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• Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes - BBC

  18-04-2025 17:25 via news.google.com
  Coroner's call for older driver eye tests after fatal crashes  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump suggests US taxpayers could cover cost of boosting Venezuelan oil production – live

  06-01-2026 01:41 via theguardian.com
  President faces criticism at home and abroad for military attack to capture Nicolás Maduro, which some nations denounced as ‘crime of aggression’ by USDeposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warningA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserv
  
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• UK car sales top 2m in 2025 as Chinese brands boom

  06-01-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Electric car sales rose by nearly a quarter to a record 473,000, or 23.4% of the overall market, says SMMTA rise in the popularity of Chinese brands pushed total car sales in the UK above the 2m mark last year for the first time since 2019, figures reveal.Chinese companies accounted for 9.7% of the 2m new car registrations in the UK in 2025, or 196,000 vehicles, according to preliminary figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group. That was nearly double the
  
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• Adults in England eating as much salt a day as in 22 bags of crisps, study shows

  06-01-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Campaigners call for action to make manufacturers reduce salt in food, which can contribute to high blood pressure and deathsAdults in England eat the same amount of salt every week as is found in 155 bags of crisps, according to analysis by a leading health charity.The British Heart Foundation, which carried out the study, said this also equated to 22 bags a day of ready salted, lightly salted or sea salt crisps. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump administration to reportedly meet with US oil executives as Maduro claims he is ‘still president’ of Venezuela – live

  06-01-2026 00:56 via theguardian.com
  Trump faces criticism at home and abroad for attack, which some nations denounced as ‘crime of aggression’ by USDeposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on VenezuelaDelcy Rodríguez strikes conciliatory tone with US after Trump warningA UK minister would not be drawn into saying whether his government believes the US capture of Venezuela’s president was influenced by the country’s rich oil reserves.Asked on Sky News why he thought Donald Tru
  
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• Australia v England: fifth Ashes Test, day three – live

  06-01-2026 00:53 via theguardian.com
  Over-by-over updates from Sydney Cricket Ground
  Play starts at 10am local at the SCG/11pm GMT
  Live scorecard | The Ashes top 100 | Email Rob36th over: Australia 167-2 (Head 92, Neser 1) “It’s at least possible we’ll see the traditional England management shakeup after the Ashes,” says Ben Mimmack, “so who in the current squad do you think would welcome a change and who won’t? These are my guesses:“(Like the) Status Quo: Crawley, Duckett, Stokes, Carse,
  
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• Large sinkhole opens in sporting oval in Melbourne’s north-east, near tunnelling works

  06-01-2026 00:32 via theguardian.com
  The five-metre deep hole emerged in Heidelberg, near construction for the $26bn North East Link projectFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA large sinkhole has emerged at a sporting field in Melbourne’s north-east, close to where tunnel boring machines are constructing the $26bn North East Link project.Pictures on social media show the large hole at A J Burkitt oval in Heidelberg. It is about five metres deep and
  
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• Arizona supreme court evacuated after package tests positive for explosives

  06-01-2026 00:05 via theguardian.com
  Department of education, across the street from the supreme court, also evacuatedArizona’s supreme court building was evacuated Monday morning after multiple vials that tested positive for a homemade explosive substance were sent to the building, according to the state’s department of public safety (DPS).At about 8am on Monday, DPS responded to reports of a “suspicious package”. Later that morning multiple agencies, including the US Bureau of alcohol firearms and tobacco
  
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• Lookman shines in Nigeria romp while Salah scores to help Egypt reach Afcon last eight

  05-01-2026 23:16 via theguardian.com
  It’s not supposed to be like this. Nigeria, for at least two decades, have been a team that huffed and puffed, struggled with the weight of their own history and expectation, seemed always less than the sum of their parts. Even as they won the tournament in 2013, or got to the final in 2024, the sense of effort was palpable. Nothing came easily to them. They’re not meant to be a side who canter through last-16 ties.But on a foul night in Fez, though, the rain leaching across the stad
  
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• Trump, tactics and mid-season breaks: Liam Rosenior’s Guardian columns

  05-01-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The man widely expected to be the next Chelsea head coach once opined on a wide variety of topics in his Guardian columnCoaching may be Liam Rosenior’s forte but, during his days as a Brighton defender, the man widely expected to be Chelsea’s new manager was also a pretty useful Guardian columnist. His eagerly awaited dispatches were invariably packed with thought-provoking opinions on an assortment of topics, ranging from dead balls to Donald Trump. Below are excerpts from a cross-s
  
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• Lynley review – consider it the ultimate undemanding telly

  05-01-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Sex tapes, pottery shards, a man biffed over the head on his private island … this crime drama based on Elizabeth George’s hit novels fires off every Chekhov’s gun imaginable. Plus it has an unusually buff posho. Strap in!He is a Balliol man, a suave toff in a suit as sharp as his cheekbones. Unusually buff for a posho, but that is because he is played by Leo Suter, who was Harald Hardrada in Vikings: Valhalla until about 10 minutes ago and evidently still has protein shakes t
  
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• Michael Schumacher, author of Francis Ford Coppola and Eric Clapton biographies, dies aged 75

  05-01-2026 22:46 via theguardian.com
  Daughter of the Wisconsin author confirmed her father died on 29 December and did not provide cause of deathMichael Schumacher, a Wisconsin author who produced a diverse array of works ranging from biographies of film-maker Francis Ford Coppola and musician Eric Clapton to accounts of Great Lakes shipwrecks, has died. He was 75.Schumacher’s daughter, Emily Joy Schumacher, confirmed Monday that her father died on 29 December. She did not provide the cause of death. Continue reading...
  
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• Deposed Maduro pleads not guilty after capture in shock US attack on Venezuela

  05-01-2026 21:53 via theguardian.com
  President protests innocence in US court as countries at UN meeting condemn Donald Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’Venezuela crisis – latest updatesThe deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to drugs, weapons and narco-terrorism charges on Monday, two days after his capture by US special forces in an operation ordered by Donald Trump that sent shockwaves around the world.The brevity and formality of the arraignment hearing in federal court in M
  
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• MPs across UK parties criticise ministers over cautious stance on Venezuela attack

  05-01-2026 21:34 via theguardian.com
  Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper challenged for refusing to criticise Trump’s raid despite widespread doubts about legalityMPs have attacked UK ministers over their refusal to criticise Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, as Keir Starmer attempts to walk a fine line between defending international law and keeping the US president on side.Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs rounded on the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, on Monday night as frustration grew over the government
  
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• Manchester United undecided on next managerial move after sacking Ruben Amorim

  05-01-2026 21:30 via theguardian.com
  Head coach goes after outburst at Leeds gameGlasner and Iraola among long-term candidates Ruben Amorim was sacked by Manchester United on Monday morning after 14 months as their head coach. He departs after a power struggle with the hierarchy over transfer policy, with Amorim demanding his ­colleagues in the recruitment department “do their job” following Sunday’s draw at Leeds.His immediate replacement is Darren Fletcher, who takes charge as interim head coach. The Scot, a
  
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• Celtic’s Nancy catastrophe is another indicator of a club embroiled in turmoil | Ewan Murray

  05-01-2026 21:05 via theguardian.com
  Even the return of Martin O’Neill is unlikely to placate supporters frustrated by poor performances, a lack of investment, and chaos in the boardroomAny club confirming the end of an error after eight games owes an apology to their supporters. In Celtic’s case, even the admission of an all-time blunder in hiring Wilfried Nancy would be unlikely to placate the masses. Remorse has not been forthcoming anyway. As Martin O’Neill’s return as manager was confirmed, office beare
  
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• Difficult questions loom for Manchester United higher-ups after Amorim’s axing | Jamie Jackson

  05-01-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Fallout from a dour and unsuccessful reign will hit well-paid executives who backed the outgoing head coachRuben Amorim’s tenure as Manchester United head coach began its final unravelling via four words uttered in Friday’s media conference to preview the weekend trip to Leeds. “You are very smart,” was Amorim’s signoff to this correspondent’s last question regarding if the Portuguese had been informed of a change in the January transfer budget by Jason Wilcox
  
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• US to slash routine vaccine recommendations for children in major change experts say creates doubt

  05-01-2026 20:45 via theguardian.com
  Jabs to prevent influenza, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other vaccines are no longer fully recommendedThe Trump administration will slash routine vaccine recommendations during childhood from 17 to 11 jabs – the biggest change to vaccines yet under the purview of longtime vaccine critic Robert F Kennedy Jr.The changes, which US health officials announced on Monday afternoon and are effective immediately, will erode trust and reduce access to vaccines while allowing infe
  
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• Starmer delivers masterclass in hedging his bets after Venezuela raid

  05-01-2026 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister assures colleagues he may one day stand up to Donald Trump – but not yetKeir Starmer has got used to walking a diplomatic tightrope with Donald Trump. But the US president’s Venezuelan adventure, whisking its leader out of the country after a late-night raid, has pushed that cautious approach to its limits.The clues were all there. Ever since Trump confirmed that he had authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela against drug traffickers – and bl
  
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• ‘A warning not an insult’: US doubles down on criticism of Europe

  05-01-2026 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Forecast of Europe’s ‘civilisational erasure’ was part of call for pro-growth reform, says Trump officialDonald Trump’s administration has doubled down on its recent criticism of Europe, saying last month’s US national security strategy was an attempt to “jolt” an ally back to economic life.The document was widely condemned in Europe as representing a seismic shift in the 70-year transatlantic alliance with its dark references to a purported threat of &l
  
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• Iran to try risky economic concessions as it attempts to quell protesters’ anger

  05-01-2026 20:20 via theguardian.com
  President wants to placate demonstrators calling for political change, action on corruption and help with cost of livingThe Iranian government is attempting risky economic concessions as it tries to meet the escalating demands of protesters seeking fundamental political change, a clampdown on corruption and an easing of the squeeze on living standards of the poor.Now entering their ninth day, the protests have spread to 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces, with a US-based human rights group claiming
  
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• The Guardian view on Europe’s response to ‘America first’ imperialism: too weak, too timid | Editorial

  05-01-2026 20:05 via theguardian.com
  Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders must defend the rule of international law, as a dangerous new world order emergesThe initial reaction of European leaders to Donald Trump’s illegal military intervention in Venezuela was not only weak, it also had the briefest of shelf lives. Refusing on Sunday to condemn the attack as a breach of international law, European Union member states called hopefully for “a negotiated, democratic, inclusive and peaceful solution to the c
  
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• The Guardian view on the junk food advertising ban: shaping tastes is a job for government | Editorial

  05-01-2026 20:04 via theguardian.com
  Weight-loss drugs cannot solve the problem of poor diet. Ministers are right to demand healthier food and promotionsAfter years of wrangling, from this week new rules shield children in the UK from junk food advertisements. Those featuring processed food and drink products in 13 categories – including soft drinks with added sugar, crisps, chocolate and sweets – are now banned online, and can only be shown on broadcast TV after 9pm. In a month already strongly associated with the givi
  
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• US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting

  05-01-2026 19:57 via theguardian.com
  US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of warThe ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in VenezuelaThe US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council.Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among countries that on Monday denounced Donald Tru
  
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• Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge

  05-01-2026 19:45 via theguardian.com
  Degrading pictures being posted on Elon Musk’s site despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate themDegrading images of children and women with their clothes digitally removed by Grok AI continue to be shared on Elon Musk’s X, despite the platform’s commitment to suspend users who generate them.After days of concern over use of the chatbot to alter photographs to create sexualised pictures of real women and children stripped to their underwear without their con
  
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• Palestine’s ambassador to UK hails embassy as ‘proof our identity cannot be denied’

  05-01-2026 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Husam Zomlot says inauguration of mission in London marks change of direction for Palestinian stateThe Palestinian ambassador to the UK has said the inauguration of the state’s embassy in London is “proof that our identity cannot be denied”.Husam Zomlot hailed the upgrading of Palestine’s mission in Hammersmith, west London, as “historic” and “monumental”. Continue reading...
  
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• Joan García goes back to Espanyol: Barça’s ‘science fiction’ keeper saves the day | Sid Lowe

  05-01-2026 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Goalkeeper who swapped city rivals in the summer proved pivotal on his return with a stunning series of saves“I hope people don’t get angry but he’s my friend.” There wasn’t long until the Barcelona derby and Jofre Carreras had briefly abandoned the warm-up to talk to the TV. There on the touchline, talk inevitably turned to his former roommate, housemate and teammate Joan García, now in goal for their greatest rivals. Carreras’s answer was just about a
  
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• Ben Jennings on Trump and Venezuela – cartoon

  05-01-2026 19:28 via theguardian.com
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• Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop near collapse, putting 2,550 jobs at risk

  05-01-2026 19:18 via theguardian.com
  Owner Modella starts insolvency proceedings for both chains, saying trading is ‘extremely challenging’The retailers Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop are on the brink of administration, putting 2,550 jobs at risk.Both chains are owned by Modella Capital, a private equity firm, which recently bought the high street arm of WH Smith – renamed TG Jones. Modella said in a statement that the climate on UK high streets was “extremely challenging” and data sugges
  
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• Zelenskyy forces out Ukrainian spy chief who led daring raids against Russia

  05-01-2026 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Vasyl Malyuk reportedly unwilling to leave post as head of the Security Service but will now lead special operationsThe spy chief who led Ukraine’s most audacious behind-the-lines operations in its war with Russia has been forced to resign by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Vasyl Malyuk, who was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine last year, reportedly fought to stay in post as head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) but relented on Monday at a meeting with the president. Continue reading...
  
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