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date: 2026-05-02 05:50
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-05-02
permalink: /2026-05-02-daily-rundown
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._
## On Saturday, 02 May 2026
- The average temperature today is 7.4˚C,
- With highs of 9.97˚C and lows of 6.96˚C,
- It may feel like 7.4˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 0.45m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1017hPa and humidity is 93%
- The sun will rise at 04:37 and set at 19:33
### MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 1 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
### Today's tasks
- Water the plants
### Daily Doctrine
> Know your users.
### Fixture List
- Birmingham City U18 v Chelsea U18
- Manchester City U18 v Derby County U18
- Tottenham Hotspur U18 v West Brom U18
- Manchester United Women v Brighton & Hove Albion Women
- Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City
- Bristol City v Stoke City
- Derby County v Sheffield United
- Hull City v Norwich City
- Ipswich Town v QPR
- Millwall v Oxford United
- Portsmouth v Birmingham City
- Preston North End v Southampton
- Sheffield Wednesday v West Brom
- Swansea City v Charlton Athletic
- Watford v Coventry City
- Wrexham v Middlesbrough
- Kidderminster Harriers v Macclesfield FC
- Torquay United v Dorking Wanderers
- Liverpool U18 v Middlesbrough U18
- Newcastle United U18 v Manchester United U18
- Lyon Women v Arsenal Women
- AFC Wimbledon v Huddersfield Town
- Barnsley v Stockport County
- Bolton Wanderers v Luton Town
- Exeter City v Bradford City
- Leyton Orient v Burton Albion
- Mansfield Town v Cardiff City
- Northampton Town v Plymouth Argyle
- Peterborough United v Doncaster Rovers
- Port Vale v Lincoln City
- Reading v Blackpool
- Stevenage v Wigan Athletic
- Wycombe Wanderers v Rotherham United
- Barrow AFC v Newport County
- Bromley v Walsall
- Cheltenham Town v Colchester United
- Crawley Town v Salford City
- Crewe Alexandra v Cambridge United
- Fleetwood Town v MK Dons
- Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town
- Harrogate Town v Barnet
- Notts County v Bristol Rovers
- Oldham Athletic v Accrington Stanley
- Swindon Town v Chesterfield
- Tranmere Rovers v Grimsby Town
- Charlton Athletic Women v Birmingham City Women
- Crystal Palace Women v Portsmouth Women
- Ipswich Town Women v Sunderland AFC Women
- Newcastle United Women v Durham Women
- Nottingham Forest Women v Southampton Women
- Sheffield United Women v Bristol City Women
- South Shields v Buxton
- Hornchurch v Weston Super Mare
- Arsenal v Fulham
### Stocks
- VWRL.L : 130.41000366210938
- ^FTSE : 10363.900390625
- ^FTMC : 22531.599609375
### Just for fun
> I also applied to work for a design company for TV user interfaces. But I misunderstood when they said it was remote-first.
### Top News
- Made in China, engineered in Germany: Inside Xiaomi's EV push ahead of planned 2027 Europe entry (€, [20 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/05/02/made-in-china-engineered-in-germany-inside-xiaomis-ev-push-ahead-of-planned-2027-europe-en))
- From cancer diagnosis to London Marathon finish line: The cancer survivor who never stopped running (€, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/02/from-cancer-diagnosis-to-london-marathon-finish-line-the-cancer-survivor-who-never-stopped))
- ‘A sense of dread’: Europe’s first climate migrants live in constant fear of extreme weather (€, [48 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/02/a-sense-of-dread-europes-first-climate-migrants-live-in-constant-fear-of-extreme-weather))
- Europe’s luxury housing boom: Which cities are driving the surge in prime property prices? (€, [49 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/02/europes-luxury-housing-boom-which-cities-are-driving-the-surge-in-prime-property-prices))
- Latest news bulletin May 2nd, 2026 – Morning (€, [49 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/02/latest-news-bulletin-may-2nd-2026-morning))
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- ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs (®, [8 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/servicenow_under_siege_atlassian_itsm/))
- US warns Europe of delays to arms shipments as Iran war drains stockpiles (£, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f87a8b04-e683-4e0e-8c66-647d23bfc2ff))
- France and Germany send firefighters to help battle woodland blazes in Netherlands (€, [10 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/01/france-and-germany-send-firefighters-to-help-battle-woodland-blazes-in-netherlands))
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- Trump says he will raise tariff on EU vehicles to 25% (£, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/26d64f97-8773-42d4-aaa4-35ff67e1e3c5))
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- Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration (®, [13 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/artemis_iii_aims_for_late/))
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- SpaceX rocket set for unintentional Moon landing – well, a piece of it anyway (®, [18 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/spacex_debris_landing/))
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### Word of the day
> square the circle - idiom: To accomplish what appears to be impossible, especially in satisfying conflicting requirements.
### Quote of the Day
> Change is scary, but complacency is deadly. - Dave Dame, Agile Leader
### Oblique Strategies
> Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics
### Film Archive
- Bubba Ho Tep (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2002
- Summary: When residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.
### Countdown Numbers
- Target: 809, using [1, 4, 4, 10, 25, 75]
- Answer: 6 solutions.
- Solution
Solution: ( 75 + 25 ) x ( 4 + 4 ) + 10 - 1