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• ‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks? - The Guardian6 February 2026, 7:10 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 TelegraphWinter Olympics: Penis enhancement mystery under scrutiny as World Anti-Doping Agency look to investigate  Sky Sports
  
• 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 IndependentPeriod blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening  BBCTesting period blood for cervical cancer ‘could be new screening method’  ITVXAmericans prefer to screen for cervical cancer in-clinic vs. at home  EurekAlert!
  
• £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 GuardianThe student loan system — and its danger for Keir Starmer and Labour  Financial TimesStudents deserve better than this brutal system  The 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
  
• Police say they are searching two properties linked to Peter Mandelson over Epstein investigation - BBC6 February 2026, 4:42 pm
  Police say they are searching two properties linked to Peter Mandelson over Epstein investigation  BBCCould this be the beginning of the end for Starmer?  BBCHesitation from leadership rivals keeps Starmer in Downing Street for now  Financial TimesGordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government  The GuardianStarmer apologises to Epstein victims for believing Mandelson's 'lies'  BBC
  
• Levi’s sales grow in UK as celebrities drive denim revival - The Guardian6 February 2026, 4:22 pm
  Levi’s sales grow in UK as celebrities drive denim revival  The Guardian
  
• 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 NewsCamp leader who abused boys after lacing sweets is ‘sadistic, monstrous paedophile’, wife says as he is jailed  The IndependentWoman drugged by paedophile husband brands him ‘sadistic and monstrous’  The Telegraph
  
• Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes - BBC6 February 2026, 3:58 pm
  Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes  BBCRepublicans condemn racist Trump video post depicting Obamas as apes  Al JazeeraRepublican Leaders Denounce Trump For Sharing Racist Video  ForbesTrump shares racist video depicting Obamas as apes on Truth Social, then removes it amid bipartisan outrage  cnn.comDonald Trump removes racist post about Obamas after fierce backlash  Financial Times
  
• UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities - The Guardian6 February 2026, 3:55 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  BBCPhysicists warn of 'catastrophic' impact from UK science cuts  New ScientistUKRI’s funding changes explained  Wonkhe
  
• ‘A modern masterpiece’: writer Jack Thorne’s best TV shows – from This Is England to Adolescence - The Guardian6 February 2026, 3:32 pm
  ‘A modern masterpiece’: writer Jack Thorne’s best TV shows – from This Is England to Adolescence  The Guardian
  
• North Korea 'executes schoolchildren for watching Squid Game' - Sky News6 February 2026, 2:33 pm
  North Korea 'executes schoolchildren for watching Squid Game'  Sky NewsNorth Korean teenagers ‘executed for watching Squid Game’ as regime wages war on TV and pop music  The IndependentNorth Korea: People 'executed for watching South Korean TV', bribery to escape punishment widespread  Amnesty InternationalNorth Korea: teenagers ‘executed for watching Squid Game’ as regime wages war on K-Drama and K-Pop  Amnesty International UKIs North Korea is ‘executing’ children for watching Squid Game, listening to K-pop?  Firstpost
  
• Week in wildlife: cuddling sloths, dazed iguanas and a very fat seal - The Guardian6 February 2026, 2:23 pm
  Week in wildlife: cuddling sloths, dazed iguanas and a very fat seal  The Guardian
  
• Starmer faces renewed calls to sack chief of staff over Mandelson scandal - The Guardian6 February 2026, 2:07 pm
  Starmer faces renewed calls to sack chief of staff over Mandelson scandal  The GuardianNo 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment  The GuardianStarmer and McSweeney battled to keep sleazebags out of power. Then they hired Mandelson  politico.euPressure grows on Keir Starmer’s chief of staff over Peter Mandelson ambassador appointment  Financial TimesThe House Article | Sacking Morgan McSweeney won’t be enough to ease this sense of decline  Politics Home
  
• Mercedes rivals plotting F1 engine rule change for Melbourne - The Race6 February 2026, 1:44 pm
  Mercedes rivals plotting F1 engine rule change for Melbourne  The RaceMercedes rivals push for intervention over F1 engine loophole - but how realistic is it?  AutosportHow 3D-Printed Pistons Let F1 Engines Bend the Rules on Compression  AutoblogWolff urges Mercedes rivals to ‘focus on themselves’ amid 2026 engine row  The GuardianFerrari starts work on Merc-like engine for 2027  grandprix.com
  
• Video shows how cash point ram-raid unfolded - BBC6 February 2026, 1:33 pm
  Video shows how cash point ram-raid unfolded  BBCNews Article  Devon & Cornwall Police NewsWatch: Masked gang uses heavy machinery to steal cash machines  The TelegraphPlympton cashpoint thieves may have stayed at B&B  Tavistock Times GazettePolice release footage of daring cashpoints theft  South Hams Gazette
  
• Pep gives update on Bernardo, Dias and Stones - Manchester City FC6 February 2026, 12:45 pm
  Pep gives update on Bernardo, Dias and Stones  Manchester City FC“Incredible doubt”: Pep Guardiola reveals Man City injury blow vs. Liverpool  This Is AnfieldMan City XI vs Liverpool: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League  London Evening StandardDias, Silva, Stones - Man City injury latest and return dates for Liverpool clash  Manchester Evening NewsRuben + Bernardo: Man City injury latest for FPL Gameweek 25  fantasyfootballscout.co.uk