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Britain’s men face anxious wait to see if they will make Olympic curling semis

Britain now need results to go their way in Thursday morning’s session, when Italy face Switzerland and Norway take on Canada.

The Independent UK

The curling twist giving Great Britain hope of Winter Olympics great escape

Bruce Mouat’s rink did what they needed to do, but must now wait as their rivals play out the round robin stage to decide who advances to the men’s curling semi-finals in Cortina

The Independent UK

The Biba Story: the fashion brand that lifted a drab postwar Britain into the swinging 60s

First conceived as a mail-order-only company in 1963, known as Biba’s Postal Boutique, the brand captured the revolutionary 1960s and 1970s attitude and style, offering trend-seekers affordable, high-fashion aesthetics and glamour akin to Paris catwalks.

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Britain facing shortage of strawberries after storms wipe out crops

Sourcing the much-loved fruit is more challenging during winter months as extreme weather in Morocco and Spain blocks UK consumers from getting their berry fix

Evening Standard

GB salvage Olympic curling medal hopes with stunning final throw

Rebecca Morrison produced the heroics to keep Britain in the medal hunt and was “absolutely delighted with the outcome” of the must-win encounter

The Independent UK

Household energy bills in Great Britain forecast to fall by £117 a year

Consultancy’s prediction comes after Rachel Reeves said green subsidy costs would be removed from domestic bills

The Guardian - UK

Rebecca Morrison’s final throw keeps Britain in Olympic curling medal hunt

Morrison was “absolutely delighted with the outcome” of the must-win encounter.

The Independent UK

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While we’re seeking to fix what’s wrong with Britain, look hard at our policy-lite, sensation-seeking media

Mandelson, Trump, Send: all need explanation with thought and clarity. We must end this obsession with ‘hot takes’, says Roger Mosey, former head of BBC TV News

The Guardian - UK

Fallout from Epstein and Mandelson puts Britain's House of Lords under scrutiny

Britain’s House of Lords is facing scrutiny as an indirect result of the Jeffrey Epstein files

The Independent UK

Four Chagossians return to islands in attempt to stop British transfer to Mauritius

Group says they intend to establish permanent settlement but Mauritius’s attorney general calls their move a ‘publicity stunt’

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s IPP scandal must end – it cannot be salvaged by any ‘action plan’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The government’s attempt to fix this failed system will only heap further misery on those whose lives it has shattered – it is time to bring this terrible nightmare to a just end

The Independent UK

Jim Ratcliffe’s repugnant words have sullied Manchester United’s reputation

Letters: Readers respond to the billionaire Manchester United co-owner’s remark that ‘the UK is being colonised by immigrants’

The Guardian - UK

Reform accused of ‘pitching for votes of misogynists and homophobes’ with plans to scrap Equality Act

Charities have warned that scrapping the Equality Act would be a ‘significant step backwards’ for discrimination protections in Britain

The Independent UK

Farage says Reform UK is no longer a ‘one-man band’ – so who is in his new top team?

The Independent takes a look at the politicians who have been handed the top roles

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Jobcentre on Wheels to be rolled out across Britain – this is where

It is hoped the initiative will ‘break down the barriers that stop people finding good work’

The Guardian - UK

Muir fourth again after agonising tumble as Oldham wins big air gold for Canada

Britain’s Kirsty Muir finished fourth for the second time at Milano Cortina, as Canada’s Megan Oldham won the women’s freestyle skiing big air

The Independent UK

Britain’s Olympic champions hope ‘surreal’ triumph can inspire and grow interest in snow sports

Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes made history with their gold medal in the mixed team snowboard cross and believe more success for Team GB is on the horizon

The Conversation

Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden

The new year in Sweden began with some record-breaking cold temperatures. Temperatures in the village of Kvikkjokk in the northern Swedish part of Lapland dropped to -43.6°C, the lowest recorded since records began in 1887.

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Evening Standard

FTSE 100 up in quiet trading as defence stocks rise

Defence stocks were higher after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Britain must ‘go faster’ on defence spending.

The Independent UK

UK foreign aid cuts set to be deeper than Trump’s slashing of US funds

New analysis says Britain will see a larger cut thanks to Congress softening the impact of the US president’s measures

The Independent UK

Amazon delivery driver follows sat nav onto ‘deadliest footpath in Britain’

Driver trapped on mudflats in Essex after GPS mix-up

The Guardian - UK

Britain ‘needs to go faster’ on defence spending, Starmer says

PM says ‘we need to step up’ but sources clarify that is unlikely to mean spending 3% of GDP before next election

Evening Standard

Millions of Britons face more tax rises to boost defence spending to fight Vladimir Putin threat

The warning came as Sir Keir Starmer signalled he wanted to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2029

The Independent UK

Britain strengthens ties with California as new clean energy and climate agreement signed

Miliband and Newsom signed the agreement at the Munich Security Conference on Monday

The Times of India

Who was Alan Turing: The man who broke German codes in World War II but was later treated as a criminal

War rarely turns on one person alone, yet certain names continue to surface when the history of World War II is revisited. Alan Turing is one of them. Born in London in 1912, he was trained as a mathematician and logician, with work that moved between theory and machinery. When…

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