46 m. ago NatWest earnings soar after 600 roles cut across the business

The banking group has been focused on simplifying its operations

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64 m. ago Dazzling debut fiction: Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy, Boy from the North Country by Sam Sussman, Our Precious Wars by Perrine Tripier

Sara Lawrence reviews the best debut fiction out this month

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1 hour ago David Beckham avoids wife Victoria's 'ire' after following King Charles' lead

David Beckham has become the first non-royal to guest edit an edition of Country Life magazine

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3 h. ago Grooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people | Gaby Hinsliff

The chaos surrounding the inquiry stands as a warning: this is what happens when collapsing trust in public institutions, combined with point scoring, leads to paralysisIn the early hours of the morning, the cars would pull up outside the Bradford children’s home where Fiona Goddard lived as a teenager.Staff were worried about the men coming to collect her – records show she was felt to be “at high level of risk from unknown males” – but the policy was not to go to the police unless a child’s behaviour became concerning or she was seen being actively “dragged into a car”.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘Still work to be done’: Iceland marks 50 years since Women’s Day Off protests

President says country is not free from feminist backlash being seen around worldIceland is the only country to have closed the gender gap by more than 90%, according to the World Economic Forum, and, for the first time in its history, every national leadership position – including president, prime minister, bishop and police chief – is now held by a woman.But as people go on strike on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of “kvennafrí” (“Women’s Day Off”) strike, the protest that kickstarted a global equality revolution, the Icelandic president warned that her country was not immune to gender-related “red flags” and a global “backlash” against feminism. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Viral video shows people setting off fireworks from moving cars on London streets during Diwali: ‘Import third world people, become third world country’

Viral video shows people setting off fireworks from moving cars on London streets during Diwali: ‘Import third world people, become third world country’  The Indian Express

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3 h. ago Brits urged not 'to cut corners' on vital daily task just because they're tired

A new study has found that millions of Britons confess to taking shortcuts on simple daily tasks, including vital dental care

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4 h. ago Britney Spears' ex Kevin Federline claims 'terrified' sons cut contact with star after 'shocking' behavior

Federline, 47, alleged that their boys, Sean Preston, 20, Jayden James, 19, are 'terrified' and that one of them expressed fears that 'mom is going to die.'

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4 h. ago Down Cemetery Road to Jimmy Carr’s Am I the A**hole? The seven best shows to stream this week

Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson team up in the cracking new thriller from Slow Horses creator Mick Herron, and Jimmy Carr’s new comedy will draw gasps by the minute. Plus: there’s a new Witcher!When a gas main explodes in a quiet Oxford street it initially comes as a merciful respite from the awkward dinner party being hosted by Sarah Tucker (Ruth Wilson). But soon, the fallout from the explosion becomes more disconcerting. Sarah (by day, a bored art historian) turns detective when an attempt to deliver a card to a child injured in the blast drags her into a conspiracy; soon she’s in cahoots with Emma Thompson’s spiky PI Zoe Boehm and getting entirely out of her depth. As befits a thriller adapted from a novel by Slow Horses creator Mick Herron, it’s an enjoyably astringent, increasingly nervy mixture of edgewalking intrigue and unsentimental, pitch-black humour. Apple TV, from Wednesday 29 October Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Calls for free school meals change as UK families struggle to afford food

Families say they have been forced to cut back on healthy eating as the cost of living continues to squeeze budgets. The Food Foundation is now urging the government to do more to tackle food poverty

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4 h. ago Iraq faces elections at a delicate moment in the Middle East

Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country’s course during one of the Middle East’s most delicate moments in years

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5 h. ago Data shows the Amazon is faltering — yet the satellite that spotted this may soon be shut down

OCO-2 is at risk of being shut down due to proposed Nasa budget cut

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5 h. ago 'I thought I'd leave here in a box, now I'll be dragged out kicking and screaming'

Tenants of the Seven Sisters tower blocks have been told they all need to move out in the next few months

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6 h. ago Icelandic women urged to strike on Friday to mark 50th anniversary of seminal protest

President, who will join ‘Women’s Day Off’, says Iceland is not free from feminist backlash being seen around worldIceland is the only country to have closed the gender gap by more than 90%, according to the World Economic Forum, and, for the first time in its history, every national leadership position – including president, prime minister, bishop and police chief – is now held by a woman.But as people go on strike on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of “kvennafrí” (“Women’s Day Off”) strike, the protest that kickstarted a global equality revolution, the Icelandic president warned that her country was not immune to gender-related “red flags” and a global “backlash” against feminism. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Trump says all Canada trade talks ‘terminated’ over ad criticising tariffs

US president accuses Canada of ‘egregious behaviour’ after release of ad featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs Donald Trump has said he is ending “all trade negotiations” with Canada after the release of a television ad opposing US tariffs. The US president accused Canada of “egregious behavior” aimed at influencing US court decisions.The Thursday night post on Trump’s social media site came after Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said he aims to double his country’s exports to countries outside the US because of the threat posed by Trump’s tariffs. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Families fear their country idyll will be destroyed forever by pungent mega

Work on an immense incinerator in Wisbech, Cambs is due to start in just days and locals are dreading the ear-splitting noise, relentless traffic and foul stench they claim it will bring.

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11 h. ago Public facing multiple environmental threats in local areas, analysis finds

Friends of the Earth said 47 of the 50 worst areas in the country for air pollution are represented by Labour MPs.

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11 h. ago Pharmacy deserts mapped: Hardest places in England and Wales' to find a local chemist

National Pharmacy Association analysis reveals areas of the country where it is hardest to find a community pharmacists - with 1,400 having shut since 2016

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12 h. ago Charlie and Daisy May Cooper reveal what might tempt them to return to This Country

This Country stars Daisy May and Charlie Cooper and her brother Charlie have addressed rumours of a return to the breakout BBC comedy.

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12 h. ago Pride of Britain Awards viewers 'gone' after emotional reunion for Lifetime Achievement winner

Pride of Britain viewers watched as some of the most inspirational people in the country were honoured at the emotional awards ceremony in London

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