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• LIVE: F1 Bahrain pre-season testing - Stroll suffers off in Aston Martin | Live text - Autosport18 February 2026, 1:58 pm
  LIVE: F1 Bahrain pre-season testing - Stroll suffers off in Aston Martin | Live text  AutosportF1 Testing LIVE: Bahrain Test Two 2026 updates, latest, highlights, video, schedule from Sakhir in final pre-season action  Sky SportsF1 pre-season testing: McLaren's Piastri goes quickest in afternoon session  BBCWho's driving on Day 1 of the second test in Bahrain  Formula 1Problems for Red Bull and Aston Martin as final test begins  The Race
  
• Winter Olympics 2026: Team GB's curling semi-final hopes alive after sensational win over US - BBC18 February 2026, 11:20 am
  Winter Olympics 2026: Team GB's curling semi-final hopes alive after sensational win over US  BBCTeam GB curling results and schedule for Winter Olympics 2026  The IndependentTeam GB keep Winter Olympics curling hopes alive with miracle last stone  thesun.co.ukWinter Olympics 2026 LIVE: Day 12 - watch BBC - medals, results, TV stream & updates from Milan-Cortina  BBCRebecca Morrison keeps curling hopes alive with dramatic final end  Team GB
  
• UK inflation rate falls to 3% helped by cost of petrol and bread - BBC18 February 2026, 11:16 am
  UK inflation rate falls to 3% helped by cost of petrol and bread  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Raye review – dazzling display of range from old-school Vegas to Euro-dance - The Guardian18 February 2026, 11:12 am
  Raye review – dazzling display of range from old-school Vegas to Euro-dance  The GuardianRaye’s old-school glamour belongs on the grandest stages  The TelegraphEverything you need to know ahead of Raye's concert at Manchester Co-op Live  ManchesterWorldEverything went wrong for Raye on her opening night - but she still soared  The i PaperRAYE review, Co-Op Live Manchester – Just give her the Bond theme now  AOL.co.uk
  
• Double decker hits London theatre in two-bus crash - BBC18 February 2026, 11:04 am
  Double decker hits London theatre in two-bus crash  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Campaign urges NHS to improve diagnosis of potentially life-threatening childbirth condition - The Guardian18 February 2026, 10:57 am
  Campaign urges NHS to improve diagnosis of potentially life-threatening childbirth condition  The Guardian
  
• 'I don't pay attention': Cynthia Erivo ignores online criticism as Dracula gets mixed reviews - BBC18 February 2026, 10:30 am
  'I don't pay attention': Cynthia Erivo ignores online criticism as Dracula gets mixed reviews  BBCDracula review – Cynthia Erivo’s magnificent modern bloodsucker is defanged in one-woman show  The GuardianReview: ‘Dracula’ starring Cynthia Erivo at London’s Noël Coward Theatre  Time Out Worldwide'Dracula' review — Cynthia Erivo takes a bite out of Bram Stoker's gothic novel  London TheatreCynthia Erivo’s solo Dracula – photos released  WhatsOnStage
  
• Terrifying moment burglar wakes couple up and demands they drink black liquid - Manchester Evening News18 February 2026, 9:31 am
  Terrifying moment burglar wakes couple up and demands they drink black liquid  Manchester Evening NewsRoyton man, 82, stabbed and tied up in cupboard in burglary  BBCElderly man found intruder under dining table in 'horrific' Royton burglary  Oldham Times82-year-old man stabbed and tied up in burglary | ITV News  ITVXBurglar broke into home and made demand to drink 'black liquid'  Facebook
  
• Starmer says Reform’s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is ‘shameful’ – UK politics live - The Guardian18 February 2026, 9:14 am
  Starmer says Reform’s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is ‘shameful’ – UK politics live  The GuardianReform UK would reimpose two-child benefit cap  BBCPolitics live: Starmer hits out at Reform’s ‘cruel’ plan to restore two-child benefit cap  The IndependentReform UK would bring back two-child benefit cap, says Robert Jenrick  Financial TimesRobert Jenrick’s Tory transformation of Reform begins  New Statesman
  
• Starmer has exposed the lie at the heart of the Online Safety Act - The Telegraph18 February 2026, 9:00 am
  Starmer has exposed the lie at the heart of the Online Safety Act  The TelegraphPerhaps we should all be banned from social media  Financial TimesPM: “No platform gets a free pass”: Government takes action to keep children safe online  GOV.UKAI chatbots to face strict online safety rules in UK  CNNWhat social media restrictions has Keir Starmer announced?  The Guardian
  
• Hull KR: World Club Challenge the goal after domestic dominance - BBC18 February 2026, 8:27 am
  Hull KR: World Club Challenge the goal after domestic dominance  BBCHull KR’s rollercoaster ride from depths of despair to verge of World Club Challenge glory  The GuardianWillie Peters: Hull KR 'striving' for World Club Challenge success against Brisbane Broncos  Sky Sports‘Everyone had written us off’: Shock Broncos boilover... and teen SBW’s scary statement  fox sportsWorld Club Challenge: The History  Betfred Super League
  
• Winter Olympics 2026 LIVE - Mikaela Shiffrin goes for slalom gold; Johannes Klaebo wins 10th gold in team sprint as GB women beat USA in curling - TNT Sports18 February 2026, 7:37 am
  Winter Olympics 2026 LIVE - Mikaela Shiffrin goes for slalom gold; Johannes Klaebo wins 10th gold in team sprint as GB women beat USA in curling  TNT SportsMikaela Shiffrin breezes to Winter Olympic slalom gold in emphatic fashion  BBCWinter Olympics 2026: Mikaela Shiffrin soars to slalom glory; Klæbo wins fifth gold of Games – live  The GuardianMikaela Shiffrin’s fourth Olympics begin with a sluggish slalom and a fourth-place finish  AP News2026 Winter Olympics: Follow live updates Wednesday from Milan Cortina  ESPN
  
• Plan to increase youth minimum wage could be delayed - BBC18 February 2026, 7:26 am
  Plan to increase youth minimum wage could be delayed  BBCMinisters may slow youth minimum wage rise amid UK unemployment fears  The Guardian'The search is soul-destroying': Young jobseekers on the struggle to find work  BBCLabour may drop minimum wage pledge over youth jobless fears  The TimesLabour’s own goals on jobs  Financial Times
  
• Australia temporarily bans citizen from IS-linked group trying to return - BBC18 February 2026, 7:08 am
  Australia temporarily bans citizen from IS-linked group trying to return  BBCAustralia refuses to repatriate ISIS-linked citizens in Syria as escape attempt fails  CNNAustralian linked to ISIS blocked from returning home — as it happened  Australian Broadcasting CorporationThe political furore over Islamic State families – Full Story podcast  The Guardian'We won't repatriate them': Australia's PM refuses to accept IS-linked families from Syria  Sky News
  
• Daniel Radcliffe Says HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Star Will “Be Better Than Me” - The Hollywood Reporter18 February 2026, 7:00 am
  Daniel Radcliffe Says HBO’s New ‘Harry Potter’ Star Will “Be Better Than Me”  The Hollywood ReporterDaniel Radcliffe Reveals If He’s Talked to Emma Watson and Rupert Grint About the New Harry Potter HBO Series (Exclusive)  People.comDaniel Radcliffe fears becoming a ‘spectral phantom’ for new Harry Potter TV show  The IndependentDaniel Radcliffe Issues Request To Harry Potter Fans For HBO TV Reboot  Screen RantDaniel Radcliffe Doesn’t Want New ‘Harry Potter’ Cast To Be Asked About Original Cast  Deadline