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Indecent assault charges against Weinstein dropped
The Independent

Indecent assault charges against Weinstein dropped

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has discontinued criminal proceedings against Harvey Weinstein following an alleged sexual assault in London in 1996.

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September 06, 2024
Yacht couples 'suffocated in Bayesian cabin air bubble'
The Independent

Yacht couples 'suffocated in Bayesian cabin air bubble'

Four of the victims of last month’s Bayesian yacht disaster died after oxygen ran out in an air bubble on the sunken vessel, it has been reported.

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September 06, 2024
Wife of former rugby player Hastings missing after swim
The Independent

Wife of former rugby player Hastings missing after swim

The wife of former Scotland rugby international Scott Hastings has been missing since Tuesday when she went swimming in the Firth of Forth, the Hastings family have confirmed.

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September 06, 2024
Anger over Oasis gig sales sparks Ticketmaster probe
The Independent

Anger over Oasis gig sales sparks Ticketmaster probe

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over its handling of Oasis ticket sales.

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September 06, 2024
Indie band win Mercury Prize with debut album
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Indie band win Mercury Prize with debut album

Rock band English Teacher’s debut album, This Could Be Texas, has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize.

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September 06, 2024
Letby plans to launch fresh appeal with new legal team
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Letby plans to launch fresh appeal with new legal team

Child serial killer Lucy Letby is planning to launch a third appeal with a new legal team, her barrister has revealed.

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September 06, 2024
Kyle denies humiliating TV guest who died days later
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Kyle denies humiliating TV guest who died days later

Unaired clip shows host telling Steve Dymond, grow a pair’

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September 06, 2024
Co-leader of Greens denies wind farm pylons hypocrisy
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Co-leader of Greens denies wind farm pylons hypocrisy

The co-leader of the Green Party has defended himself after the Labour government tried to portray him as a hypocrite on clean energy infrastructure.

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September 06, 2024
Can Greens mature while staying true to their roots?
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Can Greens mature while staying true to their roots?

With four MPs and 7 per cent of the vote, the Green Party scored a record performance in July’s general election – and as the party begins its England and Wales conference in Manchester, there is much for it to look forward to.

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September 06, 2024
Prisoners could serve their sentences in Estonian jails
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Prisoners could serve their sentences in Estonian jails

Prisoners in the UK could serve their sentences in Estonia as the Labour government explores ways to offset chronic overcrowding.

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September 06, 2024
Labour scraps plan to hold asylum seekers on RAF site
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Labour scraps plan to hold asylum seekers on RAF site

Labour has scrapped plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton, weeks after it dumped the Conservative government’s Rwanda deportation scheme.

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September 06, 2024
Grenfell families tell Met to bring charges without delay
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Grenfell families tell Met to bring charges without delay

Survivors fear they won’t live to see justice being served

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September 06, 2024
Team GB's 'kings of clay' reach doubles final in Paris
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Team GB's 'kings of clay' reach doubles final in Paris

Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid can empathise with that quote available in every tacky souvenir shop here - that Paris is always a good idea.

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September 05, 2024
How Sancho wound up as United's fifth-choice winger
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How Sancho wound up as United's fifth-choice winger

There was something sadly fitting about the way it ended.

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September 05, 2024
Dynamite Draper reaches first grand slam semi-final
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Dynamite Draper reaches first grand slam semi-final

Jack Draper further announced himself as the new star of British tennis by reaching the US Open semi-finals.

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September 05, 2024
SETTLING SCORES
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SETTLING SCORES

Revival of Stoppard's 1982 play 'The Real Thing' finds the writer at his brilliant but infuriating best, says Alice Saville

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September 05, 2024
Just as bleak and formally daring as its predecessor
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Just as bleak and formally daring as its predecessor

The hugely anticipated 'Joker: Folie à Deux' rejects comic book conventions and stars a stirring Joaquin Phoenix and a cruel and highly feline Lady Gaga, says Geoffrey Macnab

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September 05, 2024
DAFT AND DERIVATIVE
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DAFT AND DERIVATIVE

Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber lead an unhappy family in Nantucket-set 'The Perfect Couple'. What may been biting satire is paint-by-numbers Netflix pulp, writes Nick Hilton

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September 05, 2024
A painstaking study that's both gripping and moving
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A painstaking study that's both gripping and moving

Featuring revealing interviews with Ukraine's president and his wife Olena, 'The Zelensky Story' is a sensitive look at the leader's rise and his tireless optimism, writes Sean O'Grady

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September 05, 2024
'The press infantilised me like I was this innocent girl'
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'The press infantilised me like I was this innocent girl'

With her album up for a Mercury Prize, Corinne Bailey Rae tells Annabel Nugent about the influence behind it, shaking off her easy listening era and remembering Amy Winehouse

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September 05, 2024
When did Nicole Kidman become the sad wife of TV?
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When did Nicole Kidman become the sad wife of TV?

In recent years, the award-winning actor has forged a new career playing wealthy women who are weighed down by cashmere scarves and troubled pasts, says Katie Rosseinsky

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September 05, 2024
Should we book our flights now or heed agents' advice?
The Independent

Should we book our flights now or heed agents' advice?

Q My family and I are looking to go to the US in July 2026. We want to fly to New York City for three nights, then spend 10 nights in Orlando and three nights on the Florida coast in Clearwater before flying home.

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September 05, 2024
EGO OVERLOAD
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EGO OVERLOAD

Elon Musk says 'aneuro-typical' people should be in charge of the world, but Eleanor Mills argues in an age of soft power and empathy, high-status males are the least capable leaders

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September 05, 2024
Pope kicks off Indonesia visit in ordinary family car
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Pope kicks off Indonesia visit in ordinary family car

Pope Francis began his extensive 12-day tour of four Asian countries on a humble note by opting to use a family car and ditching a luxury hotel stay as he arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia for the first leg.

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September 05, 2024
Indian villages terrorised by pack of man-eating wolves
The Independent

Indian villages terrorised by pack of man-eating wolves

At least 10 children have been killed in attacks since March

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September 05, 2024
Netanyahu offering 'forever war', opposition party warns
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Netanyahu offering 'forever war', opposition party warns

Benjamin Netanyahu's government is offering Israel a war \"with no end date\" as long as it is in power, the country's opposition leader has warned.

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September 05, 2024
Zelensky's reshuffle aims to project strength ahead of a tough winter for Ukraine
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Zelensky's reshuffle aims to project strength ahead of a tough winter for Ukraine

Dmytro Kuleba is one of Ukraine's most recognisable faces to Western officials, seemingly never afraid to speak his mind.

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September 05, 2024
Russian strike on Lviv kills mother and three daughters
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Russian strike on Lviv kills mother and three daughters

Zelensky carries out biggest government shake-up since the start of the war as Moscow's deadly aerial assault continues

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September 05, 2024
Water bosses face prison.over UK sewage dumping
The Independent

Water bosses face prison.over UK sewage dumping

Water bosses are to be told today that new laws will mean they face prison if they continue to pump filth into Britain’s lakes and rivers.

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September 05, 2024
Kyle guest called show '40 or 50 times' to appear on it
The Independent

Kyle guest called show '40 or 50 times' to appear on it

A man believed to have killed himself after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show called the programme “40 or 50 times” in a desperate attempt to go on, the inquest into his death has heard.

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September 05, 2024