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• US restoring legal status of hundreds of students after abruptly revoking visas

  25-04-2025 23:50 via theguardian.com
  Sudden policy reversal brings relief though some students already lost jobs or left country due to deportation riskThe US government is restoring the legal status of hundreds of international students after a wave of lawsuits challenged the abrupt suspension of their visas.The sudden policy reversal was announced during a court hearing in Oakland, California, which brought together eight lawsuits filed by international students who argued that the federal government had terminated their right to
  
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• Labour's appeal for homes for migrants as Channel crossings skyrocket

  25-04-2025 23:46 via express.co.uk
  The Shadow Home Secretary hit out at Labour over the news but a Home Office spokesman said these arrangements have "been in place for years".
  
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• Who won the Celebrity Big Brother 2025 final - BBC

  25-04-2025 23:40 via news.google.com
  Who won the Celebrity Big Brother 2025 final  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Peter Dutton was fired up before the election was called – but has the Coalition wilted in the campaign furnace?

  25-04-2025 23:32 via theguardian.com
  Liberal supporters are worried about policy shifts, outbreaks of ill-discipline and signs of a leader sapped of confidence just as his opponent found hisElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastIt was 12 January – 75 days bef
  
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• Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says

  25-04-2025 23:09 via theguardian.com
  Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliane GallinaAn American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Russian military, according to an investigation by independent Russian media.Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on 4 April 2024 in “Eastern Europe”, according to an obituary published by his family. He was the son of Juliane Gallina, who w
  
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• Beautiful UK beach closed for the rest of the year after emergency evacuation

  25-04-2025 22:02 via express.co.uk
  This beautiful beach will remain closed for the rest of the 2025 after a landslide led to an urgent evacuation.
  
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• The moment I knew: standing on her shoulders, I was impressed she could bear my weight

  25-04-2025 22:00 via theguardian.com
  After training together for years, acrobats Tristan St John and Asha Colless realised their ability to support one another was more than just physicalFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesIn 2021 I was at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne. That’s where I first laid eyes on Asha. She was part of a group of new students joining my cohort. She instantly struck me as someone I wanted to be friends with. At ballet class that afternoon we shared a barre and became fast
  
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• Incredible moment head teacher hits love rival deputy round head with spanner

  25-04-2025 21:52 via express.co.uk
  A headteacher has been jailed after attacking his deputy with a wrench in the midst of a staff love triangle.
  
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• Hot weather maps show UK baking in 23C mini-heatwave - full list of 16 hottest counties

  25-04-2025 21:24 via express.co.uk
  May is set to bring in sunshine and warm weather across the UK.
  
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• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in federal court to murdering healthcare CEO

  25-04-2025 20:36 via theguardian.com
  Suspect, charged separately in state court, could face death penalty if convicted over Brian Thompson deathLuigi Mangione on Friday pleaded not guilty to Manhattan federal court charges that he stalked and murdered the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson, late last year.Mangione, 26, walked into court just before 1pm. He was wearing tan jail garb with a white long-sleeved undershirt. He spoke with his lawyers, who sat alongside him, and at one point appeared to smile; he could be se
  
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• Six things we learned about the future of energy security at UK summit

  25-04-2025 20:32 via theguardian.com
  Critical minerals, nuclear power and the ‘weaponisation’ of energy supplies were discussed at international conferenceThe UK and the International Energy Agency gathered ministers and high-level officials from 60 countries to Lancaster House in London for two days of talks on the future of energy security this week. The EU was out in force, the US sent a top official, but China stayed away. Here’s what we learned. Continue reading...
  
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• Russian satellite linked to space weapon programme appears to malfunction in orbit - France 24

  25-04-2025 20:17 via news.google.com
  Russian satellite linked to space weapon programme appears to malfunction in orbit  France 24Russian satellite at centre of nuclear weapons allegations is spinning out of control, analysts say  The GuardianRussian military satellite linked to nuclear program spins out of control - Militarnyi  МілітарнийSecret Russian satellite linked to nuclear weapon program seems to malfunction, Reuters reports  
  
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• George Santos given seven-year prison term for fraudulent congressional run

  25-04-2025 20:02 via theguardian.com
  Republican former representative who had lied about his credentials sobbed in court saying he was ‘humbled’George Santos, the disgraced former representative, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Friday, bringing an end to an extraordinary controversy that began with a fraudulent congressional campaign.He lied extensively about his life story both before and after entering the US Congress, where he was the first openly LGBTQ+ Republican elected to the body. He was ulti
  
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• Fashion brand sold in M&S to open three new stores across UK in 2025

  25-04-2025 19:51 via express.co.uk
  The first store will be opened in a famous UK seaside town, it's been revealed.
  
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• Head at Welsh primary school jailed for assault on deputy over ‘sexual jealousy’

  25-04-2025 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Anthony John Felton ambushed Richard Pyke with spanner over suspected sex with teacher he had affair withA headteacher who was caught on video attacking his deputy with a large adjustable spanner, in an assault motivated by “overwhelming sexual jealousy”, has been jailed for more than two years.Anthony John Felton, 54, concealed the wrench in his jacket pocket as he approached his colleague, Richard Pyke, 51, from behind. Video of the incident showed him taking out the heavy tool and
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves | Editorial

  25-04-2025 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not toEnfeebling universities or seizing control is an early chapter in the authoritarian playbook, studied eagerly by the likes of Viktor Orbán in Hungary. “Would-be authoritarians and one-party states centrally target universities with the aim of restricting dissent,” Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism at Yale, wrote in the Guardian in September. Last month, he
  
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• The Guardian view on posthumously publishing Joan Didion: goodbye to all that | Editorial

  25-04-2025 19:25 via theguardian.com
  Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikelyJoan Didion entered the fray on the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s unfinished final manuscript in an essay titled Last Words in 1998: “You think something is in shape to be published or you don’t, and Hemingway didn’t,” she wrote. You believe a writer’s unpublished work is fair game after their death or you don’t, and Didion – it would s
  
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• Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on China - The Guardian

  25-04-2025 19:16 via news.google.com
  Apple ‘aims to source all US iPhones from India’, reducing reliance on China  The GuardianApple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China  Financial TimesHow China is trying to stop Apple’s ‘big’ iPhone move to India  Times of IndiaUnrealistic to shift all U.S. iPhone assembly to India, Apple bear Craig Moffett writes to clients  CNBCApple to move assembly of US phones to India in shift away from China&
  
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• Plans for incredible new £300m direct train between north and south of England

  25-04-2025 19:08 via express.co.uk
  It would provide a "more efficient, affordable and sustainable travel option", according to project bosses.
  
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• UK woman accused of illegal abortion did not look pregnant, friend tells court

  25-04-2025 18:50 via theguardian.com
  Witness says nothing to indicate Nicola Packer was pregnant in weeks before she delivered foetusThere was “absolutely nothing” to indicate that a woman accused of taking abortion pills illegally was pregnant in the weeks before she delivered a foetus, a court has heard.Nicola Packer, 44, is on trial at Isleworth crown court accused of administering poison with intent to procure a miscarriage in November 2020, during the second Covid lockdown. Continue reading...
  
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• Man shot dead by police in Milton Keynes ‘called 999 himself’

  25-04-2025 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Police watchdog believes David Joyce, who had history of mental illness, wanted to die at hands of officersA man shot dead by an armed officer at Milton Keynes railway station had called police shortly before he died to report there was a man armed with a gun and acting dangerously, the police watchdog has said.It is believed that David Joyce, 38, was armed with a knife when he ran at police and was shot by an officer who will claim to have acted in self-defence. Continue reading...
  
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• Prostate cancer, race and the need for tests | Letters

  25-04-2025 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Suks Minhas and Ben Challacombe say it is important to acknowledge health inequalities faced by Black men and ethnic minorities in the UKFollowing the article published about Sir Steve McQueen and his journey with prostate cancer (‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer, 5 April, we were disappointed to read the response by Tanimola Martins (Letters, 11 April), which fails to acknowledge health inequalities faced by Black
  
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• The death of your dog is hard to bear | Letters

  25-04-2025 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to John Crace’s column about the loss of Herbert Hound and share their own experiences I have long admired and enjoyed John Crace’s columns, combining as they do his determination to puncture political pomposity, his acerbic wit and gentle sarcasm at the antics of the occupants of the Westminster bubble.However, in his recent column (Digested week: The house feels less than a house without Herbert Hound, 18 April), Crace’s writing shows a contrasting tenderness
  
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• Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland

  25-04-2025 18:23 via theguardian.com
  This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the priceTo see the true face of Donald Trump, look no further than Ukraine. Laid bare in his handling of that issue are not only his myriad weaknesses, but also the danger he poses to his own country and the wider world – to say nothing of the battered people of Ukraine itself.Don’t be fooled by the mild, vaguely theatrical rebuke Trump issued to Vladimir Putin on Thursday after
  
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• Your Guardian Sport weekend: Liverpool on verge, FA Cup semis, Women’s Six Nations finale and London Marathon

  25-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports Continue reading...
  
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• Women’s spring wardrobe essentials: 27 easy-to-wear pieces to see you through the season

  25-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  A new season doesn’t need to mean a completely new wardrobe. From ballet shoes that last to secondhand shirts, these updates will fit effortlessly into your current lineup15 colourful pick-me-ups to elevate your everydaySpring feels like the perfect time to blow away the cobwebs – in life and in your wardrobe. After a winter of wool and heavy boots, the time is ripe for shaking up your look with a warm(er) weather update.That doesn’t mean buying a whole new wardrobe: one of the
  
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• Martin Rowson on Pope Francis’s funeral – cartoon

  25-04-2025 17:51 via theguardian.com
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• Man jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife in Plymouth

  25-04-2025 17:41 via theguardian.com
  Paul Butler stabbed Claire Chick 23 times after she repeatedly reported to police he was stalking and harassing herA man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years for stabbing his estranged wife to death in Devon after she had made repeated allegations to police that he had been stalking and harassing her.Paul Butler, 53, stabbed Claire Chick 23 times outside her apartment block in Plymouth on 23 January. Continue reading...
  
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• Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona

  25-04-2025 17:06 via theguardian.com
  Experts hope vessel’s old timbers and nails will help shed light on how boats were built during medieval periodArchaeologists excavating the site of a former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval boat that was swallowed by the waters off the Catalan capital 500 or 600 years ago.The area, which is being dug up in order to build a new centre dedicated to biomedicine and biodiversity, has already yielded finds ranging from a Spanish civil war air-raid shelter
  
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• 'Breathing' magma cap inside Yellowstone supervolcano keeps lid on potential eruption, study suggests - Live Science

  25-04-2025 16:55 via news.google.com
  'Breathing' magma cap inside Yellowstone supervolcano keeps lid on potential eruption, study suggests  Live Science'Breathing' magma cap discovered less than 4km under Yellowstone National Park  Sky NewsTACC: Simulations on Stampede3 Help Researchers Map Yellowstone’s Volcanic System  HPCwireHidden magma cap discovered at Yellowstone National Park  ABC NewsSeismic reflections from the top of the magma reservoir beneath Yellowstone Caldera  
  
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• Marks & Spencer pauses online orders as firm struggles with cyber-attack fallout

  25-04-2025 16:36 via theguardian.com
  Contactless payments now restored in stores after week of problems as retailer apologises to shoppersMarks & Spencer has halted all orders through its website and apps as the retailer continues to battle the fallout from a cyber-attack that began on Monday.The company apologised to shoppers for “this inconvenience” and paused digital orders “as part of our proactive management of a cyber incident”. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘This treasure belongs to the nation’: Miriam Margolyes and Brian Cox join calls to save Wordsworth’s home

  25-04-2025 16:09 via theguardian.com
  The actors are lending their supporting to the campaign by Wordsworth’s great great great great granddaughter to keep Rydal Mount in the Lake District open to the public Actors Brian Cox, Miriam Margolyes and Tom Conti as well as the children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce are among those calling for the home of William Wordsworth to be saved as a site of literary heritage.The Romantic poet lived at Rydal Mount in the Lake District from 1813 to his death in 1850. The property has fi
  
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• The new rules of gym etiquette: don’t film yourself, never mansplain – and keep your top on

  25-04-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Top personal trainers offer their tips on avoiding fitness faux pas, so you don’t have to sweat the small stuffIf hell is other people, then its ninth circle must be Other People At The Gym. Where else can one experience the full gamut of human depravity – from farting on the treadmill to taking conference calls on the cross trainer? And that’s before we get to “gymtimidation.” A recent survey found that one in four people feel self-conscious at the gym, while 28% w
  
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• NASA Orbiter Spots Mysterious Tracks on Mars - The Daily Galaxy

  25-04-2025 16:00 via news.google.com
  NASA Orbiter Spots Mysterious Tracks on Mars  The Daily GalaxyAmazing space image shows route of Mars rover as it treks across the Red Planet  The IndependentNASA Orbiter Spots Curiosity Rover Making Tracks to Next Science Stop  NASA (.gov)Spacecraft spots NASA rover driving through Mars' desert  MashableMars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)  Space
  
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• Israelis protest against Gaza war with rare outcry over Palestinian casualties

  25-04-2025 15:43 via theguardian.com
  Holocaust survivors gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day speak out against Palestinian starvation and sufferingFew days speak so profoundly to the soul of Israel than Holocaust Memorial Day. As the country sat in silence on Thursday to remember 6 million Jews exterminated by the Nazis, the same refrain was, as always, repeated by many: never again.But for some across Israel, as the war in Gaza continues to ravage the Palestinian people and wipe out entire families, never again had come to hold an
  
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• Rupert Murdoch’s company ‘actively frustrated’ Met’s phone-hacking investigation

  25-04-2025 15:38 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Court document reveals accusations by former detectives, with one concluding NGN’s Will Lewis could have been arrestedRupert Murdoch’s company, News Group Newspapers, has been accused by former detectives of having “actively frustrated” their UK investigation into phone hacking, with one concluding a senior executive could have been arrested for perverting the course of justice, according to a newly disclosed court document.The senior executive, Will Lewis, is
  
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• Black grouse courtship and first pick of the NFL draft: photos of the day – Friday

  25-04-2025 14:58 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Ukraine, Gaza and Iran: can Witkoff secure any wins for Trump?

  25-04-2025 13:19 via theguardian.com
  To solve three conflicts simultaneously would be a daunting task for anyone, but it is especially so for a man entirely new to diplomacyEurope live – latest updatesSteve Witkoff: from property developer to global spotlightDonald Trump’s version of Pax Americana, the idea that the US can through coercion impose order on the world, is facing its moment of truth in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran.In the words of the former CIA director William Burns, it is in “one of those plastic moments&
  
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• Pedro Pascal calls JK Rowling a ‘heinous loser’ in wake of supreme court gender ruling

  25-04-2025 13:01 via theguardian.com
  The actor has long been an activist for LGBTQ+ rights and has a transgender sister who often accompanies him on the red carpetThe actor Pedro Pascal has attacked author JK Rowling on X, calling her a “heinous loser”.Pascal responded to a comment reporting the words of activist Tariq Ra’ouf in an Instagram video, in which he urged people to boycott Rowling’s work. Continue reading...
  
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• Watch the McLaren W1 take to the Arctic - PistonHeads

  25-04-2025 12:52 via news.google.com
  Watch the McLaren W1 take to the Arctic  PistonHeadsCheck out the McLaren W1 doing big skids (sorry, important testing) on ice  Top GearMcLaren Shows W1 Testing In The Snow, But Is Aston’s Valhalla Going To Freeze It Out?  CarscoopsThis McLaren supercar offers a taste of the high speed life  MSNMcLaren Takes the 1258-HP W1 to Play in the Arctic Circle Snow  Car and Driver
  
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• Ubisoft Faces £79m Fine for Spying on Gamers in Assassin's Creed - International Business Times UK

  25-04-2025 11:51 via news.google.com
  Ubisoft Faces £79m Fine for Spying on Gamers in Assassin's Creed  International Business Times UKLike to play alone? Ubisoft is still watching you!  noyb.euAssassin's Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online  theregister.comUbisoft Accused of ‘Secret Data Collection’ in Single-Player Games  Insider GamingData Privacy Expert Slams Ubisoft in Brand New Assassin’s Creed Shadows Controversy: “Imagin
  
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• Week in wildlife: wild ponies, a playful jaguar and penguin chicks taking their first swim

  25-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Quirky converted homes in England for sale – in pictures

  25-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From a Norfolk windmill-watermill to a Sussex oast house with micro vineyard, conversions worth a toast Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I had rose-tinted spectacles’: UK city dwellers on relocating during the pandemic

  25-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  As London once again becomes the most searched-for location on Rightmove, which is better, rural or city life?London has once again become the most searched-for location on the property website Rightmove, with more than half of the people living there (58%) looking to stay rather than leave.This comes five years after the start of the Covid pandemic, which prompted many people to seek an escape from city life in favour of more outdoor space to accommodate working remotely. This trend has since r
  
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• The Papers: Ukraine 'too risky' and 'Will only work for 40k'

  25-04-2025 06:23 via bbc.com
  
  Ukraine and Trump's rare rebuke of Putin dominate the front pages of Friday's papers.
  
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• The rule of law in Trump’s America and what it means for Mel Gibson’s guns – podcast

  25-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  The US justice department says it did not fire a former pardon attorney, Liz Oyer, after she refused to recommend reinstating Mel Gibson’s gun rights.But Oyer tells Jonathan Freedland a different story, one she believes points to a wider crackdown by the Trump administration on the rule of law in AmericaArchive: ABC News, Face the Nation, CBS News, CNN, PBS, NBC News, Fox News, WHAS11 Continue reading...
  
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• In search of the South Pacific fugitive who crowned himself king – podcast

  25-04-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Noah Musingku made a fortune with a Ponzi scheme and then retreated to a remote armed compound in the jungle, where he still commands the loyalty of his Bougainville subjectsBy Sean Williams. Read by Simon Darwen Continue reading...
  
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• King and Queen to host VE Day tea party for war veterans

  25-04-2025 04:29 via bbc.com
  
  National commemorations and events will begin on 5 May with a military procession of 1,300 members of the armed forces.
  
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• ‘They excavated a nightclub!’: uncovering Black British history beyond London – podcast

  25-04-2025 04:00 via theguardian.com
  From struggles over miscarriages of justice to groundbreaking music, Lanre Bakare looks at the places and events that shaped Black Britain in the Thatcher yearsWhen Guardian arts and culture correspondent Lanre Bakare was growing up, he learned the same Black British history as many of us did. It was a series of singular events: the docking of the Windrush in 1948, unrest in Notting Hill or Brixton, the murder of Stephen Lawrence. All important, but all firmly focused on the capital.Now Lanre ha
  
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• Supported housing in crisis, groups tell Starmer

  25-04-2025 03:19 via bbc.com
  
  Supported housing for vulnerable or disabled people is in crisis, a letter to the prime minister says.
  
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