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• UK records hottest day of year so far as mercury hits 24.9C

  29-04-2025 23:15 via theguardian.com
  Forecasters say temperature could soar to 30C later this week, the earliest date the high would have been reachedThe UK experienced its hottest day of the year so far on Tuesday and temperatures could reach 30C at the earliest point on record later this week, forecasters said.
  The highest temperature recorded on Tuesday was 24.9C in Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, according to the Met Office.
  The previous hottest day this year was 24.5C recorded in St James’s Park, London, on Monday.
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• Starbucks shares slide as investors question cost of turnaround plan - Financial Times

  29-04-2025 22:28 via news.google.com
  Starbucks shares slide as investors question cost of turnaround plan  Financial TimesStarbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed  The GuardianStarbucks to hire more baristas in bid to win back customers  BBCBrewhaha: Turns out machines can't replace people, Starbucks finds  theregister.comCan Starbucks be turned around?  The Economist
  
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• Juno mission gets under Jupiter's and Io's surface - Phys.org

  29-04-2025 21:35 via news.google.com
  Juno mission gets under Jupiter's and Io's surface  Phys.orgNASA’s Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter’s and Io’s Surface  NASA (.gov)What’s Going On Inside Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon?  Quanta MagazineNew data from NASA’s Juno mission shows winds beneath Jupiter and Io surfaces  cosmosmagazine.comJuno reveals Io’s inner structure and volcanic activity; investigates north pole cyclones  NASASpaceFlight.com -
  
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• Lethal remnants of Vietnam's war still claiming lives, 50 years on - ITVX

  29-04-2025 20:35 via news.google.com
  Lethal remnants of Vietnam's war still claiming lives, 50 years on  ITVXThe US left Vietnam 50 years ago today. The media hasn’t learned its lesson | Norman Solomon  The GuardianAgent Orange recovery in jeopardy 50 years after the fall of Saigon  The TelegraphA parade of pride and peace: Vietnam marks 50th 'Reunification Day' | ITV News  ITVXWhy many people in Vietnam now have a positive view of Americans 50 years after the war  Sky News
  
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• YouTube smart TV app just got a major upgrade — here's what's changed - Tom's Guide

  29-04-2025 20:32 via news.google.com
  YouTube smart TV app just got a major upgrade — here's what's changed  Tom's GuideYouTube’s TV app just got a great free upgrade  T3YouTube’s new video player is intensely controversial, and here's the proof  Android AuthorityYouTube’s TV changes include a redesign and more multiview  The VergeYouTube Adds Simplified Links to its CTV App, Upload Progress Display in Studio  Social Media Today
  
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• Kneecap: Rap group are no strangers to controversy, but is this time different?

  29-04-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  The Irish band have a reputation for provocation, but a new row has led to rising scrutiny and anger.
  
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• Is muscle soreness after a workout good or bad?

  29-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  When it comes to workouts, how much pain – specifically, how much post-workout soreness – is actually a good thing? The answer: it dependsHumans have long glamorized suffering, hailing it as an essential ingredient of growth. In the ancient Greek tragedy Elektra, Sophocles wrote: “Nothing truly succeeds without pain.” In the 1980s, the actor and aerobics instructor Jane Fonda told people: “No pain, no gain.”But when it comes to workouts, how much pain –
  
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• ‘Zombie volcano’ comes back to life after lying dormant for 250,000 years - The Sun

  29-04-2025 17:03 via news.google.com
  ‘Zombie volcano’ comes back to life after lying dormant for 250,000 years  The SunScientists solve mystery of 'zombie' volcano displaying signs of eruption for decades  ABC NewsThis massive 'zombie' volcano might not be so dead after all  BBC Science Focus Magazine'Zombie' Volcano in Bolivia Appears to Be Stirring Deep Underground  ScienceAlertScientists mapped the inner workings of a 'zombie volcano.' What they found was telling  USA
  
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• 'World's shortest festival' brings buzz to islands

  29-04-2025 16:35 via bbc.com
  The event on a sandbar in the Isles of Scilly takes place in extreme low tides.
  
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• Share your stories and pictures of kitchen heirlooms

  29-04-2025 14:26 via theguardian.com
  We would like to hear the story behind a cooking utensil passed down through generations of your familyAs Bee Wilson writes in her Guardian long read, people can invest objects in their kitchens with strong meanings or emotions:Many people told me that they could still feel the presence of a lost parent or partner in their china cupboard. I met someone who said that the one object belonging to his mother that he and his siblings all wanted when they cleared her house was a glass salad-dressing m
  
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• ‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from

  29-04-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Charity shops won’t take them. Councils incinerate them. Retailers dump them on the global south. We’re running out of ideas on how to deal with our used clothes – and the rag mountain just keeps growingIn February, a threadbare polycotton bedsheet landed on the desk of Simon Roberts, CEO of Sainsbury’s. A “protest by post”, it had been sent by the Sheffield-based designer, maker and eco activist Wendy Ward. “I purchased this from Sainsbury’s at le
  
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• 'I went from planning my wedding to my funeral'

  29-04-2025 10:34 via bbc.com
  Salma Shah makes an urgent appeal for more stem cell donors after her own leukaemia diagnosis.
  
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• London fire LIVE: Huge 'explosion' in St John's Wood with smoke seen for miles

  29-04-2025 09:56 via express.co.uk
  
  One hundred firefighters are battling the blaze which saw 40 people evacuated from their homes.
  
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• Cash ISA frenzy as savers race to beat Rachel Reeves crackdown before May deadline

  29-04-2025 08:38 via express.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves has finally got the nation saving. Although more out of fear than hope.
  
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• Churchill ordered: set Europe ablaze!

  29-04-2025 08:30 via express.co.uk
  
  So, the Special Operations Executive, formed in June 1940, tasked agents with sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. And 75 of its most renowned spies were women - 16 of whom made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom
  
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• Lawnmowers, desserts and mix zones: FA Cup semi-final weekend

  29-04-2025 08:01 via theguardian.com
  Playing host to two FA Cup semi-finals less than 24 hours apart, as well as more than 150,000 fans, means a busy time for staff at Wembley. We take a look at the preparationsIt takes a great deal of organisation and a lot of staff, working in a variety of roles, to facilitate these two huge fixtures. More than 12,000 worked at Wembley over the two days. Many worked both days and through the night to ensure everything was in place.Matchday mascots wait to greet the players as they arrive at Wembl
  
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• 'Make Doncaster Great Again': Trump rhetoric spills into local election battle – video

  29-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  With council and mayoral seats up for grabs in local elections in England on 1 May, Nigel Farage has made Doncaster his prime target. But is it another high-profile roadshow or could his Reform UK party, which picked up five seats in the 2024 general election, take control of the council as the polls suggest? Guardian video producers Maeve Shearlaw and Bruno Rinvolucri spoke to party members, community champions, and prospective candidates from a range of parties to find out Continue reading...
  
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• ‘A form of meditation’: a photographic haiku to Japan – in pictures

  29-04-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A poetic new exhibition of dreamlike black and white images captures the country’s contemplative beauty, from lonely Torii gates to sprawling temple trees Continue reading...
  
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• Three reasons we must finally crack down on idiots masquerading as activists

  29-04-2025 07:30 via express.co.uk
  
  Nick Freeman, AKA Mr Loophole, on why it's time for fast and effective deterrence against zealots who would hijack our sporting events, streets and civil life
  
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• Revealed, the one battle Winston Churchill most feared losing during the Second World War

  29-04-2025 07:30 via express.co.uk
  
  The PM knew the nation depended on the Atlantic... and the U-boats were sent to sea to starve the British Isles of food and fuel
  
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• New £50m road to open in days in bid to end traffic chaos for 2 UK seaside towns

  29-04-2025 07:01 via express.co.uk
  
  It is hoped the new bypass will markedly ease traffic between these two seaside hotspots.
  
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• WATCH: Have-a-go shop workers drive off thugs trying to ransack shop in posh London street

  29-04-2025 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Westminster City Councillor Hannah Galley was puzzled that it took eight hours for her to be contacted by police after reporting the incident.
  
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• Four surprising ultra-processed foods you might not realise are ultra-processed - Surrey Live

  29-04-2025 06:00 via news.google.com
  Four surprising ultra-processed foods you might not realise are ultra-processed  Surrey LiveUltra-processed foods may be linked to early death  BBCUltra-processed foods could be linked to thousands of UK deaths a year - study  Sky News5 ultra-processed foods you shouldn't stop eating  Yahoo Life UKWhat are ultra-processed-foods?  ITVX
  
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• The 'simple mistake' at the airport costing Brits up to £274

  29-04-2025 04:02 via express.co.uk
  
  Airline passengers could be missing out on hundreds of pounds by doing this common activity.
  
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• The little UK seaside town loved by pensioners with a huge beach and pretty pier

  29-04-2025 04:00 via express.co.uk
  
  With its sweeping beach, vibrant community, and affordable seaside homes, this seaside town shines as a top retirement haven on the UK's south coast.
  
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• Missing Paralympian Sam Ruddock found safe in Las Vegas after attending WrestleMania

  29-04-2025 00:22 via express.co.uk
  
  A missing persons report was filed for the 35-year-old Paralympics star after he was last seen in Las Vegas to attend WrestleMania 41
  
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