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• Yellow weather warnings for wind kick in amid Christmas getaway - BBC.com

  21-12-2024 23:46 via news.google.com
  Yellow weather warnings for wind kick in amid Christmas getaway  BBC.comFerry services disrupted due to strong winds  BBCTravel news live: Christmas getaway delays as 100 Heathrow flights cancelled amid 80mph wind weather warnings  The IndependentWeather warnings in place across UK as millions set off for Christmas getaway  The Guardian
  
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• Luke Littler breaks down in tears after beating Ryan Meikle as interview cut short - Express

  21-12-2024 23:36 via news.google.com
  Luke Littler breaks down in tears after beating Ryan Meikle as interview cut short  ExpressWorld Darts Championship: Luke Littler on new pressure and 'toughest game' after winning start at Alexandra Palace  Sky SportsWorld Darts Championship LIVE: Luke Littler, Raymond van Barneveld, Damon Heta - scores, results, updates  BBC.comLuke Littler’s tearful reminder he is just a boy after finest set ever seen at World Championship  The TelegraphWorld Darts
  
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• THIRD of your water bill goes up the spout! - This is Money

  21-12-2024 23:06 via news.google.com
  THIRD of your water bill goes up the spout!  This is MoneyWater bills in England and Wales: how much more might you pay in your area?  The GuardianThames Water fined £18m by Ofwat for breaking shareholder payment rules  Sky NewsFixing Britain’s sewers will be fantastically expensive  The SpectatorBritain’s water police are taking us for fools  The Telegraph
  
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• Hamas passes Israel list of terrorists to be freed in prisoner swap deal - Arutz Sheva

  21-12-2024 22:37 via news.google.com
  Hamas passes Israel list of terrorists to be freed in prisoner swap deal  Arutz ShevaEgyptian report: Hamas asking for extra compensation to free 11 male hostages in 1st phase of deal  The Times of IsraelIsrael requests 34 hostages in first phase of deal, including 11 off-limits by Hamas - report  The Jerusalem PostMiddle East crisis: mediators push on with Gaza ceasefire talks amid fresh strikes – as it happened  The GuardianIsrael and Hamas look cl
  
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• Strictly fans rage winner has been ‘erased from show history’ after failing to appear in 20th anniversary s... - The Sun

  21-12-2024 22:12 via news.google.com
  Strictly fans rage winner has been ‘erased from show history’ after failing to appear in 20th anniversary s...  The Sun
  
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• Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni of smear campaign - BBC

  21-12-2024 21:35 via news.google.com
  Blake Lively accuses It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni of smear campaign  BBC‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine  The New York TimesRead the bombshell text messages in Blake Lively's lawsuit as she sues Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment  Daily MailJustin Baldoni Dropped By WME Following Blake Lively’s Sexual Harassment Complaint  DeadlineBlake Lively accuses It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual haras
  
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• Tottenham predicted lineup vs Liverpool - Premier League - 90min UK

  21-12-2024 21:30 via news.google.com
  Tottenham predicted lineup vs Liverpool - Premier League  90min UKTottenham Hotspur-Liverpool combined XI: Spurs trio included with Nunez, Gakpo, Maddison, Son snubbed  Football365We simulated Tottenham vs Liverpool to get a Premier League score prediction  Liverpool EchoTottenham v Liverpool stats: Mohamed Salah eyes Premier League history  Liverpool FCTottenham vs Liverpool LIVE! Premier League match updates, news, score, stream and highlights  
  
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• Bird flu: All captive birds to be kept indoors to prevent spread - BBC.com

  21-12-2024 20:59 via news.google.com
  Bird flu: All captive birds to be kept indoors to prevent spread  BBC.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Revealed: Pensioners waiting more than 100 days for winter fuel payments - The Independent

  21-12-2024 20:47 via news.google.com
  Revealed: Pensioners waiting more than 100 days for winter fuel payments  The IndependentTime running out as deadline looms to apply for winter fuel payment worth up to £300  Sky NewsCall for extension to winter fuel payment deadline  BBCMartin Lewis: Last chance to apply for Winter Fuel Payment  MoneysavingexpertReeves faces growing Labour revolt over winter fuel raid  The Telegraph
  
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• Diplomats defend Mandelson after US aide’s ‘absolute moron’ jibe - The Guardian

  21-12-2024 20:30 via news.google.com
  Diplomats defend Mandelson after US aide’s ‘absolute moron’ jibe  The GuardianWho is Peter Mandelson, Britain’s ‘prince of darkness’ US ambassador pick?  POLITICO EuropeTrump aide's Mandelson jibe was clearly designed to stir things up - but why?  Sky NewsPeter Mandelson: How the Prince of Darkness became his excellency  BBC.com
  
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• Dark Energy Debunked: Scientists Claim Accelerated Expansion of the Universe Is Just an 'Illusion' - The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel

  21-12-2024 19:31 via news.google.com
  Dark Energy Debunked: Scientists Claim Accelerated Expansion of the Universe Is Just an 'Illusion'  The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries ChannelDark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart – study  The Royal Astronomical SocietyScientists Claim Dark Energy does not Exist, and Accelerated Expansion of Universe is an Illusion Caused by Gravity slowing down time  LBV MagazineMysterious dark energy breakthrough as scientists announc
  
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• Four-times killer dubbed 'Hannibal the Cannibal' set to spend 51st Christmas in glass-caged cell - Daily Record

  21-12-2024 19:05 via news.google.com
  Four-times killer dubbed 'Hannibal the Cannibal' set to spend 51st Christmas in glass-caged cell  Daily RecordThe UK's most dangerous killer will spend Christmas underground in a glass box  Manchester Evening NewsUK's most dangerous prisoner locked in underground glass box for 51st Christmas in jail  Birmingham LiveLiverpool serial killer will spend Christmas underground in a glass box  Liverpool EchoUK's most dangerous prisoner who spends Christmas locked
  
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• Councils rebel over Labour’s tax raid on farmers - The Telegraph

  21-12-2024 19:03 via news.google.com
  Councils rebel over Labour’s tax raid on farmers  The Telegraph‘Labour’s tax raid is the worst crisis I’ve seen in farming’  The TimesFarmers drive through Aberdeen to protest inheritance tax changes  BBCThe agricultural property relief row is a warning to the Treasury  The Institute for Government |Inside farmers’ plans to UNLEASH ‘winter of discontent’ and ‘build a bigger army’ as civil disobedi
  
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• Priti Patel: After Andrew, we should designate China as an official threat - The Times

  21-12-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  Priti Patel: After Andrew, we should designate China as an official threat  The TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man City: Guardiola makes 'strange' call in 'routine' Aston Villa win as pundits slam 'shell of a team' - Football365

  21-12-2024 18:26 via news.google.com
  Man City: Guardiola makes 'strange' call in 'routine' Aston Villa win as pundits slam 'shell of a team'  Football365'We have to find a way' - Guardiola vows to end relegation form  BBC.comManchester City’s bleak midwinter rolls on as Rogers seals win for Aston Villa  The GuardianAston Villa 2-1 Man City: Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers win it for Villa as Pep Guardiola's problems continue  Sky SportsGuardiola sack now a kindness as Man City boss loses d
  
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• Linda Nolan ‘knocks teeth out’ after horror fall amid cancer battle as she says she ‘didn’t think she’d mak... - The Sun

  21-12-2024 18:22 via news.google.com
  Linda Nolan ‘knocks teeth out’ after horror fall amid cancer battle as she says she ‘didn’t think she’d mak...  The SunLinda Nolan's honest one-word answer when hospice nurse asks poignant question  Lancs LiveLinda Nolan, 65, suffers horror fall and 'knocks out' her teeth amid ongoing battle with cancer - after reveal  Daily MailLinda Nolan’s heartbreaking wish to 'keep breathing and see another Christmas' as she gives cancer upda
  
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• ‘We’re figuring out cool ways of storytelling’: how TikTok is changing the way we watch musicals - The Guardian

  21-12-2024 17:40 via news.google.com
  ‘We’re figuring out cool ways of storytelling’: how TikTok is changing the way we watch musicals  The GuardianThe TikTokification of Music  MSN
  
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• Fearne Cotton shares update on social media after getting benign tumours removed - LBC

  21-12-2024 17:27 via news.google.com
  Fearne Cotton shares update on social media after getting benign tumours removed  LBCFearne Cotton shares update after getting tumours removed  Sky NewsFearne Cotton shows off tumour surgery scars for first time after 'fascinating' op  Daily StarFearne Cotton shares health update after undergoing surgery to remove two tumours - following shock split from  Daily MailDavina McCall rushes to support Fearne Cotton with sweet gesture after tumour removal update
  
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• West Ham v Brighton, Ipswich v Newcastle, and more: football – live

  21-12-2024 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from 3pm GMT kick-offs in England and beyondLive scores | Tables | Fixtures | Aston Villa 2-1 Man CityIpswich (4-2-3-1) Muric; H Clarke, O’Shea, Burgess, Davis; Morsy,Cajuste; Burns, Hutchinson, Szmodics; Chaplin.
  Subs: Walton, Phillips, Taylor, Al Hamadi, Johnson, Townsend, Greaves, Broadhead, J Clarke.Newcastle (4-3-3) Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Willock; J Murphy, Isak, Gordon.Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Lo
  
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• Germany Christmas market attack: Scholz condemns ‘terrible, insane’ act as five killed and hundreds injured – latest

  21-12-2024 15:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Toddler among five dead while 40 people remain in critical conditionBild, German public-service broadcaster ARD and other media are reporting that four people were killed and 41 were seriously injured in the attack.In addition, 86 people were treated with significant injuries in hospital, while 78 people suffered light injuries. Continue reading...
  
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• Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City: Premier League – live

  21-12-2024 15:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers got the goals as Aston Villa put on a commanding performance to pile more misery on their visitors “I handle the good moments - I handle good the bad moments,” said Manchester City’s manager in his pre-match press conference. “I have had bad ones in my career as a manager but we were able to come back and now it takes longer.“I take experience with that. I have had 40 days of bad days in terms of results. That is the truth when you compa
  
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• New ethics inquiry details more trips by Clarence Thomas paid for by wealthy benefactors

  21-12-2024 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Investigation by Senate Democrats found that Thomas accepted gifts and travel worth more than $4.75m since 1991A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of supreme court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.Any movement on the issue appears unlikely as Republicans prepare to take control of the Senate in January, underscoring the hurdles in imposing restrictions on a separate branch of gov
  
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• Stand tall, hum and try a dead hang: 22 two-minute tension relievers

  21-12-2024 15:07 via theguardian.com
  Feeling a little… tense? From the top of your head down to the soles of your feet, here are lots of quick ways to soothe stressRestore a feeling of calm by scrunching your shoulders up to your ears as tightly as possible, holding for 10 seconds, then inhaling. Exhale as you release the tension in your shoulders.Marie-Claire Stanmore, pilates teacher, yoga teacher and sports massage therapist Continue reading...
  
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• A cracker of a crossword! Special crossword No 2

  21-12-2024 15:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Happy cryptic Christmas …• More puzzles here, in our Christmas special Continue reading...
  
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• US animal lab from which monkeys escaped accused of widespread abuse

  21-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  AGI in South Carolina investigated by government after leaked files revealed traumatic injuries and animal deathsThe US Department of Agriculture is investigating allegations from an animal rights organisation concerning Alpha Genesis Incorporated (AGI), the animal experimentation facility and breeder, from which 43 monkeys escaped last month.AGI is accused of “abuse and neglect”, and of violations of the Animal Welfare Act, as leaked documents show that between 2021 and 2023, multip
  
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• Paul McCartney review – a dizzying, bittersweet, life-encompassing journey through time

  21-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  O2 Arena, London
  An eras tour of a different kind finds the 82-year-old former Beatle on tremendous form, packing a three-hour show with hits, flashbacks and real emotionTowards the end of Come on to Me – a song about sexual chemistry from the near-end of the Paul McCartney solo catalogue – the 82-year-young musician whips off his blue jacket, displaying its elegant patterned lining. The reaction is wildly appreciative, if not quite the one that once met this former teenybopper idol
  
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• Dr Chris van Tulleken: ‘It’s strange to have a clone of yourself in the world’

  21-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The broadcaster talks being a proud twin, a unwilling pilot, and a keen advocate for a better food systemBeing a twin is weird. As a medical doctor with a public profile and a PhD involving genetics, it is strange to have a clone of yourself wandering through the world. We embrace the confusion when people mistake us for each other. The state of twinness is an oddity, but it’s one of the most wonderful things in my life.Our baby brother Jonathan is the glue that binds us. He’s in his
  
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• AOC may have shifted to the center, but the Democrats aren’t ready for change

  21-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Gerry Connolly, 74, beat AOC’s bid to become lead Democrat on the House oversight committee thanks to Nancy Pelosi, then 85They may have lost the presidency, the House, and the Senate, but when it comes to avoiding introspection, the Democrats are completely undefeated. You’d have thought that after the disastrous presidential election, the Democrats might have taken some time to figure out what went wrong. You’d have thought they might have decided to try and refresh the party
  
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• Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC

  21-12-2024 14:07 via theguardian.com
  
  First-hand accounts from victims of unthinkable violence paint a gruesome picture of the brutality sweeping the central African country. How long is the West prepared to look away?They were looking for new ways to kill, ways to send fresh terror across North Kivu.It was early afternoon when the M23 militia raided the Congolese town of Rubaya. In a marketplace, gunmen found a giant wooden pestle and mortar for crushing grain. They began rounding up children, wedging them tight in the mortar. Isab
  
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• Elderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fit

  21-12-2024 14:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman jailed for M25 protest not allowed to continue home detention because electronic tags are too bigA 77-year-old environmental activist will spend Christmas in prison despite having been released on an electronic tag, because the authorities cannot find an electronic device small enough to fit her wrists.Gaie Delap, a retired teacher and a Quaker from Bristol, was jailed in August, along with four co-defendants, for her part in a campaign of disruptive Just Stop Oil protests on the M25 in No
  
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• Trump and allies are waging campaign against media to stifle dissent – experts

  21-12-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawsuits against Iowa paper and settlement with ABC signal beginning of aggressive legal action to silence criticsDonald Trump and his allies have started to wage a campaign against media organisations in the US that are critical of the president-elect by launching lawsuits that media experts warn are designed to stifle dissent and potentially put them out of business.The tactic appears to be to aggressively pursue legal action against news organisations – which Trump has long dubbed &ldqu
  
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• Radio and podcasts: Miranda Sawyer’s 10 best listens of 2024

  21-12-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen’s intimate chats, Jake Shears’s deep dive into queer anthems and the ongoing mystery of Lord Lucan were among the standouts1. Miss Me?BBC Sounds
  The effortlessly charismatic real-life friend duo of Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen stomps all over boring two-hander bro-casts. Their twice-weekly transatlantic catch-ups tackle everything from living with addiction to the joy of potatoes and the madness of house parties. My fave.2. The Wonder of StevieAudible a
  
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• Prince William to end feudal restrictions on his Duchy of Cornwall estate

  21-12-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The royal has bowed to pressure over residents’ right to buy freeholds on parts of his hereditary landPrince William has agreed to end the last feudal restrictions on land ownership in parts of his hereditary Duchy of Cornwall estate after decades of complaints from residents.The Prince of Wales will allow tenants in two of the most environmentally sensitive areas of his 55,000-hectare (135,000 acres) estate the right to buy the freehold to their homes for the first time. Continue reading.
  
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• Healthcare CEO killing reveals lack of trust and accountability in US insurance industry: ‘I get it’

  21-12-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts say they’re unsurprised by ‘expressions of anger’ at the healthcare system after the death of Brian ThompsonAmericans are sharing stories of heartbreaking insurance denials – ones that led to worse illness and death – in the aftermath of the killing of Brian Thompson, CEO of the mega-insurer United Healthcare.A rise in practices such as prior authorizations and automated denials of coverage have made it more difficult for Americans to access healthcare, and
  
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• ‘At 98, I wouldn’t be so sharp without puzzles’: do crosswords and quizzes really boost your brain power?

  21-12-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  We’re told that they give us a mental workout, but the evidence suggests it’s a bit more complicated …Miriam Raphael, 98, is a veteran puzzler. As a child, she pored over clues with her father and, later, as a teacher and mother of three daughters, it became her small daily luxury. When she learned of the first annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, her competitive streak kicked in and she entered, winning the second tournament in 1979. More than 40 years on, she is the
  
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• Tributes after death of Irish language champion and Kneecap star’s father - Belfast Telegraph

  21-12-2024 13:20 via news.google.com
  Tributes after death of Irish language champion and Kneecap star’s father  Belfast TelegraphKneecap’s ‘heartbroken’ Móglái Bap joins bandmates on stage at SSE gig a day after losing father  Belfast TelegraphTireless champion of Irish language, Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, dies after short illness  The Irish News Gearóid gone: Irish language revolutionary, community hero has died  Belfast MediaKnee
  
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• UK house price predictions for 2025: with pay rising and rates falling, they’ll just keep going up

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nothing seems to stop the relentless march of property values, even with a stamp duty increase loomingIt’s been a bumpy ride for the housing market in recent years, after Liz Truss’s disastrous mini budget of September 2022 created a surge in borrowing costs that have cost many households dearly.But despite elevated mortgage and rent costs, the market this year has turned out to be “surprisingly resilient”, according to Nationwide building society. Experts had expected ho
  
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• This is how we do it: ‘We make videos of ourselves having sex, to watch when we’re apart’

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Amara and Mateo’s sex life was fun first time round, in their 20s. Now it has to be scheduled around childcare and the families they have left
  How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyThe practicalities of making things work are certainly not easy, but I have no regretsAfter a few months of sneaking around with Amara, I told my wife our marriage was over Continue reading...
  
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• Parkas, bucket hats and union jacks: how the Oasis reunion tour is fuelling a comeback for the Britpop look

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With Noel and Liam set to return, the style they popularised in the 1990s is back in the spotlight – but what will the Insta-fashion-conscious Gen Z make of it all?The great Oasis comeback doesn’t start until summer 2025 but model and influencer Thomas Meacock – a 23-year-old who delights his 700,000 followers with “blokecore” outfits and a 90s feathered hair style – already knows what he’s going to wear. “Straight black or indigo jeans, a sage Oak
  
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• Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Previously unseen artefacts show invading forces included communities of men, women, children, craftworkers and merchantsDozens of sites linked to the Viking great army as it ravaged Anglo-Saxon England more than 1,000 years ago have been discovered. Leading experts from York University have traced the archaeological footprint of the Scandinavian invaders, identifying previously unknown sites and routes.The study, conducted by Dawn M Hadley, professor of medieval archaeology, and fellow archaeol
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for coconut, tomato and saag tofu | The new vegan

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Frozen or tinned spinach is the key to a rich, silky store-cupboard dish that’s best enjoyed with rice or flatbreadsI’ll let you into a secret that every Indian home cook already knows: frozen or tinned spinach makes for the best saag. For a start, there’s not as much water to cook out as there is with fresh spinach, and it breaks down into that gorgeous, oozy-delicious emerald mass more easily than fresh spinach does. Also, there is a general lightening of the human spirit tha
  
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• ‘I didn’t realize the role rice played’: the ingenious crop cultivation of the Gullah Geechee people

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers in North Carolina used underwater sonar to map a system created by enslaved people centuries agoAs a former deputy state underwater archaeologist, Mark Wilde-Ramsing can’t help but look down. While rowing around North Carolina’s Eagles Island, at the tip of the Gullah Geechee corridor, he noticed signs of human-made structures, visible at low tide. Though he’d retired, he was still active in the field and knew his former agency hadn’t recorded the structures &
  
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• He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the USCurtis Yarvin is hardly a household name in US politics. But the “neoreactionary” thinker and far-right blogger is emerging as a serious intellectual influence on key figures in Donald Trump’s coming administration in particular over potential threats to US democracy.Yarvin, who considers liberal democracy as a decadent enemy to be dismantled, is intellectual
  
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• Friedkins arrive at Everton while facing flak at Roma after bright start

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  American father and son began positively at the Stadio Olimpico but botched managerial decisions soured moodA banner raised by Roma supporters before their Coppa Italia game at home to Sampdoria on Wednesday spoke to the prevailing mood. “Club and players: all a bunch of frauds,” it read. By recent standards, that was rather tame.The Friedkin Group, which completed its takeover of Everton on Thursday, has owned Roma since 2020 and enjoyed notable successes: hiring José Mo
  
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• Amad Diallo becomes jewel in crown for Amorim’s Manchester United

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Winger has jumped to the top of the pecking order of wide men since Portuguese took the reins at Old TraffordMost of the noise around those in red at the Etihad Stadium last Sunday related to the dropping of two wingers until Amad Diallo intercepted Matheus Nunes’s woeful back-pass and won a penalty before scoring a last-minute winner. The Ivorian was Manchester United’s main threat in a mediocre derby as his flourishing under Ruben Amorim continued, while others drifted into the sha
  
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• Actor Mathew Horne looks back: ‘Gavin and Stacey was a big turning point in my life. People would confuse me with Gavin in real life’

  21-12-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The comedian and actor on his Cure obsession, surviving a press storm, and being heckled by Robbie WilliamsBorn in Nottinghamshire in 1978, Mathew Horne is a comedian and actor. He studied drama at Manchester University, where he and Bruce Mackinnon formed Mat and Mackinnon – a duo who would be headhunted by Catherine Tate in the early 00s. Horne has since appeared in TV shows such as Teachers, Bad Education, Gavin and Stacey, and Inside No 9. On stage, he has starred in Entertaining Mr Sl
  
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• The Brutalist director Brady Corbet: ‘If you’re not daring to suck, you’re not doing much’

  21-12-2024 12:55 via theguardian.com
  
  The film-maker’s latest is a three and-a-half-hour epic about the building of a modernist masterpiece, and the toll its creation takes on its architect. The film’s making was almost as gruelling. ‘People told me I’d never make another movie’, Corbet saysThe Brutalist is a big, muscular American epic that pits the individual against the machine; the artist against the cogs and wheels of commerce. It spins the tale of László Tóth, a Hungarian-born
  
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• Lindsey Vonn, 40, finishes 14th in first World Cup race in nearly six years

  21-12-2024 12:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Vonn comes home 14th in the super-G at St MoritzUS star announced return to competition last monthLindsey Vonn finished 14th position in a super-G on Saturday to mark her return to World Cup skiing at age 40. Vonn crossed the line 1.18 seconds behind winner Cornelia Huetter.It was the American standout’s first World Cup race after nearly six years of retirement. Vonn is planning to race another super-G in St Moritz on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Packham and Caroline Lucas accuse RSPCA of ‘legitimising cruelty’

  21-12-2024 12:31 via theguardian.com
  
  TV presenter and Green party politician resign from animal-welfare charity over response to undercover abattoir videosThe BBC presenter Chris Packham and the former Green party leader Caroline Lucas have resigned from the RSPCA animal-welfare charity, accusing the organisation of “legitimising cruelty”.It comes after an undercover investigation from Animal Rising, which campaigns for a plant-based food system, used hidden cameras to reveal animal cruelty at RSPCA-approved abattoirs.
  
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• Only 35% of Americans trust the US judicial system. This is catastrophic | David Daley

  21-12-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  American confidence in the courts has hit a record low across party lines. This is worrying – if not surprisingThe US supreme court has been hijacked by the extreme right and corrupted to its core.American oligarchs bestow millions in gifts and largesse on rightwing justices. The court’s conservative supermajority hands down deeply unpopular decisions that take away long-settled rights, concentrate power for themselves and their friends and grease the electoral rails for their party.
  
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