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• Death Notice Anne Teresa EMERSON - Funeral Times

  19-01-2026 23:54
  Death Notice Anne Teresa EMERSON  Funeral Times
  
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• Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul - The Guardian

  19-01-2026 23:38
  Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul  The GuardianWater companies to face regular MOT-style checks in industry shake-up  BBCAfter years of disgrace, is there finally a plan to fix UK water?  The TimesGovernment unveils biggest overhaul to water in a generation  GOV.UK'Nowhere to hide' for water companies, vows government in industry shake up  Sky News
  
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• Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul

  19-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industryWater companies could be let off fines for polluting the environment under changes announced in the government’s new white paper.The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, hailed the changes as “once-in-a-generation reforms” featuring “tough oversight, real accountability and no more excuses”. Continue reading...
  
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• UK to consult on social media ban for under 16s - BBC

  19-01-2026 23:30
  UK to consult on social media ban for under 16s  BBCMother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s  The GuardianMore than 60 Labour MPs urge PM to ban social media for under-16s  BBCLabour to draw up plans for banning under-16s from social media  The TimesStarmer to consider all options on social media ban for under-16s  The Independent
  
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• UK ministers launch consultation on whether to ban social media for under-16s

  19-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passingMinisters have launched a consultation into whether to ban under-16s from using social media as part of a package of measures designed to curb mobile phone use among young people.Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, announced the consultation on Monday as the government responds to mounting pressure for stricter curbs on social media use for younger teenagers. On Monday afterno
  
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• Bessent questions strength of European tariff response - Financial Times

  19-01-2026 23:23
  Bessent questions strength of European tariff response  Financial TimesGold and silver prices hit high after tariff threat  BBCCould Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?  Financial TimesThe misunderstanding that may have triggered Trump's latest Greenland threat  Sky NewsHow could Europe respond to Trump's Greenland tariffs?  BBC
  
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• Kostoulas’s brilliant bicycle kick rescues point for Brighton against Bournemouth

  19-01-2026 23:10 via theguardian.com
  Just when it seemed that another match would be dominated by the dreariness of a debatable video assistant referee decision, a moment of majesty from Charalampos Kostoulas provided a pertinent reminder of the beauty that football can provide.With his side staring at what would have been a controversial defeat, the 18-year-old Kostoulas found himself facing away from the Bournemouth goal near the penalty spot when the ball bounced towards him in the first minute of injury time. A touch on his che
  
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• Hillsborough law on hold ‘until agreement reached with families’ - The Guardian

  19-01-2026 23:10
  Hillsborough law on hold ‘until agreement reached with families’  The GuardianHillsborough law: what is happening and why is it dangerous for Starmer?  The GuardianGovernment pulls Hillsborough Law debate after backlash  BBCHillsborough Law debate withdrawn after backlash from campaigners and MPs  Sky NewsLabour U-turns over Hillsborough law exemption for spy agencies  The Telegraph
  
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• Women’s FA Cup: final repeat and Merseyside derby stand out in fifth round

  19-01-2026 23:09 via theguardian.com
  Fourth-tier Chatham drawn away at Birmingham CityChelsea to entertain Manchester United in last 16Chelsea, the holders, will host Manchester United in the Women’s FA Cup fifth round, in a repeat of last season’s final. Sonia Bompastor’s side were 3-0 winners against United at Wembley last May and they will meet again in the headline-grabbing tie of an intriguing-looking fifth round, which includes four all-WSL fixtures with just 16 teams left in the competition.Also included in
  
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• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review – this is the Game of Thrones we all need now

  19-01-2026 22:50 via theguardian.com
  The real world is way worse than Westeros – so why not let this heartwarming underdog tale of a simple soul and his ethereal squire be your safe space‘Bless their little cotton socks!” is not a response one expects to have to any of the inhabitants of Westeros, the land of the bloody, violent, incestuous and often depraved series of Game of Thrones. But the endearing protagonists of the latest spin-off of the franchise, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, invite it.Their names, as
  
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• Trump says he will '100%' carry out Greenland tariffs threat, as EU vows to protect its interests - BBC

  19-01-2026 22:46
  Trump says he will '100%' carry out Greenland tariffs threat, as EU vows to protect its interests  BBCTrump: I no longer think purely about peace  The TimesTrump's extraordinary letter to Norway about Greenland - in full and fact-checked  Sky NewsDonald Trump links Greenland pursuit to failure to win Nobel Prize  Financial TimesTrump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw  The Atlantic
  
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• Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks

  19-01-2026 22:07 via theguardian.com
  Victor Manuel Diaz was found unresponsive at Camp East Montana in what ICE officials claim is ‘presumed suicide’Who is on the frontline of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown?A second man being held at a US immigration detention facility in Texas has died in two weeks, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday.Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, originally from Nicaragua, was found “unconscious and unresponsive in his room” on 14 January at the Camp East Mont
  
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• Blow for Donald Trump as scientists discover Greenland’s ‘Achilles heel’ - Daily Express

  19-01-2026 22:06
  Blow for Donald Trump as scientists discover Greenland’s ‘Achilles heel’  Daily ExpressScientists discover Greenland's 'Achilles heel' that is driving its rapid ice melt  Earth.comGreenland Ice Melt Signals Climate Risk Amid Tensions In The Arctic  ForbesResearchers make concerning discovery under enormous ice dome: 'Very direct evidence'  YahooGreenland Ice-Free Past Revealed. What Scientists Found  Holistic News
  
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• Show us how you’ll cut business rates, Labour MPs tell Reeves - The Telegraph

  19-01-2026 21:24
  Show us how you’ll cut business rates, Labour MPs tell Reeves  The Telegraph
  
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• Winning Set For Life numbers for Monday January 19 £10k a month jackpot - The Sun

  19-01-2026 21:21
  Winning Set For Life numbers for Monday January 19 £10k a month jackpot  The SunSet For Life draw details | Results  The National LotteryNational Lottery Set For Life results: Winning numbers for draw on Monday 19 January  The IndependentDid anyone win tonight's Set for Life £3.6m jackpot?  Liverpool EchoSet For Life results recap as £10k a month for 30 years up for grabs  The Mirror
  
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• How Sadio Mané’s calm saved the Afcon final from absolute chaos | Jonathan Wilson - The Guardian

  19-01-2026 21:10
  How Sadio Mané’s calm saved the Afcon final from absolute chaos | Jonathan Wilson  The GuardianClassy moment ex-Chelsea star Kalidou Koulibaly refuses to lift Afcon trophy minutes after 'going full John Terry'  The SunLEWIS STEELE: Liverpool still haven't replaced all-time great Mane  Daily MailLiverpool legend Sadio Mane confirms retirement decision after AFCON final drama  Liverpool EchoCAN 2025: Kalidou Koulibaly sends a strong message to S
  
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• Thomas Frank insists ‘everything normal’ despite turmoil at Tottenham

  19-01-2026 20:58 via theguardian.com
  Manager has ‘been feeling the trust’ from club hierarchySpurs hampered by injury crisis before visit of DortmundThomas Frank has insisted the Tottenham hierarchy are standing with him in the face of the storm gripping the club.The manager’s job is in the balance, his situation precarious after the home defeat against West Ham on Saturday. The Spurs support were so incensed by the result and the continuation of the team’s terrible Premier League form – they have won
  
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• Apprentice star accuses BBC show of faking results - The Telegraph

  19-01-2026 20:56
  Apprentice star accuses BBC show of faking results  The TelegraphThe Apprentice's Lord Sugar, Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell MBE on the 20th anniversary series - "It’s not just about great TV... it's launched real businesses with real success stories"  BBCThe Apprentice 2026: Meet the 20 hopefuls vying for Lord Sugar’s investment  The IndependentWho is Dan Miller on The Apprentice 2026? The entrepreneur loves his Derby hometown  Derbysh
  
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• Hillsborough law on hold ‘until agreement reached with families’

  19-01-2026 20:54 via theguardian.com
  Bill will not return to Commons until government finds common ground over role of active intelligence officersLabour will not bring the Hillsborough law back to the Commons for debate until it can reach agreement with the families, the Guardian understands.Keir Starmer was forced to delay the bill again on Monday after talks broke down last week with those affected by the Hillsborough disaster and the Manchester Arena attack. Central to the disagreement is how duty of candour in the public autho
  
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• After Iran’s massacres, tensions grow inside the regime - The Economist

  19-01-2026 20:50
  After Iran’s massacres, tensions grow inside the regime  The Economist‘Ayatollah Khamenei is not going anywhere’ says former Iranian adviser  Channel 4Sinking with the Ship: Why Iran’s "Moderates" are Now Calling for Blood  JFeedIran BREAKING: Khamenei’s BRUTAL Crackdown; Jails Ex Iranian Prez For Striking SECRET DEALS with U.S  Oneindia
  
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• Toulon issue snarky statement after 6'7, 124kg rookie defects from club - Rugbypass.com

  19-01-2026 20:40
  Toulon issue snarky statement after 6'7, 124kg rookie defects from club  Rugbypass.com
  
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• Women's FA Cup Fifth Round draw - TheFA.com

  19-01-2026 20:13
  Women's FA Cup Fifth Round draw  TheFA.comChelsea discover FA Cup fifth round opponents | News | Official Site  ChelseaBristol City drawn in Women’s FA Cup  Arsenal.comChelsea to host Manchester United in pick of Women’s FA Cup fifth round ties  The GuardianLondon City Lionesses away in Women's FA Cup fifth round  Tottenham Hotspur
  
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• Valentino: his life and career in pictures

  19-01-2026 20:13 via theguardian.com
  A look at some of the Italian fashion designer’s greatest moments, after his death at the age of 93 Continue reading...
  
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• 'Beautiful' mum killed in layby crash is pictured as her heartbroken family pay tribute after 'senseless death' - The Sun

  19-01-2026 20:13
  'Beautiful' mum killed in layby crash is pictured as her heartbroken family pay tribute after 'senseless death'  The SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Russia threatens 'second Chernobyl' in Ukraine as Putin plots 'massive attack' - Daily Express

  19-01-2026 19:58
  Russia threatens 'second Chernobyl' in Ukraine as Putin plots 'massive attack'  Daily ExpressRussian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 18, 2026  Institute for the Study of WarRussia unleashes ‘energy terror’ in bitter Ukrainian winter  Financial TimesZelensky says Ukraine's air defence supplies 'insufficient'  BBCUkraine war briefing: Russia readying strikes on nuclear power system, Zelenskyy warns  The Guardian
  
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• Positive thinking could boost immune response to vaccines, say scientists | Health - The Guardian

  19-01-2026 19:52
  Positive thinking could boost immune response to vaccines, say scientists | Health  The GuardianUpregulation of reward mesolimbic activity and immune response to vaccination: a randomized controlled trial  NatureBrain training may boost immune response to vaccines  Scientific AmericanAn unusual way to boost vaccine effectiveness: Think positive  New AtlasMind over matter? Positive thinking ‘can boost immune system’  The Times
  
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• Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows - The Guardian

  19-01-2026 19:52
  Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows  The GuardianOutstanding in her field: cow recorded using tool for first time  The TimesCow surprises scientists by using brush to scratch her back  The TelegraphWhy a tool-using cow could change how we see farm animals  New ScientistDo Cows Use Tools? This One Does.  The New York Times
  
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• Brits Critics' Choice: Jacob Alon crowned winner - BBC

  19-01-2026 19:51
  Brits Critics' Choice: Jacob Alon crowned winner  BBCBRIT Awards announce 2026 Critics’ Choice winner  NMEBrits Critics’ Choice prize winner revealed  The Independent'I'm floating far above the sky': Jacob Alon named BRITs Critics' Choice winner  Music Week"I’m grateful to find a place for softness": BRITs 2026 kicks off with Critics’ Choice award for Jacob Alon  The Line of Best Fit
  
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• The Guardian view on protecting NHS staff: ministers must take a lead in reducing attacks on the health workforce | Editorial

  19-01-2026 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Rising violence in hospitals is part of a disturbing pattern that must be addressed with actions as well as wordsProf Nicola Ranger, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), is right to describe the rising level of violence directed at NHS staff in England as an emergency. Freedom of information requests by the Guardian have uncovered a sharp increase in the number of reported attacks in hospitals, with an average of 285 each day in 2024-25. Some of the details shared with ou
  
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• Denmark dispatches additional troops to Greenland as tensions rise - Financial Times

  19-01-2026 19:29
  Denmark dispatches additional troops to Greenland as tensions rise  Financial Times'Europe won't be blackmailed,' Danish PM says in wake of Trump Greenland threats  BBCFirstFT: Denmark sends more troops to Greenland as tensions rise  Financial TimesUS disaster in Alaska is a warning to Greenland’s Inuits  The TelegraphThe president’s hunger for Greenland is tearing NATO apart  The Economist
  
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• Brighton 1-1 Bournemouth: Premier League – live - The Guardian

  19-01-2026 19:29
  Brighton 1-1 Bournemouth: Premier League – live  The GuardianBrighton 1-1 Bournemouth: Kostoulas overhead kick earns point for hosts  BBCBrighton vs Bournemouth LIVE! Premier League match updates, in-game clips, free match highlights  Sky SportsBrighton vs Bournemouth predictions, team news, betting tips, odds and Bet Builder  Racing PostBrighton & Hove Albion - Bournemouth  TNT Sports
  
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• Donald Trump needs helpers for his appalling neocolonialist project. What else is this ‘board of peace’? | Owen Jones

  19-01-2026 19:27 via theguardian.com
  Blair, Putin, Erdoğan, Orbán: the names of those invited to serve say it all. And it's about so much more than GazaThe fate of the Palestinian people offers a warning about the future of humanity. When I recently visited the West Bank, Palestinians kept impressing the same point on me: Israel has turned their land into a laboratory. The technology of oppression that it has deployed – including in its genocide in Gaza – ranges from hi-tech surveillance to military drones a
  
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• The Guardian view on Poems on the Underground at 40: public art to be proud of | Editorial

  19-01-2026 19:25 via theguardian.com
  This simple idea has travelled around the world, bringing hope and inspiration to millionsWho, when travelling on the London Underground, hasn’t gone up the escalators with a spring in their step after reading Adrian Mitchell’s Celia Celia (“When I walk along High Holborn / I think of you with nothing on”) or been soothed by Carol Ann Duffy’s Prayer? This month Poems on the Underground celebrates its 40th anniversary.Inspired by a reading of
  
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• Schoolgirl 'scared to get bus home' after what Arriva driver said - Liverpool Echo

  19-01-2026 19:25
  Schoolgirl 'scared to get bus home' after what Arriva driver said  Liverpool Echo
  
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• Nato officials restrict intelligence to US over Trump threats - The i Paper

  19-01-2026 19:17
  Nato officials restrict intelligence to US over Trump threats  The i PaperView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Markets stay calm amid Trump’s gambit, but long-term risks are huge | Nils Pratley

  19-01-2026 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Traders have learned to live with the US president’s rhetoric, but the EU’s measures could go beyond tariffs and into capital marketsThat’s how the chancellor’s luck runs these days. You arrange to open the day’s trading on the stock exchange to hail a “new golden age” for the City and bask in the sight of the FTSE 100 index above 10,000, and what happens? You have to skip off to the prime minister’s statement on Greenland.In the event, Rachel Reev
  
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• Ben Jennings on the special relationship between Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – cartoon

  19-01-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
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• She’s just autistic Barbie – let children play | Letters

  19-01-2026 18:54 via theguardian.com
  Of course one doll cannot show the breadth, richness and even pain of the autistic experience, says Dr Erin BeestonAs the parent/carer of autistic children, I’m pleased that my kids have more visibility in mainstream culture with the launch of the “autistic Barbie” doll (Mattel launches its first autistic Barbie, 12 January). For the kids, they’re interested, but, given my youngest’s penchant for graffiti, “autistic Barbie” will be drawn all ov
  
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• Should riders pick up after their horses, yay or neigh? | Letters

  19-01-2026 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Adrian Chiles’s column about dog poo left readers thinking about other types of animal excrement and etiquetteAdrian Chiles traces the recent history of dog owners picking up their dog’s poo, starting from New York (I’ve been thinking a lot about dog poo, 14 January). Certainly in this country it is now possible to go for a walk in the countryside or in towns without having to watch your step.However, quite often a footpath or bridleway is made impassable due to large dumps of
  
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• Private investigators must be trained to spot signs of domestic abuse and stalking | Letter

  19-01-2026 18:53 via theguardian.com
  It is horrifying that victims and survivors of abuse can be traced by someone with no licence or training who is willing to take a perpetrator’s money, writes Noor Da SilvaI was grateful to read the Guardian investigation revealing how perpetrators of abuse are using private investigators to further harm by proxy, exposing the unseen threat faced by victims and their supporters (You feel violated’: how stalkers outsource abuse to private investigators, 11 January).As the manager of a
  
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• Nasa boldly goes as far away as possible | Brief letters

  19-01-2026 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Alien lifeforms | Power of prayer | Corned beef | Remembering birthdays | Celebrity old-age homeYour article (Nasa moon rocket creeps to its launchpad in preparation for astronaut flight, 18 January) quotes the crew commander of Artemis II, Reid Wiseman: “They are so fired up that we are headed back to the moon. They just want to see humans as far away from Earth as possible.” I imagine that most of Earth’s lifeforms would agree.
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• NASA Found a Planet That Rains Glass at 5,400 MPH, And It Looks Like Earth - The Daily Galaxy

  19-01-2026 18:45
  NASA Found a Planet That Rains Glass at 5,400 MPH, And It Looks Like Earth  The Daily Galaxy
  
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• The British are coming! Will the tide turn at the 2026 Cheltenham festival?

  19-01-2026 18:23 via theguardian.com
  The next three weekends of relentless action will put us within touching distance of a definitive answerCheltenham opens its doors for the final time before the festival meeting for an eight-race Trials Day card on Saturday, marking the start of a frenetic 15-day period of action during which, according to recent figures as least, trainers will apply the finishing touches to at least half of the runners and about 60% of the winners over the four days in March.And this year it will do so amid a r
  
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• Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it | Polly Toynbee

  19-01-2026 18:17 via theguardian.com
  Though Labour’s voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage’s party will only enrich the wealthyClass politics is back, as if it ever went away. Robert Jenrick declares that Tories are toffs and “the divide in British politics has become Reform’s workers party versus the Tory posh party”. He says the Tories are so “out of touch” they are no longer “the party of working people, of p
  
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• Prince Harry v Daily Mail live: Publisher carried out 'systematic' unlawful information gathering, court hears - BBC

  19-01-2026 18:01
  Prince Harry v Daily Mail live: Publisher carried out 'systematic' unlawful information gathering, court hears  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Why this surgeon might save your eyesight - The Times

  19-01-2026 18:00
  Why this surgeon might save your eyesight  The Times
  
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• There’s no gold medal in the stress Olympics – here’s how to start resting

  19-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  What if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?Every new year – after the holiday glut of travel, parties, shopping and baked goods – there can be pressure to do and be more: more active, more productive, more creative, more thrifty. Maybe this will be the year I finally start meal planning or doing morning pages. New year, new me!But what if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally lear
  
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• Liverpool transfer news: Reds 'walk away' from £40m deal as manager reveals transfer regret - The Mirror

  19-01-2026 18:00
  Liverpool transfer news: Reds 'walk away' from £40m deal as manager reveals transfer regret  The MirrorLiverpool transfer news: Federico Chiesa blow as German giants hit back over £86m target  Liverpool EchoLiverpool news: £86m transfer 'approved' as Arne Slot makes U-turn on star's future  Daily StarLiverpool transfer news: Bayern Munich stance clear on £86m star as Reds are sent warning  Liverpool EchoLiverpool in battle to agree
  
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• Did you solve it? Are you cut out for these puzzling slices?

  19-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  The answers to today’s puzzlesEarlier today, I set you these three geometrical puzzles. Here they are again with solutions.1. Bonnie Tiler Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-gambling bosses facing UK criminal trial lose civil case against regulator

  19-01-2026 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Kenny Alexander and Lee Feldman ordered to pay Gambling Commission’s costs after claim dismissedTwo gambling executives who are facing criminal charges of bribery and fraud have failed in a separate civil suit against the Gambling Commission, in which they accused the regulator of breaching their right to privacy.Kenny Alexander and Lee Feldman, the former chief executive and chair of Entain, the Ladbrokes and Coral owner, sued the gambling regulator last year over its intervention in thei
  
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