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• Learner drivers: Plan to include lessons on motorways

  30-12-2016 03:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New government proposals will allow learner drivers to practise on motorways for the first time.
  
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• Date spring 2026 starts as weather finally gets warmer

  07-03-2026 04:19 via express.co.uk
  Spring marks a time of renewal as we emerge from winter
  
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• The billionaire who owns so much land he could cover London seven times over

  07-03-2026 04:11 via express.co.uk
  The multi-billionaire is best known in the UK for owning a Premier League club, but he recently made history away from the beautiful game
  
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• UK concrete company heads for liquidation – family business since 2024

  07-03-2026 03:49 via express.co.uk
  An official notice in the London Gazette on Friday morning says a family-owned business based in England is headed for liquidation.
  
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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 'getting passport ready' for Middle East move before arrest

  07-03-2026 02:47 via express.co.uk
  Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was reportedly "getting his passport ready" to leave UK for the Middle East when he was arrested in February, according to reports
  
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• Lidl, Aldi, Morrisons and Tesco to close UK stores for 24 hours in April

  07-03-2026 01:45 via express.co.uk
  The stores have revealed their Easter opening hours.
  
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• London Underground map to change forever with £6m update on new train line

  07-03-2026 01:30 via express.co.uk
  Plans for a new line have moved forward after receiving a £6.65m funding boost to fast-track proposals.
  
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• Soham killer Ian Huntley to be sent to £300,000-a-year secure hospital if he survives

  07-03-2026 01:22 via express.co.uk
  Soham killer Ian Huntley will be sent to a £300,000-a-year secure hospital at taxpayers' expense if he survives the prison attack, it is reported
  
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• Woman falsely accused 10 men of raping her - 'I've got away with it'

  07-03-2026 00:05 via express.co.uk
  Some of the men spent hours in police custody, while others were placed on months of bail or released under investigation following the accusations.
  
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• Foreign Office issues new travel advice for 21 countries - full list

  07-03-2026 00:04 via express.co.uk
  Over 140,000 Brits stuck in the Middle East have registered their presence with the Foreign Office.
  
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• BBC bias row explodes as Trump ally's speech 'altered' in 'unbelievable' blunder

  06-03-2026 23:49 via express.co.uk
  The latest blunder could pile yet more pressure on the BBC.
  
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• Australia v India: one-off women’s cricket Test, day one – live

  06-03-2026 06:40 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the day-night Test at the Waca in PerthAny thoughts? Email Tanya4th over: India 14-0 (Smriti Mandhana 4, Shafali Verma 7) I’ve spotted a couple of people on Healy hill, sitting like white ducks on a green bank. A good battle building between Verma and Hamilton. Perry again looks more traction engine than Ferrari in the field.3rd over: India 8-0 (Smriti Mandhana 2, Shafali Verma 4) There aren’t huge numbers in at the WACA, unless they’re camera shy. Perhaps there wi
  
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• Iran war live updates: US temporarily lets India buy Russian oil amid energy fears; Israeli military launches strikes on Beirut

  06-03-2026 06:32 via theguardian.com
  US issues 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to buy Russian oil; IDF says it is striking Dahiya neighborhood in southern suburbs of BeirutTell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?The Philippines government is urging the country to limit their air conditioner use and restrict non-essential travel while it mulls a four-day working week, as tensions in the Middle East push global fuel costs higher, Bloomberg reports.The country imports nearly all of its oil, a
  
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• Country diary: Wildcats are here and they’re on the march | Amanda Thomson

  06-03-2026 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Cairngorms: Conservation efforts to help them are working – numbers are still small, but I’ve seen signs in the late winter snowIt is always interesting to see how overnight snow reveals what goes on under the cover of night. Around the granny pines, I see the smaller fore and larger hind prints of a red squirrel. Across the fields and along pinewood paths, there is evidence of hares and badgers, pine martens and deer, before they veered off, back into the heather and blaeberry
  
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• The Dinosaurs review – Morgan Freeman’s narration is so soothing, you could use this as a relaxation aid

  06-03-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Yes, there are plenty of big-budget visual effects of prehistoric creatures in Steven Spielberg’s natural history show. But the voiceover is the real drawIt’s difficult these days to make a nature documentary that isn’t like all the others. Spectacular landscapes, crisp closeup photography, tales of predation and survival, birth and death: whether you go for Pixar cuteness, crimson claws or environmental crisis, it’s been done 100 times before. Watching The Dinosaurs, it&
  
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• ‘Our bond is private. Some things have to stay between us’: Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo on smoking, cinema and secrets

  06-03-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  A drama about a president at the end of his career, La Grazia is the director’s finest film since The Great Beauty. As he reunites with his longtime collaborator, the pair discuss ageing, loyalty and the mysterious energy that has bound them for more than two decades‘They like to smoke,” says the publicist ahead of my interview with Paolo Sorrentino and Toni Servillo. That’s why the table and chairs have been hastily dragged outside. That’s why today’s audienc
  
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• Iran-backed militias intensify attacks against US, Israel and allies

  06-03-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Iraq emerges as key front in new and often clandestine confrontation after launching dozens of attacksIran-backed militias around the Middle East are intensifying attacks against Israel, the US and their allies, in retaliation for the ongoing joint US-Israeli offensive against Tehran as the war draws in new armed actors, threatening wider chaos and violence.Israel and the US have targeted Iran’s network of militant groups, with Iraq emerging as a key front in this new and often clandestine
  
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• France may soon have a far-right president – and Europe is already scrambling to limit their power | Paul Taylor

  06-03-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  With elections next year, Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders are trying to secure institutions against the National Rally threatEuropean governments have quietly begun adapting their policies for the hitherto unthinkable prospect that France, a founder member of the EU, may elect a far-right nationalist president next year. Germany may be Europe’s biggest economy and most populous state, but nuclear-armed France is the pivotal military power.More than a year before the French choos
  
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• Experience: I lost my arm – now I’m one of the fastest drummers in the world

  06-03-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  One afternoon, I set up my kit and taped a drumstick to my amputated arm The transformer exploded a few feet from where I was standing. One moment I was on the roof of a restaurant kitchen in Atlanta, cleaning exhaust vents. The next, I was on the ground, my body seizing and burned.Before that day, music had been the centre of my life. My father was a well-known guitarist in Australia and I grew up watching him play. When I was 14 my parents bought me a drum kit for Christmas. I f
  
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• A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?

  06-03-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  As the Spanish PM decries the war in Iran, other politicians are unable – or unwilling – to speak against the US presidentOn Wednesday morning, Pedro Sánchez delivered a 10-minute televised address with the rather bland title: “An institutional declaration by the prime minister to assess recent international events.”The speech’s words, however, were anything but beige. Hours after Donald Trump had threatened to cut off trade with Spain over its government&rsq
  
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• Jimmy Lai will not appeal conviction, paving way for political negotiations over release

  06-03-2026 05:09 via theguardian.com
  Decision marks end of years-long legal saga for 78-year-old critic of Chinese Communist partyJimmy Lai, the prominent pro-democracy activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong, has said he will not appeal his conviction.The decision marks the end of a years-long legal saga for the 78-year-old critic of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), and opens the door for political negotiations to his release. Continue reading...
  
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• Canadian backpacker Piper James died ‘as a result of drowning’ following dingo attack at K’gari, coroner says

  06-03-2026 03:30 via theguardian.com
  Cause of death of 19-year-old in January was drowning ‘in the setting of multiple injuries, due to, or as a consequence of a dingo attack’Canadian backpacker Piper James died “as a result of drowning” following a dingo attack at K’gari, the Queensland coroners court says.The court on Friday said Piper’s cause of death had been determined by a forensic pathologist and accepted by the investigating coroner. Continue reading...
  
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• Hard core! Apple peeling champion slices through competition to produce nearly four-metre strip of skin

  06-03-2026 03:27 via theguardian.com
  Though she lives with constant pain, Stanthorpe’s Kerrie Stratford still has what it takes to claim her 22nd harvest festival titleGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOutside a marquee, across from the clock tower, a crowd is gathering for the Stanthorpe apple and grape harvest festival’s apple peeling contest. Well, contest might be an exaggeration.Kerrie Stratford, 65, is the undisputed champion of apple peeling. There is no competition. She has won 21 titles at the Queensla
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Trump urges Zelenskyy to ‘get a deal done’ with Russia

  06-03-2026 03:14 via theguardian.com
  US president again suggests Zelenskyy needs to compromise; Ukraine president says US is seeking its drone expertise for the Middle East. What we know on day 1,472US president Donald Trump on Thursday again urged Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to strike a deal with Russia, claiming that Russian president Vladimir Putin was prepared to reach an agreement. “Zelenskyy, he has to get on the ball, and he has to get a deal done,” Trump said in an interview with Politico. Trump, return
  
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• How Flightradar24 became the go-to platform for the world to watch global aviation crises unfold

  06-03-2026 02:41 via theguardian.com
  The Swedish flight tracking tool, spun out of a price comparison portal, is tracking the travel chaos sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran in real timeMikael Robertsson and Olov Lindberg did not set out to build one of the pre-eminent monitors of global airspace. In a bid to draw more eyes to their Swedish flight price comparison portal, the entrepreneurs added a page charting air traffic.That page became Flightradar24, the portal that people around the world now turn to when there is chaos &nda
  
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• Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who helped launch Voting Rights Act, dies aged 85

  06-03-2026 02:09 via theguardian.com
  Early in a life of service, LaFayette did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, AlabamaBernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.Bernard LaFayette III said his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I think I could run even faster’: the NZ teenager shattering athletics records

  06-03-2026 01:41 via theguardian.com
  Sam Ruthe, 16, was the youngest person to break the four-minute mile in 2025 and this year the ‘remarkable’ running talent extended his record streakBefore the teenage New Zealand runner, Sam Ruthe, took to Boston University’s famous indoor track in January, he told his father he was aiming to run a 3.48-minute mile.The 16-year-old had already stunned the athletics world in 2025, when he became the youngest person ever to break the four-minute mile barrier – aged 15 &ndas
  
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• Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar

  06-03-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D cameraThe patient was in Gibraltar. The surgeon was in London. The outcome was a remarkable triumph for remote robotic surgery that saved the life of a 62-year-old football fan with prostate cancer.Inside the operating theatre at St Bernard’s, the only hospital in the British overseas territory, a hi-tech robot with four arms, and fitted with a 3D camera, removed the prostate of Briton P
  
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• FA Cup fifth round: things to look out for this weekend

  06-03-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Garnacho gets his chance to stake a claim, a big day for Port Vale and more scheduling concerns for GuardiolaWho would have thought approaching mid-March Wolves would be the Midlands team – at least in the Premier League – with the most to cheer? Aston Villa, while fourth and still capable of securing a place in the Champions League, are wobbling. Nottingham Forest are fighting relegation. In the Championship, Coventry are at the summit but West Brom and Leicester are in danger of dr
  
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• Lowly Li snaps back at fans as Lowry endures another difficult day

  06-03-2026 00:48 via theguardian.com
  Chinese world No 71 swears at heckler after breaking clubLowry finishes with a bogey to compound weekend pain“Snap another one!” You find brave people in hospitality areas at golf tournaments. The order came to Li Haotong, moments after his caddie had delivered a broken lob wedge to a bin at the back of the Bay Hill driving range. “Fuck off!” barked Li in immediate reply, with a gesticulation to match. What a scene.Gaining entry to the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the la
  
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