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• Matthew Perry ‘happy and chipper’ before death, say Friends creators - The Guardian

  01-11-2023 23:58 via news.google.com
  Matthew Perry ‘happy and chipper’ before death, say Friends creators  The GuardianMatthew Perry found purpose in helping other addicts, Friends creator says  BBCWe don't have to apologise for Friends  The SpectatorEXCLUSIVE: How Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston's love for each other on and off screen offered a glimpse of  Daily MailMeet the people Matthew Perry saved from addiction  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• European roundup: Bayern Munich shocked by third-tier Saarbrücken

  01-11-2023 23:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Champions knocked out of German Cup by stoppage-time goalMason Greenwood scores twice as Getafe hit 12 in Copa del ReyBundesliga champions Bayern Munich were stunned 2-1 by third-tier Saarbrücken to dump them out of the German Cup in the second round thanks to a last-gasp winner.Marcel Gaus netted the winner for the hosts deep into second-half stoppage time to complete a sensational comeback and trigger wild celebrations from the home crowd as the Bayern players looked on in complete shock.
  
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• UK, US, EU and China sign declaration of AI’s ‘catastrophic’ danger

  01-11-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Bletchley summit communique does not agree to set up testing hub in UK, as some in government had hoped The UK, US, EU, Australia and China have all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity, in the first international declaration to deal with the fast-emerging technology.Twenty-eight governments signed up to the so-called Bletchley declaration on the first day of the AI safety summit, hosted by the British government. The countries agreed to work toge
  
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• Newcastle thrash Manchester United to turn up heat on Erik ten Hag

  01-11-2023 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  This was a triumph for Newcastle and another fiasco from Manchester United. Maybe soon Erik ten Hag will have a real problem of job security, because, after declaring himself confident that he and his players could revive their season after Sunday’s 3-0 humiliation here by Manchester City, continuing their Carabao Cup defence was a prerequisite.Be knocked out by Newcastle and the vultures would circle over the manager despite Eddie Howe’s side having downed City in the previous round
  
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• West Ham floor feeble Arsenal to complete rough return for Declan Rice

  01-11-2023 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  This was a defeat that underlined Declan Rice’s importance to Arsenal. Mikel Arteta decided to look at some of his squad players and ended up accusing them of forgetting about the simple things against highly motivated opponents. It must have been jarring for Jorginho, Reiss Nelson, Jakub Kiwior, Fábio Vieira, Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz to hear Arteta talking about Arsenal failing to compete as West Ham, who swept into the Carabao Cup quarter-finals thanks to some thrilling at
  
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• Cratered ground and destroyed lives: piecing together the Jabalia camp airstrike

  01-11-2023 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Guardian analysis of footage and imagery sheds more light on pulverising attack in GazaOn Tuesday afternoon, rescuers combed with their hands through surface layers of a tangled mass of concrete and steel, which hours earlier had been homes in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.They were searching for survivors, or the bodies of victims, which the immense force of an Israeli airstrike had left near the surface. Those trapped deeper may be entombed for months. Continue reading...
  
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• Shetland review – who needs Jimmy Perez when you have this new female power duo?

  01-11-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Douglas Henshall has departed, but Ashley Jensen’s arrival proves the hitcrime drama doesn’t need a leading man – especially when paired with the brilliant Alison O’DonnellCan Shetland still be Shetland without DI Jimmy Perez? Douglas Henshall spent seven seasons nudging the BBC One sleuth up the ranks of British crime shows, playing a bruised, haunted homicide detective with no gimmick apart from the steady erosion of his will. Last year, Perez finally crumbled, driven o
  
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• Kamala Harris seizes agenda as Rishi Sunak's AI summit kicks off - POLITICO Europe

  01-11-2023 22:57 via news.google.com
  
  Kamala Harris seizes agenda as Rishi Sunak's AI summit kicks off  POLITICO EuropeKamala Harris's brain-dead AI plan  The SpectatorKamala Harris to call for urgent action on AI threat to democracy and privacy  The GuardianKamala Harris warns AI could enable cyber attacks in London speech  The TelegraphPM meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris: 1 November 2023  GOV.UKView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Israel-Gaza war: New Hamas video purportedly shows militants targeting tank - as IDF says its troops 'at gates of Gaza City' - Sky News

  01-11-2023 22:45 via news.google.com
  Israel-Gaza war: New Hamas video purportedly shows militants targeting tank - as IDF says its troops 'at gates of Gaza City'  Sky NewsIsraeli Defense Forces video shows fighting inside Gaza  NBC NewsIsrael-Hamas war: Israel Defence Forces enter Gaza, IDF releases video  Times of IndiaHamas publishes video it says shows fighting in Gaza  The Times and The Sunday TimesHamas video shows gun battle with Israeli troops  The Times of IsraelView Full co
  
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• Your Samsung Galaxy phone is getting a big security update – here's how to use it - TechRadar

  01-11-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Your Samsung Galaxy phone is getting a big security update – here's how to use it  TechRadarSamsung's Auto Blocker protects your device as part of One UI 6 - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comProtect Your Device Your Way With Samsung Auto Blocker  SamsungSamsung Auto Blocker is here to protect your Galaxy device  PhoneArenaSamsung One UI 6 Introduces Auto Blocker Feature  Gizchina.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Israel Hamas war: Rafah border opens for foreign nationals and injured to flee Gaza - The Independent

  01-11-2023 22:30 via news.google.com
  
  Israel Hamas war: Rafah border opens for foreign nationals and injured to flee Gaza  The IndependentFirst British nationals cross from Gaza into Egypt, UK Foreign Office says - BBC News  BBC NewsHumza Yousaf in-laws still trapped in Gaza as Israel opens border to Egypt for foreign nationals  Daily RecordBritons turned away trying to escape Gaza at Rafah crossing amid Israel-Hamas conflict  The TelegraphConfusion, frustration and hope at Gaza's border with
  
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• Chemists make breakthrough in drug discovery chemistry: Two methods to replace carbon with a nitrogen atom in a molecule - Phys.org

  01-11-2023 22:06 via news.google.com
  Chemists make breakthrough in drug discovery chemistry: Two methods to replace carbon with a nitrogen atom in a molecule  Phys.orgCarbon-to-nitrogen single-atom transmutation of azaarenes  Nature.comUChicago chemists make breakthrough in drug discovery chemistry  UChicago NewsAtom-swap chemistry could aid drug discovery  Nature.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump Jr distances himself from documents at center of fraud trial: ‘I don’t recall’

  01-11-2023 22:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump’s eldest son testifies in New York civil trial, claiming repeatedly: ‘I don’t recall’Donald Trump Jr took the stand in the ongoing fraud trial against his father and the family business on Wednesday and tried to distance himself from the financial statements at the center of the case.Trump’s eldest son, 45, is the first family member to testify in the civil trial brought by the New York attorney general, Letitia James. His younger brother Eric is expect
  
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• ‘It’s not clear we can control it’: what they said at the Bletchley Park AI summit

  01-11-2023 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Elon Musk, the world’s richest man; Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind; and King Charles among those weighing inThe global AI safety summit opened at Bletchley Park on Wednesday with a landmark declaration from countries including the UK, US, EU and China that the technology poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity.The so-called Bletchley declaration said: “There is potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm, either deliberate or unintentional, stemming from the mo
  
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• Locked In review – lurid Netflix thriller isn’t quite lurid enough

  01-11-2023 21:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Famke Janssen plays an ex-Hollywood star in this forgettable gothic mystery that could have flown its freak flag a little higherCrashing rain, a remote countryside mansion, illicit sex, a British-accented Famke Janssen holding a shotgun while riding a horse – one might easily assume that lurid Netflix thriller Locked In is a four-wines-in blast. At times it threatens to be, usually when at least two of those aforementioned elements are in play, but it’s all tease and no payoff, the h
  
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• Judge signals she could delay key dates in Trump’s classified documents trial

  01-11-2023 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  US district judge Aileen Cannon expressed concern current timetable would clash with Trump’s 2020 election subversion trialThe federal judge presiding in Donald Trump’s criminal case related to his retention of national security documents at Mar-a-Lago appeared inclined to delay the scheduling of the trial, expressing concern that the timetable would clash with Trump’s 2020 election subversion trial in Washington.The US district judge Aileen Cannon did not specify what changes
  
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• Man arrested after rodents released in Birmingham McDonald’s in Gaza protest

  01-11-2023 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  West Midlands police investigate after rodents painted in Palestinian flag colours released in three McDonald’s Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesA man has been arrested after boxes of live rodents were released at McDonald’s restaurants in Birmingham, apparently as part of pro-Palestine protests.Police said they were investigating three separate incidents in the region where live rodents were thrown into the fast food venues, and were also seeking a second man, Billal Huss
  
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• Priest 'kills and decapitates his wife in front of their terrified daughter, eight, in Halloween murder before - Daily Mail

  01-11-2023 21:27 via news.google.com
  
  Priest 'kills and decapitates his wife in front of their terrified daughter, eight, in Halloween murder before  Daily Mail
  
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• ‘We’ve uncovered some things’: Pentagon’s UFO online reporting tool launches

  01-11-2023 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Move signals US government slowly opening up about what it knows, or doesn’t, about unidentified anomalous phenomenaThe Pentagon has launched an online reporting tool for certain encounters with unidentified anomalous phenomena, formerly known as UFOs, in an expansion of its effort to be more transparent about its exploration of the unknown.Only current or former federal employees, or those “with direct knowledge of US government programs or activities related to UAP dating back to 1
  
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• Scarlett Johansson takes legal action against use of image for AI

  01-11-2023 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  The actor’s likeness was used in an online advertisement without her permissionScarlett Johansson has taken legal action against an AI app that used her name and likeness in an AI-generated advertisement without her permission.The 22-second ad, posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, by an image generating app called Lisa AI: 90’s Yearbook & Avatar, used real footage of Johansson to generate a fake image and dialogue for her. Continue reading...
  
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• US Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 22-year high - Financial Times

  01-11-2023 21:22 via news.google.com
  
  US Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 22-year high  Financial TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Priscilla Presley breaks down in tears as she says late daughter Lisa Marie was 'suicidal' months before her d - Daily Mail

  01-11-2023 21:10 via news.google.com
  Priscilla Presley breaks down in tears as she says late daughter Lisa Marie was 'suicidal' months before her d  Daily MailHeart-wrenching moment Priscilla Presley breaks down as she opens up about death of daughter Lisa-Marie to...  The SunPriscilla Presley tearfully shares her daughter Lisa was 'suicidal' months before death  The MirrorPriscilla Presley opens up about impact of daughter's son dying on Lisa Marie  Evening StandardPriscilla Presley says she
  
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• Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings - The Guardian

  01-11-2023 21:06 via news.google.com
  Johnson asked scientists about ‘special hairdryer to kill Covid’, says Cummings  The GuardianCovid inquiry: rules were never followed in No 10, says former civil servant  The Times and The Sunday TimesHelen MacNamara's testimony will be Boris Johnson's reputational tombstone  inewsLet’s ease up on Johnson and Cummings: Covid was just the ‘wrong crisis’ for them, OK?  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Republican to quit House citing party’s reliance on ‘lie’ of stolen 2020 election

  01-11-2023 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Colorado congressman Ken Buck will not seek re-election saying party must ‘project to the public what the truth is’A leading conservative congressman announced his retirement, in large part because his Republican party “continues to rely on this lie that the 2020 election was stolen”.“I have decided I’m not going to seek re-election,” Ken Buck of Colorado told MSNBC on Wednesday, after news that Kay Granger of Texas, the longest-serving Republican congre
  
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• US President Joe Biden says he expects some Americans to leave Gaza on Wednesday - Al Jazeera English

  01-11-2023 20:39 via news.google.com
  
  US President Joe Biden says he expects some Americans to leave Gaza on Wednesday  Al Jazeera EnglishReport: Biden indicated to Netanyahu he believes his days in office are numbered  The Times of IsraelJoe Biden calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas war to get 'prisoners' out  Hampstead Highgate ExpressNetanyahu is an albatross around Biden's neck  Financial TimesWhy the war in the Middle East is politically risky for Biden  The HillView Full coverage
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried built ‘pyramid of deceit’, jurors hear in closing arguments

  01-11-2023 20:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Founder of FTX platform, 31, painted by prosecution as scammer and liar who defrauded customers out of billions of dollarsSam Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud trial neared its end with closing arguments on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court following weeks of testimony that lifted the veil of FTX’s stunning collapse – and a broader murkiness surrounding digital currency markets. The prosecution quickly painted Sam Bankman-Fried as an unabashed scammer rather than the image of the
  
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• Sputnik Sweetheart review – Haruki Murakami’s love triangle staged in style

  01-11-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Arcola theatre, London
  The enigmatic 1999 novel about three entwined lives is sleekly adapted by Bryony Lavery and sharply directed by Melly StillHere is a story of unrequited love in which boy meets girl who meets another girl. The doomed love triangle features K (Naruto Komatsu), lusting after Sumire (Millicent Wong) who, in turn, is drawn to Miu (Natsumi Kuroda).Based on the novel of the same name by Haruki Murakami, in which these characters’ lives become entwined but might well be fig
  
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• Kemi Badenoch claims Stonewall has been taken over by ‘leftist’ ideas

  01-11-2023 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Equalities minister says LGBTQ+ charity ‘overreached’ and ‘more extreme ideas’ about trans rights have been defeatedKemi Badenoch has launched an attack on the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, describing it as an example of an organisation taken over by “leftist” ideas.Speaking on stage at an international gathering of conservatives, the business secretary and minister for women and equalities, agreed with the suggestion that the “more extreme ideas” abou
  
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• Lack of diversity in No 10 led to women’s deaths in lockdown, Covid inquiry told

  01-11-2023 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Helen MacNamara says women became ‘invisible overnight’ and criticises Johnson’s failure to challenge ‘misogynistic language’UK politics live – latest updates‘Absence of humanity’: Helen MacNamara’s evidence to Covid inquiryWomen died as a result of domestic abuse during the first lockdown partly because of a lack of diversity in No 10, a former senior civil servant has said, criticising Boris Johnson for failing to challenge “violent a
  
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• Texts and letter show concerns Maine suspect would carry out shooting

  01-11-2023 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Newly released text messages and letter show army reserve members believed suspect had ability to carry out mass violenceA series of text messages and a letter sent from a US army reserve representative sounded the alarm about the suspected Maine gunman’s mental health and fears that he would commit a mass shooting, according to newly released documents.Robert Card, 40, was known to have mental health problems, authorities have confirmed since last week’s shootings. Continue reading.
  
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• ‘Darwin’s oak’ to be felled to make way for Shrewsbury bypass

  01-11-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Shropshire county council narrowly approves road handing death sentence to tree Darwin may have climbed as a boyAs an eight-year-old, Charles Darwin may have sat in the shade beneath its boughs and climbed its branches. Two hundred years later, “Darwin’s oak” has been handed a death sentence to make way for a new road to bypass Shrewsbury.Along with eight other veteran trees, the 550-year-old, open-grown oak tree, which has a girth of 7 metres (23ft), stands in the path of the
  
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• The Guardian view on AI regulation: the threat is too grave for Sunak’s light-touch approach | Editorial

  01-11-2023 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The PM’s fear of stifling innovation makes him too hesitant to deal with problems that Washington and Brussels are already addressingThe challenge of regulating artificial intelligence is sometimes compared to the management of nuclear energy: there are valuable civil applications alongside terrifying military ones, and a credible risk of existential calamity if it all goes wrong. But nuclear weapons are expensive and hard to acquire. By contrast, AI can distribute awesome power at relativ
  
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• The Guardian view on Gaza after the war: there must be a plan for the future of Palestinians | Editorial

  01-11-2023 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  The appalling human toll of airstrikes and the ground offensive dominate attention, but what follows will be crucialFor Palestinians in Gaza, life is endured moment to moment, not knowing whether there will be food for their children’s next meal, or clean water for an ailing parent, or – with the death toll now having reached at least 8,796, according to the Gaza health ministry – whether their family will even survive the day.Israel, however, must look ahead to address what wi
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried built ‘pyramid of deceit’, jurors hear in closing arguments - The Guardian

  01-11-2023 19:40 via news.google.com
  Sam Bankman-Fried built ‘pyramid of deceit’, jurors hear in closing arguments  The GuardianFTX: Prosecutors accuse Crypto King Sam Bankman-Fried of 'deceit'  BBCSam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial testimony: six key takeaways  The GuardianSam Bankman-Fried's Defense Team Has Done the 'Best That They Can,' Lawyer Says  CoinDeskOpinion | Sam Bankman-Fried's trial mistake? Betting on himself.  The Washington PostView Full coverage on G
  
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• ‘Tiredness on all sides’ over war in Ukraine, Italian PM tells prank caller

  01-11-2023 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Giorgia Meloni ‘misled’ into phone conversation reportedly with Russian comedian posing as African political leaderRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, told a prank caller posing as an African leader there was “a lot of tiredness” over the war in Ukraine and that she had some ideas up her sleeve on how to “find a way out”.Meloni’s office confirmed that she had been “misled” into the phone c
  
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• Meat cleaver and zombie knives found in abandoned car rolling down road - Liverpool Echo

  01-11-2023 19:31 via news.google.com
  Meat cleaver and zombie knives found in abandoned car rolling down road  Liverpool EchoEssex dispersal orders following Halloween disorder  BBCHalloween: Decrease in incidents of anti-social behaviour and criminal damage reported compared to last year  Merseyside PoliceWirral: 16-year-old arrested for carrying 'bladed weapon and cannabis'  Wirral GlobeDispersal order in place following incidents involving fireworks  YourHarlowView Full coverage o
  
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• Trust us with AI, say the big tech titans. That’s what the banks said before the 2008 crisis | Larry Elliott

  01-11-2023 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Politicians at Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit must understand that regulation is the key to avoiding disasterWhen the great and the good of Silicon Valley pitched up in Buckinghamshire for Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit, they came with a simple message: trust us with this new technology. Don’t be tempted to stifle innovation by heavy-handed rules and restrictions. Self-regulation works just fine.To which the simple response should be: remember 2008, when light-touch supervision
  
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• London financial district to have 11 more towers by 2030

  01-11-2023 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Number of planning applications received and decided increases by 25% as City workforce growsDemand for office space continues to rise in the City of London despite the shift to hybrid working, with a mock-up revealing how the capital’s financial district will look in 2030 with 11 extra towers due to be built.The image shows all of the big developments that are under construction, have been approved or resolved to be approved over the past year, a period in which the number of planning app
  
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• David Willey ends England career after ‘disgraceful’ central contract snub

  01-11-2023 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Vaughan ‘staggered’ by decision to overlook WilleyBowler to retire from international game after World CupEngland’s dismal World Cup campaign produced another low on Wednesday when David Willey announced his international retirement amid rancour with the former captain Michael Vaughan describing the player’s treatment as “disgraceful”.Willey, whose most recent performances have been one of the few positives in a desultory series of displays that have l
  
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• Loneliness charity the Cares Family goes bust, warning others will follow

  01-11-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Sudden failure of voluntary group that hosted launch of Theresa May’s anti-loneliness strategy was complete shock to staffA charity that hosted the launch of Theresa May’s anti-loneliness strategy has gone bust, citing “insurmountable” financial problems and warned that more voluntary organisations are likely to follow it into insolvency in the coming months.The Cares Family, a group of charities that ran community projects tackling social isolation in London and the nort
  
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• Amnesty calls for Prevent strategy to be abolished over ‘human rights abuses’

  01-11-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Group accuses programme of encouraging ‘thought policing’ and being incompatible with international human rightsAmnesty International has called for the abolition of the government’s counter-extremism strategy Prevent, accusing it of severe human rights abuses and of encouraging a culture of “thought policing”.A report by the group said Prevent’s legal duty on public sector workers, such as in schools and health, to report their suspicions was &ldqu
  
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• Matthew Perry: no fentanyl or meth found in actor's system - The Times

  01-11-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Matthew Perry: no fentanyl or meth found in actor's system  The TimesMatthew Perry did NOT have fentanyl or meth in his system when he died, initial toxicology tests show  Daily MailMatthew Perry autopsy update as first test results give fresh view of actor's final hours  The MirrorMatthew Perry cause of death update as 'fentanyl and meth overdose ruled out'  AOL UKFriends star Matthew Perry cause of death update as autopsy toxicology tests come back 
  
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• RAF forced to apologise to female personnel following damaging sexual harassment report

  01-11-2023 18:48 via express.co.uk
  
  The head of the RAF has apologised to female members of the Red Arrows who were treated like "property".
  
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• Labour and SNP tied in Westminster voting intention, poll finds - The National

  01-11-2023 18:47 via news.google.com
  
  Labour and SNP tied in Westminster voting intention, poll finds  The NationalScots voters 'ready to punish SNP and Tories' at next general election as Labour extends poll lead  Daily RecordPoll: Labour increase lead over SNP in shock survey of Scottish voters  HeraldScotlandLabour records first lead over SNP in Westminster for a decade, poll finds  The TelegraphNew poll predicts Scottish votes at Westminster, Holyrood and indyref2  The NationalVi
  
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• British Gas, Octopus, OVO, EDF, Shell, Loop, E. On say 'we'll pay you' in message to customers - Birmingham Live

  01-11-2023 18:43 via news.google.com
  British Gas, Octopus, OVO, EDF, Shell, Loop, E. On say 'we'll pay you' in message to customers  Birmingham LiveMillions of Brits to be paid to use less energy from today - see who can join  The MirrorEnergy provider OVO launches £40million customer support package  Nottinghamshire LiveNational Grid scheme will pay Scots who use less energy  The NationalExact hours people will be paid to switch heating off as energy saving scheme returns  Da
  
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• Police release photos of London protesters wanted for 'affray and racial harassment'

  01-11-2023 18:41 via express.co.uk
  
  The people are suspected of a range of offences, including using discriminatory language and causing an affray, according to the Met Police.
  
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• Safe havens inside Israel could protect Palestinian civilians from Gaza | Letter

  01-11-2023 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli academics call for the establishment of temporary centres to house Palestinians displaced by fightingThe heinous terrorist attack on Israeli civilians on 7 October by Hamas must be countered by an all-out war against this Isis-like organisation. Terrorists cannot be allowed to go on ruling the Gaza Strip and holding hostage the lives of millions of Israelis and Palestinians alike.But while we are waging a just war, we must abide by universal human and Jewish values. Our struggle aga
  
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• Access to public land should benefit everyone | Letters

  01-11-2023 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Dave Morris thinks agricultural subsidies should be passed to local authorities, while Nick Hanna suggests the creation of greenway routesIt seems Keir Starmer has joined a long list of England-based politicians who refuse to learn anything from Scotland (Labour U-turns on promise of Scottish-style right to roam in England, 25 October). Lobbying by oversubsidised farmers is again driving England to the bottom of the European league for public access to land and water.Starmer needs to rememb
  
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• So No 10 was run by donkeys who went to Oxbridge. My dog could have done better

  01-11-2023 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Helen MacNamara may reveal more soul than Boris and co during Covid, but she still thought the rules didn’t apply to herIt’s a wonder so many people did survive the pandemic. All week the Covid inquiry has been hearing from senior civil servants and special advisers whose descriptions of government from inside No 10 have been breathtaking. A prime minister who was totally out of his depth, more interested in shagging and going on holiday and unable to deal with the reality of the sit
  
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• Moment cyclist confronts furious Porsche driver for 'texting at the wheel'

  01-11-2023 18:20 via express.co.uk
  
  A woman was caught on camera behind the wheel of a Porsche Boxster using a mobile phone.
  
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