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• OBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of Reeves’s budget

  01-12-2025 17:34 via theguardian.com
  Richard Hughes departs after investigation into how official forecaster accidentally published budget 40 minutes earlyRichard Hughes, the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, has quit after the findings of an urgent inquiry by the watchdog into how it inadvertently published Rachel Reeves’s budget 40 minutes early.Hughes wrote to the chancellor and to Meg Hillier, the chair of the Treasury select committee, last week to apologise after the OBR uploaded its documents setting out t
  
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• Zipcar, world’s biggest car-sharing company, to close UK operation

  01-12-2025 17:26 via theguardian.com
  Move by firm, owned by US group Avis Budget, will remove access to shared fleet across London at end of yearThe world’s biggest car-sharing company, Zipcar, has said it will close its UK operation, removing access to its shared fleet across London at the end of this year.The company, owned by the US car rental group Avis Budget, said it will suspend new bookings after 31 December, pending the outcome of a consultation on possible redundancies. The UK operating company had 71 staff last yea
  
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• Antonelli death threats prompt Red Bull apology over Norris overtake comments

  01-12-2025 17:26 via theguardian.com
  Norris passed Mercedes driver near finish of Qatar GPRed Bull had initially hinted at foul play in title fightMercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has received an apology from Red Bull after being subject to death threats amid a torrent of online abuse following suggestions from some members of the Red Bull team that the teenager moved over to allow Lando Norris through at the Qatar GP.In the final stages of the race Norris, who had been chasing Antonelli for fourth place, managed to get past the Ital
  
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• Zelenskyy sets out Ukraine’s red lines in press conference with Macron – Europe live

  01-12-2025 17:22 via theguardian.com
  Ukrainian president says focus remains on security guarantees, maintaining sovereignty and territory UK prime minister Keir Starmer is delivering a major economy speech this morning.You can follow all the key lines on our UK live blog with my colleague Andrew Sparrow, but there’s a particular line of argument that will no doubt reasonate in Europe, too.“Let me be crystal clear, there is no credible economic vision for Britain that does not position us as an open, trading economy.So w
  
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• Trump backs Hegseth as defense secretary denies ordering second strike on boat – US politics live

  01-12-2025 17:19 via theguardian.com
  President’s remarks come amid calls for an immediate investigation into reports Hegseth ordered a second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boatTrump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in VenezuelaThe president has picked up where he left off before Thanksgiving, when it comes to his anger at the six Democratic lawmakers who took part in a video urging service members to “refuse illegal orders”.A reminder, that Trump initially went on a Truth Social tirade, accu
  
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• ‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard

  01-12-2025 17:16 via theguardian.com
  The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked togetherTom was my hero from the night I first saw Travesties in 1979. I was 15. The older kids at school did a production of it and I was spellbound; it was glamorous, sensual and completely incomprehensible. I wanted to know everything about this cool, obscure playwright. I started in the sc
  
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• Sheffield Wednesday docked six more points for further payment failures

  01-12-2025 17:13 via theguardian.com
  Players, staff and HMRC not paid in March, May and JuneClub now bottom of Championship on -10 pointsThe Football League has confirmed Sheffield Wednesday have been handed a further six-point deduction, leaving the beleaguered club rooted to the bottom of the Championship on -10 points.Reports of the points deduction emerged on Monday morning, with the sanction in regards to the club’s failure to pay players in March, May and June this year, as well as in relation to other non-payments to s
  
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• Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100

  01-12-2025 16:57 via theguardian.com
  Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern MalaysiaHow cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guideSri Lanka and Indonesia have deployed military personnel as they race to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people across four countries in Asia.Millions of people have been affected by a combination of tropical cyclones and heavy
  
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• Luigi Mangione appears in court as lawyers ask judge to toss evidence

  01-12-2025 16:54 via theguardian.com
  Alleged gunman faces nine charges including second-degree murder in New York state caseLuigi Mangione is appeared in Manhattan state court on Monday for the first day of a potentially weeklong proceeding to weigh the legality of evidence gathered during his arrest after the killing of a prominent healthcare executive.Mangione was apprehended last December in the murder of senior United HealthCare figure Brian Thompson last December. In addition to state-level charges, he faces a Manhattan federa
  
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• Hole in Antarctic ozone layer shrinks to smallest since 2019, scientists say

  01-12-2025 16:53 via theguardian.com
  EU’s Copernicus monitoring service hails ‘reassuring sign’ of progress observed this year in hole’s size and durationThe hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year was the smallest and shortest-lived since 2019, according to European space scientists, who described the finding as a “reassuring sign” of the layer’s recovery.The yearly gap in what scientists have called “planetary sunscreen” reached a maximum area of 21m sq km (8.1m s
  
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• Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told

  01-12-2025 16:48 via theguardian.com
  Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activistsTwo senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs. Continue reading...
  
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• Philharmonia/Rouvali review – Fazil Say’s concerto sounds an urgent wakeup call

  01-12-2025 16:48 via theguardian.com
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  The UK premiere of the Turkish composer’s piano concerto Mother Earth was balanced with theatrical Sibelius and a sure-footed reading of Dvorak’s upbeat Eighth SymphonyThe Philharmonia closed their 80th-anniversary season in style with a pair of late-Romantic big hitters and the UK premiere of a seven-movement piano concerto by Turkish composer Fazil Say. With nature at its heart, the programme journeyed from the frozen wastes of Finland to the sun-kissed
  
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• Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are showing the resilience of champions

  01-12-2025 16:40 via theguardian.com
  In the past, moments like Chelsea’s shorthanded goal might have sent Arsenal reeling. No longerSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereThe gap at the top is five points. Arsenal have now played two of their three toughest away games of the season. They’ve come through a potentially extremely tricky week with reputation enhanced, despite being without one of their starting centre-backs for all three games and both for one of them. If there is any sense of disappointment, it is onl
  
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• Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

  01-12-2025 16:40 via theguardian.com
  MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trialWhat led to Bangladesh trial of Tulip Siddiq in her absence?A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her &l
  
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• Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision

  01-12-2025 16:38 via theguardian.com
  Avanti service was to have been axed from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of EustonThe express Manchester-London 7am Avanti service will take passengers after all, after the rail regulator conceded defeat in the face of public outcry over a ruling that would have left it running as an empty “ghost train” each day.The 7am train, the only service linking the cities in under two hours, was set to be axed from the passenger table from mid-December – but w
  
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• EsDeeKid: why do people think the Liverpudlian rapper might actually be Timothée Chalamet?

  01-12-2025 16:23 via theguardian.com
  The incognito hip-hop act known as EsDeeKid has been identified by online sleuths as Chalamet in disguise. The pair even have the same scarf – case closedName: EsDeeKid.Age: Unknown. Continue reading...
  
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• Josh Brolin on Donald Trump: ‘There’s no greater genius than him in marketing’

  01-12-2025 16:12 via theguardian.com
  The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of himActor Josh Brolin says President Trump was a “different guy” when he first met him in 2009, and that “there is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing”.Brolin was speaking to the Independent to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and said that while his clergyman character was not based on the president, there was a sim
  
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• UK and US agree zero-tariff pharmaceuticals deal

  01-12-2025 16:05 via theguardian.com
  Agreement also calls for NHS to increase net price it pays for new medicines by 25%Business live – latest updatesThe UK government has sealed a deal with Donald Trump guaranteeing that zero tariffs will remain on the imports of UK pharmaceuticals into the US and commits Britain to higher spending on NHS drugs.The agreement, announced on Monday, secures continued investment by UK pharma companies in the US and will create jobs in the US, the Trump administration said. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition

  01-12-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Short boat ride from Cop30 host, Afro-descendant residents of Menino Jesus say their voices are not being heardWalk through the conference centre where the recent UN climate talks were held and representations of Indigenous people and culture were everywhere, from the spear-carrying, fiery-headed Cop30 mascot Curupira to huge mural-sized photos of people navigating the Amazon in dugout canoes and the many protests demanding dialogue outside.Yet a short boat ride down the river from Belém,
  
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• Jess Cartner-Morley’s December style essentials: Icelandic puffers, cowgirl belts and the ultimate PJs

  01-12-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Our fashion editor picks out the items that’ll keep you in style no matter how cold and icy it gets• The best coats for winterFirst things first: this is absolutely not a last-minute-Christmas shopping guide. Yes, I am fully aware that it’s December already, but I intend to float serenely above the rising panic.It drives me absolutely nuts the way that Christmas shopping from mid-November onward is now labelled as “last minute”, as if gift-buying is a two-month full-
  
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• Football Daily | Tottenham Hotspur: to boo or not to boo, that is the question

  01-12-2025 15:52 via theguardian.com
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!If anything, Guglielmo Vicario almost certainly wasn’t booed enough. That was the view of one Tottenham Hotspur fan Football Daily heard venting on the wireless this morning, as he made the not unreasonable point that for an annual season ticket outlay of £1,400 a year, he expects to see his team’s goalkeeper demonstrate basic common sense by hoofing the ball into the sanctuary of a nearby stand while under pressure after a rus
  
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• ‘We were swimming in the mind pool of Tom Stoppard!’ – actors salute the great playwright

  01-12-2025 15:47 via theguardian.com
  Rufus Sewell, Christine Baranski, Susan Wokoma, Toby Jones and Harriet Walter share their unforgettable encounters with a theatrical giantI worked with Tom when I was quite young, on Arcadia in 1993, and again on Rock’n’Roll 13 years later. In the interim it slowly dawned on me that not all jobs were like that. He was one of the most intelligent people you could ever meet but the extraordinary thing was that you’d walk away from conversations with him feeling like you were not
  
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• ‘We didn’t think Back to the Future sounded plausible – or good’: Huey Lewis and the News on The Power of Love

  01-12-2025 15:45 via theguardian.com
  ‘I told the producers I didn’t know how to do a song for a film – and added that, frankly, I didn’t fancy writing one called Back to the Future. They said, “No problem, just give us one of your songs”’Steven Spielberg and Bob Zemeckis asked to meet us, along with Bob Gale and Neil Canton. They said they’d just written this film whose lead character was a guy called Marty McFly, and whose favourite band would be Huey Lewis and the News. They asked:
  
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• Extensive flooding possible in Wales as Met Office issues amber weather warning

  01-12-2025 15:36 via theguardian.com
  Rain and wind could damage buildings and lead to loss of power in certain areasResidents and business owners in Wales have been told to prepare for flooding as heavy rain and high windshit parts of the UK.The Met Office issued an amber weather warning for south Wales and parts of mid-Wales on Monday, saying extensive flooding was possible. It said the rain and wind could damage buildings, lead to loss of power and result in some communities being cut off, perhaps for several days. Continue readi
  
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• Premier League clubs fear Home Office move will add millions to policing costs

  01-12-2025 15:34 via theguardian.com
  Government concerned about burden on public purseTaxpayers funded £56.82m of £71.69m costs in 2023-24Premier League clubs and leading sports bodies increasingly fear they will be forced to pay millions more to cover policing costs after being called in for a series of consultations with the Home Office starting this week.As things stand, football clubs only have to pay for policing of their own land. However senior officers believe clubs and not the taxpayer should pay the £71m
  
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• The Marvellous Miniature Workshop review – like all your Christmasses come at once

  01-12-2025 15:30 via theguardian.com
  In the BBC’s latest reality show, model-makers recreate people’s most poignant places … only teeny weeny. Despite sounding like a total reach, it is endlessly charming and incredibly emotional. Let the weeping commenceThere are two ways of looking at The Marvellous Miniature Workshop, in which artists who specialise in making (marvellous) miniatures of things recreate buildings and places that hold great meaning for ordinary people, who have stories to tell presenter Sara Cox
  
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• Autumn maples and Frankfurt in the fog: photos of the day – Monday

  01-12-2025 15:28 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal

  01-12-2025 15:23 via theguardian.com
  Banks accused of ‘organisational deficiencies’ relating to scam that crashed Mozambique economy nearly a decade agoBusiness live –latest updatesSwitzerland’s federal prosecutor has filed charges against the failed bank Credit Suisse and its new owner, UBS, over the long-running “tuna bonds” loan scandal that crashed Mozambique’s economy nearly a decade ago.The Swiss attorney general said on Monday that it had brought money-laundering charges against an u
  
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• James Cameron says AI actors are ‘horrifying to me’

  01-12-2025 15:21 via theguardian.com
  Avatar director, known for his advocacy of new technology, told interviewer generative AI performance puts ‘all human experience into a blender’Avatar director James Cameron has called AI actors “horrifying” and said what generative AI technology creates is “an average”.Cameron was speaking to CBS on Sunday Morning in the run-up to the release of the third Avatar film, subtitled Fire and Ash, and was asked about the pioneering technology he used in his film-ma
  
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• Airbus finds problem with fuselage panels after fixing software glitch

  01-12-2025 15:15 via theguardian.com
  Shares in French manufacturer tumble as second problem comes to light after weekend of flight disruptionAirbus has fixed most of its jets affected by a software glitch after a technical problem grounded thousands of its planes, but its shares tumbled on Monday after it discovered a separate issue with its fuselage panels.Airlines around the world cancelled and delayed flights over the weekend after the French plane manufacturer ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets, more
  
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• Beware flammable skincare, too many sprouts and overindulging in cheese this Christmas, say health experts

  01-12-2025 15:02 via theguardian.com
  Some foods can interact negatively with certain medication while medical moisturisers can make clothes more flammableChristmas might be a season of comfort and joy but health experts have warned of lurking dangers, ranging from the fire risk posed by skin creams to the possibility of festive foods interacting with certain medications.People using medical moisturisers known as emollient creams, often used for eczema and other dry skin conditions, should stay away from heat sources including candl
  
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• ‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building

  01-12-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  They wrestled steel beams, hung off giant hooks and tossed red hot rivets – all while ‘strolling on the thin edge of nothingness’. Now the 3,000 unsung heroes who raised the famous skyscraper are finally being celebratedPoised on a steel cable a quarter of a mile above Manhattan, a weather-beaten man in work dungarees reaches up to tighten a bolt. Below, though you hardly dare to look down, lies the Hudson River, the sprawling cityscape of New York and the US itself, rolling ou
  
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• Five of the best food books of 2025

  01-12-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Sami Tamimi celebrates Palestine’s culinary heritage, Helen Goh uncovers the psychological benefits of baking and Roopa Gulati reveals tricks used in the best Indian kitchensLugma: Abundant Dishes & Stories from My Middle EastNoor Murad (Quadrille)One of the greatest tests of a cookbook is not just whether the recipes appeal on first glance, but whether they have the power to weave themselves into your regular cooking life. By this measure, Lugma is my top food book
  
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• Will Jacks in contention for day-night Ashes Test as England ponder options

  01-12-2025 14:56 via theguardian.com
  Spinning all-rounder bowls long spell in Gabba netsOpting for Tongue would maintain all-pace approachWill Jacks has entered England’s thoughts for the day-night second Test against Australia as they look to level an Ashes series that, after arriving with confidence, is already in danger of slipping away.Jacks was viewed as something of a left-field pick when England named their 16-man squad in ­September, with the Surrey all-rounder having won the last of his two Test caps ­during
  
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• WHO says weight loss drugs are ‘new chapter’ in fight against obesity

  01-12-2025 14:45 via theguardian.com
  WHO urges countries to make drugs such as Mounjaro more accessible to people and asks drugs companies to lower pricesWeight loss drugs such as Mounjaro offer huge potential to tackle soaring obesity globally that will affect 2 billion people worldwide by 2030, the World Health Organization has said.Their proven effectiveness in helping people lose weight means the medications represent “a new chapter” in how health services can treat obesity and the killer diseases it causes, the WHO
  
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• ‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side

  01-12-2025 14:38 via theguardian.com
  Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequalityThe homes of people in Nunsthorpe, a postwar former council housing estate known locally as “The Nunny”, sit only a few metres away from their more affluent neighbours in Scartho with their conservatories and driveways.Walking between the two is almost impossible because of a 1.8-metre-high (6ft) barricade between them, which blocks off roads and walkways that link the two
  
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• ‘No party on the planet was safe from Hoggy rocking up!’ Irvine Welsh on his friend Pam Hogg

  01-12-2025 14:32 via theguardian.com
  ‘I spent the 90s with Pam – clubbing and partying in the way those times demanded. What I saw was a truly groundbreaking artist, and a life marked by independence, courage and kindness’• Pam Hogg, fashion designer with a rock’n’roll spirit, dies at 66 – news
  • Pam Hogg – obituaryThere are people who live life to the full, then there’s Pamela Hogg. Pam’s tenure on this earth is a trawl through just about every significant cultural an
  
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• UK pulls $1.15bn loan to Mozambique gas project after climate and terror concerns

  01-12-2025 14:24 via theguardian.com
  TotalEnergies scheme became lightning rod for terror in region and was accused of violating human rightsBusiness live –latest updatesThe UK government has pulled a controversial $1.15bn (£870m) loan to a giant gas project in Mozambique that has been accused of fuelling the climate crisis and deadly terror attacks in the region.The business secretary, Peter Kyle, said the UK would withdraw its export finance to the Mozambique liquified natural gas project, five years after it ignited
  
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• How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? review – have yourself a merry little rumpus

  01-12-2025 14:21 via theguardian.com
  Unicorn theatre, London
  This exuberant adaptation of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s picture book moves with the rhythm of a child’s racing imaginationNever mind what’s hidden inside the wrapping paper, here’s a bigger mystery: how does Santa go down the chimney? Mac Barnett’s 2023 picture book of the same name appeals to inquisitive young readers by offering a festive selection of breaking-and-entering techniques. Does he find the key under the flower pot, post himse
  
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• Suspected members of neo-Nazi terror group arrested in Spain

  01-12-2025 14:15 via theguardian.com
  Three people are accused of belonging to the Base, an ‘accelerationist’ white power organisation founded in the USPolice in Spain have arrested three people on suspicion of belonging to the Base, a global neo-Nazi terrorist group that incites and trains members in techniques to overthrow governments and bring about a race war.The group, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the EU, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is part of a worldwide “accelerationis
  
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• Flight of woman in Slender Man case casts spotlight on system that failed her

  01-12-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Morgan Geyser, who stabbed a classmate as a 12-year-old, fled after a decade being raised by state institutionsThe haunting apparition of “Slender Man” reappeared last week when Morgan Geyser, a central character in an 11-year-old attempted murder case, briefly absconded from a Wisconsin care home to which she had been transferred after being released from a psychiatric institution over the summer.Geyser was 12 in 2014 when she pleaded guilty to stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to ap
  
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• Crossword editor’s desk: a genius uncloaked

  01-12-2025 13:39 via theguardian.com
  The many ambiguities in a recent puzzle are teased out …When November’s Genius puzzle germinated in July, no one knew how popular its hidden theme would be by the time of publication. “A celebrity version of The Traitors?” sniffed the sceptics. “We – and they – will already know the personalities. Typical terrible TV idea. Won’t work.”Eleven million live viewers later, we can now have a look at the filled version of Glyph’s remarkable
  
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• Pillion rides off with top prize at British independent film awards

  01-12-2025 13:28 via theguardian.com
  The gay BDSM biker romance won best film at the Bifas, tying with Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four eachGay BDSM biker romance Pillion took the top prize at the British independent film awards (Bifas), which were announced on Sunday at a ceremony in London. Pillion also tied with real-time Iraq war drama Warfare for most awards on four, with all the latter’s wins having been previously announced.Pillion, adapted from Adam Mars-Jones’s novel Box Hill, also picked up best
  
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• Heidenheim hex scuppers Union in last-gasp drama to leave Mainz looking down | Andy Brassell

  01-12-2025 13:20 via theguardian.com
  Bo Henriksen and Mainz are now floundering at the foot of the Bundesliga after a humiliation in the Black ForestIt was, as the clock chimed metaphorical midnight in Berlin, just another Bundesliga day for Heidenheim, without help, hope or points as they trailed Union going into the 90th minute, heading towards another weekend at the foot of the table and, no doubt, for the umpteenth time so far this season, veteran coach Frank Schmidt warning that at current pace, relegation was less a fear and
  
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• Toasty hands, a five-star mattress and Guinness on tap: 11 Filter-rated bargains you loved this Black Friday

  01-12-2025 13:01 via theguardian.com
  We recommended them – then you flocked to buy them once the discounts landed. Plus: what teens really want for Christmas, and the best cold-water swimming gear• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereOn the one hand, Black Friday is a tawdry US import designed to snatch what little cash you have left after buying Christmas presents and putting the heating on. On the other hand, it’s saved some of us a fortune. I’ve finally got the gym membership an
  
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• Ravneet Gill and Mattie Taiano’s recipes for a Friendmas sharing menu

  01-12-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The husband and wife team cook up a winter storm with lamb shoulder, dauphinoise and brown sugar meringues – just don’t ask them who’s doing the cleaning upWhen I first started seeing Mattie, there was a constant dinner party at his mum’s house,” recalls pastry chef Ravneet Gill. “There were loads of people there all the time, being fed with massive bowls of home-cooked food and a big block of parmesan.” There was an open-door policy, with pastas and roa
  
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• Daniel Farke’s future as Leeds manager on the line before visits from Chelsea and Liverpool

  01-12-2025 12:44 via theguardian.com
  Senior club figures think defeats would lead to sackingLeeds have lost six of their past seven matchesDaniel Farke is facing a defining week as Leeds manager, with senior figures at the club expecting him to be sacked if his side lose home games against Chelsea and Liverpool.Leeds were unfortunate to be beaten by an injury-time Phil Foden goal at Manchester City last Saturday, but because it was their fourth successive defeat, and sixth in seven matches, patience at Elland Road is wearing thin.
  
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• St Lucia votes in election dominated by economy, crime and passport sales

  01-12-2025 12:37 via theguardian.com
  Philip Pierre hopes to fend off challenge from former PM Allen Chastanet amid tense relations with USVoters in St Lucia have gone to the polls to elect a new legislature and choose their prime minister, in a race dominated by debates over economic management, violent crime and passport sales.The Labour party, led by the prime minister, Philip Pierre, is seeking to fend off a challenge from the conservative opposition leader, Allen Chastanet, who preceded Pierre as prime minister of the island of
  
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• No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets

  01-12-2025 12:15 via theguardian.com
  In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee campdepend on aid – and cuts mean new arrivals are not even given shelterThe light of a single lightbulb powered by a backup generator lasts just long enough for Noor and Sowkat to see the faces of their newborn babies for the first time. The two children were born on the same night on a crumbling foam mattress, its corners ripped to shreds by the thousands of women who have gone into labour here in Camp 22’s m
  
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• Hong Kong arrests 13 on suspicion of manslaughter over apartment fires

  01-12-2025 12:12 via theguardian.com
  Authorities face growing criticism for detaining at least two civilians who have called for accountabilityAuthorities in Hong Kong have arrested 13 people on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to last week’s devastating fire, as they face growing criticism from residents over the arrests under national security laws of at least two civilians calling for accountability.Emergency services continued to search through the seven towers of the Wang Fuk Court estate in Tai Po on Monday, days a
  
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