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• Owain's Law: Wife takes campaign for brain tumour tissue changes to parliament - BBC

  06-01-2026 23:50
  Owain's Law: Wife takes campaign for brain tumour tissue changes to parliament  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk’s xAI announces it has raised $20bn amid backlash over Grok deepfakes

  06-01-2026 23:31 via theguardian.com
  AI company’s chatbot faces criticism over its generation of sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and girlsElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has raised $20bn in its latest funding round, the startup announced Tuesday, even as its marquee chatbot Grok faces backlash over generating sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and underage girls.xAI’s Series E funding round featured big-name investors, including Nvidia, Fidelity Management and Resource Company, Qatar&r
  
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• Government signals tougher motoring rules to reduce casualties on Britain’s roads

  06-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Eye-tests for older drivers, compulsory braking technology in new cars and a crackdown on drink-driving among new proposals‘Bigger than me’: road safety campaigner whose son died in collision welcomes new UK rulesTougher rules on drink-driving, eye tests for older motorists and automatic emergency braking in new cars will be mandated by the government in an attempt to significantly reduce casualties on Britain’s roads.The first road safety strategy in more than a decade aims to
  
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• Nottingham Forest add to West Ham’s woes as Gibbs-White seals late fightback win

  06-01-2026 23:17 via theguardian.com
  West Ham are drifting towards the most gutless of relegations. The London Stadium was half empty on another dismal night, encapsulating the apathy gripping this miserable club, and it is hard to see a way out for Nuno Espírito Santo’s accident prone side after a combination of ­misfortune and dismal defending left them seven points below Nottingham Forest in 17th place.There was a disallowed goal for Crysencio Summerville when West Ham were leading 1-0 at the start of the second
  
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• Who is Cilia Flores? Maduro’s wife and Venezuela’s Lady Macbeth - The Times

  06-01-2026 23:05
  Who is Cilia Flores? Maduro’s wife and Venezuela’s Lady Macbeth  The Times‘She was the brains, Maduro was the brawn’: Cilia Flores’s role in Venezuela  The GuardianWho is Cilia Flores, Venezuela's first lady seized by the US?  BBCTrump officials told lawmakers that Maduro and his wife hit their heads as they attempted to flee US forces  CNNThe Latina Lady Macbeth: Why Maduro’s wife was the power behind the throne &n
  
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• Reform UK councils unveil plans for tax rises and service cuts - Financial Times

  06-01-2026 21:35
  Reform UK councils unveil plans for tax rises and service cuts  Financial TimesStaffordshire council tax set to rise despite Reform cuts pledge  BBCAuthority plans for maximum council tax rise  BBCReform UK accused of ‘empty rhetoric’ over plan to hike council tax 5% in Derbyshire  The GuardianInvestment and efficiencies help deliver balanced budget  Staffordshire County Council
  
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• UK and France ‘ready to deploy troops’ to Ukraine after ceasefire - The Guardian

  06-01-2026 21:26
  UK and France ‘ready to deploy troops’ to Ukraine after ceasefire  The GuardianUK and France to send troops to Ukraine if peace deal agreed with Russia  BBCUkraine war briefing: US backs European ceasefire security guarantees for first time  The GuardianBritain signs deal to deploy troops to Ukraine  The TelegraphEurope gets warm words from US on Ukraine — but reliability fears loom  politico.eu
  
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• These Creatures Survived the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs, But Something Else Took Them - Indian Defence Review

  06-01-2026 21:15
  These Creatures Survived the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs, But Something Else Took Them  Indian Defence ReviewAmmonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark  NatureNew Study Says Ammonites Survived the Dinosaur Apocalypse — but Only for a Little While  Green MattersAmmonites Survived The Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs, So What Killed Them Not Long After?  IFLScience
  
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• Lego introduces ‘smart bricks’ with sound and light effects to new Star Wars sets

  06-01-2026 20:59 via theguardian.com
  But some argue new ‘Smart Play’ technology undermines the Danish construction toy’s gift for harnessing a child’s own imaginationIt may be time to retire that hyperspace zoom noise you perfected while playing with Lego spacecraft. No longer must you “pshww-pshww” to convince your playmate their enemy space station has been doomed by your lasers. “Smart” bricks, with play-sensitive miniature speakers, are being added to the arsenal of the Lego enthu
  
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• Russia sends navy ships to guard oil tanker being pursued by US forces - BBC

  06-01-2026 20:47
  Russia sends navy ships to guard oil tanker being pursued by US forces  BBCTracking US-sanctioned oil tanker across North Atlantic  BBCRussia reportedly sends submarine to escort ‘shadow fleet’ tanker being pursued by US  The GuardianU.S. plans to intercept tanker involved in Venezuelan oil trade, days after Maduro's capture  CBS NewsRussia sends navy ships to escort tanker fleeing US oil blockade  The Times
  
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• Majestic Smith passes Hobbs to leave only Bradman clear on top of Ashes mountain | Geoff Lemon - The Guardian

  06-01-2026 20:29
  Majestic Smith passes Hobbs to leave only Bradman clear on top of Ashes mountain | Geoff Lemon  The GuardianThe Ashes 2025-26: Steve Smith and Travis Head push England towards Sydney defeat  BBCThe Ashes: Smith & Head put Aussies in total control - as it happened  BBCScore summary - Australia vs England, fifth Ashes Test  Sky SportsBethell admits ‘tired’ England need to ‘graft’ after hitting Ashes wall in Sydney  The G
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump’s raid in Caracas: oil matters, but it’s not the whole story | Editorial

  06-01-2026 20:25 via theguardian.com
  The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politicsIt’s all about oil. That was the reason Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader illegally abducted by US forces at the weekend, had given for Donald Trump’s fixation with his country. A better way to think about Venezuela is that oil was necessary but not sufficient. The presence of vast reserves made Mr Trump’s interest understandable &nda
  
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• The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial

  06-01-2026 20:24 via theguardian.com
  Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edgeEducation opens doors, and the expansion of higher education begun under New Labour means that millions of young people who would not previously have gone from school to university have now done so. From 336,000 places accepted in 1997, the total rose by 68% to 563,000 in 2022. In last year’s student experience survey, just 11% of undergraduates said that they regretted their
  
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• PM remarks after Coalition of the Willing meeting: 6 January 2026 - GOV.UK

  06-01-2026 20:21
  PM remarks after Coalition of the Willing meeting: 6 January 2026  GOV.UKKeir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch at first PMQs of the year  BBCPMQs live: Starmer to face Badenoch as Farage dismisses PM’s plan for troops in Ukraine  The GuardianPMQs: Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch – watch live  The TelegraphPMQs live: Keir Starmer faces MPs for first time this year  The Times
  
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• Antoine Semenyo: Bournemouth winger closes in on £65m move to Manchester City - BBC

  06-01-2026 19:22
  Antoine Semenyo: Bournemouth winger closes in on £65m move to Manchester City  BBCAntoine Semenyo transfer to Man City: Bournemouth winger to have medical on Thursday ahead of £65m move  Sky SportsPremier League’s warped economics make £65m fee for Semenyo a snip | Jonathan Wilson  The GuardianInside Antoine Semenyo Liverpool disagreement as 'documents exchanged for £65m transfer'  Liverpool EchoSemenyo may play last Bournemou
  
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• Government lacks emotional link with voters, cabinet ministers warned

  06-01-2026 19:03 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Morgan McSweeney says Labour needs emotion, empathy and evidence, sources sayThe government must find ways to reconnect emotionally with voters, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is said to have warned cabinet ministers, in a meeting where the prime minister said they were in “the fight of our lives”.The prime minister sought to rally his cabinet on Tuesday, telling them to ignore the polls and to prepare to take on Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Cont
  
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• Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s attitude to international law – cartoon

  06-01-2026 19:02 via theguardian.com
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• What does Ruben Amorim know compared with Sir Jim, Jason Wilcox and the gilded overclass? | Jonathan Liew

  06-01-2026 18:53 via theguardian.com
  In Manchester United’s brave new world coaches are more like Deliveroo drivers: not really responsible for the food, but still to blame if it arrives cold Turns out he could survive losing against Grimsby. Survive losing a crucial European final against one of the worst Tottenham teams in living memory. He could survive losing at home against West Ham and Wolves, finishing 15th, the tactical inflexibility, laying waste to some of the club’s best homegrown talent, the 32% win rat
  
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• Snow and ice warning - gov.wales

  06-01-2026 18:53
  Snow and ice warning  gov.walesWales snow and ice weather warnings shut schools  BBCMet Office new snow warning issued with 20 parts of Wales set to be hit  Wales OnlineFull list of North Wales roads still blocked by snow and ice  North Wales LiveCeredigion snow in pictures as weather causes travel disruption  Tivyside Advertiser
  
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• The corporate greed that has ravaged the US has wrecked Britain too | Letters

  06-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  After Robert Reich wrote about the US going ‘off the rails’, Tony Rowlands and Kate Purcell respond from a British angleRobert Reich’s account of how the holy writ of corporate profit has bought about the near disintegration of US society will be familiar to students of UK political history (Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us, 29 January).I grew up with the capitalism of Harold Macmillan and Edward Heath, in a society where the NHS worked, our industry and tra
  
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• Hurrah for veganism and Victorian sewers | Letters

  06-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Rev Canon Dr Rob Kelsey on how Victorian engineers can inspire us to make structural changes in animal welfare and Jennifer Jenkins on children’s food choices. Plus a letter from Sheila ColeAs a vegan of nearly 40 years, I agree with much of what Dean Weston says about animal welfare (Letters, 30 December). But as a former civil engineer, I cannot overlook the massive category mistakes in his assertion that the government’s animal welfare strategy “treats animal suffering the w
  
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• Cops of the World by Phil Ochs captures the zeitgeist again | Brief letters

  06-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  US imperialism | Trump’s actions in Venezuela | Roosevelt’s big stick | Tony Blair Institute | Citizen’s arrest | Fifa peace prize | Triumph of evilPhil Ochs, who died 50 years ago this year, released a song called Cops of the World in 1966. Suffused with Ochs’ sardonic wit, it ridiculed US imperialism and disregard for international law. It captured the zeitgeist then, and sadly is even more relevant now.
  Mike Pender
  Cardiff• The G8 was a discussion forum for l
  
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• AI consciousness is a red herring in the safety debate | Letters

  06-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  We should take AI risks seriously, but doing so requires conceptual clarity, says Prof Virginia Dignum. Plus letters from John Robinson and Eric SkidmoreThe concern expressed by Yoshua Bengio that advanced AI systems might one day resist being shut down deserves careful consideration (AI showing signs of self-preservation and humans should be ready to pull plug, says pioneer, 30 December). But treating such behaviour as evidence of consciousness is dangerous: it encourages anthropomorphism and d
  
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• Iranian security forces clash with protesters at Tehran’s grand bazaar

  06-01-2026 18:04 via theguardian.com
  Nationwide protests continue to grow as rights groups accuse authorities of cracking down on demonstratorsIranian security forces have clashed with protesters staging a sit-in at Tehran’s grand bazaar, firing teargas and expelling demonstrators as the nationwide protest movement continued to grow in its 10th day.The violence on Tuesday at a location that carries historical symbolism as an activist hub during the country’s 1979 revolution comes as rights groups accuse authorities of c
  
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• Government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI deepfakes

  06-01-2026 18:01 via bbc.com
  Grok is being used to digitally remove women's clothing - something victims describe as "dehumanising".
  
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• I have frequent nosebleeds. What causes them and are they normal?

  06-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Though most nosebleeds are mild and benign, they shouldn’t happen. Experts weigh in on when to see a doctorIf you frequently experience nosebleeds, you might come to regard them as nothing more than a messy inconvenience.Yet, even though most nosebleeds are mild and benign, they shouldn’t happen “if everything inside the nose is healthy”, says Dr Patricia Loftus, an otolaryngologist at the University of California, San Francisco. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations

  06-01-2026 17:35 via theguardian.com
  When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partnership – and the day Kuti’s Lagos HQ burned‘There were flames everywhere. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles were dragging people out into the streets, staggering, naked and bleeding. Nobody knew if Fela was still inside the burning building.”Lemi Ghariokwu pauses.
  
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• Klipsch adds Onkyo amplifiers, streaming & Dirac Live to its powered loudspeakers - Darko.Audio

  06-01-2026 17:33
  Klipsch adds Onkyo amplifiers, streaming & Dirac Live to its powered loudspeakers  Darko.AudioOnkyo and Klipsch tease upcoming hi-fi products for big 80th anniversary year  What Hi-Fi?Klipsch is getting back into the hi-fi headphone game  The VergeKlipsch Shows Off New Powered Speakers At CES AND Offers A Sneak Peek At Concepts  ForbesKlipsch unveils its first headphone lineup in 10 years at CES 2026, marking 80 years in hi-fi  TechRadar
  
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• People in Greenland: share your views on Trump’s recent comments

  06-01-2026 17:13 via theguardian.com
  We’d like to hear from people in Greenland on their thoughts about the US president’s renewed call to take over the territorySpeaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that Greenland should become part of the United States. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security, and Denmark is not going to be able to do it,” Trump told reporters.We’d like to hear from people in Greenland on their views on Trump’s renew
  
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• South Yorkshire Police told wrong family teen had died in crash - BBC

  06-01-2026 17:04
  South Yorkshire Police told wrong family teen had died in crash  BBCSouth Yorkshire police told wrong family teenager had died in crash  The GuardianPolice told wrong family their son had died in car crash  The TimesSouth Yorkshire Police admit wrongly telling Trevor Wynn's family he had died following deadly Rotherham car crash  Sky NewsParents wrongly told by cops their son, 17, was killed in car crash & grieved for 22 DAYS before police admitted mis
  
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• Onkyo and Klipsch tease upcoming hi-fi products for big 80th anniversary year - What Hi-Fi?

  06-01-2026 17:00
  Onkyo and Klipsch tease upcoming hi-fi products for big 80th anniversary year  What Hi-Fi?Klipsch adds Onkyo amplifiers, streaming & Dirac Live to its powered loudspeakers  Darko.AudioKlipsch is getting back into the hi-fi headphone game  The VergeKlipsch Shows Off New Powered Speakers At CES AND Offers A Sneak Peek At Concepts  ForbesKlipsch unveils its first headphone lineup in 10 years at CES 2026, marking 80 years in hi-fi  TechRadar
  
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• Rise and shine with the 10 best sunrise alarm clocks in the UK, tried and tested

  06-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Our reviewer sheds some light on adding brightness to your mornings with the best dawn simulation alarms, from Lumie and Philips to Hatch• The best sleep aids recommended by experts: from blue light-blockers to apps to help you napTo wake each day in darkness is a plight you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy, yet that’s what many of us do routinely throughout winter. Getting up in the dark decouples our life from our circadian rhythm (our body clock), with bodily processes such
  
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• Industry season four review – truly twisted, top-tier television

  06-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  It may only be January, but you already know this banking drama is going to be one of the year’s best shows – a daring, debauched and jaw-dropping treatMany dramas – especially good ones – don’t become major hits overnight. Think of the likes of Game of Thrones or Succession, which needed time to warm up, and some jaw-dropper episodes (namely the Red Wedding and Kendall bumping off a waiter, respectively) to really get going. Industry is one such show – the sl
  
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• US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals

  06-01-2026 15:54 via theguardian.com
  Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been publishedThe Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files, a court filing has revealed, as Democrats step up criticism of the Trump administration’s “lawlessness” for keeping records under seal.The department conceded that only 12,285 documents, totalling 125,575 pages, relating to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Kent water failure was foreseen and could have been stopped, regulator says

  06-01-2026 15:48 via theguardian.com
  Problem at water treatment centre left 24,000 Tunbridge Wells homes without drinking water for two weeksA failure at a water treatment centre that left tens of thousands of Kent households without water was foreseen weeks before it happened and could have been stopped, the regulator has said.Twenty-four thousand homes in the Tunbridge Wells area were without drinking water for two weeks from 30 November last year due to a failure at the Pembury water treatment centre. Continue reading...
  
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• What we’re reading: Alan Hollinghurst, Samantha Harvey and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in December

  06-01-2026 15:33 via theguardian.com
  Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsEver since my father presented me with a copy of The Unicorn, beautifully translated into my mother tongue, I have been an ardent admirer of Iris Murdoch’s. I went on to read all of her novels, plays and poetry with great enthusiasm. Before Christmas, I returned to her penultimate novel, The Green Knight, having remembered very little of it. Yet from the very first page,
  
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• Love, desire and community: the new generation of readers bonding over romance novels

  06-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Young women drawn to ‘morally grey characters’ are driving a boom sparked by TikTok, Instagram and online friendshipsRead more summer essentialsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn a packed room in Sydney, an excited crowd riffles through stacks of stickers and bookmarks searching for their favourite characters. Another group flicks through racks of clothing, pulling out T-shirts that say “romance readers club” and “probably reading about fairies”.A p
  
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• I got married twice in my 20s. Now I’m in love with my midlife situationship | Natasha Ginnivan

  06-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Bored, lonely and emerging from lockdown, a less-traditional relationship was just what I was looking forWe were just two midlifers in our 50s who met back in 2020 using a popular dating app. Bored, lonely and emerging from lockdown we jumped at the chance for an outing. We had our first date at a trendy, dimly-lit Japanese restaurant and bar in Sydney’s Surry Hills. By our second lychee martini, we became aware of some mutual connections that we knew and discovered that we had actually gr
  
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• Adults in England eating '22 bags of crisps a day' in salt, study says - Sky News

  06-01-2026 14:45
  Adults in England eating '22 bags of crisps a day' in salt, study says  Sky NewsBrits eat the equivalent of 22 packets of crisps a day in salt  British Heart FoundationAdults in England eating as much salt a day as in 22 bags of crisps, study shows  The GuardianHow much salt are you really eating? You will be surprised…  The TimesBritons eat 155 crisp bags' worth of salt every single week, study  Euronews.com
  
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• Brendel is celebrated in a glorious musical evening of silliness, sublime playing and warm affection

  06-01-2026 14:32 via theguardian.com
  Barbican, London
  On what would have been Alfred Brendel’s 95th birthday, some of the world’s greatest musicians performed in a relaxed and joyous celebration of an outstanding musician and benevolent mentor
  Pianist, poet and polymath, at once one of music’s most rigorous intellectuals and most mischievous minds – Alfred Brendel, who died in June, was an artist of fruitful contradictions. This marathon concert, on what would have been his 95th birthday, celebrated them wit
  
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• From Alan Carr to a revenge-hungry daughter: who is the Secret Traitor?

  06-01-2026 14:13 via theguardian.com
  Here are the wildest theories about who is beneath the red cloak. Brace yourself for handwriting analysis, Jekyll and Hyde vibes and crucial slips of the tongueIt’s the question on everyone’s lips. No, not “Why am I half a stone heavier and in dire need of an afternoon nap?” but “Who is the Secret Traitor?” And thankfully, we’re about to find out.The curveball new role has proved a gamechanging twist in BBC mega hit The Traitors. Swishing around Ardross
  
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• What can I use in vegetarian curries instead of coconut milk? | Kitchen aide

  06-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Top tips from a roster of experienced curry-makers, from adding a dollop of yoghurt to experimenting with pastesI want to make more vegetarian curries, but most call for a tin of coconut milk and I’m trying to cut down on saturated fats. What can I use instead?Jill, via email
  Coconut milk brings silkiness and sweet richness to curries, and also mellows spices, so any substitute will likely change the nature of the dish. That said, if you really want to avoid the white stuff, Karan Gokani,
  
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• Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn

  06-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  ‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics sayDonald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging – and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the climate”, expe
  
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• Tribute paid to journalist Patrick Dane who died in New Alresford crash - BBC

  06-01-2026 13:48
  Tribute paid to journalist Patrick Dane who died in New Alresford crash  BBCTribute paid to man killed in A31 collision at New Alresford  hampshire.police.ukPatrick Dane, Former Managing Editor Of Bleeding Cool Has Died Aged 34  bleedingcool.comFamily pays tribute to 'unwaveringly loyal' man killed in crash  The ArgusFamily pays tribute to 'very precious' man who died in crash on A31  Hampshire Chronicle
  
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• The strangest thing: is the future of cinema … not new movies?

  06-01-2026 13:04 via theguardian.com
  Netflix’s big-screen release of the Stranger Things finale is estimated to have made over $25m at the US box office, the latest example of event cinema proving popularIt was a lucrative holiday period at the North American box office these past two weeks, with titles like Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Housemaid, Marty Supreme, Anaconda and Zootopia 2 bringing a welcome diversity of hit movies after an underwhelming fall. But during that period, the biggest single-day gross posted by any releas
  
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• ‘Melancholy magic’: how Judi Dench and a host of stars came under the spell of the greatest comedy in history

  06-01-2026 12:27 via theguardian.com
  The Twelfth Night Reunion gathers some of the grandest names in British theatre, including Simon Callow and Stephen Fry, to explain why Shakespeare’s play continues to bewitch audiencesMany of us decline into our dotage. Actors slip into their anecdotage. Two of the best programmes in the rather arid TV Christmas schedules featured Judi Dench touchingly reminiscing about her love of Shakespeare. The great dame is also one of the glittering ensemble in The Twelfth Night Reunion, a one-off e
  
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• New action camera brand asks "What if a DJI Nano and Insta360 Ace Pro made a baby?" - Digital Camera World

  06-01-2026 11:54
  New action camera brand asks "What if a DJI Nano and Insta360 Ace Pro made a baby?"  Digital Camera WorldProfessional Imaging, Thumb-Sized: Dreame Introduces the LEAPTIC Cube, Its First 8K AI Action Camera at CES 2026  MorningstarWhat is This Mysterious New Action Camera Being Teased at CES 2026?  No Film SchoolAn 8K camera from a robovac brand? Dreame's Leaptic thinks it can take on DJI  T3Dreame wants to rival GoPro with an 8K action camera  Tr
  
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• The 15 best PS5 games to play in 2026

  06-01-2026 11:36 via theguardian.com
  New mind-bending puzzlers, landmark RPGs and furry multiverse adventures await you as the PlayStation 5 enters its sixth yearEntering its sixth year, the PlayStation 5 has built up a formidable library of epic adventures, button-pummelling shooters and even the odd cutesy platformer. So whether you’ve owned the machine for years or only just entered the current console generation, here are 15 titles we think you should have in your PlayStation collection. Continue reading...
  
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• Narnia! Dune! Charli xcx! The 2026 films Guardian writers are most excited about

  06-01-2026 11:02 via theguardian.com
  From much-anticipated sequels to music mockumentaries to auteur returns, the next 12 months offers up a wide variety of intriguing new moviesDoomed lovers, high heels, and The Odyssey: more films to get excited about this yearThe 50 must-see TV shows for 2026I doubt very much that 2026 will see anything in the Marty Supreme league, but here’s hoping one of the most bizarre side-steps of the decade turns out as interesting as it hopes. Short of Christopher Nolan signing on to the new Mr Men
  
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• Nvidia CEO reveals new ‘reasoning’ AI tech for self-driving cars

  06-01-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Jensen Huang also announces at CES new, more powerful Vera Rubin chips that will arrive later this yearThe billionaire boss of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has unveiled new AI technology that he says will help self-driving cars think like humans to navigate more complex situations.The world’s most valuable company is to roll out the new technology, Alpamayo, which is designed to help self-driving cars handle tricky situations such as sudden roadworks or unusual driver behaviour on t
  
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