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NHS scheme to hire new nursing staff in 'graduate guarantee'
New measures will be introduced to allow NHS trusts to take on newly qualified nurses and midwives before vacancies arise as part of a \"graduate guarantee\", the government has announced.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Radioactive water from Royal Navy nuclear base leaked into sea
Radioactive water from the base that holds the UK's nuclear bombs was allowed to leak into the sea after old pipes repeatedly burst, official files have revealed.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
OnlyFans star promotes L'Oréal makeup brand popular with teenagers
Global cosmetics giant L'Oréal has recruited a model famous for pornographic content on the OnlyFans adult website to promote a makeup brand popular with teenagers.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Norfolk family among victims of car crash in southern Portugal
A family from the UK have been killed in a car crash while on holiday in southern Portugal, local authorities have confirmed.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Taking a lead on diversity Cricket must get on front foot to help women and girls to feel accepted
Cricket must get on front foot to help women and girls to feel accepted
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Oligarchs spied on senior lawyers who ran Serious Fraud Office cases
Oligarchs whose business empire was under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office spied on lawyers who ran some of the UK's most sensitive criminal cases.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
South Korean armed forces shrink after fall in number of young men
South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in the past six years, largely owing to a sharp decrease in the population of men of enlistment age for mandatory service in the country with the world's lowest birthrate, according to a report.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Raducanu excited to face Sabalenka in 'fact-finding match' under new coach
Emma Raducanu has underlined her excitement before what she describes as a \"fact-finding match\" against the world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka, as they prepare to battle in the third round of the Cincinnati Open today.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Wildfires close Vesuvius trails while blazes continue in France
Tourist trails were closed on Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy yesterday as firefighters tackled a huge blaze on the volcano's slopes, while officials warned of another \"challenging day\" for those working to contain France's biggest wildfire since 1949.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
New sensations Blind actors take audience into their world
In the intimacy of a blacked-out theatre, the smell of freshly made coffee, perfume and stuffed peppers becomes more pronounced. The weight of each character's footsteps becomes recognisable. Welcome to the Blind Theater from Brazil, where every scent is a prop, and an actor's breathing and tread are their character's signatures.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Major League Baseball's first female umpire says 'the dream came true'
It was, she said, the day \"the dream came true.\" Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former art teacher, made US sporting history at the weekend when she became the first female umpire of a Major League Baseball game during the regular season.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Race for the future ChatGPT-5 and the contest over superintelligent AI
A significant step forward but not a leap over the finish line. That was how Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, described the latest upgrade to ChatGPT this week.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Tesla applies to become a supplier of household electricity
Elon Musk's Tesla is gearing up to launch a household electricity supplier in Britain in the coming months.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Exclusion of over-75s from health trials stalls research, charities say
People aged over 75 are being excluded from health research due to arbitrary age cutoffs, potentially stalling the development of life-saving treatments, leading charities and research institutes have said.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Record low hiring intentions as NICs hit recruitment costs
Hiring intentions among Britain's businesses remain at a record low as they grapple with rising employment costs and worry about the economic outlook, with the young hit hardest.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Nostalgic adults help drive strong rebound in toy sales
UK toy sales have bounced back as adults increasingly muscle in on the market, snapping up everything from Pokémon trading cards and Lego sets to collectibles and action figures based on movie and TV franchises.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Million-euro handbag heists in Paris show how gangs are now targeting luxury leather goods
A series of million-euro robberies of luxury handbags from boutiques and brand headquarters in Paris has shown that high-value leather goods are now a bigger target for organised criminals than jewels or cash, as French police pursue sophisticated gangs targeting designer bags.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Could players' legal action leave Fifa counting the cost?
Lawyer involved in Bosman ruling is helping players seek compensation from Fifa for restricting career earnings
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Man Dies After Tractor Crashes Into Cars Near Tewkesbury
A man in his 50s has died after a tractor drove through fields and crashed into parked vehicles after a vintage car show.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Kwarteng hired to speak by firm that helps super-rich pay less tax
Kwasi Kwarteng, the former chancellor dismissed after 38 days following his disastrous 2022 mini-budget for Liz Truss, has been hired as a keynote speaker by an advisory firm offering services to help the super-rich pay less tax.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Friends cast doubt on claim that Freddie Mercury had secret daughter
A new book claiming that Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter has drawn a mixed response from members of his inner circle.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
'Deport first, appeal later' policy for foreign criminals extended
Foreign criminals from 15 more countries face deportation before they have a chance to appeal in an expansion of the government's \"deport first, appeal later\" scheme.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Analysis: Government's plan deepens rift with army leaders
Israel's decision to approve a plan to occupy the Gaza Strip has reportedly deepened tensions between the government and the country's military leadership, while exposing fresh fractures within the army's senior ranks and straining relations with reservists summoned for what could become the most dangerous phase of the war.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
First fall in five years in rent charged for new private lets
Average private rents in Great Britain have fallen for the first time in five years as lower mortgage rates helped take some of the heat out of the rental sector, data shows.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Links and Fresh Threads of 2025-26
Europe has to be the target. It's Fabian Hürzeler's second season and we've made more exciting additions to the squad.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Race is on to adapt UK homes to the brutal reality of even hotter summers
The focus has been on keeping homes warm in winter, to stop them leaking heat. Cooling overheated homes is a new challenge
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Homes that can't cope with heat put thousands of people at risk
Lower-income householders, minority ethnic people and those with young children are more likely to live in homes at risk from dangerous overheating, research has found.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Combat far right at gigs and football matches, says veteran activist
Counter-protesting does not go far enough to fight the growing threat of the far right, a veteran activist has said, adding that anti-racists must organise concerts and meet the public at football matches.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
One big number: 96-year-old is Countdown's oldest contestant
A 96-year-old former RAF corporal will become the oldest contestant in the history of Countdown when he appears on the TV gameshow today.
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August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Chatty or formal? Let L-drivers pick style of examiners, says study
Having a grumpy person sitting next to you in the car can be a distraction at the best of times, but it is all the worse when they are your driving examiner.
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