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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (John Crace)
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Pageantry and queueing collide right on Britain’s sweet spot
The UK has briefly become a gentler, better-tempered place as people observe Queen’s deathWhen two worlds collide. Pageantry and queueing are two of the country’s favourite rituals. Traditions, almost. Though like many traditions they are not always entirely as they seem. No monarch had lain in state at Westminster Hall before King Edward VII in 1910. Yet to see the Queen there now, you could be forgiven for thinking it was a medieval ceremony. One dating back many centuries.Same for waiting. Ot
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Helena Horton and Pippa Crerar)
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Zac Goldsmith loses environment job amid fears of animal welfare downgrade
Exclusive: Liz Truss strips Conservative peer of environment minister post but he is expected to keep Foreign Office roleThe Conservative peer Zac Goldsmith has been sacked as an environment minister, raising fears among some Tory MPs and campaigners that animal welfare will be downgraded by Liz Truss’s government.The environmentalist and politician, a close friend of Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, has been stripped of the domestic animal welfare brief and will no longer attend cabinet. Con
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Esther Addley and Nicola Davis)
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What will we learn from the period of mourning for the Queen?
Experts say this week can provide new insights into group behaviour and how it influences identity and societyDeath of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – latest updatesIn the strange, wild days after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, when heaps of flowers rotted in their plastic outside town halls across the country and the Daily Mail vowed never again to print a paparazzi photo, Gallup conducted a poll to ask Britons to quantify just how upset they were. Half of all respondents – and
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Alex Lawson Energy correspondent)
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Could Wael Sawan usher in a renewable revolution at Shell?
Campaigners hope to see a radical shift under the former renewables boss but it is likely to be more continuation than revolutionBen van Beurden sat stony faced as climate activists sang “We will, we will stop you” to the tune of Queen’s We Will Rock You. If Wael Sawan was following the scenes at May’s Shell annual shareholder meeting in London, he will understand the scale of the task ahead when he takes over the top job at Europe’s largest energy company in January.Sawan will have to tread a p
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Peter Walker Political correspondent)
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Coffey urges staff to be positive, be precise, and not use Oxford commas
Officials say they find the new UK health secretary’s memo ‘super patronising’All the day’s political developments – liveThérèse Coffey, the new health secretary, has faced criticism after civil servants in her department were advised to avoid jargon when communicating with her – and not to use Oxford commas.The advice, in a memo to staff at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), urged officials to “be positive” in their missives to Coffey, who
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Robert Kitson)
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Harsh refereeing costs Wallabies win and masks All Blacks’ weaknesses | Robert Kitson
Late Bledisloe Cup call has set a major precedent and New Zealand again looked fallible 13 months before the World CupCertain things in rugby union never seem to change. Australia have not hoisted the Bledisloe Cup since 2003 and their breathless 39-37 defeat by New Zealand in Melbourne on Thursday has extended that sequence. The difference on this occasion was the unique manner victory was ripped from the Wallabies’ grasp, courtesy of one of the more dramatic refereeing interventions in the his
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Martin Belam)
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The most British thing ever: huge queue of royal mourners inspires gentle humour
From spots to nip off for a pint to where the giant line might end – here’s what the internet had to sayDeath of the Queen and King Charles’s accession – latest updatesThe sheer number of people expected to file past the Queen’s coffin as she lies in state has produced a giant queue snaking through central London along the River Thames.As well as numerous interviews with the people spending their time waiting to access Westminster Hall, the line has sparked memes and gentle humour online, not le
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Philip Oltermann in Ludwigshafen)
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How gas rationing at Germany’s BASF plant could plunge Europe into crisis
A shutdown would have a far-reaching impact across all sectors, from nappies to medicineEverything is connected at the German chemical firm BASF’s Ludwigshafen site, a 10 sq km industrial complex so sprawling that the company runs its own bus network to usher employees from its gates to their workplace.Byproducts from making ammonia, for example, are funnelled through a 1,771-mile (2,850km) pipeline network from one end of the site to another, where they are recycled to produce fertiliser, disin
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (As told to Dave Simpson)
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Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott: ‘As we can see from the current climate, we’re groomed for serfdom’
As they release a new album, the former Beautiful South musicians answer your questions, from whether we will escape Tory rule to how they deal with ageingAs Britain’s most heartwarming vocal duo since Morecambe and Wise, could you record a Christmas cover of Bring Me Sunshine? Cruyff14Paul Heaton [Long laugh] Erm, no! I understand the dangers of a novelty song becoming bigger than everything else. If we did Bring Me Sunshine people would be disappointed if we didn’t dress up as Eric and Ernie a
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Sep 15, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Ian Sample Science editor)
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Scientists hail autoimmune disease therapy breakthrough
Study finds CAR T-cell treatment sends lupus into remission, raising hopes it could be used to treat diseases such as multiple sclerosisFive people with severe autoimmune disease have become the first in the world to receive a groundbreaking therapy that uses genetically altered cells to drive the illness into remission.The four women and one man, aged 18 to 24, received transfusions of modified immune cells to treat severe lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause life-threatening damage to t