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• Winter Olympics 2026: opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro and beyond – live - The Guardian6 February 2026, 10:22 pm
  Winter Olympics 2026: opening ceremony at Milan’s San Siro and beyond – live  The GuardianWinter Olympics opening ceremony 2026 LIVE: Watch TV stream & updates from Milan-Cortina  BBC‘We are all connected’: Winter Olympics opening ceremony stresses harmony and showcases Italy  The GuardianIce skating, ice hockey and ICE protests: the best pics from the Winter Olympics opening day  Sky News2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony: Mariah Carey kicks off the show; Andrea Bocelli and Sabrina Impacciatore set to appear  Yahoo
  
• ‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks? - The Guardian6 February 2026, 10:20 pm
  ‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?  The GuardianSki jumping: Wada responds to penis injection claims  BBCCrotch enhancements: The latest controversy at the Winter Olympics  Sky NewsThe crotch-enlarging scandal that rocked ski jumping  The Telegraph2026 Winter Olympics: WADA vows to investigate claims of crotch size manipulation  ESPN
  
• Gordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government - The Guardian6 February 2026, 9:50 pm
  Gordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government  The GuardianPolice search properties linked to Mandelson over Epstein investigation  BBCThere’s one argument Starmer could make to save his skin – but he won’t dare do it | Jonathan Freedland  The GuardianHenry Zeffman: Could this be the beginning of the end for Keir Starmer?  BBCPolitics latest: Police search Mandelson properties - as PM warns 'significant volume of material' needs to be reviewed  Sky News
  
• Man Utd owners the Glazers 'bid £1.3bn' to buy Indian cricket team after TWO failures - The Mirror6 February 2026, 6:53 pm
  Man Utd owners the Glazers 'bid £1.3bn' to buy Indian cricket team after TWO failures  The MirrorIs RCB’s historic IPL 2025 win about to trigger a module.8 billion takeover by Manchester United owners?  MSNManchester United co-owner shortlisted for Royal Challengers Bengaluru ownership ahead of IPL 2026  theweek.inRace for RCB: Dr Ranjan Pai, Adar Poonawalla, EQT, Premji Invest submit non-binding bids  CNBC TV18Glazers bid module.8 billion to buy club  CentreDevils
  
• UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities - The Guardian6 February 2026, 6:44 pm
  UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities  The GuardianUK to scrap more than £250mn in planned physics project funding  Financial TimesUK’s £8bn research fund faces “hard decisions” as it pauses new grants  BBCIan Chapman ‘very sorry’ for UKRI not engaging on funding changes  Research Professional NewsThree UK research councils suspend funding opportunities  Times Higher Education
  
• ‘A modern masterpiece’: writer Jack Thorne’s best TV shows – from This Is England to Adolescence - The Guardian6 February 2026, 6:30 pm
  ‘A modern masterpiece’: writer Jack Thorne’s best TV shows – from This Is England to Adolescence  The Guardian
  
• Levi’s sales grow in UK as celebrities drive denim revival - The Guardian6 February 2026, 6:26 pm
  Levi’s sales grow in UK as celebrities drive denim revival  The Guardian
  
• Menstrual blood test could offer alternative to cervical screening for cancer - The Guardian6 February 2026, 6:12 pm
  Menstrual blood test could offer alternative to cervical screening for cancer  The GuardianThere’s finally a smear test alternative – but why has it taken so long?  The IndependentMenstrual blood can be used to detect HPV, hinting at broader uses  Scientific AmericanWhy the end of traditional cervical smear tests could be in sight  The i PaperPeriod blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening  BBC
  
• People with dementia are still people, with joys and interests of their own | Letters - The Guardian6 February 2026, 6:12 pm
  People with dementia are still people, with joys and interests of their own | Letters  The Guardian
  
• £99,987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans - The Guardian6 February 2026, 5:12 pm
  £99,987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans  The GuardianStudents deserve better than this brutal system  The TimesThe student loan system — and its danger for Keir Starmer and Labour  Financial TimesRachel Reeves must be the only person in Britain who thinks student loans are fair  The TelegraphHow do Plan 2 student loans work, and how have they changed over time?  IFS | Institute for Fiscal Studies
  
• Coroner rejects account of last man to see drag queen alive in sordid sexual encounter - Wales Online6 February 2026, 5:09 pm
  Coroner rejects account of last man to see drag queen alive in sordid sexual encounter  Wales OnlineView Full coverage on Google News
  
• Cristiano Ronaldo: Al-Nassr forward misses second Saudi Pro League game in a row - BBC6 February 2026, 5:04 pm
  Cristiano Ronaldo: Al-Nassr forward misses second Saudi Pro League game in a row  BBCSaudi Arabian football officials are losing patience with Cristiano Ronaldo as he considers extending his strike.  Sky SportsCristiano Ronaldo warned by Saudi Pro League amid transfer spending dispute  The GuardianRonaldo to boycott 2nd Al Nassr game in protest of PIF - sources  ESPNSaudis ready to offload Ronaldo for £43m and target Man Utd star as replacement  The i Paper
  
• Exclusive: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton - manchestermill.co.uk6 February 2026, 5:00 pm
  Exclusive: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton  manchestermill.co.ukReform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters  The GuardianReform UK’s dirty tricks in Gorton and Denton by-election exposed  Socialist WorkerReform UK's printers issues apology over endorsement letter from resident  Manchester Evening News
  
• 'Same trial twice': Luigi Mangione leaves court protesting after New York trial date is set - BBC6 February 2026, 4:52 pm
  'Same trial twice': Luigi Mangione leaves court protesting after New York trial date is set  BBCJudge sets Luigi Mangione state murder trial date for June ahead of federal case  The GuardianLuigi Mangione complains of double jeopardy in courtroom outburst  Fox NewsLuigi Mangione shouts at judge in angry outburst in court: ‘One plus one is two!’  The IndependentLuigi Mangione Cries ‘Double Jeopardy’ In Court As State Trial Set For June  Forbes
  
• Stathern summer camp leader jailed for drugging and abusing boys - BBC6 February 2026, 4:12 pm
  Stathern summer camp leader jailed for drugging and abusing boys  BBC'Monstrous' summer camp sex offender who abused boys jailed for more than 23 years  BBCPaedophile camp leader Jon Ruben jailed for 23 years for sexually abusing children he drugged with sweets  Sky News'Monstrous' Stathern summer camp sex offender who abused boys jailed for more than 23 years  BBCWoman drugged by paedophile husband brands him ‘sadistic and monstrous’  The Telegraph