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• ‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg - The Guardian22 May 2026, 4:00 am
  ‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg  The Guardian
  
• Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists - The Guardian22 May 2026, 3:19 am
  Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists  The GuardianFar-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists  BBCIsrael’s arrogance is becoming the evidence in the case against it  Al JazeeraNews live: Australian tourist dies hiking Inca Trail, Peruvian media reports  The GuardianGaza-bound flotilla movement: All you need to know  Sky News
  
• Sam Fender, Lily Allen and CMAT among Ivor Novello songwriting award winners - Sky News22 May 2026, 1:31 am
  Sam Fender, Lily Allen and CMAT among Ivor Novello songwriting award winners  Sky NewsSam Fender, Rosalía and Jacob Alon win Ivor Novello Awards  BBCScottish singer-songwriter Jacob Alon wins big at Ivor Novello awards  The GuardianThe Ivors 2026: full winners list  PRS for MusicCMAT calls on artists to stop ‘sitting on the fence’ after winning Ivor Novello Award for best album  The Journal
  
• Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada - BBC22 May 2026, 1:21 am
  Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada  BBCAlberta to hold vote on referendum to separate from Canada  Financial TimesAlberta legislative committee on pro-Canada petition adjourns after prematurely sent news release  CBCAlberta separatists threaten to oust Premier Danielle Smith over referendum question  Global NewsUCP needs a question on separation to appease voter base: Lukaszuk  CTV News
  
• Two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch dies aged 41 - after being taken to hospital with 'severe illness' - Sky News22 May 2026, 1:02 am
  Two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch dies aged 41 - after being taken to hospital with 'severe illness'  Sky NewsNascar champion Kyle Busch dies aged 41  BBCKyle Busch, two-time Nascar champion, dies aged 41  The GuardianKyle Busch hospitalized due to illness, to miss Coca-Cola 600  ESPNKyle Busch, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, dies at age 41  NASCAR.com
  
• SpaceX abandons test launch of Starship rocket - The Telegraph22 May 2026, 12:55 am
  SpaceX abandons test launch of Starship rocket  The TelegraphElon Musk's SpaceX postpones Starship launch as mega share sale looms  BBCSpaceX scrubs first launch attempt of its Starship Version 3 rocket  Spaceflight NowSpaceX scrubs high-stakes test launch of latest Starship spacecraft  Financial TimesSpaceX scrubs test flight of massive Starship rocket, will retry Friday  CNBC
  
• 'Some good signs' a US-Iran deal to end war could be in sight, Marco Rubio reveals - Sky News21 May 2026, 11:17 pm
  'Some good signs' a US-Iran deal to end war could be in sight, Marco Rubio reveals  Sky NewsMarco Rubio sees ‘good signs’ US could reach deal with Iran  Financial TimesIran war updates: ‘Some good signs’ peace deal can be reached, says Rubio  Al JazeeraRubio says toll system in Strait of Hormuz would make deal 'unfeasible'  The NationalUS and Iran still at odds on key issues, but both sides report signs of progress  Reuters
  
• 'Monitoring the situation': why young men are drawn to prediction markets - BBC21 May 2026, 11:09 pm
  'Monitoring the situation': why young men are drawn to prediction markets  BBCGambling addicts are struggling as Kalshi and Polymarket explode in the US: ‘You could be betting your rent away’  The Guardian‘Everything in Life Should Not Be a Gambling Experience’  PoliticoLatham in Focus: Structuring Prediction Markets in the UK and EU  Latham & Watkins LLPPrediction markets are making a 150-year comeback : Throughline  NPR
  
• Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC - The Guardian21 May 2026, 11:08 pm
  Single-sex toilets must exclude transgender people, says EHRC  The GuardianToilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms  BBCGovernment publishes single-sex spaces guidance - as MP criticises 'damaging' year-long wait  Sky NewsOrganisations receive clear, accessible guidance on how to implement equality law in updated draft Code of Practice  GOV.UKWhat is in the new guidance?  Sex Matters
  
• Melanoma skin cancer cases in UK hit record level, analysis finds - The Guardian21 May 2026, 11:01 pm
  Melanoma skin cancer cases in UK hit record level, analysis finds  The GuardianSun safety warning issued for bank holiday as skin cancer cases hit record high  The IndependentParliamentary UV safety report calls for sunscreen VAT cut and tougher sunbed regulation  Professional BeautyCould cigarette-style warnings on sunbeds and cheaper SPFs fight skin cancer? | ITV News  ITVXI thought I was dying - mum's melanoma warning as UK cases hit all-time high  upday News
  
• Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started? - Nature21 May 2026, 10:53 pm
  Ebola outbreak spirals out of control: how might it have started?  NatureUS is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say  The GuardianEbola outbreak in DR Congo: WHO says Ebola vaccine could take nine months  BBCEpidemic of Ebola Disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda determined a public health emergency of international concern  World Health Organization (WHO)How bushmeat, burial rites and disinformation make the DRC an Ebola hotspot  CNN
  
• England World Cup squad: How Cole Palmer and Phil Foden lost Thomas Tuchel's number 10 battle - BBC21 May 2026, 10:48 pm
  England World Cup squad: How Cole Palmer and Phil Foden lost Thomas Tuchel's number 10 battle  BBCFriday’s briefing: Tuchel to name squad as Villa toast Europa League win  The IndependentFoden, Palmer and Maguire left out of England World Cup squad but Toney is in  The GuardianEngland's 16 'guarantees' for World Cup squad  Sky SportsPhil Foden, Cole Palmer out of England World Cup squad, Ivan Toney and Kobbie Mainoo in - The Athletic  The New York Times
  
• Trading standards ‘brushed off concerns’ over cowboy builders’ £2.5m scam - The Telegraph21 May 2026, 10:47 pm
  Trading standards ‘brushed off concerns’ over cowboy builders’ £2.5m scam  The TelegraphTwo jailed following major Kent Trading Standards doorstep crime prosecution  Kent CouncilCowboy builders fleeced 'heartbroken' victims out of £1.3m leaving them 'ruined'  The Irish Sun‘I can never forgive them’: Cowboy builders conned customers out of £1.3m  Kent Online
  
• The main takeaways from Elon Musk’s plans for module.75tn SpaceX flotation - The Guardian21 May 2026, 10:16 pm
  The main takeaways from Elon Musk’s plans for module.75tn SpaceX flotation  The GuardianSpaceX files for stock market debut that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire  BBCGoldman Sachs eclipses Morgan Stanley’s Michael Grimes on SpaceX IPO  Financial TimesSpaceX is capitalism on rocket fuel  The EconomistThe 5 strangest things about SpaceX’s IPO prospectus  CNN
  
• Andy Robertson: ‘It was easy to fall in love with Liverpool – I’m fortunate Liverpool fell in love with me’ - The Guardian21 May 2026, 9:30 pm
  Andy Robertson: ‘It was easy to fall in love with Liverpool – I’m fortunate Liverpool fell in love with me’  The GuardianAndrew Robertson: Liverpool beat teams in the tunnel at our peak  The TimesAndy Robertson backs Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to have ‘unbelievable’ Liverpool careers  The IndependentAndy Robertson backs Liverpool to bounce back next season  ESPNAndy Robertson admits two players helped Liverpool exit and makes Reds signings prediction  Liverpool Echo