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• Eurovision 2022: How Maldon hopes to ride the Sam Ryder wave

  14-05-2022 08:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What do those music-lovers in Maldon make of their very own Sam Ryder's Eurovision journey?
  
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• Tottenham move into the Champions League places as Harry Kane seals a nervy victory over Burnley - Daily Mail

  15-05-2022 15:12 via news.google.com
  
  Tottenham move into the Champions League places as Harry Kane seals a nervy victory over Burnley  Daily MailOpinion: Pascal Chimbonda vs Spurs Web score prediction series – Burnley  The Spurs WebPremier League LIVE: West Ham v Man City, Tottenham v Burnley & Everton v Brentford score, commentary & updates - Live  BBCTottenham 1-0 Burnley: Premier League – live reaction!  The GuardianChairman's message  Tottenham HotspurView Fu
  
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• Tottenham 1-0 Burnley: Premier League – live reaction!

  15-05-2022 14:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Minute-by-minute updates on the action in north LondonTottenham v Burnley: match previewAny comments? You can email Rob3 min “My online Collins has a mildly amusing second def for DEFENESTRATION,” says Rob Jacques, “as a defiant act of uninstalling the Microsoft operating system.”Is that true? That sounds suspiciously like WORDPLAY, or maybe even BANTER. Continue reading...
  
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• Remote working is making the UK a more equal place – however much Jacob Rees-Mogg may sneer | Gaby Hinsliff

  15-05-2022 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Technology is helping people resist the gravitational pull of big cities. Surely this is a key part of ‘levelling up’ the countryIn the shadow of the old Spode pottery works, in Stoke-on-Trent, something is stirring. Royals once dined off the fine china plates manufactured here, but the factory itself closed well over a decade ago, when its parent company went bust in the banking crash. Now, where it once stood, a very different way of working is taking shape.The Potbank site include
  
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• China’s struggle delights some – but should make us all nervous | Larry Elliott

  15-05-2022 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Covid has amplified the threats that accompany the country’s role as an economic superpowerChina has been central to the story of globalisation over the past 30 years but now it is struggling. More than two years after Covid-19 cases were discovered in Wuhan, the world’s most populous country has yet to get on top of the virus. Draconian lockdowns have been imposed because China’s vaccines are less effective than those available in the west, and immunity levels are lower as wel
  
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• Chelsea v Manchester City: Women’s FA Cup final – live!

  15-05-2022 14:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates as Chelsea go for the double at WembleyEriksson targets revenge in final showdownPhoto essays from the road to WembleyGet in touch! Email RobI knew doing simultaneous MBMs would catch up with me. As you were.Two changes for Chelsea from the title-winning victory over Manchester United last Sunday. Aniek Nouwen and Beth England replace Niamh Charles and Jonna Andersson, which probably means Guro Reiten will play at wing-back. Continue reading...
  
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• Bugatti sports car driver dies in A6 crash with ambulance - BBC

  15-05-2022 14:44 via news.google.com
  
  Bugatti sports car driver dies in A6 crash with ambulance  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ireland says UK risks sending message it will break treaties in Brexit row - The Guardian

  15-05-2022 14:36 via news.google.com
  
  Ireland says UK risks sending message it will break treaties in Brexit row  The GuardianBoris Johnson news – live: UK won’t bow to threats of trade war with EU, says Kwarteng  The IndependentUnilateral move by UK on protocol could undermine peace process, Coveney warns  Belfast News Letter Editorial: It is not the Northern Ireland protocol causing friction – but Brexit  The IndependentEconomic advantages of protocol for North slowly seepi
  
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• West Ham vs Man City LIVE score and goal updates as Aymeric Laporte starts - Manchester Evening News

  15-05-2022 14:35 via news.google.com
  West Ham vs Man City LIVE score and goal updates as Aymeric Laporte starts  Manchester Evening NewsWest Ham United v Manchester City: Premier League – live!  The GuardianIf Man City beats West Ham, it's pretty much over for Liverpool - Don Hutchison | ESPN FC  ESPN UKWest Ham v Manchester City LIVE: Fernandinho starts at centre-back for defending champions, Riyad Mahrez...  talkSPORTTeam News: Noble starts on bench, Souček returns  Wes
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Finland will apply for Nato membership; missile strike destroys Lviv military facility – live

  15-05-2022 14:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Sweden also expected to announce soon its decision to join alliance, prompted by Russian invasion of UkraineFinland formally confirms intention to join NatoI’m too old for this’: the harrowing flight from Donetsk’s border townsZelenskiy hails Eurovision win and plans to ‘one day’ host in MariupolCroatia’s foreign minister has said talks between Turkey and Finland and Sweden over its concerns regarding the latter two nations’ wish to join Nato were on the
  
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• Buffalo shooting: Biden says racist killing of 10 people ‘abhorrent to fabric of nation’

  15-05-2022 14:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Gunman shot 11 Black and two white victims at a supermarket that he broadcast on streaming platform Twitch before surrendering After white 18-year-old wearing military gear and live-streaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and wounding three others, US president Joe Biden said racially motivated hate crime was “abhorrent to the very fabric of this nation”.Police said the attacker shot 11 Black and two white victims before
  
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• Ireland says UK risks sending message it will break treaties in Brexit row

  15-05-2022 14:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign minister criticises ‘sabre-rattling’ from UK amid signs British rhetoric is softening over Northern Ireland protocolPlans to shred parts of the Northern Ireland protocol “would send headlines around the world” that the UK is prepared to break treaties, Ireland’s foreign minister has said, as a British cabinet minister insisted the UK did not intend to break the law.The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, said the UK had “the right to act in a sovereign
  
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• Watchdog urged to step in as UK’s poorest turn off energy supply

  15-05-2022 14:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Spate of self-disconnections reflects rising costs, punitive debt collection and disproportionately high charges, says charityA food bank charity has called for the energy watchdog to intervene after a spate of reports of penniless families self-disconnecting from their gas and electricity, leaving them unable to wash clothes, use cookers or even switch on lights.Feeding Britain said people on low incomes who used prepayment energy meters were increasingly being pushed into destitution by rising
  
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• UK preparing for Queen’s platinum jubilee with thousands of events

  15-05-2022 14:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Celebrations to be spread out across country during extended bank holiday weekend but royal family urge more to get involved The UK is preparing to celebrate the platinum jubilee weekend in style, with 1,458 public events and 1,775 street parties or private events officially registered to take place from 2 to 5 June.The celebrations are spread out across the country, with 240 in and around London, 208 around Manchester, 133 near Birmingham, 98 in Scotland – including four in the Orkneys an
  
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• Women's FA Cup: How do Man City's chances stack up against newly crowned WSL champions Chelsea? - Sky Sports

  15-05-2022 14:22 via news.google.com
  Women's FA Cup: How do Man City's chances stack up against newly crowned WSL champions Chelsea?  Sky SportsEriksson targets revenge in Chelsea’s final showdown with Manchester City  The GuardianCaroline Weir warns Women's football is still way behind in 'getting the respect we deserve'  Daily MailEllen White’s Man City looking for FA Cup final revenge on Chelsea for ‘legend’ of the game Karen Bardsley...  talkSPORTChelsea v Manchest
  
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• ‘A heart full of love’: Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils expecting baby girl

  15-05-2022 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian Svitolina has not played since Miami Open in MarchCouple married last July after announcing relationship in 2019Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils have announced they are expecting a baby girl.Svitolina, currently ranked 27 but a fixture in the top 10 for most of the last decade, has not played a match since her defeat by Heather Watson at the Miami Open in March. Continue reading...
  
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• Going green: the best plant-based alternatives

  15-05-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  If you want to start swapping out animal products for something healthier and more ethical – but equally as nutritious – here are the best substitutesEmbracing a diet of plant-based foods and fewer animal products is “healthy, sustainable, and good for both people and planet”, says the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health. But while meat is known as an important source of nutrients, such as protein, iron and B12, is it possible to get the equivalent value from pl
  
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• ‘Cruel and malicious’: sexist attacks dampen joy for Stormont’s new female members

  15-05-2022 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As record proportion of women sign roll, misogynistic abuse during campaign prompts demands for changeIn a sign of how sexism and misogyny were so embedded in Northern Ireland, official minutes once recorded Ian Paisley Jr shouting “moo, moo, moo” at a female politician.The outburst against Monica McWilliams in 1997 was part of a boorish, sneering culture that deterred women from entering politics and sought to intimidate the few who dared. Continue reading...
  
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• Home Office charging bereaved partners £2,400 to secure leave to remain in UK

  15-05-2022 13:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Many are struggling to pay fee – which is five times higher than administrative cost – and face destitution and deportationBereaved spouses with the right to remain in the UK are facing destitution and deportation because the Home Office is charging them thousands of pounds to stay, the Guardian has learned.People whose British spouses or partners have died are calling on the Home Office to waive the £2,404 fee for the “bereaved partner concession”, which grants a h
  
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• Margaret Thatcher statue egged within hours of it being installed

  15-05-2022 13:56 via theguardian.com
  
  The memorial of the former prime minister in her home town of Grantham was unveiled without ceremonyWarnings that a new statue of Margaret Thatcher would attract egg throwing protests came true within two hours of it being installed in her home town of Grantham on Sunday.The bronze statue was, without ceremony, placed on a 3m (10ft) high plinth to make it more difficult for protesters to inflict any damage. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukraine war: Finland confirms it will apply to join NATO to 'maximise' country's security - Sky News

  15-05-2022 13:37 via news.google.com
  Ukraine war: Finland confirms it will apply to join NATO to 'maximise' country's security  Sky NewsRussia warns that it would be a 'mistake' for Finland and Sweden to join Nato - BBC News  BBC NewsFinland formally confirms intention to join Nato  The GuardianFinland faces Russia electricity cutoff  POLITICO EuropeFinland to apply for Nato membership  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Woman killed with her three dogs by car in west London named

  15-05-2022 13:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Olivia Riley, 41, from Suffolk died after car hit her in Chelsea, police say, and driver has been arrestedA woman who was killed by a car in west London along with her three dogs has been named as Olivia Riley, 41, from Suffolk.Riley died on Saturday after being hit by a car in Chelsea early in the morning, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Unite union seeks talks with Sturgeon over Grangemouth refinery

  15-05-2022 13:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Union says oil refinery’s ‘strategic importance’ means talks about possible threats are urgentTrade union bosses are seeking an urgent meeting with Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon amid uncertainty surrounding the future of the Grangemouth oil refinery.Grangemouth is one of just six oil refineries in Great Britain and supplies two-thirds of the petrol and diesel for forecourts in Scotland as well as large volumes for the north of England and Northern Ireland. Continue re
  
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• ‘Huge sense of pride’: the mothers who job-share counter-terrorism at GCHQ

  15-05-2022 13:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Friends, colleagues and spies – two women who jointly lead a vital intelligence mission say role sharing is their ‘superpower’It sounds like an idyllic job-share for two working mums – Vicky looked after Emily’s newborn so she could interview for the job they both wanted, while Emily covered for Vicky when she was settling her child into school.But these are not ordinary part-time roles – Vicky and Emily, who cannot reveal their real names for security reasons
  
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• The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson review – one-woman outback western

  15-05-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A lone bushwoman holds her own as Leah Purcell breathes new life into an old Australian classicThe Australian film-maker Leah Purcell adapted (from her own play, which was in turn based on an 1892 short story), directed and stars in this solid outback western. The handsome photography is a stark contrast to the grim realities of the hard-scrabble lives eked out in this unforgiving land. The film tackles issues of race, sexual violence and the low-level simmering cruelty that is a fact of life fo
  
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• Bill Gates: ‘Vaccines are a miracle. It’s mind-blowing somebody could say the opposite’

  15-05-2022 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Microsoft co-founder takes questions from scientists, academics and readers on Ukraine, Covid, Jeffrey Epstein and moreBill Gates strides into the boardroom of Bafta in central London, pumps my hand and the clock starts ticking. It’s been noted before that, despite being the richest person in the world for a good chunk of the past 30 years, the one commodity he can’t buy more of is time. Gates has the same 24 hours in a day as the 7.9 billion rest of us. Today, I have him for 45
  
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• Chelsea tragedy: Police name woman killed in car crash with three dogs - Evening Standard

  15-05-2022 12:44 via news.google.com
  
  Chelsea tragedy: Police name woman killed in car crash with three dogs  Evening StandardChelsea: Woman and three dogs die after being hit by car  BBCPictured: Woman dog walker, 41, who died after being hit by car while walking in Chelsea  Daily MailChelsea tragedy: Woman, 41 and three dogs killed in car crash named  The IndependentChelsea millionaires row where woman & three dogs were killed is ‘racer drag’ where people ‘constantly ru
  
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• Scammers will hope to exploit cost of living crisis, say UK police

  15-05-2022 12:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Warning as figures show record £101m worth of card and payment crime was blocked last yearThe cost of living could be the next frontline for scammers, the head of the UK’s specialist police unit for fraud has warned, with criminals using the crisis as a way to lure potential victims.DCI Gary Robinson, head of the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (DCPCU), said he thought fraudsters could seize on the financial squeeze to persuade people to hand over their personal details. Contin
  
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• Go with your gut: scientist Tim Spector on why food is not just fuel - The Guardian

  15-05-2022 12:22 via news.google.com
  
  Go with your gut: scientist Tim Spector on why food is not just fuel  The Guardian
  
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• Finland formally confirms intention to join Nato

  15-05-2022 12:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Nordic country that shares 800-mile border with Russia looks to end decades of non-alignmentRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesFinland has formally confirmed it intends to join Nato, abandoning decades of military non-alignment in a historic policy shift triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.“The president and the government’s foreign policy committee have agreed that after consulting parliament, Finland will apply for Nato membership,” president, Sauli Niinistö,
  
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