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date: 2026-05-03 06:03
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-05-03
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Sunday, 03 May 2026

- The average temperature today is 10.56˚C,
- With highs of 11.08˚C and lows of 10.38˚C,
- It may feel like 10.15˚C with broken clouds
- The wind speed is 0.45m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1009hPa and humidity is 95%
- The sun will rise at 04:35 and set at 19:34

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 2 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today
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### Daily Doctrine

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> Crossing the river by feeling the stones.

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### Fixture List

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- Manchester City Women v Liverpool Women
- Tottenham Hotspur Women v London City Lionesses
- Carlisle United v Boreham Wood
- AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
- Leicester City Women v Chelsea Women
- Rochdale v Scunthorpe United
- Manchester United v Liverpool
- Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 130.41000366210938
- ^FTSE : 10363.900390625
- ^FTMC : 22531.599609375

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### Just for fun

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> There is a very small community of dedicated Bruce Forsyth fans out there who have started a meet-up group called Niche to See You, To See You Niche.

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### Top News

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- What do the children of people who live to 100 eat? New study offers clues (€, [33 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/05/03/what-do-the-children-of-people-who-live-to-100-eat-new-study-offers-clues))
- Inside Europe’s flying lab: Scientists study life in zero gravity aboard test aircraft in France (€, [38 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/03/inside-europes-flying-lab-scientists-study-life-in-zero-gravity-aboard-test-aircraft-in-fr))
- Europe vs the Americas: Where is the number of billionaires growing fastest? (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/03/europe-vs-the-americas-where-is-the-number-of-billionaires-growing-fastest))
- Summer holiday reading: The best travel books to inspire your next trip (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/05/03/summer-holiday-reading-the-best-travel-books-to-inspire-your-next-trip))
- Latest news bulletin May 3rd, 2026 – Morning (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/03/latest-news-bulletin-may-3rd-2026-morning))
- From fridges to slow cookers: Can plug-in solar panels actually power our everyday appliances? (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/03/from-fridges-to-slow-cookers-can-plug-in-solar-panels-actually-power-our-everyday-applianc))
- Detroit carmakers warn of $5bn commodities shock due to Iran war (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a24a24f6-064b-4f00-a339-edf597596d5a))
- Chicken wars ruffle feathers in Paris suburb (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/8090bb09-6cf7-4714-a8a1-eb9f17500d85))
- Inside the Swedish factory helping to re-arm Europe (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/626ba18f-13b7-4e1a-bd3d-895239353aa1))
- Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/9921f2b5-c910-4cec-a50f-cad453935a1a))
- Everyone loves Nintendo — except investors (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1dd9f27e-ddef-43ab-80f5-c30b6a82b4d2))
- IMF criticises EU governments for ignoring energy subsidy warnings (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/8b4cb5a2-67ab-4313-bce1-b77f542eeed5))
- Private equity investor body sounds alarm on ‘conflict vehicles’ (£, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/88c4bafb-a329-47fa-b1f6-8c9d7c51bc10))
- Trump says he is reviewing Iran peace plan but would consider new strikes (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/fb1aae4a-ec0c-48ed-bf0a-6639071499d3))
- Businessman dies after alleged beating in custody over brother’s Starlink detention (€, [9 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/02/businessman-dies-after-alleged-beating-in-custody-over-brothers-starlink-detention))
- How should Chelsea line up against Nottingham Forest to stay in top-six race? (♣, [10 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/168283/how-should-chelsea-line-up-against-nottingham-forest-to-stay-in-top-six-race))
- Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies (£, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a9a3273f-d5c3-4277-932d-27b1969e975f))
- Iran executes two more over 'spying for Israel' (€, [11 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/02/iran-executes-two-more-over-spying-for-israel))
- Robert Fico will back Ukraine's EU membership after call, Zelenskyy says (€, [11 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/02/robert-fico-will-back-ukraines-eu-membership-after-call-zelenskyy-says))
- Double delight for Tajikistan on Day 2 in Dushanbe (€, [12 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/05/02/double-delight-for-tajikistan-on-day-2-in-dushanbe))
- Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents (®, [18 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/02/local_ai_coding_agents/))
- UK drivers' agency shrugs off claims of week-long booking site smashes, blames browser configs (®, [20 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/02/dvsa_shrugs_off_outages/))
- Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt (®, [21 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/02/ncsc_brace_for_patch_tsunami/))
- The Daily Hilario: Saturday (♣, [23 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168265/the-daily-hilario-may-2nd))
- Reece James, Levi Colwill back in training but Chelsea being careful (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/injury-news/168269/reece-james-levi-colwill-back-in-training-but-chelsea-being-careful))
- ServiceNow under siege as Atlassian adds to ITSM take-outs (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/servicenow_under_siege_atlassian_itsm/))
- Mythos complicates the breakup, says Pentagon CTO, but Anthropic is still barred (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/mythos_complicates_anthropic_us_gov_breakup/))
- Artemis III aims for 'late 2027' for Earth orbit demonstration (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/artemis_iii_aims_for_late/))
- Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy_a_foss_fondleslab/))
- CIOs ready for another role-change as AI becomes agent of chaos (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/cios_ready_for_another_rolechange/))
- That old phone in the kitchen drawer could save an industry (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/preowned_phones_fill_the_gap/))
- First reports come in of victims of critical cPanel vuln as 'millions' of sites potentially exposed (®, [1 days ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/critical_cpanel_vuln_hits_cisa/))
- The Daily Hilario: Sports! (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168254/the-daily-hilario-sports))
- Mauricio Pochettino confirms philosophical disagreement that led to Chelsea exit (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/opinion/168247/mauricio-pochettino-confirms-philosophical-disagreement-that-led-to-chelsea-exit))

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### Word of the day

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> square the circle - idiom: To accomplish what appears to be impossible, especially in satisfying conflicting requirements.

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### Quote of the Day

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> After you plant a seed in the ground, you do not dig it up every week to see how it is doing. - William Coyne

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Distorting time

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### Film Archive

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- Death Proof (Rated: 8)
- Released in 2007
- Summary: Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 271, using [1, 7, 25, 50, 75, 100]
- Answer: 11 solutions.

- <details><summary><code>Solution</code></summary>

  Solution: ( 75 - 7 ) x 100 / ( 50 - 25 ) - 1

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Rob Weychert [URL](https://v7.robweychert.com/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/robweychert)
- Julia Evans [URL](https://jvns.ca/) [Feed](https://jvns.ca/atom.xml)
- Dan Q [URL](https://danq.me/) [Feed](https://danq.me/feed/)
- Online Journalism [URL](https://onlinejournalismblog.com/) [Feed](http://onlinejournalismblog.com/feed/)
- Leading Agile [URL](https://www.liminalarc.co/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/LeadingAgile)
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