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• Fighting back

  05-01-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The impact of the Ealing vicarage rape case can be felt by victims of sexual assaults 30 years later.
  
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• We must protect young people from online harms | Letters

  26-02-2026 18:39 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an article by an anonymous 15-year-old girl about hateful comments against women and girls on social mediaThe disturbing account from a 15‑year‑old girl describing the misogyny she faces online (I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day, 23 February) will come as no surprise to those of us working to safeguard young people’s mental health. The scale of harmful content in online worlds is deeply conc
  
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• Fghting a losing battle to tackle growth in plastic production | Letters

  26-02-2026 18:38 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an interview with Beth Gardiner on how the oil industry is pumping billions more into plasticsBeth Gardiner is right to argue that plastic is not merely a recycling failure (‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics, 19 February). It is something far more consequential: an oil growth strategy.Petrochemicals – of which plastics are the dominant output – now account for roughly 75% of net glo
  
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• Dual national rules are another own goal for Labour | Brief letters

  26-02-2026 18:38 via theguardian.com
  Stupid government policy | The best U-turns | Easy crossword | Warming the sheets | Hot bricksRegarding the new rules on dual nationals (Report, 24 February), given its standing in the polls, surely the government would prefer not to give voters yet another reason to think they are governed by callous, indifferent fools? Permitting dual nationals to enter with an electronic travel authorisation would be a simple fix for a stupid and illiberal policy inflicted on its own citizens.
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• A mountain to climb in today’s job market | Letters

  26-02-2026 18:38 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to articles by Gaby Hinsliff and Sumaiya Motara on the availability of first jobs, and the hoops applicants are made to jump throughGaby Hinsliff may be right to link the current lack of starter jobs to recent increases in minimum wage and national insurance costs for employers (Do you remember your first crappy job? Today’s young people would wish for half your luck, 20 February). But there’s more to it.In the 250-plus years between the invention of the water-powered
  
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• Hillary Clinton testifies that she has no information on Epstein’s criminal activities in House oversight hearing – live

  26-02-2026 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Clinton says she does not recall meeting Epstein in deposition taking place behind closed doorsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox
  Cindy McCain announced today that she will step down from her role as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme to focus on her health.McCain, the widow of the late US senator John McCain, suffered a mild stroke last October and had returned to Italy to resume her work after that, but the demands of the jo
  
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• Singer D4vd is target of investigation in LA over murder of teen found dead in his car

  26-02-2026 18:33 via theguardian.com
  Court documents from Los Angeles county describe the artist, 20, as the target in legal case over death of teen girlMore than six months after the body of a teenage girl was found in his abandoned Tesla, it emerged this week that the singer D4vd is the target of a Los Angeles county grand jury investigation.In previously sealed subpoenas issued last month and recently obtained by the Associated Press, prosecutors described the 20-year-old artist, who is popular for hits such as Romantic Homicide
  
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• Yuja Wang accuses Radio 3’s Norman Lebrecht of misogynistic bullying

  26-02-2026 18:32 via theguardian.com
  Station will no longer be working with journalist after pianist makes email publicPianist Yuja Wang today made public an email written to her by writer, critic and Radio 3 presenter Norman LeBrecht, and her response that accuses the journalist of “derogatory misogynistic bullying”.Lebrecht had written to the musician querying her decision to withdraw from a BBC Lebrecht Interview stating: “I am surprised and disappointed. I thought you were a serious person who stood by her com
  
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• ‘Premflix’ app to screen all Premier League matches live – but only in Singapore

  26-02-2026 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Premier League to have its own streaming serviceShock move to sell direct to viewers in place next seasonThe Premier League is to launch its own streaming service, with live coverage of all 380 matches over a season available directly to fans – but only if you live in Singapore.Known as Premier League Plus, the new app will be launched before next season and will be the first time match coverage will be sold direct to consumers. Continue reading...
  
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• Drax power plant to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year

  26-02-2026 18:27 via theguardian.com
  The owner of the Yorkshire plant has been criticised for burning material from controversial pellet production plantsThe owner of Drax power plant has started reducing the amount of controversial Canadian wood pellets it burns, and will stop burning trees from British Columbia entirely within the next year.The FTSE 250 company Drax Group said its Canadian wood pellet plants, which once supplied millions of tonnes of biomass to be burnt in its North Yorkshire power plant, had cost the company alm
  
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• Met police to pilot facial recognition identity checks, mayor confirms

  26-02-2026 18:20 via theguardian.com
  Sadiq Khan reveals 100 officers will use roaming technology for six months but opponents call its use ‘alarming’Metropolitan police officers are to start scanning citizens’ faces using automated facial recognition technology to check their identities, in a move backed by the mayor Sadiq Khan but branded “alarming” by opponents.The pilot was revealed on Thursday when Khan said 100 officers would use the roaming technology – commonly deployed on smartphones &nda
  
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• Iran says agreement with US ‘within reach’ as nuclear talks begin in Geneva – Middle East live

  26-02-2026 18:13 via theguardian.com
  The Oman-mediated discussions take place amid a massive buildup of US warships and aircraft in the Middle EastThe nuclear talks today are the third between the US and Iran since June 2025, when the US joined Israel’s war against Iran and bombed its nuclear and military sites. It effectively ended the US-Iran talks that were held in the weeks prior to the conflict aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement.As before, the negotiations are being mediated by Oman, which has maintained a polic
  
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• Has Corbyn won Your Party power battle against Sultana? - The Latest

  26-02-2026 18:11 via theguardian.com
  Jeremy Corbyn's allies declared victory after he was voted to be Your Party's parliamentary leader in an election in which his rival Zarah Sultana was also voted on to the party’s leadership committee. The party is hoping to turn the page on bitter in-fighting since its launch last year, but will it succeed? Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian columnist Owen Jones Continue reading...
  
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• The Your Party committee election was chaos. Why break the habit of a lifetime? | John Crace

  26-02-2026 18:05 via theguardian.com
  As the results livestream was delayed, voters lamented: ‘Is it too much to ask for competence as well as democracy?’ Start as you mean to go on. Your Party has had a fair few ups and downs in its short lifespan. Some might call it chaos. Its two most prominent members, Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, seem barely able to stand being in the same room as each other. Allegations of financial misconduct over membership fees and donations. A party conference which Sultana refused to atten
  
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• Shia LaBeouf must seek treatment as part of bail terms after alleged attack

  26-02-2026 18:05 via theguardian.com
  The actor, long open about his struggle with sobriety, was also ordered to undergo drug testing and pay $100,000 bondShia LaBeouf on Thursday was ordered to enroll in substance abuse treatment, undergo a drug testing program and pay a $100,000 bond as conditions of his release from custody after the actor allegedly battered and hurled homophobic slurs at two men at a New Orleans bar.The requirements imposed on LaBeouf, 39, by New Orleans judge Simone Levine came after the Transformer film franch
  
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• Rebecca Hendin on nuclear talks between the US and Iran – cartoon

  26-02-2026 18:05 via theguardian.com
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• If the Berlin film festival ousts its director, there may be no way back

  26-02-2026 18:04 via theguardian.com
  Hosting an audience-friendly festival in a highly political capital city has always been a challenge. If Berlinale’s organisers push out Tricia Tuttle over the latest Gaza row, they may as well give up tryingBerlin is a difficult place to hold a major international film festival. Perhaps, as the events of the last two weeks have shown, an impossible one. The main cause of this difficulty is that Berlin, unlike all of its major competitors, is a national capital. Cannes, Venice, Toronto and
  
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• Danish PM calls an early election seeking ‘Greenland bounce’

  26-02-2026 18:02 via theguardian.com
  Mette Frederiksen hopes to profit from her stand against Donald Trump’s attempt to claim the Arctic territoryDenmark’s prime minister has called an early election to take advantage of a “Greenland bounce” after Donald Trump’s threats to invade the Arctic territory.Mette Frederiksen, who has been in office since 2019, is required by Danish law to call an election by 31 October. Setting a date with eight months to go appears to be an attempt to ride improved poll rati
  
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• Assisted dying bill not at ‘end of the road’, peer says as time runs short

  26-02-2026 18:01 via theguardian.com
  Charlie Falconer criticises small number of peers blocking bill and says he is sure it will return in next sessionA former Labour minister has insisted the assisted dying bill has not reached “the end of the road”, as the legislation appears set to run out of time after organised filibustering.Charlie Falconer, who has been trying to steer the bill through the House of Lords, spoke after it was confirmed that the government would not be giving the bill further debate time in the Lord
  
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• I can’t stop picking at my pimples. How do I break this habit?

  26-02-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Treating the underlying acne can help. But stress relief measures like meditation can too – and may depend on the severityHi Ugly,I tend to get pimples, especially around my period. This is fine and normal. What’s not fine is that I cannot stop picking at them, making my skin irritated and red.Why is this column called ‘Ask Ugly’?How should I be styling my pubic hair?How do I deal with imperfection?My father had plastic surgery. Now he wants me and my mother to get work d
  
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• Boss of World Economic Forum quits after links to Epstein revealed

  26-02-2026 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Børge Brende admitted dining with the convicted sex offender on three occasions between 2018 and 2019The boss of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has quit following criticism of his connections to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.Børge Brende said he will step down as president and chief executive after more than eight years leading the body, which is best known for its annual meeting held each January in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Continue reading...
  
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• Corbyn to be Your Party parliamentary leader as Sultana joins leadership committee

  26-02-2026 17:38 via theguardian.com
  Former Labour leader says time for ‘real work’ to begin as his candidates take 14 of 24 available places on executive committeeJeremy Corbyn is to become the de facto leader of Your Party, after an election in which his rival Zarah Sultana was also voted on to the party’s leadership committee.The former Labour leader’s allies declared victory immediately after the vote in which Corbyn-backed candidates took 14 of the 24 available places on the party’s central execut
  
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• Home Office urged to make it easier for mosques to apply for protection

  26-02-2026 17:28 via theguardian.com
  British Muslim Trust says fund announced last week falls short as it requires mosques to prove they have been targetedMinisters are being urged to drop the requirement for mosques to prove they have faced a hate crime before they can apply for protective security.Last week, the Home Office announced up to £40m in funding for security staff, CCTV, fencing, alarms and floodlights for mosques, Muslim schools and community centres through the Protective Security for Mosques Scheme. Continue re
  
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• Igor Tudor admits Spurs salvage job is biggest challenge and harder than expected

  26-02-2026 17:04 via theguardian.com
  Interim manager: ‘Now it’s a question of life and death’Fulham clash is ‘not time to think about performance’Igor Tudor says the salvage operation he has taken on at Tottenham is tougher than he envisaged and is most likely his hardest job in management.The interim coach, who is preparing for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Fulham, has worked with his new squad since the beginning of last week, having replaced the sacked Thomas Frank. Tudor lost his first game
  
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• Scream 7 review – nostalgic slasher sequel settles for solid over seminal

  26-02-2026 17:03 via theguardian.com
  Neve Campbell, Kevin Williamson and Courtney Cox return for another Ghostface whodunnit that is messy but mostly entertainingWhether you love or hate the Scream franchise, it’s hard at this stage not to at least respect it. Even without the subterranean bar set by other lazy slasher sequels (stalk, stab, repeat, yawn) it’s a series that has now been around for 30 years and tasked itself with extending an ongoing narrative of insanely convoluted soap, finding new ways to comment on th
  
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• Netflix to release four-part series about Rupert Murdoch’s family drama

  26-02-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  ‘Dynasty: The Murdochs’ will debut on the streamer on 13 MarchThe real-world drama that is said to have inspired the hit HBO show Succession is set for its own four-part series when Netflix debuts Dynasty: The Murdochs on 13 March.The docuseries, based on thousands of pages of documents, emails and text messages, presents an exhaustive history of Rupert Murdoch’s rise while homing in on the tensions that have built for decades between him, his chosen heir Lachlan, and Rupert&rs
  
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• Send provision and student loans: will Labour’s changes backfire? – podcast

  26-02-2026 16:48 via theguardian.com
  As the dust settles on the government’s landmark changes to children’s special educational needs and disabilities provision, what will their impact really be on young people, their families and schools? John Harris and Kiran Stacey look at what we know so far. And, a growing backlash from graduates over student loan payments, led by the influential consumer champion Martin Lewis, is causing a headache the government was not anticipating. Why did they overlook this and what changes co
  
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• Record number of rough sleepers in England last year, official figures show

  26-02-2026 16:44 via theguardian.com
  An estimated 4,793 people slept rough in tents, doorways or parks on single night in autumn – up 3% year on yearRecord numbers of people slept rough on the streets of England last year, according to the latest official statistics.An estimated 4,793 people spent the night in tents, doorways and parks on a single night in autumn 2025, up 3% year on year, and overtaking the previous peak of 4,751 in 2017, though charities believe these figures underestimate the scale of the nation’s hom
  
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• Waiting for Godot review – Matthew Kelly and George Costigan are a bleakly funny double act

  26-02-2026 16:36 via theguardian.com
  Citizens theatre, Glasgow
  Even the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill’s post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett’s classicProductions of Samuel Beckett’s modernist classic often evoke the world of music hall. The duelling routines of Vladimir and Estragon recall the banter of old-time vaudeville acts. A sequence of hat-swapping could have come straight from Laurel and Hardy.Echoes of that remain in Dominic Hill’s staging, a co-production with the Liverpool Everyma
  
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• UK parents fear young will be worse off for first time in a century, ex-minister warns

  26-02-2026 16:35 via theguardian.com
  Alan Milburn says people feel ‘social contract is being broken’ as number of Neets climbs to 957,000The number of young people in the UK not working or in education has risen closer to a million, figures show, as a government adviser warned that for the first time in a century parents do not think their children will have a better life than them.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of people aged 16 to 24 who were not in education, employment or training (Neet) ro
  
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