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Revealed: where property underquoting is rife in Australia – and when buyers are most likely to get stung
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Our analysis suggests buyers are better off checking an automated price estimate than going by the …
Jasper, garnet, sometimes sapphires: pocketfuls of treasure at Gemstone Beach
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At Orepuki, on the remote south coast of New Zealand’s South Island, a bed of riches colour the sho…
Geoff Hinsliff obituary
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Actor who was in productions by Franco Zeffirelli and Peter Brook and spent 10 years as Don Brennan…
‘A gap year offers that feeling of absolute freedom’: readers’ trips of a lifetime
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Euphoria on a moped in Indonesia, orcas off Argentina and the chance to ranch, surf or simply be th…
North Carolina Republican candidate for governor called himself ‘black Nazi’ – report
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State’s lieutenant governor Mark Robinson used description on pornography website, CNN reports No…
‘Joshua’s ripe for the taking’: shyness masks Dubois’ hunger for big win
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Dubois warns he is ‘really dangerous’ before Wembley bout but happy to let Frank Warren do most of …
Will the historic UN vote for sanctions on Israel change reality for Palestinians? | Omar Barghouti
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Palestinians have never given up hope in our decades-old resistance to Israel’s ruthless regime of …
Brazil top judge accuses X of ‘willful’ circumvention of court-ordered block
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Justice Alexandre de Moraes imposes $900,000 daily fine on banned social media platform in dispute …
Noisy neighbours, nasty plagues and a winning smelly penguin – take the Thursday quiz
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Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you f…
Storm Boris batters northern Italy bringing severe flooding and landslides
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Homes evacuated in Emilia-Romagna region as pounding rain ‘well beyond the worst forecasts’ sweeps …
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sex crime charge as he awaits retrial
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New allegations against disgraced film mogul, currently jailed in New York, not related to his over…
Venezuela opposition leader says he was forced to sign letter accepting Maduro victory
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Edmundo González says he signed election letter under duress as condition for allowing him to flee …
‘Violence and sacrifice are involved’: art’s Frankenstein John Stezaker on his creepy creations
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He splices together old images and electrifies them into disturbing new life. The artist invites us…
Entitlement by Rumaan Alam review – the American dream gone wrong
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A woman is beguiled by wealth while her billionaire employer aims to give his fortune away, in a pr…
Flavonoid-rich foods and drinks may cut risk of dementia, study finds
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Researchers say six additional servings of foods such as berries, tea and red wine daily could lowe…
Manchester United hit Barnsley with 7-0 blast as Marcus Rashford grabs a double
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Antony’s penalty in this evisceration means the maligned wide man needs only two more goals to equa…
Smart money remains on Glasgow being a temporary Commonwealth Games fix
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Nobody cares to play host to exorbitant mid-tier event and organisers are running out of time to co…
The Lib Dems need a tight policy focus – but the stunts are here to stay
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The general election result vindicated Ed Davey’s ease with a blunt visual metaphor, but the party …
Donald Trump recounts events of shooting attempt – US politics live
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Former president says Secret Service responded quickly to shots and evacuated him from golf course …
How has Italy sought to cut irregular migration and could UK copy the policy?
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Tunisia and Libya deals appear to have reduced small-boat crossings under Giorgia Meloni’s hard-rig…
‘Nobody asks the players’: Alisson hits out at new Champions League format
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* ‘If you are tired, you cannot compete at a high level’ * Liverpool face Milan in first of eight…
Barnier fights to form French government amid no-confidence threats
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Party spokesperson says new PM has ‘complex equation to solve’ and is unlikely to appoint ministers…
Die Meistersinger review – some fine solo turns but Wagner’s score is done few favours
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Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden The ambitious Saffron Opera Group’s concert performance of Wagner’s o…
Hot queen conch seeks cool mates: Florida’s new ‘speed dating’ service to save endangered shellfish
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Soaring sea temperatures have made the celebrated gastropod lethargic and infertile, so scientists …
Alex Mowatt’s double sees West Brom dismiss Portsmouth and go into top spot
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Alex Mowatt’s brace, after Josh Maja became the Championship’s leading goalscorer, sent West Brom t…
Fauré Song Gala review – subtlety and sensitivity mark centenary of composer’s death
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Wigmore Hall, London Soprano Véronique Gens, mezzo Fleur Barron, tenor Laurence Kilsby and bariton…
Overcoming porn addiction requires time and effort, but the reward is a better sex life | Ahona Guha
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Rewiring your sexual patterns can help you ‘surf the urge’ and reconnect with your partner * The…
Chappell Roan review – having the time of her life
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Manchester Academy From YMCA-style dance to thrashing guitars, a queer take on Aerosmith to Kate B…
Eight people dead in attempt to cross Channel, say French authorities
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Investigation opens in France into deaths as David Lammy says UK could process asylum claimants in …
‘Big setback’: Arne Slot says Liverpool fell below standards in Forest defeat
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* Manager said team did not create enough chances to win * Forest’s 1-0 victory was Liverpool’s f…
Nurseries in England say new rules have reduced care to ‘crowd control’
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The first study into Tory shake-up of childcare shows staff are overwhelmed The first major study…
Maui wildfire inquiry details lapses in preparation and grim fates of victims
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Victims were impeded in their evacuation routes by deteriorating infrastructure and lack of prepara…
Who ate all the falafels? The changing face of football’s match-day menus
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From Brentford’s butter chicken to Hull City’s katsu curry and Forest Green Rovers’ all-vegan offer…
Sally Rooney: ‘Falling in love when I was very young transformed my life’
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Sally Rooney on romance, writing about sex, the Normal People phenomenon and her new novel, Interme…
Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI
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Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with E…
Academy chain with 35,000 pupils to be first in England to go phone-free
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Exclusive: Ormiston academies trust says impact of phones on learning and mental health has been ‘c…
Jay Blades charged with engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour
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Repair Shop presenter has appeared at Kidderminster magistrates court, say West Mercia police The…
It’s another British multimillionaire’s solemn farewell tour – how ever will we cope? | Marina Hyde
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Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins has had it up to here with the UK’s taxes, and he is deter…
Tzolis to Sucic: unheralded players to watch in the Champions League
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With the return of the group stage imminent, we cast an eye over eight of the competition’s emergin…
Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami
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Landslide in Greenland caused unprecedented seismic event that shows impact of global heating, say …
AI can change belief in conspiracy theories, study finds
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Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to change believers…
Notre Dame bells returned and blessed before cathedral’s December reopening
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Bells, the ‘voice of the cathedral’, will be reinstalled in cathedral which is being reconstructed …
Polaris Dawn astronauts complete first commercial spacewalk
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Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX’s Sarah Gillis exit capsule in slimmed-down spacesuits hundre…
The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke review – a doctor’s remarkable account of an organ transplant
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The extraordinary journey of a young girl’s heart to a young boy’s body is told in an accessible, h…
Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard sues Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for sexual assault
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Former Making the Band singer also alleges she witnessed the music mogul punch, strangle and drag h…
‘This janitor’s daughter became a state deputy’: Leci Brandão, the Brazilian samba star turned communist lawmaker
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Born in poverty, Brandão became a socially conscious samba singer who satirised Rio’s bourgeoisie –…
Chelsea Women appoint the Athletic’s GM as new CEO in surprise move
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* Aki Mandhar set to start work before end of year * She is Blues’ first women’s team CEO in new …
Are novelists who worry about the rise of AI really ‘classist and ableist’? | Arwa Mahdawi
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An international writing organisation appeared to greenlight the use of AI, prompting anger, the re…
Playground by Richard Powers review – the wonder of the oceans
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This ambitious, rapturous Booker-longlisted epic explores life underwater, generative AI, climate c…