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Paris art fan wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity draw
A painting by Pablo Picasso worth more than €1m (£870,000) has been won in a raffle by a software engineer from Paris who thought the whole thing might be a hoax.
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April 16, 2026
The Guardian
First Badenoch asks a question and then gets an answer - what kind of weird PMQs is this?
To everyone’s surprise - not least his own - this week Keir Starmer did make a reasonable fist of listening to Kemi Badenoch’s questions and giving a reply that was more or less coherent.
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Verstappen ‘has to be listened to’ over new rules
Formula
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Díaz and Olise strike late to turn feisty thriller Bayern’s way
A breathless, consistently thrilling game ended with Bayern Munich booking a semifinal against Paris Saint-Germain but that tie will be hard pushed to eclipse what happened here.
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Scottish runner dies attempting Highlands trail record
A 35-year-old ultramarathon champion from Dumfries has died while attempting to beat the record for a race to the most northwesterly point on mainland Britain.
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Palestinian leader Barghouti ‘attacked by dog and assaulted’ in Israeli jail
The jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including having a dog set on him, his lawyer said yesterday.
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Pitta bill to swallow: Briton in Rio skewered by £1,500 kebab con
A scammer has been arrested in Brazil for charging an unsuspecting British tourist nearly £1,500 for a kebab - the latest in a spate of brazen beachside swindles.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Pet owners may be banned from buying highly toxic flea treatment
Pet owners could be banned from buying flea treatment for cats and dogs under new government rules.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Future of the NHS? The shopping mall health centre hoping to heal Barnsley
It's a revolution that might just save the NHS - and the high street.
4 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Shifting sands of war put Starmer's housing push on even riskier foundations
This is what the government didn’t want to hear with its target to build 1.5m new homes in England during this parliament already looking out of reach: the country’s biggest housebuilder is trimming its purchases of new land because the Iran war has created “a less certain backdrop”.
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
The collapse of the Amoc would have catastrophic consequences for Europe, Africa and the Americas
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Drax plant 'received subsidy of £1bn' last year for burning trees
The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to generate electricity in 2025, a climate thinktank has calculated.
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Hungary PM-elect: I'll take Orban’s state propaganda machine off air
Hungary’s prime minister-elect has vowed to suspend state media news coverage, describing it as a “propaganda machine”, when his government takes office around mid-May.
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Curses! Researchers hunt for pillocks, divvies and dinlos in regional swearword census
An idiot wandering the British Isles is sure to be greeted with a colourful volley of insults, each a signifier of the place he finds himself.
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Slot's misplaced positivity does not tally with the harsh reality of Liverpool's failed season
“The failure is big,” said Ryan Gravenberch as he digested the Champions League defeat by Paris Saint-Germain that ensured Liverpool’s season will finish trophyless.
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Statue of Bridget Jones becomes permanent fixture in West End
A record 149 days have now passed without alcohol, cigarettes or ice-cream for Bridget Jones's statue in Leicester Square in London and her fast is set to be extended indefinitely.
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April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Reeves offers more help to businesses as conflict drives up energy bills
Rachel Reeves has announced an expansion of support for the most energy-intensive UK businesses as they face soaring bills as a result of the Middle East conflict.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Bournemouth in talks with Rose over succeeding Iraola
Bournemouth are in advanced talks with Marco Rose to replace Andoni Iraola as their head coach.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Police force threatens to ban trivial callers
People who call the police with complaints about their neighbours could face a contact ban for wasting resources, a force has said.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
MPs vote against social media age limit ahead of consultation
MPs yesterday voted for the second time against a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media as the prime minister summoned tech bosses to demand tougher action on internet safety.
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Meme warfare How Iran's strong social media game is beating the land of the tech bros
Iran could manufacture destructive missiles at the speed with which it produces cutting memes, US Central Command would be coming out with its hands up by now.
5 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Wednesday's prospective buyers in EFL transfer talks
Sheffield Wednesday’s prospective new owners, Arise Capital Partners, are in talks with the EFL over a partial lifting of the club’s transfer ban this summer.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Meeting in New York fuels doubts over LIV tour’s future
High-profile breakaway has lost momentum and Saudi focus appears to have shifted
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Kicked into touch
A Champions League place is all Slot has left to play for - and now the Merseyside derby is full of jeopardy
2 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Arsenal hold on against Sporting to reach last four
To borrow a line from Mikel Arteta, it is not meant to be easy.
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Indirect talks between US and Iran aim to extend ceasefire
The US and Iran have been in indirect talks aimed at extending a two-week ceasefire beyond its expiry on 22 April, as Pakistan’s army chief arrived in Tehran to continue mediation efforts.
3 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
New EU border checks causing up to three-hour airport delays
Travellers going through some European airports are reportedly waiting up to three hours at border checks because of the EU's new entry-exit system (EES).
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Maguire out of Chelsea game after calling officials a ‘joke’
Harry Maguire will miss Manchester United’s trip to Chelsea having been handed an additional one-match ban by the Football Association for his reaction to being sent off at Bournemouth.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
Actor claims Katy Perry sexually assaulted her
Police are investigating claims Katy Perry sexually assaulted the Australian actor Ruby Rose at a Melbourne nightclub more than a decade ago, allegations the American pop star has denied.
1 min |
April 16, 2026
The Guardian
'I could wipe the floor with you': inside the lives of female fans
Exhibition in Sunderland highlights ways women are required to defend and justify their passion
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