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Boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere was at apartment when actor died
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Boyfriend of Hayden Panettiere was at apartment when actor died

Police report shows Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at Greenville, South Carolina, residenceHayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a poli...

Associated Press
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Poor sleep can cost over-50s nine months of career, study finds
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The Guardian · World

Poor sleep can cost over-50s nine months of career, study finds

Findings highlight importance of sleep health during middle age, particularly for those with lower socioeconomic statusSleep that is extremely disrupted or that goes on too long could mean a loss of nine months from working life after the age of 50, a study has found.It also found that women with no...

Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zoneChildren’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found.Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the intr...

Damien Gayle Environment correspondent
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Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister calls for wartime presidential election
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The Guardian · World

Ukraine’s dismissed defence minister calls for wartime presidential election

Mykhailo Fedorov’s appeal is most direct challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russian invasion in 2022Ukraine’s recently dismissed former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for a wartime presidential election in the most direct political challenge to Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start o...

Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv
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GPs’ advice service is causing cancer diagnoses to be missed, inquiry finds
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The Guardian · World

GPs’ advice service is causing cancer diagnoses to be missed, inquiry finds

Advice and guidance services for doctors in England found to be creating risk of missed or late detection of illnessCancer diagnoses have been missed or delayed because of a system designed for GPs to seek specialist advice before referring patients to hospital, according to an investigation.The Hea...

PA Media
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Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school
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Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school

Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national schemeHarvard University has agreed to pay a $53m settlement to resolve civil lawsuits stemming from the illegal theft and sale of human remains that had been donated to its medical schoo...

Lucy Campbell
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Second major fire at south London recycling centre in under three months
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Second major fire at south London recycling centre in under three months

Fifteen fire engines tackling blaze at Landmann Way in Deptford involving 50 tonnes of household wasteFifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze in a south-east London recycling plant for the second time this summer.London fire brigade said the blaze on Landmann Way in Dept...

PA Media
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Three dead after family get into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea
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The Guardian · World

Three dead after family get into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea

A man, woman and teenage girl have died, while a younger girl is in a critical condition, say Sussex policeA couple and their teenage daughter have died after getting into difficulty in the sea off the West Sussex coast, police said on Tuesday.A man, a woman and a teenage girl died after the inciden...

Nadeem Badshah
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies aged 77

Tributes paid to ‘great friend and collaborator’ who played with band for 56 years and died in hospice care in TexasThe ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at the age of 77.A spokesperson for the band confirmed to the Guardian that Beard died on 17 August in hospice care at his ranch in Richmond, Te...

Owen Myers
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Man accused of attacking duo at New York synagogue charged with federal hate crimes
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Man accused of attacking duo at New York synagogue charged with federal hate crimes

Larry Montes, already facing state charges, allegedly attacked 63-year-old woman and security guard on FridayThe man accused of attacking a woman and security guard at a New York City synagogue during Shabbat services Friday has been charged with hate crimes in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors s...

Victoria Bekiempis in New York
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Trump administration to rescind rule protecting old growth forests
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Trump administration to rescind rule protecting old growth forests

Almost 45m acres of national forests could be potentially opened to road construction, drilling and loggingThe Trump administration said on Tuesday it plans to rescind the “roadless rule” that has protected old growth forests in the US for 25 years, potentially opening up almost 45m acres of nationa...

Mark Oliver
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San Diego Padres minor-league staffer detained by ICE after arrest in Texas
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San Diego Padres minor-league staffer detained by ICE after arrest in Texas

Family says Venezuelan has pending asylum claimDHS says 34-year-old faces removal proceedingsSan Diego Padres minor-league catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela remained in federal immigration custody on Tuesday after being detained at an airport in El Paso, Texas, while returning from a work trip.Pir...

Guardian sport
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‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones
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The Guardian · World

‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones

Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speakerThe terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in Leicester Square was full of people enjoying the warm weather and chatting between tables – without a TikTok video or speakerphon...

Helena Horton
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Teenager dies after falling in abandoned high-rise tower in New Orleans
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Teenager dies after falling in abandoned high-rise tower in New Orleans

Jacque St Ann, 17, and his friends broke into Plaza Tower and he fell as they were descending an interior staircaseA high school student recently fell to his death after entering an abandoned high-rise tower in downtown New Orleans with his friends – in an apparent case of urban exploration highligh...

Lucy Campbell in New Orleans
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