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Bots banned from booking driving tests amid backlog
Bots and third parties will be banned from booking driving tests to help tackle a severe backlog of almost 670,000 learners.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV over racist post
The presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch's digital channel TalkTV, after the company said he had failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
Stamp duty is a 'sin tax' and growth barrier that should be abolished, Allsopp tells MPs
Rachel Reeves has been urged to abolish the “sin tax” of stamp duty in the budget by property experts including the TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp, as the chancellor faced calls to replace it with an annual property tax.
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November 13, 2025
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Peter Mandelson Emails show contact with convict until 2016
Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as the UK’s ambassador to Washington over his association with Jeffrey Epstein, was in contact with the convicted child sex offender as late as 2016, new emails have revealed.
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November 13, 2025
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November 13, 2025
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World still on track for disastrous 2.6C rise, study finds
The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6C above preindustrial times by the end of the century - the same temperature rise forecast last year.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
Tuchel ponders bodies and soles for final countdown
Players throw on new shoes to sharpen focus, as coach warns 'we have a lot to prove'
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November 13, 2025
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Trump urges president of Israel to pardon Netanyahu
Donald Trump has repeated a request to Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, for a pardon for Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial in three corruption cases.
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November 13, 2025
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'Not good enough': Slegers' fury at collapse
Arsenal needed a performance and a result against a European powerhouse but Renée Slegers’s side collapsed, relinquishing a 2-0 advantage to Bayern Munich far too easily to plunge their Champions League defence into tricky waters.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
If No 10's plan was to make the prime minister look tough, it backfired badly
Usually in Westminster, things happen for a reason. The logic may not be that obvious but if you use your imagination you can come up with a reason for someone doing something that appears on the surface to be batshit crazy.
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November 13, 2025
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Zelenskyy dismisses two ministers as bribery scandal grips Ukraine energy sector
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has moved to contain growing public outrage in Ukraine over a corruption scandal in the energy sector by firing two ministers who are accused of involvement in a large-scale bribery scheme.
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November 13, 2025
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100m women's final moved to LA's first day
The women's 100m final will headline the first day of competition at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics as organisers plan to \"open with a bang\".
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November 13, 2025
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French foreign minister at G7 challenges US over Caribbean drug strikes
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is facing questions from his fellow G7 foreign ministers about the legality of the US strikes in the Caribbean on ships it says it suspects of carrying drugs.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
Mantel's story imagining Thatcher's assassination to be staged in Liverpool
Hilary Mantel's story imagining the murder of Margaret Thatcher is to be staged next year in Liverpool.
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November 13, 2025
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'I went everywhere but my epiphany was in England'
New coach Veljko Paunovic still recalls lessons he learned at Reading as Serbia battle to qualify for World Cup
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
Christmas has rules, families at Florida air force base told
Military families living on an air force base in Florida have been ordered to dismantle their Christmas decorations under a strictly enforced regulation that tells them when and where they are allowed to celebrate.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
Prem clubs heading off a cliff 'like Thelma and Louise', warns Haskell
James Haskell, the former England flanker, has likened English rugby to “Thelma and Louise heading off a cliff” after an independent report found Prem clubs made a combined loss of £34m last season.
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November 13, 2025
The Guardian
England hint at faith in Pope as they prepare to unveil XI
Marcus Trescothick believes No 3 spot is settled as visitors plan to increase the intensity before sole Ashes warm-up
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November 12, 2025
The Guardian
England's Big Dog bench turns traditional selection on its head
Selecting your best XV to start a big rugby match feels increasingly quaint these days, as redolent of a different era as the Generation Game or Starsky & Hutch.
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November 12, 2025
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Unemployment hits highest rate since Covid pandemic
The UK unemployment rate has risen by more than expected to reach the highest level in four years, fuelling expectations of a Bank of England interest rate cut after Rachel Reeves's budget.
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November 12, 2025
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Trescothick defends Ashes buildup after fresh criticism
Marcus Trescothick has defended England's Ashes preparations after Ian Botham joined a chorus of criticism from former players over the decision to schedule a single warm-up game, saying ex-professionals need to bear in mind that \"times have dramatically changed in the way that cricket is done\".
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November 12, 2025
The Guardian
No 10 on alert amid fears of challenge to leadership
Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among his closest allies that he could be vulnerable to a leadership challenge in the aftermath of the budget.
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November 12, 2025
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'We are fearless - opportunities are tough to come by, so we take them'
Alex Scott may no longer be the 'Guernsey Grealish' but a deeper role at Bournemouth has led to a first senior call-up
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November 12, 2025
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Music review An elegant, brutal howl sees off Brat summer
When Charli xcx says her first new material in more than a year is \"something entirely new, entirely opposite\" to the sound she pursued on the eradefining Brat, she isn't joking.
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November 12, 2025
The Guardian
MPs and BBC staff call for Gibb to leave board
MPs and BBC staff members have called for the board member Robbie Gibb to be removed from his post as the corporation's outgoing director general, Tim Davie, hit out at the \"weaponisation\" of criticisms of the broadcaster.
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November 12, 2025
The Guardian
The $1.4tn question OpenAI's huge bet tests limits of Silicon Valley's optimism
It is the $1.4tn question. How can a loss-making startup such as OpenAI afford such a staggering spending commitment?
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November 12, 2025
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Sentencing plans 'devastating' for abuse victims, says commissioner
Violent partners will be allowed to \"return to harassing, stalking and abusing\" with impunity under a bill before parliament that is supposed to ease prison overcrowding, a watchdog has warned.
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November 12, 2025
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'I saw body parts fly out' Witnesses describe horror at site of explosion
Few monuments symbolise Delhi's past splendour than its grand, 17th-century Red Fort, once the imperial domain of Mughal emperors.
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November 12, 2025
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Gay dating apps disappear from stores in China
Two of China's most popular gay dating apps have disappeared from app stores in the country, raising fears of a crackdown on LGBTQ+ communities.
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November 12, 2025
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'That's Mary's truth - she has to speak it' Skinner welcomes Earps back to Manchester
Marc Skinner will welcome the return of “good person” Mary Earps to Manchester United in the Champions League tonight.
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