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May 04, 2023

Revealed: the scale of elite school links to slave trade

Some of Britain's most elite schools benefited from the slave trade through substantial donations and endowments worth the equivalent of tens of millions of pounds today, new research has found.

3 mins

Police accused over facial recognition at coronation

The Metropolitan police has been accused of using the king's coronation to stage the UK's biggest ever live facial recognition operation.

3 mins

Act now to stop AI technology leaving people jobless - Vallance

The new genre of AI could be as transformative as the industrial revolution, the government's outgoing chief scientific adviser has said, as he said Britain should act now to prevent many people becoming jobless.

2 mins

Nick Cave to attend coronation: 'I'm not a royalist ... just curious'

Nick Cave has denied being a monarchist after it was revealed that he is attending the coronation of Charles III, saying he \"hold[s] an inexplicable emotional attachment to the royals\".

1 min

Partygate inquiry to rule on Johnson's future later this month

Boris Johnson's political future could be decided within weeks by a group of MPs investigating claims that he misled parliament over Partygate, the Guardian has been told.

2 mins

Labour to consult with university sector as MPs fear tuition fees 'disaster'

Labour will begin consulting on a new way to fund university education within weeks, as senior party figures warn that Keir Starmer's decision to drop a previous promise to abolish fees altogether could be a \"disaster\" for today's local elections.

3 mins

Solved: why bubbles in champagne follow a straight line, unlike people who drink it

From the pop of the cork to its delicate golden hue, champagne has many features that make it a celebratory tipple - but none are as recognisable as its fine fizz. Now researchers have shed new light on the quintessential sparkle, revealing why champagne bubbles rise in a straight line, unlike those of many other drinks.

2 mins

RSPB urges halt to harvest of black-headed gulls' eggs

Licences have been issued permitting the collection of more than 160,000 eggs from black-headed gull nests since 2019, government data showed as conservationists called for the eggs to be \"taken off all menus\".

2 mins

Packham tells libel trial that claim about his charity work put him in peril

The TV naturalist Chris Packham, who is suing a magazine he alleges published unsubstantiated claims about his charity work, has told a court he frequently wonders \"is today the day that a psychopath fuelled by all this hate turns up and kills me?\".

1 min

Chief rabbi Mirvis hails sensitivity to traditions

Observant Jews will be unable to watch the king's coronation on television because it falls on the Jewish sabbath when the use of electricity is prohibited, but \"there will be many lining the streets\", Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi, has said.

1 min

'Shocked' Kate Bush to enter rock hall of fame

Kate Bush said yesterday that she was \"completely shocked\" at being included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's latest round of inductees.

1 min

Airbnb goes back to basics with focus on renting private rooms

Airbnb is going back to its roots, the company has announced, with a renewed focus on renting out single rooms to travellers concerned about cost of living increases.

2 mins

Intelligence US 'didn't warn Kyiv' about Pentagon leak

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said the White House did not advise him about the leak of highly classified US intelligence documents that received widespread attention around the world last month.

1 min

Boy, 13, shoots dead eight pupils and security guard at school in Belgrade

A 13-year-old boy opened fire in a Belgrade classroom in an apparently planned attack that killed eight children and a school security guard and injured a further six pupils as well as his teacher.

2 mins

Chance that El Niño will return this year, growing, UN warns

The chance of an El Niño weather phenomenon developing in the coming months has risen, the UN has said, warning that it could fuel higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records.

1 min

Tory MP lobbied minister over gambling laws on behalf of Mayfair casino

The Conservative MP Philip Davies lobbied the government on behalf of a casino to introduce a measure that was then included in last week's gambling white paper, it has emerged.

1 min

Refreshed McIlroy back after failure at Augusta

Rory McIlroy's disappointing performance at the Masters left him needing to take a break from the game for his \"mental and emotional wellbeing\", but the world No 3 has said he is ready to return to the Tour with renewed focus for the year's remaining majors.

2 mins

Three Yorkshire players 'won't pay' racism fines

ECB wants Ballance, Hoggard and four others to pay total of £37,000 after Rafiq scandal

2 mins

Messi to leave PSG as Barça and Al-Hilal target signing

Lionel Messi will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season. Final doubts over whether he would stay were extinguished the day after the forward was suspended by the club for two weeks, but it is understood Messi's father, Jorge, told PSG a month ago that the Argentina international would seek a move.

1 min

Salah on the spot to keep Liverpool in sight of top four

It was all rather tame compared to the drama and fury of Liverpool's last home triumph but Jürgen Klopp may have welcomed the serenity of Fulham's visit to Anfield.

3 mins

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