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• ‘Huge’ Liverpool offer gives Alexander-Arnold ‘dilemma’ as Van Dijk demand rubbished - Football365

  04-01-2025 22:54 via news.google.com
  ‘Huge’ Liverpool offer gives Alexander-Arnold ‘dilemma’ as Van Dijk demand rubbished  Football365Arne Slot trusts Liverpool fans not to turn on Trent Alexander-Arnold  The GuardianTrent Alexander-Arnold issues Liverpool demands to reject Real Madrid transfer - Paper Talk  Sky SportsLiverpool FINALLY make Trent Alexander-Arnold contract offer as mega £78m deal on table  The Mirror'He didn't come' - Arne Slot sends perfect Real
  
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• 'Nonsense!' Dame Esther Rantzen hits back at assisted dying critic

  06-01-2025 07:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Dame Esther responded after a columnist tried to use her own cancer experience as an argument against assisted dying.
  
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• B&Q's £14.97 item slashes home heat loss 'by up to 50%' - as energy bills soar

  06-01-2025 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Worried about soaring energy bills? A £14.97 item from B&Q may slash home heat loss by 'up to 50%'. This is how it works.
  
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• Golden Globes 2025: the winners, the losers, the red carpet – live!

  06-01-2025 02:31 via theguardian.com
  
  This year’s awards season kicks off with big screen frontrunners such as The Brutalist, Wicked and Conclave, while on the small screen, Shōgun and The Bear lead the wayGolden Globes 2025: who will win and who should win the film awards?Zoë Kravitz could make a hot water bottle look chic, and here she doesn’t have to because she is dabbling in some very stylish if on-the-nose markers of red carpet dressing: a plunging neckline, a train and bold black and white colourway.At f
  
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• Waitangi Day: record crowds expected amid tensions over Māori policy in New Zealand

  06-01-2025 01:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Event in February that commemorates signing of New Zealand’s founding document expected to draw tens of thousands but PM will not attendOrganisers of New Zealand’s national day commemorating the signing of the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British crown are expecting record attendance in 2025, following a year of rising tensions over the government’s policy direction for Māori.In February, tens of thousands of people are expected to desc
  
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• UK charity steps up campaign against child hygiene poverty

  06-01-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The Multibank, founded by Gordon Brown, receives boost with Amazon-led drive for 250,000 items this monthA charity founded by the former prime minister Gordon Brown is to increase its campaign efforts against child hygiene poverty this year.The Multibank, which was founded by the former Labour leader, is working with a number of sports clubs across Britain and the Hygiene Bank charity. Over the Christmas and new year period it collected thousands of hygiene products at sporting fixtures. Continu
  
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• Swinney to warn opposition of fuelling populism if Scottish budget not passed

  06-01-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Scottish Labour, Greens and Lib Dem MSPs accuse first minister of ‘creating false narrative’ John Swinney, Scotland’s first minister, will warn opposition parties that they will fuel populist forces if they prevent his budget from being passed this month.In a keynote speech in Edinburgh on Monday to mark the new year, Swinney will say Scottish voters would be astonished and public services damaged if MSPs fail to allow the budget to go through. Continue reading...
  
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• Harlan Coben says ‘quite a bit of tragedy’ in his 20s made him a better writer

  06-01-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Bestselling author and Netflix producer said extensive early experience of grief was ‘very cruel but effective teacher’American thriller writer Harlan Coben said experiencing “quite a bit of tragedy” in his 20s made him a better writer.The bestselling author, who wrote the Myron Bolitar thriller series and novels turned Netflix shows such as Fool Me Once and Missing You, said he was in his 20s when his father died of a heart attack at the age of 59 in 1988. Continue readi
  
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• Give working parents help with childcare and commuting costs, UK thinktank says

  06-01-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Child poverty plan must address the 70% of families with at least one parent in work, Resolution Foundation saysLabour must offer extra support to working parents, including with childcare and commuting, if it is to fulfil its promise of cutting child poverty, the Resolution Foundation thinktank has argued.The government’s manifesto promised an “ambitious strategy” on child poverty, and ministers have said they will publish a 10-year plan in the spring. Continue reading...
  
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• Biden signs bill to boost social security payments for millions of public workers

  06-01-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  President says Social Security Fairness Act will benefit ‘Americans who have worked hard all their lives’Joe Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts social security payments for current and former public employees – such as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public-service workers – in what the White House has described as the first expansion of such benefits in 20 years.“The bill I’m signing today is about a simple proposition: American
  
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• FBI investigates potential associates of New Orleans attacker in US and abroad

  05-01-2025 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials say evidence supports theory suspect, 42, carried out deadly attack alone but reveal leads are being pursuedFederal authorities investigating the avowed Islamic State (IS) sympathizer who carried out the New Year’s Day Bourbon Street terror attack in New Orleans said they are still investigating his potential associates elsewhere in the US and abroad.In a news briefing, officials from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said they were pursuin
  
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• European football: lifelong Roma fan Pellegrini takes down Lazio in derby

  05-01-2025 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Under-fire captain helps extend Ranieri’s perfect recordDembélé’s last-gasp strike wins French Super Cup for PSGClaudio Ranieri extended his perfect record in the Italian capital derby as Roma beat Lazio 2-0 in Serie A to give the Giallorossi a much-needed boost in what has been a difficult season.Roma’s captain and lifelong club fan, Lorenzo Pellegrini, scored a superb opener with a curling shot from the edge of the area to end his long wait for a goal. Then Alex
  
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• Expanded seven-day health hubs to help tackle NHS waiting times in England

  05-01-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Proposals to be outlined by Keir Starmer will offer patients 500,000 more appointments a year, as health secretary says without reforms NHS could collapse ‘like Woolworths’Patients in England will be offered 500,000 more appointments a year via seven-day health hubs under plans to tackle lengthy waiting times, as ministers warned the NHS could collapse like Woolworths without major reform.Millions of people will be able to access checks, tests and scans closer to home as the health s
  
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• Amber weather warning for snow in northern England extended to Monday

  05-01-2025 23:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Met office warns of continued likely travel delays, stranded vehicles and power cuts due to wintry conditionsIn pictures: snowfall in England and WalesHeavy overnight snow in Wales and northern England has caused travel disruption as the new year gets off to a cold start.The Met Office updated an amber weather warning for snow in northern England to run into Monday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Playing Nice review – James Norton’s baby-swap thriller is mind-bendingly bad

  05-01-2025 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Coiling ridiculous plot around a nauseating premise – babies swapped at birth, one of the parents is a hellish sociopath – makes for a hollow and unpleasant watch. This is the very worst of modern televisionThe brazenly ludicrous TV thriller has its place. Sometimes it’s fun to throw all logic and sense to the wind and surrender to a bananas plot whose twists and turns – which play out amid huge, aspirationally spotless homes and gorgeous vistas – are so entertainin
  
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• NFL roundup: Bucs clinch another NFC South title as Titans land No 1 draft pick

  05-01-2025 22:59 via theguardian.com
  Buccaneers beat Saints 27-19 to clinch NFC SouthPackers lose Love and Watson in 24-22 loss to BearsTitans earn No 1 pick with 23-14 loss to TennesseePatriots fire Mayo after finishing 4-13 in lone seasonBaker Mayfield used his legs and arm to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinch their fourth straight NFC South title while putting Mike Evans over 1,000 yards receiving.Mayfield fired a 32-yard touchdown pass to Jalen McMillan for the go-ahead score and then scrambled 28 yards for a crucial first d
  
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• Amorim hails Manchester United’s different mentality in draw at Liverpool

  05-01-2025 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager demands more of the same after 2-2 draw‘Training and match, we need to face every day like that’Ruben Amorim said Manchester United’s mentality was key to a vast improvement against Liverpool and admitted Bruno Fernandes was right to be upset at the team’s inability to deliver every week.United ended a run of four defeats in all competitions with a spirited draw secured by Amad Diallo’s 80th-minute equaliser at the Premier League leaders, who missed the oppo
  
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• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32

  05-01-2025 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Tributes flood in for ‘warm-hearted and amazing’ drag artist James Lee WilliamsJames Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, their public relations representative announced on Sunday.Simon Jones posted on Instagram: “It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved James Lee Williams – The Vivienne, has passed this weekend. Continue reading...
  
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• Ambulance handover delays in England may harm 1,000 patients a day

  05-01-2025 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: 414,137 people believed to have experienced some level of harm in last year, Guardian analysis findsMore than 1,000 patients a day in England are suffering “potential harm” because of ambulance handover delays, the Guardian can reveal.In the last year, 414,137 patients are believed to have experienced some level of harm because they spent so long in the back of ambulances waiting to get into hospital. Of those, 44,409 – more than 850 a week – suffered “se
  
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• The 'depressing' UK seaside town that was cruelly branded 'chav paradise'

  05-01-2025 20:04 via express.co.uk
  
  Many still associate the town with gorgeous beaches and a lovely day out, but some have a very different view.
  
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• Let’s champion our mentors as well as sport’s trophy-winners in 2025 | Cath Bishop

  05-01-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Away from the spotlight sportsmen and women are helping tackle disadvantage and inequality and can have a huge impact As we anticipate what sport will bring us in 2025, we might be tempted to look ahead to the major international tournaments in rugby, cricket and football. But there’s another space to consider, less glamorous but absolutely vital, where sport is making an increasingly significant contribution to society – the growing cadre of sportsmen and women working as mentors in
  
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• Warning to anyone buying avocados as supermarkets braced for issue

  05-01-2025 19:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Around 320 litres of water on average is needed to grow just one avocado.
  
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• ‘Titan’ of Welsh politics Jenny Randerson dies aged 76

  05-01-2025 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Tributes paid to Lib Dem peer and former Wales culture minister who introduced free entry to museumsTributes have been paid to Jenny Randerson, a “titan” of Welsh politics who introduced free entry to museums in Wales, after her death at the age of 76.Lady Randerson brought in the measure while a minister in the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition in the Welsh parliament between 2000 and 2003. She died on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• Octopus Energy customers given £145 for making one change

  05-01-2025 19:48 via express.co.uk
  
  Octopus customers can make big savings on their energy bill.
  
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• The world's richest neighbourhood named 'Billionaire's row' where homes start at £150m

  05-01-2025 19:40 via express.co.uk
  
  Kensington Palace Gardens is an exclusive street in west London, near Kensington Gardens and Kensington Palace.
  
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• Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage and calls for new leader of Reform

  05-01-2025 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  It is unclear what prompted Musk to write on X that Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ to be Reform UK’s leaderElon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader hours after Farage described the billionaire businessman as “a hero”, in what is likely to be a preview of how a chaotic Donald Trump presidency could affect British politics.Farage, who is also the de facto owner of Reform, “doesn’t have what it takes”, Musk s
  
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• The Guardian view on social care: there can be no more excuses for inaction | Editorial

  05-01-2025 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Dame Louise Casey must not allow the review she is leading to become another means of deferring change The lack of action, or even a clear direction, on social care reform in England was a disappointment of Labour’s first six months in office. With the recruitment of Dame Louise Casey to lead a review, the government has now made up its mind on how to approach one of the stickiest policy questions. But the proposed timeline is far too extended. By ordering further investigation of the issu
  
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• The Guardian view on film and feminism in China: women feel Her Story is their story | Editorial

  05-01-2025 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  The hit comedy has struck a chord by celebrating female friendship and pushing back against misogynyJust over a year ago, Xi Jinping told China’s national women’s congress that the Communist party must “actively foster a new type of marriage and childbearing culture”. For the last two years, there has been not one woman on the 24-strong politburo (no women have ever reached its standing committee, China’s most senior political body). Activism on women’s issues
  
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• ‘Not at Premier League level’: Fulham’s Silva blasts referee after Ipswich draw

  05-01-2025 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager hits out at official after 2-2 draw‘Really difficult to explain some decisions’A frustrated Marco Silva, the Fulham manager, described the performance of Darren Bond, the referee, as “not at Premier League level” after he opted not to dismiss the Ipswich defender Leif Davis during the sides’ 2-2 draw.Fulham had to settle for a fifth draw in six games against dogged opponents who had led twice through Sammie Szmodics and a Liam Delap spot-kick. But Silva and
  
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• Tributes paid after former Greek PM Costas Simitis dies aged 88

  05-01-2025 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Four days of mourning declared for death of Pasok party co-founder, thearchitect of country’s entry into euroTributes have been paid to the former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, who with dogged determination guided Greece into the eurozone and took the vital steps to ensure it was ready to host the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.News of Simitis’s death at the age of 88 was met on Sunday with outpourings from across the political spectrum, with friends and foes alike voicing admi
  
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