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• Domestic abuse specialists to be embedded in 999 control rooms

  19-09-2024 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The measure – part of ‘Raneem’s Law’ – will speed up referral of domestic and sexual abuse victims to support servicesDomestic abuse specialists will be embedded in 999 control rooms from early next year in the first step towards the government’s goal of halving violence against women and girls in a decade, the home secretary has said.The advisers will make risk assessments on cases involving rape, domestic and sexual abuse claims to ensure that victims are re
  
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• Police in southern Pakistan shoot dead blasphemy suspect

  19-09-2024 22:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Killing comes a week after an officer fatally wounded another suspect held on accusations of blasphemyPolice in southern Pakistan have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men, in the second such killing in a week.Police identified the man as Shah Nawaz, a doctor in the Umerkot district in the southern Sindh province, who had gone into hiding two days ago after being accused of insulting Islam’s prophet Muhammad and sharing blasphemous content on social media
  
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• Social media and online video firms are conducting ‘vast surveillance’ on users, FTC finds

  19-09-2024 22:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Agency accuses Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies of sharing troves of user information with third-partiesSocial media and online video companies are collecting huge troves of your personal information on and off their websites or apps and sharing it with a wide range of third-party entities, a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff report on nine tech companies confirms.The FTC report published on Thursday looked at the data-gathering practices of Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Discord, R
  
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• ‘Joshua’s ripe for the taking’: shyness masks Dubois’ hunger for big win

  19-09-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Dubois warns he is ‘really dangerous’ before Wembley bout but happy to let Frank Warren do most of the talkingDaniel Dubois and Frank Warren make an unlikely team. The dapper promoter is a tough yet garrulous 72-year-old while Dubois, a heavily muscled 27-year-old heavyweight who stands 6ft 5in, remains much more hesitant. As he prepares to fight Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night, it is striking how often Dubois turns to Warren for reassurance.When asked how he is c
  
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• Violent protests erupt in Martinique over high cost of living with 14 injured

  19-09-2024 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  French Caribbean island sees scenes of vehicles engulfed in flames and gutted buildings as officials impose curfewOfficials in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have imposed a 9pm to 5am curfew in parts of its capital to quell escalating violent protests over the high cost of living.According to Radio France International (RFI), at least 14 people, including 11 police, have been injured – some by firearms – as alarming scenes on social media showed vehicles engulfed in flames
  
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• ‘Appalling’ rows over Sue Gray must stop, senior ministers say

  19-09-2024 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Cabinet ministers rally around chief of staff as Keir Starmer insists he is in control of No 10• Why is Sue Gray at the centre of a new political storm?Cabinet ministers have begun rallying around the Downing Street chief of staff, Sue Gray, saying the briefing against her is “appalling” and risks undermining the whole government.In an attempt to put an end to a series of damaging rows, Keir Starmer denied he had lost grip of his team and insisted he was “completely in con
  
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• Former Coronation Street actor Geoff Hinsliff dies at 87

  19-09-2024 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor who played dastardly Don Brennan in ITV soap is remembered by family as ‘restless, adventurous and funny’Geoff Hinsliff, the former Coronation Street star, has died aged 87 after a short illness.Hinsliff, who also had minor roles in the films O Lucky Man and I, Claudius and who also played a wireless operator in Richard Attenborough’s epic A Bridge Too Far, won the role of Don Brennan on the soap after previously appearing in one episode a decade earlier, in 1977, as a mi
  
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• The Guardian view on the teacher shortage: flexibility and career breaks could help

  19-09-2024 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  To tackle staff shortages, jobs in schools and other public services must be made more attractiveWithout teachers, schools can’t do their job. Recognising the problems caused by shortages, Labour made the recruitment of 6,500 new ones a key plank of its education offer to voters in England – one funded by VAT on private school fees. Now a report from the charity Teach First, advocating flexibility and an entitlement to career breaks, attempts to flesh out what improved working condit
  
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• The Guardian view on 10 Downing Street: Labour risks losing the plot | Editorial

  19-09-2024 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Rows over donations and the role of Sue Gray have exposed a disturbing lack of grip in Keir Starmer’s governmentLabour’s conference next week will be a celebration of the party’s spectacular victory over the Conservatives in July. Understandably so. But warning signs for the future cannot now be brushed aside. Neither the government nor Sir Keir Starmer has enjoyed a political honeymoon since July. Poll ratings are increasingly poor. Something is failing in Labour’s way o
  
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• Keir Starmer’s £35k in free tickets puts football regulator plans under scrutiny

  19-09-2024 19:45 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs demand ‘forensic’ look at Labour’s plans to protect football pyramid in light of Premier League hospitalityKeir Starmer is facing questions about whether his £35,000 of free tickets from football clubs risks a conflict of interest as his government prepares to bring in a new regulator opposed by the industry.The prime minister has been under scrutiny for days over his more than £100,000 of freebies and gifts over the last parliament, with another £8,000-pl
  
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• Jihadist assault on Mali’s capital killed scores of people, say security sources

  19-09-2024 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Attacks in Bamako claimed by al-Qaida affiliate cast doubt on junta’s ability to tackle 12-year insurgencyScores of people reportedly died in a jihadist attack in the Malian capital on Tuesday, again raising questions about the junta’s capacity to tackle a 12-year insurgency.Islamic militants attacked a number of locations in Bamako, including an elite police training academy. The violence, which the al-Qaida affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) claimed to hav
  
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• Great men do wear their babies – the days of criticising a father for carrying his child are over | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

  19-09-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  In response to a call-out, I was inundated with moving messages from dads about how much they loved their baby slingsThis week’s viral paternity-leave campaign stunt, placing baby dolls in slings on statues of men such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thierry Henry in London, has got me thinking about shifting perceptions of fatherhood. Like the Pregnant Then Screwed campaign, which utilised Antony Gormley’s iron men of Crosby beach, Merseyside, in a similar fashion, the message relies
  
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• ‘All sorts happens here’: the battle to save a beloved Manchester social club

  19-09-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  The Carlton Club has been a bustling social hub for more than a century. Now it faces being evicted from its premises In a sprawling white building in the south Manchester suburb of Whalley Range, dozens of people – some barely out of their teens, others well into retirement – are gathered around tables, heads together, scribbling answers on to quiz sheets.In another room, an art class is under way, while elsewhere in the building, which stands on a residential street, a group are sl
  
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• Krishna Maharaj obituary

  19-09-2024 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  My friend Krishna Maharaj, who has died aged 85 in a prison hospital in Florida, was a British victim of an American miscarriage of justice.Kris enjoyed life as a wealthy London-based businessman until 1986, when he was framed for the murder of a Jamaican man, Derrick Moo Young, who had been managing property investments for him in Florida. Continue reading...
  
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• Keir Starmer’s hypocrisy over gifts can’t be dressed up | Letters

  19-09-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to the news that the prime minister has accepted money from a party donor to buy spectacles and clothes for him and his wifeKeir Starmer is absolutely right that there is a substantial difference between declaration and corruption (Keir Starmer suggests he will continue accepting donors’ gifts, 17 September). But he should realise that there is a crucial difference between the appearance of greed and the sort of ethical leadership he promised. Taking gifts of any substantia
  
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• Beating Aldi cashiers at their own game | Brief letters

  19-09-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Till tactics | On the shelf | Labour golfers | Cattle and poetry | Oxford StreetThis is a good game (Shopper’s videos of himself trying to beat ‘insanely speedy’ Aldi cashiers go viral, 16 September). My tactic is to join the queue behind an unfeasibly large trolley-load, then place items in a zigzag pattern on the conveyor. A bottle of gin halfway along gives everyone a breather as the cashier has to wrangle the security tab off, and leaving vegetables until the end allows&nbs
  
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• Farage claims he received official advice not to hold constituency surgeries

  19-09-2024 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Insiders question Reform UK leader’s claim that parliamentary security team advised against in-person meetingsNigel Farage has said he received official parliamentary advice against holding in-person surgeries for his constituents – though his claim was immediately called into question by insiders.On Thursday the Reform UK leader, who became the MP for Clacton in Essex in July, said he had been advised not to hold the physical weekly meetings that are a staple for most MPs, citing fe
  
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• Prada and Max Mara bring strangeness and science to Milan fashion week

  19-09-2024 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada celebrate idiosyncrasy, while Ian Griffiths foregrounds mathematical tailoringA Prada show is never a straightforward beauty pageant, so when the co-designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons go out of their way to be contrary and challenging, the result is, frankly, pretty weird.Thick woollen tights with belt loops. A boob tube with snap pockets on the nipples. Shoes that peel back at the heels like curls of butter. In the cavernous concrete of Prada’s Milanese he
  
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• Football, tutus and mayonnaise: the highlights of London fashion week spring/summer 2025 – in pictures

  19-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Art-inspired collections and garden showcases, plus cameos from Harry Styles and Arsenal’s Declan Rice Continue reading...
  
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• A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng: she is all we want to look at | Helen Sullivan

  19-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In West Africa, Pygmy hippos are said to carry a diamond in their mouths, which they use to light their way through the forestThe thing to know about the pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng is that she is angry, but also she is sweet. In photographs, she is often blurry and at all times, she is shiny. She secretes something known as “blood sweat” which is actually her sunscreen.She is a hippopotamidae. She is stout. She runs like a piglet and has a snout like a very, very new puppy&rsq
  
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• Why is the Bank of England being cautious in delaying rate cuts?

  19-09-2024 16:27 via theguardian.com
  
  While the UK is far from overheating, the MPC still sees inflationary dynamics within the economy• Bank of England keeps interest rates unchanged at 5%
  • Business live – latest updatesAfter the Federal Reserve’s monster 0.5 percentage point cut in US borrowing costs on Wednesday, it seemed strange that the Bank of England should sit on its hands and keep interest rates on hold.From a position earlier this year when the UK’s central bank was leading the way in cutting
  
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• Soaring spires and floods in Europe: photos of the day – Thursday

  19-09-2024 16:08 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions

  19-09-2024 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners criticise decision to scrap tax introduced in 2018 amid rise of ‘flight shame’ movementCampaigners have accused the Swedish government of doing “everything in its power to stop climate action” after it cut a tax on flying, despite admitting that it would increase emissions.The flight tax, aimed at cutting pollution from aviation, was introduced in 2018, amid the rise of the “flight shame” (flygskam) movement popularised by Greta Thunberg. Continue
  
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• A dream start for Celtic but drama in short supply at the Etihad – Football Weekly Extra podcast

  19-09-2024 15:29 via theguardian.com
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Archie Rhind-Tutt as Celtic put five past Slovan Bratislava and Manchester City and Inter play out a 0-0 drawRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; Celtic are second in the Champions League mega-table, they were favourites to win this game but it’s the first time they’ve scored five in this t
  
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• Palworld: Nintendo sues 'Pokémon with guns' video game firm - BBC.com

  19-09-2024 12:52 via news.google.com
  Palworld: Nintendo sues 'Pokémon with guns' video game firm  BBC.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pimp 'enslaved' woman before his girlfriend kidnapped her in Strangeways when she tried to break free - Manchester Evening News

  19-09-2024 12:49 via news.google.com
  Pimp 'enslaved' woman before his girlfriend kidnapped her in Strangeways when she tried to break free  Manchester Evening NewsRomanian traffickers jailed for kidnapping woman and forcing her into sex work  LBCPair jailed for sixteen years after kidnapping and exploiting woman in Cheetham Hill | News - Hits Radio (Manchester)  hellorayo.co.ukHe put her to work on the streets of Manchester and left her an 'empty shell'  Manchester Evening NewsVulnerable woma
  
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• ‘Hitman’ sent to kill Netanyahu by Iran named as Israeli pensioner - The Telegraph

  19-09-2024 12:48 via news.google.com
  ‘Hitman’ sent to kill Netanyahu by Iran named as Israeli pensioner  The TelegraphNATO obligations cannot override international law  Al Jazeera EnglishIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Sir Keir Starmer's 'misguided' Labour party has 'undermined' his country: J  Daily MailNetanyahu accuses UK of sending 'mixed messages' over support for Israel and 'undermining' right to self-defence  LBC
  
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• FTSE 100 live: Index climbs 100 points after Fed rate cut, Next and Ocado hike guidance - Proactive Investors UK

  19-09-2024 12:22 via news.google.com
  FTSE 100 live: Index climbs 100 points after Fed rate cut, Next and Ocado hike guidance  Proactive Investors UKGlobal stocks rally after jumbo Fed cut  Financial TimesEuropean markets open higher following Fed cut; Bank of England rate decision in focus  CNBCFTSE 100 live: Shares soar after Fed rate cut, Next and Ocado hike guidance  Proactive Investors UKFTSE 100 Live 19 September: Index higher after deep US rates cut, Next and Ocado Retail upgrade guidan
  
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• UK weather: Storm alerts issued with warning of frequent lightning and large hail - Sky News

  19-09-2024 12:07 via news.google.com
  UK weather: Storm alerts issued with warning of frequent lightning and large hail  Sky NewsUK summer’s ‘last hurrah’ set to give way to heavy rainfall at weekend  The GuardianMet Office issues BACK-TO-BACK thunderstorm warnings as heavy rain to lash Britain for full 24hrs  GB NewsUK weather: Met Office issues yellow warning for eight hours of thunderstorms after warm spell  The IndependentMet Office issues huge 'danger to life' thundersto
  
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• UK weather: Met Office storm alerts and 'danger to life' warning issued - with flooding, lightning and large hail to hit country - Sky News

  19-09-2024 12:07 via news.google.com
  UK weather: Met Office storm alerts and 'danger to life' warning issued - with flooding, lightning and large hail to hit country  Sky NewsUK summer’s ‘last hurrah’ set to give way to heavy rainfall at weekend  The GuardianWeather warning: Yellow alert for thunder issued by Met Office  BBCMet Office issues BACK-TO-BACK thunderstorm warnings as heavy rain to lash Britain for full 24hrs  GB NewsUK weather: Met Office issues yellow warning fo
  
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• Race Across the World was 'exhausting' say winners - BBC

  19-09-2024 11:58 via news.google.com
  Race Across the World was 'exhausting' say winners  BBCCelebrity Race Across the World season 2 winners confirmed  Digital SpyScott Mills and Sam Vaughan's relationship from 'devastating' break-up to Celeb Race Across The World winners  Wales OnlineCelebrity Race Across The World winner revealed in tense series finale in Chile  The IndependentCelebrity Race Across the World fans baffled by spa decision as favourites miss out on win  Yahoo News UK
  
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• Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: Former Arsenal, Ipswich and Aberdeen forward charged over £600,000 drugs seizure - Sky Sports

  19-09-2024 11:58 via news.google.com
  Jay Emmanuel-Thomas: Former Arsenal, Ipswich and Aberdeen forward charged over £600,000 drugs seizure  Sky SportsFormer Arsenal footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas charged over £600,000 Stansted Airport cannabis haul  Sky NewsFootballer charged after £600,000 of cannabis seized at Stansted airport  STV NewsFormer Arsenal star charged after £600,000 of cannabis found in suitcases at UK airport  Daily StarEx-Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Tho
  
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• Celebrity Race Across the World show 'exhausting' say winners - BBC

  19-09-2024 11:58 via news.google.com
  Celebrity Race Across the World show 'exhausting' say winners  BBCCelebrity Race Across the World season 2 winners confirmed  Digital SpyScott Mills and Sam Vaughan's relationship from 'devastating' break-up to Celeb Race Across The World winners  Wales OnlineCelebrity Race Across The World winner revealed in tense series finale in Chile  The IndependentCelebrity Race Across the World fans baffled by spa decision as favourites miss out on win  Ya
  
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• Palace staff ‘thrilled’ over new blow delivered to Prince Andrew - The News International

  19-09-2024 11:29 via news.google.com
  Palace staff ‘thrilled’ over new blow delivered to Prince Andrew  The News InternationalNo holds barred in new film on Prince Andrew scandal  BBCA Very Royal Scandal review – Michael Sheen is excellent as Prince Andrew in THAT interview  The GuardianA Very Royal Scandal review: Emily Maitlis’s Newsnight drama paints Andrew as grotesque and stupid  The IndependentJAN MOIR: New TV drama serves up Prince Andrew as royal chopped liver&n
  
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• Man City vs Inter Milan LIVE! Champions League result, match stream and latest updates today - Evening Standard

  19-09-2024 11:28 via news.google.com
  Man City vs Inter Milan LIVE! Champions League result, match stream and latest updates today  Evening StandardWatch all Champions League goals & reaction to Man City draw and Celtic win  BBCManchester City off-colour as Gündogan misses help impressive Inter earn draw  The GuardianMan City draw of no consequence aside from an INJURY CRISIS to curb Arsenal bleating over Odegaard  Football365Manchester City’s stalemate with Inter Milan reveals
  
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• Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts - BBC

  19-09-2024 11:28 via news.google.com
  Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ex-Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas charged with plot to import £600,000 cannabis into UK - Evening Standard

  19-09-2024 11:25 via news.google.com
  Ex-Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas charged with plot to import £600,000 cannabis into UK  Evening StandardFootballer charged after £600,000 of cannabis seized at UK airport  BBCJay Emmanuel-Thomas: Former Arsenal, Ipswich and Aberdeen forward charged over £600,000 drugs seizure  Sky SportsFormer Arsenal striker is charged with importing drugs after £600,000 of cannabis is seized at Stansted Airpor  Daily MailFootballer Jay Emmanu
  
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• Great Orme fire live updates as people urged to avoid Llandudno landmark - North Wales Live

  19-09-2024 11:23 via news.google.com
  Great Orme fire live updates as people urged to avoid Llandudno landmark  North Wales Live
  
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• Met investigates four officers over case of double domestic murderer - The Guardian

  19-09-2024 11:12 via news.google.com
  Met investigates four officers over case of double domestic murderer  The GuardianFour Met police officers under investigation after double murder by man who was 'great danger to women'  Sky NewsFour Met officers under misconduct investigation after two women murdered by man they complained about to force  LBCFour Met Police officers under investigation after two women killed by predator  Evening StandardFour Met Police officers facing investigation after
  
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• Zoe Ball's Radio 2 return date revealed after six week absence sparked concern among listeners - Daily Mail

  19-09-2024 11:08 via news.google.com
  Zoe Ball's Radio 2 return date revealed after six week absence sparked concern among listeners  Daily MailZoe Ball's ex-husband Fatboy Slim praises BBC amid concerns around her absence  Daily RecordZoe Ball fans question her mysterious Radio 2 absence as son returns to social media  Evening StandardZoe Ball sparks fresh concern as Scott Mills fills in for another week of radio  The IndependentZoe Ball BBC Radio 2 return date finally 'revealed' after myster
  
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• Geoff Hinsliff: Star who played Coronation Street villain Don Brennan has died - Sky News

  19-09-2024 11:08 via news.google.com
  Geoff Hinsliff: Star who played Coronation Street villain Don Brennan has died  Sky NewsGeoff Hinsliff death: Coronation Street star dies aged 87 as Helen Worth leads tributes  The IndependentCoronation Street star dies aged 87 as Helen Worth leads tribute to 'lovely man'  Manchester Evening NewsCoronation Street legend has died and ITV soap shares tribute  Derbyshire Live
  
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• Israeli recruited by Iran in plot to kill Netanyahu, Gallant or Shin Bet head Bar - The Times of Israel

  19-09-2024 11:05 via news.google.com
  Israeli recruited by Iran in plot to kill Netanyahu, Gallant or Shin Bet head Bar  The Times of IsraelIsraeli arrested over Iran plot to kill Netanyahu, Israeli security services say  BBCIsrael-Hamas war latest: Netanyahu ‘assassination plot’ by Israeli citizen foiled  The TelegraphIsraeli security services arrest Israeli man over alleged Iranian-backed assassination plot  ReutersIsraeli man charged with aiding ‘Iran-backed’ plot to
  
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• Global stocks rally after jumbo Fed cut - Financial Times

  19-09-2024 11:04 via news.google.com
  Global stocks rally after jumbo Fed cut  Financial TimesFTSE jumps after US slashes interest rates - latest updates  The TelegraphEuropean markets open higher following Fed cut; Bank of England rate decision in focus  CNBCFTSE 100 live: Shares to surge after Fed cut rates, Next and Ocado hike guidance  Proactive Investors UKLarge Fed rate cut drives global markets higher  Reuters
  
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• Zoe Ball BBC Radio 2 return date finally 'revealed' after mysterious absence - The Mirror

  19-09-2024 10:59 via news.google.com
  Zoe Ball BBC Radio 2 return date finally 'revealed' after mysterious absence  The MirrorZoe Ball fans question her mysterious Radio 2 absence as son returns to social media  Evening StandardZoe Ball's ex-husband Fatboy Slim praises BBC amid concerns around her absence  Daily RecordZoe Ball sparks fresh concern as Scott Mills fills in for another week of radio  The IndependentZoe Ball's Gogglebox star son quizzed on BBC Radio 2 host's mystery absence &
  
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• Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Statistics reveal why AJ could be stunned by IBF champion in fourth round - Sky Sports

  19-09-2024 10:53 via news.google.com
  Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Statistics reveal why AJ could be stunned by IBF champion in fourth round  Sky SportsAnthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois and boxing’s broken mandatory challenger system  The GuardianJoshua vs Dubois: Predictions for heavyweight boxing title fight at Wembley  BBCAnthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois fight: Date, start time, TV channel, fight card and live stream  dazn.com
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer declares gifts and freebies totalling more than £100,000 - the highest of any MP - Sky News

  19-09-2024 10:46 via news.google.com
  Sir Keir Starmer declares gifts and freebies totalling more than £100,000 - the highest of any MP  Sky NewsStarmer’s free tickets for Arsenal and Taylor Swift part of job, says minister  The GuardianUK leader Starmer is facing flak for taking freebies. He says he's done nothing wrong  The IndependentKeir Starmer faces backlash over early failure to disclose £16,200 in donor-funded clothing  Financial TimesDress to depress  POLIT
  
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• Israeli arrested over Iran plot to kill Netanyahu, Israeli security services say - BBC

  19-09-2024 10:44 via news.google.com
  Israeli arrested over Iran plot to kill Netanyahu, Israeli security services say  BBC‘Hitman’ sent to kill Netanyahu by Iran named as Israeli pensioner  The TelegraphIsraeli security services arrest Israeli man over alleged Iranian-backed assassination plot  ReutersIsrael thwarts Iranian plot to assassinate Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Ronen Bar  The Jerusalem PostIsraeli man charged with aiding ‘Iran-backed’ plot to kill Netan
  
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• Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in a 'pressure job' and should be allowed freebies, says minister - Sky News

  19-09-2024 10:37 via news.google.com
  Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in a 'pressure job' and should be allowed freebies, says minister  Sky NewsSir Keir Starmer declares gifts and freebies totalling more than £100,000 - the highest of any MP  Sky NewsDonors and Starmer’s suits? That’s just a dress rehearsal. Without new probity rules, worse will follow  The GuardianEmily Thornberry asks ‘is he supposed to take a packed lunch?’ in defence of Starmer amid Labour donations row
  
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• Mohamed Al Fayed accused in BBC documentary of raping five women - The Guardian

  19-09-2024 10:37 via news.google.com
  Mohamed Al Fayed accused in BBC documentary of raping five women  The GuardianMohamed Al Fayed accused of multiple rapes by staff  BBC‘I’m petrified of someone that’s no longer alive’, says Mohamed Al Fayed accuser  Evening StandardMohamed al-Fayed ‘raped five women’ who worked at Harrods  The Telegraph
  
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• Footballer charged after £600,000 of cannabis seized at Stansted airport - STV News

  19-09-2024 10:31 via news.google.com
  Footballer charged after £600,000 of cannabis seized at Stansted airport  STV NewsFootballer charged after £600,000 of cannabis seized at UK airport  BBCJay Emmanuel-Thomas: Former Arsenal, Ipswich and Aberdeen forward charged over £600,000 drugs seizure  Sky SportsFormer Arsenal footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas charged over £600,000 Stansted Airport cannabis haul  Sky NewsEx-Arsenal star Jay Emmanuel-Thomas charged with importing dru
  
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