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‘None of it has felt insurmountable’: Amanda Abbington on Sherlock, divorce and her fiancé’s nightmare fall
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Amanda Abbington is a great believer in good manners. She and her ex-partner Martin Freeman instilled the importance of Ps and Qs in their two children from the word go. “We are so militant about it,” she says. “Manne...
Katie Taylor pushed to limit in split-decision win over Amanda Serrano
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Katie Taylor has retained her undisputed lightweight championship with a split-decision victory over Amanda Serrano in a wildly entertaining back-and-forth scrap at Madison Square Garden. Two of the ringside judges sc...
Amanda Serrano: ‘I want to show women can fight. We can sell tickets’
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Amanda Serrano is on top of the world – that’s how it feels, anyway, standing on the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building on a misty Tuesday afternoon. As the seven-division champion from Brooklyn’...
Judge terminates former actor Amanda Bynes’s nine-year conservatorship
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A judge terminated Amanda Bynes’ conservatorship on Tuesday, ending the legal arrangement that has given the former actor’s mother control of her estate and personal affairs for nearly a decade. The 35-year-old filed ...
Ash Barty turns on style to end Amanda Anisimova’s Australian Open revival
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When Amanda Anisimova was 16 she was touted as the next Maria Sharapova, partly for her marketability but also for her pacy groundstrokes. More recently, Serena Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, likened her to Lin...
Ash Barty draws on French Open experience in bid to topple Amanda Anisimova
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A lot of people predicted Ash Barty would play Naomi Osaka in the Australian Open’s last 16. Barty was not one of them. “That was your expectation,” she told press after Osaka fell to Amanda Anisimova. “My expectation...
Mike Ashley takes legal action against Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley
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Mike Ashley has initiated legal action against Amanda Staveley, the co-owner of Newcastle United, for allegedly breaching the terms of a £10m loan he provided in order to help facilitate the club’s £300m sale to a Sau...
UFC 269: Julianna Peña stuns Amanda Nunes in one of MMA’s biggest upsets
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Julianna Peña pulled off one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history to score a second-round submission win over Amanda Nunes and win the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 269 on Saturday.Peña looked to be in ...
Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen: ‘The only spa I know about is a Spar shop’
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Our Yorkshire Farm, now in its fifth series, has been a surprise hit for Channel 5: it’s the broadcaster’s most popular show since 2016. It follows the adventures of 47-year-old Amanda Owen and her husband, Clive, on ...
A loophole is leaving the most vulnerable pupils in England at risk
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Every child, regardless of their background, deserves a good education and the chance to reach their full potential. But some children – often the most vulnerable – just don’t get that chance. While most children have...
Amanda Staveley: ‘Newcastle is a fantastic gem that needs buffing up’
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Amanda Staveley has spent sufficient time in Middle Eastern souks to be able to spot a precious stone hiding, unpolished, amid a sea of replicas. No jewel, though, has ever quite captured her heart the way Newcastle U...
Amanda Gorman: ‘I wanted my words to re-sanctify the steps of the Capitol’
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My earliest reading memoryMy mom bought me a Hooked on Phonics reading kit when I was in early elementary school. I quite literally got hooked on reading and raced through as much material as I could. The book that in...
Amanda Peet: the actor-turned-writer behind Netflix’s witty campus drama The Chair
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What is the best way to deal with critical customer feedback? Well, Joan, a veteran academic at the fictional Pembroke College, an almost-Ivy League American university, knows exactly what to do with it. She quietly p...
Amanda Gorman and Kate Winslet join advocates urging Biden to protect Afghan women
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Dozens of women’s rights advocates and high-profile figures, including the poet Amanda Gorman, are calling on the Biden administration to protect and support Afghan women and girls. In an open letter titled “Do Not Ab...
‘My theatre went dark’: Amanda Kloots on loving and losing actor Nick Cordero
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When you’re on Broadway and suddenly find out that your show is closing, you feel this wave of sadness. As a cast member, there was nothing you could have done to save it. You didn’t write the script; you didn’t call ...
Sticking to a Covid-19 elimination strategy keeps New Zealand’s options open
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s new national strategy for loosening border restrictions closely follows scientific advice from an expert panel that was specifically asked to advise on the future of New Zealand’s elimination st...