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• Lauren Boebert: congresswoman kicked out of musical for ‘causing disturbance’

  13-09-2023 23:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican congresswoman was escorted out of show of Beetlejuice in Denver after audience accused her of vaping, singing and using phoneThe US congresswoman Lauren Boebert was kicked out of a performance of the musical Beetlejuice in Denver on Sunday, according to security footage.The theater didn’t name Boebert, but a spokesperson said on Wednesday that the video – which showed Boebert and a guest being escorted out of the venue – was of guests who were kicked out after audien
  
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• Harry Maguire the human punchbag fights on against critics auld and new | David Hytner

  13-09-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The former Manchester United captain has become the focus of opposition jeers but is determined to prove his worth“I can deal with it,” Harry Maguire said. “We knew it would be hostile and in the second half I got most of it. I am happy to go with that, don’t worry about that.” And yet only the hardest heart did not worry for a footballer who has endured so much over the past two seasons and now finds himself buried under an avalanche of mockery at the beginning of
  
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• Libya: bodies pulled from sea as country reels from deadly flooding – video report

  13-09-2023 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Search teams combed streets, ruined buildings and even the sea for bodies in a devastated eastern Libyan city on Wednesday, where massive flooding has killed thousands of people. Authorities were still struggling to get aid to the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna after Sunday night’s deluge washed away most access roads. Aid workers who managed to reach the city described devastation in its centre with thousands still missing and tens of thousands left homeless‘Sea is constantly d
  
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• Ben Stokes ‘not too fussed’ about record with focus on new England clarity

  13-09-2023 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Stokes ‘didn’t know’ his 182 was England men’s ODI recordPlaying as a batter has helped Stokes be ‘clear in my mind’Ben Stokes insisted he was “not too fussed” about chasing individual records after he rocketed to the top of England’s all-time one-day international charts with an innings of 182 as England thrashed New Zealand by 181 runs.Stokes’s total beat the previous record, set by Jason Roy in 2018, by two runs but he said that not
  
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• Joe Marler enjoys England’s freedom of expression under Steve Borthwick | Gerard Meagher

  13-09-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prop welcomes Steve Borthwick’s willingness to give players chance to be themselves after rigid methods under Eddie JonesThere are few players past or present better placed to pass judgment on whether there is room in English rugby for free spirits, whether individualism can thrive in a sport with such a team ethos, than Joe Marler.The veteran prop once turned up to an England camp sporting a red mohawk and rat’s tail for good measure – “I looked horrific” – a
  
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• Senate subpoenas Saudi’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund over US dealings

  13-09-2023 22:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Chamber’s investigations committee is targeting the PIF after refusing to voluntarily comply with requests for disclosureSaudi Arabia’s $700bn sovereign wealth fund – which has been used as a lever of global influence by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – has been subpoenaed by a powerful Senate committee after it refused to voluntarily comply with information requests about its US dealings.The subpoena, which was issued by the Senate’s permanent subcommittee on inv
  
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• Rishi Sunak blocked rebuild of hospitals riddled with crumbling concrete

  13-09-2023 22:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Delay to work on five buildings in 2020 led to warnings of ‘catastrophic’ safety riskRishi Sunak blocked plans to rebuild five hospitals riddled with crumbling concrete three years ago, prompting warnings of a “catastrophic” risk to patient safety, the Guardian has learned.Just two of the seven hospital rebuilding projects requested by the Department for Health were signed off by the Treasury at the 2020 spending review when Sunak was chancellor and Steve Barcl
  
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• Crew radio leak increases outrage over Greek ferry passenger pushed into sea

  13-09-2023 21:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Recordings of conversations appear to reveal racist attitudes among crew in connection with death of Antonis KaryotisOutrage over the drowning of a passenger who was pushed from the ramp of a Greek ferry has mounted after leaked recordings of radio conversations appeared to reveal racist attitudes among the crew.In one extract, the ship’s master is apparently heard saying that he thought the passenger, subsequently identified as a Greek, was a foreigner. Continue reading...
  
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• Sara Sharif’s father, stepmother and uncle arrested on return to UK

  13-09-2023 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Trio held on suspicion of murder in connection with death of 10-year-old, who was found at home in Surrey last monthThe father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, who was found dead at her home in a Surrey village last month, have been arrested on suspicion of murder following their return to the UK from Pakistan.Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, her stepmother, Beinash Batool, 29, and her uncle, Faisal Malik, 28, left Sialkot airport in Pakistan on Wednesday morning after neg
  
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• Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords

  13-09-2023 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour’s move to oppose erosion of EU-derived laws welcomed by environmental groupsMinisters’ plans to weaken river pollution rules are in tatters after they suffered two defeats in the House of Lords.Labour had made clear that it would oppose the “reckless” plans by the Conservatives to rip up EU-derived laws on nutrient neutrality, which force developers to mitigate pollution from new developments. Continue reading...
  
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• Mitt Romney condemns ‘demagogue’ Trump as he announces retirement

  13-09-2023 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Utah senator, 76, who lost 2012 election to Obama, to step down next year, depriving Republican party of key critic of TrumpismSenator Mitt Romney of Utah, a former presidential nominee and a rare relative moderate in the Republican party of Donald Trump, has said he will not run for a second term next year, depriving the party of one of its fiercest critics in Congress of the former US president and his political movement.“It’s pretty clear that the party is inclined to a populist d
  
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• The Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into Biden is laughably cynical | Moira Donegan

  13-09-2023 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  This is a cudgel to try to create the false impression that Biden’s misdeeds, if any, are equal to Donald Trump’sWhen the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, announced an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Tuesday, he subverted the normal procedures for doing so. Typically, the House would have to vote on whether to open an informal impeachment investigation: McCarthy just announced it, unilaterally, calling a press conference to say he was “instructing” the House to
  
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• Richarlison plans to seek ‘psychological help’ after ‘turbulent time’ off the pitch

  13-09-2023 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Tottenham forward plans to see psychologist after Brazil dutyStriker hints that off-field issues have affected his recent formThe Brazil and Tottenham forward Richarlison has said he will seek “psychological help” on his return from international duty after a “turbulent time” off the pitch.The 26-year-old had not scored for his country since the World Cup in Qatar and was pictured in tears after being substituted during Brazil’s 5-1 World Cup 2026 qualifying win aga
  
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• Tobias Ellwood quits as chair of defence select committee over Taliban remarks

  13-09-2023 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Tory MP steps down after four committee member called for no-confidence vote over praise for Afghan regimeTobias Ellwood has resigned as chair of the defence select committee after four of its members called for a vote of no confidence in light of comments he made praising the Taliban after a visit to Afghanistan in July.The Conservative MP said he had been guilty of “poor communications” and that continuing to serve as chair would be a distraction, though he insisted that he retaine
  
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• The Guardian view on voter ID and turnout: critics were right about this cynical manoeuvre | Editorial

  13-09-2023 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Changing election rules for partisan ends and pretending it is about integrity of the ballot corrodes faith in democracyIt should surprise no one that making it harder to vote reduces the number of votes cast. So it has proven, with the obligation to show photo ID at a polling station applied for the first time in English local elections in May. A report published on Wednesday by the Electoral Commission confirms that the new rules had a negative impact on participation, vindicating warnings tha
  
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• The Guardian view on Libya’s floods: humans, not just nature, caused this disaster | Editorial

  13-09-2023 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Much of the eastern city of Derna has disappeared. The lethal failures of the country’s authorities must bear much of the blameThe devastation wreaked by floods in eastern Libya is nothing less than apocalyptic. In Derna, where two dams burst after torrential rains, a wall of water deluged the city and sliced out the land from beneath its inhabitants. Entire neighbourhoods were swept into the sea, which is now dumping bodies along the shore. More than 6,000 have died there, and 10,000 peop
  
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• Why prosecutors are reluctant to use ‘notoriously flaky’ Official Secrets Act

  13-09-2023 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Intelligence circles have been aware for some time the 1911 act which talks only of ‘enemies’ needs updatingThe arrest in March of a parliamentary researcher and a second man accused of spying for China is a last gasp of the 1911 Official Secrets Act, an archaic and poorly drafted piece of legislation that has nevertheless been the cornerstone of the criminalisation of espionage for more than a century.Drafted at a time of rising public concern about a possible German seaborne invasi
  
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• Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find

  13-09-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  First complete ‘scientific health check’ shows most global systems beyond stable range in which modern civilisation emergedEarth’s life support systems have been so damaged that the planet is “well outside the safe operating space for humanity”, scientists have warned.Their assessment found that six out of nine “planetary boundaries” had been broken because of human-caused pollution and destruction of the natural world. The planetary boundaries are the l
  
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• Cats may get health benefits from vegan diet, study suggests

  13-09-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Owners who fed their pet a plant-based diet reported fewer visits to the vet and less medication useCats, owners will attest, are natural born killers and for most of their evolutionary history have enjoyed an almost entirely meat-based diet. However, fresh research has suggested that a vegan diet is not only safe for pet cats, but may have health benefits.The study found that owners of cats fed vegan diets reported fewer visits to the vet, less medication use and said that their vet would be mo
  
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• Why are Republicans launching Biden impeachment inquiry and what’s next?

  13-09-2023 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  House speaker made the announcement on Tuesday despite resistance from within the party and almost certain failureKevin McCarthy, the speaker of the US House, announced on Tuesday he is launching a formal impeachment inquiry into president Joe Biden – despite resistance from Republicans in the House and Senate, where an impeachment vote would almost certainly fail.The order comes as McCarthy faces mounting pressure from some far-right members of his chamber, who have threatened to tank his
  
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• BP needs a new chief executive not a slower strategy towards net zero | Nils Pratley

  13-09-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Oil firm should get out and argue the case for sticking to the transition timetable as Bernard Looney’s successor is soughtBernard Looney, after four years talking about orderly transitions, has made a disorderly transition out of BP. Not being fully transparent with the board of directors – whether about past personal relationships with colleagues or anything else – usually has that outcome for a chief executive. On the company’s version of events, this was clearly a res
  
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• Primoz Roglic climbs to Vuelta stage 17 win as Vingegaard cuts gap to Kuss

  13-09-2023 19:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Roglic outguns teammate Vingegaard to take mountain stageSepp Kuss’s lead cut to eight seconds in Jumbo-Visma top threePrimoz Roglic won a gruelling mountain stage 17 of Vuelta a España ahead of his teammate Jonas Vingegaard, as their Jumbo-Visma colleague, Sepp Kuss, retained the overall leader’s jersey by eight seconds.The 124.5km course started at Ribadesella and featured two category-one ascents before finishing through the clouds on Altu de l’Angliru, with Jumbo-Vis
  
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• Trial of Brazil’s alleged 8 January insurrectionists opens in supreme court

  13-09-2023 19:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge condemns ‘dastardly putschist attack’ on Latin America’s largest democracy as first four Bolsonaro supporters go on trialThe hate-filled vandals behind the “dastardly putschist attack” on Latin America’s largest democracy must be brought to justice, a supreme court judge has declared as Brazil held the first trial connected to Brasília’s 8 January insurrection.Thousands of followers of the ex-president Jair Bolsonaro marauded through Brazil&
  
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• Rugby World Cup organisers bow to pressure and re-record ‘disturbing’ anthems

  13-09-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Choir recordings without music have bemused supportersFrance 2023 chairman surprised by ‘negative feedback’After a chorus of criticism, the organisers of the men’s Rugby World Cup in France have bowed to pressure and promised to re-record the pre-match national anthems which they said fans found “disturbing”.A project involving 7,000 schoolchildren from diverse backgrounds, La Mêlée des Chœurs, has seen choirs singing each country’s anthem w
  
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• Halep’s doping ban is fall from grace but ruling bodies can make process fairer | Hannah Jane Parkinson

  13-09-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Former world No 1 had to wait a year to find out her fate while substances are banned despite giving no known boostFor Simona Halep, former world No 1, the outcome of her doping tribunal could not have been much worse. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has found the player guilty of two intentional breaches of anti-doping rules and handed her a four-year ban from competition. At age 31, it could be a career-ending sentence.The Romanian tested positive for the prohibited substance
  
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• This is how Europe can help to stem the tide of migration | Letters

  13-09-2023 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to Clive Myrie’s call for a more humane approach to the crisisClive Myrie’s piece illustrates that migration is nothing new, and that some solutions are apparent with a little effort and goodwill (The world can solve this migration crisis. A more humane approach is the answer, 10 September). Those leaving Africa for Europe today, with many dying in the Mediterranean, have the same reason that I had more than 20 years ago – poverty and a lack of opportunities. Af
  
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• Targeted vaccination of vulnerable groups is the most cost-effective Covid strategy | Letter

  13-09-2023 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Prof Azeem Majeed says that with the current pressures on public spending, decisions on Covid boosters need to be evidence-based and pragmaticProf Sheena Cruickshank calls for the expansion of this autumn’s Covid-19 vaccine booster programme (Why aren’t we all being offered an autumn Covid booster? We can’t let cost prevent us keeping Britain healthy, 8 September). However, increasing the number of people eligible for vaccination is not a zero-cost option, and the funding neede
  
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• Why do Tory MPs still turn up for the crushing disappointment of PMQs? | John Crace

  13-09-2023 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Whether disaster junkies or curious observers, those who showed up this week were treated to more of Sunak crashing and burningLet’s try a thought experiment. Most of us know what prime minister’s questions is like. A weekly piece of political theatre that signifies little in the grand scheme of things. Elections are not decided on who does best at PMQs. And by now we understand the format. No one expects Rishi Sunak to give straightforward answers to Keir Starmer. Just to operate a
  
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• Sussex musician's call for sepsis awareness after amputations - BBC

  13-09-2023 18:24 via news.google.com
  
  Sussex musician's call for sepsis awareness after amputations  BBC'Teeth' party for residents at Irvine's Cumbrae Lodge  Irvine Times'Don't delay' warns 77-year-old Walsall man in hospital for six months with sepsis  Express & StarSepsis warning as sign of 'life-threatening' disease can occur when you talk  Daily RecordIrish boy who has saved 20k lives remembered on first National Sepsis Day  IrishCentralView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Morocco earthquake: Macron tries to soothe tensions after frosty response to offer of aid

  13-09-2023 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  French president addresses Moroccans directly amid political rift between Rabat and ParisThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has attempted to soothe tensions with Morocco over the supply of humanitarian aid, after a deadly earthquake centred high in the Atlas mountains.Search and rescue teams backed by the Moroccan military continued a frantic search to locate and airlift the wounded from remote mountainous villages in the Atlas mountains where the 6.8 magnitude quake struck last Friday. But
  
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• Uruguay face France with one eye fixed on Italy and World Cup target

  13-09-2023 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Ambitious goal for Los Teros is to qualify automatically for Australia in 2027 by finishing third in their pool in FranceFour years ago the motto was “shock the world”. And they did, beating Fiji 30-27 for one of the bigger Rugby World Cup surprise results. This time around the Uruguayan team, better know as “Los Teros”, get their tournament underway against hosts France on Thursday night with a more ambitious goal: “make history”.By history they mean qualifyi
  
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• The perfect flush: eight essential toilet tips – from closed lids to cleaning

  13-09-2023 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Lid up or down? Flush every time? Bleach or bathroom cleaner? Your approach can help keep your health and the planet from going down the panHow do you flush the toilet? Hopefully it wouldn’t be too much to presume that, after finishing up important bathroom business, you locate a button or handle and press it. But, according to research, the answer might be more complicated. By now we’re all well aware of the fact that, if bathrooms are a breeding ground for bacteria, the loo is thei
  
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• Warren Gatland makes 13 changes to Wales team for Portugal match

  13-09-2023 17:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Hooker Dewi Lake one of host of players given chance after FijiIreland are hopeful Jack Conan will be fit to play South AfricaThe Wales head coach, Warren Gatland, has made 13 changes to his starting XV for the Pool C match against Portugal on Saturday after their bruising opening win against Fiji.The Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit and the No 8 Taulupe Faletau are the only players retained from the starting lineup on Sunday in Bordeaux. Dewi Lake, the hooker, will captain his country for the
  
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• Tell us your most interesting auction finds

  13-09-2023 17:24 via theguardian.com
  
  We would like to hear about the most interesting items you have bought at an auctionWe would like to hear about the most interesting items you have bought at an auction. Did you happen across an amazing bargain? Or an antique with an interesting story? Tell us all about it below. Continue reading...
  
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• Madeleines, creme brulee and banana bread: Philip Khoury’s plant-based baking recipes

  13-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From the Australian patissier (and head pastry chef at London’s Harrods) comes a trio of sweet baked goods – and no egg or butter in sightGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA key to getting the bump in these dainty little cakes is to chill the batter for 20 minutes in the freezer before piping it into the madeleine shell moulds. This allows the gluten to relax, the centre of the dough to remain cold and for a proud baby bump to rise at the end of a quick bake in a hot oven. Y
  
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• A new dawn and a nut roast – readers’ best photos

  13-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page Continue reading...
  
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• Fossil fuel companies have a secret weapon. Here’s how Britain can help take it away from them | Cleodie Rickard

  13-09-2023 16:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Eleven countries have already pledged to exit the disastrous international charter treaty. We must join themIf Labour wants an energy transition in which working people don’t foot the bill, it has to address fossil fuel companies’ secret weapon against national climate laws: the energy charter treaty (ECT).The treaty is a multi-country investment deal for the energy sector that contains the notorious investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), a mechanism written into international agr
  
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• Sara Sharif's dad and stepmum who fled country after daughter 'murdered' return to UK

  13-09-2023 15:56 via express.co.uk
  
  The parents of Sara Sharif, whose body was found in her Woking home, are returning to the UK after fleeing to Pakistan.
  
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• FREE £2 William Hill shop bet!

  13-09-2023 15:50 via express.co.uk
  
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• Libya’s floods are result of climate crisis meeting a failed state

  13-09-2023 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Storm Daniel was by no means the only factor behind the devastation wrought on the city of DernaWhen the climate crisis meets a failed state, the outcome is the kind of disaster that Libya is witnessing in Derna.Any city would have struggled with the extraordinary level of precipitation that Storm Daniel visited upon Libya’s northern coast. In its earlier, milder form, the storm caused severe damage in Greece before it crossed the Mediterranean. Continue reading...
  
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• 'I paid £3k for my eight-stone XL Bully - he's such a softie I trust him around babies'

  13-09-2023 15:17 via express.co.uk
  
  Ellee Keegan says her pooch has "never hurt anyone" as she argued against XL Bully dogs being banned. She said the dog believed to have mauled an 11-year-old to death in Birmingham 'cannot be blamed for its actions'.
  
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• Eco mob bombards popular family-run farm shop with abuse in bid to tarnish rating

  13-09-2023 14:33 via express.co.uk
  
  The Gourmet Goat Farmer in Wiltshire has been attacked by a barrage of fake negative reviews from vegan activists.
  
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• Cruel daughter swindles her mum for £77,000 and splashes it on luxury holidays

  13-09-2023 14:05 via express.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Walton stole the money out of a 'kind of desperate opportunism' and was says it was the 'stupidest thing that she has ever done', her mitigating lawyer said.
  
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• It’s the Bellingham show as England beat Scotland – Football Weekly

  13-09-2023 13:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Jonathan Liew and Ewan Murray as England look a class above Scotland in their 3-1 win at Hampden ParkRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; superb performances from Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden were the highlights in England’s win over Scotland - the lowlight being Harry Maguire’s own goal. The
  
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• Mum’s plea as son’s weight drops to two stone after months of not keeping food down

  13-09-2023 13:44 via express.co.uk
  
  An anxious mum has shared how her son's illness has left him dramatically losing weight and unable to keep food down.
  
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• Andrew Neil asks BBC if corporation ‘cancelled’ singer Róisín Murphy after trans row

  13-09-2023 13:39 via express.co.uk
  
  The veteran broadcaster took to social media to demand clarity from the corporation over reports it had ‘axed' five hours of content from Irish singer Róisín Murphy.
  
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• POLL: Is it time for England to change its national anthem after being resoundingly booed?

  13-09-2023 13:07 via express.co.uk
  
  Sports crowds across the UK have taken to undermining "God Save the King". What do you think? Is it time for the national anthem to be changed? Vote in our poll.
  
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• Kirstie Allsopp blasts Bristol university for sending students to live in a different city

  13-09-2023 12:44 via express.co.uk
  
  The university has confirmed 87 students started their degree courses in Cheltenham and another 47 in Gloucester because its 900-bed student accommodation in Bristol was not ready for the start of term.
  
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• Most Americans experienced record heat this summer: ‘It’s just daily life now’

  13-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new report shows that 175 of 244 US cities had extraordinarily warm temperatures made more likely by climate changeMost of the US population, 326 million people, have experienced at least one unusually hot summer day this summer, according to a new report by non-profit Climate Central.The largest number of such days occurred in places in the US south, south-east and, most relentlessly, south-west. Continue reading...
  
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• In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives

  13-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts say that the majority of the 86,000 consumer chemicals registered with the Environmental Protection Agency have never received vigorous toxicity testing• This article is co-published with the Examination, a new non-profit newsroom specializing in global health reportingFor decades, it was the secret behind the magic show of homemaking across the US. Applied to a pan, it could keep a fried egg from sticking to the surface. Soaked into a carpet, it could shrug off spills of red wine.
  
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