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• Former US president Bill Clinton in hospital with fever - Sky News

  23-12-2024 23:35 via news.google.com
  Former US president Bill Clinton in hospital with fever  Sky NewsBill Clinton admitted to hospital with fever  The IndependentFormer US president Bill Clinton admitted to hospital  LBCBill Clinton Is Hospitalized After Developing a Fever  The New York Times
  
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• Ruben Amorim's first Man United task was to reshape their leaky defence but he's made it even worse - the frag - Daily Mail

  23-12-2024 23:30 via news.google.com
  Ruben Amorim's first Man United task was to reshape their leaky defence but he's made it even worse - the frag  Daily MailManchester United failing at the basics & Chelsea's learning day at Goodison Park - Premier League hits and misses  Sky SportsManchester United 0-3 Bournemouth: Ruben Amorim interview  BBCRio Ferdinand makes his position clear on Ruben Amorim in one-word verdict after Man Utd manager's 'risk' remarks  United In Focus - Manchester Un
  
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• Man dead and toddler critical after car collides with pedestrians - Evening Standard

  23-12-2024 22:51 via news.google.com
  Man dead and toddler critical after car collides with pedestrians  Evening StandardMan dies and toddler injured after being struck by car in Barnsley  The GuardianMan dead and toddler critical after crash  BBCMan dies and one-year-old boy fighting for life after car hits pedestrians  The Independent
  
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• Live updates: Matt Gaetz ethics report says he paid for sex and drugs while in office - BBC.com

  23-12-2024 22:49 via news.google.com
  Live updates: Matt Gaetz ethics report says he paid for sex and drugs while in office  BBC.comMatt Gaetz: Ex-Trump attorney general pick paid women for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, US House report says  Sky News
  
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• Ruben Amorim criticises Marcus Rashford camp as Man Utd star torn to shreds by Sky Sports reporter - TEAMtalk

  23-12-2024 22:04 via news.google.com
  Ruben Amorim criticises Marcus Rashford camp as Man Utd star torn to shreds by Sky Sports reporter  TEAMtalkMarcus Rashford: Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim questions 'choices' of people surrounding forward  BBC.comAmorim given free rein over Rashford and questions ‘choices’ of entourage  The GuardianRuben Amorim questions influence of Marcus Rashford’s advisors after interview fires exit rumours  The TelegraphMan Utd star 'will not be in the s
  
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• Man who featured in viral video after being hit in groin during Southport riot is jailed - Sky News

  23-12-2024 21:48 via news.google.com
  Man who featured in viral video after being hit in groin during Southport riot is jailed  Sky NewsSouthport rioter filmed being hit in groin with brick jailed  The IndependentMan who featured in viral social media footage is jailed for violent disorder  Merseyside PoliceMoment drunk rioter is hit in head and groin by flying bricks after sinking 10 pints and taunting cops as...  The SunSouthport rioter hit in the privates by flying brick gets his just desse
  
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• John Hardy: Belfast dad vanishes in Benidorm after missing flight as family beg for help - Belfast Live

  23-12-2024 21:47 via news.google.com
  John Hardy: Belfast dad vanishes in Benidorm after missing flight as family beg for help  Belfast Live'Panic sets in' for family of British dad John Hardy missing in Spain  Sky NewsFather goes missing on holiday in Benidorm as sons beg Santa 'to bring dad home'  Daily StarBrit, 37, vanishes in Benidorm days before flying back as sister & two sons issue plea to ‘get him home f...  The Sun
  
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• Peter Andre reveals cosy Christmas with kids Princess and Junior as ex Katie Price is stuck working in... - The Sun

  23-12-2024 21:42 via news.google.com
  Peter Andre reveals cosy Christmas with kids Princess and Junior as ex Katie Price is stuck working in...  The SunPeter Andre reveals Christmas bombshell amid family party plans  Somerset LivePeter Andre's wife Emily unveils moody home makeover ahead of Christmas with five kids  HELLO!Peter Andre shares insight into Christmas with Princess and Junior as Katie Price continues panto  The MirrorTake a journey through Peter and Emily Andre's festive family hom
  
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• Blake Lively sees wide support in lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni - The Guardian

  23-12-2024 20:51 via news.google.com
  Blake Lively sees wide support in lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni  The GuardianBlake Lively and Justin Baldoni: What you need to know  BBCAmber Heard criticises social media as she reacts to Blake Lively's complaint about Justin Baldoni  Sky NewsThe B-lister who tried to take down Hollywood’s most powerful stars  The TelegraphBlake Lively vs Justin Baldoni: A timeline of the feud and lawsuit between It Ends With Us co-stars  The Inde
  
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• Morning sign on your pillows could be cancer red flag - what to look for - Surrey Live

  23-12-2024 20:45 via news.google.com
  Morning sign on your pillows could be cancer red flag - what to look for  Surrey Live
  
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• Murder investigation launched after body found in search for missing woman - Manchester Evening News

  23-12-2024 20:11 via news.google.com
  Murder investigation launched after body found in search for missing woman  Manchester Evening NewsBolton: Murder arrest after woman's body found  BBCAlmost ten days since 'high risk' woman vanished as major search continues  Manchester Evening NewsBody found in search for missing woman, 61, who vanished 10 days ago: Police quizzing man over 'murder'  Daily Mail
  
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• The Guardian view on the tenacity of hope: a necessary virtue in troubled times | Editorial

  23-12-2024 19:47 via theguardian.com
  
  At a moment of the year associated with renewal and new birth, reflection on inspiring acts of solidarity and courage can point the way to a better futureIn the introduction to a new, seasonal compilation of his speeches on hope, Pope Francis reflects on the legacy of the great German theologian Johann Baptist Metz. Shaped by the early experience of living through the horrors of the Nazi era, Metz’s political theology was a passionate warning against the danger of a self-absorbed Christian
  
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• The Guardian view on homelessness: a health crisis as well as a housing one | Editorial

  23-12-2024 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The numbers trapped in temporary accommodation and sleeping rough have risen again. More homes for social rent are desperately neededShocking homelessness figures, showing that primary‑school children are the worst-affected age group in England, are a reminder of how gravely Conservative housing policies failed – and how desperately change is needed. In London, which has the highest homelessness rate, one in 24 pupils are in temporary accommodation – at least one in every class
  
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• Christmas market terror suspect ‘made bomb threat before he was given asylum’ - The Telegraph

  23-12-2024 19:15 via news.google.com
  Christmas market terror suspect ‘made bomb threat before he was given asylum’  The TelegraphGermany Magdeburg Christmas market attacker: What we know so far  Al Jazeera EnglishMagdeburg attack has cast ‘dark shadow’ over Christmas, says German president in call for unity  The GuardianGerman market attack latest: Suspect made 2013 threat, minister reveals, as more rallies planned tonight  The IndependentMagdeburg attack fuels disinfo
  
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• Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found - The Guardian

  23-12-2024 19:07 via news.google.com
  Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found  The GuardianThe world's 'best-preserved' baby woolly mammoth is found after 50,000 years in the 'Mouth of Hell'  Daily MailScientists Discover Extremely Rare Baby Mammoth in Siberia  The Moscow TimesDecember 23, 2024  VOA Learning EnglishScientists unveil 50,000-year-old baby mammoth remains  BBC.com
  
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• Crocodile Dundee croc Burt dies in Australia - BBC.com

  23-12-2024 19:01 via news.google.com
  Crocodile Dundee croc Burt dies in Australia  BBC.comCrocodile from hit film Crocodile Dundee dies peacefully, zoo says  Sky NewsBurt, Reptilian Star of ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ Dies at More Than 90 Years Old  VarietyCrocodile Dundee ‘icon’ dies, aged 90  The IndependentBurt, the giant crocodile from Crocodile Dundee, dies aged 90  The Guardian
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool: Why Premier League title rivals Chelsea, Arsenal should fear Arne Slot's side after 6-3 win - Sports Mole

  23-12-2024 18:59 via news.google.com
  Tottenham Hotspur vs. Liverpool: Why Premier League title rivals Chelsea, Arsenal should fear Arne Slot's side after 6-3 win  Sports MoleMohamed Salah: Goals, assists, records - where does he rank among Premier League greats?  BBC.comEverybody seems to be having an off-day when they play against Liverpool  The GuardianPostecoglou sack delayed as Liverpool show mercy in scoring only six goals at Spurs  Football365Listen: Slot, Gravenberch and analysis in 'T
  
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• Devolution will only work if Westminster can let go of power | Letters

  23-12-2024 18:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Roger Read, Tom Wilson, John Harris and Barrie Baldelli on Labour’s plans to reform local governmentMartin Kettle agrees with the government favouring “English counties, not regions, as an essential building block of a modern network” (We now have a plan to make England’s local government work – but I fear party politics will trash it, 19 December). There is a key word and concept that should form the basis of good governance. It is “subsidiarity”, meani
  
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• Cut sentences in half to tackle prisons crisis | Letters

  23-12-2024 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Paul Collins on how to improve the criminal justice system, and Ellie Dwight on an understaffed and ineffective probation serviceIn the 1990s, judges attending Judicial Studies Board seminars would hear the late David Faulkner, a humane and immensely knowledgable Home Office star, explain how German prison sentences were so much shorter than ours, with no corresponding increase in offending. Politicians, terrified of being pilloried for being soft on crime, have never taken any notice. The probl
  
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• What to know about the woman who was burned to death in a New York City subway train - The Independent

  23-12-2024 17:38 via news.google.com
  What to know about the woman who was burned to death in a New York City subway train  The IndependentNew York: Sebastian Zapeta charged with murder and arson after woman set on fire on subway  Sky NewsSuspect identified in the killing of woman set on fire on New York subway  The IndependentSuspect charged in fatal burning of woman on NYC subway  RTÉ News
  
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• Slovakian prime minister holds surprise face-to-face meeting with Putin - The Telegraph

  23-12-2024 17:02 via news.google.com
  Slovakian prime minister holds surprise face-to-face meeting with Putin  The TelegraphProtests held in Slovakia after PM meets with Putin in Moscow  Sky NewsUkraine war briefing: Putin meets Slovak PM in rare Moscow visit to secure energy deal  The Guardian'What is being paid to him, and what does he pay with?' — Zelensky blasts Fico after Moscow visit  Kyiv IndependentZelenskyy accuses Slovak PM Fico of helping Putin weaken Europe  POLITIC
  
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• How to spot 'Santa' in the sky tomorrow as the International Space Station passes over the UK on Christmas Eve - Daily Mail

  23-12-2024 16:51 via news.google.com
  How to spot 'Santa' in the sky tomorrow as the International Space Station passes over the UK on Christmas Eve  Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘The joy went out of my life’: the pensioners struggling after loss of winter fuel payment

  23-12-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Many readers back the government’s decision to cut payment, saying they didn’t need the money, but others say it has made life harder When Colin Anderson moved home to Devon after 30 years in London, he was looking forward to a quiet retirement close to where he had grown up. A council tenant all his life, he privately rented a small bungalow near Newton Abbot, where he could just about afford to live comfortably alone after the death of his partner.When his rent was raised sharply t
  
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• Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2024 - The Guardian

  23-12-2024 16:00 via news.google.com
  Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2024  The Guardian
  
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• Rachel Reeves faces nightmare as economic growth downgraded and disposable income freezes - Express

  23-12-2024 15:58 via news.google.com
  Rachel Reeves faces nightmare as economic growth downgraded and disposable income freezes  ExpressUK economy had zero growth between July and September  BBCBritain on brink of recession after growth revised to zero  The TelegraphUK economy heading for 'worst of all worlds', CBI warns - as businesses expect fall in activity  Sky NewsIs Labour to blame for slowing UK economy? It’s more complex than that  The Guardian
  
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• Liverpool thrash Spurs, Villa stun City and Forest go fourth – Football Weekly

  23-12-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barney Ronay, Seb Hutchinson and Sanny Rudravajhala to discuss all the weekend’s Premier League gamesRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today, the panel unpacks another wild weekend of Premier League action, including Liverpool’s 6-3 demolition of Spurs in a chaotic game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Should Ange Postecoglou be m
  
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• Of Mice and Men removed from GCSE course over racial slurs - The Telegraph

  23-12-2024 14:48 via news.google.com
  Of Mice and Men removed from GCSE course over racial slurs  The TelegraphWales exam board removes Steinbeck book from curriculum  The SpectatorUK politics: Welsh Tories criticise Of Mice and Men’s removal from GCSE course over racism concerns – as it happened  The GuardianRow as classic anti-racist novel is banned from being taught in Welsh schools because it contains racial slurs  Nation.Cymru‘Psychologically damaging' novel Of Mice and
  
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• Anna Sawai on Shōgun: ‘Our show taught women it was OK to stand up and say no’

  23-12-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sawai’s astonishing performance as the fierce Lady Mariko won her an Emmy – and inspired women worldwide. She talks J-pop, kimonos and epic sword-fightsAnna Sawai is having a moment. In September, the erstwhile child actor and J-pop singer’s performance in the epic historical drama Shōgun netted her an Emmy for best female lead, making her the first actor of Asian descent to win in her category, and the first Japanese woman to win an Emmy at all.When Time magazine subseque
  
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• Man clipped by train pulling into railway station

  23-12-2024 13:19 via bbc.com
  
  Govia Thameslink Railway is urging people to be safe on trains and at stations this Christmas.
  
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• All of Us Strangers and 45 Years both won the Guardian’s film of the year. That’s not all that unites them

  23-12-2024 13:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Perfectly preserved corpses return to trouble – and liberate – the living in Andrew Haigh’s masterly dramasAll of Us Strangers may have missed out on awards earlier in the year (no Bafta wins, no Oscar nominations) but it has won the prize that matters: the Guardian’s best film of 2024. It is the second time that director Andrew Haigh has received this accolade – 45 Years, his searing study of a marriage plunged into crisis, was the Guardian’s choice as best f
  
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• Wi-fi is faster than your ‘ridiculously slow’ brain - The Times

  23-12-2024 13:00 via news.google.com
  Wi-fi is faster than your ‘ridiculously slow’ brain  The TimesYou'll Laugh When You Hear How Many Bits Per Second the Human Brain Processes... Once Your Sluggish Human Brain Finally Comprehends It, That Is  FuturismThinking Slowly: The Paradoxical Slowness of Human Behavior  CaltechScientists Quantified The Speed of Human Thought, And It's a Big Surprise  ScienceAlertThe Human Brain Operates at a Stunningly Slow Pace  Scientific Ameri
  
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• Five 'early' dementia symptoms that mean you need to see a GP, says expert - Bristol Live

  23-12-2024 12:52 via news.google.com
  Five 'early' dementia symptoms that mean you need to see a GP, says expert  Bristol LiveFive 'early' dementia red flags that indicate you need to see a GP, says expert  Surrey LiveHow to spot dementia signs and what to do if you think someone is showing them  Yahoo News UKAbsent-mindedness may not be pressures of Christmas – it could be dementia, NHS warns  The TelegraphThe symptoms of dementia families are being urged to look out for this Christmas&
  
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• Gurman: Apple to launch smart doorbell with Face ID in 2025 - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

  23-12-2024 11:19 via news.google.com
  Gurman: Apple to launch smart doorbell with Face ID in 2025 - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comApple is working on a doorbell camera with Face ID  The VergeApple set to launch ‘Ring doorbell rival’ that can magically unlock your front door without any keys or an...  The SunApple is reportedly developing a home security product that could compete with Amazon and Google  MSNIf Apple’s Face ID is safe enough to unlock a phone, it’s safe
  
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• Honda and Nissan announce plans to merge after the Japanese car giants struggle to match rivals in electric vehicles - Sky News

  23-12-2024 10:33 via news.google.com
  Honda and Nissan announce plans to merge after the Japanese car giants struggle to match rivals in electric vehicles  Sky NewsHonda, Nissan and Mitsubishi confirm they are in merger talks  The GuardianNet zero ‘crisis’ prompts £42bn merger talks between Honda and Nissan  The TelegraphHonda, Nissan aim to merge by 2026 in historic pivot  Reuters
  
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• Assad’s Syria horror has ended, what’s next? – video

  23-12-2024 09:48 via theguardian.com
  
  A new Syria is emerging from the shadow of the brutal Assad regime. The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan and Ayman Abu Ramouz meet people celebrating their hard-won freedom, but also those grappling with a traumatic past. The pair travel to the notorious Sednaya prison, where they meet a former prisoner who was liberated by his family just days beforeResistance was not a choice’: how Syria’s unlikely rebel alliance took Aleppo'The Syrian regime hit us with chemical weapons: only now
  
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• Belfast City Airport reopens after emergency

  23-12-2024 08:59 via bbc.com
  
  The airport's runway was closed for several hours on Sunday after a plane was damaged on landing.
  
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• UK economy had zero growth between July and September

  23-12-2024 08:50 via bbc.com
  
  It comes as one of the UK's leading business groups said "the economy is headed for the worst".
  
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• I’ve tested dozens of e-bikes but none of them will ever thrill me like this regular pedal-powered MTB, and it’s my Bike of the Year 2024 - MBR

  23-12-2024 08:04 via news.google.com
  I’ve tested dozens of e-bikes but none of them will ever thrill me like this regular pedal-powered MTB, and it’s my Bike of the Year 2024  MBR10 Things I Loved in 2024: Mike Kazimer  Pinkbike.comThe best forks ever, sublimely comfortable knee guards, practical clothing and a post-ride cleaning hack | Alex Evans’ Gear of the Year 2024  BikeRadarGear of the year 2024 - editor Aaron Borrill's tech highlights  off.road.ccA groupset, bike comp
  
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• 'My surgeon saved my smile with new hologram technology'

  23-12-2024 07:09 via bbc.com
  
  Susannah Morgan was warned surgery to remove a benign tumour could leave her with a crooked smile.
  
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• 'I was George's girlfriend in Last Christmas video'

  23-12-2024 07:08 via bbc.com
  
  Debbie Killingback played the Wham star's new love interest in the famous music video.
  
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• No 'quick fix' for Tories, says Kemi Badenoch

  23-12-2024 07:00 via bbc.com
  
  The party leader defends not outlining specific policy positions so far in an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
  
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• The Christmas that went wrong: I met my new girlfriend’s family – and talk turned to my book on masturbation

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  My partner’s family knew I was writing about self-discovery and self-pleasure, but I wasn’t prepared for where the discussion would take usI flew from London to New York on Christmas Eve 2014 to spend Christmas Day with Cassie’s family. It’s the sort of thing you’re supposed to do when you’ve been going out with someone for 10 years, but I’d only known Cassie a few months. She came out to her father about dating me and it didn’t go down well. Then,
  
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• Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Uncertainty over the disappeared is forcing many to confront the brutal reality of Assad’s military prisonsThe last time Alaa Qasar saw her father, in 2013, he studied her face as if he was trying to memorise it. Moutaz Adnan Qasar had returned to her after his release by Bashar al-Assad’s security forces, who had arrested and questioned him after he had led his family out of the besieged Damascus suburb of Ghouta. Back with his family, he lined up his three children and stared at th
  
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• Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Daniel Evans-Smith tells of transformative effect of operation using technology that could cut waiting listsSurgeons have performed a double-lung transplant using a novel machine which revives donor organs and keeps them alive and breathing outside the human body. The operation marked the first time the machine has been used in the UK.The pioneering device consists of a bubble-like chamber which contains a series of pumps and filters that repair, recondition and revitalise the lungs b
  
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• ‘I’m a pain in the backside ... an awkward sod’: Alan Bates on love, justice and the Post Office scandal

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  He became a household name after ITV turned Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice into a drama. He reflects on his fight for compensation, turning down an OBE – and getting married on Richard Branson’s island Sir Alan Bates is at home in Llandudno with his wife Suzanne. Or, as he puts it, Lady Suzanne. You might know him better as Mr Bates from the Post Office scandal. He is the man who refused to give up when the Post Office told thousands of subpostmasters that they were i
  
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• Ethiopian resistance hero’s family tries to reclaim medal taken by Italian troops

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Ras Desta Damtew’s solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethopia failed to sell on auction site this monthThe descendants of a hero of Ethiopia’s resistance against European imperialism are seeking to retrieve a gold medal taken from him by Italian troops, after the artefact’s current holder failed to sell it at an online auction earlier this month.The solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia used to be in the possession of Ras Desta Damtew, a son-in-law of Emperor
  
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• Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providersPhotographs by Valentina Camu/Divergence for the GuardianA Guardian investigation has found workers in France’s champagne industry are being underpaid and forced to sleep on the streets and steal food to stave off hunger.Workers from west Africa and eastern Europe in the town of Épernay, home to the headquarters of some o
  
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• Best of 2024: As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released? – podcast

  23-12-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From June: Indeterminate sentences are devastating to mental health, but prisoners with mental illness are less likely to be released. The result is a vicious cycle whereby the most vulnerable inmates often have the least chance of getting out – as John’s case shows.
  
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• Russia urged to act lawfully after video purportedly shows Australian man fighting for Ukraine captured

  23-12-2024 05:58 via theguardian.com
  Dfat making inquiries about footage showing man who identifies himself as Oscar Jenkins, PM confirmsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has urged Russia to adhere to international law obligations regarding prisoners of war, after a video purporting to show the Russian capture of an Australian man fighting for Ukraine on the war’s eastern front circulated online.The man, who identified himself as Oscar Jenkins, is struck several times and questi
  
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• Japan relaxes bear-shooting laws amid rise in attacks

  23-12-2024 05:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities relax laws to make it easier for hunters to carry out ‘emergency shootings’ when bears are spotted in populated areasJapan is to relax its strict hunting laws to make it easier to shoot bears, amid a rise in dangerous encounters with the animals in built-up areas as their numbers increase and their natural habitat dwindles.The government will revise wildlife protection and management laws to give local councils the power to authorise hunters to carry out “emergency
  
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