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• Nationalisation: What does it actually mean?

  11-05-2017 18:23
  
  The leaked Labour manifesto promises to nationalise a number of currently private businesses.
  
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• Mandelson scandal spreads to Tony Blair years as officials probe early New Labour links

  11-02-2026 03:46 via express.co.uk
  In the corridors of power, whispers of a decades-old connection between a prominent political figure and a notorious financier are stirring unease and intrigue.
  
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• Full list of UK bank switch awards after 40k get £175 - Santander, Nationwide, HSBC

  11-02-2026 03:02 via express.co.uk
  British banks are offering customers cash if they make a switch to them.
  
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• Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six men appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live

  11-02-2026 02:39 via theguardian.com
  Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floorWho are the six men named in the unredacted Epstein files?Congressmen name six wealthy men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein filesJamie Raskin, a top House Democrat, accused the justice department of making “puzzling, inexplicable redactions” to documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that obscured the names of abusers, while allowin
  
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• Artist accuses AirAsia of using his mural on plane without consent

  11-02-2026 02:39 via theguardian.com
  Ernest Zacharevic alleges the carrier has repeatedly used his art in its external corporate branding without consentA Malaysia-based artist has filed a lawsuit against the low-cost airline carrier AirAsia and its parent company Capital A Berhad for allegedly using his art on a plane without permission.Ernest Zacharevic, a Lithuanian-born artist based in Penang, alleged AirAsia used his 2012 street mural, Children on a Bicycle, on an aircraft between October and November 2024. Continue reading...
  
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• Princess Eugenie and Beatrice 'not turning backs on Prince Andrew' despite Epstein scandal

  11-02-2026 01:56 via express.co.uk
  Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice are not abandoning their father despite strained family relationships amid ongoing controversy
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: UK promises to double troop numbers in Norway to deter Putin

  11-02-2026 01:53 via theguardian.com
  Defence secretary John Healey says Russian president is ‘rapidly re-establishing military presence in the region, including reopening old cold war bases’. What we know on day 1,449Continue reading...
  
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• Britney Spears sells rights to music catalog for undisclosed sum, say reports

  11-02-2026 01:33 via theguardian.com
  Music publisher Primary Wave said to have bought rights to pop star’s music, including Toxic and Baby One More TimeBritney Spears has sold the rights to her music catalog, which includes hits such as Toxic, Baby One More Time and Gimme More, according to media reports.The music publisher Primary Wave is said to have purchased the pop star’s music rights on 30 December, TMZ reported on Tuesday, citing legal documents. An unnamed source “familiar with the deal” confirmed th
  
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• Sarah Ferguson makes astonishing 10-word comeback vow to friends after Andrew nightmare

  11-02-2026 01:31 via express.co.uk
  Sarah Ferguson has openly told friends 'I need to get back to work. I need money' as she plans a comeback following Prince Andrew's exit from Royal Lodge.
  
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• Labour MPs claim Streeting will move against 'zombie' Starmer within weeks despite denials

  11-02-2026 01:12 via express.co.uk
  In the corridors of power, whispers grow louder as Wes Streeting's allies hint at a bold move against Keir Starmer, despite public declarations of loyalty.
  
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• ‘Unsustainable’ gaps in policing of franchise businesses must end, MPs say

  11-02-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  House of Commons business and trade committee calls for changes after series of scandals in sectorThe UK government needs to eradicate “unsustainable” gaps in the policing of franchise businesses after a series of scandals to hit the sector, a parliamentary committee has found.The conclusion forms part of the business and trade committee’s small business strategy report and follows a Guardian investigation in December which revealed claims that Adrian Howe, a former Vodafone em
  
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• MPs call on welfare bosses to speed up redress over carer’s allowance scandal

  11-02-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Public accounts committee says ‘systemic issues’ at DWP led to carers being wrongly forced to repay overpaymentsAn influential MPs’ committee has urged welfare bosses to speed up redress for tens of thousands of unpaid carers who stand to have huge benefit debts written off after they were wrongly hit with carer’s allowance penalties.The public accounts committee (PAC) said management failures and “systemic issues” at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  
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• Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting review – no, I don’t want to come up and see these etchings

  11-02-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  National Portrait Gallery, LondonFreud was a master painter, but his drawings ranged from ordinary to awful. Guess which aspect of his work this show focuses on? If painting is a fast car, drawing is more like taking the bus. At least that’s how it felt to me, puttering along on the 27 to Paddington that is the National Portrait Gallery’s trawl through Lucian Freud’s sketches, engravings and even childhood crayonings, daydreaming until my stop, with the occasional flash of colo
  
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• Lark Rise to Candleford review – tender, evocative tribute to rural lives in transition

  11-02-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Watermill theatre, Newbury
  This music-laced adaptation of Flora Thompson’s novels is a coming-of-age story that finds quiet beauty in a world on the brink of changeFlora Thompson’s autobiographical novels, about growing up in the late 19th-century Oxfordshire countryside, have been adapted for stage before, in a 1978 promenade production at the National Theatre. They’re now better known for the BBC series where Laura – note the rhyming name – guided us through the q
  
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• English secondary schools must offer inclusion areas for neurodiverse and Send pupils

  11-02-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Special spaces are a key part of government’s planned overhaul of special educational needs supportSecondary schools in England must provide specially designed areas for neurodiverse children and pupils with special educational needs, ministers have said.Universal “inclusion bases” are spaces away from classrooms where children with additional needs can get support for some lessons. They are seen as a key part of government plans to overhaul special educational needs and disabi
  
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• Antisemitic incidents in UK spiked after Manchester synagogue terror attack

  11-02-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Community Security Trust, which provides security to British Jews, recorded total 3,700 incidents in 2025Antisemitic incidents increased sharply in the UK after the deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish year, according to an organisation that provides security to British Jews.Two people died and three were seriously injured at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on 2 October last year, in the first fatal antisemitic terror attack since the Community Security Trust
  
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• School phone policies in England a ‘huge drain’ on staff resources – study

  11-02-2026 00:30 via theguardian.com
  Teachers and admin teams spend 100 hours a week enforcing rules, Birmingham University research findsSmartphone policies in English secondary schools are a “huge drain” on resources, with staff spending on average more than 100 hours a week enforcing restrictions, according to research.Teachers, teaching assistants, caretakers and receptionists are involved with helping to police pupils’ smartphone use in school, researchers said, with multiple staff recording incidents, overse
  
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• Exercise can be ‘frontline treatment’ for mild depression, researchers say

  11-02-2026 00:30 via theguardian.com
  Biggest improvements seen in young adults and new mothers, with group activities of most benefitAerobic exercise such as running, swimming or dancing can be considered a frontline treatment for mild depression and anxiety, according to research that suggests working out with others brings the most benefits.Scientists analysed published reviews on exercise and mental health and found that some of the greatest improvements were observed in young adults and new mothers – groups that are consi
  
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• Royal biographer warns monarchy 'in trouble' over Andrew's Epstein police probe

  11-02-2026 00:23 via express.co.uk
  The British monarchy faces a storm as whispers of Prince Andrew's ties with Jeffrey Epstein resurface, leaving the public in shock and the Palace on edge.
  
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• Scottish Premiership: Late winner for Hearts in tense Edinburgh derby

  11-02-2026 00:06 via theguardian.com
  Tomas Magnusson scores in 88th minute to seal winJambos now have a six-point lead at the top of the tableTomas Magnusson scored a late winner as the Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts defeated Hibernian 1-0 in a tense Edinburgh derby to tighten their grip on top spot.Magnusson, on as a substitute, popped up with the game’s decisive moment in the 88th minute to spark jubilant scenes inside Tynecastle. Continue reading...
  
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• Counter-terrorism unit leads inquiry into stabbing of two boys at north London school

  10-02-2026 23:58 via theguardian.com
  Boy, 13, held on suspicion of attempted murder after pupils aged 12 and 13 stabbed at Kingsbury high schoolA police counter-terrorism unit was on Tuesday night leading the inquiry into the stabbing of two boys aged 13 and 12 at a school in north-west London.Police were called to Kingsbury high school in Brent on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a 13-year-old boy had been stabbed. When they arrived at the scene, officers found a 12-year-old boy who had also been stabbed. Continue reading...
  
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• Panic as Hula Hoops and McCoy’s 'could vanish' from shelves for 1 reason

  10-02-2026 23:48 via express.co.uk
  Beloved snacks such as Hula Hoops, Pom-Bears, Discos and McCoy's could temporarily disappear from shelves.
  
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• National Lottery down: Website and app outages infuriate lotto players

  10-02-2026 23:36 via express.co.uk
  National Lottery players have taken to social media to express their frustration at issues they are encountering.
  
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• Sesko rescues late point for Manchester United to deny West Ham precious win

  10-02-2026 23:20 via theguardian.com
  Stop all the clippers, don’t cut off the barnet: United’s winning run is over. Frank Ilett, the man who pledged never to visit a barber again until Manchester United won five matches in a row, may have been denied a viral haircut, but United’s resilience came to the fore here to deny the Hammers what would have been a deserved victory deep into added time.A studded finish from the fan favourite Tomas Soucek was cancelled out by an impressive, instinctive strike from Benjamin Se
  
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• Trump to repeal Obama-era finding foundational to US climate rules

  10-02-2026 23:17 via theguardian.com
  Climate groups vow to fight rollback of 2009 finding determining CO2 and other greenhouse gases harm healthIn what is set to be its most audacious anti-environment move yet, the Trump administration on Thursday will roll back the mechanism allowing the government to regulate planet-heating pollution, the White House press secretary has told reporters.“President Trump will be joined by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to formalize the recession of the 2009 Obama-era endangerment finding,”
  
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• The Summit review – you’d think these useless adventurers had never seen a mountain before

  10-02-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The premise is simple: an unlikable group of strangers try to climb one of the New Zealand Alps, despite being vastly unsuited to it. I despise the show, the contestants, and myself for watching itCan you have too much hate in your hate-watch? That is the question that presses unexpectedly hard as the new reality competition show The Summit begins. The premise is hateful in the standard way: 14 strangers (which might as well be 17,000 in televisual terms – only The Traitors does more and i
  
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• Okafor grabs comeback draw for Leeds as wasteful Chelsea’s bad habits return

  10-02-2026 22:53 via theguardian.com
  Chelsea’s habit of squandering leads did not leave with Enzo Maresca. The lapses in concentration have piled up and there was another to add to the list after Stamford Bridge witnessed an inexplicable collapse against Leeds, who took another step towards staying up fighting back from 2-0 down to keep themselves six points above the bottom three.The turnaround was not on the cards when Cole Palmer, who had earlier collected his first assist in the Premier League this season, extended Chelse
  
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• Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton airlifted to hospital after breaking neck at Winter Olympics

  10-02-2026 22:50 via theguardian.com
  Veteran sustains serious injury during Winter Olympics training Athlete in good spirits says chef de mission Alisa CamplinAustralia’s Olympic team has been rocked with Cam Bolton airlifted to Milan after breaking his neck in training, ending the veteran snowboarder’s Winter Games campaign.Competing at his fourth Olympics, the 35-year-old suffered a crash on Monday while training for the snowboard cross event but woke up with worsening pain in his neck the following day. Continue read
  
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• Rayan and Adli stage Bournemouth fightback against 10-man Everton

  10-02-2026 22:48 via theguardian.com
  Hill Dickinson Stadium is no place like home for Everton. Not yet, anyway. Sixth place and momentum in the push for European qualification was the tantalising prize for beating Bournemouth but, not for the first time at their plush new stadium, David Moyes’s team let it slip through their grasp.Andoni Iraola’s visitors extended their unbeaten Premier League run to six games courtesy of second-half headers from Rayan, the 19-year-old Brazilian who could well be their latest gem, and A
  
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• Ramsey winner for Newcastle adds to Frank woes to leave Spurs fearing the drop

  10-02-2026 22:47 via theguardian.com
  To his extensive list of problems at Tottenham, Thomas Frank can add another. The manager is dealing with a ghost from the club’s more successful recent past. There were 49 minutes on the clock when the South Stand choir took up the song. “He’s magic, you know. Mauricio Poch-e-ttino.” The message was clear. They want their former idol back. They cannot persist any longer with Frank.The only wonder here was that Newcastle, who had arrived on the back of three successive Pr
  
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