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• Clumber spaniel named Bruin wins best in show at Crufts 2026

  08-03-2026 23:12 via bbc.com
  Handler Lee Cox said Bruin was the "dog of a lifetime" as he accepted the award.
  
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• Mum's 'disbelief' at sentence for 'show off' driver who killed daughter on zebra crossing

  08-03-2026 22:01 via bbc.com
  Keely Morgan, 15, died after being hit by Christopher West as she waited to cross a road.
  
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• 'Shameful' pitch invasion by Celtic and Rangers fans condemned by police

  08-03-2026 21:01 via bbc.com
  Arrests were made with both police officers and fans injured during clashes following Celtic's 4-2 win on penalties.
  
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• The Mesmerist review – Rufus Hound magically unravels a family mystery

  08-03-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Watford Palace theatre
  Paying tribute to his grandfather whose 1983 show at the same venue lasted only one night, the actor and comedian skilfully unveils a big reveal worthy of Inside No 9This article contains spoilers about The MesmeristThere is enchantment to Rufus Hound’s mesmerism, mind reading, seance and card tricks in this “magic show” although it’s not exactly up there with the breathless artistry of Derren Brown.That is because he is a relative ingenue, having l
  
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• Clubs complain to X about 'sickening' Grok posts

  08-03-2026 20:24 via bbc.com
  The UK government says it is "sickening and irresponsible" that X's AI tool Grok generated explicit posts about the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters, the death of Diogo Jota and the Munich air disaster.
  
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• Teenage footballer dies during academy match

  08-03-2026 20:12 via bbc.com
  The 15-year-old Oxford United academy player collapsed during a game against Fulham.
  
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• Boy, 15, charged after school stabbing

  08-03-2026 20:10 via bbc.com
  The boy will appear at court on Monday charged with causing grievous bodily harm, police say.
  
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• Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president's Iran criticism

  08-03-2026 17:56 via bbc.com
  The phone call comes after a week in which Donald Trump repeatedly expressed frustration at Keir Starmer's stance on Iran.
  
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• Apple MacBook Ultra with OLED touchscreen won't replace MacBook Pro, is said to be more expensive - Notebookcheck

  08-03-2026 16:59 via news.google.com
  Apple MacBook Ultra with OLED touchscreen won't replace MacBook Pro, is said to be more expensive  NotebookcheckApple ‘Ultra’ Products Expansion Is Up Next After MacBook Neo Launch  BloombergApple plans a 'high-end' Ultra line, including iPhone Fold, report says  MashableMacBook Ultra? Apple still expected to release an even bigger MacBook Pro update this year  9to5MacApple is going high-end with new ‘Ultra’ products next  
  
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• Stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliens, new research suggests - The Guardian

  08-03-2026 16:35 via news.google.com
  Stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliens, new research suggests  The GuardianWhy SETI Might Have Been Missing Alien Signals  SETIWhere are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is scrambling their transmissions  SpaceSETI Thinks It Might Have Missed a Few Alien Calls. Here’s Why  GizmodoHow ‘space weather’ may cause alien signals to get lost in space  communitynewspapergroup.com
  
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• Families challenge Swinney over hospital apology claim

  08-03-2026 16:35 via bbc.com
  Relatives of patients infected at Glasgow's flagship hospital say they did not receive a formal apology during a meeting with the first minister.
  
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• Which are more like life, novels or films?

  08-03-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsReaders reply: what if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London?Most films are limited in how they display thought – often just through the facial expressions and actions of actors. Most novels, though, describe in great detail characters’ inner thoughts. So films, in a way, are more mysterious, because y
  
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• The kindness of strangers: On the plane I was overwhelmed with grief, then a passenger let me rest my head on his shoulder

  08-03-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  I was leaving behind my friends and family and contending with the loss of my beloved dad. When I boarded, I really fell apartRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesA long-haul flight in economy is never an appealing prospect but this one felt especially tough. I was leaving California after the death of my father to return to Australia, where I live. I was exhausted, emotional and prone to bursting into tears. It was always hard leaving my birthplace, friends and family behind, and this t
  
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• Readers reply: What if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London?

  08-03-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders the hypothetical reactions of eminent historical personages to today’s Trafalgar SquareThis week’s question: which are more like life, novels or films? If William Shakespeare – or Florence Nightingale, or Attila the Hun, or Julius Caesar, or Jane Austen, or Pocahontas – was dropped in Trafalgar Square, London, what would they find most unusual? And how would we explain it to them? Giles
  
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• Nick Mohammed looks back: ‘Magic became the superpower I needed, growing up a short, brown kid in 1980s Leeds’

  08-03-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The comedian and magician on his teenage survival tricks, the teacher who inspired Mr Swallow, and how Ted Lasso and Traitors changed his lifeBorn in Leeds in 1980, Nick Mohammed is a comedian and magician. He left his PhD in seismology at Cambridge to pursue comedy full-time. As well as appearing in TV shows such as Miranda, Life’s Too Short and Stath Lets Flats, he has toured as Mr Swallow – a comedy character magician he developed while in Footlights. From 2020 to 2023 he played N
  
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• Echo and the Bunnymen review – Ian McCulloch leaves it to the crowd to sing these timelessly great songs

  08-03-2026 14:07 via theguardian.com
  02 Academy, LeedsThe frontman struggled to get through most of the band’s choruses but that left space for Will Sergeant’s glorious psychedelic shapes and a supportive sing alongIan McCulloch once cheekily described the Bunnymen as “the greatest band in the world, the greatest songs in the history of time and the greatest singer”, although you’d be hard pushed to find evidence of the latter at this show. Things begin promisingly enough with the darkly powerful Going
  
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• ‘The antithesis of what Gen Z grew up with’: Love Story inspires fervor for Carolyn Bessette’s style

  08-03-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Influencers are doing their best to recreate Bessette’s deeply individualized style, which ironically was a refusal to follow along with what was popular
  While US pop culture has a long-held fascination with the Kennedys, much of the recent fervor around FX’s newest hit show, Love Story, has been aimed at the style of Carolyn Bessette, who worked as a publicist at Calvin Klein before marrying into America’s most storied political family.Open up TikTok and you’ll see influ
  
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• Mother in tears after £11,500 battery waste fine

  08-03-2026 13:21 via bbc.com
  The woman accidentally threw away 23 AA batteries in children's toys during a house move.
  
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• ‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year

  08-03-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  He got stuck in the bath and met the queen. But despite a few wobbles and procedures, the author still can’t believe his ageWindsor. The royal dolls’ house at Windsor Castle is being revamped to include contemporary authors, a selection of whom have submitted miniature versions of their work, with a reception given by Her Majesty the Queen. Continue reading...
  
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• UK opens charter flights booking portal for Britons in Dubai

  08-03-2026 12:32 via bbc.com
  It comes after thousands of flights had been cancelled in the Middle East in the past week.
  
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• UK does not 'agree with Trump on every issue' - Cooper

  08-03-2026 12:13 via bbc.com
  Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has hit back at President Trump's criticism of the UK response to the conflict in Iran.
  
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• This is how we do it: ‘His cancer diagnosis hit the reset button – we’ve built up quite the collection of toys’

  08-03-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Will’s recovery from prostate surgery led to a new level of intimacy with Lucy and brought them closer together• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyI worried that intimacy would no longer be possible in the same way and questioned what that would mean for my sense of identity and our marriage Continue reading...
  
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• Couple tried claiming neighbour's land with gnome

  08-03-2026 11:14 via bbc.com
  A Westcott couple claimed a small patch of grass outside their neighbour's home belonged to them.
  
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• Armed police arrest man in street with samurai sword

  08-03-2026 10:35 via bbc.com
  Police say the man was walking along the main road with the sword, adding no-one was injured.
  
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• ‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

  08-03-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflictBrash and bellicose, he sounded more like a cartoon bully than a sombre statesman. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth, wearing a red, white and and blue tie and pocket square, bragged to reporters at the Pentagon near Washington. “This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they&rs
  
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• I met Elvis on his one visit to Scotland - it was like a dream

  08-03-2026 09:22 via bbc.com
  Anne Murphy was 16 when she saw the King as he stopped over in Prestwick on 2 March 1960.
  
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• 'Our children paid the ultimate price' – How the Dunblane school shooting changed Britain

  08-03-2026 09:20 via bbc.com
  A new BBC documentary charts how the murders of 16 children and their teacher in March 1996 led to a handgun ban in the UK.
  
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• Man charged after woman found dead at property

  08-03-2026 09:16 via bbc.com
  David Barraclough, 45, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court on 9 March, police say.
  
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• ‘I was mesmerised by Kate Bush and the Smurfs, so I had great taste’: Diane Morgan’s honest playlist

  08-03-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  The Philomena Cunk star’s life was changed by the Fall and she knows a Spitting Image song inside out. But which haunting banger does she say is the best ever?The first song I fell in love withBaggy Trousers by Madness. I remember thinking it was the most brilliant thing I’d ever heard, partly because there was a man in huge trousers suspended from the ceiling playing a saxophone on Top of the Pops. That probably helped. It was hilarious!The first single I boughtThe Smurfs? I th
  
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• 'Vigilante' plants flowers in potholes

  08-03-2026 08:18 via bbc.com
  Landscape gardener Harry Smith-Hagget's awareness campaign went viral after clips were posted online.
  
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• Russell wins first race of new F1 era in Australia

  08-03-2026 08:11 via bbc.com
  George Russell takes a comfortable victory in the Australian Grand Prix at the start of a new F1 era after an early scrap with Charles Leclerc.
  
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• The 'secret' and mysterious world of moss picking

  08-03-2026 08:08 via bbc.com
  Demand has doubled, with customers buying moss for hanging baskets in spring and wreathes in winter.
  
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• My sister was beaten to death by her monster boyfriend - I fear he could soon be free

  08-03-2026 08:05 via bbc.com
  A brutal murderer is due for parole - something that fills his victim's family with dread.
  
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• The best places to buy plants online, according to top gardeners and landscape designers

  08-03-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Whether you want bulbs or bare roots, perennials or houseplants, we asked experts for the online nurseries they trust for reliable, beautiful greenery• The best secateurs, testedAs winter turns to spring and the days warm and lengthen, we’re so keen to get out in the garden, do some work, and also go shopping for lovely new plants.It’s great to get acquainted with your local garden centre to see what’s on offer, but nurseries with an online presence can be a horticultural
  
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• ‘Children see magic in the smallest adventures’: exploring Scotland with my four-year-old

  08-03-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  On a tight budget, we stayed in a bothy, climbed a mountain, looked for Nessie and – best of all – made memories that money can’t buy‘There! There – I can see it!” The cries of my four-year-old echoed around the ruins of 13th-century Urquhart Castle, causing a group of US tourists to come running over to the corbelled bartizans (overhanging turrets) where we stood. “It’s Nessie, I saw her,” he insisted, pointing at the ripples spinning o
  
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• Trillium, Birmingham B4: ‘There’s a general feeling of people – gasp! – actually enjoying life’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

  08-03-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  I’m somewhat in love with this weird, bold, silly restaurantTrillium, the latest Birmingham restaurant by Glyn Purnell, is absolutely not one of those po-faced, sedate, mumbly kind of places where some Ludovico Einaudi is piped plinky-plonkily throughout the dining room while guests stiffly eat six teensy courses. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, even if Purnell, via the likes of Purnell’s and Plates, is pretty much synonymous throughout the Midlands with fancy, special-occasi
  
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• I expect friends to let me down and then I play the victim. How can I stop? | Annalisa Barbieri

  08-03-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Pessimism can be a form of self-protection, so it might be helpful to reflect on where this pattern startedI am a 38-year-old woman with three kids and a husband. I often find myself expecting people to disappoint me, and make appointments anticipating that they will back out at the last minute. I then start to play the role of the victim, the friend who has been let down, and this whole narrative begins in my head.I may invite a friend to something, but then come up with all the reasons why the
  
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• From Bush Sr to Trump: the risks, lessons and legacy of US interference in the Middle East

  08-03-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  While there are similarities with the wars against Iraq, the Iran conflict may prove to be the most dangerous and consequential yetThis is the third Gulf war and umpteenth outbreak of conflict since the United States took over as the dominant power and influence in the Middle East at the end of the cold war. And it is arguably the most dangerous, consequential and confused of them all.The destruction and chaos spreading across the region confirms the Middle East’s status as the world&rsquo
  
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• Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap

  08-03-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the marketIntergenerational relations, or lack of them, is a subject I’ve been thinking about, on and off, since the financial crisis. I’ve read up on it, too – things such as the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ report on intergenerational earnings mobility, which is wonky but full of fascinating information which needs s
  
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• I donated my eggs to a woman I met on the Tube

  08-03-2026 02:48 via bbc.com
  The story of how a chance encounter between two women on the Piccadilly line led to an IVF baby.
  
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• Trump says Iran being ‘decimated’ but refuses to rule out US troop deployment – Middle East crisis live - The Guardian

  08-03-2026 02:35 via news.google.com
  Trump says Iran being ‘decimated’ but refuses to rule out US troop deployment – Middle East crisis live  The GuardianWhy did Iran's president apologise?  BBCIran’s president apologises to Gulf nations; Trump threatens further strikes – Middle East crisis live  The GuardianIranian MPs condemn president’s ‘humiliating’ apology speech  The TelegraphIran to halt strikes on neighbours unless attacks from there: Pe
  
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• ‘Operation Epstein Distraction’: Trump’s bloody Iran ‘hype videos’ seem to target niche audience - The Guardian

  08-03-2026 01:19 via news.google.com
  ‘Operation Epstein Distraction’: Trump’s bloody Iran ‘hype videos’ seem to target niche audience  The GuardianIran war latest: Trump tells Starmer 'we don't need people that join wars after we've already won'  Sky NewsEskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together  London Review of BooksTrump's war with Iran... what we still don't know  BBCTrump’s ever-changing rationale for war on Iran – how the s
  
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• Milano Cortina Winter Paralympics 2026: day one – in pictures

  08-03-2026 00:17 via theguardian.com
  We take a look at the best images from the opening day of the Games, including curling, downhill skiing and ice hockey Continue reading...
  
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• Iran’s president apologises to Gulf nations; Trump threatens further strikes – Middle East crisis live

  08-03-2026 00:07 via theguardian.com
  Masoud Pezeshkian says no more attacks against neighbouring countries unless they are the source of an attack on IranFull report: Iran rejects Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender as a ‘dream’From ‘peace president’ to Operation Epic Fury: Trump’s road to warThe Saudi defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, urged Iran on Saturday to “avoid miscalculation” after missile and drone launches at the kingdom.Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry
  
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• Jack Draper begins Indian Wells title defence with victory over Roberto Bautista Agut

  08-03-2026 00:03 via theguardian.com
  British men’s No 1 comes from behind to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-2Draper continuing recovery from long-time injuryJack Draper came from behind to beat Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to start his title defence in Indian Wells. The British men’s No 1 is continuing his comeback from eight months out with an arm injury and played his first ATP Tour event since Queen’s last June in Dubai last week, losing in the second round.The 24-year-old, who still wears a protective sleeve on his le
  
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