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• Crazy Diamond

  27-10-2016 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Cambridge celebrates the life and work of one its most famous musical sons, BBC News looks at the legacy Syd Barrett left in the city and beyond.
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Iranian missiles intercepted over Turkey and Qatar as Israel resumes strikes across Tehran and Beirut

  09-03-2026 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Iran’s foreign minister says ‘Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans’; Trump criticizes choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as next supreme leaderTell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Donald Trump has said a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one he’ll make together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times of Israel has reported.It said Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran
  
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• FA Cup quarter-final draw: Chelsea v Port Vale, Manchester City v Liverpool – live

  09-03-2026 20:13 via theguardian.com
  ⚽️ Live coverage of the draw from the London Stadium
  ⚽️ FA Cup fifth round: talking points | Email DanielIn such situation I didn’t expect even Marco Silva to blame someone other than him, and yet:A very bad day for us,” Silva said. “It is probably not the moment to be emotional. It is a moment for us to look deeper.It is not just another defeat. We lost a big chance. If you want to be in a club that wants to get better your ambition has to always be t
  
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• The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial

  09-03-2026 20:11 via theguardian.com
  The war reveals Britain’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy willWhat should Britain do when war in the Middle East sends energy prices soaring? If the strait of Hormuz were blocked for the month of fighting that Donald Trump predicts, British households could face another brutal cost of living shock. Goldman Sachs warns of prices at the pump rising to 2022 levels. That would put more than 50p on each
  
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• The Guardian view on cancer survival rates: there is good news about healthcare amid the gloom | Editorial

  09-03-2026 20:11 via theguardian.com
  Treatments continue to improve. The challenge now facing ministers is hugely unequal outcomesNew analysis from Cancer Research UK, revealing a 29% drop in the rate of people dying from cancer compared with 40 years ago, is a vital counterpoint to grim health headlines about the UK’s outcomes falling behind those of other countries, and the NHS missing its own cancer targets. Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, made a related point in a recent lecture. Stand back from
  
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• Police chief says big Old Firm away presence ‘not sustainable’ after Cup clashes

  09-03-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  First minister decries ‘severe danger’ after quarter-finalBan on away fans for Glasgow clashes to be revisitedLarge numbers of away supporters in games between Rangers and Celtic have been called unsafe by the police officer in charge of investigating Sunday’s Ibrox trouble, incidents described by Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, as “completely and utterly unacceptable”.On-field clashes after Celtic’s Scottish Cup quarter-final triumph on penalti
  
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• Glasgow railway station fire again shows vulnerability of city’s older buildings

  09-03-2026 19:56 via theguardian.com
  The latest blaze follows two devastating fires at Glasgow school of art – and others; however, the council is becoming more proactive about safetyMajor rail disruptions after large fire near Glasgow Central stationIt was a spectacle of weary familiarity for many Glaswegians: a crowd gathering to watch a conflagration in progress, streets clogged with emergency vehicles, the city skyline blurred out with smoke.For many who saw the fire at Glasgow Central railway station, which broke out on
  
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• ‘Revolutionary’: Ukrainian para-biathlete wins silver using ChatGPT as his coach

  09-03-2026 19:52 via theguardian.com
  Murashkovskyi benefits from artificial intelligence support‘I used it as a psychologist, coach and sometimes as a doctor’Team Ukraine have hit the ground running at the Winter Paralympics, standing second in the medal table after three days of competition. Their resolve and determination has been inspirational to many, but one athlete has revealed a secret weapon in their search for a competitive edge: using ChatGPT as a coach.Maksym Murashkovskyi won silver in the men’s visual
  
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• A country divided: state media show Mojtaba supporters as Iranians online fear repression

  09-03-2026 19:35 via theguardian.com
  With new supreme leader’s strong connections to the IRGC, critics fear worse is to come – if he survivesMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt around midday, even as airstrikes hit several parts of the capital, large crowds gathered in Tehran’s famous Enghelab Square to chant their allegiance to Iran’s new supreme leader.Carrying banners showing the face of the country’s slain leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, people on Monday held a new portrait – that of hi
  
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• X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts

  09-03-2026 19:34 via theguardian.com
  Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolificElon Musk’s X said it had suspended 800m accounts over a 12-month period as it fights the “massive” scale of attempts to manipulate the platform.The social media company told MPs it was continually fighting state-backed attempts to hijack the agenda on its network, with Russia the most prolific state actor, followed by Iran and China. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour lawyers ‘blocked’ from briefing MPs on jury trials overhaul before vote

  09-03-2026 19:33 via theguardian.com
  Leader of rebel group says there is deep concern within Society of Labour Lawyers about courts and tribunals bill Lawyers affiliated to Labour were “blocked” from briefing party MPs to share concerns about plans to cut the number of jury trials in England and Wales, it has been claimed.
  The allegation was made by Karl Turner, the leader of a backbench rebellion against a flagship government bill that would remove the right to a jury trial in thousands of cases, before the first chanc
  
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• Two teens charged over ‘Islamic State-inspired’ attack outside Mamdani home

  09-03-2026 19:28 via theguardian.com
  Pair charged with throwing explosive devices during anti-Islam protest described by mayor as ‘appalling’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxTwo teenagers were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during an anti-Islam demonstration on Saturday outside the residence of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani.According to a 10-page criminal complai
  
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• Ben Jennings on Donald Trump, Iran and surging oil prices – cartoon

  09-03-2026 19:23 via theguardian.com
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• The Pirate and the Swan: a salute to two of La Liga’s less-celebrated forwards | Sid Lowe

  09-03-2026 19:15 via theguardian.com
  Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi and Osasuna’s Ante Budimir have 31 league goals between them this season, with three coming in a dramatic draw on SaturdayThis is the story of the Pirate and the Swan. When Vedat Muriqi was little, which he never really was, he couldn’t always find boots to play in. An adult and a giant before his time, working and shaving at 14, a striker starting out for KF Liria in Prizren, Kosovo, he was 6ft 4in, his feet were size 15, and back home back then you cou
  
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• Now we have proof: dealing with difficult people really does age you

  09-03-2026 18:49 via theguardian.com
  Researchers have found evidence of what many of us always suspected: ‘hasslers’ shorten your lifespan. And they know by exactly how longName: Hasslers.Age: More like ageing. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-Mail on Sunday journalist denies ordering ‘blag’ of Sadie Frost’s medical information

  09-03-2026 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Katie Nicholl’s name appears on many of the stories that Frost, Prince Harry and others have complained aboutA senior former Mail on Sunday journalist has denied commissioning a “blag” of sensitive medical information about Sadie Frost that the actor had not even told her own mother.At the high court, Katie Nicholl, a former diary editor and royal editor at the paper, was accused of using blagged information from a private investigator to uncover “extraordinarily intrusiv
  
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• UK inflation likely to rise because of Middle East war, says Rachel Reeves

  09-03-2026 18:42 via theguardian.com
  British chancellor says she will take steps to help families with cost of living as oil prices surge Middle East crisis – live updatesBritain is likely to be hit by rising inflation because of the US war with Iran, the UK chancellor has said, as she suggested that a “rapid de-escalation” would be the best protection against a jump in energy prices.Both Rachel Reeves and the prime minister, Keir Starmer, suggested the government would be prepared to intervene to protect UK house
  
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• Sheinbaum tells Trump: stop illegal arms trade from the US to Mexico

  09-03-2026 18:33 via theguardian.com
  US president claimed he wanted to eradicate cartels and made comments about Mexico’s president that were deemed sexist in summit speech‘Iron river’: Mexico’s cartel violence fuelled by trafficked firearms from USSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailClaudia Sheinbaum has responded to Donald Trump’s description of Mexico as the “epicenter of violence,” by calling on the US government to step up efforts to combat gun trafficking.“There is
  
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• Gerry Adams ‘as culpable as those who planted IRA bombs’, high court hears

  09-03-2026 18:20 via theguardian.com
  Former Sinn Féin leader being sued for symbolic £1 each by three victims of Troubles-era bombings on UK mainlandGerry Adams is as culpable for IRA bombings on the UK mainland as the individuals who planted and detonated the devices, the high court has heard at the beginning of a civil trial.The former Sinn Féin leader is being sued for symbolic “vindicatory” damages of £1 each by John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock, who were injured respectively in
  
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• Von der Leyen calls for EU foreign policy to be ‘more realistic and interest-driven’

  09-03-2026 17:59 via theguardian.com
  European Commission head says rules-based system can no longer be relied upon to protect the continent’s interestsEurope can “no longer be a custodian for the old-world order” and needs “a more realistic and interest-driven foreign policy”, the head of the European Commission has said.Speaking to an audience of EU ambassadors on Monday, Ursula von der Leyen said the union “will always defend and uphold the rules-based system” but could no longer rely on
  
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• Britons don’t want any part of Trump’s war fixation – the sooner Labour realises that the better | Owen Jones

  09-03-2026 17:57 via theguardian.com
  Kowtowing to US foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan had disastrous consequences. Why are leaders making the same mistake all over again?Here is the sort of analysis you’re being served up by our esteemed commentariat. Keir Starmer’s positioning on the Iran war, we are told, reveals a prime minister with no political compass. True, but talk about burying the lede. The story here is not Starmer’s lack of political acumen. British involvement in the Iran war is not a policy que
  
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• We need a national plan to tackle the health inequity that is killing people | Letters

  09-03-2026 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to Aditya Chakrabortty’s article about the decline in healthy life expectancy in the UKHow could I fault Aditya Chakrabortty’s account of the failure to prioritise the nation’s health as he cites me as its inspiration (This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?, 6 March). However, it is important to emphasise that the government is well aware of the gross health inequities that scar our nation and limit lives a
  
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• Will Trump make a deal with Iran's new supreme leader? - The Latest

  09-03-2026 17:52 via theguardian.com
  Mojtaba Khamenei has been chosen to replace his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader, while the country continues to be heavily bombarded by US and Israeli forces. There are concerns the move could lead to a further escalation of war in the Middle East, after Donald Trump warned that Khamenei was an ‘unacceptable’ choice. But as oil prices soar, could the US president be looking for a way out of this war? Lucy Hough speaks to diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour.
  
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• Why I was hitting the slopes until I was 80 | Letters

  09-03-2026 17:50 via theguardian.com
  David Morgale writes about the sense of accomplishment he felt on the mountains, in response to Emma Loffhagen’s article on skiing being a waste of money. Plus letters from John Carter and Eric J AscalonWhile I accept that Emma Loffhagen may have tried skiing once and hated it, I disagree with most of her conclusions regarding this activity (The hill I will die on: People who ski have more money than sense, 7 March).In the past it was certainly a sport exclusive to the wealthy, but today i
  
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• Individual grit won’t make men beautiful | Letters

  09-03-2026 17:47 via theguardian.com
  The pressures to fix yourself are produced socially, by algorithms, markets, racism-coded aesthetics and status anxiety, says Dr Bruno De OliveiraYour piece on the rise of impossible male beauty standards (‘There is no shame in being vain’: the relentless rise of impossible male beauty standards, 5 March) captures something bigger than vanity, that of a neoliberal moral economy which turns the body into a private “project” and then invoices the individual for failing it.M
  
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• Five Iranian women footballers granted asylum by Australia, Donald Trump says

  09-03-2026 17:44 via theguardian.com
  US president says Australian PM Anthony Albanese has given police protection to the players amid fears they could be punished on their return homeMiddle East crisis – live updatesFive members of the Iranian women’s football team have been granted asylum in Australia after reportedly escaping their government minders following a tournament, according to US president Donald Trump who announced the news on social media on Monday.The US president said he had spoken to Australian prime mi
  
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• Iran could face possible Fifa tournament ban if they withdraw from World Cup

  09-03-2026 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Fifa can take disciplinary action against exiting nations‘Sanctions include exclusion from future competition’Iran could face disciplinary action from Fifa, including a possible ban from future tournaments, if they unilaterally withdraw from the World Cup.Donald Trump told Politico last week that he “really doesn’t care” if Iran fail to take part in this summer’s tournament, but Fifa remains committed to the World Cup going ahead with all qualified teams parti
  
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• Hope and solidarity with those trying to stay alive in Iran | Letters

  09-03-2026 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Desmond Hewitt responds to an article by an Iranian citizen living in Tehran in the midst of the ongoing warThe poignancy of the anonymous author’s article describing life in Tehran is almost too much to bear (‘Don’t die’: the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now, 7 March). I would like to say to them and their friends who simply want to stay alive that there are many here among us, in the UK at least, who agree with you. In particular, your words on the oxymoron
  
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• Why do we need International Women’s Day? Apart from misogyny and Christian nationalism, you mean? | Zoe Williams

  09-03-2026 17:38 via theguardian.com
  I should probably be fuming about the way that companies try to cash in on IWD. But there are so many vile opinions to worry about insteadSunday was International Women’s Day, which you’ll know because every company you’ve ever shopped with will have emailed you, taking this fine opportunity to suggest things women might like to buy. Plants, clothes, spices … all are particularly female-friendly at this time of year, or maybe I’m revealing nothing but my algorithms
  
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• AI firm Anthropic sues US defense department over blacklisting

  09-03-2026 17:26 via theguardian.com
  Lawsuits come after Pentagon labeled Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’, a decision the company says is unlawfulSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAnthropic filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense on Monday, alleging that the government’s decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a “supply chain risk” was unlawful and violated its first amendment rights. The two sides have been locked in a monthslong heate
  
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