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Fire crews have been battling the blaze on the 85ft yacht for more than two hours as witnesses report minor explosionsHuge plumes of thick black smoke rose from Torquay marina and people were evacuated after a superyacht, estimated to be worth £6m, caught fire. Police have declared it a major incident.Fire crews were called just before midday on Saturday to reports of the 85ft yacht on fire. More than two hours after the incident it was still ablaze as multiple fire crews attempted to put out the fire. Continue reading…



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Author : Miranda Bryant

Publish date : 2022-05-28 15:09:29

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Vessels with ties to Russian oligarchs hit by sanctions are no longer reporting their position to an automatic global locatorIn the sparkling azure waters of Antigua, the gleaming £95m superyacht Alfa Nero could be seen at anchor last week by sightseers enjoying the Caribbean coastline. But few of the tourists who spotted its sleek black hull would have appreciated it was quite a find.Since the invasion of Ukraine, the superyacht, which is linked to the Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev, has vanished off the global tracking maps used to locate marine traffic. Continue reading…



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Author : Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Gemma Handy

Publish date : 2022-05-28 14:15:47

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Initiative is inspired by campaigner Deborah James and part of retailer’s partnership with Bowel Cancer UKMarks and Spencer will add information about the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer on its toilet roll packaging in a move inspired by the cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James.The changes, which come into effect from September, are part of the retailer’s partnership with Bowel Cancer UK. M&S will also make a £50,000 donation to the charity which James, who has incurable bowel cancer, represents as a patron. Continue reading…



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Author : Jane Clinton

Publish date : 2022-05-28 13:32:44

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Animal Justice Project protesters who scaled roof at beef industry event in County Durham say they were confronted by angry farmersAnimal rights activists have scaled the roof of a national beef industry event in protest against the meat industry.The demonstration, which began in the early hours of Saturday, is said to have resulted in one protester being taken to hospital after chaos unfolded outside Darlington Farmers Auction Mart (DFAM) in County Durham. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2022-05-28 13:20:20

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The great poet’s newly released missives to his lost love put the lie to his aloof image – but were dismissed by the man himself as fantasyTo many who knew him, TS Eliot was considered a remote and intellectually aloof man, as perhaps befitted the author of the bleak and foreboding epic The Waste Land. His contemporary, the poet Siegfried Sassoon, went as far as to describe him as “cold-storaged humanity”.But previously unpublished letters show that the great modernist writer was actually an intensely emotional and passionate man. Continue reading…



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Author : Dalya Alberge

Publish date : 2022-05-28 12:18:38

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When journalists faced jail for reporting on Ukraine, Viktor Muchnik closed down his Siberian TV station and left for ArmeniaOn the ninth day of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, editor-in-chief Viktor Muchnik gathered the staff of TV2 for a meeting at their small newsroom in the Siberian city of Tomsk.New wartime laws meant the whole newsroom risked jailtime for reporting on the conflict, Muchnik told them, and TV2 had just been officially blocked by Russia’s communications watchdog, along with many other independent media outlets. Continue reading…



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Author : Shaun Walker in Yerevan

Publish date : 2022-05-28 11:48:03

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Minister says PM in ‘yellow card territory’ after Sue Gray’s Partygate report as more MPs hand in letters of no confidenceCivil servants furious as Simon Case dodges sanction over PartygateAnger among Tory backbenchers is spreading amid fallout from the Sue Gray report, with one minister warning Boris Johnson is in “yellow card territory”.Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions, the Treasury minister John Glen said he had had a “very frank and very honest” meeting with Johnson to express his and his constituents’ misgivings. Continue reading…



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Author : Jane Clinton

Publish date : 2022-05-28 10:20:59

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The ship was carrying 43 people when it capsized after running out of fuel in bad weather in the Makassar StraitTwenty-six people are missing after a ferry ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia, officials have said.The country’s search and rescue agency said the vessel was carrying 43 people when it capsized on Thursday in the Makassar Strait, the sea separating the islands of Sulawesi and Borneo. Continue reading…



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Author : Agence France-Presse in Jakarta

Publish date : 2022-05-28 09:42:33

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Updates from the title decider at AAMI Park in MelbourneDavid Squires’ cartoon on the grand finalKick-off time in Melbourne is 7:45pm Any thoughts? Email or tweet @emmavkempA little more preview material from Joey Lynch.By vanquishing one local rival to set up a meeting with another in the title decider, United’s football department has provided the best possible platform to establish their club as a true player in Melbourne’s ALM scene. Continue reading…



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Author : Emma Kemp

Publish date : 2022-05-28 09:19:15

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Schoolchildren, teachers and family members offer graphic details of day gunman killed 19 children and two adultsSurvivors of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers are beginning to share their stories, painting a graphic and horrifying picture of the tragedy that unfolded that day.Miah Cerrillo, 11, told a CNN producer her fourth-grade class was watching Disney’s Lilo & Stitch when the gunman entered the classroom and made eye contact with her teacher and shot her dead, as well as some of her other classmates. Continue reading…



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Author : Erum Salam

Publish date : 2022-05-28 07:00:26

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Councils say they have received a ‘huge number of applications’ to celebrate 70 years on throneMore than 16,000 street parties are expected to be held over the Queen’s platinum jubilee bank holiday weekend.Councils across England have received a “huge number of applications” from residents to celebrate the monarch’s 70-year milestone, according to the Local Government Association (LGA). Continue reading…



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Author : Hibaq Farah

Publish date : 2022-05-28 06:00:26

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Ukrainian president says invaders have ‘concentrated maximum artillery’ on Donbas where Russian forces have almost encircled key city of SievierodonetskRussia guilty of inciting genocide in Ukraine – expert reportRussian forces close to encircling Sievierodonetsk in the eastRussia ‘cauldron’ tactic may be tipping Donbas battle in its favourWhat we know on day 94 of the invasionHello, and welcome to our continuing coverage of the war in Ukraine. Here is a quick summary of the latest developments. Much of the focus is on the east, where the situation appears bleak in the besieged city of Sievierodonetsk – the largest in Donbas still held by Ukraine.Luhansk’s governor, Serhiy Haidai, saying Ukrainian forces may need to retreat after Russian troops entered the city, Peter Beaumont and Isobel Koshiw report. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Davidson

Publish date : 2022-05-28 04:49:19

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Tourist boat is believed to have capsized at Talbot Bay, about 250km north-east of BroomeGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFourteen people injured in an accident aboard a tourist boat in one of Western Australia’s most remote locations are in a stable condition and being cared for at two hospitals.The boat Falls Express was carrying 26 passengers and two crew when it ran into trouble at Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley region of WA at 7.15am on Friday.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading…



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Author : Narelle Towie with Calla Wahlquist and Caitlin Cassidy

Publish date : 2022-05-28 02:16:01

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A drone emitting orca sounds will be used in attempt to guide the animal, whose health is fast deterioratingAn orca lost in France’s River Seine is to be guided back to sea using sounds made by the species under a last-ditch plan to save the animal’s life.The local prefecture said it would monitor the animal, also known as a killer whale, from a distance with a drone while emitting orca communications in an attempt to guide it back to the sea, following a meeting with national and international scientists, including marine mammal specialists. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2022-05-28 02:23:57

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The animals are a crucial part of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Newhaven scheme to reintroduce 11 vulnerable native mammals Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingIn the red centre of Australia, a ring-fenced refuge for threatened native mammals is slowly but surely expanding its population.Earlier this week, 32 threatened greater bilbies moved in and 65 burrowing bettongs will join them before the weekend is out.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2022-05-28 02:34:55

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