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• Girl, 14, and boy, 16, injured in double stabbing - Liverpool Echo

  30-04-2025 23:33 via news.google.com
  Girl, 14, and boy, 16, injured in double stabbing  Liverpool EchoKirkby girl and boy, 14 and 16, in hospital after stabbing  BBCLive updates as police and forensics surround road and cordon in place  Liverpool EchoGirl, 14, and teenage boy raced to hospital after stabbing in Merseyside as police hunt 'knifeman'  MSN
  
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• Groomed: A National Scandal review – it is staggering to hear these children called ‘promiscuous’

  30-04-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Anna Hall’s unflinching exposé reveals the years of abuse girls as young as 11 endured from grooming gangs, the misogyny that allowed so many blind eyes to be turned – and how little has changed today‘Chantelle … was misusing cannabis and alcohol and … placing herself at risk of sexual exploitation” is a staggering sentence to find in a council’s case summary about a child in its foster care system. Here’s another one, from an assessment r
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump roar into World Snooker semi-finals

  30-04-2025 23:18 via theguardian.com
  Trump blasts past Brecel 13-8 to set up Williams clashO’Sullivan beats Si 13-9 and now faces Zhao XintongJudd Trump charged into the semi-finals, beating Luca Brecel in a high-quality match, while Ronnie O’Sullivan repelled a stirring fightback from Si Jiahui at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.Trump will face Mark Williams in the last four after the Welshman’s epic 13-12 victory over John Higgins, which went to the final black. O’Sullivan will meet the Chinese
  
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• Bill Belichick defends girlfriend Hudson as ‘doing her job’ in viral CBS interview

  30-04-2025 23:16 via theguardian.com
  Belichick says girlfriend wasn’t out to control interviewHudson, 24, interjected during question on relationshipNorth Carolina football coach Bill Belichick defended his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, for interjecting during a CBS interviewer’s questions about their relationship and said she was “simply doing her job”.The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach and first-time college coach at UNC issued a statement through the school Wednesday, which followed an appearance on
  
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• Ronnie O’Sullivan holds off Si Jiahui as Judd Trump surges into semi-final with Mark Williams - The Independent

  30-04-2025 23:03 via news.google.com
  Ronnie O’Sullivan holds off Si Jiahui as Judd Trump surges into semi-final with Mark Williams  The Independent2025 World Snooker Championship: Mark Williams beats John Higgins in quarter-final  BBCRonnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump roar into World Snooker semi-finals  The Guardian'Lucky' O'Sullivan Sets Up Zhao Clash  World Snooker TourWhy O'Sullivan showed in one shot 'he is the best player we have ever seen'  TNT Sports
  
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• British woman beaten to death at home in France - The Telegraph

  30-04-2025 22:31 via news.google.com
  British woman beaten to death at home in France  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cancer patients in England to be first in Europe to be offered immunotherapy jab - The Guardian

  30-04-2025 21:00 via news.google.com
  Cancer patients in England to be first in Europe to be offered immunotherapy jab  The GuardianNHS offers ‘super-jab’ for 15 cancers  The TelegraphNew vaccine to treat 15 types of cancer now available on NHS  The IndependentFive-minute ‘superjab’ for 15 cancers to be available on NHS  The TimesMajor cancer breakthrough as NHS launches 5-minute 'super-jab' that can fight 15 different types of the diseas  Daily Mail
  
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• Scout leader jailed for 46 years after abusing young boys in Coventry and Midlands - Coventry Telegraph

  30-04-2025 20:54 via news.google.com
  Scout leader jailed for 46 years after abusing young boys in Coventry and Midlands  Coventry TelegraphPaedophile Richard Burrows jailed after decades on the run  BBC‘Despicable’ former UK scout leader jailed for 46 years for sexual abuse  The GuardianRichard Burrows: How AI found abuser who fled to Thailand  BBCProlific sex offender jailed after almost three decades on the run  Cheshire Constabulary
  
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• ‘Radical joy’: Cambodians in California celebrate Khmer culture 50 years after Killing Fields

  30-04-2025 20:44 via theguardian.com
  In Long Beach, city with the largest diaspora of Cambodians in the US, people dance, eat and reflect on the 1975 killings“Sousdey chnam thmey!” a rider shouted in Khmer into a megaphone while sitting atop a float swaddled in US and Cambodian flags. “Happy new year!” parade-goers yelled back from the street.Thousands of Cambodian Americans gathered to celebrate the Khmer New Year in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town district – the heart of the largest diaspora of Camb
  
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• ‘Reform all the way’: on the road in Doncaster – Politics Weekly UK

  30-04-2025 20:43 via theguardian.com
  Before this week’s local elections, John Harris is on the road in Doncaster – which could prove to be a canary in the coalmine for the government. Labour has been in power here for decades but this time Nigel Farage’s Reform UK fancies its chances. So why are people turning away from Labour? Why are they so disillusioned with politics in general? And what would a Reform-run city actually be like?Please support The Guardian at http://theguardian.com/politicspodThe full list of c
  
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• Government to challenge Sean Brown public inquiry ruling

  30-04-2025 20:20 via bbc.com
  
  Judges told the NI secretary to reconsider a decision not to hold an inquiry into the GAA official's murder.
  
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• King Charles says cancer diagnosis made him ‘one of the statistics’

  30-04-2025 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Charles reveals his experience has deepened his admiration for charities supporting the 390,000 cancer cases each yearKing Charles has reflected on his experience with cancer, saying it brought into “sharp focus the very best of humanity”, while acknowledging that each new case is “a daunting and at times frightening experience” for those receiving a diagnosis and for their loved ones.In a personal written message, released to coincide with a Buckingham Palace reception c
  
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• If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich

  30-04-2025 20:07 via theguardian.com
  We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak outWe have witnessed the first 100 days of the odious Trump regime.The US constitution is in peril. Civil and human rights are being trampled upon. The economy is in disarray.If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and the
  
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• Israel has no duty to allow UN aid agency into Gaza, says US state department lawyer

  30-04-2025 20:06 via theguardian.com
  Joshua Simmons tells international court of justice that Israel’s concerns about Unwra are ‘credible’Israel’s urgent security needs override its obligations to provide aid to Palestinians in Gaza, a US state department lawyer has told the international court of justice (ICJ).Joshua Simmons spoke as the United Nations’ top court hears a case on Israel’s ban on cooperation with Unwra, the UN’s main agency for Palestinians. Continue reading...
  
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• Harvey Weinstein accuser felt 'the unthinkable was happening' during alleged assault - Sky News

  30-04-2025 20:03 via news.google.com
  Harvey Weinstein accuser felt 'the unthinkable was happening' during alleged assault  Sky NewsHarvey Weinstein rape retrial: witness who testified in 2020 takes stand  The GuardianHarvey Weinstein Pushed, Grabbed and Then Attacked, Witness Testifies in NYC Trial  The New York TimesEx-‘Project Runway’ staffer tearfully recalls moment she realized 'I'm being raped' by Harvey Weinstein in his NYC apartment  New York PostFirst accuser takes the wit
  
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• Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism

  30-04-2025 19:58 via theguardian.com
  Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve of local electionsTony Blair has been forced by Downing Street to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy after furious Labour politicians warned he had given a boost to Tory and Reform sceptics on the eve of the local elections.Climate experts also accused the former prime minister of granting political cover to fossil fuel interests and weakening momentum behind the UK&rsqu
  
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• The Guardian view on Labour and net zero politics: lean in and ignore bad advice | Editorial

  30-04-2025 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Sir Tony Blair’s ill-conceived contribution to the climate debate was a political gift to Nigel Farage. But public support for the green transition remains strongThe Climate Change Committee’s latest report on the UK’s response to unprecedented environmental challenges makes for grim reading. Recalling the extreme weather swings of the last few years – which delivered both the wettest 18 months on record and the largest number of wildfires – the report’s autho
  
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• The Guardian view on Argentina’s bailout: when Trump’s ally calls, the IMF obeys – at a cost | Editorial

  30-04-2025 19:44 via theguardian.com
  The deal with Javier Milei shows how America-first dealmaking is bending global finance to serve authoritarian and extractive endsIt is famed for hard-nosed bargaining with crisis-hit countries, so why did the International Monetary Fund throw a $20bn lifeline to the serial defaulter Argentina – despite alarm on its board? The answer is that the country’s rightwing leader, Javier Milei, is Donald Trump’s “favourite president”. Amid unease over handing a third of the
  
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• Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years - The Guardian

  30-04-2025 19:43 via news.google.com
  Gruffalo to return with first new book in more than 20 years  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scotland nudges 25C on hottest day of the year

  30-04-2025 19:36 via bbc.com
  
  A peak temperature of 24.4C is recorded at Aboyne in Aberdeenshire as an extreme risk warning for wildfires takes effect across Scotland.
  
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• Paddleboard river death boss was sacked from police

  30-04-2025 19:36 via bbc.com
  
  Four people died in a river accident, with Lloyd jailed after admitting responsibility.
  
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• Will UK break heat records for start of May and will it last?

  30-04-2025 19:27 via bbc.com
  
  Temperatures continue to climb with the hottest start to May predicted on Thursday.
  
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• Minister warns against blaming Spain’s blackout on renewable energy

  30-04-2025 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Spain’s environment minister Sara Aagesen promises ‘complete audit’ into causes of power outageEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s environment minister has warned against attempts to blame Monday’s unprecedented blackout across the Iberian peninsula on the increasing use of renewable energy, defending the reliability of the national grid and promising a “complete audit” to establish the causes of the outage.Speaking on Wednesday afternoon as a spec
  
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• Man killed couple then froze remains, court hears

  30-04-2025 19:25 via bbc.com
  
  A man is on trial charged with murdering a couple and taking their dismembered bodies to the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
  
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• Royal Mail takeover approved by shareholders

  30-04-2025 19:12 via bbc.com
  
  The approval of the £3.6bn deal will see the 500-year institution taken over byDaniel Kretinsky's EP Group.
  
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• Body found in River Thames confirmed to be missing schoolgirl as family ‘heartbroken’ - The Independent

  30-04-2025 19:09 via news.google.com
  Body found in River Thames confirmed to be missing schoolgirl as family ‘heartbroken’  The IndependentKaliyah Coa: Body found in River Thames confirmed as 11-year-old's  BBCBody found in River Thames identified as missing 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, police say  Sky NewsBody found in River Thames identified as missing schoolgirl Kaliyah Coa  London Evening StandardBody of girl, 11, who went missing in Thames is found  The Telegraph
  
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• Swedish journalist sentenced in Turkey for ‘insulting Erdoğan’

  30-04-2025 19:06 via theguardian.com
  Joakim Medin given suspended sentence over photos on his articles, but remains in jail awaiting trial on terror chargeA Turkish court has handed a Swedish journalist an 11-month suspended sentence for insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but he remains behind bars awaiting trial on a second more serious charge.Joakim Medin, who works for the Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC, was detained at Istanbul airport on 27 March when he flew in to cover the mass protests gripping Turkey. Contin
  
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• Rachel Reeves under investigation by parliamentary watchdog - Financial Times

  30-04-2025 19:02 via news.google.com
  Rachel Reeves under investigation by parliamentary watchdog  Financial TimesRachel Reeves investigated by MPs watchdog over theatre tickets  BBCRachel Reeves faces standards investigation over declaring gifts  The TelegraphRachel Reeves under investigation over theatre ticket declaration  The TimesRachel Reeves investigated by parliament’s watchdog  The Independent
  
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• King sends heartfelt message to fellow cancer patients

  30-04-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  
  King Charles gives a personal message to others facing the anxiety of a cancer diagnosis.
  
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• Body found in Thames confirmed as that of girl, 11

  30-04-2025 18:56 via bbc.com
  
  Kaliyah Coa's body was recovered at Maritime Quay on the Isle of Dogs on 13 April.
  
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• Doctors want to become GPs, and they want to see you | Letters

  30-04-2025 18:48 via theguardian.com
  Thousands of doctors who applied to train as GPs are rejected each year due to lack of training posts, says one expert, while Dr David Jeffrey says doctors want more patient contactIn your editorial on the value of face-to-face contact in healthcare (27 April), you say that there are “ongoing difficulties in recruiting enough GPs”. This may be the historic line, but currently, the crisis is not in recruitment but frozen recruitment. In 2024, there was a 44% reduction in jobs availabl
  
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• Stonewall’s policy of ‘no debate’ on trans rights was a mistake | Letters

  30-04-2025 18:47 via theguardian.com
  The LGBTQ+ rights charity’s former head Ben Summerskill and the parent of a trans-identifying young person respond to coverage of the recent supreme court rulingBoth Gaby Hinsliff, in her typically thoughtful piece (If Britain is now resetting the clock on trans rights, where will that leave us?, 18 April), and your correspondent who says “All sensible, two-way discussion of this topic has been prevented” (Letters, 22 April) highlight the risks that both trans people and many o
  
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• Maresca explains Sanchez and Nkunku's absence from Chelsea squad for Djurgarden | News | Official Site - Chelsea

  30-04-2025 18:40 via news.google.com
  Maresca explains Sanchez and Nkunku's absence from Chelsea squad for Djurgarden | News | Official Site  ChelseaMaresca 'worried' about Djurgarden's artificial pitch  BBCHow did Djurgården end up in a European semi-final against Chelsea?  The GuardianDjurgarden vs Chelsea predictions, betting tips and odds: Underdogs may wilt under pressure  Racing PostChelsea face huge unprecedented issue in away leg of Conference League semi-final this week &nb
  
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• Cowbridge Farm Shop stops lamb feeding after parasite infections - BBC

  30-04-2025 18:33 via news.google.com
  Cowbridge Farm Shop stops lamb feeding after parasite infections  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Gruffalo coming back after 20 years in new book

  30-04-2025 18:29 via bbc.com
  
  Author Julia Donaldson says she was spurred to write it by a campaign to reverse a decline in children's reading.
  
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• Labour defends net-zero policies after Blair criticism - BBC

  30-04-2025 18:28 via news.google.com
  Labour defends net-zero policies after Blair criticism  BBCDowning Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism  The GuardianBlair's net zero comments less an 'attack' and more a highlighting of a policy paradox that's been clear for some time  Sky NewsResponse to Tony Blair Institute's 'The Climate Paradox' report  LSEBlair says current net zero policies 'doomed to fail'  BBC
  
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• BBC report was attempted hatchet job on me, says Adams

  30-04-2025 18:27 via bbc.com
  
  The High Court in Dublin is hearing a libel case brought by Gerry Adams against a BBC programme and online article.
  
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• Trump pressures journalist to accept doctored photo as real: ‘Why don’t you just say yes?’

  30-04-2025 18:17 via theguardian.com
  President lashed out at Terry Moran in tense TV interview, which included questions about deportations and tariffsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump lashed out at an ABC journalist in a tense TV interview to mark 100 days of his second term in office, in which among other confrontations he angrily pushed correspondent Terry Moran to agree with him that a doctored photo was actually real, telling him: “Why don’t you just say yes.”The 40-minute interview in the O
  
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• ANDOR Showrunner Tony Gilroy Reveals Why Season 2 Had To Recast Returning STAR WARS Character [SPOILER] - ComicBookMovie.com

  30-04-2025 18:04 via news.google.com
  ANDOR Showrunner Tony Gilroy Reveals Why Season 2 Had To Recast Returning STAR WARS Character [SPOILER]  ComicBookMovie.com'Andor' creator explains recasting major 'Star Wars' character with Benjamin Bratt  Entertainment WeeklyWhy Andor Recast Bail Organa After 23 Years Of Jimmy Smits, Explained Eloquently By Showrunner  Screen RantAndor creator explains why he had to recast legacy Star Wars character  The IndependentAndor's Big Recast Should Be the Star W
  
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• The great Iberian power cut need not spell disaster for renewables - The Economist

  30-04-2025 18:00 via news.google.com
  The great Iberian power cut need not spell disaster for renewables  The EconomistFive things you need to make it through a power cut  BBCCause of Spanish blackout still unclear  Financial TimesCouple and adult son 'died from carbon monoxide poisoning after using generator' during Spain-Portugal blackout  Sky News‘No one knew what to do’: power cuts bring chaos, connection and revaluation of digital dependency  The Guardian
  
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• Canada narrowly missed a far-right prime minister. But we’re not in the clear yet | Tayo Bero

  30-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Mark Carney’s win isn’t as comforting as it should be, especially when we look at all the events leading up to itAfter a snap election, weeks of breathless campaigning and a surprisingly close race, Mark Carney has been elected prime minister of Canada. It’s a win for Liberals, who were rightly nervous that former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s poor performance and late-stage missteps might cost them this election. But Carney’s win isn’t as comforting as it s
  
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• Reform UK served with legal papers over bullying allegations

  30-04-2025 17:57 via theguardian.com
  MP Rupert Lowe’s staff taking legal action over party’s internal report on bullying claimsReform UK’s internal row has been reignited as the party was served with papers as part of a legal action being taken by staff for the MP Rupert Lowe.Lowe’s staff are taking legal action after Reform published an internal report on bullying allegations in which they were named. Continue reading...
  
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• PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for May 2025 announced - Gematsu

  30-04-2025 17:35 via news.google.com
  PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for May 2025 announced  GematsuPlayStation Plus Monthly Games for May: Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun  PlayStation.BlogSony Announces PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for May 2025  IGNPS Plus May 2025 PS4 and PS5 games revealed - Balatro headlines new line-up  Daily ExpressBalatro comes to PlayStation Plus in May  Polygon
  
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• Hackers target the Co-op as police probe M&S cyber attack

  30-04-2025 17:23 via bbc.com
  
  The retailer says it's disabled parts of its IT systems in response to the incident.
  
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• Co-op fends off hackers as police probe M&S cyber attack - BBC

  30-04-2025 17:23 via news.google.com
  Co-op fends off hackers as police probe M&S cyber attack  BBCHackers target the Co-op as police probe M&S cyber attack  BBCCo-op forced to shut down part of IT system after hack attempt  The GuardianCo-op hit by cyberattack  Retail GazetteMicrosoft says it is 'always there' for M&S, as Co-op reveals attempted hack  ITVX
  
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• Olly Murs says scrutiny of his physique is 'madness' - BBC

  30-04-2025 17:19 via news.google.com
  Olly Murs says scrutiny of his physique is 'madness'  BBCOlly Murs says scrutiny of his body is 'madness'  BBCIn praise of Olly Murs' before bod: why we don't actually fancy the ripped bods  London Evening StandardMeet Olly Murs' loyal PT who helped him get the body of his dreams  Daily MailTanya Sweeney: Men think Olly Murs looks better in ‘beast mode’ but really lots of us women prefer a dad bod  The Irish Independent
  
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• Olly Murs says scrutiny of his body is 'madness'

  30-04-2025 17:19 via bbc.com
  
  Pictures of his body before and after a fitness regime prompted reactions online and in the media.
  
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• Video shows felling of much-loved tree, jury told

  30-04-2025 17:17 via bbc.com
  
  Two men deny felling the much-loved tree which had stood on Hadrian's Wall for more than 100 years.
  
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• ‘No one knew what to do’: power cuts bring chaos, connection and revaluation of digital dependency

  30-04-2025 17:15 via theguardian.com
  People share their experiences of Monday’s massive power outage across Spain, Portugal and parts of France that upended modern life“It felt like chaos,” said Iñigo, a doctor at a hospital in northern Spain.With no electricity from noon on Monday, the building’s emergency generators were kept for the critical areas, leaving staff without access to patient data, broken communications due to no telephone signal or email, and colleagues unable to carry out some of thei
  
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• Soviet spacecraft stuck in orbit for 50 years set to fall to Earth in May - Yahoo News UK

  30-04-2025 16:54 via news.google.com
  Soviet spacecraft stuck in orbit for 50 years set to fall to Earth in May  Yahoo News UKHalf-tonne piece of Soviet rocket to crash back down to Earth in coming days  Sky News"Uncontrolled Reentry": Soviet Union's Failed Venus Probe Is About To Slam Into Earth  IFLScienceSoviet spaceship which took off for Venus over FIFTY YEARS ago to FINALLY crash back to Earth and could hit Britain  GB NewsFailed Soviet satellite hurtling towards Earth may hit like a met
  
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