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• Waiting for the Out review – totally magnificent TV about philosophy in prison

  03-01-2026 23:15 via theguardian.com
  Dennis Kelly’s brilliant drama about a teacher in prison is moving, gripping and almost painfully vulnerable – plus the main character decimates everyone at a middle-class dinner party. What more could you want?It’s hard to imagine a better route into true philosophical inquiry than time in prison. Regret, causality, the nature of freedom: these are urgent issues to the incarcerated. Time is both impossibly empty and passing at terrifying speed. You face endless days and nights
  
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• Littler masterclass seals back-to-back world titles

  03-01-2026 22:46 via bbc.com
  Luke Littler produces a stunning display to thrash Gian van Veen 7-1 and win the PDC World Championship for the second year running.
  
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• Wolf supermoon across the world – in pictures

  03-01-2026 22:19 via theguardian.com
  According to Nasa, a supermoon occurs when the moon, due to its proximity to Earth, appears up to 15% larger and 30% brighter than a regular full moon Continue reading...
  
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• More snow and ice weather warnings issued for Norfolk and Suffolk - BBC

  03-01-2026 21:00 via news.google.com
  More snow and ice weather warnings issued for Norfolk and Suffolk  BBCIn pictures: Snow in the East amid weather warning  BBCWarnings over dangerous black ice as settled snow starts to melt | ITV News  ITVX'Extremely challenging' conditions as Norfolk road temperatures fall to -6.5 degrees  Eastern Daily PressIpswich school closed as more snowfall hits Suffolk  Ipswich Star
  
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• The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela

  03-01-2026 20:22 via theguardian.com
  Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond CaracasHardly anyone expected 2026 to be a year of peace, and it was barely two days old when the worst fears were confirmed.The overnight strikes on Venezuela, the abduction of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, and Donald Trump’s declaration that the US would “run” the country and sell its oil, have driven another truck through international law and global norms. Bu
  
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• The moment I knew: I was ready to paddle back to shore when she leaned in to kiss me

  03-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  As Andrew Ngeh and Kathleen Oliver paddleboarded together in a secluded bay in Vanuatu, the chemistry between them was undeniableGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn 2015, I’d been living in Vanuatu for a year, coaching the Vanuatu women’s beach volleyball team as they aimed to qualify for the Rio Olympics. I was a volunteer through an Australian government program, and a new intake of Australians was arriving in Port Vila one afternoon in February, so I went to the Australi
  
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• Miranda Otto: ‘It can be a gift when things go absolutely the wrong way’

  03-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  The stage and screen actor on turning gaffes into gifts, the impact of Eowyn, and the Lord of the Rings stew scene fans won’t stop asking aboutGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYour latest role is Queen of the Cuttlefish, in The Pout-Pout Fish; if you could be a fish for a day, which one would it be and why?The blue groper at Clovelly beach – because it’s like an institution, and people go there to see it. I just think it’s cool that there’s a local fish th
  
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• Reform UK says it would impose whole-life jail terms on child rapists

  03-01-2026 18:29 via theguardian.com
  Zia Yusuf announces plans for mandatory sentences with no parole, as party targets grooming gangsChild rapists would be jailed for life if Reform UK wins the next election, its head of policy has said.Under plans announced by Zia Yusuf on Saturday, the party would introduce mandatory whole-life orders for offenders convicted of the crime, making them ineligible for parole, as part of a crackdown on grooming gangs. Continue reading...
  
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• Boy who claims he’s from MARS finally found as he reveals his 'mission' on Earth - The Sun

  03-01-2026 18:06 via news.google.com
  Boy who claims he’s from MARS finally found as he reveals his 'mission' on Earth  The Sun
  
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• More than half of UK therapists report seeing rise in out-of-control porn use

  03-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Survey finds growing number ‘neglecting responsibilities’ or ‘damaging relationships’ as a result‘I’d try to hide it as best I could’: a UK man on his struggle with porn addictionMore than half of therapists who work with men with addiction have noticed a rise in out-of-control porn use over the past year, according to new data.Experts are urgently calling for a national strategy on pornography as a total of 53% of therapists surveyed by the B
  
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• Two die and sea search for third person called off

  03-01-2026 17:14 via bbc.com
  One witness saw three people in rough seas in Withernsea, with a woman being swept away on Friday.
  
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• He Disappeared Into a Cave for 63 Days Then Returned With the Birth of a New Biology Still Evolving 60 Years Later - The Daily Galaxy

  03-01-2026 16:17 via news.google.com
  He Disappeared Into a Cave for 63 Days Then Returned With the Birth of a New Biology Still Evolving 60 Years Later  The Daily GalaxyIn 1962, A Geologist Went Into A Cave. 2 Months Later, He’d Accidentally Invented A New Field Of Biology.  IFLScienceThis 23-Year-Old Wanted to Study Rocks: Instead He Unlocked the Secrets of Human Time  Indian Defence ReviewExperiment in an Ice Cave for 63 Days: How a Scientist Discovered Chronobiology  112.ua
  
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• Girl, 13, who died in house fire named by police

  03-01-2026 15:54 via bbc.com
  The circumstances behind the fire are not being treated as suspicious, Kent Police say.
  
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• Weather warnings in place as snow and ice blanket parts of UK

  03-01-2026 15:47 via bbc.com
  Weather warnings are in place for various parts of the UK until Monday, with the heaviest snowfall expected to hit Scotland.
  
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• Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall

  03-01-2026 15:40 via theguardian.com
  The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflictThe overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s hardline socialist president, will send a shiver of fear and consternation around the world. The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Ven
  
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• ‘Extraordinary – a great alcohol alternative’: the best supermarket kombuchas, tasted and rated

  03-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  These once obscure fizzy ferments are now widely available in our supermarkets – but which are a sparkling success and which leave you feeling a bit flat?• It’s easy to ferment at home. Here’s all the kit you needSimilar to vinegar, kombucha is made with a scoby (a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast), or mother, which looks like a blobby creature from the deep. Homemade kombucha is an enjoyable project and really cheap to make (it’s essentially just the cost of s
  
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• From squirrel picnics to penpals, karaoke to crochet: 43 easy ways to lift your spirits

  03-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Guardian writers and readers share the simple tricks they use to bring a bit of joy into their livesDuring the pandemic, my husband found some wood on our street and used it to build a tiny, squirrel-sized picnic table. We attached it to the side of our fence with a handful of peanuts on top. Few sights are guaranteed to lift my day more than watching a “dining in” Nutkin parking its rump on the tiny wooden seat, occasionally glancing towards the house as if he’s waiting for yo
  
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• Feeling the bite: is Greggs on a roll or is its expansion overbaked?

  03-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  UK pastry chain has plans for two new factories and 800 more branches, despite sales falling in 2025 and analysts questioning brand’s direction An enormous carpet of pastry snakes its way around the factory. Four huge metal urns of meat filling are waiting to be added. Workers in hairnets and overalls buzz about, checking a production line that holds 4.5 tonnes of pastry at any one time.This is food production on an industrial scale, designed to satisfy the UK’s seemingly insatiable
  
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• Tennessee actually just did something amazing for women | Arwa Mahdawi

  03-01-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  The state has created the first registry in the US to track repeat domestic violence offendersLet’s say you’re going on a first date and you want to make sure the person you’re meeting up with isn’t a registered sex offender. If you live in the US, you can find this out very quickly: there’s a centralized website provided by the US Department of Justice that lets you search a name or location in seconds.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
  
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• Teenager who studied in UK missing after Swiss bar fire

  03-01-2026 11:26 via bbc.com
  Charlotte Niddam previously attended schools in Hertfordshire and London.
  
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• UK university degree no longer ‘passport to social mobility’, says King’s vice-chancellor

  03-01-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Prof Shitij Kapur says there are too many graduates and degree is now just a ‘visa’ to enter professional worldThe UK now has a “surfeit” of graduates and students must accept that a university degree is no longer a “passport to social mobility”, a leading vice-chancellor has argued.Prof Shitij Kapur, the head of King’s College London, said the days when universities could promise that their graduates were certain to get good jobs are over, in an era whe
  
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• Helen Skelton: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Kate Hudson’

  03-01-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  The presenter on a Strictly apology, her high-wire triumph, and flashing her knickers at David CameronBorn in Cumbria, Helen Skelton, 42, began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Cumbria and Newsround. From 2008 to 2013, she was a Blue Peter presenter. Her other credits include reporting on the London 2012 Olympics and presenting Countryfile and BBC Morning Live; she also voices Annie in Fireman Sam. In 2023, she published her autobiography, In My Stride. A new series of her show Lost and Foun
  
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• Dreaming of writing your novel this year? Rip up all the rules!

  03-01-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know… I don’t think it’s a bad thing to want to write a first sentence so idiosyncratic, so indelible, so entirely your own that it makes people sit up or reach for a pen or say to a beloved: “Listen to this.” A first line needn’t be ornate or long. It needn’t grab you by the lapels and give you what for. A first line is only a d
  
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• ‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?

  03-01-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worriedDuring a golden sunset in Memphis in May, Sharon Wilson pointed a thermal imaging camera at Elon Musk’s flagship datacentre to reveal a planetary threat her eyes could not. Free from pollution controls, the gas-fired turbines that power the world’s biggest AI supercomputer were pumping invisible fumes into the Tennessee sky.“It was jaw-dropping,” said Wilso
  
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• Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z

  03-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Platform is now Britain’s fourth most visited social media site as users seek out human-generated contentReddit, the online discussion platform, has overtaken TikTok as Britain’s fourth most visited social media service, as search algorithms and gen Z have dramatically transformed its prominence.The platform has undergone huge growth over the last two years, with an 88% increase in the proportion of UK internet users it reaches. Three in five Brits online now encounter the site, up f
  
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• New year money: 26 tools and apps to help you sort your finances in 2026

  03-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From cheaper shopping to tax and travel cash, there is a host of resources to help you out. We pick some of the bestMoney is central to many people’s new year resolutions – whether it’s trying to save more, organising what you have already, or improving your spending or saving habits.If you have promised to tackle your finances this year, there are lots of tools and apps that can help you achieve your goal. Here are 26 to help you in 2026. Continue reading...
  
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• I May Destroy You helped me confront being spiked

  03-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I had previously found Michaela Coel’s 2020 drama relatable and familiar, but decided to rewatch it after going through a similar experience – and it spurred me into action
  Content warning: this article contains references to sexual abuse which some readers might find distressingWhen I May Destroy You aired in the summer of 2020, I hadn’t yet been spiked. Michaela Coel’s comedy-drama, based on her own experience of sexual assault, follows Arabella (Coel) as she realises s
  
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• Hebridean high: joy, tears and camaraderie on a 100km trek for charity across the Isle of Skye

  03-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A 100km hike to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer proves uplifting and challenging in equal measure, with friends made for lifeThe day starts with a gentle trek. We clamber up from Flodigarry to circle under the black cliffs of the Quiraing where clouds flood around the bizarre rock formations. At the pass, we meet a howling wind and force our way down with shrieks of laughter.I’m walking on the Isle of Skye, specifically a section of the Trotternish Ridge for Copp
  
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• ‘We will grind you down’: how rogue peers became Labour’s toughest opponents

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  As Labour seeks abolition of hereditary peers, Tory-dominated House of Lords has inflicted near-record number of defeats on No 10Dining in the House of Lords canteen just after Labour came to power, one Labour adviser found themselves sitting opposite two Tory peers.In particular, the pair were fuming about the forthcoming abolition of hereditary peers. Both agreed, the adviser said, that there should be a deliberate strategy to undermine the government on all its legislation, to slow down debat
  
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• Vaping safer than smoking – so why are people struggling to quit e-cigarettes?

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  With vaping now more common than smoking, experts explain addiction and what actually helps people quitMore socially acceptable than smoking – yet just as addictive – vaping has become the UK’s default way of consuming nicotine.Figures published by the Office for National Statistics last month showed that the number of over-16s in Great Britain who use vapes or e-cigarettes has overtaken the number who smoke cigarettes for the first time, with 5.4 million adults now vaping dail
  
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• Tim Dowling: Is this a scam? I’ll have to ask my assistant

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  I don’t usually answer my phone if I don’t recognise the number, but this time I feel I ought to. A mistake, of course …I am staring at my computer, mouth ajar, when my phone rings. The call is from an unknown mobile number, which I would not normally answer, but I’ve just emailed someone requesting an interview, with my own phone number appended to the bottom, and I’m hoping this might be them. I’m also hoping it might not be them.“Hello?” I say.
  
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• The Traitors to Dry Cleaning: the week in rave reviews

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Claudia Winkleman returns with the regular version of the hit gameshow, while the left-field indie quartet spread their wings. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...
  
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• The secret to being happy in 2026? It’s far, far simpler than you think …

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Stop stressing about self‑improvement or waiting until you’re on top of everything. This year give yourself permission to prioritise pleasureI have a proposal to make: 2026 should be the year that you spend more time doing what you want. The new year should be the moment we commit to dedicating more of our finite hours on the planet to things we genuinely, deeply enjoy doing – to the activities that seize our interest, and that make us feel vibrantly alive. This should be
  
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• Six great reads – best of 2025: Netflix’s algorithm; bonding over the Beatles and the ascent of MrBeast

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here is part two of our favourites from 2025 Continue reading...
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for radicchio and chianti risotto

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Bittersweet maroon leaves pair perfectly with juicy red wine in this elegant winter risotto served with a walnut pestoBitter ingredients are not to everyone’s taste, but, amid these darkest months, they make me feel alive. I love Seville oranges, grapefruit, brassicas, bitter greens, chicory and, most of all, radicchio. I like the burgundy-spotted castelfranco (great for salad with citrus and cheese) and the long-locked tardivo (best cooked with balsamic vinegar), but radicchio di chioggia
  
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• From Song Sung Blue to Theatre Picasso: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Let a musical based on a documentary about a Neil Diamond tribute band warm your cockles – or take a new look at the work of the Spanish masterSong Sung Blue
  Out nowIn 2008, an inspirational documentary about Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder warmed hearts with its unconventional love story about Mike and Claire Sardina. Now it’s been adapted into this drama, with all Neil Diamond songs present and correct, and Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman in the lead roles. Continue
  
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• Blind Date: ‘My contact lens fell out towards the end, so we had to cut it short’

  03-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Karyshma, 27, a financial data analyst, meets Arun, 36, a radiographerWhat were you hoping for?A memorable evening, good company and to meet someone I wouldn’t have crossed paths with. I’m a romantic, so I like the idea of letting the universe (or the Guardian) do some matchmaking instead of the Hinge monotony. Continue reading...
  
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