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• Major incident declared in Somerset after Storm Chandra brings flooding and strong winds

  27-01-2026 23:51 via theguardian.com
  South-west England bears brunt of storm, but yellow weather warnings are also issued for Wales, Northern Ireland and ScotlandA major incident has been declared in Somerset after swathes of south-west England were left flooded and cut off by Storm Chandra.The heavy rain and strong winds prompted calls for more resources to be invested in making the region more resilient in extreme weather. Continue reading...
  
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• Ilkay Gundogan's emotional Man City reunion statement before firing Arsenal title warning - manchestereveningnews.co.uk

  27-01-2026 23:27 via news.google.com
  Ilkay Gundogan's emotional Man City reunion statement before firing Arsenal title warning  manchestereveningnews.co.ukGundogan: This club will always be close to my heart  Manchester City FCMan City news: Leroy Sane on Pep Guardiola and Galatasaray tie  BBCUCL: Guardiola names two players he’ll forever be grateful to in his life  Daily Post NigeriaLeroy Sané: Pep Guardiola Reprogrammed My Football Mind  YSscores.com
  
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• WhatsApp adds one-toggle privacy lockdown mode - theregister.com

  27-01-2026 23:15 via news.google.com
  WhatsApp adds one-toggle privacy lockdown mode  theregister.comWhatsApp Strict Account Settings: Safeguarding Against Cyber Attacks  Meta StoreWhatsApp’s new ‘lockdown’ settings add another layer of protection against cyberattacks  The VergeWhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyberattacks  techcrunch.comWhatsApp gets serious about protecting its users  Android Police
  
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• ‘Goal of the season’ – EFL star scores incredible goal from inside his own half - talkSPORT

  27-01-2026 22:51 via news.google.com
  ‘Goal of the season’ – EFL star scores incredible goal from inside his own half  talkSPORTHuddersfield Town 1-0 Luton Town - Ryan Ledson scores spectacular winner for 10-man Terriers  BBCEFL highlights: Cardiff, Lincoln ease to victory & Huddersfield score 50-YARD winner  Sky SportsTown defeated by 10-man Terriers  Luton TownHuddersfield Town ratings as Terriers win with ten men again thanks to Ryan Ledson wonder-goal  We Ar
  
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• Nuclear weapon storage banned at Chagos base - The Telegraph

  27-01-2026 22:36 via news.google.com
  Nuclear weapon storage banned at Chagos base  The TelegraphTrump could pull the plug on Chagos deal, ministers fear  The TimesUK ratification of the Chagos Archipelago treaty will not violate international law  Chatham HouseMinister claims Chagos Islands debate delayed by 'sabotage'  BBCTory peers force UK to pause passage of Chagos Islands bill after US criticism  Financial Times
  
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• NASA moves critical fueling test for Artemis 2 moon rocket up to Jan. 31 - Space

  27-01-2026 21:51 via news.google.com
  NASA moves critical fueling test for Artemis 2 moon rocket up to Jan. 31  SpaceNASA Moves Steps Closer to Artemis II Fueling Test Ahead of Launch  NASA (.gov)NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly  CNNArtemis 2 launch: Livestream info, launch window details  MashableArtemis 2 astronauts enter quarantine ahead of historic NASA moon launch  Space
  
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• Benefits cheat stole £70k after claiming she was 'riddled' with terminal cancer - The Sun

  27-01-2026 21:27 via news.google.com
  Benefits cheat stole £70k after claiming she was 'riddled' with terminal cancer  The Sun
  
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• Brook’s ‘Stone Cold’ celebration in England series win as Root praises ‘great leader’

  27-01-2026 21:25 via theguardian.com
  Root hails captain after third ODI win against Sri LankaBrook imitates move of wrestler after making centuryThe wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was the surprising inspiration for Harry Brook’s century celebration as the England white-ball captain led his side to a one-day international series victory against Sri Lanka with a thrilling, unbeaten 136.Brook, who was involved in a clash with a nightclub bouncer on the tour of New Zealand earlier this winter, took his gloves off
  
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• Pornhub to stop new UK users accessing site from next week

  27-01-2026 21:14 via theguardian.com
  Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety ActPornhub is to stop new users accessing its site in the UK from next week, citing the impact of mandatory age checks that were introduced last summer under the Online Safety Act.The pornography website, which is one of the most visited in the world, announced that from 2 February only users who have already verified their age will retain access through their existing accounts. The change also affects
  
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• ‘I was simply luckier’: Holocaust survivors warn against forgetting Nazi atrocities - The Guardian

  27-01-2026 21:08 via news.google.com
  ‘I was simply luckier’: Holocaust survivors warn against forgetting Nazi atrocities  The GuardianHolocaust Memorial Day — and other news in pictures  The Times'Lies are becoming normalised' Holocaust event told  BBCHull to mark Holocaust Memorial Day by turning buildings purple  BBCManchester City are once again proud to mark Holocaust Memorial Day  Manchester City FC
  
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• Starmer led ‘witch-hunt’ against Iraq veterans - The Telegraph

  27-01-2026 21:00 via news.google.com
  Starmer led ‘witch-hunt’ against Iraq veterans  The TelegraphRICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Starmer's no friend of the military. No wonder veterans are flocking to Reform  Daily MailStarmer sparked ‘witch-hunt’ of British troops, says Johnny Mercer  The TimesMichael Ashcroft questions Keir Starmer on prosecution bill for veterans  Traders UnionStarmer’s not fit to tie bootlaces of veterans he hounded  The Telegraph
  
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• Premier League has the power but still faces reckoning with European giants | Jonathan Wilson

  27-01-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  English clubs stroll through Champions League group phase but fatigue tends to take its toll by the springHas there been a great game in the Champions League group stage this season? Probably not. Even if there had been, it almost certainly didn’t mean all that much. But that’s the way of the modern game: an extremely protracted clearing of the throat before the real business begins.Uefa will proudly tell the world that only six teams have nothing to play for in the final round of ga
  
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• Prostate cancer screening rejection ‘based on flawed modelling’ - The Times

  27-01-2026 20:55 via news.google.com
  Prostate cancer screening rejection ‘based on flawed modelling’  The Times
  
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• 160,000-Year-Old Tools Found in China Reveal Surprising Innovation from Early Hominins - Indian Defence Review

  27-01-2026 20:04 via news.google.com
  160,000-Year-Old Tools Found in China Reveal Surprising Innovation from Early Hominins  Indian Defence Review160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens  Live ScienceTechnological innovations and hafted technology in central China ~160,000–72,000 years ago  NatureComplex prehistoric tools found in China rewrite story of human evolution  The IndependentHafted stone tools in China suggest early
  
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• Ella Baron on Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform – cartoon

  27-01-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
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• The Guardian view on deepening poverty in the UK: a catastrophic Tory legacy has cut millions adrift | Editorial

  27-01-2026 19:52 via theguardian.com
  A new Joseph Rowntree report underlines the corrosive impact of years of anti-welfare rhetoric. A reframing of the debate is urgently neededThe Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s latest report on poverty in the UK, published this week, should be read first and foremost as an indictment of all Conservative governments between 2010 and 2024. During almost a decade and a half of Tory rule, the JRF estimates that no progress at all was made in reducing overall levels of relative hardship. No surpris
  
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• The Guardian view on reforming the police: Labour’s sprawling plan comes with risks attached | Editorial

  27-01-2026 19:50 via theguardian.com
  Checks and balances will be needed under the home secretary’s new vision of policing, with its ‘British FBI’The police, said the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, in the House of Commons on Monday, is “the last great unreformed public service”. Her white paper aims to redraw the policing map of England (though policing is devolved, the other nations will feel the effects). If she succeeds, the current patchwork will be replaced by a multi-tier system. The 43 existing
  
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• Government row breaks out over plan to cut spending for PE in England’s schools

  27-01-2026 19:34 via theguardian.com
  Proposed cuts by DHSC and DfE came despite concerns about inactivity among children contributing to obesityA row between government departments has broken out after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed cutting all its funding for physical education in schools.The DHSC is now intending to restore the funding despite insisting privately for weeks that it would end its contribution. Ministers are understood to have overruled the cuts, it emerged after the Guardian contacted the
  
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• Philip Glass withdraws world premiere of his Lincoln symphony from Kennedy Center

  27-01-2026 19:29 via theguardian.com
  Composer says values of Trump-dominated Kennedy Center ‘are in direct conflict’ with symphony’s messagePhilip Glass, the celebrated US composer, has withdrawn the world premiere of his latest symphony at Washington DC’s John F Kennedy Center in protest of Donald Trump’s presidency.In a statement on Tuesday, the 88-year-old composer said: “After thoughtful consideration, I have decided to withdraw my Symphony No 15 ‘Lincoln’ from the John F Kennedy
  
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• West Midlands Police will 'work tirelessly' to rebuild relations - BBC

  27-01-2026 19:19 via news.google.com
  West Midlands Police will 'work tirelessly' to rebuild relations  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Classic Patrick Swayze Movie Getting Sequel 40 Years Later, Original Star Returning - ComingSoon.net

  27-01-2026 19:15 via news.google.com
  Classic Patrick Swayze Movie Getting Sequel 40 Years Later, Original Star Returning  ComingSoon.net‘Dirty Dancing’ Sequel With Jennifer Grey Moving Forward as Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson Board to Produce  hollywoodreporter.comDirty Dancing (1987)  IGN India’Dirty Dancing’ Sequel Has Fans Noting Patrick Swayze’s Absence Amid ‘Lazy’ And ‘Cash Grab’ Claims  YahooJennifer Grey returning for ‘Dirty Dan
  
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• U-turn on pubs has not solved the government’s mess on business rates | Nils Pratley

  27-01-2026 18:59 via theguardian.com
  The package being offered is not insignificant but the hospitality sector is still in troubleWill the chancellor’s inevitable U-turn on business rates for pubs be enough to quieten the developing riot behind the taps? Possibly, a bit. After two months of damaging headlines, Rachel Reeves has granted pubs a 15% discount on bills, worth £1,650 on average in the next tax year, then a two-year freeze in real terms, with the promise of a change in methodology in time for the next revaluat
  
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• King and Queen meet Holocaust survivors at Palace - BBC

  27-01-2026 18:56 via news.google.com
  King and Queen meet Holocaust survivors at Palace  BBCKing Charles and Queen Camilla meet Holocaust survivors on memorial day | ITV News  ITVXThe King and Queen host a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark Holocaust Memorial Day  The Royal FamilyKing tells Holocaust survivor her father is alive in spirit  The TelegraphDuke of Kent, 90, pictured during rare royal engagement  HELLO! Magazine
  
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• ‘Abdication’: Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time - The Guardian

  27-01-2026 18:56 via news.google.com
  ‘Abdication’: Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time  The GuardianUS officially withdraws from landmark pact setting ‘disturbing precedent’  The IndependentU.S Has Officially Withdrawn From the Paris Climate Accord  The New York TimesHow the US Is Abandoning Joint Climate Action Under Trump  BloombergCleanLaw — Legal Implications of the US Withdrawal from the UNFCCC  Environmental and Energy
  
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• Laura Lima: The Drawing Drawing review – if everything’s on wheels, why doesn’t this show go anywhere?

  27-01-2026 18:51 via theguardian.com
  ICA, LondonLima made her name with surreal encounters meant to free you from mundane everyday thinking. It’s rather a lot to ask of a key-grabbing hand, a dancing parasol and some melting iceOne of the worst things contemporary art can make you do is think serious thoughts about stupid things. Sure, sometimes a urinal is beautiful, a shed is interesting, and an empty room is a container of countless ideas. But sometimes, it has no deeper meaning worth seeking out. Sometimes it’s just
  
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• Why your retirement should be more taxing | Letters

  27-01-2026 18:19 via theguardian.com
  Anne Ayres suggests that if you are working, you should pay national insurance, regardless of age, while Brian Cookson says ageism is rampant in society. Plus a letter from Elizabeth BelcherSimon Jenkins is right to point out the growing feasibility of older people choosing to work into their 80s (Mary Berry, and now Prue Leith. Retiring in your 80s is the new 60s, 23 January). As he says, older people are far healthier than they used to be and continuing to be economically active is generally g
  
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• Was Labour right to block Andy Burnham’s return as an MP? | Letters

  27-01-2026 18:19 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to the national executive committee’s decision to stop the Manchester mayor from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelectionThe argument that it would be too costly to run a mayoral election in Manchester and run the risk of its being won by Reform UK is perfectly valid (‘Huge mistake’: Labour in turmoil as Burnham blocked from byelection race, 25 January). The problem is that that is not how the decision of the Labour party’s national executive committee
  
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• George Harrison’s old house has an interesting backstory | Letters

  27-01-2026 18:19 via theguardian.com
  Dr Liz Rolls-Firth recalls the place where would-be nurses spent three months training before being let loose on patientsPeter Bradshaw missed out an important cultural feature of Letchmore Heath (‘The Village of the Damned was shot here – then George Harrison bought a house’: our UK town of culture nominations, 23 January). Before Piggott’s Manor was sold to George Harrison, it was the preliminary training school of St Bartholomew’s hospital in Smithfield, London,
  
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• City & Guilds ex-staff still left in the dark | Brief letters

  27-01-2026 18:19 via theguardian.com
  Communication gap | Tom Jones syndrome | Frontline inaction | Gift from Suella Braverman | Tory defectionsA group of retired senior staff at City & Guilds met its chair of trustees, Ann Limb, and chief executive, Kirstie Donnelly, on 2 December to find out more about the sale (The Guardian view on the City & Guilds privatisation: big bonuses cast a shadow over this deal, 21 January). We complained that a large number of stakeholders, including pensioners, had been told nothing about it o
  
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• Popular Xbox Game Pass survival game gets first major content update in years - TrueAchievements

  27-01-2026 18:17 via news.google.com
  Popular Xbox Game Pass survival game gets first major content update in years  TrueAchievementsEverything New In The Terraria 1.4.5 Bigger And Bolder Update  GameSpotTerraria's ginormous, 3 years in the making 1.4.5 update is live—a full 15 years after the game was deemed finished  PC GamerTerraria's 'Bigger and Boulder' Update Adds Slimes, Character Creation Options, and Palworld and Dead Cells Collaboration Content  MMORPG.comGarlic is useless: The
  
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• ‘Are we reaching peak hot honey?’ Why the ‘swicy’ taste is everywhere – from pizzas to crisps

  27-01-2026 18:11 via theguardian.com
  What began as an exciting gen Z food trend has become ubiquitous. Is the bubble about to burst under the weight of ‘fake’ honey and cheap, mass-produced knock-offs?When hot honey started popping up on restaurant menus about five years ago – drizzled over pizza perhaps, or used as a glaze for meat or halloumi – it seemed novel; something unusual and exciting to try. Word soon got out, particularly among gen Z, about its “swicy” (sweet and spicy) appeal, and the
  
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• The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot

  27-01-2026 17:52 via theguardian.com
  It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindicationI know it’s almost impossible to turn your eyes away from the Trump show, but that’s the point. His antics, ever-grosser and more preposterous, are designed to keep him in our minds, to crowd out other issues. His insatiable craving for attention is a global-threat multiplier. You can’t help wondering whether there’s anything he w
  
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• ‘Not surprised at all’: Fareham voters size up Suella Braverman’s Reform switch

  27-01-2026 17:45 via theguardian.com
  Some in Hampshire constituency happy to vote for former Tory MP again but others find defection ‘quite alarming’For Jamie Jewell, the pub owner at the Golden Lion, there has been radio silence from his local MP, Suella Braverman. In January last year, the MP for Fareham and Waterlooville visited the pub, offered to help the owners with removing a protected tree that was damaging the property, and posted photos with the staff on her Facebook page and for local media.Jewell has not hea
  
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• Iran’s ‘Baby Rider’ motorbike influencer shot dead - The Telegraph

  27-01-2026 17:38 via news.google.com
  Iran’s ‘Baby Rider’ motorbike influencer shot dead  The Telegraph19-Year-Old Influencer Killed by Security Forces During Gorgan Crackdown  IranWire🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian state media is calling Minneapolis protests “instant karma” against Trump. This government deploys a morality police, internet blackouts, and live ammo against its own people. The age of confusion is here. Source: @AFpost  x.com10 Photos o
  
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• ‘I have Yes tattooed on my foot!’ Zoey Deutch on playing Jean Seberg in a joyous celebration of Godard classic Breathless

  27-01-2026 17:30 via theguardian.com
  The Hollywood actor is about to go stratospheric thanks to Nouvelle Vague, a film about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s masterpiece. How did she feel about playing the blond gamine in some of cinema’s best loved scenes?Richard Linklater’s latest film Nouvelle Vague is not so much a re-enactment of cinema history, but a celebratory tribute act – joyously reliving the spirit of the early French New Wave, as it re-imagines 1959 Paris and the chaotically innovative shooting o
  
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• ‘Let’s get raunchy!’ Gentleman Jack, the TV hit about an audacious lesbian landowner, is back as a ballet

  27-01-2026 16:10 via theguardian.com
  She has based ballets on Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel and Eva Perón. So Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was well placed to take on the passionate, complicated figure of Anne ListerA couple dance across the studio, their movements formal, the mood resigned. The man pulls his partner towards him but she spins away, landing face to face with another woman. Now the two women dance and everything is different: bright and playful as their eyes meet. It ends in a clinch behind a bookcase. The great love is no
  
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• Pikachu and pals go wild: Pokémon theme park opens in Tokyo

  27-01-2026 16:04 via theguardian.com
  From rhino-sized Rhyhorns to worm-like Diglett, visitors toPokéPark Kanto will roam a forest populated by lifelike Pokémon statues when the attraction opens next weekIn Japan, February is normally a period of quiet reflection, a month defined by winter festivals in Sapporo’s snowy mountains and staving off the cold in steaming hot springs. Traditionally, international tourists start to arrive with the blossoms in spring – but thanks to the opening of Pokémon&rsqu
  
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• M4 traffic: Chaos on major motorway with lorry 'on its side' after major crash

  27-01-2026 16:00 via express.co.uk
  Traffic has been brought to a complete standstill, with drivers facing severe delays.
  
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• How I Shop with Ben Fogle: ‘It’s a dangerous shop to visit’

  27-01-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Always wondered what everyday stuff celebrities buy, where they shop for food and the basic they scrimp on? Ben Fogle talks to the Filter about vintage clothing, toothpaste and garden makeovers gone wrong• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBen Fogle is an adventurer, broadcaster and bestselling author. He has presented TV series from all over the globe: his many extreme exploits include climbing Everest, rowing the Atlantic, crossing the deserts of the Empty Qu
  
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• King Charles issues moving message as King and Queen mark Holocaust Memorial Day

  27-01-2026 15:46 via express.co.uk
  The King and Queen have met Holocaust survivors and their families as the world marks the 81st anniversary of a genocide in which six million Jews were murdered.
  
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• Government agency warning issued over mental health apps

  27-01-2026 15:28 via express.co.uk
  The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued new guidance for Brits using digital mental health tools.
  
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• New VPN ban for UK on table after vote on law change

  27-01-2026 15:16 via express.co.uk
  A new VPN ban affecting children in particular could be made law after a vote was taken on a possible change of legislation.
  
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• Why toothpaste in UK is so expensive — as Colgate spotted selling for £11

  27-01-2026 15:12 via express.co.uk
  A photo shared online sparked a discussion about prices.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Donald Trump's failing health reports

  27-01-2026 15:01 via express.co.uk
  Behind the scenes, whispers of Trump's health paint a complex picture. From white hair to unexpected moments, there's more than meets the eye.
  
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• Burnham accuses No 10 sources of lying about byelection decision

  27-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Manchester mayor suggests claims he was told Labour would not give him permission to stand were untrueThe Labour party’s civil war over the Gorton and Denton byelection has intensified after Andy Burnham accused Downing Street sources of lying about his decision to apply to stand in the Manchester seat.The Manchester mayor was reacting to suggestions by unnamed Keir Starmer allies that he had been told “in no uncertain terms” that any request to the NEC committee to put his nam
  
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• Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this | Marina Hyde

  27-01-2026 14:43 via theguardian.com
  Truly, I am the country’s biggest fan. But in the spirit of free speech its leaders apparently love, here’s a few things the rest of the world needs them to knowWe in the rest of the world have had to hear a lot – such a lot – about what this US government and its hardcore fanbase thinks about us. So you know they’ll be super-relaxed and free-speechy about hearing some thoughts about how they look from the outside. Let’s use last Saturday as a single snapshot.
  
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• Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel fairytale continues with haute couture debut

  27-01-2026 14:38 via theguardian.com
  Designer’s third collection confirms his dream start at the label, as warmth for the women who wear it shines throughIt is the biggest job in fashion and Matthieu Blazy is knocking it out of the park. Chanel, the most famous fashion house in the world, with annual sales of almost $20bn (£14.6bn) and a designer lineage that includes Coco Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, is an intimidating prospect for a 41-year-old Belgian designer who, until his appointment last year, was little known outs
  
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• Major bar chain plunges into administration as 21 high street venues closed - full list

  27-01-2026 14:38 via express.co.uk
  Hundreds of employees are set to lose their jobs as the chain closes several venues.
  
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• Bafta has caught the zeitgeist with One Battle After Another, but let’s hear it for The Ballad of Wallis Island

  27-01-2026 14:38 via theguardian.com
  Paul Thomas Anderson’s antifa parable is queasily relevant to the times, but here’s hoping Tim Key and co can get some reward for their brilliant British film• Combat intensifies as One Battle After Another takes 14 Bafta nominations
  • Bafta film awards 2026: full list of nominationsThe Bafta nominations list underscores the enormous award-season love being felt for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, his subversive vampire riff on America’s black experience – though
  
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• Mercedes-AMG is bringing V8 thunder back to the CLE - Autocar

  27-01-2026 14:37 via news.google.com
  Mercedes-AMG is bringing V8 thunder back to the CLE  AutocarMercedes-AMG is preparing an ‘exceptionally extreme’ CLE, and this is it  Top GearNew Mythos will be 'extreme' AMG coupe  PistonHeadsUpcoming Mercedes-AMG Mythos will be a CLK 63 Black Series for the 2020s  Auto ExpressMercedes-Benz Just Unveiled Its New Ultra-Exclusive Mythos  Robb Report
  
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