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• Hamas attack: UK ‘well placed to play part’ in Israel-Palestine conflict - Times Radio

  07-10-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  Hamas attack: UK ‘well placed to play part’ in Israel-Palestine conflict  Times RadioIsrael urges Britain: Stand with us against 'evil terror' of Hamas  The IndependentAbbas stresses Palestinian right to self-defense, as int’l community condemns Hamas  The Times of IsraelTunisia says Palestinians have right to reclaim their occupied lands  Anadolu Agency | EnglishHelp to expose the truly hateful and barbaric face of Hamas  The I
  
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• Hull City ‘appalled’ by alleged racist abuse of player as Millwall fan arrested

  07-10-2023 20:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Fan detained over incident during 2-2 Championship drawMillwall ‘working with police, security staff and Hull City’Hull said they were “appalled” after one of their players was the subject of alleged racist abuse during their 2-2 draw with Millwall at the Den.Joe Bryan secured the Lions a point with a 54th-minute equaliser, but the Championship game was overshadowed by the incident, which led to a Millwall fan being arrested. Continue reading...
  
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• Depleted Crystal Palace keep Nottingham Forest out to earn point

  07-10-2023 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  There was a moment during the first half when Roy Hodgson – taking charge of his 400th PremiJeisoner League match – stood on the touchline and simply shook his head. The Crystal Palace manager had just seen yet another of his players succumb to an injury after a week that saw three more ruled out of this meeting with Nottingham Forest.But while it was Steve Cooper’s visitors who created the better chances here and could have taken all three points had a brilliant lob from Morga
  
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• Crystal Palace 0-0 Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live reaction

  07-10-2023 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the 5.30pm BST kick-off at Selhurst ParkLive scoreboard: Saturday’s results and latest scoresGet in touch! You can email Taha or tweet himFirst, a minute of applause.And we’re about to kick off. Palace in their red and blue stripes, Forest in those wavy sky-blue and white garms. Continue reading...
  
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• Care’s late heroics give sloppy England late World Cup win against Samoa

  07-10-2023 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  England 18-17 SamoaSteve Borthwick’s side fight back but fail to impressA fourth win from four matches for England but this was undoubtedly a significant step backwards for Steve Borthwick’s side, who needed Danny Care to produce a late sniping try and a last-ditch tackle to see off an inspired Samoa side. The Pacific Islanders’ head coach, Seilala Mapusua, had promised an “unapologetic Samoan” performance and that is precisely what his side produced. For England, t
  
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• HS2 services to Manchester may run slower than normal trains

  07-10-2023 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘High-speed’ trains from Birmingham to Manchester could also impact west coast mainline serviceJourneys from London to Manchester that use the new HS2 line as far as Birmingham could run slower as they continue north than existing services, and with less capacity, rail experts have warned.And in a blow to Rishi Sunak’s plan to spend the money saved by scrapping HS2 north of Birmingham on other transport projects, the Observer has seen invoices suggesting the government will hav
  
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• Max Verstappen wins F1 title in Qatar GP sprint race – as it happened

  07-10-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Verstappen is world champion for the third year in a row after finishing second in a Qatar sprint race won by Oscar PiastriLap 1/19: Safety car already! Liam Lawson spun off the track towards the rear and sharply into the gravelPiastri and Russell get a great start, Verstappen boxed in. Norris blunders and slips to sixth Continue reading...
  
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• Hundreds die and hostages held as Hamas assault shocks Israel

  07-10-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Netanyahu declares war as at least 250 Israelis are killed; more than 230 Palestinians die in airstrikes launched in responseIsrael says civilians and soldiers held hostage – live updatesIsrael and the occupied Palestinian territories are reeling from the most serious escalation between the Jewish state and the Islamist group Hamas to date, after a surprise Palestinian attack on the morning of a Jewish holiday led to hundreds of deaths, the seizure of dozens of Israeli hostages, and sparke
  
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• Dettori ‘couldn’t have written a better ending’ after 500th Newmarket winner

  07-10-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Retiring jockey rides ‘special’ filly to victory in Chariot Stakes‘When I got to 499 I thought at least I’ve got Inspiral’Frankie Dettori registered his 500th winner at Newmarket in steering star filly Inspiral to victory in the Chariot Stakes. The duo had combined to record a thrilling success in the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville in the summer and followed that up to add a fifth Group One triumph.Settled in mid-division travelling nicely alongside French chal
  
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• Max Verstappen wins F1 world title after Pérez crashes out of Qatar GP sprint race

  07-10-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Red Bull driver second in short-form race behind Oscar PiastriDutchman equals record of winning title with six races to goMuch as it was a mere formality, Max Verstappen nonetheless closed out his third Formula One world championship with all the assured control with which he has absolutely dictated this season. The Dutchman sealed the title with an at times tense but decisive drive, taking second place in the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix meeting.It concludes what has been an utterly domi
  
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• Max Verstappen wins F1 title in Qatar GP sprint race – live reaction

  07-10-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Lap-by-lap coverage from the Lusail CircuitGet in touch! You can email Tom or tweet himLap 1/19: Safety car already! Liam Lawson spun off the track towards the rear and sharply into the gravelPiastri and Russell get a great start, Verstappen boxed in. Norris blunders and slips to sixth Continue reading...
  
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• ‘It’s like a movie’: Israelis react to Hamas attack with disbelief

  07-10-2023 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Stunned television viewers have watched civilians across the south of Israel plead for helpAcross Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, divided communities have been watching scenes from the militant group Hamas’ unprecedented attack unfold with disbelief.Until this morning, footage of Palestinian gunmen tearing down the walls and fences that have hemmed in the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million people for the last 16 years was unthinkable – as were video and images of dazed I
  
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• Ireland v Scotland: Rugby World Cup – live

  07-10-2023 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from the 8pm BST kick-off at the Stade de FranceHave any thoughts? Send them Niall’s way hereUgo Monye’s big-match preview is here:Ireland Hugo Keenan, Mack Hansen, Garry Ringrose, Bundee Aki, James Lowe, Johnny Sexton (c), Jamison Gibson-Park; Andrew Porter, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong, Tadhg Beirne, Iain Henderson, Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier, Caelan Doris. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel strikes back after massive Palestinian attack

  07-10-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli warplanes hit Hamas sites in Gaza, after hundreds of terrorists cross the border and kill at least 100 Israelis, taking men, women and children hostageIsrael and the occupied Palestinian territories are reeling from the most serious escalation between the Jewish state and the Islamist group Hamas to date, after a surprise Palestinian attack on the morning of a Jewish holiday led to hundreds of deaths, the seizure of dozens of Israeli hostages, and sparked fears of a regional escalation.U
  
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• England 18-17 Samoa: Rugby World Cup – as it happened

  07-10-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Danny Care’s late converted try helped England escape with victory after Samoa had led 17-8 with a superb attacking displayEngland fans sing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” as the Samoa players gather in a circle before the Siva Tau. A few whistles from the crowd, then things settle down for Samoa’s pre-game ritual.What a moment for Manu Tuilagi, too – the England centre grew up in Samoa, and his brothers wore the blue shirt internationally. This is his first ever game a
  
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• Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live

  07-10-2023 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the 5.30pm BST kick-off at Selhurst ParkLive scoreboard: Saturday’s results and latest scoresGet in touch! You can email Taha or tweet himFirst, a minute of applause.And we’re about to kick off. Palace in their red and blue stripes, Forest in those wavy sky-blue and white garms. Continue reading...
  
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• Max Verstappen bids for F1 title in Qatar GP sprint race – live

  07-10-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Lap-by-lap coverage from the Lusail CircuitGet in touch! You can email Tom or tweet himLap 1/19: Safety car already! Liam Lawson spun off the track towards the rear and sharply into the gravelPiastri and Russell get a great start, Verstappen boxed in. Norris blunders and slips to sixth Continue reading...
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: week three – live

  07-10-2023 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s movie week, with Krishnan Guru-Murthy doing the Charleston to Cabaret’s Money Money and Nigel Harman jiving to the Batman theme. But who’ll be a blockbuster hit and who’ll be a box office flop?Roll clap-along title sequence. Aww look, it’s Les Dennis. Remember him? No? That’s showbiz.Cue introductory VT starring “Ant(on)man”, a dinky Mr Beak. Oh dear. Continue reading...
  
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• England 18-17 Samoa: Rugby World Cup – live reaction

  07-10-2023 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from the 4.45pm BST kick-off in LilleHave any thoughts? Email Niall or tweet himEngland fans sing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” as the Samoa players gather in a circle before the Siva Tau. A few whistles from the crowd, then things settle down for Samoa’s pre-game ritual.What a moment for Manu Tuilagi, too – the England centre grew up in Samoa, and his brothers wore the blue shirt internationally. This is his first ever game against the country of his birth. Con
  
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• Israel says civilians and soldiers held hostage in Gaza after major Palestinian attack – live

  07-10-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is ‘at war’ after Hamas launches rocket and land attack in the early hours of SaturdayFull report: Israel and Hamas at war after surprise attacks from Gaza StripRocket fire continues to strike Israel from Gaza.Israeli media have reported that gunmen opened fire on passers-by in the town of Sderot, in southern Israel, and footage circulating on social media appeared to show clashes in city streets as well as gunmen in jeeps roaming the countryside. Conti
  
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• Terence Davies, award-winning filmmaker, dies at 77

  07-10-2023 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  The revered director and lyrical chronicler of working-class life in Distant Voices, Still Lives, died peacefully at home after a short illness• Peter Bradshaw appreciation• A life in picturesTerence Davies, the film-maker regularly hailed by critics as among Britain’s greatest, has died aged 77.The Liverpool-born director, perhaps best known for his semi-autobiographical study of working-class family life Distant Voices, Still Lives, starring Pete Postlethwaite, was working on a
  
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• Dozens of people killed after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan, UN says

  07-10-2023 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  UN say estimate of 320 fatalities is being verified, with local authorities putting the death toll at 100, with 500 injuredDozens of people have been killed after a series of powerful earthquakes hit western Afghanistan.The UN said the death toll had risen to 320, before later saying the figure was still being verified. Local authorities have estimated 100 people have been killed and 500 injured, according to the same update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Contin
  
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• Moon a la mode? Prada to design spacesuit for Nasa’s Artemis III mission

  07-10-2023 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  The luxury fashion brand announced a collaboration with Axiom Space to outfit astronauts for the 2025 mission to the moonPrada will take its designs to the next atmospheric level as the Italian fashion house announced its latest partnership with Axiom Space to design spacesuits for astronauts.This week, the Milan-based luxury brand announced its collaboration with the Texas-based commercial space company to design Nasa’s lunar spacesuits for its 2025 Artemis III mission – the first c
  
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• Starmer warns Labour: ‘Don’t get giddy over prospect of election victory’

  07-10-2023 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  In an exclusive interview, the party’s leader says it is on course for Downing Street, but must not repeat past opposition mistakes• Keir Starmer interviewKeir Starmer on Sunday warns his party not to become “giddy” about the prospect of power, as he declares that Labour is “bang on schedule” to win the next general election.After his party’s stunning win over the Scottish National party in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection, the Labour leader us
  
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• McClenaghan and Andrade win golds on pommel as Whitlock and Biles fall

  07-10-2023 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Irishman retains world title, Briton finishes fifthRebeca Andrade beats Simone Biles in vault finalThere is no apparatus in men’s gymnastics as unforgiving as the pommel horse. If you approach it with any hint of nerves or tension, you are done. Even among the very best in the world, many of whom count it as their strongest apparatus, it at times feels like a coin flip.Still, nobody in this modern era of elite gymnastics has made their performance on the pommel horse look as reliable as Ma
  
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• Russia will revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treaty, envoy says

  07-10-2023 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  US condemns announcement by Mikhail Ulyanov, saying it ‘needlessly endangers the global norm’ against nuclear testingA senior Russian diplomat has said that Moscow will revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), in a move described by Washington denounced as jeopardising the “global norm” against nuclear test blasts.Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russian representative to the international nuclear agencies in Vienna, was speaking after Vladimir Put
  
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• Rishi Sunak sends Britain’s long-term projects up in flames – cartoon

  07-10-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  HS2, A levels and smoking are consigned to the dustbin before the general election• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Poet Safiya Sinclair: ‘As a girl I felt small within Rastafari’

  07-10-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Jamaican poet on her new memoir chronicling life with an authoritarian father, reconfiguring the postcard image of her homeland and her love of Marvel comic booksAward-winning poet Safiya Sinclair, 39, teaches creative writing at Arizona State University, but she was raised in a strict Rastafari home in Jamaica, where her reggae musician father used faith and control to keep her from absorbing outside influences. Smart and bookish thanks to her mother’s love of literature, she soon beg
  
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• Lost ‘holy grail’ film of life in Brazil’s Amazon 100 years ago resurfaces

  07-10-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Documentary from 1918 that has been hailed as a classic emerges from depths of Czech archiveA long-lost Amazon documentary described as “the holy grail of Brazilian silent cinema” has been rediscovered nearly a century after it went missing.Amazonas, Maior Rio do Mundo (Amazon: Longest River in the World)was stolen from the original director, Silvino Santos, shortly after it was made in 1918. Just over a decade later, it had completely disappeared. The film resurfaced earlier this ye
  
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• Martin Scorsese tells young film-makers to embrace new tech for ‘serious’ work

  07-10-2023 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Director in London for Killers of the Flower Moon premiere says it is time to ‘rethink what you want to say and how you want to say it’Martin Scorsese has urged young film-makers to use new technology for “serious” work, as he emphasised the importance of cinema over content.Speaking at a Screen Talk at the BFI London film festival hosted by the British film-maker Edgar Wright, Scorsese – arguably America’s highest status film director – said the industr
  
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• Calls to end one-to-one tuition after misconduct claim at Royal College of Music

  07-10-2023 18:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Julian Lloyd Webber recommends teaching in groups after Royal College of Music professor is suspended following allegationsAll one-to-one music teaching of young students should be dropped by classical academies and conservatoires, according to the virtuoso cellist and campaigner Julian Lloyd Webber. He made his comments in reaction to news that a senior professor at the internationally renowned Royal College of Music in London has been suspended after allegations of misconduct.“There is n
  
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• Met police backlog of officers facing gross misconduct hearings grows to 355

  07-10-2023 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Force sets ‘ambitious’ target to complete 30 misconduct and 30 incompetence hearings a monthThe Metropolitan police has a backlog of 355 officers who are waiting to face gross misconduct hearings, the force has said.The London force’s deputy assistant commissioner, Stuart Cundy, said the backlog was a “significant increase compared to this time last year” and added that the Met wanted 30 gross misconduct hearings and 30 gross incompetence hearings to take place a mo
  
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• Greece’s gay Syriza leader says he told of plans to become parent to ‘stir’ debate

  07-10-2023 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Stefanos Kasselakis says he wanted to open up the subject of same-sex couples having childrenGreece’s first openly gay political party leader says he was deliberately trying to “stir stagnant waters” and tackle the taboo subject of same-sex couples having children when he announced he and his partner planned to become parents through surrogacy.Weeks after his unexpected election to the helm of the main opposition left-wing Syriza, Stefanos Kasselakis insisted his comments had a
  
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• NHS says sorry to blind woman after hospital security tried to bar her guide dog

  07-10-2023 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Amy Kavanagh was seeking urgent care for daughter at West Middlesex University hospital when incident occurredAn NHS trust has apologised to a blind woman after a security guard tried to prevent her entering a hospital with her sick daughter because she was with her guide dog.Historian Dr Amy Kavanagh, 34, said the incident occurred as she tried to enter the West Middlesex University hospital, which is run by the Chelsea and Westminster hospital NHS foundation trust. Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester United sink Brentford with McTominay’s injury-time double

  07-10-2023 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Scott McTominay and Harry Maguire: two unlikely heroes to rescue Manchester United from the nadir of bridging a 44-year gap to the last time England’s record 20-times champions suffered three successive league defeats at Old Trafford.That was where Erik ten Hag’s desperate side were heading deep in added time, as Brentford led 1-0. Then Alejandro Garnacho twisted and turned along the left and fired the ball in, it ricocheted about and came to McTominay, who lashed home to the relief
  
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• Steve Coogan on playing Jimmy Savile: ‘I was so glad to think I would never have to look like that again’

  07-10-2023 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The star of controversial BBC drama about the serial sex abuser reveals the stresses of the roleSteve Coogan, who plays the serial sex abuser Jimmy Savile in a highly controversial BBC drama, has challenged accusations made this weekend that the four-part series is a useful fig leaf to cover the public broadcaster’s damaged reputation. Talking to the Observer on the eve of the broadcasts, he spoke candidly about the dangers of taking on the disturbing role of the paedophile entertainer and
  
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• Sterling bounces back from England snub to lead Chelsea’s rout of Burnley

  07-10-2023 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  There’s little doubt Raheem Sterling had recent snubs from Mauricio Pochettino and Gareth Southgate in the back of his mind when he rocked up at Turf Moor, despite his halfhearted protestations to the contrary. The Chelsea head coach suggested as much after watching Sterling inspire an impressive fightback, battering the Burnley defence to cruise to a second league away win in five days.The one-time England talisman was electric down the Chelsea left, setting up the first two goals before
  
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• What a trip! Psychedelic hair designs inspired by Grateful Dead gigs – in pictures

  07-10-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The New York-based hair stylist Cassie Carey painted her first head in 2019, but today her flamboyant, psychedelic designs have been splashed across more than 100. “The biggest inspiration behind my hair paintings is my childhood – and my dad,” she says. “I grew up going to hundreds of Grateful Dead concerts with him. At those concerts, you’re in a sea of tie-dye and colour.” Of her work, she adds: “It has taken me places I never expected.” See mor
  
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• The week in radio: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?; The News Agents Investigates; Sidetracked with Annie and Nick; Uncanny – review

  07-10-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  George the Poet began a creative journey through African history, Lewis Goodall probed people-smuggling – and Annie Mac and Nick Grimshaw launched a ramble-chat about musicHave You Heard George’s Podcast? (BBC 5 Live) | BBC Sounds
  The News Agents Investigates: Hunting a People Smuggler | Global
  Sidetracked With Annie and Nick | BBC Sounds
  Uncanny (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsGeorge Mpanga, AKA George the Poet, is an unusual person. He moves – sometimes smoothly, sometimes with mor
  
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• Sunak’s spreadsheet solutions for Britain are a product of his ego

  07-10-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The PM’s messianic zeal to dismiss consensus – over HS2, health, education – echoes the errors of the Thatcher yearsIt’s all about him. That much was clear from Rishi Sunak’s conference speech last week and the interview he gave the BBC soon afterwards. “I want to change our country,” he told his interviewer, before adding: “I want to change the way we do politics.”There was the occasional reference to the government, other members of the cab
  
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• Missing, presumed poached: Staten Island fears for beloved turtle

  07-10-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Shnappy, who weighs 50lbs and lives in Clove Lakes Park, has gone missing – and locals suspect poachers stole it for soupIt is the case of a missing turtle.And this is no ordinary beast. The huge snapping turtle, known to all as Shnappy, weighs an enormous 50lbs and is a fixture in the New York borough of Staten Island, where he has long resided in Clove Lakes Park. Continue reading...
  
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• Fraud or real estate? Five takeaways from week one of the Trump Organization trial

  07-10-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The former president treated his court appearance as a campaign stop, despite facing a possible fine of $250m for boosting the value of his assetsThe trial of Donald Trump and his real estate business kicked off this week in Manhattan as the former president faces a potential fine of at least $250m for financial fraud.In his pre-trial ruling, the New York judge Arthur Engoron found Trump guilty of fraud for creating false and misleading financial statements. Trump boosted the value of his assets
  
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• Ten people airlifted to safety after torrential rain in Scotland causes flooding

  07-10-2023 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Warnings in place amid landslides and cancelled train services, with a month’s worth of rain in 36 hours expected in some areasTen people have been airlifted to safety after heavy rainfall across Scotland caused flooding and landslides.Weather warnings remain in place across the region and there is widespread travel disruption. The Met Office has warned that the extreme weather could present a danger to life. Continue reading...
  
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• Fiona Bruce apologises for referring to man as ‘the black guy’ on air

  07-10-2023 17:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Presenter contacted Roberto Gocan, 35, about her comment during Question Time in WolverhamptonFiona Bruce has apologised to a Question Time audience member for identifying him as “the black guy” on air.The BBC broadcast an episode of Question Time on Thursday from Wolverhampton. Bruce, who had identified other white members of the audience by what they were wearing, directed the microphone to Roberto Gocan, 35, by calling him “the black guy in the middle”. The remarks wer
  
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• Was John Lewis boss Sharon White too clever for the cruel retail world?

  07-10-2023 17:17 via theguardian.com
  
  The ex-civil servant took some tough decisions at the retail chain, but hired ‘theory’ people when she needed to get to grips with the detail, say insidersWhen John Lewis boss Sharon White’s plan to leave the retail group was leaked on social media earlier this week it took almost everyone at the business by surprise – only a handful of senior staff knew an announcement was imminent.The resignation makes White the shortest-serving chairman – her chosen title –
  
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• Wales top Pool C after Rees-Zammit’s hat-trick sinks spirited Georgia

  07-10-2023 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Wales 43-19 GeorgiaPool winners likely to face Argentina or Japan in quarter-finalRees Lightning blasted to the rescue of Wales as they ended up topping their group in style, but at a cost with their No 8 Taulupe Faletau out of the World Cup with a broken arm.A hat trick by Louis Rees-Zammit ensured there was no repeat of last year’s defeat at the hands of Georgia, who pulled back within five points with 10 minutes to go at 24-19. Continue reading...
  
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• Rees-Zammit hat-trick sinks Georgia but Wales rue Faletau’s broken arm

  07-10-2023 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Wales 43-19 GeorgiaPool winners likely to face Argentina or Japan in quarter-finalRees Lightning blasted to the rescue of Wales as they ended up topping their group in style, but at a cost with their No 8 Taulupe Faletau out of the World Cup with a broken arm.A hat trick by Louis Rees-Zammit ensured there was no repeat of last year’s defeat at the hands of Georgia, who pulled back within five points with 10 minutes to go at 24-19. Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Mason: Starmer grapples with how to get Labour into power

  07-10-2023 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader won't be short of advice in Liverpool - but how does he convert a commanding poll lead into a general election victory?
  
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• Ward Knútur Townes: Unanswered review – a captivating English-Canadian-Icelandic union

  07-10-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  (Betty Beetroot)
  Born out of lockdown, the affinity between singer-songwriters Lucy Ward, Adyn Townes and Svavar Knútur bears fruit on an album of alluring melancholyDefying the isolation imposed by the pandemic, Global Music Match is a project that connects musicians from different countries via the internet. Hence this happy confluence of folkies, who wrote together via Zoom for two years before recording Unanswered at a remote Icelandic “art farm”. Derby’s Lucy Ward,
  
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• ‘She enjoyed her power over men’: memoir reveals anarchic life of Rolling Stones’ muse Anita Pallenberg

  07-10-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As a film drawing on Pallenberg’s autobiography opens, her son Marlon Richards talks about life with her and KeithIn Manhattan in the mid-1990s, Anita Pallenberg would tell her son she was going out for “tea” with Lenny Kaye, the guitarist with the Patti Smith Group. It sounded innocuous enough.But what the Rolling Stones muse was actually doing was recording what would be transcribed into a memoir found in a shoebox after her death in 2017. Continue reading...
  
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