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Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour

Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour

Josh Halliday North of England editor
theguardian.com
May 02, 2025
Politics

Result will heighten government’s fears it could lose scores of MPs to Nigel Farage’s party at next general election

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Red Pockets by Alice Mah review – finding hope amid the climate crisis

Red Pockets by Alice Mah review – finding hope amid the climate crisis

Anita Roy
The Guardian
May 02, 2025
Books

A professor’s quest to make sense of her eco-anxiety takes her from her ancestral village in China to Cop 26 and beyond

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‘Delicious seafood served with charm and ice-cold white wine’: readers’ favourite restaurants in France

‘Delicious seafood served with charm and ice-cold white wine’: readers’ favourite restaurants in France

Guardian readers
theguardian.com
May 02, 2025
Travel

From a hidden gem in Nice to a rustic revelation in Beaujolais and a bargain bistro in Brittany

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LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

LGBTQ+ charities warn of ‘genuine crisis’ for trans people after UK ruling

Libby Brooks
The Guardian
May 02, 2025
Society

Charities say the judgment creates ‘a legal framework that simply cannot uphold the dignity’ of trans people

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Octopus to Long Way Home: the seven best shows to stream this week

Octopus to Long Way Home: the seven best shows to stream this week

Phil Harrison
The Guardian
May 02, 2025
Television & radio

Phoebe Waller-Bridge gives us an oddball love letter to the charming creatures, while Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman jump on their motorbikes and head out on the open road for another grand tour

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Friday briefing: Reform takes Labour scalp in knife-edge Runcorn byelection

Friday briefing: Reform takes Labour scalp in knife-edge Runcorn byelection

Archie Bland
theguardian.com
May 02, 2025
World news

In today’s newsletter: Early indications of Conservative collapse in benchmark local elections

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Torte law: bakers are in a food fight over allegations of plagiarism – but who really owns a recipe?

Torte law: bakers are in a food fight over allegations of plagiarism – but who really owns a recipe?

Alyx Gorman
theguardian.com
May 02, 2025
Books

Bestselling Australian cookbook author Brooke Bellamy is under fire from Nagi Maehashi and Sally McKenney for copying recipes, allegations she denies. In a precise art like baking, how close is too close?

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TV tonight: Alex Crawford looks back at the Yazidi genocide of 2014

TV tonight: Alex Crawford looks back at the Yazidi genocide of 2014

Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall, Jack Seale, Phil Harrison and Simon Wardell
The Guardian
May 02, 2025
Television & radio

Special report from al-Hawl refugee camp on the humanitarian crisis a decade on. Plus: Martin Clunes is island-hopping again. Here’s what to watch today

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Australia’s mushroom murders trial: who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures?

Australia’s mushroom murders trial: who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures?

Adeshola Ore and Jordyn Beazley
theguardian.com
May 02, 2025
Australia news

As the trial over the deadly 2023 beef wellington lunch continues in the Victorian supreme court, here’s what you need to know about the people involved

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‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

Lisa Cox
The Guardian
May 02, 2025
Australia news

Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertaken

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