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• Iran latest: Israel strikes Tehran, US troops killed named and UK charters rescue flight - Sky News4 March 2026, 9:00 am
  Iran latest: Israel strikes Tehran, US troops killed named and UK charters rescue flight  Sky NewsIDF: Israeli Air Force carrying out ‘extensive’ strikes on targets in Tehran  The Times of IsraelTrump says US will provide insurance for commercial shipping – as it happened  The GuardianSweeping assault on Iranian state leaves residents reeling  Financial TimesUS and Israel bomb Iran for fourth day as Trump says air defences 'gone'  BBC
  
• Global stock markets tumble as Trump bid to avert oil crisis in strait of Hormuz fails to reassure - The Guardian4 March 2026, 8:33 am
  Global stock markets tumble as Trump bid to avert oil crisis in strait of Hormuz fails to reassure  The GuardianTrump says US Navy will protect ships in Middle East 'if necessary'  BBCIran conflict day 4 as it happened: Trump says US Navy prepared to escort oil tankers in Gulf, Iraq’s crude production on the cusp of collapse  Financial TimesIs This Trump's Hormuz Plan? Economist Warns India Could Be In The Crosshairs  NDTVUS signals U-turn on naval convoys to restart Hormuz transits  Lloyd's List
  
• Why hundreds of police officers have descended on parts of Liverpool - Liverpool Echo4 March 2026, 8:00 am
  Why hundreds of police officers have descended on parts of Liverpool  Liverpool Echo
  
• What's with the used floss picks appearing all over Britain's streets? - Metro.co.uk4 March 2026, 7:00 am
  What's with the used floss picks appearing all over Britain's streets?  Metro.co.uk
  
• FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to inch up; UK faces energy bills warning - City AM4 March 2026, 6:45 am
  FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to inch up; UK faces energy bills warning  City AM£20,000 invested in FTSE 100 shares a year ago would now be worth…  The Motley Fool UKFTSE 100 Live: Oil price continues to rise, index steadies after slump  London Evening StandardIs the UK market at a turning point?  mandg.comFTSE 100 futures signal bounce despite escalating Middle East conflict  Share Talk
  
• 18 days of no sleep: The men trying to beat a forbidden world record - The Telegraph4 March 2026, 6:01 am
  18 days of no sleep: The men trying to beat a forbidden world record  The Telegraph
  
• Harry Styles' Kiss All The Time... album review: A funky existential crisis - BBC4 March 2026, 5:20 am
  Harry Styles' Kiss All The Time... album review: A funky existential crisis  BBCHarry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally review – nice all the time. Good, occasionally  The GuardianHarry Styles - Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally - The Music Week Review  Music WeekHarry Styles’s new album has all the emotional heft of a perfume advert  The TelegraphOn his new album, Harry Styles finally sounds like himself - review  The Independent
  
• 'It will continue to spread and there is no cure' - York woman on devastating illness - The York Press4 March 2026, 5:00 am
  'It will continue to spread and there is no cure' - York woman on devastating illness  The York PressEndometriosis Awareness Event – The NEN  North Edinburgh NewsDoctors missed my endometriosis for 14 years – until it nearly killed me  The i PaperA Look Inside the Endometriosis Epidemic  Public DiscourseEdinburgh woman slams missed chances after 'not being believed' over endometriosis  Yahoo News UK
  
• US and Ecuador forces launch operation to fight drug trafficking - BBC4 March 2026, 4:07 am
  US and Ecuador forces launch operation to fight drug trafficking  BBCUS military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking  The GuardianUS joins Ecuador in operations against 'narcoterrorists'  Sky NewsU.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’  The New York TimesUS military launches anti-drug trafficking operation in Ecuador  CNN
  
• Markets latest: Shock falls in Asia as stock exchange forced to press emergency circuit breaker - Sky News4 March 2026, 3:09 am
  Markets latest: Shock falls in Asia as stock exchange forced to press emergency circuit breaker  Sky NewsGas and oil prices soar and shares tumble on fears conflict could escalate  BBCStock markets slump amid Iran war as gas prices jump 30% to three-year high  The GuardianStock market today: Dow falls by 700 points, S&P 500 and Nasdaq sink as oil surges amid war worries  Yahoo Finance UKEuropean markets set for mixed open as traders track Middle East turmoil  CNBC
  
• ‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away - The Guardian4 March 2026, 2:30 am
  ‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away  The GuardianProposed doubling of Skilled Worker settlement period sparks backlash from migrants and business  VisaHQWhy you should consider applying for British citizenship now  Lewis Silkin LLPUK Citizenship and Settlement Routes for Immigrants: A complete guide to the 3, 5 and 10-year pathways  The Financial ExpressThe UK immigration process in 2026 is going to be harder: Main changes in policies  Euromaidan Press
  
• Asia stock markets slump and oil rises on fears Iran war may drag on - BBC4 March 2026, 1:22 am
  Asia stock markets slump and oil rises on fears Iran war may drag on  BBCIran war pushes world’s best-performing stock market into huge sell-off  Financial TimesStocks plunge as Israel steps up attacks on Iran  The TelegraphSouth Korea's Kospi plunges 12% amid broader declines in Asia markets as Iran conflict rages  CNBCSouth Korea’s stock market suffer steepest drop in history amid US-Iran war  Al Jazeera
  
• Ayatollah’s son is leading contender to be Iran’s next supreme leader - The Telegraph4 March 2026, 12:15 am
  Ayatollah’s son is leading contender to be Iran’s next supreme leader  The TelegraphBehind Mojtaba Khamenei's Rise To Top Post, A Push By Iran's Elite Force  NDTVAyatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor  The New York TimesIsrael conducted the strike on regime clerics gathering to elect new Iranian supreme leader — defense source  The Times of IsraelWho is Mojtaba Khamenei? Son of supreme leader expected to succeed him  The Times
  
• 'Stupid and childish' man rammed 18-tonne coach through ex-lover's bedroom wall causing £46,000 of damage - The Sun3 March 2026, 11:53 pm
  'Stupid and childish' man rammed 18-tonne coach through ex-lover's bedroom wall causing £46,000 of damage  The Sun'Stupid' man rammed coach into ex's home  BBCSpurned lover who ploughed an 18-tonne COACH into his ex-partner's flat after their relationship ended is spared jail  Daily Mail'Stupid and childish' man rammed coach into ex's home causing £40,000 damage  Chronicle LiveNorth East man who crashed 18-tonne coach into ex’s home in revenge act avoids prison  Yahoo News UK
  
• Overindulging in lie-ins ‘could cause as much damage as insomnia’ - The Times3 March 2026, 11:30 pm
  Overindulging in lie-ins ‘could cause as much damage as insomnia’  The TimesThe perfect length of sleep to avoid diabetes, according to experts  The IndependentSleeping in on weekends could harm your health outcomes, study finds  lbc.co.ukSeven hours sleep linked to lower insulin resistance risk  News-MedicalHow Has Aiming for Better Sleep Helped With Your Type 1 Diabetes Management?  HealthCentral