13 h. ago Rightwing preppers should be the biggest boosters of this climate solution

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypseAs I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that “we can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely”.I can’t claim to have done a study, though I have been at work on climate change for almost 40 years and I gotta say: seems about right. So it’s maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Man...

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13 h. ago The climate solution both the right and the left can get behind | Bill McKibben

We’re beyond Mel Gibson’s Mad Max era. We no longer need oil to make it through the apocalypseAs I write these words, the No 1 trending story on the Guardian is titled: “The history and future of societal collapse”. It is an account of a study by a Cambridge expert who works at something ominously called the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk; he concludes that “we can’t put a date on Doomsday, but by looking at the 5,000 years of [civilisation], we can understand the trajectories we face today – and self-termination is most likely”.I can’t claim to have done a study, though I have been at work on climate change for almost 40 years and I gotta say: seems about right. So it’s maybe not the worst moment for a bit of worry about how you would fare in the case of a temporary breakdown of our civilization. Perhaps you have noticed that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and violent. Or you read the stories that Donald Trump was shutting down the Federal Emergency Man...

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18 h. ago I CHEATED my way onto Countdown but it seriously backfired when I arrived on the Channel 4 set

Surrey-based James Belshaw, 46, has been applying for TV quizzes since 2010, and has appeared on Pointless, Weakest Link, Tipping Point and Lingo.

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30 h. ago ITV Win Win viewers all say same thing as they spot 'annoying' detail during first episode

ITV's new quiz show Win Win with People's Postcode Lottery made its debut on Saturday night

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37 h. ago Millionaire Ant and Dec quiz winner accused of 'dine and dash' after blowing fortune

Nathan Hageman, 44, won 1million on the Ant and Dec game show Red and Black in 2011, but has since been accused of a double dine and dash scam in a Scottish town

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43 h. ago Think you REALLY know Britain? Test your knowledge in this tricky city break quiz

Take our travel trivia quiz to get a taste of what to expect on your next UK city break. A whole new world of quirkiness - and weirdness - awaits.

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44 h. ago ITV launches new primetime Saturday night quiz fronted by Bake Off stars

ITV launches Win Win with People's Postcode Lottery tonight, fronted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, which will see viewers at home and contestants in the studio compete to bag the same prizes

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49 h. ago Outlander Blood of My Blood quiz: Test your knowledge on first five episodes

The first five episodes of Outlander's Blood of My Blood have aired, but how closely have you been watching?

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62 h. ago Sports quiz of the week: movie stars, musicians, runners and US presidents

Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby union, athletics, boxing, golf and rugby league? Continue reading...

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62 h. ago The golden rule of Trump and Farage’s free speech crusade: they’re allowed to chat rubbish – you’re not | Marina Hyde

The Reform leader has been in the US, bemoaning Britain’s ‘awful authoritarian situation’. It’s a shame about his party’s own anti-media huff back homeSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and morePop quiz. Of whom did Donald Trump say admiringly: “I also learned that he loves his country very much”? And: “He wrote me beautiful letters. And they are great letters. We fell in love”?If you answered “Nigel Farage”, then I’m sorry. The Reform UK leader might have spent this pre-party conference week in his happy place – lodged several feet up the US presidential colon – and rhetorically demanding of US lawmakers: “At what point did [the UK] become North Korea?” But those Trump compliments were in fact previously made about Kim Jong-un, the dictator of well, you know the rest.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Council’s ice cream van crackdown would see jingles limited to 12 seconds

South Cambridgeshire District Council is considering the new rules after receiving complaints about ‘illegal or unauthorised’ traders

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64 h. ago PALACE CONFIDENTIAL: How Prince Harry, like Meghan Markle, has become a 'toxic' brand and why he might have to step down from the Invictus Games

Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games Foundation in 2014 with the help of the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

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66 h. ago Daily Star pub quiz: Test your knowledge with these 20 tricky questions!

How many fiendishly-fun questions will you get right in this week's pub quiz? There’s only one way to find out!

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66 h. ago Daily Mirror pub quiz: Test your knowledge with these 20 tricky questions!

How many fiendishly-fun questions will you get right in this week's pub quiz? There’s only one way to find out!

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3 d. ago ITV The Chase fans baffled after contestant's blunder seconds into episode

The Chase fans were left baffled during the latest episode of the ITV quiz show as one contestant made a huge blunder.

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3 d. ago ‘Trauma and lack of help’ key factors in suicidal feelings among autistic people

The new research is believed to be the largest survey on autism and suicide to date that asked people directly about their experiences.

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4 d. ago Name The Footballer Quiz including World Cup superstars and the 'Irish Messi'

How good is your elite football knowledge over the last 30 years? Time to put your footballing brains to the test in our weekly quiz, where you have to name the player from their Wikipedia page

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4 d. ago Hilton Foods shares dive as seafood demand sinks amid soaring prices

The company said higher seafood prices had resulted in lower demand for white fish from UK shoppers.

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5 d. ago It's not just wind farms and solar panels that could despoil your area. Miliband also wants swathes of giant batteries... with a nasty habit of catching fire: ROSS CLARK

When I moved to the Cambridgeshire Fens 26 years ago, the electricity substation lying a mile across the fields was an unsightly intrusion, but otherwise innocuous.

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6 d. ago 'We'll speak to our dead via an AI app in 5 years – and nobody will visit a cemetery'

A University of Cambridge professor predicts that, in a few years' time, we'll stop going to cemeteries and simply speak to our dead on AI-generated apps - although she's worried what this might mean for humankind

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