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• We must look beyond the brute numbers to really appreciate Haaland’s legend | Jonathan Liew

  04-12-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Perhaps the data-soaked discourse of modern football actually does this Premier League centurion something of a disserviceStack them up. Pile them high. Sort them and arrange them, parse them and categorise them, order them to your table like items in a Chinese restaurant. Personal favourites? Give me the No 33 against Arsenal, the one with the flowing hair. I’ll also take a No 81 against Chelsea, when he spots a hapless Robert Sánchez out of goal, and lobs him deliciously from the
  
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• Paedo teacher faces lifetime ban from classroom after sleeping with schoolboys

  05-12-2025 23:35 via express.co.uk
  Rebecca Joynes, 31, abused two 15-year-old boys and had a baby with one of them.
  
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• Horror as pensioner, 81, killed in hit and run as police hunt for driver and vehicle

  05-12-2025 23:13 via express.co.uk
  The woman had been to a local shop when she was struck by the vehicle.
  
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• Prison officer had 'extremely graphic' phone sex with gangster for up to an hour

  05-12-2025 22:48 via express.co.uk
  Megann Gibson, 26, was working at HMP Wealstun in West Yorkshire when she struck up a relationship with gang member Ryan Horan.
  
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• Drivers hit with mileage warning for parking in 'airport' car parks

  05-12-2025 22:00 via express.co.uk
  Advice has been issued to motorists by police following an operation targeting "unprofessional parking firms".
  
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• Sainsbury's launches amazing festive feast for six for just £13.31

  05-12-2025 21:26 via express.co.uk
  The supermarket giant is offering turkey, veg and trimmings in a deal that comes to £2.21 per head.
  
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• Christmas chaos warning as staff set to strike at major UK airport

  05-12-2025 21:22 via express.co.uk
  Airport staff have vowed to take strike action over pay disputes, potentially wreaking havoc on travel over the festive period.
  
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• The majority of British children are now 'afraid' for the future of the planet

  05-12-2025 20:35 via express.co.uk
  With kids learning about climate change, they say they're keen to do their bit.
  
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• Selfish Brits buy Christmas presents that are secretly for themselves

  05-12-2025 20:27 via express.co.uk
  Brits' Christmas gifting habits have been revealed.
  
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• Migrants could be deported to 'new' country in fresh bid to end small boats crisis

  05-12-2025 19:24 via express.co.uk
  Britain is in talks to pay the Balkan country for taking illegal migrants as part of a fresh "return hub" deal after asylum claims hit a new record this year.
  
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• Fury as HSBC bans Christmas jumpers over worry they could trigger customers

  05-12-2025 19:17 via express.co.uk
  HSBC has been accused of being "humbugs" after it emerged some staff aren't allowed to wear the festive knitwear.
  
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• UK and Norway form naval alliance to hunt Russian submarines

  04-12-2025 17:55 via bbc.com
  The partnership aims to protect undersea cables, which Western officials say face increased threat from Moscow.
  
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• Counter-terror police make four arrests in Sussex

  04-12-2025 17:52 via bbc.com
  Police are searching properties as part of an investigation into extreme right-wing terrorism.
  
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• Flu cases in Scotland more than double in a week

  04-12-2025 17:48 via bbc.com
  In the week of 24-30 November, lab-confirmed cases rose from 845 to 1,759, according to Public Health Scotland data.
  
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• Flu cases at record high for time of year as NHS warns of 'unprecedented' outbreak

  04-12-2025 17:22 via bbc.com
  An average of 1,700 patients were in hospital in England with flu last week - more than 50% higher than the same period last year, figures show.
  
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• Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK

  04-12-2025 17:05 via bbc.com
  The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.
  
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• Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses

  04-12-2025 16:40 via bbc.com
  The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.
  
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• Terror charges for man known to synagogue attacker

  04-12-2025 16:30 via bbc.com
  Greater Manchester Police confirms the 31-year-old was an associate of Jihad Al-Shamie.
  
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• Watch: Statue of Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol unveiled in London

  04-12-2025 15:57 via bbc.com
  A Leicester Square statue marks 30 years of the longest-running film in Indian cinema, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, starring both actors.
  
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• Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills

  04-12-2025 15:21 via bbc.com
  Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.
  
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• 'Twerking' police officer sacked for groping colleagues at party

  04-12-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  A misconduct panel says PC Pamela Pritchard breached the force's standards of behaviour.
  
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• Police officer sacked for groping colleagues at party

  04-12-2025 15:17 via bbc.com
  A misconduct panel says PC Pamela Pritchard breached the force's standards of behaviour.
  
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• Synagogue attack victim says Al-Shamie 'radiated evil'

  04-12-2025 13:45 via bbc.com
  Father-of-four Yoni Finlay was shot by a police bullet as he barricaded the doors of the synagogue.
  
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• Moment earthquake shook homes in north-west England

  04-12-2025 13:41 via bbc.com
  Lancashire residents say the 3.3-magnitude tremor felt like "an underground explosion", but there are no reports of damage.
  
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• Australia v England: Ashes second Test, Joe Root hits century on day one – live - The Guardian

  04-12-2025 12:32 via news.google.com
  Australia v England: Ashes second Test, Joe Root hits century on day one – live  The GuardianAshes: Mitchell Starc induces four overs of chaos at start of second Test  BBCThe Ashes 2025 LIVE: Australia vs England, second Test, Brisbane - cricket score, radio & highlights  BBCAshes 2025-26: Joe Root scores first Test century in Australia during second Test  BBCThe Ashes: England's Joe Root scores first Test hundred in Australia as Mitchell Starc t
  
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• Number of flu patients in hospital beds across England rises by more than 50% - Sky News

  04-12-2025 12:26 via news.google.com
  Number of flu patients in hospital beds across England rises by more than 50%  Sky NewsNumber of flu patients in England’s hospitals up 56% on a year ago  The GuardianFlu cases at record levels as NHS warns of unprecedented wave  The TimesFlu-nami EXPLOSION: Record number of Britons hospitalised with flu as NHS warns UK is set for 'worst year ever'  Daily MailFlu ‘tidal wave’ sees record numbers in hospital  The Telegraph
  
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• Porn site fined £1m over age checks has never responded to Ofcom

  04-12-2025 12:10 via bbc.com
  The regulator tells the BBC it has been emailing AVS Group Ltd without reply since July.
  
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• Australia v England: Ashes second Test, Joe Root hits century on day one – live

  04-12-2025 12:06 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the day-nighter at the Gabba in Brisbane
  Max Rushden: I was fearing for Crawley, not Duckett
  Ashes top 100 | Get the Spin newsletter | Email TanyaAustralia: Jake Weatherald, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (capt), Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (wk), Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Brendan Doggett.The speculation comes to a close but the debate will continue across the afternoon at least, as Australia turn to a horses for course approach with Natha
  
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• Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan

  04-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditionalSexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to operate within the genre. Think of the apps that take images of women and remove their clothes, or the AI bots that men and boys can use to generate pornography or depictions of graphic violence against women and girls for the crime of g
  
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• Newcastle United’s new chief executive says team can be world’s best by 2030

  04-12-2025 12:00 via theguardian.com
  David Hopkinson says revenue growth is core focusTeam are Saudi PIF’s ‘favourite investment’, CEO addsNewcastle United’s chief executive regards the club as a rocket ship and believes that, by 2030, it could house the world’s best team. David Hopkinson has hit the ground running since succeeding Darren Eales at St James’ Park in September and the Canadian’s five-year plan is nothing if not ambitious.“By 2030, I see this club being in the debate abo
  
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