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Dolly Parton gets $100m award from Jeff Bezos Music star Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100m prize by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. Bezos announced the award alongside his partner, Lauren Sanchez, who described Parton as “a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion every aspect of her work.” The Bezos Courage & Civility Award recognises leaders who “pursue solutions with courage and civility”. “We can’t wait to see all…

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The Sun on Sunday – Olivia’s dash to hospital Summary of the front page The SUN splashes with news I’M A Celebrity’s Olivia Attwood was forced to quit after abnormal blood test results led to a ­dramatic A&E dash. The check-up showed that the Love Island star was ­dangerously anaemic. A source said: “It was touch and go for a while.” Olivia said last night: “I was absolutely devastated.” Gutted I’m A Celeb dropout Olivia Attwood…

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The Observer – The £30bn cost of disastrous Truss budget Summary of the front page Former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s “disastrous” mini-budget cost the government around £30bn, according to new analysis in the Observer. The estimate from the centre-left think tank the Resolution Foundation says this represents a doubling of the amount the Treasury will need to raise in increased taxes and spending cuts this week and would have been “far higher” without government U-turns,…

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Sunday Express – Rishi revives Thaterchism to rescue UK Summary of the front page Reporting on the plans to “rescue” the UK from its “ailing economy”, the Sunday Express says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will “revive Thatcherism” by following the “Iron Lady’s playbook of tax hikes and spending cuts”. The paper says the PM will warn “there is no alternative” to what it calls an “eye-watering” combination of higher taxes and lower government budgets, which…

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The Independent – I’ll call out Russia at G20 summit, says Sunak Summary of the front page The Independent says Rishi Sunak will use the upcoming G20 summit to “call out Putin’s regime” over the devastation it is wreaking on Ukraine and the global economy with its invasion. The Prime Minister jets off to Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday to join other leaders of the world’s biggest economies including US President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron and…

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Russian state media host Vladimir Solovyov called for the Kremlin to launch a “full-scale” attack on Europe after Moscow’s troops were forced to withdraw from the only regional capital city they had been able to capture in Ukraine ​Russian state media host Vladimir Solovyov called for the Kremlin to launch a “full-scale” attack on Europe after Moscow’s troops were forced to withdraw from the only regional capital city they had been able to capture…

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Jeremy Hunt revealed the autumn budget will “have” to include “some tax rises” and cuts to public spending as the Government battles to resist a devastating recession. ​Jeremy Hunt revealed the autumn budget will “have” to include “some tax rises” and cuts to public spending as the Government battles to resist a devastating recession.

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The Sunday Papers Sunday papers – Liz Truss’s budget cost £30bn There are various lead stories on the Sunday front pages, and one of the most popular is speculation over what could be included in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement on Thursday. The cost of living crisis and migrant crisis plans, as well as Matt Hancock’s stint in I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here are some of the other lead stories featured…

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Ali, a Kurd who fled Iran, may also be offered a university place after he told of the tedium of 500 days in limbo An asylum seeker who has spent almost 500 days stranded in a Berkshire hotel has thanked Observer readers for their generosity after he was inundated with books. Last week Ali featured in an article articulating life in limbo for the 37,000 asylum seekers living in hotels, with the Kurdish Iranian lamenting…

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Chefs are hoping the concept will tempt diners to spend a little more and fight the cost-of-living crisis Linden Stores, in the Cheshire village of Audlem, has started a whole sharing menu of modern British food, with two people sharing seven dishes including charred pepper and Cornish Quartz cheddar croquettes, hake wrapped in wild boar pancetta and chocolate and peanut butter tart. Laura Christie and her partner, Chris Boustead, relocated the restaurant to the village…

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Energy suppliers went bust as firms struggled to cope with surging wholesale costs of gas and electricity, but Ofgem has been accused of being “too slow” to act with assistance to customers. ​Energy suppliers went bust as firms struggled to cope with surging wholesale costs of gas and electricity, but Ofgem has been accused of being “too slow” to act with assistance to customers.

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