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• 'We're ready to go', Nasa crew say as rocket inches closer to launch pad - BBC17 January 2026, 5:11 pm
  'We're ready to go', Nasa crew say as rocket inches closer to launch pad  BBCWatch as Nasa's Artemis II rocket inches closer to launch pad  BBCArtemis mission live: NASA's mega-rocket painstakingly crawls towards launch pad  Sky NewsNasa readies its most powerful rocket for round-the-moon flight  The GuardianIs SLS still the most powerful rocket? 5 facts as Artemis 2 rolls out  Mashable
  
• Withdraw Hillsborough law amendment, urge Liverpool and Manchester mayors - The Guardian17 January 2026, 4:56 pm
  Withdraw Hillsborough law amendment, urge Liverpool and Manchester mayors  The GuardianLabour rebellion brews over Hillsborough Law  New StatesmanBurnham leads open revolt against Starmer’s Hillsborough Law changes  The TelegraphHillsborough Law campaigners say they cannot back proposed bill  BBC‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’  LabourList
  
• Mass protests over Chinese super-embassy in London - The Telegraph17 January 2026, 4:16 pm
  Mass protests over Chinese super-embassy in London  The TelegraphHow a group of nimbys could bring down China’s mega embassy plans  The IndependentChina ‘super-embassy’ could be blocked by legal challenge  The TelegraphChina’s vast London embassy is no threat, says cybersecurity expert  The TimesMPs step up calls to block Chinese mega-embassy  BBC
  
• Team news: Madueke and Martinelli both start - Arsenal.com17 January 2026, 4:16 pm
  Team news: Madueke and Martinelli both start  Arsenal.comNottingham Forest v Arsenal: Premier League – live  The GuardianNottingham Forest vs Arsenal predictions: Gunners can grind out another win  Racing PostArsenal XI vs Nottingham Forest: Starting lineup and confirmed team news  London Evening StandardNottingham Forest v Arsenal: Key stats and talking points  BBC
  
• Championship roundup: Coventry back to winning ways as late Wright strike sinks Leicester - The Guardian17 January 2026, 4:16 pm
  Championship roundup: Coventry back to winning ways as late Wright strike sinks Leicester  The GuardianCoventry City 2-1 Leicester City - Sky Blues come from behind to win  BBC'To turn the game around like that was a big pleasure' - Lampard  BBCChampionship LIVE: Text commentary and score updates from 11 Championship games  BBCMatchday guide against Leicester City  Coventry City Football Club
  
• Carrick has dream start as Mbeumo and Dorgu give Manchester United derby delight - The Guardian17 January 2026, 4:11 pm
  Carrick has dream start as Mbeumo and Dorgu give Manchester United derby delight  The GuardianPremier League: West Ham lead struggling Spurs as five games under way  BBCMan United deliver huge blow to Man City title hopes with shock derby win  ESPNRodri starts as City make three changes for United clash  Manchester City FCLicha: What Carrick told us  Manchester United
  
• Plane goes missing mid-flight in Indonesia - The Telegraph17 January 2026, 3:28 pm
  Plane goes missing mid-flight in Indonesia  The TelegraphCrash: IDA AT42 near Makassar on Jan 17th 2026, aircraft collided with terrain  The Aviation HeraldIndonesian flight goes missing with 11 on board  Australian Broadcasting CorporationBreaking: Indonesian ATR 42 With 11 Onboard Crashes Near Makassar  Simple FlyingIndonesia searching for missing surveillance plane with 11 onboard  Reuters
  
• UK weather: Temperatures could plunge again, bringing chance of snow towards end of January - Sky News17 January 2026, 3:19 pm
  UK weather: Temperatures could plunge again, bringing chance of snow towards end of January  Sky NewsUK weather: Will it snow again this January?  BBCMet Office verdict on Beast from the East as maps show 600 miles of snow possible  Daily StarChance of snow forecast with temperatures to plummet across UK  The IndependentMet Office says when snow and cold snap could return days after '11C sunshine'  Manchester Evening News
  
• I was born a boy. Why was I raised as a girl? - The Times17 January 2026, 3:00 pm
  I was born a boy. Why was I raised as a girl?  The Times
  
• TEAM NEWS | Clarke starts, Godden and Dykes on bench - Charlton Athletic Football Club17 January 2026, 2:08 pm
  TEAM NEWS | Clarke starts, Godden and Dykes on bench  Charlton Athletic Football ClubCharlton Athletic v Sheffield United: Championship stats & head-to-head  BBCCharlton 0-0 Blades - latest  Sheffield United FCPreview: Charlton Athletic vs Sheffield United - prediction, team news, lineups  Sports MoleCharlton v Blades: Boss on side's progress, a 'southern Sheffield United' and 'sliding doors' moment  Yorkshire Post
  
• National Grid to charge billpayers £288m to take down 10 eyesore pylons - The Telegraph17 January 2026, 2:05 pm
  National Grid to charge billpayers £288m to take down 10 eyesore pylons  The Telegraph
  
• Team News: Two changes as Lerma returns at Sunderland - Crystal Palace F.C.17 January 2026, 1:45 pm
  Team News: Two changes as Lerma returns at Sunderland  Crystal Palace F.C.Sunderland vs Crystal Palace: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head  BBCSunderland vs Crystal Palace: Confirmed team news  BBCSunderland vs Crystal Palace LIVE! Premier League match preview, team news, live blog, highlights, match report  Sky SportsView from the Opposition: Sunderland boss Régis Le Bris on Palace challenge  Crystal Palace F.C.
  
• Uganda election result: Yoweri Museveni beats Bobi Wine to win a seventh term - BBC17 January 2026, 1:09 pm
  Uganda election result: Yoweri Museveni beats Bobi Wine to win a seventh term  BBCUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says he escaped police raid  Financial TimesUganda’s army denies abducting Bobi Wine amid disputed election  Al Jazeera'People power' opposition supporters shout as voting count in Uganda election turns violent  Sky NewsUganda’s opposition leader ‘taken by army’ as Museveni nears re-election  The Guardian
  
• ‘Big, firm, crunchy’: the best supermarket granola, tasted and rated - The Guardian17 January 2026, 1:00 pm
  ‘Big, firm, crunchy’: the best supermarket granola, tasted and rated  The Guardian
  
• Iran's supreme leader admits thousands killed during recent protests - BBC17 January 2026, 12:59 pm
  Iran's supreme leader admits thousands killed during recent protests  BBCAli Khamenei says thousands killed in Iran protests, some in ‘inhuman, savage manner’  The GuardianIran’s Khamenei says US, Israel links behind ‘thousands killed’ in protests  Al JazeeraIran’s supreme leader calls Trump a ‘criminal’ after violent protests suppressed  Financial Times'Anger and frustration': BBC reports from Iranian-Armenian border  BBC