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• How the Rotterdam shooting unfolded – video report

  28-09-2023 23:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Police in Rotterdam said three people were killed after a gunman opened fire at an apartment before setting it ablaze, and then carried out a shooting in a classroom at a nearby university hospital. Police say the suspect killed a 39-year-old woman at her flat as well as her 14-year-old daughter and a 46-year-old teacher in the classroom. A 32-year-old man, whom police identified as a student at the same Erasmus University hospital, was arrestedDutch police arrest man in Rotterdam after three pe
  
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• GB News: Laurence Fox says he and Dan Wootton will be fired tomorrow - The Independent

  28-09-2023 23:00 via news.google.com
  
  GB News: Laurence Fox says he and Dan Wootton will be fired tomorrow  The IndependentOfcom investigates Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox GB News row after 7,300 complaints  BBCDan Wootton And Laurence Fox Suspended From GB News: Ava Santina Discusses | Good Morning Britain  Good Morning BritainLaurence Fox and Dan Wootton aren’t even the worst thing about GB News  The IndependentMeghan Markles staunch opponent on TV bites the dust  Geo NewsView
  
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• Potter stars among tributes to Sir Michael Gambon - BBC

  28-09-2023 22:58 via news.google.com
  
  Potter stars among tributes to Sir Michael Gambon  BBCHarry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon has died  Sky NewsThe day I met Michael Gambon  The TimesHarry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82  The MirrorRemembering Michael Gambon: The iconic Dumbledore who enchanted the world  WIONView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Parents warned of the first sign of scarlet fever to watch out for - and it's not a rash - The Mirror

  28-09-2023 22:55 via news.google.com
  Parents warned of the first sign of scarlet fever to watch out for - and it's not a rash  The MirrorParents warned of scarlet fever symptoms to look out for after 28,500 cases  Birmingham LiveParents warned to watch for scarlet fever after 28500 cases  Cambridgeshire LiveParents warned to watch for scarlet fever after 28,500 cases - symptoms you need to know  The MirrorView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Johnson’s US team aim to break mould and echo in Ryder Cup eternity - The Guardian

  28-09-2023 22:20 via news.google.com
  Johnson’s US team aim to break mould and echo in Ryder Cup eternity  The GuardianRyder Cup 2023 foursomes: Europe and US reveal opening pairings in Rome  BBCRyder Cup star eyes celebratory tattoo - but won't copy Europe icon and get backside inked  The MirrorRyder Cup 2023: Foursomes and fourballs explained  The IndependentRyder Cup 2023: Europe take on United States in Rome in 44th edition of biennial event  BBCView Full coverage on Google
  
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• Victor Osimhen: Napoli respond to fall-out over TikTok video but stop short of apologising to striker - Sky Sports

  28-09-2023 22:09 via news.google.com
  Victor Osimhen: Napoli respond to fall-out over TikTok video but stop short of apologising to striker  Sky SportsVictor Osimhen: Napoli 'never meant to offend or mock' striker but stop short of apology for TikTok  BBCVictor Osimhen calls time on TikTok saga but Napoli cannot set clock back | Nicky Bandini  The GuardianNapoli say they never intended to offend Osimhen amid row  ReutersNapoli insist they 'never wanted to mock' Victor Osimhen in offensive TikT
  
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• Man wrestled to floor by police moments after getting off bus - Liverpool Echo

  28-09-2023 21:55 via news.google.com
  Man wrestled to floor by police moments after getting off bus  Liverpool EchoSickening moment woman kicked in head in vile group attack filmed in central Liverpool  The MirrorWoman kicked in the head after being floored by bloke in sickening footage  Daily StarWoman kicked in the head in sickening mobile phone footage  Liverpool EchoLive updates as Concert Square cordoned off by police  Liverpool EchoView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Devil's resting place: Tomb of Murderous Mafia boss who is said to have slaughtered 50 people as he avoide - Daily Mail

  28-09-2023 21:48 via news.google.com
  The Devil's resting place: Tomb of Murderous Mafia boss who is said to have slaughtered 50 people as he avoide  Daily MailInfamous Cosa Nostra Mafia Boss Messina Denaro Dies Of Cancer  OCCRPMafia boss who boasted his victims could 'fill a cemetery' buried at private funeral  The IndependentThe Devil's last dance: Sicily's ruthless 'last godfather' Matteo Messina Denaro is buried at private funeral  Daily MailPrivate Sicilian funeral for Italian Mafia boss
  
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• Average five-year fixed mortgage rate in UK falls back below 6% - The Guardian

  28-09-2023 21:07 via news.google.com
  Average five-year fixed mortgage rate in UK falls back below 6%  The GuardianAverage five-year mortgage drops below 6%  BBCMortgage rates: Relief for UK households as banks announce cuts  The TimesIan McConnell: A big, overdue surprise on interest rates but MPC sends message  HeraldScotlandFive-year fixed rates fall below six per cent for first time since July  Mortgage SolutionsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Astronaut and cosmonauts return to Earth after getting stuck in space for more than a year - The Guardian

  28-09-2023 21:07 via news.google.com
  Astronaut and cosmonauts return to Earth after getting stuck in space for more than a year  The GuardianWatch: Astronauts land after getting stuck in space and circling earth 6,000 times  The TelegraphAstronaut who accidentally broke record for longest time spent in space finally returns to Earth  Sky NewsAstronauts return to Earth after accidentally spending a year in space and going around the world 6000 times  LBCUS astronaut, Frank Rubio, breaks the re
  
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• Croydon stabbing: Our hearts are broken, Elianne Andam's family says - BBC

  28-09-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Croydon stabbing: Our hearts are broken, Elianne Andam's family says  BBCCroydon stabbing: police lay flowers for victim Elianne Andam, 15  The Times and The Sunday TimesKnifecrime is out of control. Doing nothing is no longer an option  The TelegraphAnother family and community mourns the loss of a young person taken far too soon  Evening StandardCroydon Stabbing: 15-year-old victim named as Elianne Andam  The MirrorView Full coverage on Google
  
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• Wilko creditors face vast losses after collapse of family-owned retailer - Sky News

  28-09-2023 20:34 via news.google.com
  Wilko creditors face vast losses after collapse of family-owned retailer  Sky NewsHuge new blow for Wilko as creditors face vast losses with 400 stores closing & jobs axed...  The SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Shock after men with 'bats and knives' burst into garage in horror double stabbing - Manchester Evening News

  28-09-2023 20:31 via news.google.com
  Shock after men with 'bats and knives' burst into garage in horror double stabbing  Manchester Evening NewsGreat Lever disorder: Three arrested over double stabbing in street  BBCHorror as man and woman stabbed after fight breaks out with air ambulance scrambled to scene  Manchester Evening NewsBolton: Pair arrested on suspicion of Halliwell burglary  The Bolton NewsTwo charged with a series of burglary dwelling offences  The Bolton NewsView Full
  
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• Is Russia targeting underwater cables? Plus analysis of 'milbloggers' | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast - The Telegraph

  28-09-2023 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Is Russia targeting underwater cables? Plus analysis of 'milbloggers' | Ukraine: The Latest Podcast  The TelegraphIs Russia targeting underwater infrastructure?  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Greece and Turkey agree migration pact as EU members fail to seal wider deal in Brussels – Europe live

  28-09-2023 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Pact will halt illegal flows of refugees and migrants across the land border the two countries sharePoland’s ambassador to the EU, Andrzej Sadoś, told the Guardian today that Warsaw “is refusing to accept any elements of mandatory relocation, the distribution of some mandatory quotas” and is also opposed “to any obligatory payment for not accepting migrants.”EU countries, he wrote in response to a question, “should have full discretion in choosing between
  
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• Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project

  28-09-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homesThe World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions made by villagers living near the site of a proposed tourism project it is funding in Tanzania.The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the Tanzanian government to make way for a $150m (£123m) project ministers say will protect the environment and attra
  
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• Despite McIlroy’s barb, Europe’s trio of outcasts leave Ryder Cup void

  28-09-2023 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  LIV rebels deserve to have their past contributions recognised, even if wounds from golf’s civil war still lingerThe walk into Marco Simone Golf and Country Club takes you past a series of giant posters of the European team’s greatest moments: Darren Clarke’s chip at the 16th to beat Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk in the four-balls at the K Club in 2006, Jamie Donaldson in the seconds after Keegan Bradley had conceded on the Sunday at Gleneagles in 2014, Tommy Fleetwood and Francesc
  
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• AOC accuses Republicans of fabricating Biden impeachment evidence - live

  28-09-2023 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Ocasio-Cortez also noted the witnesses were under oath, while the lawmakers on the panel could say what they want – including liesSix key things to know about first Biden impeachment hearingThe House oversight committee is about to hold its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden, the latest step in a months-long effort investigating the president and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings that has yet to produce substantial evidence of wrongdoing.Today’s hearin
  
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• Reducing women to meat live on air? GB News is no longer a joke | Gaby Hinsliff

  28-09-2023 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The channel has become an echo chamber for the populist right, and ratings are rising. It’s long past time for the regulator to wake upIt sounds at first like what Donald Trump once called “locker room banter”. Just two guys, unwittingly taped having the kind of conversation that women always secretly worry men might be having behind their backs; the one where it doesn’t matter how bright or confident you are, because if necessary they can still just reduce you to meat. &
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: ‘matter of time’ before Ukraine becomes official Nato ally, says Zelenskiy

  28-09-2023 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Comment from Ukraine’s president comes after Jens Stoltenberg’s trip to KyivSuspilne reports, citing the regional authority, that one person has been injured and hospitalised by a Russian attack on Antonivka near Kherson.British defence secretary Grant Shapps discussed how to bolster Ukraine’s air defences during talks in an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president’s office said on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Student gunman kills three in Rotterdam university shooting - Al Jazeera English

  28-09-2023 18:43 via news.google.com
  Student gunman kills three in Rotterdam university shooting  Al Jazeera EnglishRotterdam: At least two killed in shootings - police  BBC2 people shot dead in Netherlands; 5 stabbed in school in Spain  Press TVRotterdam shootings: three killed, including girl, 14, as man arrested  The GuardianStudent in combat gear shoots dead a mother and her 14-year-old daughter at apartment before opening fire at R  Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cuban officials warn of increased blackouts due to fuel shortages

  28-09-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Citizens of the island nation were told that power outages of up to 10 hours a day could be expected outside HavanaCuban officials have warned that blackouts on the island will increase significantly due to a lack of fuel, potentially worsening the country’s plight as it deals with food and medicine shortages.Local governments have already begun announcing restrictions on power usage at state-run companies and other entities, including moves to postpone sporting events and university class
  
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• Stewart urges ECB to respect county game as Surrey seal Championship title

  28-09-2023 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Essex skittled at Northants to confirm latest titleSurrey celebrate fifth crown since turn of centurySurrey’s director of cricket, Alec Stewart, has urged the ECB not to undermine the integrity of the County Championship after Surrey secured their second consecutive title.While Surrey whistled through Hampshire’s middle order on Thursday afternoon, the title safely won when Essex failed to reach 400 points at Northampton, a smiling Stewart gently twisted the knife. “It is such
  
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• ‘He controls this!’ Will Sancho apologise to Ten Hag to return to the Man United squad? | ESPN FC - ESPN UK

  28-09-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  ‘He controls this!’ Will Sancho apologise to Ten Hag to return to the Man United squad? | ESPN FC  ESPN UKJadon Sancho is 'overestimating his importance' to Man United by refusing to apologise to Erik ten Hag, says D  Daily Mail"I FEEL LET DOWN" 😤 - Flex CRITICISES Jadon Sancho For Not Apologising To Ten Hag 😬 | talkSPORT  talkSPORTMan Utd: £52m star 'unlikely to salvage career' after update at Old Trafford  GIVEMESPORTThe
  
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• Sweden reports record number of monthly fatal shootings

  28-09-2023 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  September brings 11 deaths as country rocked by wave of violence, much of it suspected to be linked to split within criminal gang September has become the worst month for shooting deaths in Sweden since records began in 2016, after two people died in separate shootings on Wednesday night, bringing the monthly total to 11.Another person died on Thursday morning after a bomb blast. Continue reading...
  
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• Birmingham PhD student guilty of using 3D printer to build ‘kamikaze’ drone

  28-09-2023 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Mohamad al-Bared used technology at Coventry home to make drone designed to deliver a warhead or chemical weapon for ISA Birmingham University PhD student has been found guilty of using a 3D printer at home to build a “kamikaze” drone designed to deliver an explosive warhead or chemical weapon for Islamic State (IS) terrorists.Mechanical engineering graduate, Mohamad Al Bared, 27, was found guilty of using a 3D printer to make the drone at his Coventry home while sending weekly updat
  
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• Homes evacuated after man found with Skorpion gun and hand grenade in house - Liverpool Echo

  28-09-2023 18:19 via news.google.com
  Homes evacuated after man found with Skorpion gun and hand grenade in house  Liverpool EchoView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dutch police arrest man in Rotterdam after fatal shootings at university hospital

  28-09-2023 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 32, arrested after shootings on Thursday afternoon which began in house and continued in classroomA number of people have been killed in the Dutch city of Rotterdam after a man went on a shooting spree in a university hospital classroom, local police said.A 32-year old man was arrested after the shootings on Thursday afternoon, which began in a house and continued in a classroom at a medical facility nearby. Police also said fires had broken out at at both locations. Continue reading...
  
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• Sunak expected to limit powers of councils in England to curb car use - The Guardian

  28-09-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  Sunak expected to limit powers of councils in England to curb car use  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sunak expected to limit powers of councils in England to curb car use

  28-09-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Potential plan to restrict measures such as 20mph speed limits and levying fines from traffic cameras alarms travel groupsThe government is to limit measures councils can take to curb car traffic including 20mph speed restrictions and bus lanes, the Guardian understands, under plans that have alarmed travel groups and risks a row with local authorities.In another sign Rishi Sunak hopes to gain support by prioritising the needs of motorists, other plans expected to be announced next we
  
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• Eddie Howe's classy Lewis Miley and Lewis Hall gesture after early sacrifice on Newcastle debuts - Chronicle Live

  28-09-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  Eddie Howe's classy Lewis Miley and Lewis Hall gesture after early sacrifice on Newcastle debuts  Chronicle LiveIs Manchester City's League Cup Exit GOOD for Football? 😲 Simon Jordan says NO! 👎  talkSPORTRare journalist praise for Newcastle United – Showing how to beat Manchester City  The MagNewcastle 1-0 Man City: Eddie Howe wants Magpies to "go one better" in Carabao Cup  BBCNewcastle United headlines as Magpies ruffle Man City fea
  
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• ‘Can’t we have a funny joke?’ Why #girlmath is dividing TikTok

  28-09-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The lighthearted trend – using questionable numbers to justify indulgent purchases – has been accused of fueling sexismAnyone who watched 2000s episodes of What Not to Wear or read Cosmopolitan in the 90s knows girl math well. Back in the day, we used to call it fashion math. Let’s say a designer bag costs $800. That’s out of budget – until you remember you’ll use it every day. That’s, like, less than $1 per wear.Congratulations: you’ve just comple
  
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• Most new cars sold in UK will have to be fully electric by 2030, government confirms

  28-09-2023 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Green campaigners relieved after last week’s decision to delay ban on petrol and diesel carsThe government has confirmed the majority of new cars sold in Britain will have to be electric by 2030 despite Rishi Sunak’s decision last week to delay a ban on petrol and diesel cars by five years.Under the long-awaited zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate, 80% of sales must be fully electric, or another alternative, within seven years. Carmakers would have to pay £15,000 for each petr
  
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• Michael Gambon: his most memorable roles on screen and on stage – video obituary

  28-09-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Sir Michael Gambon, whose extraordinary acting career took him from Laurence Olivier’s nascent National Theatre to screen roles in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 82. Memorably dubbed “The Great Gambon” by Ralph Richardson, and admired by generations of fellow actors, he excelled in plays by Pinter, Beckett and Ayckbourn. It was Ayckbourn who directed him in 1987 in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, which won Gambon an Olivie
  
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• Fears rise of volcanic eruption near Naples after strongest earthquake in 40 years

  28-09-2023 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Evacuation plans being drafted after activity on Campi Flegrei field, which experts warned earlier in 2023 was in a dangerous stateConcern is mounting over the risk of an eruption on a sprawling volcanic area close to Naples after the area was struck by the strongest earthquake in 40 years.Seismic activity on Campi Flegrei, a constellation of ancient volcanic craters, has intensified over the past year and especially in recent months, with more than 80 events occurring in the early hours of Wedn
  
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• Football Daily | When does a club have just too many vibes?

  28-09-2023 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!There’s a lot to like about Arsenal. The retro kit launches, the $exy football, Gunnersaurus, the videos of Ian Wright being Ian Wright. But when does a club have just too many vibes? Can someone be too much a top, top, top bloke? Content might be king, but not when it gets in the way of the football.That Newcastle United got the better of Manchester City in the Milk Cup doesn’t change the fact that a big gulf remains between the two
  
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• Is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar based on a true story? - Digital Spy

  28-09-2023 17:39 via news.google.com
  
  Is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar based on a true story?  Digital SpyThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar film review — fun-size Wes Anderson yarn provides exquisite rush  Financial TimesNetflix Just Secretly Dropped New Sci-Fi With Benedict Cumberbatch And Ralph Fiennes  Giant Freakin RobotReview: Wes Anderson returns to Roald Dahl with 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'  Arab NewsRoald Dahl's Henry Sugar was inspired by the true story of a Paki
  
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• Will ditching inheritance tax make British society a fairer place? | Letters

  28-09-2023 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Richard Cooper, Miles Dean, Mike Holland and Timothy A Millea on the merits or otherwise of IHTScrapping inheritance tax sounds like a costly mistake, but it’s a noble idea (Scrapping inheritance tax would cost £15bn a year by 2032, says IFS, 27 September). If all personal income, including legacies and gifts, were taxed like wages, someone on an average income would pay the marginal rate, 20%, on a small legacy, but a company director on a salary of £150,000 would pay the top
  
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• Europe’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstorm

  28-09-2023 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Heatwaves around Mediterranean have damaged harvests and forced producers to import from South AmericaEurope has almost run out of local olive oil supplies and is set for more shortages, after extreme weather damaged harvests for a second year.The world’s largest producer has said it is having to import supplies from South America to keep up with demand. Continue reading...
  
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• Uniforms have no place in schools today | Letters

  28-09-2023 17:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to André Spicer’s article on the traditions and enforcement of school dress codesRe André Spicer’s article on school uniforms (Not even bankers wear ties and blazers any more. So why should schoolchildren?, 25 September), I attended an all-girls grammar school in the 1960s and we were governed by a strict code regarding uniforms, with infringements punished. I was reported to have been seen outside school wearing my beret inappropriately (stuck on the ba
  
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• Boy, 16, arrested in connection with felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree

  28-09-2023 17:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Police in north of England say teenager arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damageA 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the famous Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England, police have said.Officers arrested the teenager amid an outpouring of sadness over the destruction of the landmark, which had been a feature of the site at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for hundreds of years. Continue reading...
  
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• Spare these London flats the wrecking ball. But no more eyesore tower blocks please | Simon Jenkins

  28-09-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Whatever the outcome of this battle between developer and local authority, high-rise blocks should not be the futureThe demolition of two new apartment buildings at Woolwich’s Mast Quay would be daft. The claimed reason – 26 deviations from the development’s 2012 planning permission – cannot justify planners pulling down the £36m high-rise blocks, embodied carbon and all. The developer, Comer Homes, seems to have slashed the proposed roof garden and playground, and
  
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• Premier League offers EFL extra £358m over three years – with strings attached

  28-09-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Extra EFL Trophy games wanted and parachute payments stayCost controls an issue as EFL holds talks with its clubsThe Premier League has presented a plan to increase financial redistribution to the English Football League by £358m over the three seasons to 2025-26, with a series of strings attached.Under the terms of the deal, EFL clubs would receive an extra £88m this season, an extra £101m next season and an extra £169m the season after. Those figures would continue to r
  
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• British Sikhs concerned over lack of security advice after activist’s murder in Canada

  28-09-2023 17:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Sikh Federation wants ministers to set out how UK activists will be protected, after killing of Hardeep Singh NijjarBritish Sikhs have been asked to write to their MPs in an effort to get Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman to explain what steps police will take “to alert Sikh activists who may be under threat” after the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.The Sikh Federation is concerned that British officers have given no security advice to high-profile individuals or gurdwaras a
  
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• Teenage boy sentenced after stabbing teacher at Tewkesbury school

  28-09-2023 17:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Fifteen-year-old given 14-month detention and training order over attack on Jamie SansomA 15-year-old boy who stabbed a teacher in a school corridor after telling friends he wanted to kill somebody and researched how to buy firearms in the UK has been given a 14-month detention and training order.The teenager covered his face with a snood and a hooded top before attacking Jamie Sansom with a 6in (15cm) kitchen knife. Continue reading...
  
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• Armenians 'lose motherland' in blow to Russia's influence abroad - Financial Times

  28-09-2023 17:12 via news.google.com
  
  Armenians 'lose motherland' in blow to Russia's influence abroad  Financial TimesAP PHOTOS: Tens of thousands of Armenians flee in mass exodus from breakaway region of Azerbaijan  The IndependentNagorno-Karabakh updates: 70,500 refugees have crossed into Armenia  Al Jazeera EnglishNagorno Karabakh: Why a frozen conflict suddenly exploded  The GuardianNagorno-Karabakh: Armenians rush to help ‘brothers and sisters’  BBCView Full coverag
  
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• Girona are top of La Liga for the first time in history. But this is not chance | Sid Lowe

  28-09-2023 17:11 via theguardian.com
  
  As the 41st club to conclude a round on top of Spain’s top flight, Girona again showed they are very good at football“We know this isn’t normal,” said Aleix García and yet, he insisted, nor was it chance. Either way, it was historic. At 8.20pm on 27 September 2023, the other García, Eric, headed in the goal that put their team into the lead against Villarreal, on course for another win, to carry them above Real Madrid, above Barcelona and above everyone else
  
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• Crooked House pub: police investigating fire arrest man and woman

  28-09-2023 17:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 44, and woman, 34, from Leicestershire held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arsonA man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson as part of the investigation into the fire at the Crooked House pub, which caused nationwide outcry.Staffordshire police said a 34-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man, both from Leicestershire, had been arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent or being reckless as to whether life was endange
  
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• What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

  28-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Writers, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI read Lauren Groff’s The Vaster Wilds in a single day and feel that I have now officially emerged from what had been a month-long reading slump. Groff writes wonderful prose, and fans of Gil Adamson’s 2007 novel The Outlander might draw some parallels, given this novel’s historical survivalist narrative. Yet Groff’s text has its own – bl
  
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• To drive the Women’s Super League forward, it’s time to think big | Anita Asante

  28-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Playing at major stadiums can help players feel they are part of one club and that commitment is being shown towards themFor those of us working within the game, what happened with Spain’s players allows us to be empowered, to confront issues at our own clubs. Seeing them speaking out was so inspiring. Behind the scenes, clubs are surely going to try to be more stringent with safeguarding.The power structures the actions of Luis Rubiales and others embody exist in whatever industry you wor
  
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