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1. Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Sunday, February 15, 2026

   Read what the stars mean for you today, from Aquarius to Gemini

2. London leaver: 'We left creative jobs and a rented Streatham flat for organic farming in Devon'

   A former south Londoner, Leah found farming isolating at first, but over time has become part of her rural Devon community

3. Moltbook: How a social network for lobster-themed AI bots almost had the internet fooled

   A Reddit clone for AI personal assistants sparked fears that bots were planning to overthrow humans. India Block separates fact from science fiction

4. All duty, no dazzle: Gordon Brown the statesman

   Where Tony Blair charmed and persuaded, Gordon Brown harangued and instructed

5. Foreign Secretary to face questions after UK blames Kremlin for Navalny death

   The UK and its allies pinned the blame for Mr Navalny’s death on the Russian state, adding that he was likely poisoned using a dart frog toxin.

6. Ross Kemp to return to Eastenders as Grant Mitchell makes ‘dramatic return’

   The 61-year-old previously reprised the role for the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations last year.

7. ‘Huge moment’ for bereaved families as pandemic inquiry’s final module opens

   The inquiry has so far sat for 250 days overall, published more than 600,000 documents and called more than 600 witnesses across the UK.

8. Snow and ice warning in force as flooding expected in more than 70 areas

   A series of warnings expired throughout Saturday, but a snow and ice warning covers most of Scotland and large parts of England until 10am on Sunday.

9. Richard Young tells of photographing ‘lovely’ Amy Winehouse

   Young became friends with many of his famous subjects including Freddie Mercury and George Harrison after his career took off in the 1970s.

10. Wayne Rooney slams 'one of the worst decisions I have ever seen' after FA Cup blunder

    VAR is not used in the early rounds of the FA Cup