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• ‘The happiest time of life is as you get older’: can positive thinking help you age better? - The Guardian3 May 2026, 12:46 am
  ‘The happiest time of life is as you get older’: can positive thinking help you age better?  The GuardianIrish GPs told about the secret of ‘super-agers’ and how to detect patients with the ‘wrong’ mindset  The Irish Independent'Seventy can be the new fifty' if attitudes change towards growing old  Irish Examiner70 is the new 50 - if we think more positively about ageing, says neuroscience professor  Irish Examiner
  
• King's speech was a 'high stakes' moment of US visit, Palace says - BBC3 May 2026, 12:03 am
  King's speech was a 'high stakes' moment of US visit, Palace says  BBCThe king went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. He may also have shown the US how to save itself | Simon Tisdall  The GuardianKing has Midas touch with Trump, but benefits for Britain remain to be seen  Sky NewsFive takeaways from the King's historic address to Congress  BBCUS state visit risk ‘grasped in both hands’ by King, aide says  ITVX
  
• Gyökeres double fires Arsenal past Fulham to turn title pressure on Manchester City - The Guardian2 May 2026, 11:19 pm
  Gyökeres double fires Arsenal past Fulham to turn title pressure on Manchester City  The GuardianPremier League title race: Advantage Arsenal over Man City after Fulham win  BBCGallery: 47 shots from our Fulham success  Arsenal.comArsenal 3-0 Fulham: Viktor Gyokeres and Bukayo Saka on target as Gunners go six points clear of Man City  Sky Sports'Maybe I should have done it earlier' - Arteta makes Lewis-Skelly admission  TNT Sports
  
• Horror WW3 warning as Russia 'preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons on Ukraine' - Daily Express2 May 2026, 10:16 pm
  Horror WW3 warning as Russia 'preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons on Ukraine'  Daily ExpressUkraine war latest: Kyiv 'clearly has the Kremlin rattled'  Sky NewsUkrainian commander claims Russia 'preparing to use tactical nuclear weapons'  The MirrorUkraine is discussing a nuclear strike by Russia in the event of a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine  EADailyUkrainian Air Force urges partners to prepare for tactical nuclear risk  mezha.net
  
• Man charged over bomb hoax after Peter Kay show evacuated - The Guardian2 May 2026, 10:06 pm
  Man charged over bomb hoax after Peter Kay show evacuated  The GuardianTeenager charged after bomb hoax at Peter Kay show  Sky NewsPeter Kay show stopped and 19-year-old in custody after ‘suspicious bag’ found  The GuardianPeter Kay show to go ahead in Birmingham after bomb hoax arrest  BBCMan, 19, charged after ‘bomb hoax’ forces Peter Kay gig evacuation  The Telegraph
  
• Author lost £500k to compulsive shopping - then found an explanation - BBC2 May 2026, 9:41 pm
  Author lost £500k to compulsive shopping - then found an explanation  BBC
  
• Airlines can cancel flights in advance over fuel shortages, under new plans - BBC2 May 2026, 9:35 pm
  Airlines can cancel flights in advance over fuel shortages, under new plans  BBCBritons face flight cancellations as ministers try to limit disruption  The TimesSummer holidays up in the air as Europe braces for jet fuel shortage  France 24Norwich Airport boss confident fuel prices are not an issue  BBCAll the airlines cancelling flights and adding extra charges amid jet fuel crisis  The Independent
  
• Boy dies after being 'injured by fallen tree' in Staffordshire tragedy - Stoke-on-Trent Live2 May 2026, 8:59 pm
  Boy dies after being 'injured by fallen tree' in Staffordshire tragedy  Stoke-on-Trent LiveTeen killed by falling tree in Stafford  BBCTeenage boy dies after being injured by a fallen tree in Stafford  Express and StarTeenage boy killed by fallen tree in Stafford street as police tape off scene  The MirrorLive updates as police and paramedics flood Staffordshire street  Stoke-on-Trent Live
  
• Timmy the humpback whale escapes to the North Sea - Al Jazeera2 May 2026, 8:54 pm
  Timmy the humpback whale escapes to the North Sea  Al JazeeraRescuers release humpback whale that was stranded off German coast  The GuardianTimmy the Stranded Whale Is Released After an Elaborate Rescue  The New York TimesWhale carried by barge out of German waters after weeks stranded on coast  BBCRescuers transport stranded whale by barge to freedom in North Sea  France 24
  
• Brixton shooting: Four people in hospital after shots fired from vehicle - ITVX2 May 2026, 7:46 pm
  Brixton shooting: Four people in hospital after shots fired from vehicle  ITVXFour injured in Brixton drive-by shooting  BBCBrixton drive-by shooting ‘act of indiscriminate violence’, say Met police  The GuardianMan in life-threatening condition among four injured in Brixton after gunshots fired from vehicle  Sky NewsPensioner among four wounded in drive-by shooting  The Telegraph
  
• Suspected Golders Green attacker remanded after facing attempted murder charges - London Evening Standard2 May 2026, 7:30 pm
  Suspected Golders Green attacker remanded after facing attempted murder charges  London Evening StandardAntisemitism being 'normalised' and not taken seriously enough, chief rabbi tells BBC  BBCBranding Starmer a ‘Jew harmer’ is unserious. That way lies madness  The TimesGolders Green attack suspect tried to kill another man earlier in the day, court told  Financial Times'Globalise the intifada' chant is racist, says Starmer  BBC
  
• Burnham wins over Labour’s ruling body - The Telegraph2 May 2026, 6:58 pm
  Burnham wins over Labour’s ruling body  The Telegraph'Burnham plans to return' and 'Four weeks from crunch'  BBCAndy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say  The GuardianStreeting ready to launch leadership challenge against Starmer  The TelegraphLame-duck prime ministers rarely last long  New Statesman
  
• Ipswich Town stakeholder Ed Sheeran celebrates Premier League promotion with team singalong - ESPN2 May 2026, 6:49 pm
  Ipswich Town stakeholder Ed Sheeran celebrates Premier League promotion with team singalong  ESPNAre Ipswich better equipped for Premier League this time?  BBCIpswich promoted to Premier League in style after rolling over QPR  The GuardianIpswich Town: How Kieran McKenna guided Tractor Boys to immediate Premier League return  Sky SportsTEAM NEWS | QPR (H)  Ipswich Town FC
  
• ‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops - The Guardian2 May 2026, 6:20 pm
  ‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops  The GuardianGermany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Nato seeks clarification  BBCTrump news at a glance: Top Republicans express concern over plan to withdraw troops from Germany  The GuardianPentagon to pull 5,000 soldiers out of Germany in dispute over Iran war  Financial TimesGermany and Europe Have Bigger Trump Problems Than U.S. Troop Withdrawal  WSJ
  
• King launches Space Agency project on final day in Bermuda - BBC2 May 2026, 6:08 pm
  King launches Space Agency project on final day in Bermuda  BBCThe tour when the King finally stepped out of the late Queen’s shadow  The TelegraphKing Charles says farewell to Bermuda after launching UK Space Agency project  ITVXThe King visits Bermuda  The Royal FamilyBermuda welcomes King Charles with boats, dancing and cake-cutting  BBC