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• People smuggler who ‘managed’ £12m boat crossings jailed for 25 years - ITVX20 May 2025, 4:45 pm
  People smuggler who ‘managed’ £12m boat crossings jailed for 25 years  ITVXMan who helped smuggle more than 3,000 people into Europe jailed  BBCUK-based people smuggler jailed for 25 years over Mediterranean crossings  The GuardianTrafficker who flooded Europe with illegal migrants is jailed  The TimesMigrant trafficked thousands of asylum seekers from his taxpayer-funded flat  The Telegraph
  
• UK and Europe target Russia with major sanctions after Putin-Trump call - The Guardian20 May 2025, 4:10 pm
  UK and Europe target Russia with major sanctions after Putin-Trump call  The GuardianEU Sanctions Ships That Helped Move Gas From Russia’s Yamal LNG  BloombergUK announces major sanctions in support of Ukraine  GOV.UKEU and UK pile pressure on Russia with parallel sanctions  Al JazeeraFresh UK and EU sanctions on Russia announced - as Putin procrastinates on ceasefire talks  Sky News
  
• ITV to cut jobs and slash budgets of daytime shows including Good Morning Britain - The Guardian20 May 2025, 4:02 pm
  ITV to cut jobs and slash budgets of daytime shows including Good Morning Britain  The GuardianLorraine's ITV show cut to 30 minutes as job cuts loom  BBCGood Morning Britain hit as ITV cuts hundreds of jobs  The TelegraphLorraine and Loose Women AXED for half the year - as ITV announce big shake up to its daytime schedule amid hu  Daily MailDaytime schedule changes for Good Morning Britain and Lorraine  STV News
  
• UK cheesemaker welcomes new EU deal – but says it comes four years too late - The Guardian20 May 2025, 3:48 pm
  UK cheesemaker welcomes new EU deal – but says it comes four years too late  The GuardianEU e-gates use at European airports uncertain for British travellers  BBCKemi Badenoch surrenders to the Brexit Nostalgia festival | John Crace  The GuardianWho are the winners and losers from the UK-EU agreement?  BBCStarmer bets ‘sell-out’ on fish won’t spook Brits weary of Brexit  politico.eu
  
• Thames Water freezes executives’ ‘retention payments’ after backlash - Financial Times20 May 2025, 3:29 pm
  Thames Water freezes executives’ ‘retention payments’ after backlash  Financial TimesThames Water: big bonuses due from emergency £3bn loan ‘withdrawn’  The GuardianThames Water drops bonuses due for bosses after Government criticism  The IndependentThames Water chief ‘may have misspoken’ after saying lenders of £3bn rescue fund ‘insisted’ bosses receive bonuses  lbc.co.ukI was worth my six-figure bonus, says under-fire Thames Water boss  Sky News
  
• Deal moves closer - Why Liverpool want Bournemouth's marauding left-back Milos Kerkez - Transfermarkt20 May 2025, 3:23 pm
  Deal moves closer - Why Liverpool want Bournemouth's marauding left-back Milos Kerkez  TransfermarktMan City to rival Liverpool for Bournemouth's £45m Kerkez  The i PaperMilos Kerkez transfer latest: Liverpool’s alternative target as £45m rivals named  This Is AnfieldLiverpool closing in on signing two and three ahead of the summer transfer window  Football365Journalist: ‘It’s been pretty obvious for a while that he’s joining Liverpool’  anfieldindex.com
  
• Kate welcomes grieving parents of teen photographer Liz Hatton who died of cancer aged 17 at Buckingham Palace - Daily Mail20 May 2025, 3:18 pm
  Kate welcomes grieving parents of teen photographer Liz Hatton who died of cancer aged 17 at Buckingham Palace  Daily MailPrincess of Wales attends Buckingham Palace garden party  The TelegraphKate Middleton Returns to Royal Garden Party Scene for the First Time in 2 Years, and Her Outfit Says It All  People.comPrince William and Princess Kate play host with royal cousins Eugenie and Zara at Palace garden party  hellomagazine.comKate says Jellycat toys remind her of teenage photographer who died of cancer  London Evening Standard
  
• Football Daily | It’s Bilbao or bust for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur - The Guardian20 May 2025, 3:14 pm
  Football Daily | It’s Bilbao or bust for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
• UK hits Israel with further sanctions and suspends trade talks over Gaza violence - The Independent20 May 2025, 3:11 pm
  UK hits Israel with further sanctions and suspends trade talks over Gaza violence  The IndependentUK suspends trade talks with Israel and attacks ‘repellant’ extremism  The GuardianShouts of 'genocide' in Commons as David Lammy denounces Israel's 'intolerable' actions in Gaza  Sky NewsJoint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank  GOV.UKNetanyahu blasts Starmer, Macron and Carney over Israel sanctions threat  politico.eu
  
• Jennifer Lopez sued for posting paparazzi photos of herself - BBC20 May 2025, 3:08 pm
  Jennifer Lopez sued for posting paparazzi photos of herself  BBCJennifer Lopez Sued for Posting Paparazzi Pictures of Herself From Golden Globes Event  BillboardJennifer Lopez: Dem sue American singer afta she post foto of hersef wey paparazzi snap  BBCJennifer Lopez Dragged to Court Over Social Media Posts Featuring Photos of Herself  Asaba Metro NewsPaparazzi Sue Jennifer Lopez for Posting Photos of Herself Without Permission  Fstoppers
  
• Millions of Mastercard users could get up to £70 compensation - BBC20 May 2025, 2:50 pm
  Millions of Mastercard users could get up to £70 compensation  BBCMastercard users to receive £70 in compensation  BBCMastercard: Merricks demands apology from funder as £200m settlement approved by Competition Appeal Tribunal  The Law Society GazetteMastercard to pay out £200 million in compensation to customers after legal battle – check if you can claim  The IndependentMillions of Brits set to receive £70 each as Mastercard ordered to pay compensation after legal battle  lbc.co.uk
  
• Teenage boy and girl admit torturing and killing two kittens after one found hanging from tree - The Independent20 May 2025, 2:50 pm
  Teenage boy and girl admit torturing and killing two kittens after one found hanging from tree  The IndependentTeenage boy and girl admit torturing and killing two kittens in London  Sky NewsTeenagers charged over deaths of two kittens in West Ruislip  BBCTwo teenagers admit mutilating and killing kittens with knives and blowtorch in horrific London attack  London Evening StandardTeenage girl, 16, and boy, 17, admit torturing and killing two kittens with knives, blowtorches and scissors  Daily Mail
  
• Returnal studio Housemarque has no plans for a live-service title "as long as people are buying premium games" - Eurogamer20 May 2025, 2:46 pm
  Returnal studio Housemarque has no plans for a live-service title "as long as people are buying premium games"  Eurogamer
  
• Rachel Reeves rules out cutting ISA limit but remains vague on cash savings - Yahoo20 May 2025, 2:30 pm
  Rachel Reeves rules out cutting ISA limit but remains vague on cash savings  YahooCash Isas: ministers sound out City bosses on cutting £20,000 tax-free allowance  The GuardianCash Isas still under threat  The TelegraphUK Considers Reducing Cash Portion of £20,000 ISA Allowance  BloombergRachel Reeves U-turns on plan to cut Isa limit to £4,000  The Independent
  
• Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel City Feels Like 'Chicago Gone Wrong’ - Insider Gaming20 May 2025, 2:27 pm
  Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel City Feels Like 'Chicago Gone Wrong’  Insider GamingCyberpunk 2077 Sequel Project Orion Has Night City and Another City That Feels Like 'Chicago Gone Wrong,' Mike Pondsmith Teases  IGNCyberpunk 2077 fans united over 'perfect' setting for sequel  GAMINGbibleCyberpunk 2077 Sequel Details Might Have Accidentally Leaked  gameranx.comCyberpunk 2077 Sequel Tease Hints at New City  ComicBook.com