71 minutes ago West Ham XI vs Newcastle: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League today

Julen Lopetegui remains without two key forwards for trip to St James’ Park

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78 minutes ago Lord Byron museum to open in Italian building where poet had intense affair

Visitors will be able to explore Palazzo Guiccioli in Ravenna, where Byron romanced its aristocrat owner’s wifeA museum dedicated to the flamboyant British poet and satirist Lord Byron is due to open in the northern Italian city of Ravenna, housed in the same building where he pursued an intense affair with the wife of an aristocrat and completed some of his most famous works.Byron unabashedly moved in 1819 into Palazzo Guiccioli, owned by the husband of Countess Teresa Guiccioli, whom he met at a party in Venice. Continue reading...

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83 minutes ago Stage and screen star Bill Paterson warns Scottish culture funding is in 'dire need' of rethink

Fleabag and Outlander star throws weight behind campaign demanding ‘essential increased investment’ in culture

Events

83 minutes ago Inspector has ‘serious concerns’ about overcrowding in Scottish prisons

It comes amid plans to release hundreds more prisoners early to ease overcrowding

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83 minutes ago 100,000 pensioners pushed into poverty? Why it doesn't pay to get old under Labour

According to the Department for Work and Pensions, between 50,000 and 100,00 extra pensioners will be pushed into poverty by restricting winter fuel payments

Economics

83 minutes ago Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water

Coca-Cola extracts largest amount of freshwater of any drinks company in England, FoI request finds‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking waterForeign multinational companies are extracting billions of litres of water from British aquifers to sell as bottled water, the Guardian can reveal.Coca-Cola extracts the largest amount of freshwater of any drinks company in England, the data obtained through freedom of information legislation shows. It has a licence to extract 1.59bn litres of water a year from boreholes in Sidcup, Kent for its soft drinks. On top of that, it has the right to take 377m litres for its bottled water brands Glaceau Smartwater and Abbey Well from Morpeth in Northumberland. Continue reading...

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83 minutes ago ‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik

Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural changeThe day that wokeness died. That has been one of the primary analyses of Donald Trump’s resounding election victory: that it was a resounding rejection of the “woke” left and the casting off of the shackles of political correctness. According to sections of the media and political establishment, people are tired of being harangued and scolded for not using the right language, annoyed by a constant focus on race and identity, and alarmed by a new orthodoxy of radical politics eager to please individual groups at the expense of common sense. “The era,” summarised one British journalist, “of Black Lives Matter, Latinx, critical race theory, pronouns and defunding the ...

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84 minutes ago GK Barry's rise to stardom as she could land 'new reality show' with girlfriend Ella Rutherford

ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! 2021 star GK Barry has been a huge hit with viewers since entering the jungle - but she's been a star in the making for years

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84 minutes ago Slim vs Gib fight date, UK start time and Misfits Boxing 19 fight card

The historic 'Supercard' in Qatar will see Slim and Gib go head-to-head as the bitter, long-time rivals, look set to finally settle the score inside the Misfits ring

Sport

84 minutes ago Inside Prince William and Kate's 2024 Christmas plans with Louis, Charlotte and George

Prince William and Kate Middleton are reportedly planning to make this Christmas extra special for their three children, following a 'year of heartbreak'

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