  
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• Lappartient’s grand vision of cycling ‘mini-Olympics’ realised in Glasgow | Jeremy Whittle

  14-08-2023 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Britain did well not just in collecting world championship medals but also in rising to the occasion as hostsLess than 12 months from the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, British cycling’s good health was evident across the UCI Cycling World Championships, which ended in Glasgow on Sunday afternoon.From Tom Pidcock’s gold medal in the men’s Olympic mountain biking event, to Elinor Barker and Neah Evans’s world title in the women’s madison, Josh Tarling&r
  
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• Barcelona fume at ‘disgrace’ after 116 minutes of pure Bordalásball | Sid Lowe

  14-08-2023 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The champions were held at Getafe; in fact, they had almost been beaten. Either way, they had been BordalásedIt’s back: La Liga, home of the beautiful game. Land of Iago Aspas, Pedri and Antoine Griezmann, of Jude Bellingham too. Of Isinho, Iker Muniain, Gerard Moreno, and Darderismo. Of Papu Gómez, the man who says “a dribble opens a new world” and follows the referee, because there’s no one better positioned, see? Of Youssef En-Nesyri’s leap, the out
  
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• Ministers’ attacks on civil servants ‘damaged Whitehall staff retention’

  14-08-2023 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Ethics watchdog castigates government over power imbalance and effect on morale of erosion in conventionsMinisters’ disparaging public attacks on civil servants have damaged staff retention and morale in Whitehall, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.Government officials have been accused of being “obstructive and furthering their own agenda”, according to the committee on standards in public life, which pointed to an erosion of the normal conventions tha
  
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• Frustration and failure as HS2 threatens to derail | Letters

  14-08-2023 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Alex Ramage, John Dunn and Mark Sullivan respond to Larry Elliott’s call toscrap the high-speed rail projectI was depressed to read Larry Elliott’s article (HS2 is the white elephant in the room. If the Tories won’t scrap it, Labour must, 10 August). I have worked on HS2 contracts for the last five years, and it’s crucial that common misconceptions in the piece do not go unchallenged.What the story lacks is its central political context. The scope of HS2 and its procureme
  
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• Why SheraSeven is not a female Andrew Tate | Letters

  14-08-2023 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to Kimberly McIntosh’s article about the influencer’s dating doctrineWomen manipulating men for a more comfortable life (or even just to survive) is as old as patriarchy itself, being born from the disparity between men and women’s relative positions in society (‘The female Andrew Tate’: the new influencer dating doctrine is extreme – but I can see why it’s popular, 9 August). SheraSeven’s “dating doctrine” is apparently
  
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• Yes, rebuild the Crooked House brick by brick – and buttress local planning, too | Simon Jenkins

  14-08-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Communities need more power to protect assets such as historic pubs: the centralised system too often favours developersWhose fault is the demise of the Crooked House in Himley, Staffordshire, now a pile of bricks? The nation is up in arms. MPs, peers, mayors, editors, villagers and about 18,000 people on a Facebook group are all gnashing their teeth. Even the demolition contractor, whose digger was actually booked before the pub caught fire, is embarrassed. Many of these worthies may not have k
  
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• French coastguards mobilise six boats and a helicopter after Channel deaths

  14-08-2023 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Improving weather and sea conditions have raised fears of further attempts to reach the UK on small boatsFrench coastguards have mobilised six patrol boats in the Channel and a helicopter in anticipation of further attempts by migrants to cross as weather and sea conditions improve.The high alert comes as prosecutors opened an investigation for manslaughter after at least six people died as a result of a small boat capsizing and sinking in the early hours of Saturday. Rescuers are still searchin
  
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• Bank of England outage hits key payments systems processing billions

  14-08-2023 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Technical issue which shut down vital system that processes about £1tn in transactions daily now fixedThe Bank of England says it has resolved a technical issue that shut down a vital system that processes around £1tn in transactions every day.The central bank said the “issue has been resolved and settlement will resume shortly”. Continue reading...
  
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• Storm Hans: railway bridge collapses in southern Norway

  14-08-2023 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Middle section of Randklev Bridge on Oslo-to-Trondheim line slid into Lågen River on Monday morningA critical railway bridge in Norway has collapsed into a river after a storm caused widespread damage to infrastructure.The middle part of the Randklev Bridge in Ringebu, which is crossed by the Dovre line connecting Oslo and Trondheim, slid into the Lågen River on Monday morning. Continue reading...
  
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