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Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction | Books

American writers Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout have been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s prize for fiction alongside four debut authors.The six titles in contention for the £30,000 prize all…

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Business

Rotherham Council offers grants to help with cost of living

A council is to use a £4.3m government grant to help its residents with the cost of living crisis, addressing rising food and energy prices. Rotherham Council said it would…

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Sports

Gaelic Games: Gareth McKinless expected Rory Gallagher to make Derry return

Despite winning the Allianz League Division One title in March 2024 under Gallagher's successor Mickey Harte, Derry have struggled since his departure. They surrendered their Ulster title with an emphatic…

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Entertainment

Val Kilmer, Top Gun and Batman actor, dies aged 65

Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, known for his roles in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died aged 65.He also…

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Business

National Insurance rise ‘will lead to nurseries closing’

Dave HarveyBusiness and Environment Correspondent, BBC WestBBCKatryn Bennett says she faces a £35,000 increase in National Insurance costsCharities and childcare nurseries say they are furious that they face increases in…

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Cryptocurrency

GameStop finishes $1.5B raise to add Bitcoin to its balance sheet

Video game retailer GameStop Corporation (GME) has finished a convertible debt offering that raised $1.5 billion, with some proceeds earmarked for buying Bitcoin.The offering was initially set to raise at…

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Insurance

US House Democrats Open Investigation Into Kennedy Bird Flu Response

Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee opened an investigation on Tuesday into health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handling of the federal response to bird flu, according…

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Sports

Was this the best free-kick in Premier League history?

BBC Sport looks back on the marvellous free-kick scored by France midfielder Dimitri Payet for West Ham United against Crystal Palace nine years ago today. Source link

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Entertainment

Royal Ballet to perform Justin Peck’s Everywhere We Go, with music by Sufjan Stevens | Royal Ballet

A ballet by one of New York’s hottest choreographers, set to the music of Sufjan Stevens, and Akram Khan’s first work for the Royal Opera House stage are two highlights…

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Sports

Nathan Eovaldi tosses complete game as Texas Rangers win

CINCINNATI -- Nathan Eovaldi pitched a four-hitter for the majors' first complete game of the season, and the Texas Rangers blanked the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on Tuesday night.Eovaldi struck out…

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