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Xabi Alonso set to stay with Leverkusen, EFL action and more: football news – live

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Sad news yesterday about the passing of Larry Lloyd, a key man in Nottingham Forest’s back-to-back European Cup wins.

Busy sowing seeds? It pays to look ahead

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Thinking about how you plant your spring seeds now will make it easier to save them come autumn

Low-income California Latinos at higher risk from Parkinson’s-linked weedkiller

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Analysis finds majority of paraquat, banned in 60 countries, is used in counties where Latinos make up 75% of the population or higher

‘They kept us alive for thousands of years’: could saving Palestinian seeds also save the world?

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Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, believes biodiversity will save the planet in the climate crisis

‘Made to be destroyed’: the unexpected appeal of butter moulding

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From cowboy boots to Le Corbusier armchairs, miniature sculptures made of butter are having a moment

Rust to riches? Ohio city’s fortunes set to rise with flying taxi startup

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‘Uber of the skies’ Joby Aviation will build its fleet of aircraft at a $500m facility in Dayton and plans to employ 2,000 people

‘There wasn’t enough about the horror’: Oppenheimer finally opens in Japan to mixed reviews

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People in Hiroshima react to first screening of the film, which was delayed after outrage at ‘Barbenheimer’ memes

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Digested week: Germany has the right idea on dachshunds. Dogs should be cuddly

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Germans want to ban ‘torture breeding’ for extreme characteristics. Plus: don’t even think about swimming in British waters this Easter

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March

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Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

Teenager charged with attempted murder after London train stabbing

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Rakeem Thomas remanded in custody after incident near Beckenham that left victim in critical condition

Grigor Dimitrov stuns Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets to reach Miami Open semis – video highlights

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Carlos Alcaraz’s hopes for a Sunshine Double came undone in spectacular fashion after the top seed lost 6-2, 6-4 to Grigor Dimitrov, who will move on to face Alexander Zverev in the Miami Open semi-finals. It was a crushing defeat for…

Lula dismays relatives of dictatorship’s victims by ignoring coup anniversary

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Brazil’s president has nixed commemorations of the 1964 coup, possibly to avoid irking the military as senior officers facing jail for allegedly conspiring to stop Lula taking power after 2022 election

On the 10-year anniversary of equal marriage in Britain, I’m thinking of my dad, and the long road to acceptance | Gary Nunn

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He was a tough bouncer from Kent who, like the country around him, grew to accept social progress

John Boyega tells of ‘life-changing’ friendship with Damilola Taylor

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Actor speaks for first time about how 10-year-old’s death in 2000 spurred him and others to ‘aim further’

‘It’s very easy to steal someone’s voice’: how AI is affecting video game actors

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The increased use of AI to replicate the voice and movements of actors has benefits but some are concerned over how and when it might be used and who might be left short-changed

John Cooper Clarke: ‘I read Kerouac at 12 and figured I could improve on it’

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The punk poet on finally getting JD Salinger, why he rereads the Bible, and growing up with Rupert Bear and Batman

Revealed: Idaho professor behind extremist site that spread conspiracies

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BSU’s Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked the university, LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enough

Yes, rugby shirts are in fashion – just make it clear you’re wearing it that way | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion

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Forget the dodgy connotations: if it’s good enough for Chloë Sevigny, it’s good enough for the rest of us

The election deniers relentlessly hounding Georgia officials

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A small but aggressive group of election deniers have been pressuring state officials on a weekly – sometimes daily – basis to investigate unfounded claims

Experience: I’m a full-time Henry VIII impersonator

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Some schoolkids are clearly nervous. One asked if I’d ever killed a child

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Andy Murray facing race for Wimbledon and crunch decisions on future

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Andy Murray has withdrawn from the early stages of the European clay court season and he continues to weigh up his options as he faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon after tearing his ankle ligaments at the Miami Open last…

UK Easter weather and travel: ferries hit by winds as getaway begins for millions

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Storm Nelson brings 50mph gusts, rail lines hit by flooding and roads expected to be busy

Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’

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Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo

Tory donor’s knighthood is sign Sunak ‘believes he’s on way out’, Labour says

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Anneliese Dodds says the honour for Mohamed Mansour appears clearly tied to his £5m donation to the Tories

‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?

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Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the…

While She Sleeps: Self Hell review – exploding out of metalcore with a scream

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(Sleeps Brothers) On their sixth album, the hardcore Sheffield quintet bring furious riffs, howling, swearing and … acoustic guitars?

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar review – an antihero in search of meaning

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The Iranian-American poet’s debut novel tells the tale of a bereaved writer – but struggles with too much angst

Steve! (Martin) to Emily the Criminal: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

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A thrilling documentary about the wild life of Steve Martin, the first comic ever to sell out stadiums – and Aubrey Plaza is electric as always playing a food delivery driver turned fraudster

If life is one giant computer simulation, God is a rubbish player | Dominik Diamond

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While religion doesn’t feature much in video games, I find the theory that we are all characters in a huge sim ever more believable – and appealing