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• Twice-weekly pub meals can save our locals

  01-10-2023 23:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Top chef Tom Kerridge has urged people to visit their local pub at least twice a week to "save the industry".
  
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• Jeremy Hunt to confirm national living wage to rise to £11 an hour

  01-10-2023 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The move will affect two million of the lowest-paid workers, the chancellor will tell the Tory conference.
  
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• Graham Linehan attacks cancel culture at Conservative conference fringe event

  01-10-2023 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comedy writer tells a free speech debate his views on gender have made it hard to find places to speak.
  
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• Bradley Lowery: Man charged over 'taunt' at Sheffield Wednesday match

  01-10-2023 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dale Houghton, 31, from Rotherham, will appear in court on Monday and faces a football banning order.
  
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• Donald Trump determined to destroy America: Joe Biden - Geo News

  01-10-2023 23:01 via news.google.com
  Donald Trump determined to destroy America: Joe Biden  Geo NewsU.S. could be seeing 'last gasp' of MAGA Republicans, Biden says  POLITICOView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rangers: Michael Beale sacked as manager; Steven Davis takes interim charge

  01-10-2023 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Beale has been sacked as Rangers manager after slipping seven points behind Celtic after seven games of the season.
  
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• New Covid-19 variant Pirola has officially arrived in the UK with 'cases doubling'

  01-10-2023 21:19 via express.co.uk
  
  One expert said that a lack of testing had had an impact on the UK's knowledge of the new variant.
  
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• Sycamore Gap Tree felling probe update as police seize a chainsaw near to tragic scene

  01-10-2023 21:04 via express.co.uk
  
  A chainsaw was seized today at a barn in Northumberland in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree.
  
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• 20mph: Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies blasts speed limit

  01-10-2023 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andrew RT Davies attacks Labour for introducing what he describes as a "blanket" 20mph speed limit.
  
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• Inside the plush new estate where £850k homes are being torn down one-by-one

  01-10-2023 19:39 via express.co.uk
  
  Families living in a new, modern estate are now fearing the worst as around 30 new-build homes are having to be demolished due to problems with the foundations.
  
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• Jake Abraham: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor dies aged 56

  01-10-2023 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor was best known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Channel 4 drama GBH.
  
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• Katherine Ryan: Difficult choice to work with dangerous comic

  01-10-2023 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Comedian Katherine Ryan tells Radio 4 it was a difficult decision to work with a man she considered "dangerous".
  
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• Alleged murder victim was 'beautiful inside and out'

  01-10-2023 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested after 43-year-old mother Charlene Mills died on Saturday, police say.
  
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• The beautiful UK city where data claims you're 'most likely to get into a car crash'

  01-10-2023 18:54 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Cambridge County Council has taken a swipe at the stats, which say it is the most accident-prone city hotspot in the UK.
  
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• Murder of man in 60s in Bristol being treated as 'race hate crime'

  01-10-2023 18:42 via express.co.uk
  
  A woman has been charged with murder after a black man died from a stab wound in what police say they are treating as a "race hate crime".
  
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• Horror as family find huge 'abandoned' python coiled on top of their boiler

  01-10-2023 18:17 via express.co.uk
  
  A south London family were shocked when their nanny discovered a huge 5ft python sleeping on top of their boiler.
  
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• Ofgem's energy price cap comes to reduce average bill by £151 - full details

  01-10-2023 18:11 via express.co.uk
  
  A fall in Ofgem's energy price cap has come into effect amid concerns that households could still end up paying around 13% more than last winter.
  
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• Croydon: Community remembers 'amazing' Elianne Andam

  01-10-2023 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 350 people gathered on Sunday to remember the 15-year-old schoolgirl who was fatally stabbed.
  
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• Smokers hit with new vape warning after shocking blaze

  01-10-2023 17:27 via express.co.uk
  
  Fire chiefs have issued a warning about charging vapes
  
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• Police issue urgent appeal for 'dangerous' child rapist on the run

  01-10-2023 17:20 via express.co.uk
  
  The man is a danger to both children and women
  
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• M53 bus crash student was warm-hearted and wonderful, family says

  01-10-2023 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jessica Baker, 15, and driver Stephen Shrimpton died when the school coach overturned.
  
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• Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to pre-election tax cuts

  01-10-2023 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM says his focus is easing living costs, amid Tory unrest on day one of the party's conference.
  
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• Sapling at Sycamore Gap removed by National Trust

  01-10-2023 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kieran Chapman says he's "devastated" a sapling he planted near the much-loved felled tree has been removed.
  
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• PM declines to say if HS2 Manchester link will go ahead

  01-10-2023 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister again refuses to say if high speed rail link will run from Birmingham to Manchester.
  
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• The Coronation of Poppea review – ETO’s gender-fluid staging has fizz but also flaws

  01-10-2023 15:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Hackney Empire, London
  Monteverdi’s opera about unfettered desire is pulled into the present day in Robin Norton-Hale’s stylised production with fine singing and solid musical support from Yshani PerinpanayagamRobin Norton-Hale’s new staging of The Coronation of Poppea for English Touring Opera is her first production for the company since her appointment as general director last year. It’s a striking if uneven piece of theatre. She can be insightful in her approach to Mo
  
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• ‘Why are they not on Wikipedia?’: Dr Jess Wade’s mission for recognition for unsung scientists

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite some advances, men still dominate science but one academic is working hard to get women and peers of colour the recognition they deserveWithin minutes of meeting the multiple award-winning British physicist and feminist role model, Dr Jess Wade, I learn two things about her. Number one: she walks and talks fast, as if she is running out of time. Number two: she is incredibly modest. So much so that she would rather conceal from a colleague who I am and what I am doing in her lab at Imper
  
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• This is the season of crunchy leaves, chunky knits - and pumpkin spice latte misogyny

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The drink is derided as ‘basic’, in terms that often veer into sexism. But are those who ridicule it just missing out on all the fun?
  It is PSL season – that’s pumpkin spice latte, keep up – which also means it is pumpkin spice misogyny season. If you are not familiar, the idea is that there is a (predominantly male) tendency to mock the (predominantly female) enthusiasm for the arrival of spiced orange beverages at this time of year. It’s derided as “ba
  
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• Teenage fix: the London council spending big on youth services

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With its surging population and rife child poverty, Tower Hamlets says its £13.7m funding package will pay offDespite its location in the heart of Tower Hamlets, Haileybury youth centre in Stepney Green was abandoned for 25 years. A decade ago, the council invested in regenerating the building, but with a limited programme of activities and enduring stigma around youth clubs, local teens weren’t really interested.Now, Tower Hamlets council hopes to persuade them that youth services h
  
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• Should I worry about blue light?

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Is the glow from phones, tablets, computers and other devices really bad for our health? Wherever you are reading this – on the couch or in bed – there is a good chance that you are doing it on some sort of screen. According to a 2022 review, almost everyone upped their screentime during the Covid pandemic, and there is little evidence that use has gone back down. While that may or may not be bad for all sorts of reasons, a concern for many people is blue light, and whether its haunt
  
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• Sarah Burton dedicates final Alexander McQueen show to memory of designer

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Emotional farewell after 26 years as she paid tribute to McQueen,‘whose wish was always to empower women’It was the most heartfelt of moments for the most emotional brand in modern fashion. From Lee McQueen’s provocative catwalk shows to his sudden and untimely death, to the fairytale romance of the lace gown created in a secret atelier by Sarah Burton for the royal wedding of Kate and William in 2011, Alexander McQueen has always been not just about beautiful clothes, but abou
  
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• My son’s face lit up at Winnie the Pooh – and my misgivings about Disney melted away | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  All it takes is the opening credits of a Disney film to whisk me back to my own childhood. My principles stand no chance Parenthood is replete with madeleines. Not just in the cake form – when I was struggling to breastfeed and trying to up my milk supply, I bought bags and bags of them, dipped in chocolate – but the famous Proustian kind. These small encounters with objects or sounds or smells act as nostalgic triggers, with the ability to catapult you back to moments in your childh
  
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• Let it shine: the unexpected benefits of sun exposure on skin

  01-10-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  For years we’ve been told to avoid sun to prevent skin cancer. But research suggests a dose of rays can boost your immune system and increase lifespan. We look on the bright sideShades? SPF50 suncream? Wide-brimmed hat? For decades, it has been drilled into us that if the sun is out, we’d better slip on protective clothing, slop on suncream and slap on a hat to stay safe. There’s little doubt that too much sun exposure – and particularly sunburn – increases our risk
  
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• Jimmy Carter: tributes pour in as ex-president celebrates 99th birthday

  01-10-2023 14:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Accolades include messages from world leaders and pop culture figures, many focusing on his four decades of humanitarian workThe former US president Jimmy Carter will celebrate his 99th birthday on Sunday by putting off watching church services online and instead celebrating with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains, Georgia.The gathering will take place in the same one-story house where the Carters lived before he was elected to the Georgia Sen
  
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• Kosovan government calls on Serbia to pull all troops from border

  01-10-2023 14:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Demand follows part withdrawal after US warning of potential punitive measures against BelgradeKosovo has demanded that Serbia pull its troops back from their common border and warned it was ready to protect its territorial integrity, after the US warned of punitive measures against Belgrade and Serbia’s president insisted he “does not want war”.“We call on … Serbia to immediately withdraw all troops from the border with Kosovo,” the Kosovan government said,
  
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• Nottingham Forest v Brentford: Premier League – live

  01-10-2023 14:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the City Ground in this 2pm BST kick-offEmail Dominic or tweet him with your thoughtsDon’t forget the Women’s Super League gets under way today and you can follow the action here:You could interpret either formation as 4-2-3-1, or 4-3-3, depending on your viewpoint – what’s clear is both managers are set up to attack. There’s an awful lot of pace and skill in that Forest frontline. I’m looking forward to seeing Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odo
  
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• Time After Time by Chris Atkins review – a former inmate explores the reasons for reoffending

  01-10-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  These stories of ex-offenders who returned to prison are varied and affecting, but the writer’s sometimes simple solutions to a complex issue can make him sound complacentLife inside our prisons is gloomy, violent and humiliating. So why do around half of those who leave prison go back within a year? In his latest book, film-maker and former inmate Chris Atkins explains how our chaotic and inhumane system helps to create this bleak statistic. We meet Steve, who started using drugs to escap
  
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• ‘I am the witness and the subject’: Magnum photographer Jim Goldberg on telling his own story

  01-10-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Now 70, the revered photographer, known for documentary projects such as Raised By Wolves, has turned the focus on himself with a photobook chronicling his own journey via birth, love, death…Jim Goldberg describes his new photobook, Coming and Going, as “my attempt to get close to the reality of the experience of living”. A self-styled “documentary storyteller”, born in New Haven, Connecticut, Goldberg made his name with a series of acclaimed projects, including Ra
  
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• Frans Hals review – a joyful Dutch master in the spotlight

  01-10-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  National Gallery, London
  Often overshadowed by his contemporary Rembrandt, the 17th-century Haarlem artist is revealed to be a genius of the seemingly nonchalant yet telling portrait in this first showcase of his work in 30 yearsTwo portraits: Marie Larp and Pieter Dircksz Tjarck, painted as a pendant pair by Frans Hals in about 1635, a year after their marriage. And what a couple they make. Pieter Tjarck holds a pink rose – a symbol, perhaps, of his love for his new wife. But it fairly fl
  
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• Dame Helen Mirren speaks of 'delicate balance' in playing Golda Meir

  01-10-2023 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Oscar-winning actor has faced criticism for playing Israel's first female PM Golda Meir in a new film.
  
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• Ange Postecoglou’s charisma and risk-taking has Tottenham dreaming | Jonathan Wilson

  01-10-2023 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Early days but the Tottenham Stadium swings with an excitement not felt in years, and all thanks to the AustralianHow good could this get? What is the realistic ceiling of Tottenham’s aspirations now? After one of the most unexpected and dramatic days of Premier League football in recent memory, almost unnoticed amid the fury over Luis Díaz’s incorrectly disallowed goal and the two Liverpool red cards, Spurs lie second in the table, still unbeaten. And at the end, striding unf
  
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• Rishi Sunak claims putting reducing inflation ahead of tax cuts Thatcherite and ‘deeply Conservative’ – UK politics live

  01-10-2023 13:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general electionThe BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is starting. As well as Rishi Sunak, Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, is also being interviewed.Q: Do you still think we’ve had enough of experts?Economic forecasting was invented to make astrology look respectable. Continue reading...
  
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• Bild publisher Axel Springer eyes Telegraph auction

  01-10-2023 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  German company registers interest with Goldman Sachs ahead ofTelegraph Media Group auction German media company Axel Springer has officially expressed interest in buying the Telegraph, sparking the prospect of a bidding war for the newspaper group.The Berlin-based media conglomerate, which was trumped by the Barclay brothers in a bidding battle for the Telegraph and the Spectator magazine in 2004, has notified bankers of its interest in joining the upcoming auction of Telegraph Media Group. Cont
  
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• Come with me to a Home Office centre for disabled asylum seekers. See Britain’s hidden shame | Frances Ryan

  01-10-2023 13:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Leaving disabled asylum seekers to rot in an old care home is not an aberration – it is the system working exactly as intendedUnder the grey sky of an Essex seaside town sits a broken wheelchair, its front blue wheel shattered. Inside an office, a frame for a hoist languishes. A sign on a lift reads “Out of order”. Scraps of cardboard have been stuck on to the glass of broken windows and doors, blocking outside light from entering darkened rooms.Welcome to a Home Office centre
  
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• Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September

  01-10-2023 13:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Countries including France, Germany and Poland all had their hottest Septembers on recordAustria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland have all experienced their hottest Septembers on record, with unseasonably high temperatures set to continue into October, in a year likely to be the warmest in human history.As 31C (88F) was forecast in south-west France on Sunday and 28C in Paris, the French weather authority, Météo-France, said September’s average temperature wa
  
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• Where the Wind Blows review – Hong Kong gangland meets Singin’ in the Rain

  01-10-2023 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Aaron Kwok play rival cops in this confusing but visually arresting 60s-set thrillerIn this decidedly odd mishmash of genres, hard-boiled Hong Kong police corruption and gangland intrigue rub shoulders with a dance montage that pays homage to Singin’ in the Rain. The latest from director Philip Yung (Port of Call), Where the Wind Blows is ambitious and visually arresting (it’s particularly recommended for fans of slow-motion shots of people walking moodily thr
  
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• Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe: horse racing – live

  01-10-2023 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The latest news, odds and reaction as the world’s leading trainers and jockeys battle to win thebiggest flat race in Europe Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1.15pm) preview Some of the best juvenile form lines from Ireland, Britain and France come together in a fascinating renewal of France’s championship event for two-year-old colts. Beauvatier, trained in Deauville by ex-jokey Yann Barberot, will probably set off as favourite having remained unbeaten through his four races to date, the mos
  
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• Don Quixote review – sunshine, warmth and dazzling technique from the Royal Ballet

  01-10-2023 13:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Royal Opera House, London
  With its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta’s revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical danceIs there a narrative ballet with less meaningful plot than Don Quixote? Don’t go looking for Cervantes here. Nor any deep truths or clever parallels between this 19th-century ballet and the modern day. It’s a no-stakes romcom that’s all filler (a diversion to a Gypsy encampment, a dream
  
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• Ryder Cup 2023: Europe v USA, day three singles – live

  01-10-2023 13:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from the final day’s action, starting at 10.35am BSTOfficial scoreboard | And you can contact Scott via emailThe US team aren’t wearing their caps on the 1st tee today, in a performative show of solidarity with the under-fire and perma-hatless Patrick Cantlay. The man himself returns the favour by firing his approach at 1 to five feet. Patty Ice – a play on Matty Ice, the nickname of former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, and a reference to his unflappable d
  
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• Sycamore Gap: Brian Blessed says cut down tree 'not dead'

  01-10-2023 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brian Blessed says the cut down Sycamore Gap tree could still regrow and become "very bushy".
  
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• Women’s Super League clockwatch: all the latest from the season openers – live

  01-10-2023 13:09 via theguardian.com
  
  WSL updates as Aston Villa v Man Utd gets season underwayEnjoy the World Cup? WSL brings stars up close to ignite new seasonWho won the transfer window? Nobody, obviously, because it’s not a quantifiable competition. But some clubs had more joy than others.We also have dedicated previews for each WSL team. Here they are, in order of the alphabet.ArsenalAston VillaBrighton & Hove AlbionBristol CityChelseaEvertonLeicester CityLiverpoolManchester CityManchester UnitedTottenham HotspurWest
  
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