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​A 3% pay rise for team managers amid 10% inflation comes after a string of wage rises for hourly staff Thousands of Tesco staff have been forced to take a large real-terms pay cut as the supermarket puts a squeeze on store managers while offering bigger wage rises for lower-paid workers. In the latest pay battle amid the cost of living crisis, the retailer’s team managers, who earn about £30,000 a year, say they have…

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Gemini, your persona will impress (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) Ok, look, it’s like this – we seem to have entered a time of deeper reflection and thought, not just about our own innermost feelings, but also the complexities of others. Heed advice, give advice – it may be ethereal or downright practical. Diplomacy, soothing words and authority may be the order of the day, but don’t become dogmatic. Have faith in what’s happening around you, let the…

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A blast to the past for five young cast members (Picture: ITV) Emmerdale is celebrating half a century with a special anniversary shoot with transforms five of the key young cast members back to 1972 – the year in which the show began. Stars Jessie Elland, Rosie Bentham, Katie Hill, Daisy Campbell and Karene Peter donned vintage style outfits to pay homage to the decade – and many who remember the show from its humble…

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Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli both scored as Arsenal beat Liverpool on Sunday (Picture: Getty) Danny Murphy feels Arsenal pair Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli ‘would cause every defence in world football problems’ after beating Liverpool. The Gunners extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table with a superb 3-2 victory over Jurgen Klopp’s side on Sunday at the Emirates. Martinelli scored after just one minute and registered an assist while Saka…

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Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd shared a hug as they reunited (Picture: Getty) Back To The Future stars Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd have reunited at New York Comic Con, leaving fans in tears. The stars, who played Marty McFly (Michael) and Dr Emmett Brown, aka Doc (Christopher), shared a hug as they took to the stage together at a Back To The Future panel 37 years after the film’s release. They had…

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​Guardian analysis of hundreds of documents also finds complaints of rodents, bed bugs, overcrowding and fire safety issuesRaw sewage leaking into a living room, rodents, bed bug and mite infestations, overcrowding and fire safety issues make up just some of the complaints levelled at rogue landlords in tribunal filings in the past year.The findings come after the Guardian analysed hundreds of documents from the first-tier property tribunal involving tenants renting house-shares of five or more…

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​Ciolac, 35, died in hospital after officer reportedly fired three shots at man armed with knifeA man who was shot dead by armed officers in the car park of a police station in Derby has been named as Marius Ciolac.Armed officers were called at 9.55am on Friday after officers reported seeing a man armed with a knife in the secure car park of Ascot Drive police station. Continue reading… 

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​Exclusive: Tory MPs warn PM she would lose vote on increasing benefits only in line with earnings rather than inflationLiz Truss is teetering on the edge of performing another big U-turn as Tory MPs warned she would lose a vote on delivering a real-terms cut to benefits while new research showed the move could push an extra 450,000 people into poverty.Despite desperate pleas for party unity from senior ministers after weeks of bitter infighting, the…

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​Brian Glendinning’s case highlights peril for football fans travelling to the Gulf nation this year, experts warnA British engineer is in jail in Iraq and facing extradition to Qatar over missed repayments on a small bank loan, in a case said to highlight the perils facing those travelling to the Gulf state for the World Cup.Brian Glendinning, 43, who had been contracted to work on a BP refinery in Iraq, was arrested on an Interpol…

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​Exclusive: Lib Dems accuse PM of ‘taking taxpayer for a ride’ with expense of 20 overseas trips between January and June this yearLiz Truss racked up a bill of almost £2m on overseas visits during her final months as foreign secretary, according to new analysis that the Liberal Democrats said showed she had “quite literally been taking the taxpayer for a ride”.In 20 trips during the first six months of the year, a total of…

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​Exclusive: UK’s most senior female bishop calls for long-awaited white paper promising ‘bold action’The most senior female bishop in the country has launched a scathing attack on the government, accusing it of “burying its head in the sand” over “shocking” and “rampant” health inequalities.Dame Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, spoke out after the Guardian reported that Thérèse Coffey was dropping the government’s long-promised white paper on health disparities. Continue reading… 

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The Observer – Putin dealt a bitter blow as blast cripples key bridge to Crimea Summary of the front page The Observer’s front page leads with the explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. The paper’s report says that Russian president Vladimir Putin has been “dealt a bitter blow” after the Kerch bridge was “crippled” in the explosion, stating that the link was a “personal prestige project” for Putin. The paper’s front splash…

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