91 m. ago The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson

The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to foldThe resignation of the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, over accusations of bias comes as a shock and leaves a gulf at the top of the corporation when it needs leadership most. Davie stressed that the decision was his alone – neither the board, nor even many of those who led the coordinated attack among rightwing press and politicians expected it.Now the resignations of both Davie and the CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, have shown that baying for blood gets results.Jane Martinson is professor of financial journalism at City St George’s and a member of the board of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian Media Group. She writes in a personal capacityDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here...

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2 h. ago US private equity giant poised to take over online retailer The Very Group

Barclay family set to lose another part of former business empire, once known as Littlewoods, to Carlyle GroupThe Barclay family is set to lose control of another part of their former business empire with a US private equity firm taking control of online retailer the Very Group.Washington-headquartered Carlyle Group is expected to announce it has taken over the retailer as soon as Monday morning. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage

Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speechTim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago European football: Napoli lose ground in title race after defeat at Bologna

Antonio Conte’s side slip to 2-0 lossReal Madrid held to goalless draw by Rayo VallecanoNapoli suffered a 2-0 defeat at Bologna on Sunday, with goals from Thijs Dallinga and Jhon Lucumí keeping the Serie A title race wide open.Napoli are second in the standings on 22 points, level with the leaders, Milan. Bologna join Inter and Roma, who play later in the evening, on 21 points. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘I’m here to smash you up’ – Gerwyn Price reveals conversation with darts rival James Wade that ‘hurt him a little bit’

GERWYN PRICE told James Wade he would "smash him up" before whitewashing him at the Grand Slam of Darts. Price and Wade - who are good pals away from the oche - faced off in Wolverhampton on Sunday. And Price needed a result to retain hope of escaping his group after losing his opening match...

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4 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson leads tributes to former Top Gear presenter who died aged 68

Quentin Willson passed away on Saturday after a short battle with lung cancer, and his former Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson has paid tribute to him on social media

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5 h. ago Fruitful advice for getting the most from a refrigerator and making groceries last longer

Storing food properly can prolong the life of groceries, minimize waste, and prevent foodborne illnesses

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6 h. ago Bad Bridgets podcast about crime among Irish women in US inspires film

Margot Robbie’s company to make movie based on Northern Ireland academics’ stories of poverty and prisonIt started as a trawl of dusty archives for an academic project about female Irish emigrants in Canada and the US by two history professors, a worthy but perhaps niche topic for research.The subjects, after all, were human flotsam from Ireland’s diaspora whose existence was often barely recorded, let alone remembered. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago I’m as capitalist as they get but Medicare for all is the best hope for US healthcare | Gene Marks

With the US government shut down over impending rises to insurance premiums, it’s clear the status quo cannot continueDeductibles. In-network. Out-of-network. Concierge medical services. Out-of-pocket expenses. Co-payment. Co-insurance. Benefit advisers. Insurance brokers. Healthcare consultants. ACA. HMO. PPO. EPO. POS. HDHP. HSA. FSA. HRA. EOB. COBRA. SHOP. Single coverage. Dependent coverage. Premium tax credits.Confused? You should be. Who understands all this stuff? Not the typical business owner. Nor the typical employee. Choosing the right healthcare insurance for our business – or for our families – seems like it requires a PhD in healthcare. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago More than 1 million evacuated in the Philippines as Typhoon Fung

At least two people found dead as super-typhoon heads for Philippines, days after Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 224More than 1 million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as flood waters rose in the Philippines before Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.The super-typhoon is expected to bring wind and heavy rain to large parts of the archipelago. It comes days after Typhoon Kalmaegi hit the country, killing at least 224 people and leaving another 135 missing. Searches for those still missing had to be suspended on Sunday due to safety concerns for rescue workers. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itselfThe computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her – my dear friend – to a recent doctor’s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has been getting short of breath climbing the front stairs to her apartment. In the exam room, she spoke slowly and self-consciously, the way people often do when they are trying to describe their bodies and anxieties to strangers. Midway through her description of how she had been feeling, the doctor clicked his mouse and a block of text began to bloom across the computer monitor.The clinic had adopted an artificial-intelligence scribe, and it was transcribing and summarizing the conversation in real time. It was also highlighting keywords, suggesting diagnostic possibilities and providing billing codes. The doctor, apparently satisfied that his computer had captu...

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7 h. ago UK probes whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar

Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company

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8 h. ago Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports

Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with droughtWater levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s north-eastern city of Mashhad have plunged below 3%, according to reports, as the country suffers from severe water shortages.“The water storage in Mashhad’s dams has now fallen to less than 3%,” Hossein Esmaeilian, the chief executive of the water company in Iran’s second largest city by population, told the ISNA news agency. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Dog trainer warns 'don't waste time and energy' with common puppy mistake

The advice was shared in an educational video posted on social media by a Clinical Canine Behaviourist

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9 h. ago ‘Too far? I don’t think we’ve gone far enough!’ The founder of Peta on gruesome stunts and her bloody fight for animal rights

After 45 years as chief fake blood thrower, Ingrid Newkirk is still waging war on everything from leather to cashmere. Is she still relevant?Ingrid Newkirk was 54 when she thought she was going to die in a plane crash. It was late summer and the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) was flying from Minneapolis in the US to the company HQ in Norfolk, Virginia when her plane encountered strong wind shear. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but failed; back up they went.On the third attempt, with “a teaspoon of fuel” in the tank, he finally got the plane down safely. During those moments, Newkirk, now 76, scribbled a will on a napkin. She has tweaked it over the years, but it still reads like a horror movie prop list: her liver is to be sent to France to be made into foie gras, her skin to Hermès to create a handbag and her lips to whichever US president is in power, to shame them for granting a “patronising” pardon to a turkey each Thanksgiving. As wills...

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9 h. ago Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’

White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect midtermsA year out from the 2026 midterms, with Republicans feeling the blows from a string of losses in this week’s elections, Donald Trump and his allies are mounting a multipronged attack on almost every aspect of voting in the United States and raising what experts say are troubling questions about the future of one of the world’s oldest democracies.While Democratic leaders continue to invest their hopes in a “blue wave” to overturn Republican majorities in the House and Senate next year, Trump and some prominent supporters have sought to discredit the possibility that Republicans could lose in a fair fight and are using that premise to justify demands for a drastically different kind of electoral system. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Lisa Nandy defends David Lammy over prison release errors and scrutiny claims

The Culture Secretary said her Cabinet colleague had weighed up which detail to share in the Commons.

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10 h. ago Mandelson loses Oxford honour after email showed he told billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein 'I think the world of you'

The former US ambassador was sacked in September after emails emerged in which he told Epstein to 'fight for early release'.

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10 h. ago Football legend Romario, 59, 'splits with student girlfriend 37 YEARS his junior'

Brazilian media are already linking the retired footballer-turned-politician to another woman, saying he was spotted at a record launch in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday with a mystery blonde.

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10 h. ago More than one million evacuated in the Philippines as super typhoon Fung

Fung-wong heading for the Philippines days after the country was hit by typhoon Kalmaegi, killing more than 220 peopleMore than one million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.The super typhoon is expected to bring wind and heavy rain to large parts of the archipelago nation where last week more than 220 people were killed by typhoon Kalmaegi. Continue reading...

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