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• Sobering stuff: UK alcohol industry reels from impact of Trump tariffs - The Guardian

  04-04-2025 22:39 via news.google.com
  Sobering stuff: UK alcohol industry reels from impact of Trump tariffs  The GuardianTrump tariffs: Yet another example of colossal, upending change  BBCUK pushes back on Donald Trump’s claim Britain is ‘happy’ with 10% tariff  Financial TimesTrump’s ‘Liberation Day’ gives us the chance to now realise the dream of Brexit  The TelegraphTrump tariffs: UK exporters on the pain and opportunities  BBC
  
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• County cricket: Jimmy Anderson to be knighted, Lancashire v Northants and more – live

  11-04-2025 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest from around the County Championship groundsSomerset’s Banton on the secret behind his record 371Get in touch! Email Tanya with any thoughtsA first-half-hour wicket, Vasconcelos trudges off, caught behind off baby-faced Balderson for 16. Oh well, at least he’s 16 runs richer than he would have been, if Jennings hadn’t fumbled him early on. Northants 25-1.The pavilion clock here at Old Trafford is running six minutes slow making Keaton head boy Jennings late for the toss.
  
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• The Masters 2025: day two updates from Augusta – live

  11-04-2025 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Our rolling report of the second-round action in GeorgiaGet in touch! Email Matt with any thoughtsSpanish amateur urinates in creek | Masters leaderboardYou can perhaps understand why Craig Wood suffered such a shocker in the first round in 1936, still shaken no doubt by what had happened to him the year before. Allow me to explain / plagiarise myself. Wood had missed out on the inaugural title in 1934 by one stroke, but looked odds-on to win in 1935, in the clubhouse with a three-shot advantage
  
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• Judge says Trump lawyers’ failure to explain how they plan to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US ‘extremely troubling’ – live

  11-04-2025 20:03 via theguardian.com
  US district judge Paula Xinis demands administration identify whereabouts of wrongly deported Salvadoran man living in the US legallyAdvocates for academic freedom are bracing for what they expect to be the next phase of the government’s effort to reshape higher education: an overhaul of the system accrediting institutions of higher learning.Donald Trump has made no secret of such plans. During the campaign, he boasted that accreditation would be his “secret weapon” against col
  
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• McLaren look to shake off Bahrain hoodoo and send ominous signal

  11-04-2025 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have a chance to dominate in the desert as Max Verstappen scrambles to stay in touchThree races into the new Formula One season and this weekend’s ­Bahrain Grand Prix represents something of a litmus test as to what may ­follow for the title protagonists. Everything points to a chance for McLaren to dominate at the Sakhir circuit but there may also be some indication if Red Bull are making real steps ­forward with their car.For McLaren, Bahrain is
  
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• Legal Defense Fund exits Meta civil rights advisory group over DEI changes

  11-04-2025 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Meta ending DEI programs, getting rid of factcheckers and changing content moderation policies led to LDF’s decisionOn Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its decision to exit Meta’s external civil rights advisory group due to its concerns over Meta’s content moderation and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) policy changes.In January, Meta made a series of sweeping changes, including ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, gettin
  
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• Police ‘deliver vengeance’ on illegal gamblers while disguised as Batman and Robin

  11-04-2025 19:47 via theguardian.com
  Met officers dressed as the caped crusader and his sidekick to arrest pair attempting to ‘fleece’ tourists on Westminster BridgeWhen a couple of illegal gamblers attempted to “fleece” tourists on Westminster Bridge in February, they could never have expected two Metropolitan police officers to show up dressed as Batman and Robin to arrest them.But as fans of the 1996 Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special will know, a dynamic duo of men who fight crime in cosplay costume
  
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• Starmer steps in to seize control of British Steel with nationalisation likely

  11-04-2025 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Parliament recalled on Saturday for emergency vote to pass bill taking assets into public controlAnalysis: Government scrambles to save British Steel as firm faces crisis within crisisKeir Starmer is stepping in to seize control of British Steel to stop its Chinese owner shutting the Scunthorpe plant in an unprecedented move that paves the way for likely nationalisation.The prime minister was granted a recall of parliament on Saturday, with MPs set to debate emergency laws that will give the bus
  
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• Manchester United investigate fan treatment after teargas incident in Lyon

  11-04-2025 19:38 via theguardian.com
  French police used teargas at Europa League tieSupporter’ groups criticise response of authoritiesManchester United are investigating the treatment of their fans who attended Thursday’s 2-2 draw at Lyon. The local government admitted French police used teargas but said it was “proportionate” to restore calm.Posts on social media showed United fans feeling the effect of the spray at the Europa League quarter-final first leg. The Rhône prefecture said in a statement:
  
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• Noel Clarke ‘precisely the man’ depicted in Guardian’s reporting, high court told

  11-04-2025 19:27 via theguardian.com
  Closing submission from Gavin Millar KC says actor’s legal team tried to portray an ‘elaborate conspiracy theory’Noel Clarke has been shown to be “precisely the man” depicted in the Guardian’s articles accusing him of sexual misconduct, vindicating its journalism, the high court has heard.In closing submissions in the former Doctor Who actor’s libel claim against Guardian News and Media (GNM), Gavin Millar KC said Clarke had been forced to come up with a
  
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• Boarding passes and check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up

  11-04-2025 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Facial recognition and a ‘journey pass’ stored on passengers’ phones are part of UN-backed plans to digitise air transportThe days of fumbling around for your boarding pass or frantically checking in for a flight on the way to the airport could soon be over under imminent plans to overhaul the way we travel.The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body responsible for crafting airline policy, plans to dramatically shake up existing rules for airports and air
  
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• Pilot of crashed New York helicopter was reportedly low on fuel and headed back to helipad

  11-04-2025 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Search resumes for six killed aboard plane, the unnamed pilot and a Spanish family with children age 11, five and fourThe pilot of a sightseeing helicopter that crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people aboard reportedly sent a radio message moments earlier saying he was low on fuel and was heading back to the helipad, its operators said on Friday.Michael Roth, the chief executive of New York Helicopter Tours, described how the pilot never made it back to the
  
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• What are bonds and why have they spooked Donald Trump?

  11-04-2025 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The reason the US president had to back down on tariffs once investors started dumping treasury bondsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s tariff war has spooked stock markets and heightened fears of a recession in the US and Europe. But neither factor appears to have been what motivated the president’s sudden volte-face this week, when he paused most of his “liberation day” border taxes for 90 days.The fact Trump could not ignore was a mass sell-off by inves
  
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• Would a couples therapist ever tell you to break up?

  11-04-2025 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts say prescribing a set solution can distract from therapy’s goal of ‘creating a space of greater understanding’There was a time when entering couples therapy was seen as the death knell of a relationship – a last-ditch attempt to save a partnership beyond salvation.“People are afraid that once you’ve gone to couples therapy, you’re on a negative track,” says Dr Matthew Siblo, a licensed professional counselor in Washington DC. Continue readi
  
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• Missa Solemnis review – glorious and memorable Beethoven

  11-04-2025 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
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  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the National Chorus of Wales and the solo quartet made the complex and demanding great mass soarBeethoven believed his Missa Solemnis to be his best work, a labour of love and faith. Conceived on a symphonic scale, the huge demands this great and weightiest of choral masterpieces makes on his voices, treating them as instruments, are a deterrent to any but the finest choruses. Here, under the baton of Andrew Manze, the fearless and
  
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• Nursery worker charged with manslaughter over death of 14-month-old boy

  11-04-2025 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Kimberley Cookson, 22, faces one count of gross negligence manslaughter for Noah Sibanda’s deathA nursery worker from Dudley has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a 14-month-old boy.Noah Sibanda, described by his parents as “a beautiful, happy and easy-going little boy”, died after an incident at Fairytales Day Nursery in Bourne Street in Dudley on 9 December 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members

  11-04-2025 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Average man from Derbyshire’ shocked to find photo of tattoo celebrating child’s birth was used to deport migrantsA British man was shocked to discover that a photo of his tattoo was included in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to identify alleged members of a notorious Venezuelan criminal gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA).Earlier this week, 44-year-old Pete Belton, who lives in the English county of Derbyshire, told the BBC that he was stunned to find a photo
  
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• Labour MPs urge ministers to focus on rebuilding trading relationship with EU

  11-04-2025 18:21 via theguardian.com
  Call to prioritise reset with Europe comes after top adviser to Trump downplays prospect of US tariffs being reducedBusiness live – latest updatesWhy did ‘strongman’ Trump back down on tariffs? – podcastMinisters should focus on rebuilding bridges with the EU, Labour politicians have said, after a senior adviser to Donald Trump downplayed the prospect of a breakthrough with the US.MPs said the government should “prioritise our trading relationship with the EU”
  
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• Martin Rowson on Donald Trump and the American bond market – cartoon

  11-04-2025 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
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• Scottish Grand National: The Kniphand can dent Mullins title bid

  11-04-2025 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The Irish trainer and Dan Skelton have 18 and 10 runners respectively at Ayr as they reprise their battle for the prize For the third time in nine seasons, the Scottish Grand National card at Ayr on Saturday could well prove decisive in the race for the National Hunt trainers’ championship, and Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton have 18 and 10 runners respectively as they reprise their battle for the title 12 months ago.Mullins was the first Irish-based trainer to win the title for 70 years in
  
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• The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s EU reset: there is no time for timidity | Editorial

  11-04-2025 18:12 via theguardian.com
  The prime minister’s reluctance to make the case for realignment with Europe is costing Britain goodwill in a vital negotiationSupporters of Britain’s rupture from the European Union have struggled to quantify benefits from Brexit, but when Donald Trump unveiled his schedule of global tariffs they finally had a number. It was the difference between the 20% levy imposed on all continental exports and the 10% baseline figure payable on British goods.Sadly for the Brexiters, the gap clo
  
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• The Guardian view on William Morris: how the Strawberry Thief took over the world | Editorial

  11-04-2025 18:11 via theguardian.com
  The visionary designer never achieved his dream of art for all in his lifetime. Now his prints are everywhere. He would be thrilled and appalledThe great 19th-century designer William Morris wasn’t thinking of a £2 floral iPhone cover when he wrote “Tomorrow, the civilised world shall have a new art, a glorious art, made by the people and for the people.” In his lifetime he failed in his dream of making art for all, while paying his workers fairly. Only the homes of the&n
  
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• New York helicopter crash was ‘entirely predictable’, say campaigners

  11-04-2025 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Calls to end non-essential traffic at city’s heliports after deaths of Spanish family of five add to at least 38 since 1977The crash of a tourist helicopter on New York’s Hudson River on Thursday that killed a pilot and a Spanish family of five was “entirely predictable”, according to advocates who are calling for the closure of the region’s three heliports to non-essential traffic.“A lot of these helicopters are 30 or even 40 years old, and this one was 21 ye
  
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• Rules of engagement for family rows over politics | Letters

  11-04-2025 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers are divided in their reactions to a piece by Simon Usborne in which he says he now focuses on common ground rather than the battlegroundSimon Usborne’s article made me reflect (The one change that worked: I quit fighting about politics with my friends and family, 7 April). Having been brought up to enjoy debate and argument, a good old “ding dong at dinner parties” was always fun. It wasn’t, however, lost on me that it could lead to frayed friendships, even if, in
  
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• What’s the true cost of Donald Trump? All the crises around the world that we’ve no time to fix | Jonathan Freedland

  11-04-2025 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The US president adores the attention, but while leaders struggle to mitigate the damage he causes, other emergencies are getting worseWe’re all having to master a vocabulary that was once the preserve of specialists. Now everyone needs to know their tariffs from their treasuries, their levies from their yields. But there’s one more term from the realm of economics that urgently needs to enter our lexicon. Given what Donald Trump is doing to the world economy – and the world &n
  
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• Overdiagnosis debate should not ignore social causes of mental illness | Letters

  11-04-2025 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Dr Sebastian Kraemer ponders indifference to the developmental origins of mental disorder, Woody Caan says Labour needs a vision, while Jeremy Seymour says to not work is bad for one’s healthMental health services are overwhelmed by rising demand, evidently due to deteriorating social and economic conditions. There is little that clinicians can do about the political context, yet some of the personal injustices that patients have experienced do have a direct impact on their condition.I hav
  
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• Aoife Wafer says revived Ireland are targeting major upset for England

  11-04-2025 17:11 via theguardian.com
  Back-row forward believes her side can shock favourites in Cork and shake up this year’s Women’s Six Nations“Ireland want to shake England up a bit,” is the message from the back-row Aoife Wafer before the two teams clash in the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday. Wafer lays down the gauntlet to the defending champions on a video call, which she joins fresh from training in full kit, with her leg still strapped with tape.Belief and confidence emanate through the laptop
  
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• ‘Thousands like us’: couples to take UK government to court over humanist marriages

  11-04-2025 17:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Action comes five years after lack of legal recognition for humanist marriage in England and Wales was ruled discriminatoryTwo couples are taking the government to court over its failure to legalise humanist marriage in England and Wales five years after a ruling that the lack of recognition was discriminatory.Engaged couples Terri O’Sullivan and Edd Berrill, from Coventry, and Nicole Shasha and Rory Booth, from Leicester, are preparing to go to court in their fight to be marrie
  
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• Endangered koalas and the ecologist documenting their extinction – video

  11-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Maria Matthes, a lifelong koala conservationist, says loss of habitat and the climate crisis have threatened the endangered species in eastern New South Wales. Almost 2m hectares of forests suitable for koalas have been destroyed since 2011. They are one of more than 2,000 Australian species listed as under threat in what scientists are calling an extinction crisis Continue reading...
  
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• Cocktail of the week: Demon, Wise & Partners’ brumble – recipe | The good mixer

  11-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A rum espresso martini topped with white and dark chocolate shavings to give it an extra Easter edgeCoffee and chocolate go together almost as well as Easter and chocolate, and the use of dark and white chocolate shavings in this broody number give the drink a nice point of contrast, as well as different aromas.Giorgia Di Stefano and Saira Khan, Demon, Wise & Partners, London EC2 Continue reading...
  
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