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• Bristol mum writes heart surgery book to help son

  15-05-2022 01:03
  
  Aimee says the book will help her son understand why he "should be proud" of his heart surgery scar.
  
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• Incredible Platinum Jubilee souvenir tea towel GIVEAWAY - Just pay postage!

  26-05-2022 20:34 via express.co.uk
  
  WE'VE got 8,000 tea towels to give away with this great offer to celebrate 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II's rule! Don't miss out - subject to availability.
  
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• Japanese man ‘gives up being human' and blows £12.5k on eerily realistic collie dog outfit

  26-05-2022 18:07 via express.co.uk
  
  A JAPANESE man has spent the equivalent of £12,500 on an eerily realistic Border Collie outfit to fulfil his "life long ambition" of becoming a dog.
  
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• Pontins under investigation over alleged Gypsy and Traveller discrimination

  26-05-2022 18:06 via express.co.uk
  
  PONTINS is facing an investigation over allegations of discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers.
  
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• Window cleaners in London tower block horror after being STRANDED on outside of building

  26-05-2022 18:03 via express.co.uk
  
  FIRE SERVICES rushed to a tower block in London as two window cleaners became stranded on the outside of a building.
  
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• Europeans return to continent as UK bids farewell to THOUSANDS, latest ONS data shows

  26-05-2022 17:49 via express.co.uk
  
  EU NATIONALS have left the UK in their droves, according to new data, while non-EU citizens flocked to Brexit Britain.
  
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• Gibraltar NOT weapon against Spain! UK hits back as fury grows over Royal Navy patrol boat

  26-05-2022 17:07 via express.co.uk
  
  GIBRALTAR will not be used as a tool against the Spanish government the UK considers a valuable "ally", the UK Defence Minister has said, as the two countries gear up for a key NATO summit next month.
  
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• Mum faces eviction from hostel after turning down home

  26-05-2022 17:05 via express.co.uk
  
  A SINGLE mum fears for her twin toddlers after being told her family will be evicted from a hostel if she does not accept a property offer.
  
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• Manchester Airport chaos: 'Armed police' step in as flights grounded

  26-05-2022 16:47 via express.co.uk
  
  FLIGHTS from Manchester Airport have been grounded after an airline reported IT systems issues, with armed police reportedly "everywhere" at the scene.
  
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• Priceless warplane crashes after skimming over house roof

  26-05-2022 15:41 via express.co.uk
  
  A VALUABLE historic aircraft was destroyed when it skimmed over a house roof and crashed into the ground.
  
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• 'Selfish' neighbour has mum at 'wit's end' waking her up at 5.30am every day

  26-05-2022 12:00 via express.co.uk
  
  A MUM has said that she is at her "wit's end" with her "selfish" neighbour who routinely wakes her up each morning at 5.30am.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Nato ‘doing literally nothing’ to stop Russia, says Kyiv – live

  26-05-2022 01:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign minister praises EU for its ‘revolutionary’ decisions to back Kyiv but says Nato military alliance has been ‘completely sidelined’Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civiliansUkraine war weighs heavy as apocalyptic mood shrouds DavosAssault on eastern Ukraine threatens to encircle cityThe high-profile Russian defectors rejecting warWhat we know on day 91 of the invasionMore from AFP:In the village of Yakovlivka, 55-year-old Ukrainian soldier Andriy hid in a
  
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• Texas school shooting: gunman posted plans on Facebook prior to attack – latest updates

  26-05-2022 01:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Gunman posted three times before attackBeto O’Rourke confronts Abbott: ‘You are doing nothing’‘Just a loving little boy’: the victims of the Texas school shootingWorld reacts with horror and incomprehension to Texas shootingWhy can’t America do anything to stop mass shootings?As the US begins to reflect on the events of yesterday as it begins to wake up, several politicians have made calls to action or asked pressing questions. Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for the D
  
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• Review calls for child protection overhaul in England after two deaths

  26-05-2022 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Report in wake of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson killings proposes new specialist teamsChild protection services in England face a shake-up after an independent review of safeguarding failures that led to the killings of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and the toddler Star Hobson.The review’s central proposal is the creation of specialist child protection teams including social workers, mental health workers, police officers, paediatricians and child psychologists to oversee case
  
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• Stars at Noon review – languid tale of sex, lies and intrigue in the Nicaraguan heat

  26-05-2022 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Benny Safdie stands out among a strangely lethargic cast in Claire Denis’ erotic and intimate political dramaA heavy tropical raincloud of sensual languor and political intrigue looms over this interesting if sometimes uncertainly acted movie from director Claire Denis – and incidentally, casting Benny Safdie in a small role is to risk everyone else getting upstaged, and so it proves here.This film touches on her keynote themes of sexuality and colonialism, in its 21st-century manife
  
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• Amazon shareholders reject 15 motions on worker rights and environment

  26-05-2022 00:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Meta shareholders also reject proposals seeking more oversight and less power for ZuckerbergAmazon shareholders have rejected 15 resolutions brought forward by investors in a push to influence the company’s environmental impact and treatment of workers.Shareholders voted on Wednesday against all the resolutions, most of which focused on worker rights and other social issues. The resolutions included calls for the company to report on worker health and safety and the treatment of its wareho
  
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• Biden to sign police reform executive order on George Floyd anniversary

  26-05-2022 00:45 via theguardian.com
  
  President to take action regulating federal law enforcement agencies after failure of attempts to legislateJoe Biden signed an executive order he promised would usher in the “most significant police reform in decades” on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.With Congress deadlocked, Biden said he was using the powers of the presidency to advance his campaign promises and deliver police accountability and reform “that is real and lasting.” Contin
  
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• Security operation to seize 880 England fan passports before Germany trip

  25-05-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Police acting before 7 June Nations League tie in MunichFA will serve one-game stadium ban against ItalyPolice will confiscate the passports of 880 England fans before the Nations League tie against Germany in Munich on 7 June as part of an extensive security operation. The fixture comes the day after the D-day anniversary and the authorities will take no chances with regard to potential trouble.The Football Association has been given 3,466 seats at the Allianz Arena, having fielded interest fro
  
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• Vitality Blast roundup: Harry Brook shines as Yorkshire make winning start

  25-05-2022 23:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Worcestershire beaten by seven wickets at HeadingleyRoussow steers Somerset to eight-wicket win over KentEngland new boy Harry Brook starred with an unbeaten 60 off 27 balls as Yorkshire secured a seven-wicket opening night Vitality Blast win over Worcestershire at Headingley.After the Rapids slumped from 142 for three in the 16th over, losing six wickets for 30 to finish on a below-par 172 for nine, England’s Dawid Malan (33) shared a 70-run opening partnership with Adam Lyth (40) to star
  
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• Roma end 60-year wait as Zaniolo seals Europa Conference League crown

  25-05-2022 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Final: Roma 1-0 FeyenoordNicolò Zaniolo’s first-half goal enough for José Mourinho’s sideNicolò Zaniolo’s goal earned Roma a first major European title in more than 60 years after a 1-0 win over Feyenoord in the Europa Conference League final in Albania, completing a unique European trophy haul for José Mourinho.The Roma coach, who has also won the Champions League, Europa League and the Uefa Cup, can now add the third-tier European title – the
  
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• George Clarke’s Flipping Fast review – an addictive journey into stupidity

  25-05-2022 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This property show gives teams £100,000 each to revamp houses and turn a profit – when they’re not botching their budgets or nearly electrocuting themselvesBoy, does it ever feel like the wrong time to be watching property shows – unless perhaps they have been retooled to show us how to insulate them to cope with the energy crisis, or turn a downstairs loo into a vermin-proof larder to guard against food shortages, or install a lead-lined bunker ready for the apocalyptic
  
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• Champions Cup win would put Van der Flier on pole for European award

  25-05-2022 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Victory in Saturday’s final could see Leinster flanker emerge above favourite Grégory Aldritt for Player of the Year awardStrangely it is 10 years since an Irishman was last crowned European Player of the Year. The list of past winners is impressive – Antoine Dupont, Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, Jonny Wilkinson – but an Anglo-French duopoly has existed since 2012 when Rob Kearney, the Leinster, Ireland and Lions full-back, collected the award.This time around the all-action
  
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• ‘He was just a loving little boy’: the victims of the Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Nineteen children and two adults were killed on Tuesday when a gunman attacked Robb elementary school in Uvalde, TexasAs the United States woke up to the horrific aftermath of its latest mass school shooting in which a gunman killed 19 children and two adults after storming into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the first details of the victims emerged.A law enforcement official said all victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom. Continue reading...
  
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• Who are the right blaming for the Texas shooting? Trans people, immigrants and victims’ parents

  25-05-2022 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  From congressmen to TV show hosts, rightwingers are blaming everything but guns for the loss of lives in Tuesday’s massacreIt’s just impossible. Impossible to adequately describe the horror of 19 little children and two of their teachers being murdered in their classroom by an 18-year-old with military-grade weapons. Impossible to adequately articulate the fury and frustration that this just keeps on happening; that what happened in Uvalde, Texas, was not a horrific one-off, but just
  
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• Elvis review – Baz Luhrmann’s squeaky-clean King is shaking no one up

  25-05-2022 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Incurious yet frantic, Luhrmann’s spangly epic is off-key – and Austin Butler flounders in those blue suede shoesBaz Luhrmann has given us another pointless explosion of super-spangly sparkles in celluloid form – exactly the same sparkles he sprinkled over the Moulin Rouge and Jay Gatsby in previous films. And just as Alan Partridge said his favourite Beatles album was The Best of the Beatles, so Luhrmann has given us a film built around what he imagines is the best of Elvis Pr
  
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• Twists, turns and tight deadlines: how Boehly’s Chelsea deal was done | Jacob Steinberg

  25-05-2022 21:45 via theguardian.com
  
  One of the strangest, most politically charged episodes in the history of English football is finally over – here is the story of how it all unfoldedChelsea can finally think about the future. One of the strangest, most unpredictable, most politically charged episodes in the history of English football is finally over. Roman Abramovich has left the building and Todd Boehly’s consortium has taken control of Chelsea after the UK government granted permission for the £4.25bn takeo
  
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• Seven ages of Klopp: Liverpool’s journey from his appointment to Paris

  25-05-2022 21:45 via theguardian.com
  
  A season-by-season look at the team’s evolution as they prepare for Saturday’s Champions League finalJürgen Klopp had worked with Liverpool’s squad for only three days before his first game. As such, he could have been forgiven for sticking with the tactical setup and style used by his predecessor, Brendan Rodgers. Instead he went full-on gegenpressing from the get-go. Continue reading...
  
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• Boris Johnson maintains ‘work events’ defence after damning Gray report

  25-05-2022 21:42 via theguardian.com
  
  PM says he takes full responsibility but insists it never occurred to him the gatherings he attended broke rulesBoris Johnson has insisted he was oblivious to a culture of excessive drinking and partying in Downing Street during lockdown, despite a damning report laying bare a litany of rule-breaking behaviour at the heart of government.Sue Gray’s final report, published on Wednesday, set out details of 15 events where officials variously spilled red wine on the walls of No 10, vomited, go
  
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• ‘We’ve been burned before’: Tory plotters lie low after Gray report

  25-05-2022 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Many Conservative MPs frustrated with PM’s inability to strike right tone, but few speak publicly against himThe plot against Boris Johnson could hardly be more different from the sound and fury that characterised the one against Theresa May, which took place in crammed and sweaty meeting rooms and with public denunciations in front of amassed journalists.Instead, those hoping to oust this prime minister tend to meet in pairs over bottles of wine in the Adjournment cafe or catch a quiet wo
  
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• Donald Trump said maybe mob was right to chant ‘Hang Mike Pence’ – report

  25-05-2022 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  New York Times reports witnesses told Capitol attack committee about ex-president’s comment, made on day of January 6 riotDonald Trump reportedly reacted to chants about hanging his vice-president, Mike Pence, during the US Capitol attack by saying maybe the mob was right.The New York Times reported the bombshell White House comment on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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