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• Centrica boss to get £3.6m bonus despite sharp fall in profits - The Guardian19 February 2026, 7:50 pm
  Centrica boss to get £3.6m bonus despite sharp fall in profits  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
• What we learned from the first trailer for the new Peaky Blinders film - BBC19 February 2026, 6:47 pm
  What we learned from the first trailer for the new Peaky Blinders film  BBCIn the Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Trailer, Tommy Shelby Returns to Battle  NetflixPeaky Blinders movie trailer confirms Barry Keoghan's role in surprise twist as he faces off with Cillian Murphy  Radio TimesInvestigations ongoing into cause of another fire at Dalton Mills  Telegraph and ArgusBarry Keoghan On Playing Tommy Shelby’s Son Duke In Peaky Blinders Movie: ‘He’s Up To No Good’  empireonline.com
  
• Global Counsel calls in administrators, blaming Peter Mandelson ‘maelstrom’ - The Guardian19 February 2026, 5:25 pm
  Global Counsel calls in administrators, blaming Peter Mandelson ‘maelstrom’  The GuardianLobbying firm co-founded by Mandelson faces collapse  BBCMandelson’s consultancy collapses after Epstein revelations  The TelegraphMandelson-founded advisory firm Global Counsel to go into administration  Financial TimesPeter Mandelson-founded lobbying firm Global Counsel on brink of closure  Sky News
  
• UK has not given US permission to use RAF bases for Iran strikes - BBC19 February 2026, 5:13 pm
  UK has not given US permission to use RAF bases for Iran strikes  BBCDonald Trump turns against UK Chagos Islands plan again  The GuardianTrump pulls support for Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal  The TimesUnited States and Mauritius to Hold Bilateral Security Discussions  U.S. Department of State (.gov)UK has not agreed to let US strike Iran from British bases, Sky News understands  Sky News
  
• Netanyahu: If Iran attacks Israel, it will face ‘a response they can’t even imagine’ - The Times of Israel19 February 2026, 5:05 pm
  Netanyahu: If Iran attacks Israel, it will face ‘a response they can’t even imagine’  The Times of IsraelIran must abandon enriched uranium and not produce more, Netanyahu says  BBCIsrael raises alert level amid signs of imminent US-Israeli strike on Iran: Report  Anadolu AjansıUS likely to attack Iran, but Trump has not yet decided to do so, sources tell 'Post'  The Jerusalem PostThe view from Israel on Iran: ‘If the US asks, we will answer’  The Times
  
• ‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform? - The Guardian19 February 2026, 4:24 pm
  ‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform?  The GuardianGorton and Denton by-election: It's the UK's first crucial vote of the year - and something striking seems to be happening  Sky NewsGorton and Denton by-election debate as candidates go head-to-head  BBCLabour and Greens vie for Gorton and Denton’s large Muslim vote  hyphenonline.comGorton and Denton: A three cornered fight in a seat of two halves  UK in a changing Europe
  
• ‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs - The Guardian19 February 2026, 4:07 pm
  ‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs  The Guardian
  
• SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium - BBC19 February 2026, 4:00 pm
  SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium  BBCAtmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem  New ScientistStudy Confirms: Reentering SpaceX Rockets Are Peppering the Upper Atmosphere With Metal Pollution  GizmodoHow powerful lasers can measure air pollution from space debris  Chemical & Engineering NewsLithium pollution from Falcon 9 re-entry into the atmosphere measured for the first time  Science Media Centre España
  
• Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs - The Guardian19 February 2026, 3:49 pm
  Retailers in UK plan to cut staff hours and jobs amid rising employment costs  The GuardianRetail warns of high price for workers from government costs ahead  Sky NewsRetail chiefs warn of fresh job losses as Labour prices people out of work  The TelegraphUK retailers' labour cost fears jump after reforms, survey shows  ReutersUK fire-and-rehire rules: What’s still up for debate and how employers should prepare  A&O Shearman
  
• Ski mountaineering makes its Olympic debut to much intrigue in blizzard conditions - BBC19 February 2026, 3:30 pm
  Ski mountaineering makes its Olympic debut to much intrigue in blizzard conditions  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
• KPop stars scored the biggest global hit songs of 2025 - BBC19 February 2026, 3:00 pm
  KPop stars scored the biggest global hit songs of 2025  BBCRosé and Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’ Crowned IFPI’s Top-Selling Global Single For 2025  BillboardIFPI crowns Apt by Rosé and Bruno Mars as Global Single Of The Year 2025  Music WeekAPT by Bruno Mars and Rose named best-selling song of last year  Midweek HeraldBruno Mars scores two tracks on list of 2025’s biggest-selling singles in the world  WJJY 106.7
  
• Arrest after two teens found dead at holiday park near Bridlington - BBC19 February 2026, 2:58 pm
  Arrest after two teens found dead at holiday park near Bridlington  BBCMan arrested after two teenagers found dead at Yorkshire holiday park  The GuardianTwo teenagers found dead at holiday park in Yorkshire  Sky NewsTwo teens dead from possible poisoning at seaside holiday park | ITV News  ITVXTwo teenagers found dead at East Yorkshire holiday park in half term tragedy  Hull Live
  
• Jailed funeral bosses 'betrayed' trust of bereaved - BBC19 February 2026, 2:57 pm
  Jailed funeral bosses 'betrayed' trust of bereaved  BBCRogue funeral directors left bodies covered in maggots  The TelegraphFuneral directors jailed for four years after decomposing body found in mortuary  Sky NewsFamilies and police call for regulation of sector after funeral directors jailed | ITV News  ITVXFuneral directors jailed after leaving man's body decomposing for more than a month  Daily Echo
  
• Taliban allows men to beat wives – so long as they don’t break bones - The Telegraph19 February 2026, 2:48 pm
  Taliban allows men to beat wives – so long as they don’t break bones  The TelegraphHow Taliban’s new penal code puts husbands on par with ‘slave masters’ and legalises domestic violence  The IndependentNow, domestic violence legal in Taliban-led Afghanistan — as long as no ‘broken bones, open wounds’  The Times of IndiaTaliban Legalises Domestic Violence As Long As There Are No "Broken Bones"  NDTVAfghanistan: Under new Taliban rule, 15 day jail term imposed for assaulting wife, but only if she is ‘wounded’  Zee News
  
• Jaywick XL bully attack trial finds Ashley Warren guilty - BBC19 February 2026, 2:47 pm
  Jaywick XL bully attack trial finds Ashley Warren guilty  BBCView Full coverage on Google News