25 m. ago David Beckham 'wants to become next Gary Lineker' as shock new career move emerges

Former England captain David Beckham has announced he is set to helm a new Champions League watchalong show, and now the former midfielder reportedly wants to become Britain's most popular football presenter

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47 m. ago Good Morning Britain halted for sad breaking news as Susanna Reid issues warning

Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley were back to present Good Morning Britain on Tuesday

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48 m. ago Wellwater by Karen Solie – landscapes in distress captured with raw candour

In this blazingly honest collection, the Canadian poet catalogues humanity’s destructive impact on the natural worldIt is human nature to prefer our landscapes neatly framed – walls and wooden fences create the illusion that the great outdoors can be controlled and contained. Yet Karen Solie’s wildly unpredictable collection Wellwater flips the script. In this blazingly honest catalogue of human-made hazard and harm, we celebrate instead the contemporary landscapes refusing to be tamed.Solie, who teaches at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in western Canada, where vast prairies supply much of the world’s pulse crops. This fertile expanse in Wellwater, however, seems tired of endless service. The poem Red Spring witnesses how “weeds jump up unbidden, each year a little smarter”. They are trying, almost courageously, to outwit what Solie condemns as “zombie technology”, whose genetically modified “terminator seeds” sprout terrifying plants...

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48 m. ago 'I went to Britain's 'poshest' village where dog walkers have to sign NDAs'

You won't find a spot of graffiti here and the streets are paved with gold - not quite but they may as well be because to live here you'll need some very special permissions and a big bank balance

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50 m. ago Number plate checker can warn drivers if they need to pay extra £150 in DVLA car tax

The DVLA has hiked Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) prices from April 1, with petrol, diesel and electric car owners all affected - here's how you can quickly check your vehicle's CO2 emissions

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60 m. ago Billy Idol's appearance distracts GMB viewers as singer shares career update

Rock icon Billy Idol discussed his latest career updates on ITV's Good Morning Britain, but viewers were more distracted by his appearance.

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1 hour ago Pope Francis: cardinals to meet in Rome to set date for funeral – live

Pope Francis, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after suffering a stroke and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also expected to attend the funeral, presidency source told AFP.Expect the diplomatic list to grow rapidly in the coming days, with most countries sending their heads of state or government to pay tribute to Francis – creating potential space for high-level meetings on the margins of the funeral. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Putin pays tribute to Pope Francis: ‘He had a highly positive attitude towards Russia’

Vladimir Putin has paid tribute to Pope Francis following his sudden death at the age of 88.

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1 hour ago Hell is not other people – it’s being stuck in the ninth circle of an automated telephone service | Hilary Freeman

Tuvalu is celebrating its first ATM, but here’s a warning from the UK, where human contact has been lost to the self-service age Life is about to change on the remote island nation of Tuvalu. And not, in my opinion, for the better. To great fanfare, Tuvalu – an entirely cash-based society – has unveiled its first ever ATM, marking its move towards financial modernisation. But while the 10,000 people living in that country may be celebrating no longer having to queue at the bank, I fear their happiness will be short-lived. It’s the start of the slow erosion of human contact that heralds the dehumanisation of yet another society.The world’s first ATM was introduced in Britain in 1967, but for me the tyranny of machines that promise convenience but erode human contact really began about 20 years ago, in the form of self-checkouts in our local Sainsbury’s. Having watched the Terminator movie franchise during my formative years, I railed prophetically against them, aware that it was just...

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2 h. ago 19 Adult Disability Payment health conditions providing people with up to £749 each month

The devolved disability benefit can support people with a disability, long-term illness, physical or mental health condition.

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2 h. ago Penalties for failing to declare child benefit on tax return plummet as Government eyes changes

Higher earners who do not opt out of payments need to pay a tax charge at the end of the tax year and declare it on their self-assessment tax return or face a penalty.

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2 h. ago Man goes to Paris to buy £200 Louis Vuitton chocolate bag – one thing's surprising

A man travelled all the way to Paris after he found out that luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton were selling a chocolate egg shaped bag for Easter, and he gave his honest thoughts on the treat

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3 h. ago Details of Pope's funeral confirmed as cardinals meet for first time

The cardinals will decide when the Pope’s body will be moved to St Peter’s Basilica to allow the public to pay their respects

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3 h. ago Major UK high street supermarket suffers 'major' payment issue at all stores

The 'major' issue has seen customers taking to social media to report problems with their contactless cards at the supermarket giant

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3 h. ago Pope Francis hailed as ‘unflinching global champion’ on climate crisis

Officials and campaigners from around world pay tribute to pontiff who put environment at heart of his papacyPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88He declared destroying the environment a sin, warned that humanity was turning the glorious creation of God into a “polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth”, and located the cause of the climate crisis in people’s “selfish and boundless thirst for power”.The messages Pope Francis delivered on the climate and environmental crises were forceful and direct. He called the leaders of fossil fuel companies into the Vatican to hold them to account; declared a global climate emergency, in 2019; and in his final months, held a conference on “the economics of the common good”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say

Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89 Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read moreA huge 89% majority of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis but feel they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research suggests.Making people aware that their pro-climate view is, in fact, by far the majority could unlock a social tipping point and push leaders into the climate action so urgently needed, experts say. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Green Scottish Government bonds could save £362m in replacing ScotRail's ageing trains

Green bonds from the Scottish Government could pay for new ScotRail trains, trade union leaders have claimed.

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3 h. ago 'I went to Paris to buy £200 Louis Vuitton chocolate bag – one thing amazed me'

A man travelled to Paris to get his hands on a £200 Louis Vuitton chocolate Easter egg-shaped bag, created for the brand by French pastry chef Maxime Frédéric, and has shared his honest thoughts

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3 h. ago UK weather today: Horror thunder and lightning heading straight for Britain on wet Tuesday

One region will bear the brunt of the upcoming rainstorm, which will bring intense downpours, thunder and lightning this afternoon - before spreading to other areas

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3 h. ago Arne Engels plotting Celtic transfer payback as record signing counts something more important that his price tag

Engels arrived at Parkhead on deadline day for £11million but is adamant the big fee isn't on his mind at all with prizes to play for

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