Rob Davies
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Guardian reporter and author of Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain.
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Tariq Panja
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In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tellsās the NYTās Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/world/africa/somali-referee-world-cup-us-entry-omar-artan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o1A.zByt.QoERofKRjUU0&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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John Lubbock
7 days ago
ICYMI,
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and I worked on this important investigation abt a company that gets £millions per year from councils to house ppl in temporary accommodation, while companies owned by other members of the same family are accused of tax avoidance.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Supplier of housing for homeless linked to faith group tax avoidance scheme
Midos Management denies ties to property group accused of making millions from bogus prayer rooms
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/31/homeless-accommodation-family-tax-avoidance-midos-management
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This has really tickled me.
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Paul Monaghan
9 days ago
Great work by the Guardian. This is very similar to the "snail farms" found in Liverpool that were being used to dodge business rates under the "agricultural use" clause. š¤Ŗ
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It was a pleasure to work on this with freelance journalist
@jwsal.bsky.social
, who knows a lot about local government, housing and human rights, among other things. He is also a diligent reporter. Editors should commission him.
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9 days ago
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Excl: Midos Group, owned by the London-based Schreiber property dynasty, is accused of unlawfully dodging tax by staging bogus prayer sessions to avoid business rates. Meanwhile, a separate entity called Midos Management Co is collecting millions by selling temporary accommodation to councils. š§µ
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Supplier of housing for homeless linked to faith group tax avoidance scheme
Midos Management denies ties to property group accused of making millions from bogus prayer rooms
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/31/homeless-accommodation-family-tax-avoidance-midos-management
9 days ago
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Knowing Arsenal's luck, UEFA will change the rules next season so that if it's a draw after extra time, the game goes to corners.
10 days ago
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Bankrupt
10 days ago
European trophies: Brennan Johnson - 2 Arsenal - 0
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Thank fuck for that.
10 days ago
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Stephen Bush
10 days ago
Well, at least Paul Kagame is also unhappy.
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L'heure de gloire est arrivƩe.
10 days ago
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OK, it can be done, just not necessarily with any dignity.
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10 days ago
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Surely physically impossible. Maybe a little finger in each ear and then use two fingers on one of those hands?
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10 days ago
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You'll be wanting him at Liverpool, I imagine?
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10 days ago
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My back has gone (probably due to longstanding L5S1 disc protrusion) and I have a week until a walking holiday. Miracle cure ideas please.
11 days ago
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Financial Times
12 days ago
Farmers in northern Vietnam are dismantling a decades-old cemetery to make way for a $1.5bn golf course and luxury residential development by the Trump Organization and its local partners, a project seen as crucial for ties between Hanoi and Washington.
ft.trib.al/YCZl74S
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Philippe Auclair
13 days ago
I wish Palace well tonight, but one thing: whatever TNT/HBO thinks, they're not wearing "Palace For Life" jerseys because they're a lovely club supporting a good cause, but because their actual sponsor, NET88, is an illegal Asian sports betting company and cannot be advertised in a UEFA competition.
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What are the typical reasons that this happens, especially to fit young people who can swim? Currents? Being overwhelmed by cold temperatures? BBC News - Three teens dead after being pulled from water at beauty spots - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Three teens dead after being pulled from water at beauty spots
Three teenagers were found in water in separate incidents across England on Bank Holiday Monday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyppw0q54no?app-referrer=deep-link
14 days ago
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derek guy
15 days ago
RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century
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Ah what a legend. RIP.
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14 days ago
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I know a lot of fellow Spurs fans will be concerned if the current leadership stays in place but I think it's pretty clear we've got the right CEO in charge.
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15 days ago
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The fact that this, from the chairman of THFC is well written and says all the right things means more or less nothing to me at this stage, I'm afraid. It will take something extraordinary and sustained to build confidence. I don't doubt their desire but I do doubt their ability.
#thfc
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A letter from Peter Charrington, Non-Executive Chairman
Welcome to the official Tottenham Hotspur website. Explore the site, discover the latest Spurs news & matches and check out our new stadium.
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/1070020/a-letter-from-peter-charrington-non-executive-chairman
15 days ago
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Big thanks to the Home Office for informing me that my own first and last name "can be found on your penalty notice document".
15 days ago
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The drugs don't work?
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15 days ago
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Dean
16 days ago
Feel sorry for charity shops trying to ship thousands of Arsenal shirts next year
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London has fallen.
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16 days ago
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Thank fuck for West Ham.
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16 days ago
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Left the house to go to Spurs, stuck my headphones in and random shuffle had chosen Radiohead's Exit Music. Clunky scriptwriting/scoring if you ask me.
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16 days ago
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Even if Spurs stay up, the Lewis family must abandon this absurd notion that they and their people have the requisite skills to run a football club successfully. If they have any remaining affection for THFC they must find the right buyer and perhaps accept less than they'd like.
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16 days ago
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Douglas Cheape
16 days ago
When you put what was left of your disastrous bitcoin investment into the, admittedly volatile, mini sponge market.
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Not into openly slagging off other journalists but there is a senior sports writer at a national paper who has written two pieces about Spurs this season that are so bananas that they'd see me placed on a leave of absence if I wrote them about my own specialist area.
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16 days ago
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Ok wait, Arsenal away support will be on their way back from Crystal Palace too...oh dear.
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17 days ago
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Interrupting my terror about the final day of the Premier League season tomorrow for some mild unease about what happens when Spurs and West Ham fans converge on the transport network at about 7pm, having drunk all day in 30-degree heat, after one of their teams has been relegated.
17 days ago
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Josh Halliday
18 days ago
For the first time, the parents of five of the girls who were stabbed in the Southport attack have shared their stories. Humbled and privileged to meet them. Here is their story - a difficult read but with hope at the end.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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Girls who survived Southport attack meet again: āIt was like having big sistersā
Parents speak for first time about daughtersā heroism on the day and their courage in dealing with critical injuries, scars and trauma
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/22/girls-who-survived-southport-attack-meet-again
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Me on the dancefloor at 11pm at a wedding where I'm a plus one and don't even know the bride and groom.
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20 days ago
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Playing doctors with my 4yo earlier. Me: Doctor, I've got a tummy ache. 4yo: Hmm. *picks up wooden scissors* 4yo: Shall I cut open your skin to see the broken bones?
20 days ago
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Well.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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20 days ago
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Huh. Apparently it's possible for football authorities to punish one of their larger constituent members for breaking the rules.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Southampton kicked out of Championship playoff final and docked four points for spying
Southampton have been expelled from the Championship playoff final after being found guilty of spying on Middlesbrough and other opponents
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/may/19/southampton-kicked-out-of-championship-playoff-final-docked-four-points-for-spying?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
21 days ago
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lauren
23 days ago
if i was going to give a college commencement speech i would make sure to start with something the students could rally behind. something like "we will mechanically suck the youth from your bones to feed a mechanical eschaton, which my generation will use to climb heaven and become new gods"
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Howay tha fookin' lads!
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23 days ago
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Can i just shock you? I like football teams owned by a blood-soaked autocracy trying to launder its deservedly sinister reputation through sport, despite what i said earlier.
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23 days ago
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*runs in, sweating, 12 hours late* "Bangaranga? I barely even kn-" *gunfire rings out from multiple locations*
23 days ago
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Electroswing should stay in 2010 where it belongs.
24 days ago
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A sizeable number of Eurovision performances are at least a quarter tone flat and it's nuts that it never gets mentioned.
24 days ago
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Look, the main thing is that Infinite Jest isn't on there and it's funny to imagine a certain kind of person being outraged by that.
24 days ago
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Not going to publish my number because c'mon but am i the only one who has about five for which the answer is "Not sure, maybe like 25 years ago?"
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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The 100 best novels of all time
The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
24 days ago
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I was on the student union council with the new health secretary and I think the fact that he was very committed to student politics while I ran the pub quiz and organised a trip to Amsterdam explains a lot about where we've both ended up.
25 days ago
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This graph tells me only one thing for certain, which is that Spurs will finally be awarded our first penalty of the season on the last day, to stay up, and we will miss it.
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25 days ago
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www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
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A statement from the Guardian on Nigel Farageās social media posts
The Guardian is concerned by the recent publication on Nigel Farageās social media pages of the professional credentials of a photographer working on behalf of the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2026/may/15/a-statement-from-the-guardian-on-nigel-farages-social-media-posts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Henry Dyer
25 days ago
response from
@nujofficial.bsky.social
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
and statement from the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
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NUJ responds after Nigel Farage shares journalistās Press Card on social media
The NUJ has responded to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage posting a photo of a journalistās NUJ Press Card across social media.
https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-responds-after-nigel-farage-shares-journalist-s-press-card-on-social-media.html
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