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• Poland: Woman killed with axe at Warsaw University as security guard critically injured - Sky News

  07-05-2025 23:33 via news.google.com
  Poland: Woman killed with axe at Warsaw University as security guard critically injured  Sky NewsPolish police say one killed in axe attack at Warsaw University  ReutersWoman's severed head found after axe attack brings lockdown to major Polish university  GB NewsPoland axe rampage kills one with 'severed head' found on Warsaw uni campus  Daily ExpressWoman 'decapitated in axe attack' at Warsaw University: Polish man, 22, arrested over killing on campus&nb
  
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• British Steel to hire more staff weeks after government rescue - The Guardian

  07-05-2025 23:30 via news.google.com
  British Steel to hire more staff weeks after government rescue  The GuardianBritish Steel to create 180 new jobs and 'ramp up' production  BBCUK government has so far set aside £94mn to cover British Steel rescue  Financial TimesTrains, trains and British Steel steels  RailFreight.comBritish Steel, under UK government control, to ramp up output, hire staff  MSN
  
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• Labour MPs signal rebellion over benefits cuts - BBC

  07-05-2025 23:14 via news.google.com
  Labour MPs signal rebellion over benefits cuts  BBCStarmer facing growing backbench rebellion over planned disability benefit cuts  Sky NewsMinisters prepare minor concessions to soften impact of benefits cuts  Financial TimesMass Lobby Against Benefit Cuts - 21st May, Be There!  Disability Rights UKWelsh Labour MP to vote against disability benefit cuts  BBC
  
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• Rockstar says GTA 6's latest trailer was "gameplay and cutscenes" captured "entirely in-game" on PS5 - Eurogamer

  07-05-2025 22:52 via news.google.com
  Rockstar says GTA 6's latest trailer was "gameplay and cutscenes" captured "entirely in-game" on PS5  EurogamerGTA 6: New trailer released days after 2026 delay announced  BBCGrand Theft Auto VI delayed until May 2026 | Games  The GuardianGrand Theft Auto 6 dropped a whopping 84 brand-new screenshots and illustrations, and here's every single one  PC GamerBreaking down the new GTA 6 trailer  BBC
  
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• Federal Reserve warns of impact of Trump tariffs as US interest rates held - Sky News

  07-05-2025 22:41 via news.google.com
  Federal Reserve warns of impact of Trump tariffs as US interest rates held  Sky NewsFederal Reserve holds rates because of Trump tariff 'uncertainty'  BBCPowell Says Fed Won’t Be Rushed, Outlook Depends on White House  Bloomberg.comFederal Reserve warns of inflation and jobs risks amid Trump’s erratic trade strategy  The GuardianFederal Reserve warns of rising economic risks as it holds rates steady  Financial Times
  
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• Israeli embassy in London was suspected terror plot target, BBC understands - BBC

  07-05-2025 22:03 via news.google.com
  Israeli embassy in London was suspected terror plot target, BBC understands  BBCIsraeli embassy in London was target of suspected terror plot, BBC understands  BBCIran rejects reports of alleged plot to target Israeli embassy in London  Sky NewsIranian terror suspects ‘were targeting Israeli embassy in London’  London Evening StandardBrits saved from 'dozens' of late-stage terror plots in recent years  lbc.co.uk
  
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• Labour forced into U-turn on AI plans - The Telegraph

  07-05-2025 22:02 via news.google.com
  Labour forced into U-turn on AI plans  The TelegraphGiles Martin on AI plans: 'It's like saying you can burgle my house unless I ask you not to'  Sky NewsMinisters reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote  The GuardianDon't Let It Be! Son of legendary Beatles producer demands Labour 'listen to artists' as he joins Mail campaig  Daily MailProducer Giles Martin says Government must do more to ‘protect artists’ from AI  East
  
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• Nine arrested over 'Hitler birthday party' in Oldham pub - BBC

  07-05-2025 21:58 via news.google.com
  Nine arrested over 'Hitler birthday party' in Oldham pub  BBCNine arrested over 'Hitler birthday party' in pub  BBCHaul of replica weapons and Nazi material found after raids in Southport and Manchester  Liverpool EchoNine arrested as police investigate alleged Hitler party at Oldham pub  The Oldham TimesNine arrested in dawn raids after investigation into neo-Nazis who held birthday party for Hitler  Manchester Evening News
  
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• 'Largest structure in the universe' is even bigger than astronomers imagined and still a huge mystery - Earth.com

  07-05-2025 21:53 via news.google.com
  'Largest structure in the universe' is even bigger than astronomers imagined and still a huge mystery  Earth.com'I didn’t believe it was real' Nobel Prize winner who mentored Stephen Hawking backs Lancashire student  Lancashire Evening Post'I though it was a joke' - Preston astrophysicist, 28, hailed for her groundbreaking space research  Lancs LiveGiant Structure in Deep Space Challenges Our Understanding of The Universe  ScienceAlert100,000 trillio
  
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• Black smoke signals first day of Vatican conclave has failed to elect new pope - The Guardian

  07-05-2025 21:46 via news.google.com
  Black smoke signals first day of Vatican conclave has failed to elect new pope  The GuardianBlack smoke emerges as cardinals fail to elect new pope in first ballot  Al JazeeraCardinals are watching ‘Conclave’ the movie for guidance on the actual conclave  politico.euPapal Conclave latest: Black smoke over Vatican signal no pope elected on first day  The IndependentFirst conclave vote ends in black smoke as cardinals fail to agree on new pope&nb
  
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• Keeping Farage from No 10 is ‘a battle for UK’s future, heart and soul’, Labour MPs told - The Guardian

  07-05-2025 20:40 via news.google.com
  Keeping Farage from No 10 is ‘a battle for UK’s future, heart and soul’, Labour MPs told  The GuardianAct now to win back Red Wall voters, Labour MPs say  BBCReform threat presents us with 'fight of our lives', admits top minister  Sky NewsThe fight for Labour’s future  New StatesmanLabour is fighting Reform for Britain’s future, claims senior minister  The Telegraph
  
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• Postecoglou confirms major Spurs blow as Maddison worst fears realised - London Evening Standard

  07-05-2025 20:05 via news.google.com
  Postecoglou confirms major Spurs blow as Maddison worst fears realised  London Evening StandardJames Maddison: Tottenham midfielder could miss start of pre-season with knee injury  BBCJames Maddison: Tottenham midfielder to miss remainder of season with knee injury  Sky SportsJames Maddison’s injury is more serious than we thought  Cartilage Free CaptainAnge Postecoglou press conference LIVE - Tottenham boss on Son, Solanke and Maddison latest &
  
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• National Gallery rehang review – ‘A momentous retelling of the story of art’

  07-05-2025 19:25 via theguardian.com
  National Gallery, London
  It is one of the world’s greatest museums and this revamp starts with a thrilling embrace from Leonardo, unfolding to Titian, Van Eyck, Monet and more – all bolstered by cool new architecture and lighting. What a wonderland!There are so many twists, turns and fascinating detours in the National Gallery’s rehang you have to pick up some kind of thread. In my case, perhaps distracted by the thought of the National’s new restaurant, Locatelli, it&rsq
  
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• UK and EU split over youth mobility deal, negotiating document shows - Financial Times

  07-05-2025 19:20 via news.google.com
  UK and EU split over youth mobility deal, negotiating document shows  Financial TimesUK poised to agree post-Brexit youth visa scheme in major step towards closer ties with EU  The IndependentEU demand cheaper tuition fees in Starmer’s reset deal  The TelegraphLabour confirms it will pursue youth mobility scheme with EU  The TimesGovernment will consider ‘sensible’ UK-EU youth mobility proposals – minister  Alloa Advertise
  
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• Shocking Antarctica discovery sends climate change deniers into mass celebration - Daily Mail

  07-05-2025 19:13 via news.google.com
  Shocking Antarctica discovery sends climate change deniers into mass celebration  Daily MailSurprise! Ice is rebounding at BOTH poles — climate is more complex than we know  New York PostGood news! Surprising recovery seen in these East Antarctic glaciers after years of melting: What to know  Hindustan TimesIs ice shifting from North to South Pole? Antarctica is gaining mass again, but Arctic tells a different story  Wion108 billion tons per year: An
  
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• An 'unusual object' is about to crash back down to Earth - some of the UK lies in its possible impact zone - Manchester Evening News

  07-05-2025 18:19 via news.google.com
  An 'unusual object' is about to crash back down to Earth - some of the UK lies in its possible impact zone  Manchester Evening NewsKosmos 482: Soviet spacecraft will likely fall to Earth this week  BBCCold War Soviet spacecraft to crash ‘somewhere in Western hemisphere’  The TelegraphOld Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why  SpaceSoviet spacecraft stuck in orbit for 50 years set to fall to Earth i
  
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• The Beckham wedding feud that laid the groundwork for 2025's fallout - London Evening Standard

  07-05-2025 18:15 via news.google.com
  The Beckham wedding feud that laid the groundwork for 2025's fallout  London Evening StandardWhy Brooklyn Beckham's feud is Victoria's 'worst nightmare' as he refuses to be in same room as ex Kim Turnbull  The SunGone fishing? The trouble at brand Beckham  The TimesWhy the Beckhams never stood a chance against 'confident' Nicola: Bolstered by six brothers and her billionair  Daily Mail'My son ditched my 40th birthday for his lover – I know how David
  
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• Weightwatchers files for bankruptcy as Ozempic and Mounjaro surge in popularity - BBC

  07-05-2025 18:14 via news.google.com
  Weightwatchers files for bankruptcy as Ozempic and Mounjaro surge in popularity  BBCWeightWatchers Files Bankruptcy to Adapt to Chemically Induced Weight-Loss Future  WSJWeightWatchers Files for Bankruptcy to Reduce $1 Billion in Debt  The New York TimesWeightWatchers files for bankruptcy amid rise of weight-loss drugs  Al JazeeraWeight Watchers files for bankruptcy as Ozempic takes over  The Independent
  
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• Five people break down their wellness budgets: ‘incredibly expensive and time-consuming’

  07-05-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Groceries, fitness classes and therapy all go under the wide umbrella of health expenses – and it all costs moneyWhat does it take to be well? The answer varies from person to person. For some, it may require prescription medication and yoga classes; for others, it could be a vegetarian diet and regular doctor visits. One thing is certain: it costs money.Americans spend more than $6,000 (£4,500) per person a year on wellness, according to the Global Wellness Institute. This makes the
  
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• Snooker stars wanted Zhao Xintong banned from World Championship before he won it - Daily Express

  07-05-2025 17:58 via news.google.com
  Snooker stars wanted Zhao Xintong banned from World Championship before he won it  Daily ExpressWorld Snooker Championship: Zhao Xintong - from match-fixing scandal ban to Crucible world champion  BBCSnooker targets Olympics with new world champion Zhao Xintong on course to be 'richest player in history of the sport'  Sky SportsSee you next season! Williams hits the bar after Crucible final loss  London Evening StandardZhao Xintong has almost half his &pou
  
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• Stacey Solomon reveals she didn't have sex with Joe Swash for a YEAR as BBC TV series future confirmed - The Sun

  07-05-2025 17:40 via news.google.com
  Stacey Solomon reveals she didn't have sex with Joe Swash for a YEAR as BBC TV series future confirmed  The SunStacey and Joe to return for a second series  BBCStacey Solomon and Joe Swash share baby number four update as BBC show future confirmed  OK! MagazineFrom Joe rows to fan backlash - has Stacey Solomon's new show revealed too much?  The SunStacey Solomon breaks her silence on her home life - following her 'regrets doing series with Joe Swash follow
  
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• Liam Payne's fortune revealed months on from late singer's tragic death as new details emerge - Manchester Evening News

  07-05-2025 17:31 via news.google.com
  Liam Payne's fortune revealed months on from late singer's tragic death as new details emerge  Manchester Evening NewsLiam Payne left £24m fortune without making a will  BBCLiam Payne left £24.3m legacy after dying without a will, court documents show  The GuardianLiam Payne died without a will as it's revealed who'll be responsible for his multi-million pound fortune  Sky NewsLiam Payne leaves £24m to Cheryl Tweedy and son Bear after dyi
  
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• The aristocrat diet: why do posh people eat such beige, bland, boring food?

  07-05-2025 16:47 via theguardian.com
  They like ice-cream – but only homemade. Carrots – but only served whole. And don’t even think of cooking with any herb or spice livelier than parsley ...
  Name: The Aristocrat Diet.Age: As old as the aristocracy. Continue reading...
  
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• When video games journalism eats itself, we all lose out | Keith Stuart

  07-05-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  As industry giants trade beloved brands like commodities and AI offers easy content, independent games outlets are ​rising up. Here’s why they’re sorely neededLast week was a bad one for video games journalism. Two key contributors to the veteran site Giant Bomb, Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti, have announced their departure after a recent podcast was taken down. The 888th episode of the Giant Bombcast reportedly featured a section lampooning new brand guidelines issued to staff a
  
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• The best phone straps: 15 stylish and practical picks to keep your device close and your hands free

  07-05-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Our fashion expert rounds up her pick of the best phone straps, from beaded wristlets and cross-body straps to lanyards with recycled cases• Jess Cartner-Morley’s May style essentials: life-changing jeans and the ultimate holiday shoesYou’re probably familiar with the concept of adding a finishing touch to your outfit: a belt that smartens up trousers, a great pair of sunglasses, statement jewellery that livens up a plain T-shirt. Well, now, there’s a new accessory in town
  
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• Spotify’s latest update gives users more control over their listening experience - TechCrunch

  07-05-2025 15:51 via news.google.com
  Spotify’s latest update gives users more control over their listening experience  TechCrunchExperience a New Dimension of Music Discovery With More Controls and Enhanced Tools  SpotifySpotify will let you hit ‘snooze’ on good songs you’re getting tired of  The VergeSpotify’s new ‘snooze’ button will let you blacklist unwanted songs for a month – and I wish it had existed earlier  TechRadarApple Music should c
  
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• Food and freedom: exhibition charts radical history of gardening in Britain

  07-05-2025 15:42 via theguardian.com
  Artefacts from 11th century on display at British Library in London, alongside work of modern-day community group“Being able to grow your own food is one of the most radical ways that you can express your freedom, your sovereignty, your liberation,” says Valerie Goode, the founder and chief executive of the Coco Collective, a Black-led community gardening organisation in south London.“When you leave your food production in the hands of other people, you are leaving your health,
  
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• UK dismisses idea that British workers being sold out in India trade deal - Reuters

  07-05-2025 15:27 via news.google.com
  UK dismisses idea that British workers being sold out in India trade deal  ReutersFour things you need to know about UK-India trade deal  BBCHas UK-India trade deal ‘sold out British workers’ as Farage and Badenoch claim?  The Guardian'Two-tier' trade deal and 'Labour turmoil' over winter fuel  BBCIndian trade deal ‘will cost Britain £200m a year in lost taxes’  The Times
  
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• Woman's dismembered body found on beach after telling friends she was going to party - Metro.co.uk

  07-05-2025 15:12 via news.google.com
  Woman's dismembered body found on beach after telling friends she was going to party  Metro.co.ukWoman's dismembered body found on beach in Gran Canaria - as bar owner arrested  lbc.co.ukBar owner arrested following discovery of woman's body on Canary Islands Beach  Canarian WeeklyGran Canaria bar owner arrested for murder after woman's dismembered body was found on beach  Daily MailTourist, 42, found dismembered on popular Spanish beach, owner of local ho
  
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• Jess-Cartner Morley: Boom boom – the new vibe rewriting the rules of fashion

  07-05-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Forget modern edicts and prepare for the return of power dressing, big hair, short skirts and movie-star-in-a-convertible sunglassesBoom boom is this year’s new vibe. It’s a vibe, not just a trend, meaning it takes tectonic rumblings in culture and gives them expression in what we wear and say and drink and watch on TV.Boom boom is a new weather system that is sweeping away pretty much everything we thought we knew about modern fashion (gender fluidity, quiet luxury, e
  
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• Share your experiences of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace

  07-05-2025 14:58 via theguardian.com
  Do you work in the UK in any sector where there have been efforts to increase representation and have they been sustained?Reform UK has said it will roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives in councils it controls. Nigel Farage said during a speech on Friday that he would advise staff working on diversity or climate change initiatives to seek “alternative careers very, very quickly” after the party took control of Durham county council.What has your experience of these policies
  
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• Clean energy mission blow as Hornsea 4 windfarm cancelled - BBC

  07-05-2025 14:27 via news.google.com
  Clean energy mission blow as Hornsea 4 windfarm cancelled  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• British MP shares posts celebrating Indian strikes that killed civilians in Pakistan - Middle East Eye

  07-05-2025 13:49 via news.google.com
  British MP shares posts celebrating Indian strikes that killed civilians in Pakistan  Middle East EyeIndian air strikes - how will Pakistan respond? Four key questions  BBCPost strike, India mounts fresh diplomatic offensive  Times of IndiaKashmir crisis live: India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack, says Pakistan PM  The GuardianAre India and Pakistan at risk of war? Here’s what to know.  The Wash
  
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• Asylum accommodation costs set to triple, says National Audit Office - BBC

  07-05-2025 13:49 via news.google.com
  Asylum accommodation costs set to triple, says National Audit Office  BBCRevealed: The true cost of asylum hotels  The TelegraphUK asylum accommodation expected to cost three times more than forecast  The GuardianCost of housing asylum seekers triples as small boat crossings rise  The TimesAsylum accommodation in the UK  Migration Observatory
  
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• 'Why would we play Putin's game?': Ukrainians see Russian lull as sideshow - BBC

  07-05-2025 13:37 via news.google.com
  'Why would we play Putin's game?': Ukrainians see Russian lull as sideshow  BBCZelenskiy says Ukraine stands by offer of 30-day ceasefire  ReutersTrump on Putin’s 3-day truce: “Not sound like much, but it’s a lot”  Euromaidan PressMoscow Says It Will Honor Victory Day Ceasefire Despite Ukraine’s Rejection  The Moscow TimesMoscow Likely to Bolster Its Offensive Against Ukraine  The Jamestown Foundation
  
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• David Attenborough's Ocean film is 'biggest message he's ever told' - Sky News

  07-05-2025 13:23 via news.google.com
  David Attenborough's Ocean film is 'biggest message he's ever told'  Sky NewsSir David Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's told'  BBCOcean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas  The GuardianDavid Attenborough at 99: “Life will almost certainly find a way”  New StatesmanKing stunned by David Attenborough’s age as pair attend ocean film premiere  London Evening Standa
  
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• Hard drive found at suspect’s factory ‘contains evidence Madeleine McCann is dead’ - The Telegraph

  07-05-2025 13:18 via news.google.com
  Hard drive found at suspect’s factory ‘contains evidence Madeleine McCann is dead’  The TelegraphFrom sick images, kids' toys & guns - 8 pieces of evidence against Christian B  The SunWho is Christian Brueckner and what is his alleged link to missing Madeleine McCann?  Yahoo News UK'Deeply Concerning' Hard Drive Belonging to Madeleine McCann Abduction Suspect Suggests She's Dead: Report  People.comSun Madeleine McCann documentary to b
  
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• Fox Chase Boy: standup comedy confronts trauma in a Catholic community

  07-05-2025 12:05 via theguardian.com
  There is surprising nostalgia and humour in Gerad Argeros’s story of healing after child abuse by a Catholic priest. He was an altar boy at St Cecilia Catholic church in north-east Philadelphia when, at age 11, he became one of the victims of paedophile James Brzyski. Decades later, the actor and father developed the one-man stage show Fox Chase Boy. Performing it to his close-knit parish he speaks directly about a crime cloaked in silence, and brings welcome insight into their collective
  
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• Warning over killer fungus which could infect millions as it spreads across Europe - The Independent

  07-05-2025 11:48 via news.google.com
  Warning over killer fungus which could infect millions as it spreads across Europe  The IndependentKiller fungus forecast to spread to UK as climate changes  Sky NewsThe next superbug threat is already here. It’s going to be even harder to overcome  CNNKiller fungi to spread as climate heats up  Financial TimesFatal Fungus Similar to 'The Last of Us' Disease Could Spread Worldwide  People.com
  
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• Doctors issue warning as they discover deadly risk of contraceptive pill for specific group of women - Daily Mail

  07-05-2025 10:33 via news.google.com
  Doctors issue warning as they discover deadly risk of contraceptive pill for specific group of women  Daily MailPill taken by millions of women linked to 'life-threatening' attacks  Wales OnlineDoctors issue warning over deadly risk of contraceptive pill for women with common condition  Manchester Evening NewsContraceptive ‘mini pill’ linked to asthma attacks in younger women  The TimesCommon contraceptive pill leaves women aged under 35 at gre
  
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• This month’s best paperbacks: Sally Rooney, Salman Rushdie and more

  07-05-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some wonderful new paperbacks, from a genre-bending memoir to a sexy novel about finding meaning in lifeContinue reading...
  
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• British Gas is struggling to accept that my sister is dead

  07-05-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Bills continued to arrive despite calls, emails and legal firm handling probate sending copy of death certificateMy sister passed away nearly two years ago but I am struggling to get British Gas to accept she is dead.Since her death in July 2023 I have emailed, called and even got the legal firm handling probate to contact it. They sent a certified copy of her death certificate but all that happened was the address on the account was changed to the solicitor’s. Continue reading...
  
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• Climbing of Winston Churchill statue to become a crime

  07-05-2025 02:51 via bbc.com
  
  The home secretary will include Churchill's statue in new law trying to stop war memorial vandalism.
  
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• The Papers: 'Two-tier' trade deal and 'Labour turmoil' over winter fuel

  07-05-2025 01:51 via bbc.com
  
  Tory and Reform anger over a new UK-India trade deal featurs on several front pages.
  
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• How street sex workers are helping police stop child abuse

  07-05-2025 01:10 via bbc.com
  
  As darkness falls across Bristol, street sex workers are helping to protect its most at-risk children.
  
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• Abuse victim fled ex but council left her in unsecure home

  07-05-2025 01:08 via bbc.com
  
  Jane says she barricaded herself into her house each night as she waited to get extra security.
  
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• GCSE results day to change for thousands of students with new app

  07-05-2025 01:02 via bbc.com
  
  School leaders have welcomed the plans for digital exam grades, but said they would need "seamless" support.
  
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• Bobby Sands statue investigated by council planners

  07-05-2025 01:01 via bbc.com
  
  First Minister Michelle O'Neill was among those who attended on the day of the unveiling.
  
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