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• New findings reveal habitability on Mars - Geo News

  07-04-2024 20:54 via news.google.com
  
  New findings reveal habitability on Mars  Geo NewsNASA's Curiosity Searches for New Clues About Mars' Ancient Water  NASANASA's Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river  Space.comExplore A Possible Mars River Channel In Eye-Opening NASA Panorama  ForbesMars may have hosted life for millions of years longer than previously thought  WION
  
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• Watch: Moment Russ Cook finishes length of Africa run

  07-04-2024 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russ Cook, nicknamed "Hardest Geezer", has finished his challenge of running the length of Africa.
  
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• Pilot's 'extraordinary' landing in Storm Kathleen

  07-04-2024 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A passenger video captures the nail-biting landing at Edinburgh Airport during high winds.
  
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• Police in Salford appeal for information to identify human remains

  07-04-2024 17:37
  
  GMP chief urges public to come forward after ‘disturbing incident for the local community’Police are appealing for any information that could help identify a dismembered body part found in a Salford nature reserve on Thursday afternoon.In a “disturbing incident”, a human torso wrapped in plastic was found by passers by at Kersal Wetlands, where police are still searching. Continue reading...
  
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• Manchester United v Liverpool: Premier League – live

  07-04-2024 17:35
  
  Updates from the 3.30pm BST kick-off at Old TraffordGet in touch: Send John an email with your thoughtsBruno Fernandes speaks to Sky: “We play against a big team that has a lot of qualities. It’s going to be a tough, intense game. These games against Liverpool always are.”And so does Virgil van Dijk: “We have to do better than we did in the cup. You have to shut it out completely anyway, whether we play first, second or third. Everyone knows how big this game is but we ha
  
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• Mathieu van der Poel powers to dominant victory in Paris-Roubaix

  07-04-2024 17:31
  
  Dutchman launches stunning solo attack 60km from the finish Van der Poel doubles up after Ronde van Vlaanderen triumphMathieu van der Poel stormed to a second victory in the Paris Roubaix on Sunday after the Dutchman launched a stunning solo attack 60 km from the finish line to win his second Monument of the year following his Ronde van Vlaanderen victory last weekend.On the 260-km “Hell of the North” route which had 29 cobblestone sectors, Van der Poel’s victory by three minut
  
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• Gunter review – strange tale of murder, witchcraft and football fizzes with fairground energy

  07-04-2024 17:30
  
  Royal Court Upstairs, London
  Lydia Higman, Julia Grogan and Rachel Lemon’s play set around a 1604 witch trial is a vital and exciting piece of gig theatre full of improvisational spirit and creative virtuosityA trio of women dressed in football kits enact a witch trial as an anarchic piece of gig theatre. It is as strange as it sounds, extravagantly unrefined and sometimes abstruse but it brings a garish, outlier, fairground energy which feels vital and exciting in a space for showcasing n
  
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• Ex-defence ministers ‘wrong’ to say UK unprepared for war, deputy PM says

  07-04-2024 17:25
  
  Oliver Dowden criticises James Heappey and Ben Wallace, saying action is being takenFormer defence ministers are wrong to issue a stark warning that the UK is unprepared for war as a “whole-nation endeavour”, the deputy prime minister has said.The outgoing defence minister, James Heappey, called on ministers to do more to prepare for conflict just weeks after resigning from his Ministry of Defence (MoD) post, saying the UK has failed to prepare for war. Continue reading...
  
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• Solar eclipse: parts of UK crane for a ‘small grazing’

  07-04-2024 17:23
  
  The total eclipse visible in North America may be seen as a partial one in some UK areas – weather permittingMillions of people in the US, Canada and Mexico are planning to gather to watch Monday’s solar eclipse, when the daylight skies will be momentarily engulfed in darkness as the moon passes between the sun and the Earth.More than 31 million people live in what is known as the path of totality – the area that will see a full total eclipse. Continue reading...
  
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• The week in television: Ripley; This Town; The Assembly; Mammals – review

  07-04-2024 17:22
  
  Andrew Scott is superb as Patricia Highsmith’s psychopath, Steven Knight chucks everything at his 1980s youth culture drama, and Michael Sheen is grilled by a neurodivergent audienceRipley Netflix
  This Town (BBC One) | iPlayer
  The Assembly (BBC One) | iPlayer
  Mammals (BBC One) | iPlayerI felt nervous about the new eight-part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 psychological thriller, The Talented Mr Ripley. Would Netflix stuff it up? We’re all hardened to botched streamer a
  
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• County cricket day three: Notts v Essex, Kent v Somerset and more – live

  07-04-2024 17:18
  
  Five players to watch | Sign up for The Spin newsletterGet in touch: Send your thoughts via email to TanyaThis slipped past me yesterday. At Trent Bridge, Feroze Khushi’s bat was confiscated by the umpires for being too big.FYI: when Nic Maddison’s bat was discovered to be too big in 2022, Durham were docked ten points. I don’t really understand how this happens – surely all bats are made to fit the regulations? Continue reading...
  
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• Angela Rayner ‘smears’ aim to distract from Tory chaos, says David Lammy

  07-04-2024 17:16
  
  Shadow foreign secretary says deputy Labour leader has party’s support and has done nothing wrongDavid Lammy has discredited questions over whether Angela Rayner owes capital gains tax (CGT) as “smears being run” to distract people from “Tory chaos” and the rising cost of living before the local elections.The shadow foreign secretary said Rayner had Labour’s full support, that she had done nothing wrong, and that her tax arrangements had been subject to advice
  
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• Illness and death are facts of life – Buddhism teaches us to be mindful but not fearful of it | Nadine Levy

  07-04-2024 17:00
  
  The art of developing a healthy relationship with our own mortality lies in neither avoiding the reality of suffering nor obsessing over itOver the last year, I have spent a lot of time eating pre-packaged sandwiches in hospital cafeterias. I often joke that those of us who are lucky enough to hit 35 will have at least one, if not multiple, serious health scares every year. At some point, however, we will face much more than a simple scare – serious illness can impact anyone, any time, wit
  
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• Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson review – art, solitude and the supernatural

  07-04-2024 17:00
  
  An artist on a remote island turns her gaze to a mysterious group of women living off‑grid in a thought-provoking and sometimes poetic debut novel by an award-winning essayistHagstones, Muireann says part way through Sinéad Gleeson’s debut novel, aren’t just “battered stones with holes in them… they’re lucky”. Nell, to whom Muireann has presented the stone, collects them. “If you look through the hole,” Nell explains, “you&rsquo
  
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• ‘Honour-based’ abuse in England increases 60% in two years

  07-04-2024 16:13
  
  Global political influence may make assault and forced marriage more frequent and severe, say expertsThe number of “honour-based” abuse offences recorded by English police forces has increased by more than 60% in two years, figures suggest, with concerns voiced that increased polarisation is partly to blame.Data from 26 out of 39 constabularies approached showed that there were 2,594 cases of “honour-based” abuse – which includes forced marriage, rape, death threats
  
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• Journalist removed from Colorado Republican event for ‘unfair’ reporting

  07-04-2024 16:06
  
  Sandra Fish, who has covered politics since 1982, was asked to leave by security about an hour into the state party assemblyA politics reporter from the Colorado Sun was removed from the state Republican party assembly this weekend because the state party chair Dave Williams claimed her reporting on the party was “very unfair”.The reporter, Sandra Fish, who has covered politics since 1982, received a text early morning on Saturday from a Republican party organizer saying she was no l
  
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• Millions of Windows 10 users must make decision as Microsoft confirms new yearly fees - Daily Record

  07-04-2024 16:04 via news.google.com
  Millions of Windows 10 users must make decision as Microsoft confirms new yearly fees  Daily RecordMillions of Windows 10 users face costly decision - Microsoft confirms new yearly fees  The MirrorMicrosoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you'd expect  TechRadarMicrosoft News Roundup: Elon Musk on AI ending humanity, Xbox leadership shake-up, and Windows 10 updates costing a fortune  Windows Central
  
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• UN chief joins condemnation of Ecuadorian raid on Mexican embassy

  07-04-2024 16:03
  
  António Guterres voices ‘alarm’ as Latin American governments sharply criticise Quito’s move to arrest former vice-presidentThe UN secretary general, António Guterres, has added his voice to a torrent of criticism of Ecuador’s decision to storm the Mexican embassy in Quito in order to arrest the former vice-president Jorge Glas.“The secretary general is alarmed at the forced entry of Ecuadorian security forces into the premises of the Mexican embassy,&
  
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• Shakespeare acted in a 1598 Ben Jonson play, scholar’s analysis finds

  07-04-2024 16:01
  
  Exclusive: lecturer finds ‘striking similarities’ between lines in Jonson’s Every Man in His Humour and later Shakespeare worksHe was an actor, as well as the greatest dramatist of all time, but no-one has been able to name with certainty a single role that William Shakespeare performed himself. Now a leading scholar has concluded from linguistic analysis that Shakespeare played an obsessively jealous husband in a 1598 drama by fellow playwright Ben Jonson.Dr Darren Freebury-Jo
  
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• Vegyn: The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions review – steely relentlessness and glossy melodies

  07-04-2024 16:00
  
  (PLZ Make It Ruins)
  An engaging, 90s trip-hop-inspired turn from the English producer combines fractured storytelling and long instrumental passagesThirty-year-old English producer Joe Thornalley (son of ex-Cure bassist Phil) is best known for working with Frank Ocean, back when the singer made albums. Thornalley’s second Vegyn outing develops the chilly, dance-adjacent sound he debuted on Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds. This time, we get more singers and better-structured songs. Nothing as pr
  
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• The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change

  07-04-2024 16:00
  
  Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book revealsShortly after Charles Darwin published his magnum opus, The Origin of Species, in 1859 he started reading a little-known 100-year-old work by a wealthy French aristocrat.Its contents were quite a surprise. “Whole pages [of his book] are laughably like mine,” Darwin wrote to a friend. “It is surprising how candid it makes one to see one’s view in another man’s words.&rdq
  
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• Bad omens and deep-state lunacy: solar eclipse brings wave of memes

  07-04-2024 16:00
  
  TikTokers and brands are getting in on the rare phenomenon, as astrological warnings and conspiracy theories aboundFrom eclipse donuts to deep-state lunacy, the weeks-long social media buildup to a solar eclipse is birthing memes, marketing gimmicks, and more than a few conspiracy theories. As many prepare for the celestial event in person, content creators have also scrambled to commemorate the big day.“Most of the memes are jokes about people staring at the sun and going blind from not u
  
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• Hungary’s political challenger says his ‘vision’ can defeat Orbán

  07-04-2024 15:53
  
  Péter Magya building centrist movement that has visibly shaken ruling party he dramatically broke withA political newcomer who is causing headaches for Hungary’s government has said his experience as a regime insider can help him succeed where other opposition figures have failed, citing his “crazy” rise in the polls and “vision” as signs that change is possible.Fourteen years after the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, returned to power and put
  
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• Hendy’s double downs Munster and sends Saints into Champions Cup quarters

  07-04-2024 15:39
  
  Northampton 24-14 MunsterYoungster’s two tries secure stunning win for SaintsGeorge Hendy wasn’t born the last time this famous ground in ­Northampton hosted a ­Champions Cup knockout match. Back in 2000, the Saints beat Wasps by just three points in the quarter-finals. The ­following month they edged ­Munster to lift the cup and two years down the track a future flying winger entered the world.This was a contest dripping with narrative but the headline was ­
  
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• Matondo rescues Rangers with last-gasp equaliser in six-goal Old Firm thriller

  07-04-2024 15:24
  
  The tightest Scottish title race in more than a decade remains far too close to call after Rangers staged a potentially season-defining comeback.An initially unlikely draw leaves Brendan Rodgers’s Celtic one point ahead at the top of the table but, perhaps crucially, Philippe Clement’s side have a game in hand. Moreover the Belgian arguably gained a psychological advantage after using his substitutes to restorative effect as, in the course of an extraordinary second half, he dented R
  
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• Biden could be left off general election ballot in Ohio, Republican official warns

  07-04-2024 15:24
  
  Letter by secretary of state warns party that Democratic National Convention is scheduled past the deadline to certify candidatesThe Ohio secretary of state has sent a letter to the Ohio Democratic party warning that President Joe Biden could be left off the November election ballot in 2024 unless the Democratic National Convention meets earlier or statutory requirements in the state are changed or exempted.According to a letter sent from the Ohio secretary of state, Frank LaRose, a Republican,
  
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• Hallé/Adès review – an exhilarating and magnificent partnership

  07-04-2024 15:21
  
  Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  The Hallé’s playing was triumphant as Thomas Adès oversaw a challenging programme including a rare Tippett masterpiece and new work from Oliver Leith, while the conductor’s own piece was an immense statementThomas Adès began his two-year residency with the Hallé last autumn. He will feature as conductor, pianist and composer, but in his latest appearance with the orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall he confined himself to just two
  
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• Lord Hoyle, father of Commons speaker, Lindsay, dies aged 98

  07-04-2024 15:20
  
  ‘Bereft’ family pay tribute to Doug Hoyle, who chaired Labour parliamentary party in 1990sLord Hoyle obituary: backbencher admired as a skilful tacticianDoug Hoyle, the father of the Commons speaker, Lindsay, and a prominent Labour figure during the 1990s as the party transformed into an electoral force, has died at the age of 98.Lord Hoyle chaired the parliamentary party under John Smith and Tony Blair, and was a co-founder of Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). He died on Saturday with
  
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• Former Uffizi director under fire for joining race to be Florence mayor

  07-04-2024 15:17
  
  If elected, Eike Schmidt would form a coalition with Brothers of Italy in what could be a major blow for the leftThe German-born former director of Florence’s world-famous Uffizi gallery has come under fire for his decision to run for mayor of the city with the far-right coalition that governs Italy, in what could be a major blow for the left.If elected, Eike Schmidt – who has been credited for modernising the Uffizi – pledged to tackle problems such as security and over-touris
  
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• The Velveteen Rabbit review – magically told tale of a much-loved toy who comes to life

  07-04-2024 15:16
  
  Lilian Baylis studio, Sadler’s Wells, London
  Full of dancey japes, games and satisfyingly tactile characters, BalletLorent have created an enjoyably gentle adaptation of Margery Williams’ classic storyBritish audiences might not be as familiar as Americans with Margery Williams’ 1922 children’s book The Velveteen Rabbit but it’s a classic for a reason. The story of a soft toy rabbit, first overlooked in favour of shiny mechanical toys but ultimately loved by its own
  
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• Hobby horse competition is no joke for young riders

  07-04-2024 15:12
  
  British Show Pony Society announcement on 1 April was genuine, with £300 prize for winnersIt was a story that many people thought was a quirky April fool when it appeared on the website of Horse & Hound magazine.But it is no joke that the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) is to “embrace the hobby horse craze” by introducing a competition with £300 prizes for the young winners. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘He would have loved it’: Hairy Bikers star thanks riders for Dave Myers tribute

  07-04-2024 15:09
  
  Si King posts message before Yorkshire motorcycling memorial in honour of late co-presenterThe TV chef Si King has thanked those taking part in a memorial motorcycle ride in honour of the late Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers, saying: “He would have loved it.”Myers, who was part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo with King, died from cancer in February at the age of 66. Continue reading...
  
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• There are many ways to deal with grief. But few as full-on as this | Nell Frizzell

  07-04-2024 15:00
  
  According to the myth of Baubo, the best way to comfort a bereaved goddess is to lift up your skirts and flash her. Would it work for mere mortals?Most of us in Britain don’t know quite what to do with grief. You don’t hear funerals announced on local radio, as I did in the west of Ireland, or gather around the body for three days in a marae, or sacred place, as my family did in New Zealand for my uncle Chad. In the secular world of shopping centres and balloon arches, microwave dinn
  
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• The muscle miracle: can I build enough in my 60s to make it to 100 – even though I’ve never weight-trained?

  07-04-2024 15:00
  
  To live a long and healthy life, you need plenty of muscle. But we all start losing it in our 50s. Can a 60-year-old man build himself up – and maybe even get a little ripped?I’m not good with unexpected questions. There’s always a chance I’ll blurt out something crass, irrelevant or just plain dumb. So when I was filling in the forms for some personal training and got to “Whose physique would you like to emulate?” I think I did quite well to choose “Dan
  
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• Square dancing: why do we still love the Rubik’s Cube?

  07-04-2024 15:00
  
  It’s 50 years since Ernő Rubik unleashed his mesmerising magic cube on the world. But why, despite the growth in digital games, is the plastic puzzle as popular as everThe cubers have come in their numbers. More than 100 people are packed into Wythenshawe Forum on a drizzly Sunday morning for Manchester Winter 2024, a two-day competition revolving around a simple aim: solving a Rubik’s Cube, and other twisty puzzles, in the fastest time possible – sometimes even while wear
  
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• Readers reply: why isn’t there a light in my freezer?

  07-04-2024 15:00
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy isn’t there a light in my freezer? For some reason, that benefit is reserved for the fridge. Geraldine Blake, WorthingSend new questions to [email protected]. Continue reading...
  
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• Birmingham mural honours legacy of poet giant Benjamin Zephaniah

  07-04-2024 15:00
  
  The tribute will be unveiled in Handsworth Park, near where the poet grew up, after the accidental removal of another artwork in the cityThe late Benjamin Zephaniah, one of Birmingham’s leading cultural figures, is to take his rightful place watching over the city when a new, official mural honouring the life of the poet and campaigner is unveiled at a ceremony in Handsworth Park on 14 April.Despite the threats posed by the bankrupt city council’s recent cut to all arts funding, the
  
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• Cannonball jellyfish and a Hairy Biker tribute: photos of the weekend

  07-04-2024 14:43
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Lord Hoyle obituary

  07-04-2024 14:25
  
  Veteran backbench MP admired as a skilful tactician who served as the chair of the parliamentary Labour party in the 1990sThe former chairman of the parliamentary Labour party, Doug Hoyle, Lord Hoyle, who has died aged 98, earned his place in the history of British politics in 1981 when he narrowly held what should have been the safe Labour seat of Warrington in a critically important byelection.He was defending a comfortable majority against Roy Jenkins, one of the founding members of the newly
  
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• St Piran’s hermit crab – an opportunist with stunning eyes

  07-04-2024 14:18
  
  Warming seas are helping this shy but handsome creature make a welcome return to the south-westInvertebrate of the year 2024: all hail Earth’s spineless heroesNominate your UK invertebrate species of the yearSaint Piran was a young Irish priest, it is said, who preached against King Óengus of Munster for planning to ditch his wife for a younger lady of the court. Piran was tied to a millstone and thrown off the highest cliffs into the sea.But the stone floated and Piran was blown ov
  
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• Six months in, the war in Gaza has dramatically shifted – and Israel is running out of road | Nesrine Malik

  07-04-2024 14:11
  
  Israel’s appalling conduct was predicted by many, yet ignored by its allies. Now even they are distancing themselvesIn Gaza, the six-month milestone has arrived, and with it a perceptible shift. Whatever amnesty the Israeli government was given by its allies in the wake of the Hamas attacks is now threatening to expire. To much of the public, who backed a ceasefire since the early days of the Gaza assault, it was always clear that a calamity was going to unfold. But in the official sphere
  
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• Nearly 2,500 arrests in England and Wales since 2019 under Vagrancy Act

  07-04-2024 14:02
  
  Exclusive: Figure includes 500 homeless people detained since government pledged to replace Georgian-era legislation in 2022Almost 2,500 homeless people have been arrested by police in England and Wales since 2019 under the Georgian-era Vagrancy Act, among them nearly 500 people since the government pledged to replace the act in 2022.Freedom of information requests to police forces by the Liberal Democrats showed a total of 2,412 arrests since 2019 under the 1824 law, originally introduced to ta
  
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• ‘Why wouldn’t you, if you can run faster?’: the unstoppable rise of the carbon-fibre super shoe

  07-04-2024 14:00
  
  Hi-tech running shoes have sent world records tumbling and sparked debate. Do they herald the end of the level playing field, or are they the saviour of long-distance racing?The 31-year-old British athlete Phil Sesemann arrived at the Seville marathon in February with a clear aim: to run the 26.2-mile course in less then two hours, eight minutes and 10 seconds. If he recorded that time or went faster, he’d meet the British qualifying standard to compete for Team GB at this summer’s O
  
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• Dinosaur macarons and pink prosecco: how afternoon tea in UK embraced the Instagram generation

  07-04-2024 14:00
  
  Bookings are booming as cafes and hotels update their traditional spreads to attract a new audienceFinger sandwiches, scones and tea sipped from bone china have long been enshrined as a British ritual. But a tradition that was once seen as the preserve of the upper and middle classes – as well as of older generations – is finding a new audience.Sales of afternoon tea hampers are soaring, while more hotels, restaurants and cafes are creating their own offerings, some with increasingly
  
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• ‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?

  07-04-2024 14:00
  
  In London, rates for Battersea power station’s £8m flats are still set with reference to its low-value past, and their rich owners pay less than householders in HartlepoolBattersea power station offered no prospect of luxury living when Tony Belton became a local councillor in 1971. The coal-fired behemoth was nearing closure after 40 years of belching soot over London, and would spend almost as long in dereliction and blight as a result of false starts at redevelopment.By 1991, most
  
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• David Lammy says he has ‘serious concerns’ about Israel’s actions in Gaza

  07-04-2024 13:57
  
  Shadow foreign secretary says ‘far too many people have died’ but refuses to back call for immediate ban on arms salesMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, has said he has “serious concerns about a breach in international humanitarian law” over Israel’s actions in Gaza as “far too many people have died”.At least 33,037 Palestinians have been killed and 75,668 others have been injured in the Israeli military o
  
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• ‘Is this really what football wants?’: Wolves chairman piles in on VAR ruling

  07-04-2024 13:54
  
  Jeff Shi says league and PGMOL must react ‘to uphold integrity’Wolves had late equaliser ruled out for offside against West HamWolves’ anger over the latest video assistant referee controversy has prompted their chairman, Jeff Shi, to question whether the technology is “really what football wants or needs” and urged the referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) to address concerns to “uphold the integrity of the competition”.Wolv
  
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• ‘Greenest ever Games’: how the Paris Olympics hopes to inspire a new era of global sporting events

  07-04-2024 13:53
  
  Organisers say they are setting a precedent by using existing or temporary venues for most events and focusing on low-carbon building for the restBeneath the undulating wooden roof of the Paris Olympics’ new aquatics centre, the architect Laure Mériaud hoped the groundbreaking low carbon building would bring a kind of calm to the intersection of motorways near the Stade de France stadium in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.“It’s not just about technical innovation,”
  
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• Russia declares federal emergency over floods after dam bursts

  07-04-2024 13:41
  
  More than 4,000 people have been evacuated in the Orenburg region after the Ural River overflowedRussia’s government has declared flooding in the Orenburg region a federal emergency, with preparations for possible flooding under way in three other regions.The floods, caused by rising water levels in the Ural River, forced more than 4,000 people, including 885 children, to evacuate, the regional government said. The state news agency Tass said that a further 2,000 homes were flooded, bringi
  
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• ‘No one is going to catch Max’: Wolff says F1 title is already Verstappen’s to lose

  07-04-2024 13:34
  
  Mercedes team principal says they are only in a fight for secondRussell seventh and Hamilton ninth on another tough weekendThe Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has conceded Max ­Verstappen is already world champion elect, declaring the Red Bull driver cannot be caught this season after a third dominant win from four races.Verstappen won from pole at the Japanese Grand Prix with a series of relentless precision laps that ensured he was unchallenged at the front and took the flag more than
  
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