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• Visitors to popular UK hotspot blasted for 'unacceptable' behaviour as 999 crew at scene

  11-01-2026 23:36 via express.co.uk
  Helicopters were seen circling above the area as part of the response effort.
  
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• UK pothole map shows the worst areas for fixing damaged roads - full list

  11-01-2026 23:26 via express.co.uk
  The vast majority of councils have been rated amber, indicating partial progress with scope for improvement.
  
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• Thousands protest outside Iranian embassy and call Tehran revolution

  11-01-2026 23:22 via express.co.uk
  The flagpole outside the Iranian embassy in London was toppled by a protester.
  
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• The 'most expensive' UK street to buy a house - not in London

  11-01-2026 23:21 via express.co.uk
  A road in a beautiful UK city has topped the league table ahead of the capital.
  
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• Michael Carrick emerges as favourite to be Manchester United interim manager

  11-01-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Former midfielder ahead of Solskjær after interviewsDarren Fletcher admits he is in the dark over his positionMichael Carrick has emerged as the favourite candidate to be Manchester United’s interim manager for the rest of the season ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjær after the interview process, with the club’s executive expected to finalise the decision on Monday.While Omar Berrada, the chief executive, and Jason Wilcox, the director of football, are understood to have not ma
  
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• British conscription rules explained with full list of 5 groups most likely to serve first

  11-01-2026 22:58 via express.co.uk
  With fears of World War Three erupting, who would likely get conscripted first?
  
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• How to dress for work without spending a fortune – or sacrificing personal style

  11-01-2026 19:15 via theguardian.com
  Also: advice to reduce screen time, how to maximize your toaster oven, the best gloves and at-home fitness staples This piece was originally published in the Filter US newsletter on buying fewer, better things. Sign up here to get early access to itEach week we cut through the noise to bring you smart, practical recommendations on how to live better – from what is worth buying to the tools, habits and ideas that actually last.At this time last year, I was a full-time student, throwing on t
  
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• Ella Baron on Iran’s anti-government protests – cartoon

  11-01-2026 19:04 via theguardian.com
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• ‘It’s just surreal’: jubilant Macclesfield fans reflect on FA Cup heroics

  11-01-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Part-time team’s victory over Crystal Palace caps phoenix-like revival after club was wound up and sold on RightmoveWhen Macclesfield FC players return to their day jobs on Monday, the part-time squad of PE teachers, podcasters and property developers will add one more title: giant-killers.The Cheshire market town club pulled off the greatest shock in FA Cup history, knocking out the Premier League team Crystal Palace and becoming the first non-league opposition to beat the cupholders sinc
  
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• The Guardian view on India’s employment guarantee: scrapping a right to work risks a rural revolt | Editorial

  11-01-2026 18:30 via theguardian.com
  A globally unique programme allowed the poor to demand – and get – jobs, empowering rural women. Narendra Modi courts trouble by hollowing it outFew countries have attempted anything as ambitious as India’s rural jobs guarantee. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, any adult in the countryside who demanded work was entitled to a job on local public works within 15 days, failing which the government had to pay an unemployment allowance. Enacted in 20
  
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• North and south can feel worlds apart | Letters

  11-01-2026 18:28 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an article by Robyn Vinter in which she argues that it’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southernersI was born in Barnsley, my father a coalminer. After Reading University, I moved to London and made a career in advertising for 40 years. My accent’s softened, perhaps, but I am and always will identify as a northerner (It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive, 6 January).Working-class c
  
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• If Trump’s only constraint is his ‘own morality’, heaven help us | Letters

  11-01-2026 18:28 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to the US president’s threats towards Greenland and his latest comment that he doesn’t need international lawYou report that Donald Trump claims that the only thing limiting his power as commander-in-chief is his “own morality” (‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’, 8 January). A lifetime’s evidence of that morality at work makes this position chilling. Courts and jurie
  
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• Gaza’s garden is a rare story of hope | Brief letters

  11-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Act of resistance | Amended signs | Curt waiters | Disgusted in Tunbridge Wells | Crossword clues | Smug travellers What a brilliant message of hope for the new year (As the Israeli bombs fell, my family committed an act of rebellion: we planted a garden in Gaza, 8 January). Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi’s article is inspirational for those who believe in the real world of human life and reject the synthetic values of a world viewed as real estate.
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• Finding a home is the care leaver’s greatest problem | Letter

  11-01-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Anela Anwar, the head of a charity for children in care and young care leavers, calls for greater support across housing, health, education and employmentAt Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, we agree with your editorial that the government’s recent offer of free eye tests and prescriptions for care leavers is a welcome step in strengthening support for those leaving care (The Guardian view on care leavers: responsibility for looked-after children doe
  
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• The Guardian view on Europe’s stalling night train revival: don’t let it hit the buffers | Editorial

  11-01-2026 18:25 via theguardian.com
  The most romantic way to traverse the continent is environmentally friendly and popular with the public. But market challenges need addressingWhen the European Union made its 2020 commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, there was a wave of excitement about what that might mean for the continent’s most romantic form of travel. The golden era of night trains had, it was previously assumed, gone for good amid the rise of low-cost, short-haul flights. Bu
  
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• Bob Weir remained completely in touch with the Grateful Dead’s wild wonder. I’ll never forget playing with him | Aaron Dessner

  11-01-2026 18:21 via theguardian.com
  The Dead were a formative band for the National. Getting to play with Bob felt like entering a portal into their mystical, musical landscape – though he was always completely present• Alexis Petridis: ‘Bob Weir was a songwriting powerhouse for the Grateful Dead – and the chief custodian of their legacy’It’s hard to believe that Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead who carried the torch for the band’s music after Jerry Garcia passed in 1995, is g
  
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• Netflix and Paramount deals are both wrong for Warner Bros Discovery – and democracy | Courtney C Radsch

  11-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  A congressional hearing this week underscored the danger a WBD deal would pose to journalism and the American publicDonald Trump wants CNN sold. He has said so repeatedly and publicly, demanding it “should be sold” in any deal involving Warner Bros Discovery. Now one of America’s largest media companies is racing to oblige him, while another looks to consolidate its power. Wednesday’s House judiciary hearing on streaming competition – where lawmakers voiced concern
  
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• Are ‘Friends’ Electric? review – Elaine Mitchener redefines what singing means in virtuoso tour-de-force

  11-01-2026 17:21 via theguardian.com
  Wigmore Hall, London
  The vocalist travels the full spectrum of the human voice, from subdued sounds of mouth and breath to an exhilarating remix of her own hyper-exuberant electronic soundscape
  First, ambient electronics: quiet twitters and whistles approaching birdsong, as if synthesisers had been recorded in the wild. Then crooning, close to the mic but with all trace of melody excised to leave only the sounds of mouth and breath. Then finally something closer to singing – still intensel
  
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• Bob Weir was a songwriting powerhouse for the Grateful Dead – and the chief custodian of their legacy

  11-01-2026 16:08 via theguardian.com
  ‘The Kid’s jazz-influenced rhythm guitar made him utterly integral to the Dead and his later collaborations solidified the band’s influence over latter-day alt-rock• Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78
  • Bob Weir: a life in pictures
  • Aaron Dessner: ‘Bob Weir remained completely in touch with the Grateful Dead’s wild wonder. I’ll never forget playing with him’For most of their career, the other members of t
  
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• Weather risk brings flooding as snow warnings downgraded

  11-01-2026 15:19 via bbc.com
  Many roads in North East Scotland have been hit by floodwater after last week's freezing temperatures eased.
  
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• Four killed and five injured in 'head-on' crash

  11-01-2026 15:16 via bbc.com
  Three teenagers and a man in his 50s died in the crash in Bolton, say Greater Manchester Police.
  
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• Iran latest: Iran president blames foreign-linked 'terrorists' for protests - as he vows to listen to people's economic woes - Sky News

  11-01-2026 15:08
  Iran latest: Iran president blames foreign-linked 'terrorists' for protests - as he vows to listen to people's economic woes  Sky NewsProtesters defy crackdown as Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks  BBCUS military warns Trump against Iran strikes  The TelegraphIran’s internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some time  The GuardianIran says over 100 officers killed as protesters defy government crackdown  Al Jazeera
  
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• ‘There’s a dark side to floristry’: are pesticides making workers seriously ill – or worse?

  11-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Unlike in food, there is no upper limit on the amount of pesticide residue levels in flowers. But after French officials linked the death of a florist’s child to exposure in pregnancy, many in the industry are now raising the alarmOn a cold morning in December 2024, florist Madeline King was on a buying trip to her local wholesaler when a wave of dizziness nearly knocked her over. As rows of roses seemed to rush past her, she tried to focus. She quickly picked the blooms she needed and lef
  
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• The kindness of strangers: alone in the crowd at Glastonbury, a stranger hugged me tight while I cried about my dead dad

  11-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  As I sobbed to U2, she would hug me tighter as we swayed to the musicRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesMy father died when I was 19, after a short and sharp fight with cancer. Unsure of what to do or how to proceed with life, I took a year off university and went backpacking through Europe. The other side of the world seemed like a good place to be.I ended up at the music festival Glastonbury in 2011. It was a great lineup that year but there was one act on the bill that really caught
  
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• Should speed cameras be hidden?

  11-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions tackles a road safety issue• Read this week’s replies: Can you really fake it to make it?What’s the point of having speed limits if camera-warning signs and apps allow drivers to slow down in advance – then just continue speeding? Maybe the UK government in its new consultations on road safety should add the question of hiding speed cameras to their list of concerns. I’m a driver, but also
  
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• She spent 366 days searching for her cats after losing them in the LA fires: ‘I promised my babies’

  11-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  After her Altadena home burned down, Darlene Hamilton wondered whether her cats Merlyn and Kiki had escaped. A year later, she hasn’t given up hopeMost nights for the last year, Darlene Hamilton slept four hours and woke at about 4.30am. She wanted to sleep, but she could not.Instead the 66-year-old started the day at her Altadena rental home in morning darkness with a familiar routine, scouring through websites of local humane societies and lost animal groups in search of two familiar lit
  
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• Mystery of wolf-type dogs solved with DNA test

  11-01-2026 14:55 via bbc.com
  Three "wolf-dogs" found roaming the streets of Preston were first thought to be German Shepherds.
  
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• Tories will channel anger at Labour, vows Badenoch

  11-01-2026 14:34 via bbc.com
  The Conservative leader says her party has started to offer more than "reflexive" opposition to the government.
  
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• Ice cold purification and sleeping bike riders: photos of the weekend

  11-01-2026 14:19 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• A Ghost in Your Ear review – truly terrifying ‘headphone horror’

  11-01-2026 14:13 via theguardian.com
  Hampstead Theatre, London
  With shades of MR James and Inside No 9 Jamie Armitage’s innovative recording studio haunting is a good old-fashioned fairground-ride chillerThe trigger warning at the start of this “headphone horror” reminds us that its ghost is not real. All we have to do, if we become overwhelmed, is take off our headphones and the ghost will go away. You don’t really want to, though, because writer Jamie Armitage’s chiller really does delight in giving
  
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• Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump - The Guardian

  11-01-2026 14:05
  Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump  The GuardianNobel Institute responds to claims Maria Corina Machado could give Peace Prize to Donald Trump  Sky NewsMachado Offered Trump Her Nobel, but Prize Institute Says It’s Not Allowed  The New York TimesOpposition leader Machado says her coalition should lead Venezuela  BBCTrump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize
  
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• How to make penne all’arrabbiata – recipe | Felicity Cloake's Masterclass

  11-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Arrabbiata means angry, but this simple and delicious pasta dish is pure joyPasta all’arrabbiata is the perfect dish for January. Not only is it quick, vegan and made from ingredients you might conceivably have in the cupboard already, but the name, which means angry, could be said to suit my mood now that the last of the Christmas festivities are over. Happily, a big plate of rich, tomatoey pasta can always be relied upon to lift the spirits.Prep 5 minCook 25 minServes 2 Continue reading.
  
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• Orphans review – oddball hostage power play is a peculiar gem

  11-01-2026 13:32 via theguardian.com
  Jermyn Street theatre, London
  An outstanding cast grapple with this revival of Lyle Kessler’s 80s set drama but the play feels incomplete with too many threads remaining unresolvedThe quietly intimidating interloper who wanders in to a household to stir up a family drama is not an unfamiliar dramatic trope. The intruder in Lyle Kessler’s Philadelphia household comes disguised first as victim, then slowly exerts his dominance until he is ruling the roost.The family here consists of tw
  
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• Four killed and five injured in Bolton road crash - BBC

  11-01-2026 13:23
  Four killed and five injured in Bolton road crash  BBCFour dead and five injured in Bolton road crash  BBCFour dead and five injured after car and taxi crash in Bolton  Sky NewsFour dead and five in hospital after crash in Bolton  ITVXFour dead and five injured in car crash  The Telegraph
  
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• Potholes map rates council road repair progress

  11-01-2026 13:20 via bbc.com
  Thirteen local authorities received a "red rating" on the Department for Transport mapping tool for England.
  
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• Why pleasure is the key to self-improvement

  11-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Forget puritanical self-discipline – the way to really make a new habit stick is to lace it with instant gratificationLike many people, I spent New Year’s Eve making a list of the goals I want to achieve in the year ahead – a habit that never fails to arouse the ire of my boyfriend. “Why do you always have to put yourself under pressure?” he’ll ask, rolling his eyes. “It’s so puritanical!”And he has a point. When most of us turn our minds to
  
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• My favourite family photo: ‘This is a happy picture – and also saturated in grief’

  11-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The snapshot was taken just months after I lost my mum, and not everyone in it is still with us. But it is an image of survival, capturing the aftermath of grief and the beforemath of future lossesI remember the moment this photo was taken: five years ago, on my partner Claire’s birthday, in a National Trust for Scotland garden six miles east of Edinburgh. We were standing on a wooden deck, an ideal spot for pond-dipping with the kids and a lesser-known viewing platform for trainspotters.
  
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• ‘People think abuse comes with working in A&E. It shouldn’t be like that’

  11-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  How a hospital is helping NHS staff realise they need not accept violence, abuse and aggression on the jobHugo (not his real name), an advanced clinical practitioner, was on the night shift in A&E at Great Western hospital, Swindon, when a drunk patient started swearing aggressively at a nurse. “When I asked if I could help, he told me, ‘Fuck off you gay cunt.’ When I asked him not to speak to me like that and to return to his seat in the waiting room, he just walked up the
  
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• Dining across the divide: ‘He agreed with me on a wealth tax, which I thought was unusual for a Reform voter’

  11-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  They bonded over football and felt the same about taxing billionaires. How did they fare on immigration?Fraz, 22, BradfordOccupation Law graduate, training to become a commercial solicitor Continue reading...
  
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• Conor Bradley’s season over after suffering serious knee injury - The Times

  11-01-2026 12:58
  Conor Bradley’s season over after suffering serious knee injury  The TimesLiverpool's Bradley out for season with knee injury  BBC‘He didn’t realise’: Arteta defends Martinelli over Bradley injury incident  The GuardianConor Bradley serious knee injury: Season OVER, Liverpool confirm surgery  This Is AnfieldLiverpool already has Conor Bradley solution as Marc Guehi transfer reality is clear  Liverpool.com
  
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• Cold and wintry weather replaced by wet and windy conditions - Met Office

  11-01-2026 12:50
  Cold and wintry weather replaced by wet and windy conditions  Met OfficeUK weather: End of cold spell in sight as parts of country expected to have milder temperatures than Madrid  Sky NewsMet Office forecast for Greater Manchester as weather is about to drastically change  Manchester Evening NewsWeek Ahead: milder, unsettled and windy at times, with spells of rain for all parts  NetweatherWhen will the cold weather end?  BBC
  
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• Epstein kept me 'separate' from his sexual side because I'm gay, Mandelson tells BBC

  11-01-2026 12:47 via bbc.com
  In his first interview since being sacked as the UK's US ambassador, Lord Mandelson also says he does not believe Donald Trump will take Greenland by force.
  
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• Woman with serious knife injuries rushed to hospital – as man, 35, arrested - The Sun

  11-01-2026 12:42
  Woman with serious knife injuries rushed to hospital – as man, 35, arrested  The SunMan arrested after woman suffers serious knife injuries in York  BBCMan arrested after York woman taken to hospital with serious injuries  The York PressUpdated: Woman stabbed in York – Man arrested  YorkMixVIDEO: The scene where a woman was reportedly stabbed  gazetteherald.co.uk
  
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• Lorraine Kelly pays tribute to father after 'shock' death

  11-01-2026 12:40 via bbc.com
  Lorraine Kelly has paid tribute to her 84-year-old father after his death in East Kilbride in Scotland.
  
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• Team News: Derby County vs Leeds United - Leeds United | Official Website

  11-01-2026 12:01
  Team News: Derby County vs Leeds United  Leeds United | Official WebsiteDerby County 1-3 Leeds United: Premier League side produce second-half comeback  BBCDerby 1-3 Leeds United: FA Cup third round – live  The GuardianFA Cup third round LIVE! Match updates, score, match report as Premier League teams enter the competition  Sky SportsDerby County vs Leeds United: Confirmed team news  BBC
  
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• This is how we do it: ‘The dark room is a judgment-free place, where we can live out fantasies together’

  11-01-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Sex parties allow Conrad and Callum to explore their desires in a safe space – and as couple• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyWe keep the connection with subtle signals, glances across the room and an unspoken agreement that we won’t disappear Continue reading...
  
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• ‘There’s nothing better on TV’: behind the scenes of Industry, the high-stakes finance drama that has everyone hooked - The Guardian

  11-01-2026 11:11
  ‘There’s nothing better on TV’: behind the scenes of Industry, the high-stakes finance drama that has everyone hooked  The GuardianIndustry season 4 review — still filthy, but have these bankers run out of steam?  The TimesIndustry season four is unflinching, merciless five-star television – review  The IndependentIndustry cast and creators talk "darker, funnier" season 4 and the secrets of the show's success - "Everyone who's joined is
  
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• Xbox gets 25 new games next week - TrueAchievements

  11-01-2026 10:04
  Xbox gets 25 new games next week  TrueAchievementsNext Week on Xbox: New Games for January 12 to 16  Xbox WireThese 20+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (January 12-16)  Pure XboxNew Xbox Indie Games for 2026  GAM3S.GG5 standout ID@Xbox titles to keep you warm this January  Yahoo! Tech
  
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• How can I watch City v Everton on TV? - Manchester City FC

  11-01-2026 10:00
  How can I watch City v Everton on TV?  Manchester City FCManchester City vs Everton: Women's Super League stats & head-to-head  BBCCity start 2026 with hard-fought Everton win  Manchester City FCLIVE: Manchester City Women 1-0 Everton  Everton Football ClubMan City women's player ratings vs Everton: Kerolin and Viviane Miedema ensure winning return to action for WSL leaders  Goal.com
  
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• Family home wrecked by electric scooter blaze 'in moments'

  11-01-2026 10:00 via bbc.com
  Chelsea Ann Buckler says her family home was "destroyed" in a "matter of moments".
  
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