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• Birmingham Live
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A Swiss woman has died in a shark attack in Australia - with her partner in a critical condition after trying to save her.

• Sky News
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We've tracked down a wealth of unmissable sale finds from the popular high-street brand

• Liverpool Echo
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"Large air purifying units were installed across Jaipur in a first-of-its-kind national initiative to tackle worsening pollution, as poor air quality continues to grip several Indian cities. Footage filmed on Wednesday shows the air-cleaning systems mounted at busy traffic junctions and pedestrian zones. The Particulate Matter Reduction System (PAMARES), standing around 8 feet tall (2.4 metres), will run continuously to filter dust, smoke, and harmful pollutants at ground level, cleaning nearly one million cubic metres of air per hour. "In a radius of 20 metres, 360 degrees, the positive ions go away. All the particulate matter is of minus. The positive ions pull the negative ions towards them and deposit them in this unit. The fine dust gets deposited here. The air becomes clean," explained Kanwar Kanak Singh, an air purifier supplier. Many residents welcomed the initiative and believe the systems should be installed city-wide. "It is a good thing. But it should be increased. The air dust particles stick to it. It should be cleaned every month. So that it can function properly," said a local. "The more it is installed, the more surface area will increase, and the more things will be cleared. The pollution will be reduced," added another. Devendra Goyal, Enviro Concept, argues the programme is one of several measures introduced by the Indian government amid worsening air quality. "The government is going to minimise the [use of] fossil fuels like coal and diesel. Start the work on solar green energy, also because the main source of air pollution is the thermal power plant and automobile pollution and some steel industries. That's why the government and we are also doing so many improvements and innovations to improve the air quality," he said. It comes as Jaipur's Air Quality Index (AQI) reading surpassed 190, designating it as 'unhealthy', increasing the likelihood of health risks. Air pollution in India is estimated to contribute to around 1.7 million deaths annually, according to health researchers. The impact is especially severe during winter, when stagnant winds and cooler temperatures trap pollutants close to the ground."

• Ruptly
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"Large air purifying units were installed across Jaipur in a first-of-its-kind national initiative to tackle worsening pollution, as poor air quality continues to grip several Indian cities. Footage filmed on Wednesday shows the air-cleaning systems mounted at busy traffic junctions and pedestrian zones. The Particulate Matter Reduction System (PAMARES), standing around 8 feet tall (2.4 metres), will run continuously to filter dust, smoke, and harmful pollutants at ground level, cleaning nearly one million cubic metres of air per hour. "In a radius of 20 metres, 360 degrees, the positive ions go away. All the particulate matter is of minus. The positive ions pull the negative ions towards them and deposit them in this unit. The fine dust gets deposited here. The air becomes clean," explained Kanwar Kanak Singh, an air purifier supplier. Many residents welcomed the initiative and believe the systems should be installed city-wide. "It is a good thing. But it should be increased. The air dust particles stick to it. It should be cleaned every month. So that it can function properly," said a local. "The more it is installed, the more surface area will increase, and the more things will be cleared. The pollution will be reduced," added another. Devendra Goyal, Enviro Concept, argues the programme is one of several measures introduced by the Indian government amid worsening air quality. "The government is going to minimise the [use of] fossil fuels like coal and diesel. Start the work on solar green energy, also because the main source of air pollution is the thermal power plant and automobile pollution and some steel industries. That's why the government and we are also doing so many improvements and innovations to improve the air quality," he said. It comes as Jaipur's Air Quality Index (AQI) reading surpassed 190, designating it as 'unhealthy', increasing the likelihood of health risks. Air pollution in India is estimated to contribute to around 1.7 million deaths annually, according to health researchers. The impact is especially severe during winter, when stagnant winds and cooler temperatures trap pollutants close to the ground."

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THC-infused drinks and snacks have soared in popularity as alcohol sales have declined in recent years

• The Independent
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• BuzzFeed News
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Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre As someone committed to my craft, I’ve always believed that the show must go on. An accident in my second year of university took it to new extremes. It was the Exeter University theatre society’s annual play at the Edinburgh fringe and I’d landed the part of Cassius in Julius Caesar. The director decided that instead of killing himself, Cassius would die during a choreographed fight with his rival, Mark Antony. We also chose to use real knives, which sounds absurd, but we wanted to be authentic . The plan was for the actor playing Antony to grab my arm as I held the knife, and pretend to push it behind my back. We must have rehearsed the sequence 50 times. We were about halfway through our month-long run, performing to a decently sized audience. Dressed in our togas, with the stage dark and moody, we began the fight as usual. Then something went wrong. Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre As someone committed to my craft, I’ve always believed that the show must go on. An accident in my second year of university took it to new extremes. It was the Exeter University theatre society’s annual play at the Edinburgh fringe and I’d landed the part of Cassius in Julius Caesar. The director decided that instead of killing himself, Cassius would die during a choreographed fight with his rival, Mark Antony. We also chose to use real knives, which sounds absurd, but we wanted to be authentic . The plan was for the actor playing Antony to grab my arm as I held the knife, and pretend to push it behind my back. We must have rehearsed the sequence 50 times. We were about halfway through our month-long run, performing to a decently sized audience. Dressed in our togas, with the stage dark and moody, we began the fight as usual. Then something went wrong. Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature At an early meeting to set the path for what would become Your Party, participants quickly agreed on one thing: given the cliches about leftwingers forever falling out, at all costs they must avoid a descent into factionalism. Six months on and the Liverpool venue hosting this weekend’s inaugural Your Party conference has been warned to expect potential disruption, including stage invasions by disgruntled members representing particular wings. Extra security guards have been hired. Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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How will new tax rates and measures affect pensions, savings, car tax and more? We look into some individual queries From new tax rates on savings, to a pay-per-mile scheme for electric vehicles, via changes to pension contribution rules – this week’s budget included measures that will have an impact on household finances. Here are some of the questions people wanted the Guardian to answer after Rachel Reeves sat down: Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die When I was growing up, the most German sentence imaginable was: “We’ve lost two world wars and we’re proud of it.” We were so anti-military, we even gave our policemen green uniforms, to make them look more like foresters than soldiers. Now, the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants our army to become the strongest in Europe . I mean, what could go wrong? After we lost the second world war – or, as we prefer to say, after we were liberated by the allies – we swore “never again”: never again to war, and never again to Auschwitz. Admittedly, Germany rearmed in 1955, but just as “citizens in uniform”, not as soldiers following orders. Mind you, that didn’t mean that you could say “no” to an order; it just meant that we had conscription for most young men until 2011. Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature At an early meeting to set the path for what would become Your Party, participants quickly agreed on one thing: given the cliches about leftwingers forever falling out, at all costs they must avoid a descent into factionalism. Six months on and the Liverpool venue hosting this weekend’s inaugural Your Party conference has been warned to expect potential disruption, including stage invasions by disgruntled members representing particular wings. Extra security guards have been hired. Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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How will new tax rates and measures affect pensions, savings, car tax and more? We look into some individual queries From new tax rates on savings, to a pay-per-mile scheme for electric vehicles, via changes to pension contribution rules – this week’s budget included measures that will have an impact on household finances. Here are some of the questions people wanted the Guardian to answer after Rachel Reeves sat down: Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and die When I was growing up, the most German sentence imaginable was: “We’ve lost two world wars and we’re proud of it.” We were so anti-military, we even gave our policemen green uniforms, to make them look more like foresters than soldiers. Now, the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants our army to become the strongest in Europe . I mean, what could go wrong? After we lost the second world war – or, as we prefer to say, after we were liberated by the allies – we swore “never again”: never again to war, and never again to Auschwitz. Admittedly, Germany rearmed in 1955, but just as “citizens in uniform”, not as soldiers following orders. Mind you, that didn’t mean that you could say “no” to an order; it just meant that we had conscription for most young men until 2011. Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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As they launch their 10th film together, the actor and director look back on how their stellar careers have progressed in tandem, through co-stars’ addictions and Hollywood pressures ‘I like this, it’s good,” Ethan Hawke tells Richard Linklater, midway through a lively digression that has already hopped from politics to the Beatles to the late films of John Huston . “What’s good?” asks Linklater. “All of this,” says Hawke, by which he means the London hotel suite with its coffee table, couch and matching upholstered armchairs; the whole chilly machinery of the international press junket. “I like that we get to spend a couple of days in a room,” he says. “It feels like a continuation of the same conversation we’ve been having for the past 32 years.” It’s all about the conversation with Linklater and Hawke. The two men like to talk; often the talk sparks a film. The director and actor first met backstage at a play in 1993 (“Sophistry, by Jon Marc Sherman,” says Linklater) and wound up chatting until dawn. The talk laid the ground for what would eventually become Before Sunrise , a star-crossed romance that channelled an off-screen bromance as it sent Hawke and Julie Delpy wandering around mid-90s Vienna, walking and talking and stopping to kiss. “Yeah, that was the moment. That set the tone,” says Linklater, remembering. “Meeting Ethan backstage, then flying out to Vienna.” Continue reading...

• The Guardian
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