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Missouri library will ban porn star book – after 20 people on waiting list read it
St Charles city-county system to remove Bang Like a Porn Star: Sex Tips from the Pros after critics claim it is too sexually explicitA Missouri library system will ban a book that critics are calling too sexually explicit – but they are allowing the 20…
Personal data stolen in British Library cyber-attack appears for sale online
Ransomware group Rhysida claims responsibility for hack and has posted images from library’s HR filesThe British Library has confirmed that personal data stolen in a cyber-attack has appeared online, apparently for sale to the highest bidder.The attack…
Detained Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha released by Israeli forces
A friend of the writer says he was beaten while in Israeli detention and was receiving medical treatment in GazaThe Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, has been released after he was rounded up by Israeli forces along with scores of other Pale…
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha detained by Israelis in Gaza, family says
The American Book award winner was said to be heading south for the Rafah crossing when he was picked up at a checkpointIsrael-Hamas war – live updatesA celebrated Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, has been detained by Israeli forces while t…
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Democrats failed to defend House from Capitol rioters
Extremist Republican says in book ‘not one Democrat was willing to stay to defend the chamber’ but claim rejected as ‘patently false’In a new book, the extremist Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claims no Democrats stayed in the House ch…
‘Just call him a child abuser’: Trump told Walker to use slur against Warnock, book says
ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl reports blunt advice from former president to use debunked claim in US Senate raceAs Herschel Walker faced defeat by his Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock in a high-stakes US Senate election in Georgia last year, …
Campaigners save Bradford birthplace of Brontë sisters
Crowdfunding and significant donation from Nigel West – who has a family connection to Charlotte’s husband – secure property, with plans to transform it into a cultural and education centreCampaigners have saved the birthplace of the Brontë sisters and…
Elon Musk biopic to be directed by Black Swan film-maker Darren Aronofsky
The Oscar-nominated director will adapt the recent biography by Walter Isaacson after independent studio A24 won a ‘heated’ bidding war for rightsA biopic of billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is now in the works after independent studio A24 won t…
Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith
Singer’s tell-all book and Richard Osman’s latest crime novel boosting pre-Christmas sales, says retailerBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s book market is on track for growth this year, according to the boss of WH Smith, one of the country’s bigges…