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• ‘She needs to fix it’: Jeffrey Epstein’s plot to win redemption via Sarah Ferguson - The Guardian

  31-01-2026 23:59 via news.google.com
  ‘She needs to fix it’: Jeffrey Epstein’s plot to win redemption via Sarah Ferguson  The GuardianSarah Ferguson offered Epstein VIP tours of Buckingham Palace  The TelegraphEpstein wanted Sarah Ferguson to say he was ‘not a pedo’, emails show  The IndependentShock Emails Reveal Duchess’ Close Ties to Epstein After Prison  UK News in PicturesSarah Ferguson's creepy 11-word Princess Eugenie comment to Jeffrey Epstein &
  
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• Chelsea 3-2 West Ham: Liam Rosenior in-game changes inspire Blues to Premier League win - BBC

  31-01-2026 23:14 via news.google.com
  Chelsea 3-2 West Ham: Liam Rosenior in-game changes inspire Blues to Premier League win  BBCBowen | It’s a tough defeat to take  West Ham UnitedEnzo Fernández seals thrilling Chelsea fightback to shatter 10-man West Ham  The GuardianChelsea 3-2 West Ham: Liam Rosenior understands fan boos but hopes to become the 'best decision' in club's history  Sky SportsThree things we learned from Chelsea win as Enzo Fernandez rises to the occasion &n
  
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• Trust Me, I Nailed It is a turn-based strategy game where you make sick video edits of a really rubbish hero - Rock Paper Shotgun

  31-01-2026 22:35 via news.google.com
  Trust Me, I Nailed It is a turn-based strategy game where you make sick video edits of a really rubbish hero  Rock Paper Shotgun
  
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• New Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leak Confirms Disappointing News - Forbes

  31-01-2026 21:52 via news.google.com
  New Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Leak Confirms Disappointing News  ForbesSamsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The Galaxy S26 lineup and everything else we expect  EngadgetExclusive: First look at Samsung’s 25W wireless charger, possibly for Galaxy S26  SamMobileExclusive: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Renders & Specs  Android HeadlinesMost of you couldn't care less about Samsung's late Galaxy S26 release... if the upgrades were there  PhoneArena
  
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• Starmer invites Japan PM to UK after Tokyo talks - BBC

  31-01-2026 16:32 via news.google.com
  Starmer invites Japan PM to UK after Tokyo talks  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• When can you spot this year's Snow Moon, and where did it gets its name? - Sky News

  31-01-2026 16:23 via news.google.com
  When can you spot this year's Snow Moon, and where did it gets its name?  Sky NewsThe last Moon of meteorological winter  BBCSee February’s full snow moon light up the sky  CNNTonight's Snow Moon is a last chance to see a high Moon of winter. Here are 6 reasons to catch it  BBC Sky at Night MagazineNight sky for tonight and the weekend: Don't miss the full 'Snow Moon' dominate the winter sky  Space
  
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• Couple whipped 140 times each for having sex and drinking alcohol - AOL.co.uk

  31-01-2026 16:14 via news.google.com
  Couple whipped 140 times each for having sex and drinking alcohol  AOL.co.ukIndonesian couple caned 140 times for sex and alcohol offences  BBCWoman faints after being caned 140 times under Indonesian province’s sharia law  The GuardianIndonesian couple caned 140 times for sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol  The IndependentAceh Couple Caned 140 Times In Harshest Sharia Punishment  Evrim Ağacı
  
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• Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 618 - Push Square

  31-01-2026 15:30 via news.google.com
  Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 618  Push SquareTalking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 31 - February 1)  Pure XboxWhat are we all playing this weekend?  Rock Paper ShotgunWhat We Played – MIO: Memories in Orbit, Hellblade II & Marvel Rivals  TheSixthAxisTalking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (24th January)  Nintendo Life
  
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• Can French Connection make FCUK fashionable again?

  31-01-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  With a North American licensing deal under its belt, the reinvented high-street giant is growing again under new owners and a global strategyFrench Connection is back on the trail of global expansion with the aid of its cheeky initials-based slogan that made it so popular in the late 1990s.The label once known for clothes bearing FCUK is seeking to reinvent itself again under the ownership of a group of British entrepreneurs based in the north of England who rescued it in 2021. Continue reading.
  
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• ‘The quality and variety are exceptional’: the best supermarket mixed nuts, tasted and rated

  31-01-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Our resident squirrel gnaws through packs of supermarket nuts and finds a surprisingly mixed bag• The best supermarket natural yoghurtsNuts are a nutritious whole food and my family’s go-to snack, but they are expensive and vary wildly in quality: some are stale and bitter, while others are creamy, sweet and well balanced.The combination of nuts in a mixed bag matters enormously, too. After all, if your least favourite nut dominates a particular packet, it will be a chore to get throu
  
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• Friends with benefits: how referral schemes can really pay off

  31-01-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Earn money and other rewards by linking friends and family up to companies you use, from banks to energy firmsHow much do you love your energy company – enough to recommend it to a friend? How about if £50 was up for grabs?Richard from Suffolk is a customer of Octopus Energy, and now eight of his family and friends are, too, after he recommended the provider to them all through its referral scheme. “I really think [referral schemes] are a good idea. It’s an incentive to s
  
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• Nightmare for Keir Starmer as popularity plummets to shocking level

  31-01-2026 11:35 via express.co.uk
  A new poll revealed that even those who voted Labour in the 2024 General Election want a change.
  
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• Rachel Reeves is destroying Britain's backbone as criminals run riot, Ed Davey fumes

  31-01-2026 11:15 via express.co.uk
  EXCLUSIVE: The Lib Dem leader said Labour's 'dreadful economic policies' were harming the backbone of Britain's economy.
  
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• Police rush to UK school as pupil 'stabbed with baiting needle' and boy, 13, arrested

  31-01-2026 11:01 via express.co.uk
  The pupil was taken to hospital for treatment.
  
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• UK town heartbreak as 90-year-old pub announces sudden closure – ‘deeply concerned’

  31-01-2026 10:22 via express.co.uk
  The local MP says she will be seeking clarity on why the establishment was forced to close.
  
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• ‘Quietly, subtly, the outsider’: Andy Burnham’s dress sense decoded

  31-01-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Ditching the traditional suit and tie for understated all black ‘is as calculated as any Westminster suit, just aimed at a different audience’With Labour blocking Andy Burnham from returning as an MP, the so-called “king of the north” came out wearing a simple black V-neck jumper with dark denim jeans. The Greater Manchester mayor, appearing at the launch of a Class Ceiling report at the city’s Whitworth gallery on Monday, looked quietly, subtly, the outsider.It mig
  
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• Our greatest Crusade: How the Daily Express fought for YOUR Brexit

  31-01-2026 10:00 via express.co.uk
  For decades the Daily Express crusaded for Britain's independence from Brussels, becoming the first national paper to demand the UK leave the EU in 2010.
  
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• Fatima Bhutto on her abusive relationship: ‘I thought it could never happen to me’

  31-01-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Fifteen years after her explosive memoir of growing up in Pakistan’s ruling political dynasty, the author has written a devastating account of the abuse she has since endured. She talks about a life on the run and finally settling downHad Fatima Bhutto been left to her own devices, her devastating forthcoming memoir would have been almost entirely about her relationship with her dog, Coco. “I know it sounds nuts,” she laughs. And it’s true that being d
  
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• Neighbour row over head-high fence and tiny strip of land is cautionary tale

  31-01-2026 09:00 via express.co.uk
  RICHARD MADELEY: There is a question many people need to ask themselves.
  
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• Peter Mandelson humiliated as Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to his husband

  31-01-2026 08:47 via express.co.uk
  Exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and Reinaldo Avila da Silva were among more than three million documents released by US authorities.
  
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• What makes Finland the happiest place on Earth?

  31-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  For the last eight years, Finland has topped the list of the world’s happiest countries. Our writer embarks on a tour to discover their secretI’ve been visiting the happiest country on Earth every year since I was a baby. At first glance, Finland doesn’t seem like an obvious breeding ground for happiness. In midwinter the sun only appears for two to five hours a day and temperatures can plummet to below -20C. (It would seem a warm-year-round, sunny climate is not a pr
  
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• Scumbag rapist's barbaric question that shows we should've been told asylum status

  31-01-2026 08:00 via express.co.uk
  CAROLE MALONE: Our own judiciary has deserted the British people.
  
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• Mapped - Killer disease once eliminated in UK returns as Yorkshire city among worst - Yorkshire Live

  31-01-2026 07:48 via news.google.com
  Mapped - Killer disease once eliminated in UK returns as Yorkshire city among worst  Yorkshire LiveUK loses measles elimination status  BBCMeasles is coming back as vaccination rates fall. What’s next?  The TimesOne part of Merseyside responsible for all measles cases last year  Liverpool EchoUK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake  The Guardian
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for patates yahni

  31-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Sometimes, all that’s required for supper is simply stewed Mediterranean vegetables and potatoes with a dollop of yoghurt on top …The world over, you’ll find home cooks trying to turn bags of potatoes into dinner, myself included. Sometimes, my answer is a Sri Lankan potato curry, or a Gujarati one. Perhaps a slow-cooked Spanish omelette if it’s a date night with Hugh at the kitchen island (like this Friday) but today, the solution is Greek. Yahni is the Greek word for a
  
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• ‘I never imagined this!’ How KPop Demon Hunters could make history at the Grammys and the Oscars

  31-01-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  As the film’s megahit song Golden looks likely to sweep everything in awards season, its singer Ejae explains why she’s ready to step out from behind her animated alter ego‘The directors were crying, the producer was crying, and I thought: Oh my gosh, this is an incredible musical world.” It was February 2025, and Ian Eisendrath was conducting an orchestra through the final flourishes for the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack. He knew that the team had built something special
  
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• UK snow map shows 380-mile sheet blanketing Britain - 70 counties hit

  31-01-2026 05:00 via express.co.uk
  The latest snow maps show a huge chunk of the UK covered in a sheet of snow.
  
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• UK seaside town with population of 141,000 bids to be new 'City of Culture'

  31-01-2026 03:40 via express.co.uk
  With a population of just 141,000, this seaside town attracts visitors all year round - now it could be a capital of culture too.
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy fears rising US-Iran tensions will scupper key peace talks in UAE

  31-01-2026 03:27 via theguardian.com
  Apparent pause in Russia-Ukraine hostilities comes amid concern that peace talks set for Sunday in Abu Dhabi will be delayed. What we know on day 1,438Rising tensions over possible US strikes on Iran have injected fresh uncertainty into the plans for senior Ukrainian and Russian officials to meet in Abu Dhabi this weekend for another round of talks. “The date or the location may change,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “From our point of view, something is happeni
  
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• Trump news at a glance: Epstein files release shows emails with Trump officials past and present

  31-01-2026 03:20 via theguardian.com
  Democrats question redactions and whether Trump officials are holding back more documents – key US politics stories from 30 January at a glanceThe US justice department has released more than 3m pages of documents related to its investigation into the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a long-awaited announcement that appears to represent the bulk of the so-called Epstein files that have dogged Donald Trump politically.While an analysis is still under way, the release
  
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• Thousands march in anti-ICE protest in New York City: ‘If it’s them today, it’s us tomorrow’

  31-01-2026 02:36 via theguardian.com
  In nationwide day of action, people brave plunging cold temperatures to march in city and demonstrate against ICEThousands chanted and marched in New York City on Friday to protest the Trump administration’s escalating mass deportation campaign.Among the protesters were young and old people, all braving plunging cold temperatures in thick coats, hats and gloves. Continue reading...
  
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• Heatwave across Australia’s south-east continues for eighth day ahead of a welcome cool change

  31-01-2026 02:17 via theguardian.com
  The BoM forecasts parts of inland NSW will exceed 45C on Saturday, with Thargomindah in Queensland to reach 46C, Mildura 45C and Canberra 41CGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA cool change this weekend is expected to bring an end to eight consecutive days of blistering temperatures above 40C in Australia’s south-east.But before it does, the heat continued on Saturday. Heatwave warnings remained in place for parts of every state and territory excluding Tasmania, wit
  
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• I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to – my only regret is not buying popcorn so one of my senses was entertained | Caitlin Cassidy

  31-01-2026 01:06 via theguardian.com
  ‘Everyone wants to know,’ Melania says at the beginning of the two-hour extravaganza – but do we?It’s Friday afternoon at Hoyts on Sydney’s northern beaches, and the atmosphere is horrific. I am here to see Amazon’s $75m “documentary” on Melania Trump, which has already been condemned as a flop ahead of its release.When I arrive, I panic for a second that I have the time wrong. There are no Melania posters anywhere and the screening is tucked into
  
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• The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one | Seth Stern

  31-01-2026 01:05 via theguardian.com
  Thursday’s arrests of Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort demonstrate the administration’s lawless crusade against routine journalismTwo federal courts reviewed the government’s evidence against journalist Don Lemon and declined to approve his arrest last week. But nevertheless, the attorney general, Pam Bondi, persisted, desperate to please her authoritarian boss no matter what the constitution and law say or what her ethical obligations as an attorney require.Thursd
  
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• One in seven food delivery businesses in England are ‘dark kitchens’, study shows

  31-01-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  University researchers say growth of the hidden fast food industry may pose risks to public healthOne in seven food businesses on major delivery platforms, including Deliveroo and Just Eat, is now a “dark kitchen”, a university study shows.The findings, which shine a light on the scale of the hidden takeaway industry, found that 15% of all online food retailers in England were dark kitchens. Continue reading...
  
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• New type of Bordeaux wine to gain official status as result of climate pressure

  31-01-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Formal validation for claret reflects hotter conditions, falling consumption and shift towards chillable redsBordeaux’s wine industry has historically adapted to consumer habits. In the 1970s the region leaned towards white, but by the 2000s was famed for powerful oak-aged reds.Now it’s turning to a much older form of red with a name familiar to anglophones: claret. With origins in the 12th century, when it was first shipped to Britain, claret was soon our favoured wine, a
  
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