The Guardian - December 30, 2021

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December 30, 2021

Leading pro-democracy Hong Kong media outlet to close after police raid

The most prominent pro-democracy media outlet still operating in Hong Kong, Stand News, said it would shut down after police raided its offices, froze its assets and arrested journalists and former board members, including the pop star Denise Ho.

2 mins

Anti-vaxxers Labour urges crackdown on social media disinformation

Ministers have been urged to take tougher action against companies that fail to stamp out anti-vaccination content online, as it was revealed that people with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media were still churning out disinformation.

2 mins

Andrew's lawyer seeks to halt sexual assault case as Giuffre lives in Australia

Prince Andrew's lawyer has called for the US civil case against him, over alleged sexual assault, to be stopped because his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, is “domiciled in Australia”.

2 mins

‘Black girls in love' How romance publishers woke up to diversity

Talia Hibbert was rewatching a SpiderMan film and eating a meal in her living room when she received life-changing news. Her romance novel Act Your Age, Eve Brown, which she wrote at the start of the pandemic, had entered the New York Times bestseller list.

2 mins

Bill Clinton UK got legal briefing on Lewinsky case before PM's visit to US

No 10 hired American lawyers to advise on the legal position of Bill Clinton at the time of the Monica Lewinsky scandal before Tony Blair's official 1998 visit to Washington, previously secret documents reveal.

1 min

Sleaze claims Advisers warned Blair over loss of cabinet's moral authority

The extent of New Labour infighting, and of Tony Blair's struggle with allegations of sleaze, has been underscored by Cabinet Office papers that show No 10 aides privately thought Gordon Brown could have breached the ministerial code.

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Diana funeral Elton John's Your Song was first choice for Abbey service

Westminster Abbey expected that Elton John would sing Your Song at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, rather than Goodbye England's Rose, his reworking of Candle in the Wind, released records show.

2 mins

Plastic beads on fishing nets could save the lives of thousands of dolphins

Simple plastic beads could save the lives of thousands of porpoises, dolphins and whales that get caught in fishing nets each year, scientists say.

2 mins

Radio review Guest edit of Today programme leaves out much of Sterling's story

If a guest edit by the England footballer Raheem Sterling was intended to cut through the surfeit of Covidflavoured items that make up the Today programme in 2021, then the news agenda had other ideas. With panicked updates on PCR test shortages and reduced isolation times dominating, it was 40 minutes into Sterling's special episode before we encountered any of his contributions.

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Darts - World Championship should be postponed, says Price

Gerwyn Price has called for the World Darts Championship to be postponed following a Covid-19 outbreak at the event.

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