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• Scientists launch AI DinoTracker app that identifies dinosaur footprints - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 21:00 via news.google.com
  Scientists launch AI DinoTracker app that identifies dinosaur footprints  The GuardianBirds could be 60 million years older than thought  The TelegraphNew DinoTracker app aims to identify fossils  NewstalkAI Is Solving a Dinosaur Mystery That Stumped Scientists for Decades  SciTechDailyIdentifying dinosaurs from their footprints is difficult – but AI can help  The Conversation
  
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• Scientists launch AI DinoTracker app that identifies dinosaur footprints

  26-01-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Researchers say artificial intelligence system matches human expert classification about 90% of the timeExperts have created an app that uses artificial intelligence to identify dinosaurs from the footprints left behind after they stomped across the land tens of millions of years ago.“When we find a dinosaur footprint, we try to do the Cinderella thing and find the foot that matches the slipper,” said Prof Steve Brusatte, a co-author of the work, from the University of Edinburgh. &ld
  
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• Jonathan Anderson leans into Dior’s dramatic backstory for couture show

  26-01-2026 20:58 via theguardian.com
  Designer spins the historic house off on a tangent in Paris, with his reading of its history being that shock value can sellFor billionaires with an eye on best-dressed lists and Oscar nominees with sights set on red carpet domination, Paris haute couture – where a dress can take months to make by hand, and cost as much as a small apartment in the city – is a shopping opportunity. For the rest of the fashion industry, it is a battle for bragging rights between the haughtiest brand na
  
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• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 'tension' exposed after humiliation - Daily Express

  26-01-2026 20:38 via news.google.com
  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 'tension' exposed after humiliation  Daily ExpressPrince Harry v Daily Mail latest: Ex-MP 'resents' being accused of 'dishonest conspiracy' over Mail privacy case  Sky NewsIf only Prince Harry could spare a tear for the father he mocked  The TelegraphLiz Hurley says microphones put on windows, privacy trial hears  BBCPrince Harry: Emotional exchanges as duke gives evidence  BBC
  
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• Bank of Scotland fined £160,000 over account for sanctioned Putin ally

  26-01-2026 18:29 via theguardian.com
  Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, who had held senior roles in Russian government, used a variant spelling of his name to access UK banking systemThe UK’s sanctions watchdog has fined Bank of Scotland £160,000 for opening a bank account and processing payments for an ally of Vladimir Putin.Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, who became the first person to be prosecuted for circumventing UK sanctions last year, made 24 payments totalling £77,383 to or from a personal current account during February 2023. C
  
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• ‘I’d get out of bed, and oh boy, there it is’: what to know about plantar fasciitis

  26-01-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  The ligament that connects your foot bones can cause severe heel pain when inflamed. Here’s how to avoid thatRecently, I decided to go for a jog after not running at all for more than [redacted] years. I did a half-marathon a couple of presidential administrations ago, so surely it would be fine? It was! Until the next morning, when I rolled out of bed, put my feet on the floor and felt a sharp pain in my heel.Plantar fasciitis, my old nemesis.Strengthen the muscles of the feet. Silverman
  
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• Polygamous working: why are people secretly doing two or three full-time jobs at once?

  26-01-2026 17:16 via theguardian.com
  Holding multiple jobs without your employer’s knowledge has boomed in the age of hybrid working. Is it a canny response to job insecurity – or a fast track to getting fired?Name: Polygamous working.Age: It’s really a post-pandemic phenomenon. Continue reading...
  
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• The winter sleep secret I wish I’d known years ago

  26-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Hunkering down in January; hiking boots for outdoor adventures; and cold-weather beauty essentials• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereCongratulations, you’ve made it through more than 75% of January, Blue Monday and all. Extra kudos if you got through it without booking a holiday amid the onslaught of sun-soaked adverts, although I confess I’m not tempted. Would I rather spend hours on a plane with 200 strangers who had prosecco for breakfast, or hi
  
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• Ben Goldscheider/ Richard Uttley review – a horn, a piano … and a braying donkey

  26-01-2026 13:40 via theguardian.com
  Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff
  This was a richly satisfying and moving concert ofmusic that ranged from Mahler and Schumann to Simon Holt’s the Bell and Oliver Leith’s EeyoreIn this astute interleaving of old and new, horn-player Ben Goldscheider and pianist Richard Uttley’s lunchtime recital could not have been more sonorous or richly satisfying. They opened with Schumann’s Three Fantasiestücke, Op 73, which is more often the province of clarinettis
  
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• Classical music brings us joy and meaning. In this time of doom and gloom, we need to talk about that | James Murphy

  26-01-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Why do we focus on the bad news stories about cuts and crises in classical music ? Musicians are doing incredible things to engage, support and sustain us; we should tell those stories tooWhen did you last read a good news story about classical music?Think of the stories that have made the headlines in recent years: funding cuts to national opera companies, closure threats to university music departments, councils axing local provision, classroom music-making in decline. Continue reading...
  
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• Inquiry into fatal Stonehaven train derailment begins

  26-01-2026 12:29 via bbc.com
  Three men died when the train derailed in Aberdeenshire after hitting a landslide in 2020.
  
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• Starmer defends blocking Andy Burnham from by-election run after backlash

  26-01-2026 12:25 via bbc.com
  The Manchester mayor had applied to stand as a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton.
  
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• 'There is no evidence to back up finding that I broke ministerial code' - Gordon Lyons

  26-01-2026 12:23 via bbc.com
  Lyons was investigated over a Facebook post after immigrant families were forced to flee their homes during racially-motivated riots.
  
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• Sadiq Ali Company: Tell Me review – poignant tale of sex, revelry and glistening abs amid the 80s Aids crisis

  26-01-2026 12:18 via theguardian.com
  The Place, London
  Sadiq Ali’s intimate dance piece follows a woman with an HIV diagnosis at a time when it was misunderstood and stigmatisedIn the programme note for Tell Me, its creator Sadiq Ali says that 2025 was the year he might have been expected to die of Aids-related complications, were it not for advances in medicine. Instead here he is, muscled and strong, wound round a Chinese pole, suspending himself in the air, abs glistening.Ali is also thriving as an artist. His last show, T
  
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• Why I’m launching a feminist video games website in 2026

  26-01-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  I’ve been a games journalist since 2007, but still there isn’t much video games coverage that feels like it’s specifically for people like me. So I’m creating a home for it: MothershipWhether you’re reading about the impending AI bubble bursting or about the video game industry’s mass layoffs and cancelled projects, 2026 does not feel like a hopeful time for gaming. What’s more, games journalists – as well as all other kinds of journalists –
  
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• UK braces for severe wind and rain as Storm Chandra named

  26-01-2026 11:58 via bbc.com
  Chandra is the third major storm to hit the UK this month, after Goretti and Ingird caused widespread damage and destruction.
  
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• Police to be set 15-minute response target for some 999 calls

  26-01-2026 11:28 via bbc.com
  The Home Office says its plans to cut red tape will see officers spending more time out on the streets.
  
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• Bonnie Tyler's classic hits 1bn streams - but singer reveals it 'makes nothing'

  26-01-2026 11:16 via bbc.com
  The gravelly-voiced Welsh icon's hit is still loved by fans 43 years after its release.
  
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• The pet I’ll never forget: Jack, the sacked sniffer dog, who pulled me through the darkest days of chemo

  26-01-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  After the failure of his police career, Jack came to live with us, caring for the whole family indiscriminately. When I was sickest, and felt unlovable, he reminded me I was lovedJack, the cocker spaniel, was sacked by the police. His career as a detection dog was an utter failure – he was more interested in people than cannabis and made some embarrassing mistakes, including begging for treats from potential offenders rather than alerting officers about drugs.A colleague told me about a po
  
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• Mum with cervical cancer begged for scan after years of being 'fobbed off'

  26-01-2026 10:32 via bbc.com
  Jessica finally received a diagnosis after "begging" for an MRI scan revealing she needed urgent treatment.
  
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• Russian gas imports: Council gives final greenlight to a stepwise ban - consilium.europa.eu

  26-01-2026 10:18 via news.google.com
  Russian gas imports: Council gives final greenlight to a stepwise ban  consilium.europa.euEU countries give final approval to Russian gas ban  ReutersEuropean nation aims to overturn Russian gas ban  The IndependentHungary, Slovakia vow to sue EU over Russian gas ban  politico.euParliamentary opposition criticises Slovakia’s decision to sue the EU over the RePowerEU regulation  European Newsroom
  
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• Strong v swole: the surprising truth about building muscle

  26-01-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Traditional bodybuilding advice has been to push workouts to the point of failure, and that soreness is an indicator of effectiveness. But recent studies show there’s another wayUntil pretty recently, the conventional wisdom about building muscle was that it worked via a system you might think of as “tear and repair” – the idea being that working out causes microtears in the muscle fibres, which trigger the body’s repair processes, encouraging the muscles to come ba
  
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• Is it true that … red light therapy masks prevent wrinkles?

  26-01-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  While there may be benefits to the treatment, anti-ageing probably isn’t one of them – which is something better left to the professionals‘Red light therapy, where LED lights are shone on your skin, has been around for a while,” says Afshin Mosahebi, a professor in plastic surgery at University College London. But what was once an expensive treatment you’d go to a professional to receive is now becoming widely available in the form of light-up masks you can wea
  
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• Make sure pupils don't ever use phones at school, Phillipson tells teachers

  26-01-2026 08:31 via bbc.com
  The education secretary says phones should not been seen during lessons, breaktimes or lunchtime.
  
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• The Bed Trick by Izabella Scott review – a bizarre story of sexual duplicity

  26-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A brilliant analysis of the trial of Gayle Newland and the literary and social antecedents of ‘sex by deception’In September 2015, Gayle Newland stood trial accused of sex by deception. It was alleged that she created an online identity as a man and used this character, Kye Fortune, to lure another woman into a sexual relationship, which was consummated repeatedly with the assistance of a blindfold and a prosthetic penis. The woman believed she was having sex with Kye until one day h
  
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• DVLA revoked my licence, so I couldn’t drive to my dying daughter

  26-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  She had entered end-of-life care and I relied on my car to get to her, but it hadn’t returned the licence Our daughter, who has cancer, entered end-of-life care on Christmas Eve. I am a carer for her and her two young children.We both live in rural villages with no public transport options, so I need a car to get to her at short notice, but last summer, out of the blue, the DVLA told me I could not drive until December and revoked my licence. Continue reading...
  
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• Do writing retreats actually work? Reader, I finished my novel in style …

  26-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  The distractions of daily life can make writing a book a frustrating task, so I sought boltholes offering creative support and solitude in inspiring landscapesThe idea for my novel came in a rush: as I walked over the Thames on the Golden Jubilee Bridge in central London, the scene at the heart of it leapt out of the deep blue dusk and clung on to me until I committed to writing it into existence.A few months later, it became depressingly clear that the half-hour snatches of writing at the
  
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• Body found believed to be missing antiques dealer

  26-01-2026 07:51 via bbc.com
  The recovered body is believed to be 64-year-old Matthew Upham from Budleigh Salterton.
  
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• 'Low pay and boredom led me to get a secret second job'

  26-01-2026 07:46 via bbc.com
  Imtiaz had a public sector job but said the pay was low, he took another job in the private sector.
  
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• Bowel cancer screening changes will save thousands of lives - The Telegraph

  26-01-2026 07:45 via news.google.com
  Bowel cancer screening changes will save thousands of lives  The TelegraphNHS to increase accuracy of bowel cancer test in England  The GuardianNHS England to lower FIT test threshold triggering bowel cancer investigation  Pulse TodayWorcestershire bowel screening pilot to be rolled out nationwide  worcesternews.co.ukScan revealed Aylesbury woman had stage 3 bowel cancer as tests increase  bucksherald.co.uk
  
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• A new start after 60: I jumped in the sea for the first time, and finally began to heal

  26-01-2026 07:45 via theguardian.com
  Despite living on an island, David Warr avoided the water for five decades – until a swimming teacher made the link between his fear and a childhood traumaWhen David Warr was 11 he thought he was dying. At his school swimming lesson, he jumped in and swam – then realised with horror that his feet couldn’t feel the bottom. He recalls his teacher, standing on the side of the pool, shouting at him to “just swim” and his own immobilising fear. “I thought, ‘I
  
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• Can a council do five days' work in four?

  26-01-2026 07:34 via bbc.com
  Staff at one local authority are doing fewer hours for the same pay. How is it working out?
  
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• Class bias should be illegal, culture review says

  26-01-2026 07:28 via bbc.com
  More than 50% of respondents to a survey on the creative sector say they experienced class bias.
  
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• Gigs planned to celebrate independent venues

  26-01-2026 07:18 via bbc.com
  The week-long event's organiser says it is very important to "preserve and celebrate" these spaces.
  
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• I'm finally retiring aged 91, after fulfilling my wife's dying wish

  26-01-2026 07:10 via bbc.com
  Norrie McIntosh has volunteers with Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service for 25 years.
  
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• My toddler's rare disease was spotted with 24 hours to spare

  26-01-2026 07:08 via bbc.com
  Ashleigh McGeogh's daughter Delilah was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a condition that is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in UK children.
  
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• Tributes paid as BBC presenter John Randall dies

  26-01-2026 06:56 via bbc.com
  "A huge part of us will always be missing," says BBC Guernsey's executive producer.
  
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• Jessica Pegula defeats Madison Keys in straight sets – as it happened - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 04:36 via news.google.com
  Jessica Pegula defeats Madison Keys in straight sets – as it happened  The GuardianSpotless Pegula ends Keys’ Australian Open reign with serve of apple pie and cheese | Tumaini Carayol  The GuardianAustralian Open 2026 results: Madison Keys & Jessica Pegula - podcast co-hosts and fourth-round opponents  BBCMadison Keys won’t eat cheddar apple pie if she loses to Jessica Pegula at Australian Open  Tennis.comDefending Australian Open ch
  
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• Police in England and Wales to get new strict emergency response time limits - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 03:30 via news.google.com
  Police in England and Wales to get new strict emergency response time limits  The GuardianHome Office to launch ‘British FBI’ to deal with serious crime UK-wide  The GuardianShabana Mahmood to announce police overhaul - with 999 response targets and cuts to 'red tape'  Sky NewsEngland and Wales to hand counterterror policing to new national force  Financial TimesShabana Mahmood 'would have sacked' West Midlands Police chief  BBC
  
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• NHS to increase accuracy of bowel cancer test in England - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 03:30 via news.google.com
  NHS to increase accuracy of bowel cancer test in England  The GuardianNHS bowel cancer screening shake-up in a bid to catch cases earlier  The IndependentBowel cancer diagnosis boost as NHS tests will be fine tuned to spot tumours  thesun.co.ukNHS to lower threshold for bowel cancer screening  Pharmacy BusinessNew improved NHS bowel cancer test is still quick, simple and done at home - but the impact is HUGE  thesun.ie
  
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• Cunha’s stunner earns Manchester United thrilling late win at Arsenal - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 03:30 via news.google.com
  Cunha’s stunner earns Manchester United thrilling late win at Arsenal  The Guardian'Another unbelievable result' - but what's different about Man Utd now?  BBCPremier League LIVE: Arsenal vs Manchester United - build-up, team news, live text & radio commentary  BBC‘We got punished’: Arteta rues errors as Arsenal’s title tilt stalls with United loss  The GuardianMichael Carrick: Manchester United have bigger games to come &n
  
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• 'I spent £2,000 on one event': Why Gen Z is obsessed with Hyrox

  26-01-2026 01:45 via bbc.com
  How young millennials and Generation Z - people in their twenties to early forties - have become obsessed with this fitness craze.
  
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• UK to join major wind farm project with nine European countries

  26-01-2026 01:43 via bbc.com
  For the first time, the new wind farms will be connected to more than one country through undersea cables.
  
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• Thousands of children facing 'catastrophic' waits for NHS community care

  26-01-2026 01:37 via bbc.com
  A quarter of the 300,000 children waiting for community NHS care have spent more than a year waiting.
  
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• Murder and MI5: the extraordinary battle over what stays secret - BBC

  26-01-2026 01:25 via news.google.com
  Murder and MI5: the extraordinary battle over what stays secret  BBC
  
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• Murder and MI5: How an extraordinary battle erupted over what the state keeps secret

  26-01-2026 01:25 via bbc.com
  Can the state, especially when it is implicated in killing, be trusted as the arbiter of what should remain confidential?
  
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• Russia using Interpol's wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals - BBC

  26-01-2026 01:15 via news.google.com
  Russia using Interpol's wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals  BBC
  
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• Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 01:01 via news.google.com
  Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts  The GuardianClass should be ‘protected characteristic’ as arts world too posh, report says  edp24.co.ukBeing working class should be protected by law to create more acts like Oasis, says report  Daily Star
  
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• Edinburgh and Glasgow top London as UK’s nightlife hotspots, Uber data shows - The Guardian

  26-01-2026 01:01 via news.google.com
  Edinburgh and Glasgow top London as UK’s nightlife hotspots, Uber data shows  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally - BBC

  26-01-2026 00:49 via news.google.com
  Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally  BBCGold heads for best week since 2008 as Trump’s Greenland threats hit dollar  The TelegraphGold Tops $5,000 as Global Upheaval Fuels Precious Metals Rally  Bloomberg.comGold Is Inching Closer To $5,000. Where Next For Investors?  ForbesEverything you need to know about gold  Robin J Brooks | Substack
  
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