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• Premier Inn owner Whitbread to cut 3,800 jobs in savings plan - BBC30 April 2026, 8:34 am
  Premier Inn owner Whitbread to cut 3,800 jobs in savings plan  BBCPremier Inn owner to cut more than 12% of UK and Ireland jobs  Sky NewsLast Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants to close, with loss of 3,800 jobs, Premier Inn owner says  The GuardianPremier Inn owner blames Reeves tax raid as it cuts 3,800 jobs  The TelegraphPremier Inn owner Whitbread to cut 3,800 jobs in strategic overhaul  The Times
  
• Calls for more action on antisemitism after police declare Golders Green attack terror - BBC30 April 2026, 8:23 am
  Calls for more action on antisemitism after police declare Golders Green attack terror  BBCUK to invest further £25m in security for Jewish communities after London stabbing  The GuardianAntisemitism 'a national security emergency', government's terror adviser says  BBCWhat we know about the Golders Green stabbings  BBCGolders Green stabbings: suspect arrested after ‘terror attack’ on two Jews  The Times
  
• Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live - The Guardian30 April 2026, 8:06 am
  Local election campaigning enters final week as forecaster warns Labour could lose 1,850 English seats –UK politics live  The GuardianLabour is facing wipeout in its final stronghold. Why? It’s housing, housing, housing | Aditya Chakrabortty  The GuardianWhat Labour’s likely meltdown means for the UK  Financial TimesLabour facing local election wipeout  The TimesEngland's local elections will have a big national impact  ITVX
  
• From Shankly v Revie to the ‘ghost goal’: all-English European semi-finals - The Guardian30 April 2026, 7:05 am
  From Shankly v Revie to the ‘ghost goal’: all-English European semi-finals  The GuardianNottingham Forest vs Aston Villa: Are Vitor Pereira's side favourites to reach Europa League final?  BBCTeam news for Nottingham Forest first leg  Aston VillaAston Villa’s Amadou Onana a doubt for Nottingham Forest Europa League semi-final clash - The Athletic  The New York TimesAston Villa news: Nottingham Forest tie and Emery's Europa dream  BBC
  
• Mason Mount is targeting Premier League title glory at Man Utd - BBC30 April 2026, 7:00 am
  Mason Mount is targeting Premier League title glory at Man Utd  BBCManchester United’s Mason Mount: ‘I want to win the Premier League. I think we can as a group’ - The Athletic  The New York TimesMason Mount: Man United have quality to win Premier League next season  The TimesMason Mount on winning the Premier League, Man United's secret weapon and Carrick impact  Manchester Evening NewsMason Mount expects Manchester United to be title challengers next season  The Independent
  
• Bank of England expected to hold interest rates at noon as it assesses fallout from Iran war – business live - The Guardian30 April 2026, 6:43 am
  Bank of England expected to hold interest rates at noon as it assesses fallout from Iran war – business live  The GuardianInterest rates expected to be held as uncertainty over Iran war continues  BBCBank of England expected to hold rates steady despite inflation risk  Financial TimesInvestors add to bets on Bank of England rate hikes  ReutersThe Bank of England would be wrong to raise interest rates  The Telegraph
  
• Jurgen Klopp moved on quickly after Liverpool break-up no-one saw coming - Liverpool Echo30 April 2026, 6:00 am
  Jurgen Klopp moved on quickly after Liverpool break-up no-one saw coming  Liverpool Echo
  
• US lawmakers questioning Pete Hegseth about Iran war - follow live - BBC30 April 2026, 5:30 am
  US lawmakers questioning Pete Hegseth about Iran war - follow live  BBCHegseth clashes with lawmakers over Iran war in nearly six-hour-long hearing  BBCHegseth denies Iran war is ‘quagmire’ as cost to US hits estimated bn  The GuardianPete Hegseth lost his cool in front of Congress. It was a dramatic unraveling  The IndependentPentagon chief Hegseth first public hearing on Iran war: Key takeaways  Al Jazeera
  
• 'We will kill you and burn your house': Council staff under attack from High Street gangs - BBC30 April 2026, 5:00 am
  'We will kill you and burn your house': Council staff under attack from High Street gangs  BBCHalf of convenience shops linked to criminal gangs in UK hotspots  The TimesDangerous organised crime gangs hiding behind vape and sweet shops in Scotland  Daily RecordCoventry named UK hotspot for 'dodgy' high street shops  Coventry Telegraph'Corner shop gangs' target council workers with sickening campaign of death threats and sex abuse  GB News
  
• Floor-licking and ‘child exorcisms’: The island monastery where monk vanished - The Telegraph30 April 2026, 5:00 am
  Floor-licking and ‘child exorcisms’: The island monastery where monk vanished  The Telegraph
  
• Police say they believe abducted 5-year-old girl was murdered as body found - BBC30 April 2026, 4:54 am
  Police say they believe abducted 5-year-old girl was murdered as body found  BBCShock in Australia as body found in search for missing five-year-old Indigenous girl  The Independent‘We’re coming for you’: NT police search for suspect after body of missing five-year-old found  The GuardianNT Police find body believed to be missing 5yo Alice Springs girl, after five-day search  Australian Broadcasting CorporationDevastating discovery in search for 5-year-old allegedly abducted from Alice Springs home  NZ Herald
  
• How Russia lost its way in the Sahara - Financial Times30 April 2026, 4:10 am
  How Russia lost its way in the Sahara  Financial TimesRussian paramilitary carried out air strikes in Mali as rebels advanced, footage shows  BBCMali turmoil threatens Russian push for influence and mineral wealth in Africa  ReutersPutin's African ambitions in doubt as troops forced to abandon major base in Mali  Forces NewsRussia Hoped Africa Corps Would Replicate Wagner's Success. It's Not Going Well.  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  
• Inflation hits 50% in Iran as war rattles economy - Financial Times30 April 2026, 4:00 am
  Inflation hits 50% in Iran as war rattles economy  Financial TimesIran’s cost of living is out of control as Trump’s blockade takes hold  The TelegraphIranians Feel the Pain as Their Economy Descends Into a Death Spiral  WSJIran’s economy has been battered. Its leaders still think Trump will blink first  AP NewsIran’s economy was in a dire state before the war. Now millions face job losses and poverty  CNN
  
• Simply divine: the extraordinary supernatural visions of Francisco de Zurbarán - The Guardian30 April 2026, 4:00 am
  Simply divine: the extraordinary supernatural visions of Francisco de Zurbarán  The GuardianZurbarán review — sumptuous, deeply weird, this show is a must-see  The TimesFrom intimate still lives to shadowed saints: the many sides of Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán go on show at London’s National Gallery  The Art NewspaperZurbarán at the National Gallery is more agony than ecstasy  The TelegraphLocatelli at the National Gallery unveils Zurbarán-inspired menu to celebrate landmark exhibition  The Upcoming
  
• Have the royals got their mojo back from US visit? - BBC30 April 2026, 3:48 am
  Have the royals got their mojo back from US visit?  BBCHow King Charles’s speech was written – and how to read it  The GuardianThe picture that shows the crowning moment of Charles’s reign  The TelegraphBeneath King Charles’s Jokes and Decorum, Some Subtle Rebuttals to Trump  The New York TimesWhy King's US visit probably won't have been worth it  Sky News