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• Violence in prisons surges to 74 assaults daily in England and Wales

  28-12-2024 14:38 via express.co.uk
  
  Assaults in prisons across England and Wales have reached alarming levels, with 74 assaults daily with nearly 27,000 incidents recorded last year.
  
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• Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day five – live

  30-12-2024 03:42 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the Boxing Day Test at the MCGIndia 33 for 3 at lunch, trailing by 306 runsAny thoughts? Get in touch with an emailThere have been 17 bigger chases to win a Test, and this is match number 2571.Or 92 overs to survive. Including the change of innings, Australia have cost themselves four overs to make six runs. Don’t think that was worth it. But they have a hampered bowler in Starc with his rib problem, and a fifth bowler who doesn’t bowl in Marsh. Continue reading...
  
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• Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at age of 100 - The Telegraph

  30-12-2024 03:41 via news.google.com
  Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at age of 100  The TelegraphJimmy Carter dies: Joe Biden and Donald Trump lead tributes  BBCJimmy Carter: Beeralleygii looska ee madaxweyne ka noqday Mareykanka  BBC.comOur Statement on the Passing of President Carter  Barack Obama – MediumWho are Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s children?  The Independent
  
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• Joe Biden pays tribute to ‘remarkable leader’ and ‘dear friend’ Jimmy Carter - latest updates

  30-12-2024 03:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Carter, who spent decades after time in office campaigning for better global health and human rights, died at age 100Full report: Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100The former Georgia house of representatives minority leader Stacey Abrams called Carter “a giant who never saw anyone as smaller than himself” in a post on X.“Whether at a Boys & Girls Club banquet or when he sponsored a medical clinic for the uninsured in his corner of rural Georgia, he live
  
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• Peter Wright rolls back years to dethrone Luke Humphries at PDC world darts - The Guardian

  30-12-2024 03:30 via news.google.com
  Peter Wright rolls back years to dethrone Luke Humphries at PDC world darts  The GuardianPDC World Darts Championship 2025 results: Luke Humphries knocked out by Peter Wright  BBC.comWright rolls back the years to defeat reigning champion Humphries  PDC.tvLuke Littler and Michael van Gerwen progress in PDC World Championships  The Guardian
  
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• Record-breaking Mohamed Salah inspires Liverpool with latest five-star display - The Independent

  30-12-2024 03:18 via news.google.com
  Record-breaking Mohamed Salah inspires Liverpool with latest five-star display  The IndependentSalah stars as Liverpool rout West Ham to move leaders eight points clear  The GuardianDiaz is No. 9 and Salah just gets better – 5 talking points from West Ham 0-5 Liverpool  This Is AnfieldSalah masterclass carries 6/10 Liverpool to another crushing victory and title stroll  Football365Revealed: Liverpool's Player of the Match v West Ham  Liverp
  
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• Gaming in 2025: GTA 6, the Nintendo Switch 2 and what else to watch out for - BBC

  30-12-2024 03:15 via news.google.com
  Gaming in 2025: GTA 6, the Nintendo Switch 2 and what else to watch out for  BBCGTA 6 release date massively hyped up by industry analyst  GAMINGbibleDo You Think GTA 6 Will Be Delayed? Why Or Why Not?  GameRantWhat are your thoughts on fans attempting to leak a new Grand Theft Auto VI trailer?  Screen RantGTA 5 actor becomes ROG's brand ambassador on the GTA 6 trailer 2's expected date  Sportskeeda
  
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• The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men in the ultra-endurance arena

  30-12-2024 01:46 via theguardian.com
  
  What explains this shift? The answer lies in a combination of physiology, metabolism and strategyMen are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly.In traditional endurance events like marathons, men consistently outperform women by about 10%. Continue reading...
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Russia vows to retaliate after state media reportedly blocked on Telegram in EU

  30-12-2024 01:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Moscow says the move is ‘censorship’ and that it reserves the right to ‘respond in the same manner’. What we know on day 1,041Russia has vowed to retaliate after the channels of its state media were apparently blocked on the popular Telegram social media platform in the EU. On Sunday the channels of Ria Novosti news agency, Rossiya 1, Pervyi Kanal and NTV television, and Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspapers were not accessible in several countries, including France,
  
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• Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds - The Guardian

  30-12-2024 01:01 via news.google.com
  Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds  The GuardianExperts reveal how many minutes of life a smoker loses with each cigarette  The IndependentQuit for a week and save a day, say health experts  GOV.UKSmokers who quit for a week could save a day of their life, experts say  Evening StandardHow many minutes does a cigarette knock off the life of a smoker?  Daily Mail
  
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• Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on averageSmokers are being urged to kick the habit for 2025 after a fresh assessment of the harms of cigarettes found they shorten life expectancy even more than doctors thought.Researchers at University College London found that on average a single cigarette takes about 20 minutes off a person’s life, meaning that a typical pack of 20 cigarettes can shorten a person’s life by
  
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• Police forces report sharp rise in religious hate crimes across UK

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Data shows spikes in antisemitic and Islamophobic offences after outbreak of Middle East conflict and Southport attackSome of the UK’s largest police forces have reported increases in religious hate crimes in the past 18 months, figures reveal, with the number of incidents rising after the start of the Hamas-Israel conflict in autumn 2023 and again after the Southport attacks in England this summer.Forces including Greater Manchester, West Midlands and the Metropolitan police recorded shar
  
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• NHS delays may drive patients to buy unsafe weight-loss drugs, says top GP

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  People warned against buying illegal weight-loss medicines through beauty salons or fake pharmacy websitesLong waits for NHS services could lead people to take matters into their own hands by buying potentially unsafe weight-loss jabs online, Britain’s top GP has said.Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs, warned that buying drugs online from unregulated retailers could put people at risk and they may also miss out on wraparound support offered alongside the medicati
  
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• Most UK businesses expect to grow in new year, surveys find - The Guardian

  30-12-2024 01:01 via news.google.com
  Most UK businesses expect to grow in new year, surveys find  The GuardianBusinesses optimistic about revenues and hiring in 2025  The TimesWest Midlands business growth expectations appear brighter for 2025  Express & StarOver 80% of UK small businesses prioritise growth plans for 2025  Yahoo Finance
  
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• Most UK businesses expect to grow in new year, surveys find

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Economic confidence polls reveal that 70% expect turnover to rise and 73% expect profitability to riseA majority of UK businesses expect a positive start to 2025, according to two economic confidence surveys which show managers planning for growth after a challenging period for the economy.About 70% of UK businesses expect their turnover to increase over the next year, up from 62% in December 2023. Meanwhile, 73% are confident of greater profitability, according to research from Lloyds bank. Con
  
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• Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright announce they're expecting their first baby - Sky News

  30-12-2024 01:01 via news.google.com
  Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright announce they're expecting their first baby  Sky NewsMichelle Keegan announces she's pregnant with first child in sweet post: 'Special'  GB NewsMichelle Keegan pregnant as actress and husband Mark Wright prepare to start family  Bristol LiveMichelle Keegan's clever trick to keep her pregnancy a secret before revealing baby bump  ExpressMichelle Keegan and husband Mark Wright told family their baby news weeks ago before annou
  
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• Disgruntled police in Northern Ireland responsible for IRA leaks after Good Friday agreement

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Newly released Irish archives include leaks from UK government and RUC’s attempts to undermine Sinn FéinParts of the British government and disgruntled members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary were responsible for a series of major leaks during and after the establishment of the 1998 Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland, according to claims in newly released Irish government archives.An Irish department of foreign Affairs official focusing on justice and security created a repo
  
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• AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers - The Guardian

  30-12-2024 01:01 via news.google.com
  AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers  The GuardianAI could map and manipulate our desires, say Cambridge researchers  The TimesAI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines  WIREDUK study warns of perils in AI-driven ‘intention economy’  New Zealand HeraldAI might start selling your choices before you make them, study warns  Courthouse News Service
  
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• AI tools may soon manipulate people’s online decision-making, say researchers

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Study predicts an ‘intention economy’ where companies bid for accurate predictions of human behaviourArtificial intelligence (AI) tools could be used to manipulate online audiences into making decisions – ranging from what to buy to who to vote for – according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.The paper highlights an emerging new marketplace for “digital signals of intent” – known as the “intention economy” – where AI assist
  
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• 2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows

  30-12-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis of insurance payouts by Christian Aid reveals three-quarters of financial destruction occurred in USThe world’s 10 most costly climate disasters of 2024 caused $229bn in damages and killed 2,000 people, the latest annual analysis of insurance payouts has revealed.Three-quarters of the financial destruction occurred in the world’s biggest economy, the US, where climate denier Donald Trump will become president next month. Continue reading...
  
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• Peter Wright rolls back years to dethrone Luke Humphries at PDC world darts

  30-12-2024 00:56 via theguardian.com
  Two-time champion beats world No 1 and holder 4-1Wright joins Gerwyn Price in quarter-finalsLuke Humphries left this arena stunned and staggered, left it the victim of one of the greatest ambushes ever plotted on this stage, left it a former world champion. For an ailing and ageing Peter Wright, the only conceivable reality in which he could win this match existed in his own mind, and over 40 scintillating minutes he set about carving this vision into magnificent flesh.In a way, it was a vision
  
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• More than 60 people dead after road accident in southern Ethiopia

  30-12-2024 00:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Incident at Gelan bridge in Bona Zuria Woreda ‘claimed lives of 66 people so far’, says Sidama health bureauMore than 60 people have died after a road accident in southern Ethiopia, the local health authority said on Sunday.Sidama state is in the south of Ethiopia, about 300km south of the capital Addis Ababa. Continue reading...
  
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• Fog continues to cause disruption at Gatwick Airport - BBC.com

  29-12-2024 23:35 via news.google.com
  Fog continues to cause disruption at Gatwick Airport  BBC.comDozens of flights cancelled at Gatwick Airport due to fog - with some easyJet flights impacted  Sky NewsPassengers stranded after ski holiday as weather causes flight chaos to Manchester  Manchester Evening NewsAirport delays live: Fog causes disruption at Gatwick with snow and rain weather warnings to come  The IndependentThick fog expected to continue causing disruption at UK airports on Sunday
  
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• Jimmy Carter obituary

  29-12-2024 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  US president whose subsequent decades of tireless humanitarian work brought him the Nobel peace prizeThe former US president Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100, achieved a far more favourable reputation after leaving the White House than he ever secured during his single term of office. Following his electoral defeat in 1980 – when Ronald Reagan beat him by 489 to 49 electoral college votes – his sustained efforts to improve life for the deprived people of the world won him the 2002
  
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• Covid, RSV, norovirus or flu: NHS reveals one thing you should do if you've got symptoms - The Mirror

  29-12-2024 23:04 via news.google.com
  Covid, RSV, norovirus or flu: NHS reveals one thing you should do if you've got symptoms  The MirrorFlu: Masks required in Wales' hospitals again amid flu fears  BBCHospitals in South Wales introduce mask-wearing rules amid fears of rising flu cases  Sky NewsFace masks required in all hospitals and health centres in Gwent  South Wales ArgusHow 'quad-demic' has spiked as some hospitals introduce mask-wearing measures  inews
  
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• High Street set for worst year since pandemic - This is Money

  29-12-2024 23:01 via news.google.com
  High Street set for worst year since pandemic  This is MoneyView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Split: Barcelona review – there are moments that are just ludicrously sexy

  29-12-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This sharp, witty Catalan spinoff of the BBC divorce lawyer series sees Nicola Walker’s Hannah on stunning form – with moments of frisson guaranteed to raise temperaturesThere’s no question that the stakes are low in The Split: Barcelona. Its plot? A family of high-flying divorce lawyers go to a mansion set at the top of a rolling vineyard for a wedding and suffer a series of slight disappointments. But the return of The Split – and its smart, well heeled and sensible cha
  
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• Gal Gadot reveals she had blood clot in her brain, emergency surgery - Ynetnews

  29-12-2024 22:54 via news.google.com
  Gal Gadot reveals she had blood clot in her brain, emergency surgery  YnetnewsGal Gadot diagnosed with brain blood clot, underwent emergency surgery while 8 months pregnant  Fox NewsGal Gadot reveals terrifying health scare during pregnancy with fourth child  HELLO!Gal Gadot diagnosed with ‘massive blood clot’ in her brain during fourth pregnancy  Page SixGal Gadot Reveals She Had a 'Massive Blood Clot' in Her Brain During Pregnancy  
  
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• South Korea in mourning after plane crash kills all but two onboard - The Guardian

  29-12-2024 22:39 via news.google.com
  South Korea in mourning after plane crash kills all but two onboard  The GuardianInvestigators comb through wreckage of South Korean plane crash as families mourn victims – video  The GuardianSouth Korea: Expert says concrete wall plane crashed into is 'verging on criminal'  Sky NewsSouth Korea plane crash latest: Bird strike warning issued minutes before emergency landing that killed 179  The IndependentJeju Air Jet Turns Back After Another Landing-
  
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• NFL roundup: in-form Vikings edge Packers to inch closer to NFC’s top seed

  29-12-2024 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Vikings edge Packers for ninth straight winEagles stomp Cowboys 41-7 to win NFC EastBucs keep divison hopes alive with 48-14 routSam Darnold added another exploit to his career-altering season, passing for a personal-best 377 yards and three touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings hung on to beat the Green Bay Packers 27-25 on Sunday for their ninth consecutive victory that put them one win from the NFC’s top seed for the playoffs.
  Darnold hit Jalen Nailor, Jordan Addison and Cam Akers for sco
  
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