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• Clocks go back: Why do we do it?

  02-11-2018 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  It's part of our annual ritual at this time of year but let's explore the reasons.
  
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• Bournemouth v Sunderland: Premier League – live

  28-02-2026 14:43 via theguardian.com
  ⚽ Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off
  ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Email BarryAndoni Iraola: “It’s a team that has played really well this season,” he said of today’s visitors. “Starting from the goalkeeper - he has been very, very good for them. He has a really long kick so it puts you under pressure really early. Every free-kick and every set-piece situation, they put a lot of pressure on you, they manage the situati
  
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• Liverpool v West Ham, Newcastle v Everton, Burnley v Brentford: football – live

  28-02-2026 14:40 via theguardian.com
  ⚽ Keep up with all of Saturday’s football as it happens
  ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail EmilliaPremier LeagueBournemouth 0-1 Sunderland (live)Liverpool v West HamNewcastle v EvertonBurnley v Brentford Continue reading...
  
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• Iran vows ‘no leniency’ as it launches reprisal attacks on Israel and US air bases

  28-02-2026 14:39 via theguardian.com
  Tehran says strikes on country, which targeted key leaders and have killed at least 40 children, breach UN charterUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so farIran has launched a barrage of retaliatory missiles aimed at Israel and US bases across the region, denouncing the two countries’ airstrikes as a breach of the UN charter and an act of flagrant aggression designed to end any possibility of a diplomatic resolution.Iran’s foreign
  
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• Iran launches retaliatory strikes across the Middle East after US and Israel attack – live

  28-02-2026 14:36 via theguardian.com
  Explosions reported across the Middle East as Iran hits back after major attack by US and IsraelFull report: US and Israel attack IranAnalysis: Trump’s attack has no clear objectiveWhat we know so farBlasts have been heard in several cities, including the capital, Tehran, and Isfahan in central Iran.Reuters reports there are long queues at petrol stations in the capital, as many people try to leave. An unnamed Iranian official who spoke to the news agency said several ministries in souther
  
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• Man charged with criminal damage after Churchill statue sprayed with graffiti

  28-02-2026 14:04 via theguardian.com
  Caspar San Giorgio to appear in court over defacing of London statue with slogans including ‘Zionist war criminal’A 38-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after Winston Churchill’s statue outside the Houses of Parliament was sprayed with graffiti labelling the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”.The Metropolitan police arrested Caspar San Giorgio, of no fixed address, shortly after 4am on Friday. He was charged in the early hours of Saturda
  
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• ‘Viruses don’t know borders’: US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis

  28-02-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virusThe US government has amplified anti-vaccine rhetoric and signaled that it does not consider measles to be a priority, which could have global ramifications as countries around the world have lost or are on the brink of losing measles elimination status.The World Health Organization announced in late January that six European countries: the United Kingdom, Spain, Austria, Armenia, Az
  
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• ‘Melts into an oozy blob’: the best supermarket brie, tasted and rated

  28-02-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Which wedge is utterly brie-liant, and which stinks the place out? Let the tasting commence …• The best supermarket chutneysBrie and baguette is one of life’s simplest pleasures, to be enjoyed anywhere from a park bench to halfway up a mountain, and with no knife or kit required. It’s a soft, white, mould-ripened cheese made from raw or pasteurised cow’s milk, and has a characteristically soft texture.Gently warmed milk is separated into curds with rennet, then inoc
  
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• ‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from US

  28-02-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Lax American gun laws mean weapons are readily available to buy and smuggle south of the borderMexico was rocked this week by a wave of brutal violence after the capture of the drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, AKA “El Mencho”, as members of his powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel blew up trucks, fired on police stations and engaged in gun battles with Mexican security forces.The chaos eventually calmed but not before 62 people had been killed, including a pregnan
  
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• Decision to allow UK exports to Armenian firm under review over Russian links

  28-02-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  Cygnet Texkimp was approved to export machines to Rydena, but ministers examining deal after Guardian highlighted founders’ links to Kremlin military supply chainMinisters are reviewing a decision to allow a British company to export hi-tech equipment to Armenia after the Guardian uncovered links to the Russian military supply chain.Cygnet Texkimp, based in Cheshire, was weeks away from exporting two machines that produce carbon fibre “prepreg”, a lightweight material that can
  
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• Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis

  28-02-2026 13:43 via theguardian.com
  US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administrationUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so farThe first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun – an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict, and with minimal consultation with Cong
  
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• From Amarillo to Stockport: 15 of Neil Sedaka’s greatest songs, and their extraordinary stories

  28-02-2026 13:34 via theguardian.com
  From being a writer for hire in the 1950s to his solo pop stardom and emphatic 1970s comeback, the late musician’s catalogue is stuffed with stunning, surprising songcraft• News: Neil Sedaka, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do singer and pop song hitmaker, dies aged 86As a young jobbing songwriter charged with devising a hit for Connie Francis after the singer released a couple of flops, Neil Sedaka was unsure about Stupid Cupid: modest to a fault, he suggested that Francis, “a classy la
  
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• Glitter, rainbows and gummi bears: Sydney Mardi Gras parade 2026 – in pictures

  28-02-2026 13:30 via theguardian.com
  Thousands flock to Oxford Street in Darlinghurst to participate in the 48th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or have the chance to watch the parade roll pastWith more than 170 floats and 10,000 marchers, the 48th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebration was an explosion of colour. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump just got much closer to bringing CNN to heel | Margaret Sullivan

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  With David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance poised to buy Warner Bros Discovery, the president is tightening his grip on the US mediaFor many years, Donald Trump has trashed CNN and has taught his loyal followers to do the same.During the 2016 presidential campaign, angry chants of “CNN sucks!” reverberated at his campaign rallies, and he still jumps at every opportunity to disparage star CNN journalists such as Kaitlan Collins. Continue reading...
  
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• The real winners of Trump’s global tariff war: law firms, hedge funds and AI

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Businesses are vying for a refund, with nearly $175bn on the line, but customers are unlikely to benefit from reversalAt 8am, two hours before the US supreme court officially slapped down Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs on 20 February, Joseph Spraragen’s phone was already ringing off the hook.The seasoned New York-based attorney and his 40-strong specialised trade team at Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt (GDLSK) had spent months filing hundr
  
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• ‘She isn’t sorry’: is anyone rooting for Tyra Banks now? Eight things you need to know

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Ever since Netflix dropped its documentary series, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, the supermodel has been under fire. But is there another motive behind all the controversy?“I was rooting for you,” Tyra Banks famously berated a contestant on America’s Next Top Model some 20 years ago. But who, now, is rooting for Tyra Banks?The supermodel and reality-TV mogul has been under fire from all sides ever since Netflix dropped its documentary series, Reality Che
  
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• ‘I clicked on a button – and everything changed’: how a DNA test turned my life upside-down

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  When I found out my father had been adopted, I was curious to know more about his side of the family. Nothing could have prepared me for what I would discover …Above my grandma’s bed hung a framed black‑and-white photograph of my dad. As a small child I quietly admired it; his luminous eyes, dark hair and gentle smile. He embodied a tender yet spirited early adulthood, staring into the future. Handsome and seeking.As I grew older, I would discover that it was not, in fact
  
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• Hard work, romance and bell hooks: how Olivia Dean became British pop’s newest megastar

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  After a Grammy and a global breakthrough, the 26-year-old singer could sweep the board at next week’s Brits. Her closest collaborators explain her massive appealSaturday’s Brit awards will feature performances from heavy hitters such as Harry Styles and Mark Ronson – but all eyes will be on Olivia Dean, the Londoner who has become one of the UK’s biggest breakouts in years, thanks to her second album The Art of Loving and its mega-smash UK No 1 single Man I Need. Nominate
  
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• Caribbean countries pledge humanitarian support for Cuba amid rising tensions with US

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Disagreement among Caricom members hampers unified response on Cuban sovereignty and US intervention in the regionCaribbean countries have pledged to support Cuba through a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by a US fuel embargo, after a leaders summit defined by regional divisions over Washington’s policies.The decision to send humanitarian assistance to Cuba was announced during a press conference on Friday to mark the end of the four-day Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting in St Kitts an
  
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• Black History Month was never ‘given’ to Black people, thus, it can never be taken from us

  28-02-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The question of who owns and authorizes the month holds particular relevance amid attacks on Black history in the USThere is a myth that persists about Black History Month that can be heard in the common gripe: “They gave us the shortest month of the year” (they, the unnamed powers that be). Jarvis Givens, the author of I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month, hates it. “Every time I hear that backhanded comment it doesn’t seem right,&rdquo
  
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• Formula One to revise controversial rule at centre of Mercedes engine row

  28-02-2026 12:41 via theguardian.com
  Amendments to 2026 regulations approved unanimouslyMercedes had been suspected of exploiting a loopholeFormula One’s governing body, the FIA, and rival engine manufacturers have reached a compromise solution to tackle the controversy surrounding Mercedes that had threatened to overshadow next week’s start of the season in Australia.The sport is entering a new era with the biggest changes in decades to the engine and chassis regulations. Engine compression ratios have been a major tal
  
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• US and Israel launch joint attack on Iran as Trump urges regime change

  28-02-2026 12:27 via theguardian.com
  US president calls on Iranian people to ‘take over your government’, as explosions heard across central TehranUS-Israeli attack on Iran – live updatesUS and Israel strikes on Iran – what we know so farIsrael and the US have launched a war on Iran, with Donald Trump declaring the start of “major combat operations” and calling on Iranians to rise up against their government.The US president’s comments came soon after explosions were heard across central Te
  
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• Oleksandr Usyk to defend title against kickboxer at Pyramids of Giza in Egypt

  28-02-2026 12:14 via theguardian.com
  Champion will face Rico Verhoeven for WBC belt in May‘I respect people who reach the very top in their sport’Oleksandr Usyk, who has not fought since a fifth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois at Wembley in July, will defend his WBC heavyweight title against a kickboxer at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.The bout with Rico Verhoeven on 23 May, dubbed “Glory in Giza”, will be the first title fight held in Egypt, according to The Ring magazine, and will be streamed live on Dazn.
  
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• Baz Luhrmann: ‘There’s the image of Elvis and then there’s the man’

  28-02-2026 12:04 via theguardian.com
  The singular director has made a second film about the King of Rock, and Roll and this time audiences will get to see a side of him they’ve never seen beforeIn the spring of 1972, a film crew trailed Elvis Presley everywhere he went to capture a pivotal moment in his career – his first tour in nearly a decade. Ironically, one of the most crucial things that happened during that project occurred way off camera. “We really wanted to get an interview with Elvis on film,” sai
  
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• Young country diary: A new find for my collection – a fox skull

  28-02-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Bristol: It now lives in a cabinet of curiosities with lots of feathers and fossils that my sister and I have foundIt was a cold winter’s morning, and we wrapped up warm to go for a walk in the woods behind our house. The ground was frosty and crunched under our feet, and although it was chilly the sun was casting golden beams of light across our path. We always find a lot of amazing wildlife in the woods – I’ve seen deer and squirrels there and I’ve even spotted a kingfi
  
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• Samuel Ojo on the vagueness of British deadlines – cartoon

  28-02-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
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• Poorly regulated clinics in England are putting children with ADHD at risk, warn doctors

  28-02-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Private providers accused of prescribing powerful stimulants without examining young patients properlyChildren with ADHD are being put at risk by poorly regulated private clinics that prescribe powerful stimulants without key physical examinations, doctors have warned.A surge in remote-only assessments has led to what one clinician described as “widespread and unsafe practice”, where children are being diagnosed and medicated via video link. The clinical warnings have now forced heal
  
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• Islamic State emerges from rubble of north-east Syria to exploit discontent with al-Sharaa

  28-02-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  ‘Rebranded’ terror group seeks to recruit those alienated by Damascus government’s western pivotOn the surface, all that remains of Islamic State in the Syrian town of Baghuz are discarded tubs of whitening cream, spent RPG motors and children’s backpacks, with an old grenade nestled in the frayed pink nylon.It was here nearly seven years ago that IS made its last stand. Its most zealous followers were obliterated along with the blood-soaked caliphate they fought to defen
  
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• ‘I’d hoped to capture the graphic chaos in the window. What I found was an even more tangled scene’: Michael Krupka’s best phone picture

  28-02-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  He may not be a cyclist, but the photographer was drawn by this bike shop’s jumble of frames and partsMichael Krupka had passed Philadelphia’s Via Bicycle repair shop for years before he ventured inside. As a photographer rather than a cyclist, he was drawn by the jumble of frames and parts in the front window. “My father was a machinist and when I was a child we had a workshop at home where he could repair pretty much anything mechanical he encountered,” Krupka reca
  
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• Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal

  28-02-2026 11:51 via theguardian.com
  There is no end in sight to the pollution caused by a ‘broken’ system. Experts say it could even be getting worseSarah Lambert took her usual morning swim for 40 minutes off Exmouth town beach before her volunteer shift helping disabled people get access to the water.A wheelchair user herself, Lambert’s regular sea swims twice a week between the lifeboat station and HeyDays restaurant were the perfect form of exercise for her disability. Continue reading...
  
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