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1. Robert Duvall hailed as ‘great actor’ by Francis Ford Coppola

   The Godfather director said losing Duvall, who has died aged 95, was a ‘a blow’ with co-stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro also paying tribute.

2. Lambrini Girls play riotous Brits Week London gig supporting War Child

   Robbie Williams and Olivia Dean are also playing intimate shows.

3. Pancake Day recipes: Eight top chefs share their tips for nailing Shrove Tuesday

   Eight chefs, eight twists: not all heroes wear crepes

4. Al Pacino says it was an ‘honour’ to act alongside Robert Duvall

   Duvall, known for portraying Mafia consigliere Tom Hagen in 1972’s The Godfather, has died aged 95.

5. Surgeons pioneer new technique to treat boy with rare leg condition in UK first

   Alfie Phillips has fibular hemimelia.

6. Councils ‘race against time’ to organise elections in time for May after U-turn

   Months of planning had been lost, according to the deputy chief of a professional body for election administrators.

7. Trump slates clean energy deal between Miliband and California governor

   The Energy Secretary and California governor Gavin Newsom met at the Foreign Office on Monday.

8. Hundreds arrested in Met Police’s largest-ever blitz on Fagin gangs behind phone snatch scourge

   Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley calls on courts to stop releasing repeat offenders allowing them to go out and commit more crimes

9. Investment in subsea cable network to create thousands of green jobs

   The upgrade of the 113 cables linking Scottish islands is expected to support the decarbonisation of island-based industries such as distilleries.

10. Bear Grylls says new BBC series Wild Reckoning is ‘rewarding’ and ‘beautiful’

    Wild Reckoning will see Bear Grylls take on the Welsh wilderness.