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• Rules on UK car firms relaxed ahead of 2030 petrol vehicles ban - BBC

  06-04-2025 23:30 via news.google.com
  Rules on UK car firms relaxed ahead of 2030 petrol vehicles ban  BBCNewspaper headlines: Petrol car ban eased and US to 'press on' with tariffs  BBCStarmer promises 'bold changes' to rules over electric cars in wake of Trump's tariffs  Sky NewsElite British carmakers to be spared net zero curbs  The TelegraphStarmer wants Britain at front of electric car ‘revolution’ as reforms unveiled  The Independent
  
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• Two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel 'astounded' by decision - ITVX

  06-04-2025 23:24 via news.google.com
  Two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel 'astounded' by decision  ITVXRow as Badenoch backs Israel barring two UK MPs  BBCBadenoch draws cross-party criticism for backing Israel’s expulsion of Labour MPs  The GuardianWho are the two MPs deported by Israel – and what have they said about the war in Gaza?  Sky NewsForeign Secretary statement following the detention of two British MPs in Israel  GOV.UK
  
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• A tub a day: might eating yoghurt help you live longer? - The Guardian

  06-04-2025 23:24 via news.google.com
  A tub a day: might eating yoghurt help you live longer?  The Guardian
  
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• Ruben Amorim has journalists laughing as he hits back at Gary Neville’s analysis of Manchester derby... - talkSPORT

  06-04-2025 23:17 via news.google.com
  Ruben Amorim has journalists laughing as he hits back at Gary Neville’s analysis of Manchester derby...  talkSPORT'One of the dullest derbies' - major change needed in Manchester  BBCExtended highlights: Manchester United 0-0 City  mancity.comMan Utd 0-0 Man City: Ruben Amorim's side hold rivals to Manchester derby draw as both teams' issues exposed at Old Trafford  Sky SportsPep Guardiola left to rue dropped points as Manchester derby ends in bore d
  
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• Fulham 3-2 Liverpool: Arne Slot's side miss chance to move 14 points clear after first-half defensive horror show - Sky Sports

  06-04-2025 23:16 via news.google.com
  Fulham 3-2 Liverpool: Arne Slot's side miss chance to move 14 points clear after first-half defensive horror show  Sky SportsFulham: Can Marco Silva's European contenders get over the line?  BBCLiverpool's Virgil van Dijk exposed by Fulham as Casemiro impresses for Man Utd - Premier League hits and misses  Sky SportsLiverpool’s title stumble shows strength of Premier League, not its weakness | Barney Ronay  The GuardianPress conference: Arne Slot's a
  
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• Jay North dead at 73: The Dennis the Menace star's 'terribly sad' friends reveal cause of death - Daily Mail

  06-04-2025 22:57 via news.google.com
  Jay North dead at 73: The Dennis the Menace star's 'terribly sad' friends reveal cause of death  Daily MailJay North, Former ‘Dennis The Menace’ Child Star, Dies At 73  ForbesJay North Family: All About Wife Cindy Hackney, And Ex-Wives Kathleen Brucher​ and Rositia North  Times NowJay North, actor who starred in ‘Dennis the Menace’ sitcom, dies at 73 in Lake Butler home: TMZ  News4JAXFormer Child Star Dead at 73  Men
  
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• Mysterious Mars structures discovered by NASA 'prove there was life on the Red Planet' - Daily Mail

  06-04-2025 22:45 via news.google.com
  Mysterious Mars structures discovered by NASA 'prove there was life on the Red Planet'  Daily Mail
  
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• Lesley Manville calls for better funding for UK regional theatre - The Guardian

  06-04-2025 22:43 via news.google.com
  Lesley Manville calls for better funding for UK regional theatre  The Guardian
  
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• Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph - The Guardian

  06-04-2025 22:25 via news.google.com
  Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph  The GuardianAdrien Brody, Cate Blanchett and Maya Jama walk Oliviers red carpet  BBC2025 Olivier Awards: Full list of winners  London TheatreVeterans of the stage clean up at Oliviers  The TelegraphOlivier Awards performances – casting, numbers, line-up and more to watch  WhatsOnStage
  
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• Israeli strikes kill at least 44 people - Gaza rescuers - RTE.ie

  06-04-2025 22:24 via news.google.com
  Israeli strikes kill at least 44 people - Gaza rescuers  RTE.ieVideos show Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza  BBCDeath, devastation as Israel hits residential homes in Gaza’s Khan Younis  Al JazeeraAt least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say  The GuardianIsraeli strikes on Gaza kill 32, mostly women and children  AP News
  
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• UK suffers first-ever case of 'reverse zoonosis' as experts issue urgent pandemic warning - The Mirror

  06-04-2025 22:18 via news.google.com
  UK suffers first-ever case of 'reverse zoonosis' as experts issue urgent pandemic warning  The Mirror
  
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• More than 50 countries contact US in bid to negotiate tariffs, Trump official says - BBC

  06-04-2025 20:09 via news.google.com
  More than 50 countries contact US in bid to negotiate tariffs, Trump official says  BBCTrump tariffs latest: More than 50 countries contact US in bid to negotiate, official says  BBCSenior Trump officials give conflicting lines on tariffs after markets turmoil  The GuardianTrump’s team offers mixed messaging on tariff negotiation, downplays market volatility  CNNOver 50 nations want to start trade talks with US after tariffs, Trump officials say 
  
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• Eco-tycoon Vince weighs sale of solar energy project - Sky News

  06-04-2025 19:33 via news.google.com
  Eco-tycoon Vince weighs sale of solar energy project  Sky News
  
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• Trump’s finance chief rejects US recession fears - The Telegraph

  06-04-2025 18:41 via news.google.com
  Trump’s finance chief rejects US recession fears  The TelegraphUS stock futures tumble as officials offer no respite from tariffs  Financial TimesTrump Team Rejects Market Fears, Projecting Defiance on Tariffs  Bloomberg.comBessent: "No reason" for markets to price in recession  AxiosTop Trump Official So Freaked Out by Tariffs, He Wants to Quit  The New Republic
  
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• Video contradicts Israel’s version of killing of paramedics in Gaza - Financial Times

  06-04-2025 18:22 via news.google.com
  Video contradicts Israel’s version of killing of paramedics in Gaza  Financial TimesIsraeli military changes account of Gaza paramedics’ killing after video of attack  The GuardianIDF claims it mistakenly identified Gaza aid workers as threat - after video of deadly attack emerges  Sky NewsHarrowing video of Gaza aid worker’s final moments debunks Israeli claim  Al JazeeraVideo footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic k
  
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• Second child dies of measles as western Texas outbreak worsens - BBC

  06-04-2025 18:21 via news.google.com
  Second child dies of measles as western Texas outbreak worsens  BBCKennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles  The New York TimesSecond child dies of measles in Texas amid rising outbreak  The Guardian'Most effective way' to prevent measles is vaccination, RFK Jr. says, in most direct remarks yet  statnews.comKennedy arrives in Texas after a second unvaccinated child dies of measles amid the state’s outbreak  CNN
  
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• Microsoft releases AI-generated Quake II demo, but admits ‘limitations’ - TechCrunch

  06-04-2025 18:10 via news.google.com
  Microsoft releases AI-generated Quake II demo, but admits ‘limitations’  TechCrunchWHAMM! Real-time world modelling of interactive environments.  MicrosoftMicrosoft has created an AI-generated version of Quake  The Verge‘Quake II’ Review (Microsoft AI Co-Pilot Edition): A Modern Tragedy  ForbesYou Can Now Play An AI-Replicated Version Of This Classic FPS On Your Browser For Free  DualShockers
  
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• Former Gang Of Four Bassist Dave Allen Dead At 69 - Stereogum

  06-04-2025 18:10 via news.google.com
  Former Gang Of Four Bassist Dave Allen Dead At 69  StereogumBritish Post-Punk Legend Dead at 69  YahooGang of Four Co-Founder Dave Allen Dies at 69  VarietyDave Allen, Gang of Four and Shriekback Bassist, Dead at 69  Rolling StoneDave Allen, Bass Player for Influential Postpunk Band Gang of Four, Dies at 69  The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Southampton relegated after defeat at Spurs - Premier League

  06-04-2025 17:45 via news.google.com
  Southampton relegated after defeat at Spurs  Premier LeaguePremier League LIVE: Fulham v Liverpool, Brentford v Chelsea & Tottenham v Southampton - radio, text & score  BBCIvan Juric tells players ‘be thankful’ for Southampton fans after relegation  The GuardianSouthampton's relegation breaks unwanted Premier League record  Sky NewsSouthampton’s cursed season no surprise, they play on top of a Saxon burial ground  The Te
  
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• ‘Kind’ footballer, 15, who died after drowning in London lake named - The Independent

  06-04-2025 17:40 via news.google.com
  ‘Kind’ footballer, 15, who died after drowning in London lake named  The IndependentIzaiah Smith: Boy found dead in Beckenham Place Park lake named  BBCBoy who died in London park lake named as Izaiah Smith  The GuardianBoy dies after going into the lake in Lewisham to swim  BBCTributes paid to boy, 15, with 'infectious energy' after lake tragedy at Beckenham Place Park  London Evening Standard
  
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• Revealed: What I spend in a month as a 26-year-old earning £41,000 saving to buy my fourth home - Daily Mail

  06-04-2025 17:09 via news.google.com
  Revealed: What I spend in a month as a 26-year-old earning £41,000 saving to buy my fourth home  Daily Mail
  
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• Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found - The Guardian

  06-04-2025 16:52 via news.google.com
  Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found  The GuardianRussian spy sensors found hidden in UK waters  The TelegraphUK Finds Underwater Suspected Russian Nuke Spy Sensors: Report  The Moscow TimesUK discovers Russian spy sensors for submarine tracking in its waters, Times says  Українська правдаRevealed: Russia’s secret w
  
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• Exclusive: how the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat

  06-04-2025 15:54 via theguardian.com
  Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the makingDonald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist in the Signal group chat about plans for US strikes in Yemen after he mistakenly saved his number months before under the contact of someone else he intended to add, according to three people briefed on the matter.The mistake was one of several missteps that came to light in the White House’s interna
  
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• Girl, 10, and father, who died in caravan park fire in Lincolnshire named - Sky News

  06-04-2025 15:52 via news.google.com
  Girl, 10, and father, who died in caravan park fire in Lincolnshire named  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• How the 25-year mystery of Baby Callum’s death came to an end

  06-04-2025 15:24 via theguardian.com
  Three detectives involved in the investigation speak of their relief at finally solving the puzzleDC Beth Colbourne was walking out of Chester crown court when she got the email that brought an end to one of the longest baby death mysteries in recent times. It started: “Are you sitting down?”As an officer in Cheshire constabulary’s major crime review team, Colbourne had been tasked with solving a puzzle that had confounded police for 25 years: who was Baby Callum? Continue read
  
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• UK bans fake reviews and ‘sneaky’ hidden fees to protect online shoppers under new law - The Independent

  06-04-2025 14:15 via news.google.com
  UK bans fake reviews and ‘sneaky’ hidden fees to protect online shoppers under new law  The IndependentUK bans £2.2bn ‘sneaky’ fees and fake reviews for online products  The GuardianWhat is drip pricing, and why has it been banned in the UK?  Yahoo News UKUK bans fake reviews and hidden online shopping fees under new law  ITVXMajor change to the way Brits book tickets and shop online in move that will save consumers £2.2
  
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• Pope Francis makes surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square for jubilee mass - The Guardian

  06-04-2025 13:21 via news.google.com
  Pope Francis makes surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square for jubilee mass  The GuardianPope Francis greets crowds at St Peter's Square  BBCPope appears before cheering crowds at Vatican for first time since hospital stay  Sky NewsPope's willingness to show his frailty provides an example to young and old alike in aging world  AP NewsPope Francis makes surprise public appearance after leaving hospital two weeks ago  CNN
  
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• Pope Francis makes surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square for jubilee mass

  06-04-2025 13:21 via theguardian.com
  Pontiff makes first public appearance at the Vatican since his release from hospital two weeks agoPope Francis has made a surprise appearance in St Peter’s Square during a special jubilee mass for the sick and health workers, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his discharge from hospital two weeks ago.The pontiff waved at the crowd that stood and applauded as he was appeared unannounced, assisted in a wheelchair to the front of the altar in the square. Continue readin
  
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• Norwegian club Brann win court ruling over fans’ right to sing ‘Uefa mafia’

  06-04-2025 13:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Court for Arbitration For Sport (Cas) decides against UefaResult of freedom of expression case is ‘important’ rulingThe Norwegian club Brann have won a landmark freedom of expression case with the Court of Arbitration For Sport (Cas) ruling that Uefa should not have punished them for fans singing “Uefa mafia” or displaying banners with the same message at Women’s Champions League games.The European footballing body fined Brann on two separate occasions in 2024 with
  
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• Starmer vows to ‘shelter British business from the storm’ of US tariffs - politico.eu

  06-04-2025 13:10 via news.google.com
  Starmer vows to ‘shelter British business from the storm’ of US tariffs  politico.euTreasury minister Darren Jones says globalisation era over after Trump tariffs  BBCGovernment will step in to support key industries amid tariff turmoil, says Starmer  The GuardianKeir Starmer: The world as we knew it has gone. Nobody wins from a trade war  The TelegraphStarmer vows to protect UK businesses from tariff 'storm'  BBC
  
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• Trump’s tariffs may be perilous for small, heavily indebted countries in global south

  06-04-2025 13:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Garment workers in countries such as Cambodia among those who fear they will lose pay cheques if companies move production elsewhere“This is very messed up. If Trump wants Cambodia to import more American goods: look, we are just a very small country!”Khun Tharo works to promote human rights in the Cambodian garment sector, which employs about 1 million people – many of them women. Continue reading...
  
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• City-wide hunt for XL Bully missing after Sheffield shooting - BBC

  06-04-2025 13:07 via news.google.com
  City-wide hunt for XL Bully missing after Sheffield shooting  BBCXL bully on the loose after being shot at by police in Sheffield  Sky NewsWarning issued after 'aggressive' XL Bully on the loose: City on high alert as dangerous animal prowls the str  Daily MailPolice shoot dogs dead after horse bitten  BBCSheffield XL Bully: Witnesses describe moment two dogs were shot - and say police were 'totally in the wrong'  thestar.co.uk
  
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• Two MPs 'astounded' after being denied entry to Israel

  06-04-2025 13:04 via bbc.com
  
  Israel says Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were refused entry as they intended to "spread hate speech".
  
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• Last Swim review – rising star Deba Hekmat is magnetic in exam results day drama

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A top student’s A-level celebrations are overshadowed by bad news in Sasha Nathwani’s Berlinale prize-winning British filmSome actors take a while to capture your attention; others grab you by the eyes the moment you first encounter them. Kurdish-British actor Deba Hekmat falls into the second category. Her debut, a supporting role in Luna Carmoon’s Hoard (2024), was electrifying – there’s a semi-feral, unfettered physicality to her performance that chimes perfectly
  
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• ‘It would affect the area massively’: fear in Solihull as home of Jaguar plant awaits impact of Trump tariffs

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The factory that produces the Land Rover employs 9,000 people – now the town is in the middle of a ‘perfect storm’ created by the US president’s import taxes on carsEver since the first Land Rover rolled off the production line in Solihull in 1948, the medieval market town has become synonymous with the carmaker. But the fallout from the US president’s recent actions threatens to wreak havoc on the flagbearer of the UK’s automotive industry.Last week, Donald T
  
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• Forgotten fashions: rediscovered slides show off everyday flair from the Fifties and beyond

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The latest book from artist Lee Shulman, who has created the world’s largest private collection of amateur colour transparencies, has an often startling sartorial focusIt started with an impulsive eBay purchase. When Lee Shulman received the box of vintage slides he had bought from an anonymous seller, the British visual artist and film-maker could not believe the treasure he had accidentally uncovered. Beyond the impeccable quality of each image, taken in the 1950s by unnamed photographer
  
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• ‘Everyone can have a bit of White Lotus in their wardrobe’: how fashion fell in love with the hit show

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the third season of the social satire draws to its finale, the costumes featured in the series are selling out fastThe third season of The White Lotus finishes on Monday, marking the end of group chats and column inches devoted to the Thai hotel and its super-rich guests.While some of this chatter has been dedicated to theories of who kills who in the finale, or the alleged fallout between creator Mike White and composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, a lot is focused on something else &ndas
  
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• ‘Deception, fraud and coercion’: the Miami property magnate brothers accused of rape

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander used their money and influence to build a sex-trafficking network, prosecutors sayThe Alexanders are the ultimate Miami crime story: three brothers from one of Florida’s wealthiest families, opulent real estate, luxury yachts and fast cars; there are drugs, fashion models and A-list celebrities. And, ultimately, a trio who flew too close to the sun, only to crash back down to Earth.The downfall of the Alexander twins Alon and Oren, and their elder sibling Tal,
  
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• As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving countryI am a blue-blood Afrikaner, at least in terms of ancestry: both my grandfathers were young Boer soldiers in the Anglo-Boer war and I am directly related to the president of the old Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger. I am a descendant of Dutch, French and German settlers who were brought to the southern tip of Africa in the 17th century. Unlike other colonial societi
  
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• Apple’s collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety - The Telegraph

  06-04-2025 13:00 via news.google.com
  Apple’s collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety  The TelegraphWhy Trump’s Tariffs Are Rattling Even Meta  The New York TimesTrump’s tariffs will be bad for you. And you, and you, and you, and you  CNNWhat next for products like the iPhone made in China? And more of your questions answered  BBCApple iPhone Price Hikes Are Now Looking Possible in the US  Bloomberg.com
  
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• American corporations didn’t want to diversify, anyway

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After the murder of George Floyd, many companies turned to toothless diversity initiatives that they abandoned in the wake of Trump 2.0. A conservative agenda dating back to the 50s explains whyAt Ford Motor Company, the moral stock-taking began with a letter.“This is an extraordinary moment in our history,” Bill Ford, the company’s executive chair, and Jim Hackett, its CEO, wrote to employees on 1 June 2020. It had been three months of upheaval since the coronavirus pandemic b
  
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• ‘A beautiful discovery’: how woodworking is helping people carve out inner peace

  06-04-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The craft is gaining popularity among those in search of a way to slow down, switch off and improve mental healthWoodcarving is gaining in popularity among those who want to whittle away their anxieties and carve out time for themselves amid life’s hurly-burly.Samuel Alexander’s peaceful carving reels on Instagram now have more than 56,000 followers, and his meditative YouTube videos regularly generate more than 60,000 views. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-Tory MSP says 'growing disquiet' in party over move to far right

  06-04-2025 12:48 via bbc.com
  
  Jamie Greene insisted several of his former Scottish Conservative colleagues were upset about the direction of the party.
  
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• Ex-Tory MSP claims 'disquiet' over move to far right

  06-04-2025 12:48 via bbc.com
  
  Jamie Greene insisted several of his former Scottish Conservative colleagues were upset about the direction of the party.
  
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• County cricket day three: Essex v Surrey, Somerset’s Banton out for 371 – live

  06-04-2025 12:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates of season openers around the groundsGet in touch! Share your thoughts with James or post BTLI’m not going to say I’m disappointed, but I’ve definitely scored more than that in both garden and corridor. My sense is Banton was given the hurry-up by Gregory because he played at pretty much everything this morning, but it’s been a decent enough start to the season. And how nice to see the fielders congratulate him as he departed, before raising his bat one last
  
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• Evacuations as wildfire spreads north through forest

  06-04-2025 12:45 via bbc.com
  
  The fire service has deployed helicopters as part of efforts to extinguish the flames, while police have urged people to avoid the area.
  
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• Era of globalisation ‘at an end’, says UK minister, as countries mull tariff responses – live updates

  06-04-2025 12:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Darren Jones says age of ‘fast-fashion or cheap TVs’ is over and people should be prepared for tougher times to come amid market turmoilStarmer orders economic reset amid Trump’s tariff mayhemIndonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy which faces a 32% tariff rate, said it will not retaliate against the levies and would instead pursue diplomacy and negotiations to find mutually beneficial solutions. Jakarta has said it would send a high-level delegation to the US for dir
  
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• Sebastian review – tender, thoughtful sexual odyssey

  06-04-2025 12:30 via theguardian.com
  A young writer who becomes a London sex worker for the sake of his art gets much more than he bargained forAt first it’s just research: aspiring writer Max (Ruaridh Mollica) tentatively ventures into sex work to gather material for his first novel, about a rent boy named Sebastian. But then the side hustle becomes the primary source of income after Max loses his job.This handsomely shot, London-set sexual odyssey is just starting to get a little repetitive (there are only so many anonymous
  
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• UK foreign secretary criticises Israel for denying two Labour MPs entry

  06-04-2025 12:29 via theguardian.com
  
  David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deportedThe UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them.
  Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of planning to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky Ne
  
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• Brianna Ghey's mother criticises government over online safety

  06-04-2025 12:25 via bbc.com
  
  The mother of Brianna Ghey says reports the Online Safety Bill could be watered down are "shocking".
  
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