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• NatWest set to clinch £2.5bn takeover of wealth manager Evelyn - Sky News7 February 2026, 9:48 am
  NatWest set to clinch £2.5bn takeover of wealth manager Evelyn  Sky NewsBarclays and Natwest set for bidding war in race to beef up wealth arms  City AMNatWest and Barclays set to launch rival bids for £2bn Evelyn Partners – reports  Investment WeekBarclays Weighs Evelyn Partners Bid As Leadership Shift Supports Valuation Case  simplywall.stNatwest Group Is Closing In On A Takeover Of Evelyn Partners In A Deal Worth More Than 2.5 Billion Pounds - Sky News Reporter On X  TradingView
  
• Blackpool business owners 'heartbroken' after huge fire - BBC7 February 2026, 9:19 am
  Blackpool business owners 'heartbroken' after huge fire  BBCBlackpool fire: Building 'completely destroyed' as 15 crews battle huge blaze  Manchester Evening NewsHuge blaze erupts at popular store and kids' play area as 15 crews on scene  The SunBlackpool fire LIVE: Huge blaze 'completely destroys' building as crews battle at scene  The MirrorBuilding 'completely destroyed' as 15 crews battle huge blaze in Blackpool  Facebook
  
• Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club - The Guardian7 February 2026, 8:57 am
  Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club  The GuardianJeffrey Epstein’s ghost is haunting the grand old men of capitalism  The EconomistEpstein saga is a fable of modern capitalism  The TimesEven a criminal conviction can't taint 'good bloke' status  Australian Broadcasting CorporationHow Epstein ensnared the world’s elite: Flatter, connect, reward, repeat  The Telegraph
  
• NATO jets scrambled as Putin drones unleash fresh wave of terror - The Mirror7 February 2026, 8:26 am
  NATO jets scrambled as Putin drones unleash fresh wave of terror  The MirrorPolish Army Operational Command: Operations of military aviation in Polish airspace, related to Russian strikes on Ukraine, have ended  marketscreener.comPoland halts airports and scrambles aircraft due to nighttime Russia attack on Ukraine  Українська правдаTwo Polish Airports Reopen After NATO Jets Activated Over Russian Strikes on Ukraine  usnews.comSoutheast Poland airspace closed due to ’unplanned military activity’, FlightRadar24 says By Reuters  Investing.com
  
• Hunt for 2 teenage girls last seen at station & thought to be 300 miles away - The Sun7 February 2026, 8:00 am
  Hunt for 2 teenage girls last seen at station & thought to be 300 miles away  The SunSearch for missing teenage girls last seen at railway station | ITV News  ITVXHave you seen missing Ava and Lexi?  Lincolnshire PolicePolice search for missing teenagers last seen at Lincolnshire station  Lincolnshire LiveMissing Lincolnshire teenagers may be heading to Cornwall, police say  Yahoo News UK
  
• Lib Dems urge FCA to investigate Peter Mandelson over potential insider trading - The Guardian7 February 2026, 8:00 am
  Lib Dems urge FCA to investigate Peter Mandelson over potential insider trading  The Guardian
  
• Somerset boy's life saved by blood transfusion in the womb - BBC7 February 2026, 7:14 am
  Somerset boy's life saved by blood transfusion in the womb  BBC
  
• ‘Plainly wrong’: London flat dwellers fight shock £200,000 heating bill - The Guardian7 February 2026, 7:00 am
  ‘Plainly wrong’: London flat dwellers fight shock £200,000 heating bill  The GuardianWhat will better protections mean for those on heat networks?  BBCSelling heat networks in light of Ofgem regulations  Construction UK MagazineGreenwich residents win tribunal over £200,000 heat network bill  PropertyWireThe new heat networks regime: what do regulated businesses need to do and when?  Travers Smith
  
• Putin’s Ploy - Kyiv Post7 February 2026, 6:47 am
  Putin’s Ploy  Kyiv PostUkraine war latest: Russia attacks energy infrastructure - as Zelenskyy reveals US deadline for peace  Sky NewsTrump is sowing the seeds of the next Ukraine war  The TelegraphUkraine Peace Negotiations: Road to Nowhere  Futura Doctrina | Mick RyanTrump's persistent foreign policy challenge: From the Politics Desk  NBC News
  
• Mandelson suggested holiday home for 'privacy' of Epstein 'guests' - BBC7 February 2026, 6:10 am
  Mandelson suggested holiday home for 'privacy' of Epstein 'guests'  BBC
  
• Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro can't come soon enough - Creative Bloq7 February 2026, 6:00 am
  Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro can't come soon enough  Creative BloqNew M5 Chips Spotted in iOS 26.3 Beta  MacRumorsAll-new MacBook Pro design reportedly set to launch in final quarter this year  9to5mac.comReview: Apple's M5 Performance Tested: iPad Pro 2025 Review  Digital FoundryRedesigned OLED MacBook Pro on track to arrive this year, report claims  Macworld
  
• The return of Thora Birch: ‘I wouldn’t trade child stardom… but it has a heavy price’ - The Independent7 February 2026, 6:00 am
  The return of Thora Birch: ‘I wouldn’t trade child stardom… but it has a heavy price’  The Independent
  
• The biohackers who want to fix their vision without resorting to glasses - Financial Times7 February 2026, 5:00 am
  The biohackers who want to fix their vision without resorting to glasses  Financial Times
  
• Cabinet office minister used PR firm to investigate journalists' sources - BBC7 February 2026, 2:36 am
  Cabinet office minister used PR firm to investigate journalists' sources  BBCMinister commissioned investigation of journalists looking into Labour thinktank  The GuardianLabour think tank hired investigators to track down funding leaks  The TimesBREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists  Democracy for Sale | Peter GeogheganUK think-tank close to Labour paid firm to identify source of leaks to media  Financial Times
  
• Serial killer Steve Wright sentenced to 40 more years for schoolgirl’s murder - The Guardian7 February 2026, 2:30 am
  Serial killer Steve Wright sentenced to 40 more years for schoolgirl’s murder  The GuardianSteve Wright: Serial killer given 40-year sentence for murdering Victoria Hall, 17, as judge says 'you'll die in prison'  BBCOnly surviving victim of 'Suffolk Strangler' Steve Wright says others may have lived if police had taken her seriously  Sky NewsSteve Wright sentenced to life imprisonment  Suffolk ConstabularyThe missed chances in the quest to find Victoria Hall's killer | ITV News  ITVX