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• Elon Musk’s X threatened with UK ban over wave of indecent AI images

  09-01-2026 23:49 via theguardian.com
  Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enoughElon Musk’s X has been ordered by the UK government to tackle a wave of indecent AI images or face a de facto ban, as an expert said the platform was no longer a “safe space” for women.The media watchdog, Ofcom, confirmed it would accelerate an investigation into X as a backlash grew against the site, which has hosted a deluge of images depict
  
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• Goalkeeper Okonkwo is the hero as Wrexham shock Nottingham Forest in FA Cup shootout

  09-01-2026 23:34 via theguardian.com
  North Americans have rarely been fans of draws in sport, so the unscripted FA Cup drama of seeing Arthur Okonkwo take a starring role in a penalty shootout after Wrexham were pegged back in the final minute of normal time must have brought joy to co-owner Ryan Reynolds in the stands. The club the Hollywood actor invested in were just about underdogs against Premier League Nottingham Forest in a game that included numerous plot twists, only to provide the romantic ending the majority wanted.The h
  
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• ‘I’ll make the decisions’: Liam Rosenior confident he will be in control at Chelsea

  09-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Manager takes charge of first game on Saturday in FA Cup‘It’s not possible to be in this job and not be your own man’Liam Rosenior is confident he will make the decisions at Chelsea, insisting he would not have agreed to take over as head coach if he doubted his ability to work within the club’s structure.Rosenior, who takes charge of his first game when Chelsea visit Charlton in the FA Cup third round on Saturday night, was appointed after Enzo Maresca left in acrimoniou
  
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• ‘Boom, he’s out’: bear living ‘rent-free’ under California home has been removed

  09-01-2026 22:31 via theguardian.com
  The 550lb black bear was drawn out with paintball guns after it had resided under the home for more than a monthGetting rid of an unwanted houseguest can be difficult, but seldom does it involve a paintball gun and an electrified mat. A 550lb black bear that took residence under a southern California home for more than a month has finally been removed, KTLA has reported.Altadena resident Ken Johnson first noticed the bear was living in the crawl space below his home in late November. Continue re
  
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• Morocco sail into Afcon semi-finals as Díaz sparks fine win over Cameroon

  09-01-2026 22:25 via theguardian.com
  At last, Morocco have arrived at the tournament they are hosting. For four games they had played scratchy, crabbed football. Finally, in a spiky, ill-tempered quarter-final, there was something more like the Morocco that reached the semi-finals of the World Cup two years ago. If the game wasn’t fluent, that was largely Cameroon’s doing as they spoiled and delayed and sought treatment for injuries. But the hosts, for the most part, retained their cool, protecting a lead earned with ve
  
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• Zarah Sultana’s Your Party membership launch may be ‘criminal’ matter for police, ICO says

  09-01-2026 21:58 via theguardian.com
  Information watchdog says party’s data controller should consider ‘taking further action’ over unauthorised portalZarah Sultana’s unauthorised launch of a Your Party membership portal may have been “serious criminal activity” and should be referred to the police, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has advised.Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project (PJP), which referred Your Party to the information watchdog last September over a potenti
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjær set for face-to-face talks with Manchester United this weekend

  09-01-2026 21:19 via theguardian.com
  Coach is vying with Michael Carrick to be interim managerSolskjær due at Carrington training base on SaturdayOle Gunnar Solskjær will have face-to-face talks with Manchester United on Saturday regarding becoming the interim manager until the end of the season.The Norwegian is vying with Michael Carrick for the role and is expected to meet Omar Berrada, United’s chief executive, and Jason Wilcox, the director of football, at the club’s Carrington training base. Continue re
  
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• Storm Goretti batters UK with heavy winds and snow

  09-01-2026 21:02 via theguardian.com
  Met Office issues rare red warning as winter storm causes power cuts, travel disruption and school closuresSnow and ice are expected to grip much of the UK over the weekend as parts of the country continue to reel from the effects of Storm Goretti, which left thousands of people facing power cuts, school closures and travel chaos.The storm brought winds of nearly 100mph after forecasters issued a rare red warning for “dangerous, stormy” winds in the south-west, where more than 37,000
  
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• England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma John

  09-01-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastimeThe drive to Bowral in New South Wales takes you through some of Australia’s most English countryside. Pastoral hills roll right up to the roadside and finish in grassy verges, flecked with yellow and white wildflowers. Alliums stand sentinel around vibrant lawns. Even the eucalypts are cosplaying as beech and oaks. Yo
  
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• When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew? - BBC

  09-01-2026 20:52
  When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew?  BBCNASA mega-rocket for moon mission could launch in weeks  Sky NewsIs Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.  Ars TechnicaFinal Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission  NASA (.gov)NASA makes final preparations for its first crewed moon mission in over 50 years  Engadget
  
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• University of Glasgow rector cleared by medical watchdog over alleged antisemitism

  09-01-2026 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Palestine activist and doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah also cleared over alleged support for Hamas in case brought by GMCThe rector of the University of Glasgow has been cleared of misconduct by a medical watchdog over alleged antisemitism and support for Hamas.Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic surgeon and prominent Palestinian activist, appeared via video link on Friday before a fitness-to-practise panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester, where a case of misconduct against hi
  
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• Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan

  09-01-2026 20:15 via theguardian.com
  Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak upOver the past year, Elon Musk has made a series of protocol changes to Grok, the proprietary AI chatbot of his company xAI, which runs prominently on his social media site X, formerly Twitter. Many of these changes have been geared to make the bot more amenable to producing pornography. In August, Grok launched an image generator, branded as Grok Imagine, which featured a service geared tow
  
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• California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years

  09-01-2026 20:15 via theguardian.com
  Some wet years and recent winter storms have helped bring the state out of drought after years of insufficient rainfallCalifornia is completely drought-free for the first time in a quarter of a century, a significant development in a state that endured grueling years with insufficient rainfall.Over the last 25 years, drought conditions in California have intensified the state’s wildfire crisis and created challenges in its massive agricultural sector. But a few wet years, and a recent spat
  
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• Reform UK accused of betraying election pledges after council tax rises

  09-01-2026 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Four out of five councils controlled by party have proposed 5% council tax rises, the maximum permitted by lawNigel Farage’s Reform UK has been accused of betraying election promises to cut council tax after several councils it controls said they planned to increase rates close to the maximum allowed.They include Kent county council – the party’s flagship local authority and one viewed by it as the “shop window” for what a Reform-led government would look like &ndas
  
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• The Guardian view on Iran’s protests: old tactics of repression face new pressures | Editorial

  09-01-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  A brutal regime has failed to safeguard either the country’s physical security or basic living standards. But Donald Trump’s threats to intervene won’t help civiliansThe internet blackout across Iran is meant to prevent protests from spreading, and observers from witnessing the crackdown on them. But it’s also emblematic of the deep uncertainty surrounding this unrest and the response of a regime under growing pressure.Rocketing inflation and a tanking currency sparked th
  
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• The Guardian view on living more creatively: a daily dose of art | Editorial

  09-01-2026 18:51 via theguardian.com
  It can make us healthier, happier and live longer. Engaging in culture should be encouraged like good diet and exerciseThe second Friday in January has been dubbed “Quitter’s Day”, when we are most likely to give up our new year resolutions. Instead of denying ourselves pleasures, suggests a new batch of books, a more successful route may be adding to them – nourishing our minds and souls by making creativity as much a daily habit as eating vegetables and exercising. Rath
  
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• Pennsylvania man charged after alleged ‘horrific’ grave robbing from cemetery

  09-01-2026 18:49 via theguardian.com
  Over 100 pieces of human remains including skulls and headless torsos found in car and home of Jonathan GerlachA Pennsylvania man suspected of desecrating a historic cemetery in his state is facing hundreds of charges pertaining to grave robbery after authorities recently found more than 100 pieces of human remains in his possession, prompting one official to call the case “the most horrific thing”.Jonathan Gerlach, 34, had human skulls, bones, mummified feet, headless torsos and oth
  
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• Growing protests in Iran do not necessarily herald a return to monarchy

  09-01-2026 18:46 via theguardian.com
  Despite significant support for the shah, Iranian society may be looking for any ‘escape from a dead end’Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s deposed shah, were claiming the crowds out in the streets of Iran were a direct response to his call to action. They described it as a referendum on his leadership and that the response showed he had won.Yet the issue of an alternative leadership for Iran remains unresolved. Many Iranians, eager to end the 47-year-long rul
  
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• EU states back controversial Mercosur deal with Latin American countries

  09-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Agreement after 25 years of negotiations prompts farmers to block roads in Paris, Brussels and WarsawEuropean Union member states have backed the biggest ever free trade agreement with a group of Latin American countries, ending 25 years of negotiations but stoking further tensions with farmers and environmentalists around the bloc.The contentious Mercosur deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay prompted immediate protests in Poland, France, Greece and Belgium, with farmers blocking ke
  
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• From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor | Jonathan Freedland

  09-01-2026 18:24 via theguardian.com
  Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth. It should galvanise all those who oppose himFor a serial liar, Donald Trump can be bracingly honest. We’ve known about the mendacity for years – consider the 30,573 documented falsehoods from the president’s first term, culminating in the big lie, his claim to have won the 2020 election – but the examples of bracing candour are fresher. This week both began
  
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• Racing holds its breath as deep freeze threatens weekend programme

  09-01-2026 18:23 via theguardian.com
  Warwick and Kempton face 8am Saturday inspectionsCautious approach adopted in face of falling temperature The valuable meetings at Warwick and Kempton on Saturday are subject to inspections at 8am due to the threat of overnight frost as cold weather continues to threaten the racing programme.Kempton was initially declared fit for racing on Friday afternoon but a revised forecast for sub-zero temperatures overnight forced Barney Clifford, the clerk of the course, to adopt a more cautious approach
  
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• Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained

  09-01-2026 18:19 via bbc.com
  Technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains the row over changes made by X to it's Grok AI image edits, after the UK government called it "insulting".
  
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• Glencore and Rio Tinto are at it again – and it seems the markets smell action

  09-01-2026 18:13 via theguardian.com
  Many of the old challenges remain but there are a number of reasons why this time a deal of some kind could be possibleMining firms Rio Tinto and Glencore restart $260bn merger talksHere we go again. A combination of Rio Tinto and Glencore has been talked about for years and the duo held aborted negotiations at the end of 2024. With the global mining industry in deal-making mode – frenzies come along every 15 years or so – the idea of RioGlen or GlenTinto was due another whirl. On Fr
  
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• Cold neutral gas in early universe prompts rethink of galaxy cluster evolution - Phys.org

  09-01-2026 18:01
  Cold neutral gas in early universe prompts rethink of galaxy cluster evolution  Phys.org
  
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• ‘Why can’t it be us?’: Weston-super-Mare hope FA Cup dream run can go on

  09-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  National League South side face Grimsby in the third round and those at the club are desperate for the ride to continueWeeks on from the FA Cup third-round draw, inside Weston-super-Mare’s modest clubhouse at their stadium a couple of miles from the holiday haven beachfront, there is still a tinge of incredulity at what might have been. Bridget Bolland, operations manager and one of the mini-army of staff who keep the part-time sixth-tier side ticking, relays how, normally, visiting teams
  
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• ​The Guide #225: Everyone loves an origin story: Guardian debuts, from the Beatles to Donkey Kong

  09-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  ​In this week’s newsletter: In the first of a new series, we’re digging into the archives to find the first fleeting mentions of pop culture’s great and good. But who’s this little lady?• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereFrom Radiohead playing in backroom pubs as On a Friday to Timothée Chalamet’s early days as an Xbox YouTuber, it’s always fascinating to see the faltering first steps of famous folk. So in this w
  
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• Snaking around the parakeet problem | Letters

  09-01-2026 17:48 via theguardian.com
  Stephen Pound on using rubber serpents to deal with greedy, ring-necked parakeets. Plus letters from Dr Andrew Bodey and Nigel WalkerThe curse of the ring-necked parakeets so vividly described in your report certainly struck a chord with me and, no doubt, with many more Londoners (Rapid expansion of ring-necked parakeets in UK sparks concern, 2 January). Whether the green beasts escaped from the set of the African Queen or from Jimi Hendrix’s garden matters not to me but I did object most
  
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• Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s relationship with Donald Trump – cartoon

  09-01-2026 17:46 via theguardian.com
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• Life-saving therapies are being delayed as research funding dries up | Letter

  09-01-2026 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Dr Carol S Leonard writes that mRNA vaccines are a way forward for those with melanoma, but hopes are dashed by financial cutsThis is a critically important editorial (The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future – with or without Donald Trump, 1 January). I have just gained at least a year of life from a trial of a new mRNA off-the-shelf “vaccine” (neoantigen therapeutic), to which I turned after receiving the message “no options left”.A dual American an
  
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• Comedy and tragedy, with Spike Milligan | Letter

  09-01-2026 17:44 via theguardian.com
  Steven Bowditch on an indelible memory of a night at the theatre and the death of a presidentI too saw Spike Milligan in The Bed-Sitting Room as a 16-year-old (Letters, 30 December), on a trip organised by my church youth club. Due to the double selling of our tickets at the theatre in London, we were put in a box next to the stage. During the performance, Milligan climbed up the outside and peered over. He shouted: “There will come a time when all those in the box will sit at the back of
  
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• When actions speak louder than words | Brief letters

  09-01-2026 17:43 via theguardian.com
  Male bonds | Northern exposure | Lofty goals | Small talkGaby Hinsliff’s column on male bonds struck a chord (Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women?, 6 January). Despite essentially no interactions since we moved in 2021, working with my retired (male) neighbour to remove a shared overgrown ivy one afternoon last summer led to me knowing his grandchildren by name and we now say hello in the village. Occasionally he even st
  
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• AI, Salman Rushdie and Elon Musk: the most anticipated documentaries of 2026

  09-01-2026 17:34 via theguardian.com
  Major new films promise to reveal more about the lives of public figures, provocative topics and historical eventsThe landscape for nonfiction cinema is swift, fragile and constantly in flux in these absurd times; films we discuss now may not be released, and films we discuss a year from now may not even be the germ of an idea yet. But between the usual stable of celebrity retrospectives, music documentaries and the ongoing work to record the atrocities in Gaza, the documentary slate for 2026 al
  
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• Béla Tarr obituary

  09-01-2026 17:33 via theguardian.com
  Film director of poetic narratives set in remote Hungarian communities, filled with desolation and forebodingSusan Sontag once claimed she would be “glad to see” Béla Tarr’s 1994 masterpiece Sátántangó “every year for the rest of my life”. No small compliment given that the film is more than seven hours long.Tarr, who has died aged 70, earned the reverence of cinephiles on the basis of a handful of austere, poetic and painstakingly slow b
  
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• ‘An incomprehensible nightmare’: grief turns to anger over Swiss bar fire as Le Constellation owner arrested

  09-01-2026 17:18 via theguardian.com
  Jacques Moretti arrested on Friday as lawyers representing families of victims say investigators are not moving fast enoughLike many young people across Switzerland, Kenzo Ronnow, a university student in Lausanne, slept in on 1 January after celebrating the new year.But as he scrolled through his phone soon after waking, he saw the lead story of a foreign news website was about Switzerland. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley

  09-01-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contenderHamnet, Chloé Zhao’s film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes (or Anne) Hathaway, is a tender meditation on love and grief. Charting the couple’s anguish over the death of their 11-year-old son – said to have inspired the play Hamlet – it has moved audiences to tears and united c
  
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• 'Motivation brake' may explain why it's so hard to get started on an unpleasant task - Medical Xpress

  09-01-2026 17:00
  'Motivation brake' may explain why it's so hard to get started on an unpleasant task  Medical XpressWe’ve finally found the mental ‘brake’ behind procrastination  BBC Science Focus MagazineWhy Finding Motivation Is Often Such a Struggle  Nautilus | Science ConnectedScientists Find the Brain Circuit That Keeps You From Starting Hard Tasks  ScienceBlog.com
  
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• Bukayo Saka agrees new five-year Arsenal contract with big wage increase

  09-01-2026 16:54 via theguardian.com
  Deal understood to lift pay to about £300,000 a weekArsenal keen to reward Declan Rice with new dealBukayo Saka has agreed a new five-year contract at Arsenal that will make him one of the highest-paid players in the club’s history.The England forward’s deal that he signed in May 2023 is thought to be worth about £200,000 a week and is due to expire in 2027. Saka said before the Champions League quarter-final victory against Real Madrid in April that he wanted to “w
  
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• ‘A more convenient dictatorship’: fear and uncertainty in Venezuela after fall of Maduro

  09-01-2026 16:50 via theguardian.com
  US capture of president gave many Venezuelans hope, but a week on, an even more draconian atmosphere pervadesUS politics live – latest updatesFreddy Guevara will never forget the 34 excruciating days he spent inside Venezuela’s most notorious political prison after being snatched by masked men from Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence agency.The black hood, the interrogations, the stress positions, the salsa music his captors blasted at him in an attempt to make him crack. Cont
  
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• Did Leonardo da Vinci paint a nude Mona Lisa? I may have just solved this centuries-old mystery

  09-01-2026 16:43 via theguardian.com
  It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it outIncreased security after the recent heist has made the queues at the Louvre even slower, yet on this rainswept, very wintry morning, no one grumbles. After all, the Mona Lisa is waiting inside for all these tourists who have come from the world over. Leonardo da Vinci’s woman – swathed in dark clo
  
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• Bafta 2026 film awards longlists hope to avoid #BaftasSoWhite diversity criticism

  09-01-2026 16:27 via theguardian.com
  With strong showings for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and target hit for 50% female directors, criticism that has dogged the prizes in recent years may have been headed offFor now, the Bafta film awards appears to have headed off further criticism over its long-running diversity crisis after revealing its longlists on Friday.Despite Bafta overhauling its awards voting system in 2020 after claims of “systemic racism”, outrage re-emerged in 2023 after no people of colour won awards. Th
  
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• Charity watchdog opens inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of business arm

  09-01-2026 16:14 via theguardian.com
  Bosses at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver were awarded million-pound bonuses after sale to private firmBusiness live – latest updatesThe Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of its qualification awards business to a private company last year.The announcement has been made after the Guardian revealed last month how City & Guilds bosses were handed million-pound bonuses after the charity privatised its business arm. Continue reading...
  
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• The trouble with friendlords: the pitfalls of renting from a mate

  09-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Amid an affordable housing crisis, renting a room from a friend can seem like the perfect solution. But without clear rules, it can lead to power imbalances, feuds and even unfair evictions …When Rachel needed a place to live, Maya was only too happy to offer her spare room. What are friends for?Rachel had recently returned to her home town to start afresh, having been made redundant. Maya, a childhood friend, owned her three-bedroom home, having been helped to buy it by her parents.
  
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• The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling

  09-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  As screen fatigue grows, a new trend is swapping smartphones for crosswords and sketchbooks – turning the humble bag into a tool for offline livingThere’s a new “it” bag – but this time it is not about a designer label or splashy logo. Instead, it’s what is inside that counts.So-called analogue bags, filled with activities such as crosswords, knitting, novels and journals, have become the unexpected accessory of the season. Continue reading...
  
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• Is Jessie dating Jack? Is Fiona Reece’s mum? How everyone might be related on The Traitors

  09-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  From the family tree to intriguing cutaway shots – and the early reveals of secret relationships – a fan theory is gaining traction. Is it possible that all the contestants entered in pairs?It’s a tangled web of intrigue in those castle corridors. Two hidden relationships have already come to light in the current run of The Traitors. The unjustly banished Judy was revealed to be the mother of Faithful Roxy, before psychologist Ellie confessed that Ross, who’d just been se
  
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• Police officer reached 93mph in fatal Bristol city centre car chase, court told

  09-01-2026 15:42 via theguardian.com
  PC Matthew Pike is on trial charged with causing death of Dr Keryl Johnson by dangerous driving in 2021 incidentA police officer charged with causing death by dangerous driving reached speeds of up to 93mph (150km/h) through a city centre shortly before a fatal crash, a court has heard.Matthew Pike, 40, was following a white Volkswagen Tiguan driven by Lewis Griffin through Bristol city centre shortly before midnight on 4 November 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Robots that can do laundry and more, plus unrolling laptops: the standout tech from CES 2026

  09-01-2026 15:30 via theguardian.com
  Robot vacuums that can climb stairs and device for BlackBerry lovers also on display at annual Las Vegas tech showThis year will be filled with robots that can fold your laundry, pick up objects and climb stairs, fridges that you can command to open by voice, laptops with screens that can follow you around the room on motorised hinges and the reimagining of the BlackBerry phone.Those are the predictions from the annual CES tech show in Las Vegas that took place this week. The sprawling event aim
  
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• Forget Big Ben! Try Telford’s Frog Clock: why Hollywood should stop destroying the same old landmarks

  09-01-2026 15:07 via theguardian.com
  As the Gerard Butler film Greenland 2 becomes one more addition to the list of action movies to tamper with the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty or Golden Gate bridge, isn’t it time they mixed it up a bit?Realistically there was never going to be a good time to release a sequel to 2020’s Greenland. This is partly because Greenland was one of those films in which Gerard Butler runs around looking as if he’s desperately trying to hold in a whopper of a fart. However, releasing a f
  
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• I see sounds as shapes. Synaesthesia has given me an extraordinary ability for languages

  09-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Kim Elms, a speech pathologist, shares her experience as an auditory-visual synaestheteRead more stories of synaesthesia in the way I feel seriesCar journeys with my partner are a nightmare. He’s an ex-DJ so he likes to crank the music up, but for me this means seeing static images and flashes of light in my mind’s eye while I’m trying to drive. It’s hard to describe exactly what I see when I hear sound. But it’s almost like the sound waves you’d see if you wa
  
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• Anonymous painting bought at auction on ‘hunch’ identified as two-in-one Rubens

  09-01-2026 14:53 via theguardian.com
  Study of man often featured in works by the Flemish master reveals hidden painting of woman beneath model’s beardIs it a bald elderly man with a big bushy beard and a wine-addled stare? Or a friendly young woman with flowing locks and a crown of braids?To Belgian art dealer Klaas Muller, an answer to that question mattered less than the fact that this particular take on the duck-rabbit optical illusion was painted by one Peter Paul Rubens. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia fires hypersonic Oreshnik missile at Ukraine in massive attack

  09-01-2026 14:38 via theguardian.com
  Kyiv dismisses as ‘absurd’ Moscow’s attempt to portray missile launch as retaliation for supposed attempted drone strike on Putin residenceRussia’s military has fired its new hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in Ukraine during a massive overnight strike.Ukraine confirmed the attack, saying it took place in the west of the country near the EU border. Moscow said the launch of the intermediate-range ballistic missile was retaliation for a supposed attempted Ukrainian
  
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