The Guardian - March 12, 2025

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March 12, 2025

Daughter's bravery was inspiring, says Hunt

A broadcaster whose wife and two daughters were murdered by a misogynist with a crossbow has said he hopes women can be inspired by how his daughter ended her relationship with her killer.

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Plan to cut thousands more civil service jobs

A radical blueprint for reforming the state is being drawn up by government officials, including a crackdown on quangos and thousands more civil service job cuts, the Guardian understands.

3 mins

US says 'ball in Russia's court' as Ukraine agrees 30-day ceasefire

Ukraine said yesterday it was ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, prompting the United States to immediately lift its restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing.

4 mins

Noel Clarke's lawyers threatened an accuser with prosecution, court told

Noel Clarke's lawyers sent a letter to a woman who is accusing him of sexual misconduct, threatening her with prosecution in an attempt at \"witness intimidation\", the high court has heard.

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Trump steps up Canada trade war with threat of 50% metals tariffs

The looming trade war between the US and Canada escalated yesterday as Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum after Canadian threats to raise electricity prices for US customers.

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Wurstening profits: downturn at VW brightened by sausage sales

In recent years Volkswagen's financial woes have become emblematic of Germany's economic downturn.

1 min

Saturn Runs Rings Round Other Planets as New Discoveries Give It Total of 274 Moons

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, giving it an insurmountable lead in the running tally of moons in the solar system.

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US says 'ball in Russia's court' as Ukraine agrees 30-day ceasefire

Ukraine said yesterday it was ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, prompting the United States to immediately lift its restrictions on military aid and intelligence sharing.

1 min

Moscow Three dead after huge drone attack

Ukraine has launched its largest drone attack on Moscow since the start of the war, also striking a pipeline that disrupted Russian oil flows to Hungary, hours before US and Ukrainian teams convened for peace talks in Saudi Arabia.

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World Service BBC bosses to call for full state funding

Ministers must take on the full costs of the BBC's World Service to counter an \"aggressive\" disinformation drive by Russia around the globe, BBC bosses are preparing to argue.

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Diplomatic ball is in the other court - but for how long?

Suddenly the ball is in Russia's court.

2 mins

Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard believed to be solved

The mystery of why the world's largest iron age Celtic hoard was buried on the south-east coast of Jersey more than 2,000 years ago may have been solved by archaeologists.

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Rubbish piles up in Birmingham as bin workers launch strike

Rubbish is piling up on the streets of Birmingham after bin workers launched an all-out, indefinite strike, with the council accusing the union of holding the city hostage.

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All rivers 'likely to miss out on bathing status' under reforms

No river is likely to be granted the protections of bathing water status under the government's reforms to the system, campaigners have warned.

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I should Coco Ribbons and bows stay true to the spirit of Chanel

Chanel came gift-wrapped in black ribbon at Paris fashion week. The ribbon was made of steel, not silk. It was the width of a city street and 368 metres long, soaring skywards beside the long catwalk like very pretty scaffolding.

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Take-at-home pill for MS to be offered to thousands in England

Thousands of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England are to become the first in Europe to benefit from a major rollout of a take-at-home immunotherapy pill.

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'You are a monster' Victims' family address Clifford at sentencing

John Hunt (husband of Carol Hunt and father of Louise and Hannah) \"Do I really need to detail the impact of having three-quarters of my family murdered?\" asked Hunt, addressing Kyle Clifford directly.

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Rollout of EV charging across Britain 'patchy' and late, MPs say

The rollout of electric vehicle chargers across Britain is \"patchy\", behind deadline and ignores the needs of disabled drivers, the parliamentary spending watchdog has found.

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Cuts at Dundee University Will Mean Loss of Over 600 Jobs

Dundee University has announced plans to cut more than 600 jobs and its teaching by a fifth to help cope with a £35m deficit in its accounts.

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ADHD medication prescriptions up 18% a year since Covid

The number of prescriptions issued in England for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication has risen by 18% year on year since the pandemic, with the biggest rise seen in London, according to research.

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North Sea crash: ship's master held as search for missing man is called off

Police have detained the master of the container ship Solong following a collision in the North Sea, as experts voiced growing fears over the environmental impact of the crash.

2 mins

Manchester United unveil £2bn plan to build Britain's biggest stadium

A new 100,000-seat stadium that will be the largest in the UK; a venue covered in a \"vast umbrella\" that would exceed the scale of Christo's wrapping of the Reichstag in 1995; a trident of masts, the tallest of which is higher than any other building in Manchester.

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'A mini-city' Theatre of dreams, circus tent or Center Parcs disco?

\"What Manchester does today,\" Benjamin Disraeli once proclaimed, \"the world does tomorrow.\" So begins the breathless promotional video for Manchester United's new £2bn football stadium, summoning the words of the Victorian PM to launch Norman Foster's vision for a \"mixed-use mini-city\" beneath a gigantic, three-spired tent.

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Art with Cantona and a herd of puppets lined up for city's cultural festival

A herd of puppet animals raising awareness about the climate crisis and artworks inspired by footballers including Eric Cantona are part of the 10th Manchester international festival (MIF), whose organisers want visitors to have \"a moment to reflect\".

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World cities hit by swings in extreme weather as climate crisis intensifies, says report

Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, from Dallas to Shanghai, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed.

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Surge in disability benefits 'due to increase in mental health claims'

More than half of the increase in disability benefits is due to more mental health claims, according to research.

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With call for everybody to be locked up, Labour pulls rug out from under Honest Bob's feet

You can't help feeling we are on an inexorably depressing race to the bottom.

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Reform UK Lowe 'threats' investigated by Met police

The Metropolitan police are investigating the suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe after the party alleged he had made threats against its chair.

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Silent minority: 15 peers claimed £585,000 while not speaking in a single Lords debate

Fifteen members of the House of Lords did not say a word in the chamber, sit on a committee or hold a government post in the last parliament, while between them claiming more than £500,000 in allowances.

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'It's the place to be' Secret of enjoying Cheltenham? See it from Benidorm

Secret of enjoying Cheltenham? See it from Benidorm

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Hollyoaks actor Danan died from cocktail of drugs

The Hollyoaks actor and reality TV star Paul Danan died at his Bristol home from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, an inquest opening has been told.

1 min

Hand back £150,000 town grant for failed 'fun factory', MP tells Conservative donor

The Conservative donor Lubov Chernukhin is facing calls to hand back £150,000 of taxpayer cash given to her company to help fund a \"fun factory\" in Hastings that closed after less than a year.

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Art review Portraits of the troubled and creepy

All that drinking. All that smoking. All that free love and those bohemian goings-on, all that Nietzschean nonsense, the symbolism and the expressionism, all that madness and early death.

2 mins

NHS screening blunder led to 10 deaths from cancer, minister says

Ten people have died from cancer and up to 10 more have been diagnosed with the disease after a blunder meant they were not invited to NHS screening programmes.

1 min

GPs relying more on unregulated charities to provide mental health care

Mental health charities are struggling to cope with the number of sick patients referred to them by GPs, with under-qualified professionals increasingly given the job of treating the seriously ill.

3 mins

Profile Populist president known as the Punisher has lived a life of impunity

As Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte was notorious for his boasting. With cowboyish bravado, he bragged about a past of cruising around on his motorbike looking for suspected criminals to kill, or how at age 16 he stabbed someone to death.

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Duterte held and flown to The Hague over drug war killings in the Philippines

'You will just have to kill me. I won't allow you to take the side of the white foreigners' Rodrigo Duterte Former Philippines president

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He's where he belongs Relief for families of victims

Sarah Celiz wept as she sat at home watching footage from Manila's main airport on her phone.

2 mins

Palestinian bookshop raided by police for second time in month

Israeli police have raided the leading Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month, detaining one of its owners for several hours and seizing some of its stock.

2 mins

Militants Holding 214 Hostages on Hijacked Train in Pakistan

A separatist militant group in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province said it had taken 214 hostages, including military personnel, after hijacking a train yesterday, as the country's security situation continues to decline sharply.

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Tiny male octopus paralyses its larger mate to avoid being eaten

Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex, paralyzing their larger mates to avoid being eaten, new research has found.

1 min

Trial of medics accused of negligence over Maradona's death begins

An Argentinian neurosurgeon and six other medical professionals have gone on trial in Buenos Aires over the death of one of the greatest footballers of all time, Diego Maradona.

1 min

Sierra Leonean minister fired after video shows him with drug lord

Sierra Leone's president has sacked the head of the country's immigration service days after footage was published showing him receiving a birthday gift from a fugitive Dutch drug kingpin.

2 mins

US pardon attorney 'sacked after refusing Gibson gun ownership'

The pardon attorney of the US justice department was recently fired after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson be allowed to own guns again, a right denied after the actor, director and prominent supporter of Donald Trump was sentenced to probation for domestic violence in 2011, the New York Times (NYT) reported.

1 min

Debenhams is back' as online retailer Boohoo rebrands itself

The online fashion retailer Boohoo is to rename itself Debenhams, the department store brand it bought out of administration four years ago, after sales from its young fashion labels sank more than a fifth.

1 min

'Urgent action' needed for £300 cut to energy bills, Starmer told

Keir Starmer has been warned that he will need to take \"urgent action\" to meet his goal of cutting energy bills by up to £300 by 2030, according to a report, as millions of households face higher energy costs from April.

1 min

Staley pushed JP Morgan to keep Epstein, court hears

The former bank boss Jes Staley pushed JP Morgan to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client despite human trafficking concerns and told him suspicious withdrawals from his account were being investigated, a court has heard.

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New name or old, it's hard to escape the impression Boohoo has had its day in the sun

\"Debenhams is back,\" proclaimed the online retailing group formerly known as Boohoo.

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Lego develops digital games and brand tie-ups in effort to keep tweens interested

The boss of Lego has said the toymaker is developing digital games and working with brands such as Nike and Formula One as it competes with social media to keep tweens interested in the brand.

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Toyota Announces Plan to Build Battery Vehicles in the UK and Reveals New EVs

Toyota has said it plans to build battery vehicles in the UK in the future as it seeks to keep all of its European plants open, although it will be cautious before switching from fossil fuels.

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Lenders May Have To Contact Car Loan Customers Over Mis-selling

Banks could be forced proactively to tell customers they have been mis-sold car finance as the financial watchdog's plans for a compensation scheme affecting potentially millions of Britons moved a \"step closer\".

1 min

Golden Ace delivers huge upset in Champion Hurdle after Constitution Hill falls

Amid falling crowds, increasing numbers of odds-on shots and a relentless stream of winners from the Willie Mullins yard, it has been a popular theory in recent years that the Cheltenham festival was becoming a little too predictable.

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Day two Jonbon out to break his festival hoodoo

A victory at the festival is the only notable omission from the remarkably consistent Jonbon's racing record and he will be a heavy favourite to finally make it into the winner's enclosure when he lines up for the Queen Mother Champion Chase today.

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New-look festival spares smaller crowd the usual squeeze and delivers a day of epic drama

Once the gasps had subsided following a Champion Hurdle that upended every script and expectation, a most unlikely serenade began. \"Oh, Jeremy Scott!\" the Cheltenham crowd sang, the voices getting louder and meatier with every refrain. \"Oh, Jeremy Scott!\" Scott, the trainer of the shock 25-1 winner Golden Ace, smiled at the absurdity of it all, before finding the perfect response from Only Fools And Horses. \"As Del Boy says: 'Who dares wins, Rodney.'\"

3 mins

Greenwood left shocked by Taylor's City sacking

The Manchester City captain, Alex Greenwood, has said she was shocked by Gareth Taylor's sacking but that she trusts the club's decision.

2 mins

Jones blasts 'disgraceful' Wales contract dispute

The Wales captain, Hannah Jones, has said that the squad's experience in a contract controversy last year was \"disgraceful\" and made her contemplate international retirement.

3 mins

Saliba sets his sights on helping Arsenal become European kings

William Saliba has insisted he is happy at Arsenal and believes he can achieve his dream of becoming the world's best defender by helping them to win major trophies.

1 min

Dembélé strike stalls Liverpool's fast start as tense tie goes the distance

The collision of two of the finest teams in Europe was so enthralling that Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain treated the continent to 30 minutes of extra time.

3 mins

Lamine Yamal propels Barça in memory of team doctor

Barcelona qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals in the name of Carles Miñarro, as a journey they began together continued in his absence.

3 mins

Cardiff abuse will 'rev up' England, says Chessum

Raphinha at the double in comfortable victory

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