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• Oscars 2026: Everything You Didn't See on TV - E! Online16 March 2026, 11:14 pm
  Oscars 2026: Everything You Didn't See on TV  E! OnlineInside the 2026 Oscars: The Best Candid Celebrity Photos from Behind the Scenes  VogueOscars: What You Didn’t See on TV  The Hollywood ReporterThe 2026 Oscars Were a Protest Against Their Own Irrelevance  The New Yorker2026 Oscars Snubs & Surprises: Timothée Chalamet Gets Nothing & More  Variety
  
• Chelsea fined £10.75m and given suspended transfer ban over historical rule-breaking - The Guardian16 March 2026, 10:04 pm
  Chelsea fined £10.75m and given suspended transfer ban over historical rule-breaking  The GuardianHow Chelsea signed a star team on hidden payments  BBCJust a fine for Chelsea’s cheating — no wonder some rivals are angry  The TimesToken fine deemed sufficient punishment for Chelsea's persistent rule-breaking  ToffeeWebChelsea fined £10.75m and handed suspended transfer ban over secret payments breaching Premier League rules  Sky Sports
  
• Starmer announces £53m support to help with heating oil costs - BBC16 March 2026, 9:25 pm
  Starmer announces £53m support to help with heating oil costs  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Mother appears in court charged with murder after baby falls from building - Sky News16 March 2026, 9:13 pm
  Mother appears in court charged with murder after baby falls from building  Sky NewsMother charged with murder of 18-day-old baby in London  BBCFloral tributes left after death of baby girl  BBCWoman charged with murdering 18-day-old baby girl who fell from height  The Irish IndependentMother charged with murder of 18-day-old baby girl in central London  The Guardian
  
• ‘A molten, mushy state’: scientists may have found a new type of liquid planet - The Guardian16 March 2026, 8:32 pm
  ‘A molten, mushy state’: scientists may have found a new type of liquid planet  The GuardianHellish new planet identified beyond solar system  Financial TimesAstronomers find a new class of planet: a hellish world with lava oceans  The TimesVolatile-rich evolution of molten super-Earth L 98-59 d  Nature'Stinky' molten planet spotted by astronomers with surface not unlike vision of hell  Sky News
  
• Labour MPs have no reason to oppose new welfare reforms, says minister - The Guardian16 March 2026, 8:32 pm
  Labour MPs have no reason to oppose new welfare reforms, says minister  The GuardianCompanies offered £3,000 to hire jobless under-24s  BBCMajor employment drive to help unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for next generation  GOV.UKLabour MPs will back our benefits reforms this time, says minister  The TimesUK Pledges £1 Billion in New Bid to Tackle Youth Jobless Crisis  Bloomberg.com
  
• Family of A-level student who died in Kent meningitis outbreak tell BBC they are 'beyond devastated' - BBC16 March 2026, 7:54 pm
  Family of A-level student who died in Kent meningitis outbreak tell BBC they are 'beyond devastated'  BBCUni student among two dead in Kent meningitis outbreak  BBCMeningitis outbreak latest: Deadly meningitis outbreak now detected in three schools - as cases rise  Sky NewsCases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent  GOV.UK‘The videos are terrifying’: students describe spreading panic amid Kent meningitis outbreak  The Guardian
  
• ‘Evil’ paedophile jailed for 24 years after abuse of five children at Bristol nursery - The Guardian16 March 2026, 7:35 pm
  ‘Evil’ paedophile jailed for 24 years after abuse of five children at Bristol nursery  The GuardianNursery worker sentenced to 30 years for raping children  BBCNursery worker who raped and abused toddlers jailed  Sky NewsPaedophile nursery worker jailed after sexually abusing young children  The IndependentNursery worker who raped toddlers jailed for 24 years  The Telegraph
  
• Starmer distances UK from Iran war as EU leaders rule out sending warships - The Guardian16 March 2026, 7:29 pm
  Starmer distances UK from Iran war as EU leaders rule out sending warships  The Guardian'Help' for energy bills and PM 'resists' Trump warships call  BBCMiddle East war live: Germany and UK refuse to be drawn into wider war  Financial TimesOne day Keir Starmer might say what he really thinks of Trump. But not today | John Crace  The GuardianHow UK might try to keep the Strait of Hormuz open  Sky News
  
• Close Brothers plunges as short seller claims it understated UK car finance risks - Financial Times16 March 2026, 7:07 pm
  Close Brothers plunges as short seller claims it understated UK car finance risks  Financial TimesClose Brothers hit as Wirecard short-seller warns of ‘wipeout’  The TimesClose Brothers shares sink as infamous short-seller warns of motor finance ‘wipeout’  City AMClose Brothers Shares Fall After Viceroy Short Report  Bloomberg.comClose Brothers crashes as short-seller warns of ‘wipeout’ from car finance scandal  The Telegraph
  
• European leaders reject military involvement in Strait of Hormuz - Al Jazeera16 March 2026, 7:01 pm
  European leaders reject military involvement in Strait of Hormuz  Al JazeeraWary allies show there's no quick fix to Trump's Iran crisis  BBCMiddle East crisis live: Trump vents frustration with allies over strait of Hormuz; Iran denies report of direct contact with US  The GuardianDonald Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran  Financial TimesTrump insisted he didn’t need allies’ help in Iran. Now he’s demanding they step in  CNN
  
• Bank of America settles Epstein survivors’ lawsuit - The Guardian16 March 2026, 6:44 pm
  Bank of America settles Epstein survivors’ lawsuit  The GuardianBank of America settles over Epstein claims  BBCBank of America Agrees to Settle Claims It Aided Epstein Sex Crimes  Bloomberg.comBank of America settles lawsuit alleging it benefited from Epstein ties  Financial TimesBANK OF AMERICA REACHES 'SETTLEMENT IN PRINCIPLE' IN CIVIL LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN ACCUSERS - JUDGE  news.cgtn.com
  
• Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series - Digital Foundry16 March 2026, 6:37 pm
  Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series  Digital FoundryNVIDIA DLSS 5 Delivers AI-Powered Breakthrough In Visual Fidelity For Games  NVIDIA‘This is just a garbage AI Filter’: Nvidia met with criticism for DLSS 5’s ‘photoreal’ graphics alterations  Video Games ChronicleWhoa: Nvidia's DLSS 5 Can Make PC Games Look Real  PCMag UKNVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver 'photoreal' image quality with AI this fall  Engadget
  
• Three arrested in Dubai for taking pictures of hotel hit by drone - The Telegraph16 March 2026, 6:12 pm
  Three arrested in Dubai for taking pictures of hotel hit by drone  The TelegraphEdinburgh to Dubai flight turned back after airport drone attack  BBCDrone attack disrupts Dubai flights as Iran continues Gulf attacks  Al JazeeraDubai airport shutdown affects thousands of UK passengers as drone strikes fuel tank  Sky NewsIran targets commerce as drone hits Dubai airport; Israel says war will go on  The Washington Post
  
• Iran earns oil windfall as US turns blind eye - Financial Times16 March 2026, 5:54 pm
  Iran earns oil windfall as US turns blind eye  Financial TimesIran still exporting millions of barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz even as other traffic paralyzed  CNNIran supertanker pushes through strait for China  FortuneSecond Dynacom Oil Tanker Passes Hormuz as Other Owners Hold Back  Bloomberg.comMarch 15, 2026: Iran War Maritime Intelligence Daily  Windward