UK - The Independent

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1. Dozens of schools in Australia and New Zealand shut after play sand recalled over asbestos fear

   Closures follow laboratory results confirming traces of tremolite and chrysotile asbestos in several sand products widely used in early-learning classrooms

2. Vicky Pattison becomes the seventh celebrity to exit Strictly Come Dancing

   Star topped the leaderboard last week but received low marks for Saturday night’s jive

3. Off-duty pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines midair ‘hadn’t slept in over 40 hours’

   Joseph Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, California, was charged in federal court with interfering with a flight crew

4. Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with white nationalist splits Republican Party

   Three years ago, Trump hosted Fuentes at a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort, along with the rapper Ye

5. Met Office reveals where and when snow could hit in UK after Storm Claudia

   A plunge in temperature could bring icy conditions across Britain in the coming days

6. The Beast in Me: Claire Danes elevates new series that’s three episodes too long

   New psychological thriller stars Danes in ‘Homeland’-style lip-wobbling form

7. Weather warning issued for parts of UK as snow forecast

8. At least six killed as landslide hits bus on mountain pass in Vietnam

   Rocks collapsed onto the bus late Sunday as it was traveling through the Khanh Le pass in the central highlands

9. ‘Iron rust’ found in lunar soil challenges what we know about Moon’s surface

   Minerals formed during large-scale meteorite impacts may explain strange magnetism on lunar soil

10. Fresh British strawberries to be on the menu for the first time this Christmas

    The development marks a major shift for the industry, which has traditionally relied on imports