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• First of two Eurovision 2025 semi-finals takes place in Switzerland - BBC

  13-05-2025 23:45 via news.google.com
  First of two Eurovision 2025 semi-finals takes place in Switzerland  BBCEurovision Song Contest 2025 — when else is a disco dominatrix on the same bill as a tribute to the first dog in space?  Financial TimesSauna fiends, space dogs and Jesus Christ Superstar: it’s the 10 best Eurovision songs of 2025!  The GuardianWho will win Eurovision 2025? Favourites and latest odds revealed  Yahoo News UKEurovision 2025: Draws for the running order in the
  
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• Police report potential sighting of body in search for missing boy in Llandudno - ITVX

  13-05-2025 23:34 via news.google.com
  Police report potential sighting of body in search for missing boy in Llandudno  ITVXLlanduno: Search for missing boy continues after body sighting  BBCPolice spot 'body' in sea as search continues for 'vulnerable' teen who vanished while swimming  lbc.co.ukPolice search for teenager last seen on Llandudno beach in swim shorts  Sky NewsLIVE: Police update as potential body sighted in search for missing Athrun  North Wales Pioneer
  
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• Asylum hotel companies vow to hand back some profits

  13-05-2025 22:50 via bbc.com
  Three companies have made combined profits of £383m since 2019, according to the National Audit Office.
  
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• Nothing Phone (3): Carl Pei reveals price of Nothing's first flagship phone - Notebookcheck

  13-05-2025 22:15 via news.google.com
  Nothing Phone (3): Carl Pei reveals price of Nothing's first flagship phone  NotebookcheckThe Nothing Phone 3 will be the company’s first true iPhone and Galaxy S rival – with a price to match  TechRadarI replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with this midrange Android - and can't go back  ZDNetCarl Pei teases the 'all-in' Nothing Phone 3 with a flagship price  EngadgetNothing Phone (3) To Launch This Summer As A 'True Flagship' Phone: CEO Hints At Price&nbs
  
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• Gary Lineker deletes 'Zionism' post after criticism

  13-05-2025 21:56 via bbc.com
  The presenter shared a post from the group Palestine Lobby, which included a rat illustration.
  
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• M&S says customer data stolen in cyber attack

  13-05-2025 20:26 via bbc.com
  The retail giant is still not taking online orders following a cyber attack three weeks ago.
  
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• Chuck Schumer says he’ll obstruct Trump’s justice department picks over Qatar jet gift - The Guardian

  13-05-2025 20:16 via news.google.com
  Chuck Schumer says he’ll obstruct Trump’s justice department picks over Qatar jet gift  The GuardianIs President Trump allowed to accept $400m luxury plane?  BBCRaskin: Qatar jet gift to Trump ‘has caught the public eye’  The HillBoeing has a contract to replace Air Force One. What’s the delay?  The Washington PostAir Force One: Inside the 'flying Oval Office' that could soon be replaced by a gifted Qatari jet  Sky N
  
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• Star-studded Celebrity Traitors line-up confirmed

  13-05-2025 20:05 via bbc.com
  Will Sir Stephen Fry, Paloma Faith, Alan Carr and the other contestants be traitors or faithfuls?
  
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• Arrest over suspected arson on properties linked to Keir Starmer

  13-05-2025 19:33 via bbc.com
  Police arrest a 21-year-old man on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after fires at two properties in London and a car blaze.
  
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• Newly-elected Reform councillor was sacked as police officer

  13-05-2025 18:57 via bbc.com
  Andrew Hamilton-Gray won a seat in Loughborough for Reform, with almost 40% of the vote.
  
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• Little boy was suffering from a common childhood virus – then he 'didn't wake up' - Manchester Evening News

  13-05-2025 18:51 via news.google.com
  Little boy was suffering from a common childhood virus – then he 'didn't wake up'  Manchester Evening NewsChampions for Children Gala Dinner Raises 260k  Manchester Foundation Trust CharityBoy, four, suffering from common childhood virus went to hospital and 'didn't wake up'  Birmingham LivePreston boy, 4, 'didn't wake up' after catching common childhood virus  Lancs LiveBoy, 4, was suffering from a common childhood virus – then he 'didn't wake
  
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• Pig farm operations suspended over abuse claims

  13-05-2025 18:40 via bbc.com
  Cranswick says it has suspended "the team" at one of its Lincolnshire sites while it investigates.
  
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• MP charged over sex assaults at London's Groucho Club

  13-05-2025 18:21 via bbc.com
  Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Patrick Spencer will appear before magistrates in June.
  
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• Nissan to cut 11,000 more jobs and shut seven factories

  13-05-2025 17:58 via bbc.com
  The planned layoffs mean the Japanese carmaker has now cut about 15% of its workforce in the past year.
  
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• Who is Peter Sullivan and why was he jailed?

  13-05-2025 17:35 via bbc.com
  The investigation Diane Sindall's murder led to one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice.
  
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• University of Greater Manchester suspends vice chancellor after investigation

  13-05-2025 17:34 via bbc.com
  The University of Greater Manchester suspends George Holmes after 'serious allegations' are raised.
  
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• When will I be able to shop online at M&S again?

  13-05-2025 16:45 via bbc.com
  Online orders paused, some customer data stolen - here's what we know about the chaos at M&S.
  
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• Moment of heart’s formation captured in images for first time - The Guardian

  13-05-2025 16:31 via news.google.com
  Moment of heart’s formation captured in images for first time  The GuardianWatch: Moment heart begins to form captured for first time  The TelegraphScientists film the heart forming in 3D earlier than ever before  Medical Xpress
  
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• Warning after 'abnormal' number of cats disappear

  13-05-2025 16:14 via bbc.com
  About 10 cats have gone missing from an area of Newtown, Powys, in recent months, owners say.
  
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• The best hot brushes for a salon finish at home, tried and tested by our expert

  13-05-2025 16:00
  Hot brushes promise bouncy blow-dries and voluminous curls – without the salon price tag. We put 11 to the test to reveal the best, from budget buys to wet-to-dry wonders• The best hair straighteners for foolproof stylingThere’s nothing like a beautiful, bouncy blow-dry from your favourite hair salon to put a spring in your step. However, if you don’t want to spend your days – or your cash – at the salon, then a hot brush could be just the styling tool you need
  
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• After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over - theregister.com

  13-05-2025 13:32 via news.google.com
  After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over  theregister.comFailed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit  SpaceHalf-tonne piece of Soviet rocket may have crashed through atmosphere over south of England  Sky NewsSoviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit  The GuardianWhere failed Soviet spacecraft hit as it crashed back to Earth after 53 years in space  Manchester Ev
  
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• Tell us how you might be affected by Labour’s plans to reduce migration to the UK

  13-05-2025 12:30
  We’d like to hear from workers and business owners on the effect the government’s immigration white paper might have on themThe government published its immigration white paper on Monday which aims to reduce the number of people arriving in the UK “significantly” by introducing restriction across all forms of visas.Changes include skilled work visa applicants requiring degree-level qualifications rather than those that are roughly equivalent to A-levels. Social care visas
  
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• Sycamore Gap pair were quizzed in homophobia case

  13-05-2025 11:56 via bbc.com
  The victim of an assault just days before the tree felling says the men were in the police's sights.
  
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• Share your experience of coming off weight-loss jabs

  13-05-2025 11:40
  We would like to hear from people who stopped using weight-loss jabs and what effect it had on themWith weight-loss jabs popular among people trying to lose weight and advised treatment time using drugs such as Wegovy limited to two years, we are interested in finding out more about people’s experiences after coming off weight-loss jabs.What did you think of the results? Did the weight stay off, and did your relationship with food, or your body, change? Continue reading...
  
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• Walking 42 miles in one day: tackling North Yorkshire’s Lyke Wake route on its 70th anniversary

  13-05-2025 08:00
  The walk across the North York Moors – which has to be completed in 24 hours – is a mix of trudging and wild beauty. I experienced both as I joined one of the first people to do it in 1955 One August evening in 1955, members of York Mountaineering Club had convened in the city’s Olde Starre Inne. They were, perhaps, lamenting the shortage of mountains (or indeed hills) in York, when club chair David Laughton turned up waving a copy of that month’s Dalesman magazine.It con
  
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• Nine ways to cut the cost of hen or stag dos and still have a ball

  13-05-2025 08:00
  The average weekend jaunt costs £779 a person in the UK, rising to £1,208 if going abroad. But sendoffs don’t have to be that dearCosts can spiral quickly when you’re planning for a big group and there are lots of ideas flying around. Agree on a realistic budget from the start that works for everyone, and stay within it. Continue reading...
  
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• 'I was drugged and raped by my husband for years'

  13-05-2025 06:59 via bbc.com
  A husband said he wanted a chat, then confessed to his wife he had been spiking her drinks and raping her.
  
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• Trump news at a glance: Markets rally on China trade war pause, first Afrikaner ‘refugees’ arrive

  13-05-2025 04:51
  Wall Street jumps as president hails ‘total reset’ with Beijing, while administration stirs controversy with refugee status for white South Africans. Key US politics stories from Monday 12 May 2025 at a glance“They’ve agreed to open up China,” US president Donald Trump claimed at a press conference at the White House on Monday morning, having spent months escalating tensions with Beijing by ratcheting up tariffs on the country’s exports.Chinese duties on US go
  
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• UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation

  13-05-2025 04:29
  Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will work with Australia and the Netherlands to consider reparationsThe UN aviation council has ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine that killed all 298 passengers and crew, prompting calls for “reparations” for the families of victims.Flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile while flying over east
  
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• A year after deadly riots, New Caledonia’s president vows to address push for independence

  13-05-2025 03:54
  Exclusive: In the wake of unrest that rattled the French overseas territory, Alcide Ponga discusses how to rebuild and his plan for the futureOne year after the deadly riots that ravaged Nouméa and shattered New Caledonia’s economy and social fabric, newly elected president Alcide Ponga faces a series of challenges including deep division over the territory’s political future – and the prospect of independence from France.Ponga, who was elected in January is an indigenou
  
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• Sussan Ley elected first female Liberal party leader, narrowly defeating Angus Taylor in ballot

  13-05-2025 03:01
  Ley elected 29 votes to 25 over the former shadow treasurer, with Ted O’Brien elected deputy leaderAustralia news live: latest politics updatesSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSussan Ley has become Australia’s first female opposition leader, beating Angus Taylor in the race for the Liberal leadership.Senators and MPs met to elect a new leadership team at Parliament House on Tuesday morning, without Peter Dutton
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Next stop Istanbul after Trump scatters ceasefire choreography

  13-05-2025 02:52
  Zelenskyy schedules Turkey trip, challenging Putin to attend, with US president saying he might go too; UN body blames Russia for MH17. What we know on day 1,175Donald Trump suggested he might fly on from the Middle East to Turkey to join prospective Ukraine-Russia peace talks on Thursday. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said he will travel to Istanbul, challenging Vladimir Putin to meet him there. The Russian foreign ministry on Monday gave no indication of whether the preside
  
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• Samsung launches ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge, and an entirely new way to buy its Android phones in the UK - GB News

  13-05-2025 02:04 via news.google.com
  Samsung launches ultra-thin Galaxy S25 Edge, and an entirely new way to buy its Android phones in the UK  GB NewsSamsung Galaxy S25 Edge vs S25 Ultra: What's the difference?  The Shortcut | Matt SwiderSamsung Galaxy S25 Edge: Preorder and Get Double the Storage and a $50 Gift Card for Free  IGNI spent an hour with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge – here’s my verdict on the new super-thin model  stuff.tvSamsung Says Galaxy S25 Edge Not Copying Apple
  
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• Three climbers die after falling down ravine in Washington national park

  13-05-2025 01:40
  Party of four were rappelling down steep gully in North Cascades park when equipment failed, killing three at sceneThree climbers from suburban Seattle were killed in a fall on Sunday when their equipment failed while rappelling down a steep gully in North Cascades national park in Washington state, sheriff’s officials said.A party of four climbers was descending the gully in the area of North Early Winters Spire when the fall happened. Sheriff’s officials presume the cause was an an
  
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• Biden destroyed Harris bid by staying in race too long, top adviser says in book

  13-05-2025 01:25
  David Plouffe says Biden ‘totally fucked us’ and calls Harris’s 107-day sprint against Trump a ‘fucking nightmare’Joe Biden “totally fucked us” by leaving it too late to drop out of the 2024 US presidential election, a former top campaign aide to Kamala Harris has told the authors of a new book.David Plouffe, who was manager of Barack Obama’s winning 2008 campaign and a senior adviser in his White House, was drafted in to help Harris’s bid fo
  
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• Warm weather and Easter weekend boosted UK spending in April, says Barclays

  13-05-2025 01:01
  Consumers shrugged off anxiety over effect of US tariffs as card spending grew by 4.5% year on yearBritish households increased their spending in April as unusually warm weather and the long Easter weekend helped consumers shrug off anxiety around the global economy, new data has suggested.Consumer card spending grew by 4.5% in April compared with the same period last year, the biggest rise since June 2023, the high street bank Barclays found. Non-essential spending, such as on entertainment or
  
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• Sean Penn says he’d work with Woody Allen again ‘in a heartbeat’

  13-05-2025 01:01
  The actor, who was speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, also cast new light on his meeting with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and had harsh comments on both Donald Trump and Elon MuskSean Penn has reiterated his defence of Woody Allen, saying he would “work with him in a heartbeat”.Penn was speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, and told Theroux that while he felt he didn’t know Allen well enough to know for certain that “100% this didn’t happen”,
  
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• Reeves’s Mansion House accord on pension funds is long on virtue-signalling | Nils Pratley

  13-05-2025 01:01
  There are so many conditions attached to the ‘pledge’ to invest in the UK that its claims should be taken with a large helping of saltUK pension funds to unlock up to £50bn of investmentTerrific news, eh? UK pension funds have agreed to invest more of their assets in the UK, specifically in private markets, and specifically from their defined contribution (DC) schemes. Most of the big names are on the list of signatories to the expanded Mansion House accord: Aviva, Legal &
  
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• Pension funds ‘to unlock up to £50bn’ of investment, with half for UK firms

  13-05-2025 01:01
  Aviva, Legal & General, M&G and others agree to sign new ‘Mansion House accord’ with governmentNils Pratley: Mansion House accord is long on virtue-signallingThe bosses of 17 of the UK’s biggest pension funds have struck a deal with the government that it claims will release up to £50bn worth of investments, with at least half earmarked for British assets including clean energy projects and homegrown startups.Fund managers including Aviva, Legal & General, M&a
  
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• Counter-terrorism police investigate fires at properties and car linked to Keir Starmer

  13-05-2025 00:47
  Investigation of two further fires comes after blaze at home owned by prime minister early on MondayCounter-terrorism police are investigating three separate fires after a blaze broke out at a home owned by Keir Starmer in the early hours of Monday morning.London fire brigade attended the property in Kentish Town after the fire was reported shortly after 1.30am. The door was damaged but nobody was hurt. Continue reading...
  
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• First day of Sean Combs sex-trafficking trial ends as prosecutors say he ‘ran a criminal enterprise’

  13-05-2025 00:22
  Lawyers for hip-hop mogul claim alleged sex-trafficking incidents were consensual relationshipsThe high-profile racketeering and sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began on Monday, with prosecutors declaring that “there was another side” to the hip-hop mogul, saying that he “ran a criminal enterprise” and noting that three women would testify during the trial who can speak to Combs’s alleged coercion and/or sexual misconduct.Combs, 55, was arres
  
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• Taiwo Awoniyi undergoes urgent surgery on serious abdominal injury

  13-05-2025 00:14
  Forest forward collided with post in Leicester matchThe injury is understood not to be life-threateningTaiwo Awoniyi had urgent surgery on Monday night after the Nottingham Forest striker sustained a serious abdominal injury in the match against Leicester on Sunday.The Nigeria international collided with the post late on in Forest’s 2-2 Premier League draw with their East Midlands rivals at the City Ground. The surgery was required swiftly to treat the nature of the injury, which is unders
  
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• Tom Cruise says mastering movie magic is about more than acting

  13-05-2025 00:07
  Speaking in London as he received a BFI fellowship, the actor praised Brando and Nicholson for knowing how to use ‘every tool’ of cinemaFrom sleuthing around the world as Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible films to whizzing through the skies as “Maverick”, Tom Cruise has always known the difference a team makes.Now, the Hollywood superstar has told fledgling thespians to take heed of this approach on set and to understand the work of those behind the scenes who help mak
  
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• Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says

  13-05-2025 00:01
  Liraglutide is found to have beneficial impact on weight and families report reduced conflicts around foodGiving obese children weight loss jabs works and could help avoid arguments over mealtimes, according to research.Clinicians treating very obese children at a hospital in Sweden analysed whether liraglutide injections could be used as well as diet and lifestyle changes to increase weight loss. Continue reading...
  
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• Margaret Atwood says she cannot remember another time ‘when words themselves have felt under such threat’

  13-05-2025 00:00
  The Handmaid’s Tale author spoke out as she accepted the freedom to publish prize at the British Book awardsMargaret Atwood has said she cannot remember another point in her lifetime “when words themselves have felt under such threat”.“Words are our earliest human technology, like water they appear insubstantial, but like water they can generate tremendous power” the 85-year-old novelist said in her acceptance speech for the freedom to publish prize at the British B
  
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