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Trump’s lawyer has denied the president had an affair with an adult film star 12 years ago, but did not address a specific allegation that Trump paid her $130,000 to prevent her from discussing the encounter.

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Trump’s lawyer denies president had affair with Stormy Daniels in 2006 but does not address allegation Trump paid cash sum in return for her silence
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'The idea of a rock star is offensive'

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The shouty south Londoners write songs about politics, perverts, and their insecurities, and reject the laddism of the indie scene. But can they get big before they burn out?
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"Why did a 20-year-old man abruptly walk out of his life? To the rest of the world, he ceased to exist. He no longer had a name. He felt completely free."

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The long read: At the age of 20, Christopher Knight parked his car on a remote trail in Maine and walked away with only the most basic supplies. He had no plan. His chief motivation was to avoid contact with people. This is his story
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‘Partying runs through everything’

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In the late 70s, soundsystems began blasting out dub in dancehalls around Moss Side, Old Trafford and Hulme, providing a cultural cornerstone for the city’s black community. Now a reggae scene which rivalled London’s is inspiring a new generation
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“The circumstances of these prisoners and the circumstances of the murder of Anita Lorraine Cobby prompt me to recommend that the official files of each prisoner should be clearly marked, ‘Never to be released’.”

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Thirty years after the trial of five men for the shocking attack on a Sydney nurse, then public defender Bill Hosking reflects on his part in it
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"Corbyn should not hide behind the third of Labour voters who voted leave. His larger historic responsibility is to the members, unions and the two thirds of Labour voters who are pro-European."

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Jeremy Corbyn’s dilemma is real, but it’s time to come out fighting for our ties to the EU, says the Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
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"Now that science has cracked the songless musical, it can go on to slice out all the other worst parts from otherwise enjoyable mediums. Fantasy books without maps in the front. Songs without drum solos ... "

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Thanks to a new BBC version, starring Dominic West and David Oyelowo, I will be able to enjoy Victor Hugo’s epic story without getting a cluster migraine
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See no evil ...

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Google’s ‘immediate action’ over AI labelling of black people as gorillas was simply to block the word, along with chimpanzee and monkey, reports suggest
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"Apart from the control, they also appear to be motivated by material things and their home is immaculate. I strongly suspect, although they deny it, that this is behind their reluctance to take the boys into their home."

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They have the space, time and money to take the children for an evening, but I don’t know how to raise the issue with them. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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A reader seeks advice.

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My partner is 12 years older than me. We underwent sex therapy when he did phone sex before, but now I’m so angry with him I’m tempted to leave
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“They told me the neighbours were bad people who would kill me if they saw me. They said the police would kill me if they found me. They threatened me with knives, and cut my arms and legs when I did things wrong. They said they would kill me if I tried to escape.”

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Teenager spent five years as a cannabis gardener in the UK being beaten and threatened, after he was seized from Hanoi aged 10
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The invisible wall.

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While Trump’s ‘great, great wall’ has yet to materialize, his administration has quietly built a barrier of bans, roadblocks and bureaucratic burdens
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"Despite the apparent openness of a public physical, the White House already ruled out releasing one test: a psychiatric exam."

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As the president heads for his regular physical check-up on Friday, what clues are available to assess his fitness? An expert weighs in
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Wouldn’t shame really like to be rock stars, given the chance?

“I’d just like a house with a pool table,” singer Charlie Steen says.

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The shouty south Londoners write songs about politics, perverts, and their insecurities, and reject the laddism of the indie scene
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The actor and producer Steven Seagal has been accused of rape by an extra who worked on his film On Deadly Ground.

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Regina Simons, who worked as an extra on the film On Deadly Ground, becomes latest woman to allege sexual misconduct against Hollywood star
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"Not all my friends and colleagues agree with my choice. Some argue that it penalises the innocent cast, crew and many others involved in making this year’s Bafta entries. I can’t disagree. It does. But right now, the only thing I can do that feels right by my own conscience is abstain – until I can be sure what I’m rewarding, and at what cost it was achieved."

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I do not want to risk allowing perpetrators to bask in film-award glory, says the screenwriter Bridget Lawless
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