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Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston station

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining for sale as part of Stanley Kubrick auction

Exclusive: Weapon is one of hundreds of items to be sold as part of the influential late director’s personal archive

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

‘We got that bad guy and took him down!’ Jaclyn Smith on the fun, friendship and frustration of Charlie’s Angels

It’s 50 years since Smith joined TV’s bikini-clad crime fighters alongside Farrah Fawcett and Kate Jackson. She talks about the love she found on set, the harassment she endured off it and the drug-taking she did her best to ignore

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

The Craft review – cult high-school horror a reminder of the fearless 90s

The 30th-anniversary rerelease of this classic tackles the sensitivities of teenage anxiety with energy and confidence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

‘A return to prison is always looming’: Iran’s Nobel laureate recounts torture in jail and hopes for the future

The human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was severely beaten by security forces and denied medical care. In an interview with the Guardian, she discusses her shifting sense of identity and being a mother in jail

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Holding Lightning by Emily Lordi review – an intimate portrait of Whitney Houston

An empathetic biography of the the singer recasts her tumultuous later career as a triumph of self-expression

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Almost 500 people arrested during high school protests in France – Europe live as it happened

Reports of clashes with police at cities including Lyon and Rennes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Schooled for success: how English lessons power Midtjylland’s talent factory

In a squad with 17 nationalities from five continents, communication is key – and the Danish club have just enjoyed a bumper transfer window

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

Flávio’s surprise first-round election win highlights rapid rise of Brazil’s House of Bolsonaro

Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first round of voting to be Brazil’s new president

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?

Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6