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Sports quiz of the week: Noah Lyles, Champions League and Luton Town
Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, cycling, motor sport, athletics, tennis, basketball and volleyball? Continue reading... #press
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Vegetable grenades with entrail roots: Ukrainian art cuts through at Irish biennale
Limerick’s EVA International has staged exhibitions in bars, bacon shops and even a handball alley. Will this year’s militant spirit help it get the attention it deserves?There is a comforting bucolic vibe to the term “gleaning”, which refers to gathering leftover crops after... #press
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Two holidaymakers on jetskis reportedly shot dead after entering Algerian waters
Group on holiday in Morocco when they were reportedly shot at by Algerian coastguard in waters off beach resort of SaïdiaTwo holidaymakers jetskiing in Morocco have reportedly been shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime... #press
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‘Wyke whiff’ befouls Dorset village – and angry residents have had enough
People say summer stink has been ‘horrendous’, with blame put on a Wessex Water sewage worksThe Dorset village of Wyke Regis has a lot going for it: sunsets across Lyme Bay, views of Chesil Beach’s spectacular pebbly sweep, proximity to great swimming and sailing spots.But local... #press
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Himalayan avalanches are increasing risk for climbers in warming climate
Experts warn that global heating is exacerbating inherent dangers of high altitude mountaineeringAvalanches in the Himalayas are causing an increasing number of deaths and threatening the safety of climbers, research suggests.While high-altitude mountaineering comes with an... #press
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Have I told you about my air fryer? The Stephen Collins cartoon
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Thai king reduces ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s prison sentence to one year
Thaksin, who returned to Thailand last week, ‘accepted his crime and showed remorse’, says royal gazetteKing Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand has reduced former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, according to the royal gazette.Thaksin,... #press
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Experience: I lost my home to the sea
We’d had so many storms and I didn’t think in my wildest dreams that we would be left on the brinkMy home was unique: a wooden chalet on the sand dunes at Hemsby, Norfolk. We had three tiny bedrooms and amazing views out to sea. Rainbows came to the water’s edge, and then you’d watch them travel out. The moon lit a path across the sea.... #press
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Antoinette Sandbach’s relatives owned slaves – and so did mine. We have to atone for that as best we can | Alex Renton
The former MP’s quest to break the public link with her ancestors is misguided. Better to accept our legacy and work for change“The sins of the fathers,” according to a stinging verse in the Bible’s Book of Exodus, “shall be visited upon the... #press
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Lynda La Plante: ‘Raymond Chandler’s books make me laugh out loud’
The novelist and screenwriter on learning to read with dyslexia, being inspired by the great playwrights, and why she could never read Little Women againMy earliest reading memoryIt was not until I was seven that a teacher began to realise I was unable to read. Nowadays it would be... #press
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Direct Line to pay £30m to overcharged car and home insurance customers
Company breached rules that state existing policyholders should not be charged more than new onesDirect Line will pay about £30m to customers who were charged more than they should have been to renew car and home insurance policies.The UK’s second biggest car insurer, which... #press
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A visual guide to the Greek wildfires
Greece has been stricken by hundreds of wildfires this summer, with dozens of fires breaking out each day. The vast majority are extinguished quickly but some have blazed out of control.One fire, in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region in the north-east, has destroyed homes and vast tracts of forest since it started on 19 August. Continue reading... #press
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UK workers: are you surveilled by your employer during working hours?
From dashcams to mouse tracking, we’re interested in speaking to workers in the UK who have experienced workplace surveillanceWorkplace surveillance practices expanded during the pandemic and have stayed in place, according to a recent report by a leading thinktank.From webcam... #press
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Transfer deadline day: Liverpool to sign Gravenberch and stave off Salah interest – live
The Rumour Mill | Transfer interactive | Deadline 11pm BSTEmail John or tweet him with your thoughtsIt’s here, yellow-ticker fever day is with us. And there’s plenty of loose ends to tie up, with transfers aplenty to be carried out through the day and night... #press
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Chelsea secure signing of Cole Palmer from Manchester City for initial £40m
Deal a boost for manager Mauricio PochettinoCallum Hudson-Odoi on verge of joining Nottingham ForestChelsea have bolstered their attacking options by completing the initial £40m signing of Cole Palmer from Manchester City. The winger is the 13th player to move to Stamford... #press
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The Gentle Good: Galargan review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month
(Bubblewrap Collective)Gareth Bonello’s latest album sees him excavating his homeland’s folk classics, interpreting each with drowsy, melancholic voice, guitar, cello and pianoThe Gentle Good is Cardiff-based folk musician Gareth Bonello, whose musical interests often take him far... #press
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How (and why) Nebraska drew 92,003 to watch women’s college volleyball
How did a volleyball team representing a public research university in a prairie state attract 92,003 fans to set the global attendance record for women’s sports? It’s a long storyMemorial Stadium went dark, the hum and strum of Sirius by the Alan Parsons Project started and the capacity... #press
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The Little Mermaid to Children of Men: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
A splashy retelling of the Disney classic starring the brilliant Halle Bailey, and Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian thriller gets even better with age Continue reading... #press
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Slowdive: Everything Is Alive review – exquisite songs from the comeback kids of shoegaze
(Dead Oceans)The band perfected their blend of dreamy guitar noise washes and indecipherable lyrics decades ago, and the latest example has plenty of haunting beautyAfter being hailed as shoegaze pioneers in the early 1990s, a mix of subsequent critical brickbats, the... #press
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UK house prices fall at fastest rate since 2009, says Nationwide
August 5.3% drop comes as sales completions down by about 40% in first half of year compared with 2021Business live – latest updatesUK house prices fell 5.3% in August compared with the same month last year, the fastest annual drop in 14 years, according to Nationwide Building... #press
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