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• Dylan Thomas 'plagiarised other poets' repeatedly as schoolboy - BBC

  08-01-2026 23:53 via news.google.com
  Dylan Thomas 'plagiarised other poets' repeatedly as schoolboy  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Microsoft removes the ability to send documents from Word to Kindle - Neowin

  08-01-2026 23:48 via news.google.com
  Microsoft removes the ability to send documents from Word to Kindle  NeowinSend to Kindle from Microsoft Word is Discontinued  Good e-ReaderKindles are losing a useful feature, and Amazon isn't to blame for once  Pocket-lintYour Kindle is losing this feature thanks to Microsoft  Android AuthoritySend to Kindle from Microsoft Word killed after less than three years  Android Police
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Confirmed Release Date, New Price Rise - Forbes

  08-01-2026 23:20 via news.google.com
  Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: Confirmed Release Date, New Price Rise  ForbesSamsung Galaxy S26 pricing and release date leaks – and it’s bad news for some  Tech AdvisorSamsung Galaxy Unpacked rumors: When it is, what we'll see  MashableSoaring memory prices push Samsung to weigh Galaxy S26 pricing strategy  The Korea TimesI've pulled together the most important Samsung Galaxy S26 rumors and leaks you need to know about  TechRadar
  
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• ‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’ - The Guardian

  08-01-2026 22:19 via news.google.com
  ‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’  The GuardianTrump’s realpolitik trumps the fiction of international law  The TelegraphWhat Donald Trump has learned about imposing global power  CNNAn Interview With the President  The New York TimesTrump says he doesn’t need international law amid aggressive US policies  Al Jazeera
  
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• Are you taking supplements correctly? Here’s a guide on their dosage limits

  08-01-2026 19:11 via theguardian.com
  From vitamins C and D to calcium and magnesium, it’s critical to know whether you’re taking the correct dosage to avoid health problemsThere are more than 100,000 supplements on the US market – capsules, powders, tablets and gummies sold to improve or maintain health. Supplements can contain vitamins, minerals, botanicals and amino acids on their own or in various combinations.The consumption of these products is surging. But it’s a common misunderstanding that these prod
  
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• Exeter City’s plea for more FA Cup cash from Manchester City turned down - The Guardian

  08-01-2026 19:08 via news.google.com
  Exeter City’s plea for more FA Cup cash from Manchester City turned down  The GuardianThe Grecians Are Coming!  Manchester City FCGary Caldwell on Manchester City (A)  Exeter City Football ClubThe former Scotland man trying to slay Man City - with the help of three ex-SPFL stars  The ScotsmanFA Cup: Can Exeter City cause an upset at Manchester City in third round?  BBC
  
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• Flu: Cases in Northern Ireland fall after December surge - BBC

  08-01-2026 17:36 via news.google.com
  Flu: Cases in Northern Ireland fall after December surge  BBC
  
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• Honor Magic8 Pro now available in Europe - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

  08-01-2026 17:00 via news.google.com
  Honor Magic8 Pro now available in Europe - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comI've been testing the Honor Magic 8 Pro and we'll have to wait before it's truly great  t3.comHonor Magic8 Pro Air launch date revealed - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comThere's only one OLED smartphone that ticks all the boxes, and it's not from Samsung  Android CentralHonor Magic 8 Pro Air goes live for pre-order with 1TB storage  Huawei Central
  
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• Cavemen hunted with biological weapons 60,000 years ago - The Telegraph

  08-01-2026 16:37 via news.google.com
  Cavemen hunted with biological weapons 60,000 years ago  The TelegraphOldest known poison arrows were used to hunt animals 60,000 years ago  CNNPoisoned arrows found in Stone Age hunters’ 60,000-year-old stash  The Times60,000-year-old poison arrows from South Africa reveal the world’s earliest poisoned weapons and advanced hunting techniques  Archaeology News Online MagazineHunting with poison arrows may have begun 60,000 years ago in Africa&n
  
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• The big freeze: 21 winter essentials to get you through the cold snap

  08-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Storm Goretti is bringing an icy blast to the UK this week. Whether you’re hunkering down at home or braving a winter run, we’ve rounded up everything you need to keep cosy• The best umbrellas for staying dry in the wind and rainFor many of us, 2026 has started with ice, snow and frost. And with weather warnings continuing across the UK, spring feels a long way off.So whether you’re heading outside for winter hikes or exercise, or just want to raise your temperature indoor
  
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• Matt Damon’s best films – ranked!

  08-01-2026 15:35 via theguardian.com
  Ahead of his reunion with Ben Affleck in thriller The Rip – as well as his starring role in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Imax epic The Odyssey – we run through the best work of one of Hollywood’s most reliable heroesMatt Damon is essentially a bland dish that requires the right spice truly to zing, which means he is often at his best when playing beastly. His flagrantly nasty turn as one of the antisemitic bullies who makes prep school life hell for a secretly Jewish clas
  
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• How three jawbones and a spine tell us where we really came from - The Times

  08-01-2026 14:50 via news.google.com
  How three jawbones and a spine tell us where we really came from  The TimesEarly hominins from Morocco basal to the Homo sapiens lineage  NatureHominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans  New ScientistMoroccan Cave Fossils Yield a Possible Missing Link in Human Evolution  The New York TimesFossils unearthed in Morocco are first from little-understood period of human evolution  CNN
  
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• Health by stealth: the rise of drinkable no- and low-alcohol beer

  08-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Nolo beer is becoming easier, cheaper and tastier, so tip one back in Dry January without a careAs the last of the liqueur bottles are consigned to the recycling and the festive hangovers subside, even those of us who scorn the very concept of Dry January (no booze at all? In the gloomiest month of the year? Are they mad?) tend to take our feet off the alcohol pedal and give our livers something of a rest.Water, of course, is the easiest, cheapest and probably most effective way to detox; it&rsq
  
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• ‘Brilliant for work-life balance’: how Britain is embracing the ‘workation’

  08-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Research finds growing trend of employers letting employees work remotely to free up more holiday timeKatherine first caught the bug when she visited Australia a couple of years ago. The flights were expensive, and it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so she asked her manager if she could extend the trip by two weeks, and work remotely from her friend’s house.That was her first taste of a “workation” – combining working with a holiday – and she loved it. She now
  
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• UK house prices hit six-month low - The Times

  08-01-2026 13:50 via news.google.com
  UK house prices hit six-month low  The TimesUK house prices rise by least since March 2024, Halifax data shows  ReutersUK house prices unexpectedly fell at end of year, Nationwide says  The GuardianProperty predictions for 2025: Who got it right?  Property Industry EyeHouse prices: What experts say will happen in 2026 after another fall in December  The Independent
  
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• The Cribs: Selling a Vibe review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week

  08-01-2026 13:39 via theguardian.com
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  The Jarman brothers’ ninth album adds a little 80s pop sheen to their distorted guitars and confident songwriting, while always sounding exactly like the indie stalwartsLast summer, the BBC broadcast an eight-part podcast called The Rise and Fall of Indie Sleaze. Its third episode heavily featured the Cribs’ bassist and vocalist Gary Jarman talking about his band’s first flush of mid-00s fame. It centred on their 2005 single Hey Scenesters!, from which the episode also t
  
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• A provocative new play challenges society’s ‘discomfort that disabled people have sex lives’

  08-01-2026 12:07 via theguardian.com
  (We indulge in) a bit of roll play is an explicit drama about a young disabled man’s sexual expression – and puts uncomfortable questions to its audience“I’m asked quite a lot why everything I make ends up being about sex,” says Scottish writer and director Robert Softley Gale, artistic director of the company Birds of Paradise. His new production, (We indulge in) a bit of roll play, is designed to provoke frank discussions around sex and disability. “People s
  
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• Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first - theregister.com

  08-01-2026 11:14 via news.google.com
  Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first  theregister.comSoft photonic skins with dynamic texture and colour control  NatureSynthetic skin based on octopus biology promises uses in robotics  Financial TimesPolymer film changes texture and color on demand  Chemical & Engineering NewsHow scientists learn from the masters of invisibility: octopuses  National Geographic
  
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• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review – remastered 1997 classic is even more politically resonant now

  08-01-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, Xbox, PC; Square-Enix
  This landmark role-playing game remains a revolutionary tour de forceAt first glance, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, first released in 1997 and now available in newly remastered guise, does little to separate itself from other boilerplate fantasy fiction. There is a hero, Ramza – an idealistic nobleman with luscious blond hair who cavorts about the medieval-inspired realm of Ivalice in search of high adventure
  
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• Study reveals how many people in Great Britain are using fat jabs

  08-01-2026 09:24 via express.co.uk
  Researchers surveyed thousands of people about their use of drugs including Wegovy and Mounjaro.
  
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• M1 traffic LIVE: Motorway closed after truck overturns near major airport sparking delays

  08-01-2026 09:11 via express.co.uk
  Part of the M1 is facing heavy traffic with diversions after a crash near East Midlands Airport.
  
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• Morrisons to close bakery after 'significant losses' –115 jobs at risk

  08-01-2026 08:56 via express.co.uk
  The supermarket giant said it would enter consultation immediately.
  
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• Birmingham fire: Horror inferno engulfs carpet factory as smoke seen for miles

  08-01-2026 08:38 via express.co.uk
  Several crews are in attendance to tackle the "large" fire.
  
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• How a TV interior designer is helping revive a remote Scottish island

  08-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  On Ulva, in the Inner Hebrides, Banjo Beale and his husband are transforming a rundown mansion into their dream hotel, while another adventurous couple have created a charming bothy for hardier folkUlva House is a building site. There are workmen up ladders, hammering, plastering, but I leave my muddy walking boots by the door. There’s no central heating or hot water and Banjo Beale and his husband, Ro, have been camping out here for weeks, but he greets me, dazzlingly debonair, in a burnt
  
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• A Long Game by Elizabeth McCracken review – here’s how to really write your novel

  08-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The novelist and writing tutor delivers bracing advice that demolishes familiar ‘stick to what you know’ nostrumsTrope, POV, backstory, character arc. In the 30 years since I was a student of that benign, pipe-smoking, elbow-patched man of letters Malcolm Bradbury, the private language of creative writing workshops has taken over the world.What writers used to say to small circles of students in an attempt to help them improve their storytelling technique has beco
  
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• Police diversity obsession led to recruitment of child rapist and other rogue officers

  08-01-2026 07:15 via express.co.uk
  A shocking review reveals how Britain's largest police force's diversity panel overturned vetting refusals, leading to rogue officers committing heinous crimes.
  
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• Mark Hix’s recipe for roast pumpkin and pickled walnut salad

  08-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  This superb winter salad uses shaved and roast pumpkin to bring a riot of textural contrast and a flash of colour to a grey winter’s dayI try to grow a few varieties of squash every season, but in the past couple of years the results have more or less failed me. I originally put that down to the lack of time and attention I’d given those poor plants, but I’m now starting to wonder if the soil in my raised garden beds overlooking Lyme Bay in Dorset is actually right for them.I&r
  
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• Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros sends chilling warning through Hollywood

  08-01-2026 06:00 via express.co.uk
  Actors and directors are terrified of what could happen to cinema if the deal goes through
  
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• Putin can crash Starmer's weak UK with deniable covert-op 'akin to major military attack'

  08-01-2026 05:51 via express.co.uk
  Imagine a world where a single snip could plunge a nation into chaos. A new report reveals the chilling vulnerability of Britain's undersea lifelines.
  
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• UK severe Storm Goretti amber travel warning as heavy snow expected

  08-01-2026 04:27 via express.co.uk
  National Highways and the Met Office have issued amber weather warnings for snow on Thursday and Friday, with up to 15cm forecast around major cities
  
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• UK route to be closed both ways as 'heavy snow' predicted as Storm Goretti batters nation

  08-01-2026 03:57 via express.co.uk
  The A628 Woodhead Pass in the Peak District will be closed in both directions due to heavy snowfall being predicted in the area
  
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• GCSE results will be available online this summer

  08-01-2026 03:20 via bbc.com
  Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use.
  
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• Two rapists among Met officers not properly vetted

  08-01-2026 03:07 via bbc.com
  David Carrick and Cliff Mitchell were among 131 Met staff who were not vetted properly, a report finds.
  
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• Storm Goretti heads to UK bringing more snow, ice and wind

  08-01-2026 02:48 via bbc.com
  Fresh snow and wind warnings come into place as Storm Goretti arrives on Thursday.
  
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• People who come off slimming jabs regain weight four times faster than dieters

  08-01-2026 02:21 via bbc.com
  Overweight people shed large amounts on jabs but gain 0.8 kg a month on average once off them, study shows.
  
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• 'Splash & grab' and 'UK ready to seize more of Putin's ships'

  08-01-2026 01:56 via bbc.com
  The US seizure of a Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic aided by the UK dominates Thursday's headlines.
  
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• Royal expert's dire 'backlash' warning over Meghan Markle's return to the UK

  08-01-2026 01:33 via express.co.uk
  Meghan Markle's potential UK return stirs intrigue as Prince Harry's security battle sees a breakthrough. What could this mean for the Duchess?
  
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• Sisters abused by priest urge Catholic Church to engage with victims

  08-01-2026 01:01 via bbc.com
  Margaret and Paula Martin were abused by former priest Con Cunningham, who was jailed in 2021.
  
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