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Cast of animals carry king's card in Attenborough birthday film
King Charles has featured in a surprise birthday tribute to David Attenborough, with a cast of wild animals helping to relay his handwritten congratulatory centenary card.
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May 09, 2026
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Trump sets EU deadline to ratify deal as he backs down from tariff threat
Donald Trump has walked back from his threat to tear up part of the US trade deal with the EU by raising tariffs on car imports.
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May 09, 2026
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South East Water's chief executive steps down after supply outages
The chief executive of South East Water has said he will resign, a week after the group’s chair quit following major outages in Kent and Sussex.
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May 09, 2026
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'Being human helps' With AI on the rise, is there still hope for Europe's translators?
In February 2022, while he was plugging away at rendering the US writer Dana Spiotta’s novel Wayward into French, the literary translator Yoann Gentric decided he needed a bit of light relief.
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May 09, 2026
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Reform UK's 'historic victory' Farage celebrates successes in rivals' traditional heartlands
Nigel Farage hailed Reform UK’s sweeping election wins as a “historic shift in British politics” on a day when the populist party made gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives.
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May 09, 2026
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Carbon emissions from Europe's airlines top pre-pandemic levels
Emissions from flying in Europe have passed pre-pandemic levels, with Ryanair’s carbon footprint 50% higher than in 2019, research has shown.
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May 09, 2026
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Bafta awards Who could win a gong and who should win
This year, the Bafta TV awards feel relatively young at 71.
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May 09, 2026
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White House condemns Star Wars actor over ‘grave’ post
The White House has branded the Star Wars actor Mark Hamill ‘a sick individual’ after an AI-generated image showing Donald Trump in a shallow grave with the words ‘If Only’ as an overlay was posted to one of the star’s social media accounts.
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May 09, 2026
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He's down but not out Will his rivals move - or can the wounded PM carry on?
As the results rolled in, a trickle of voices were calling for Keir Starmer to quit - MPs from the left of the Labour party, some trade union leaders, and a Labour peer.
3 min |
May 09, 2026
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A London studio, a car repair garage and Kim's Met Gala costume
It inevitably fell to Kim Kardashian to deliver the Met Gala’s biggest jolt.
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May 09, 2026
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A strained relationship Why Netanyahu and Trump are war's losers
Benjamin Netanyahu interrupted an uncharacteristically long silence over the Iran conflict this week with a video commentary insisting that he had “full coordination” with Donald Trump, with whom he spoke “almost daily”.
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May 09, 2026
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Ukrainian admits setting fire to car that once belonged to Starmer
A Ukrainian has admitted setting fire to a car that once belonged to the prime minister for £3,000 after being threatened by a “powerful” Russian-speaking taskmaster called El Money.
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May 09, 2026
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House prices fall again in April as impact of Iran war hits market
House prices fell for a second straight month in April, with Halifax halving its annual growth estimate because of war in the Middle East.
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May 09, 2026
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European Greens urge UK to rejoin EU after Brexit failure
The European Green party has urged the UK to consider rejoining the EU and draw a line under the “political and economic failure” of Brexit.
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May 09, 2026
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How Celebrity Traitors recruited 'most impressive lineup ever' for a reality TV show
If it were any other show, the sight of comedian Alan Carr sobbing under the burden of his dishonesty might well have been enough to put off any celebrity thinking about accepting a place in the Traitors castle.
3 min |
May 09, 2026
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Farage on full gloat as the Conservatives and Labour were left to pick up the pieces
It all panned out pretty much as everyone had expected.
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May 09, 2026
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Inequality adds '110,000 extra deaths' a year from heat and cold in Europe
Economic inequality adds almost 110,000 deaths to the vast human toll from heat and cold in Europe each year, a report has said.
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May 09, 2026
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‘Playing with fire’ Can supply chains cope if the strait stays shut?
The biggest energy shock in modern history, jet fuel shortages “within weeks”, a global recession - ever since Iran throttled shipping flows through the strait of Hormuz in February the economic warnings have become increasingly dire.
4 min |
May 09, 2026
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Fighting flares up around Hormuz as US calls on Iran to respond to its proposals
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said that Washington was expecting a response from Iran yesterday to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month.
3 min |
May 09, 2026
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Conservatives Badenoch: party is coming back despite big losses
Kemi Badenoch has claimed that the Conservatives are “coming back” after winning back Westminster and Wandsworth councils from Labour in London, despite her party suffering significant losses throughout England in Thursday’s elections.
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May 09, 2026
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Housing Tenants tell of getting eviction notices just before ban
It was 2pm on 30 April when Carl Kansinde Middleton received a “no-fault” eviction from his landlord in Brighton - 10 hours before section 21 notices were banned under the Renters’ Right Act.
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May 09, 2026
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Labour's wipeout How party's 'terrible' night unfolded amid surge for Reform UK
The polls had been terrible, the predictions dire and even one of his predecessors as Labour leader, Ed Miliband, had reportedly told Keir Starmer he should set a timetable for his resignation if the results were as bad as forecast.
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May 09, 2026
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Robert Jenrick Tensions with Tories flare up live on BBC
The rancorous relationship between Robert Jenrick and his former colleagues in the Conservative party was aired on live TV yesterday when an MP who had backed his leadership bid accused him of abandoning their friendship.
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May 09, 2026
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England turn to Australian North as new head selector
Marcus North, the former Australia middle-order batter, has emerged as the leading candidate to become the new England men’s selector, with an official announcement expected in the coming days.
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May 08, 2026
The Guardian
Criminals using photos on school websites to create abuse imagery
Headteachers advised to remove pupils’ pictures after blackmail attempt
3 min |
May 08, 2026
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Race to find passengers from virus cruise ship
Authorities around the world are racing to trace dozens of passengers who disembarked from the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak before isolation measures were implemented.
4 min |
May 08, 2026
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Hidden story of enslaved boy in 18th-century masterpiece finally revealed
For hundreds of years, he was known only as ‘Jersey’, an enslaved boy of about 11 rendered in oil on canvas by the great 18th-century portrait painter Sir Joshua Reynolds.
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May 08, 2026
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Two men guilty of spying for China
A UK Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official based in London have been found guilty of spying for China and surveilling dissidents through a ‘‘shadow policing’’ operation.
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May 08, 2026
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Football and rugby bosses join calls for rethink on cuts to school sport funding
Mo Farah and more than 70 of Britain’s leading sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports, after a clash between two departments over the funding.
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May 08, 2026
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Superdry co-founder given eight-year prison term for raping woman
A co-founder of the clothing company Superdry has been jailed for eight years for raping a woman after a night out in Cheltenham.
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