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• Second woman alleging Epstein sent her to UK for Andrew encounter wants apology from king’s lawyers - The Guardian

  02-02-2026 22:24 via news.google.com
  Second woman alleging Epstein sent her to UK for Andrew encounter wants apology from king’s lawyers  The GuardianPrince Edward: We must remember Jeffrey Epstein’s victims  The TimesAndrew should testify to US Congress, Starmer suggests after new photos  BBCEpstein was not just Andrew’s friend, he was his fixer  The Telegraph‘Remember the victims’: Prince Edward breaks silence over Andrew-Epstein controversy  The Inde
  
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• Transfer deadline day: Crystal Palace confirm Strand Larsen deal, Forest sign Netz – live

  02-02-2026 22:18 via theguardian.com
  ⚽ Transfer interactive: deals from Europe’s top five leagues
  ⚽ 7pm GMT deadline | Follow us on Bluesky | Email AlexThe centre-forward to whose leaving I refer is Jean-Philippe Mateta. You can’t argue with numbers, I don’t suppose, and he’s done a fairly good job in patches, I just can’t get on board with a striker so bad at finishing one-on-ones. If Milan are seriously prepared to give £30m for a 28-year-old, I’d say thank you very much.In an
  
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• Sunderland v Burnley: Premier League – live updates

  02-02-2026 22:18 via theguardian.com
  ⚽️ Updates from the Stadium of Light (8pm GMT KO)
  ⚽️ Live scores | Full table | Follow on Bluesky | Mail WillHere come the teams …Sunderland are still unbeaten at home in the Premier League this season. They might be missing Granit Xhaka but you must think they will fancy their chances tonight. Continue reading...
  
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• Mexico’s president pledges to send aid to Cuba despite US efforts to cut oil access

  02-02-2026 22:17 via theguardian.com
  Move from Claudia Sheinbaum comes after Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that sell oil to CubaMexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has pledged to send humanitarian aid this week to Cuba and said Mexico was “exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people,” despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation.Donald Trump last week signed an executive order allowing the US to slap tariffs on countries sending c
  
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• Donald Trump again denies ever visiting Epstein’s island and repeats threat to sue journalist – US politics live

  02-02-2026 22:04 via theguardian.com
  US president, who is also threatening to sue comedian Trevor Noah over Grammys joke, says he will sue Michael Wolff and reasserts he ‘wasn’t friendly’ with EpsteinHouse speaker Mike Johnson is set to swear in Christian Menefee, a Democrat who recently won a runoff election for a reliably blue seat in Texas.Menefee’s victory, however, means the margin in the House is even more slim: 218 Republicans to 214 Democrats. His current term will end at the end of the year, and he&
  
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• State department and Marco Rubio sued over order denying visas to 75 countries

  02-02-2026 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Coalition of groups filed lawsuit to overturn ban on nationals from specified countries over ‘false claims’A coalition of immigration groups, lawyers and US citizens is suing Marco Rubio and the state department to overturn an order that suspended immigrant visa approvals to citizens of 75 countries, alleging the move “eviscerates” decades of settled policy and is blatantly discriminatory.The suit, filed in a US district court in New York, accuses the department and Rubio
  
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• US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Trump to proceed

  02-02-2026 21:41 via theguardian.com
  Ruling clears Denmark’s Ørsted to resume construction on its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New YorkAll five offshore wind projects halted by the Trump administration in December can resume construction after a federal judge’s ruling on Monday that cleared Denmark’s Ørsted to proceed with its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New York.Ørsted’s request for an injunction blocking the interior department order was the fifth brought by an offsh
  
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• Mandelson could face police inquiry over alleged leak to Epstein

  02-02-2026 21:38 via theguardian.com
  Met police assessing reports of alleged misconduct in public office after government information apparently sharedPeter Mandelson is facing a possible police investigation into his alleged leak of market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis.New disclosures from the Epstein files appear to show Mandelson sent a string of emails to the late sex offender containing confidential information that the government was receiving to deal with the global crash whil
  
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• From luxury duvets to sofa-ready PJs: 12 cosy updates you’re loving right now

  02-02-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Your January favourites – whether that’s hand cream or a bodysuit – say it all: you’re hibernating for winter• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEarlier this month, we asked you to pick a team: hibernating on the sofa, or getting off it and getting fit. Well, the votes are now in – and the sofa was the clear winner.We don’t blame you – January’s Arctic blasts and grey skies haven’t exactly been tempting us b
  
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• US jobs report delayed again amid government shutdown - The Guardian

  02-02-2026 20:46 via news.google.com
  US jobs report delayed again amid government shutdown  The GuardianJanuary jobs report will be delayed due to partial government shutdown  CNNJobs report postponed due to government shutdown  AxiosStocks Edge Up As Earnings Roll In And Jobs Data Delays  FinimizeFriday's jobs report will be delayed because of the partial government shutdown  CNBC
  
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• France passes budget after months of wrangling and no-confidence motions

  02-02-2026 20:43 via theguardian.com
  PM Sébastien Lecornu pushes budget through using constitutional powers that avoided vote in parliamentFrance has finally passed a budget for this year after the minority government survived a series of no-confidence votes in a long-running political saga that has unsettled debt markets and alarmed the country’s European partners.The prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, told parliament on Monday, after months of wrangling, that French people “refuse this disorder and want
  
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• How much did the Epstein poison infect Britain? Starmer had better find out, and fast | Gaby Hinsliff

  02-02-2026 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Serious questions need to be asked about Mandelson, Andrew and what the PM knew when. The credibility of UK politics is on the linePeter Mandelson did not want, he wrote disdainfully to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to “live by salary alone”. Not for him the life of the little guy, slave to a mere six-figure salary: he had always aspired to something grander, a lifestyle well beyond his means, to which rich men such as Epstein were so often his passport.First it was his
  
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• The Sun Just Turned Toward Earth And Unleashed a Stunning Flare Barrage - The Daily Galaxy

  02-02-2026 20:40 via news.google.com
  The Sun Just Turned Toward Earth And Unleashed a Stunning Flare Barrage  The Daily GalaxySun Releases 4 Strong Solar Flares  NASA Science (.gov)UPDATE! An X8.1 (Strong) flare from Region 4366  Space Weather Prediction Center (.gov)Sunspot launches 27 solar flares in 24 hours, including strongest outburst in years  Live ScienceThe sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years  Scientific American
  
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• ‘Where r u? I miss you’: how vivid new Epstein emails sealed Mandelson’s fate

  02-02-2026 20:18 via theguardian.com
  The latest revelations and reaction to them may mean he has finally encountered a scandal he is unable to outrun It was the evening of 6 May 2010 and months after being released from jail for procuring a child for prostitution, Jeffrey Epstein was curious as to the result of Britain’s general election.“Well?” he emailed Peter Mandelson, the then de facto deputy prime minister in Gordon Brown’s government. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on the Mandelson-Epstein emails: unavoidable questions of misconduct in public office | Editorial

  02-02-2026 20:12 via theguardian.com
  Leaking crisis policy to financiers demands investigation, not evasion. Gordon Brown understands this. Credibility can’t be pursued at the expense of trustFinally, a Labour prime minister has taken a necessary step. Ordering the cabinet secretary to investigate Peter Mandelson’s contacts with Jeffrey Epstein recognises an elementary truth: if a cabinet minister discusses private government business with financial interests during a crisis, the state must act. Gordon Br
  
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• Iran’s top diplomat says government is ready for talks with US on a nuclear deal

  02-02-2026 20:07 via theguardian.com
  Abbas Araghchi suggests nuclear programme negotiations could begin imminently, as American forces amass in regionIran’s top diplomat has said the government is ready for negotiations with the US as the two countries reportedly prepared to send top envoys to Istanbul for high-stakes talks on the Iranian nuclear programme later this week.As US warships and aircraft have amassed in the region for a potential strike on Iran, the country’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, suggested that
  
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• Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

  02-02-2026 19:50 via theguardian.com
  British Medical Association members back further action as union’s chair says ‘a deal is there to be done’Resident doctors in England have voted to strike for another six months in their long-running jobs and pay dispute with the government.Their decision means that, unless an agreement emerges, the campaign of strikes by resident – formerly junior – doctors will enter its fourth year, as the industrial action began in March 2023. Continue reading...
  
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• Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson and the Epstein files – cartoon

  02-02-2026 19:44 via theguardian.com
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• Pakistan boycott shows growing divide between cricket’s commercial needs and political reality | Taha Hashim

  02-02-2026 19:41 via theguardian.com
  Latest row to hit T20 World Cup raises difficult questions for the sport’s governing body, with lucrative TV deal to protectThe announcement on Sunday, fittingly, was made by Pakistan’s government, a reminder that this episode goes well beyond a game of cricket. In a post on X, the government approved the national side’s participation at this month’s T20 World Cup, but with a significant caveat.“The Pakistan cricket team shall not take the field in the match schedul
  
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• London schools face cuts to staff and budgets as pupil numbers fall

  02-02-2026 19:36 via theguardian.com
  Demand for year 7 pupils is expected to fall by 7.6% over the next four years, with similar numbers expected in primary schoolsSchools in London could lose £45m in funding over the next four years as pupil numbers continue to fall, a report has warned, with secondary schools facing staff and curriculum cuts as budgets dwindle.Until now, primary schools in the capital have been worst hit by falling birth rates, leading to about 90 school closures or mergers in the past five years. But the c
  
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• Sick and wounded Palestinians enter Egypt after Israel reopens Rafah crossing

  02-02-2026 19:31 via theguardian.com
  About 150 people expected to leave Gaza on first day border is unsealed out of 20,000 adults and children who need medical careSick and wounded Palestinians have begun crossing into Egypt to seek medical treatment after Israel permitted a limited reopening of the Palestinian territory’s Rafah border post as fragile diplomatic efforts to stabilise the conflict inch forward.About 150 people were due to leave the territory on Monday, and 50 to enter it, according to Egyptian officials, more t
  
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• Steve Borthwick asks for England fans’ roar in support of grieving Maro Itoje

  02-02-2026 19:29 via theguardian.com
  Itoje missed start of camp to attend mother’s funeralJamie George to captain against Wales, Itoje on benchSteve Borthwick has called on England supporters to give Maro Itoje “the roar he deserves” when he comes off the bench in his side’s Six Nations opener against Wales on Saturday.Borthwick has taken the decision to omit Itoje from the starting lineup after his captain missed the start of England’s training camp in Girona to attend his mother’s funeral in Ni
  
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• The Guardian view on London’s nightlife: how to share city space is best resolved locally | Editorial

  02-02-2026 19:25 via theguardian.com
  The capital’s hospitality industry and cultural sector is vital but ensuring democratic consent is necessary for its expansion – and survivalSir Sadiq Khan’s musical tastes tend toward soft rock and pop. But throughout his tenure as mayor of London he has positioned himself as a friend to its ravers, rockers and late-night revellers with his oft-relaunched vision of a culturally and economically vibrant “24‑hour city”. Those ambitions have fallen short of thei
  
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• Epstein files: has Trump really been ‘absolved’? | The Latest

  02-02-2026 19:06 via theguardian.com
  Donald Trump claims that the release of millions more files related to Jeffrey Epstein 'absolve' him of wrongdoing, even though his name appears hundreds of times. The latest documents also indicate high-profile figures , including the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Labour peer Peter Mandelson, continued friendships with the disgraced financier after his child sex abuse convictions. So what have we learned from the newly released files and what happens next? Lucy Hough speaks to co
  
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• Top players reject offer to have greater say in running of major tennis championships

  02-02-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Grand slams proposed setting up a player councilAustralian Open not involved in the pay disputeThe tennis pay row has escalated further with the world’s top 10 male and female players rejecting an offer from the grand slams to set up a player council that would give them a greater say in the running of the major championships.In correspondence sent to Wimbledon, the French Open and US Open last week, the players turned down the offer of a meeting with representatives of the three grand sla
  
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• Lack of mental health beds contributed to UK teenager’s death, inquest finds

  02-02-2026 18:54 via theguardian.com
  Poor communication also cited as factor in death of Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, on Worthing hospital’s groundsA shortage of mental health beds and poor communication between agencies contributed to the death of a teenage girl on hospital grounds, an inquest has found.Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, who had a history of self-harm, died in March 2022 after absconding from an acute children’s ward where she had been put because of a dearth of appropriate mental health beds. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump says he will cut tariffs on India after Modi agrees to stop buying Russian oil

  02-02-2026 18:51 via theguardian.com
  US president made announcement on Truth Social after a Monday call with India’s prime ministerDonald Trump claimed India has agreed to stop buying Russian oil as he announced plans to cut US tariffs on Indian exports.The US president announced that he and the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, whom he proclaimed to be “one of my greatest friends”, had agreed to strike a trade deal. Continue reading...
  
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• Terminally ill bride's final months marred by pension stress

  02-02-2026 18:46 via bbc.com
  Caoimhe was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2025 after an optician spotted bleeding behind her eye.
  
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• Infantino apologises to British fans and defends awarding Trump peace prize

  02-02-2026 18:39 via theguardian.com
  Fifa president sorry for comment about arrestsInfantino says it is time to look at readmitting RussiaThe Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has apologised over remarks he made about British fans and defended the decision to award a peace prize to the US president, Donald Trump.Infantino said at last month’s World Economic Forum in Davos that the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 had been special because “for the first time in history no Brit was arrested”. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

  02-02-2026 18:26 via theguardian.com
  Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts educationAs the Grammy winners took to the stage in Los Angeles on Sunday night, one common thread emerged: many had once walked the halls of a comprehensive school in Croydon, south London.British performers Olivia Dean, who won the prestigious gong for best new artist; Lola Young, who took home best pop solo performance for Messy; and FKA twigs, who won best dance/e
  
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• Gold and silver prices seesaw as FTSE 100 hits record high

  02-02-2026 18:24 via theguardian.com
  Trump’s pick of ‘respected central banker’ Kevin Warsh as Fed chair prompts investors to sell safe haven assetsGold and silver prices seesawed on Monday, after a “meltdown” in the metals market deepened and rattled investors around the world.Gold prices tumbled by as much as 8% to $4,465 an ounce on Monday, ending a run of record highs that took it to nearly $5,600 last week. It later recovered some ground, but was still down by 3.5% at $4,700 in afternoon trading.
  
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• ‘His holiness’ Santi Cazorla leads the way as Oviedo find relief … and belief | Sid Lowe

  02-02-2026 18:21 via theguardian.com
  A second-half cameo from 41-year-old talisman helped end strugglers’ long wait for win against GironaFirst there was applause and then they started singing, the sound coming from the narrow street outside. In the bars and terraces where Real Oviedo’s fans were still picking over the game – in La Patatina, La Pepica, La Competencia and the rest – some put down their drinks and came to see what was going on. Somewhere among all the people filling Calle Juan Ramón Jim
  
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• Can Europe do nuclear deterrence without America? - The Economist

  02-02-2026 18:15 via news.google.com
  Can Europe do nuclear deterrence without America?  The EconomistMerz says Germany exploring shared nuclear umbrella with European allies  ReutersGerman calls for nukes are madness veteran politician  irishsun.comEurope Eyes Its Own Nuclear Shield as Trust in US Security Wanes  UNITED24 MediaU.S. VS Europe Nuclear Race Begins: Germany Pushes Europe To Build Own Nukes After Trump Threats  Oneindia
  
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• Bid for outside police force to investigate Emma Caldwell inquiry stalls

  02-02-2026 18:14 via bbc.com
  The Crown Office tells BBC News it has been unable to find a non-Scottish force to take on the task.
  
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• No more get-out clauses, no way back. It’s surely the end for Peter Mandelson, finally | John Crace

  02-02-2026 18:11 via theguardian.com
  The only question now is how it took this long for Labour’s greedy, reckless Prince of Darkness to meet his reckoningThis is the end, beautiful friend, the end. There have been many Peter Mandelson resignations. Twice from the cabinet, once as the UK ambassador to Washington. But the announcement late on Sunday night that Mandelson was resigning from the Labour party somehow felt more final.In the past, there had always been get-out clauses. Unexpected routes back to the centre of power. N
  
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• The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK

  02-02-2026 18:10 via theguardian.com
  The bargain-bucket price tag on certain consciences is depressing. And the excuses of ignorance and amnesia are looking a little thinThe release of documents related to the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has proceeded like a bankruptcy – first very slow, and then very fast; 3m items were dropped by the US Justice Department last Friday.It’s interesting how many figures in public life have maintained they barely knew Epstein at all, since his arrest and death by suicide in 2019. It&rs
  
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• Did you solve it? The numbers all go to 11

  02-02-2026 18:05 via theguardian.com
  The answers to today’s problemsEarlier today I set you these three problems about the number 11. Here they are again with solutions.1. Funny formationodd positions: 9,7,5,3,1 sum to 25;even positions: 8,6,4,2,0 sum to 20. Continue reading...
  
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• Tourist trampled to death in front of horrified wife at Thailand campsite in THIRD killing by beast - The Sun

  02-02-2026 17:42 via news.google.com
  Tourist trampled to death in front of horrified wife at Thailand campsite in THIRD killing by beast  The SunElephant kills tourist at Khao Yai campground  Bangkok PostThailand tourist trampled to death by elephant in latest attack  The IndependentTourist Killed by Elephant While His Wife Escapes, Marking 3rd Known Fatality by the Same Animal: Reports  People.comWild elephant attacks tourist during morning workout in Thai national park, leaving one dead&nbs
  
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• 'Marry me' and Epstein's 'baby boy' - key Sarah Ferguson revelations in emails

  02-02-2026 17:29 via bbc.com
  The latest Epstein files will only add to embarrassment for the former Duchess of York.
  
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• Man arrested after woman dies in A55 crash

  02-02-2026 17:27 via bbc.com
  A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
  
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• Football Daily | Cristiano Ronaldo and an argument at Al-Nassr that doesn’t make sense

  02-02-2026 17:27 via theguardian.com
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!For a man who is raging against the dying of the light, Cristiano Ronaldo is doing a good job of throwing a blanket over the fire. And by throwing a blanket, what Football Daily really means to say is throwing a hissy fit, a wobbly, a tantrum. The legendary footballer, reduced to something of a tap-in artist these days in a league of – at best – questionable quality, seemingly threw his toys out of his Bugatti on Sunday after decidin
  
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• Support new mothers with mental ill health | Letter

  02-02-2026 17:26 via theguardian.com
  Perinatal mental illness is eminently treatable, and women and their partners should not suffer in silence, says Dr Livia MartucciEvery day, many new mothers continue to suffer in silence, as highlighted in your article (Seven out of 10 UK mothers feel overloaded, research reveals, 28 January). The Royal College of Psychiatrists revealed postnatal depression harmed up to 85,000 new mums in England last year.Maternal suicide is one of the leading causes of death among women between six weeks and
  
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• Here’s how we can save Britain’s high streets | Letters

  02-02-2026 17:26 via theguardian.com
  Readers on regenerating town centres and making high streets attractive community spaces again High streets have been changing throughout my lifetime (I’m 82 and had a high-street business for more than 20 years) and they have somehow survived with precious little government help (Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves Britain’s high streets, study finds, 28 February). In my postwar rural Essex village, we had three butchers, two newsagents, two bakers, two ironmongers, thr
  
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• A robin comforted me at my parents’ grave | Letters

  02-02-2026 17:26 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to letters and Amy-Jane Beer’s Country Diary on the death of loved ones and wildlife visitationsRegarding the letters (30 January) in response to Amy-Jane Beer’s Country Diary (27 January), after our mother died I visited my parents’ grave to check on the gravestone to which her name had been added after our father’s. It was midwinter with deep snow, and I arrived to find a robin perched on the stone. It didn’t fly away, but jumped down to the ground
  
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• Our ducks get the royal treatment too | Brief letters

  02-02-2026 17:25 via theguardian.com
  Duckingham Palace | Child-friendly train travel | Australian Open | Apostrophe confusion | Washing duvet coversFollowing the revelation that King Charles’s hens live in Cluckingham Palace (‘I wasn’t going to be diverted,’ says King Charles about campaign on the environment, 28 January), we are proud to reveal that our flock of egg‑laying ducks lives at Duckingham Palace. It has cutout wooden duck silhouettes on the gables, wooden wine boxes for nesting and stra
  
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• Roman Polanski rape scandal movie to follow perspective of 13-year-old victim

  02-02-2026 17:23 via theguardian.com
  The Girl, based on Samantha Geimer’s memoir, will revisit ‘one of Hollywood’s most notorious scandals through the eyes of the person most misrepresented by it’A new movie will explore the notorious Roman Polanski statutory rape scandal from the perspective of the 13-year-old girl, Samantha Geimer.The Girl, based on Geimer’s 2013 memoir The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski, will trace her time in the famous director’s orbit in the 1970s, her experie
  
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• Resident doctors vote in favour of more strike action

  02-02-2026 17:20 via bbc.com
  Members of the British Medical Association have backed more walkouts in the dispute over pay and jobs in England.
  
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• South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding

  02-02-2026 17:15 via theguardian.com
  Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisisA row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis.It will cost Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough council more than £2.5m to buy the 16 riverside properties, pay for legal costs and help to rehouse dozens of residents. Continue reading...
  
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• Captain guilty of North Sea tanker crash death

  02-02-2026 17:12 via bbc.com
  Vladimir Motin is convicted of gross negligence manslaughter after a crew member died in the crash.
  
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• Wolff urges Mercedes rivals to ‘focus on themselves’ amid 2026 engine row

  02-02-2026 17:11 via theguardian.com
  Mercedes principal insists their new car is within rules‘Other teams are finding excuses before they have started’Toto Wolff has dismissed claims from rival teams over the legality of Mercedes’ new engine, insisting it is within the regulations. The Mercedes team principal said that the onus lay with the other manufacturers who had missed an opportunity and that they should get their “shit together”.The row over whether Mercedes and Red Bull have stolen a march on t
  
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