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Rachel Reeves has urged Labour MPs to unite behind her Budget as she vowed to stay on as chancellor in the years ahead.Speaking to a meeting of Labour’s Parliamentary Party on Monday evening, Reeves warned MPs they must “stick together” if they wanted to win the next election. The Budget, which is expected to contain tax rises, will be delivered on Wednesday following weeks of speculation.Reeves said she thought Labour MPs would like 90-95% of her spending plan but warned they would have to accept the tougher measures as well saying: “It’s a package, not a pick-and-mix. You can’t say…

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On a stage once presided over by Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Renée Fleming, people living with dementia are recording songs of their own composition.With the microphones of Glyndebourne opera house capturing every note, their voices rise and intertwine. Not echoing old, familiar tunes but shaping entirely new pieces expressing their feelings, hopes and fears – emotions that, when the music stops, their brains can no longer convey in mere words.“The public perception of people diagnosed with dementia is that everything is finished,” said Hazel Gaydon, events manager for the Raise Your Voice charity. “But what our excitement…

Avani Films has rolled out a new documentary slate featuring two projects nearing completion and a science series in development. The production company’s lineup includes feature documentaries “Comedians in Bars” and “Dispatch,” both in late-stage production, alongside “Rebus,” a three-part science series currently in development. “Comedians in Bars” ventures behind the scenes of stand-up comedy, capturing the art form’s development in bars, backrooms and late-night venues where material is tested and refined. Partially filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival, the documentary features interviews with comedians who view themselves as outsiders despite securing programming at the prestigious…

Matt Norlander is on the Vegas Strip and bouncing back and forth between the two arenas hosting this year’s Players Era Championship. He’ll be providing frequent updates and insider information throughout each day of the event, so check back in regularly. This is his Monday notebook. LAS VEGAS — The Big 12 had a really good Monday in Las Vegas. The league started the day by announcing a landmark five-year deal worth purportedly at least $50 million in revenue with Players Era. I’ve got a lot more on that further down the story, so be sure to scroll down and scope…

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent, Belém, BrazilEPAFollowing bitter rows, the UN climate summit COP30 in Belém, Brazil has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to the fossil fuels that are heating up the planet.It is a frustrating end for more than 80 countries including the UK and EU that wanted the meeting to commit the world to stop using using oil, coal and gas at a faster pace.But oil-producing nations held the line that they should be allowed to use their fossil fuel resources to grow their economies.The meeting takes place as the UN says it fears…

Dan Tehan booted from the House under 94aThe Coalition continues its prosecution of Chris Bowen, with shadow energy minister Dan Tehan asserting that a former COP president, Alok Sharma, visited more than 50 countries while in the role.Before Bowen starts, Milton Dick warns again to stop with the labels, and call ministers by their titles (Tehan nods emphatically in response).Bowen says the role – contrary to the Coalition’s slogan – is not a “full-time job”. The president of the first Cop I went to was the minister who continued in his role in the Egyptian cabinet while being president of…

New revelations about the tense relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump in the fall of 2020 have emerged in a trove of thousands of court documents released on Sunday as part of a massive defamation lawsuit filed against the network by voting technology company Smartmatic.One exchange showed that Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of Fox News parent company Fox Corp, told star anchor Sean Hannity in a 1 October 2020 text chain that Trump could not appear on Fox again if he attacked the network.“Sean, sorry, but the president is not coming back on air if he uses it…

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Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of memorable lines. This week’s installment highlights lines from notable 20th-century science fiction novels. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to the books if you want to experience the entire work in context.