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    Prisons

    Prisons ‘one major event from disaster’ after U-turn on early release scheme

    Critics say the move, which will keep PC Harper’s killers in jail, leaves number of prison spaces ‘too close to the bone’

  • Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

    Devastated by floods and overwhelmed by bodies, Nepalis weep for what remains of their homes

    Relatives of those missing have been given PowerPoint slideshows of recovered bodies in effort to speed up identification of the dead

  • Satellite image of the strait of Hormuz showing the islands of Hormuz and Larak in turquoise waters

    Middle East

    US strikes Iranian launchers in strait of Hormuz, sparking reprisal attack on airbases in Jordan

  • Shoppers at Lidl loading their car with groceries

    Cost of living crisis

    UK households will take £2,400 financial hit from Iran war, analysis shows

  • The high street in Lyndhurst, including the Stag hotel

    Housing market

    Properties in UK national parks command 24% premium, study finds

  • Cofnas smiles outdoors near Cambridge University buildings

    Nathan Cofnas

    Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research

  • A building where the windows are shattered and part of the cladding and roof is hanging down

    ‘Everything’s smashed to bits’

    Ukrainians turn anger on those storing weapons near their villages

    As Russia hits another ammunition warehouse, killing at least 38, locals put blame on poorly placed depots

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    Canada

    Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates

  • Woman in bed sleeping

    Sleep

    ‘People should not feel guilty’: weekend lie-in may be good for you, experts say

In focus

  • Yiannopoulos speaks into a microphone at a podium, wearing a white blazer and blue tie

    Far right

    ‘GB News wouldn’t touch him’: Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing

    ‘Alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said also to be too extreme for Reform

  • The imposing brick facade of HMP Wandsworth

    Explainer

    What is Burnham doing to the early prison release scheme and why?

  • Online child exploitation illustration

    Online abuse

    The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world – and a mother’s struggle to keep her daughter safe

Features

  • Artist concept of Pluto and its moons seen from an icy surface under a starry sky

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    Wwas Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?

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    Lego

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    Theatre

    A Small and Quiet Light review – fractured portrait of a remarkable wartime spy

  • Willem Dafoe in Last Fame, Zendaya in Dune 3

    Autumn arts preview

    Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of autumn 2026

  • Comedian Iain Stirling lying on a bed, recreating a photo of him as a teenager

    Flashback

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  • Caelainn Hogan

    I’m giving birth as a battle rages over maternity care in Ireland. We shouldn’t have to pay to feel safe

    Caelainn Hogan

    An unfair two-tier system is, at last, giving way to universal state care. But private interests and highly paid doctors are resisting, says journalist Caelainn Hogan

  • Illustration

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    John Harris

    Labour has promised a ‘fundamental rewiring’ of power. But some areas are years into their devolution journey while others scramble to get started

  • Ed Vulliamy

    Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, could not escape death. But his fascist ideas and ideology live on

    Ed Vulliamy

  • Emma Beddington

    Why is ‘vegan’ suddenly being used as a slur?

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    Nicholas Purcell

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    Gene Marks

  • Stephen Bates

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    Stephen Bates

  • Heather Stewart

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    Heather Stewart

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    Rare earths: it’s common sense to secure essential supply chains

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  • Solar power

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  • AI

    AI’s worst disasters will arrive unannounced

  • Happiness

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Cartoon

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    Nicola Jennings

    Donald Trump, fossil fuels and climate disaster

    While the US president boasts about oil deals, Nepal has suffered devastating floods

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    Welcome to Ozball, the low-key story of a low-key England summer

    Barney Ronay

    Ollie Robinson’s metronomic medium-nip represents the new age – sometimes, you just get the heroes you need

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    Rashford’s Manchester United return feels like a marriage of convenience

    Will Unwin

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    Football

    Arteta ‘begging’ Premier League to expand 20-man matchday squads

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    Football

    Transfer roundup: Watkins completes move to Al-Hilal from Aston Villa

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    Premier League

    Chelsea hold off Brighton in 4-3 win but remain chaotic under Alonso

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    Football

    WSL season preview No 10: Putellas and Earps lead big-name arrivals at London City Lionesses

  • Katie Boulter returns the ball to Carol Young Suh Lee in their first-round match.

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    Jessica Pegula, the American third seed, began her campaign at Flushing Meadows with a straight-sets win

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    Cycling

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    NFL

    Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams

  • Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores for Leeds from close range

    Premier League

    Calvert-Lewin cancels out Schade’s opener as Leeds salvage point against Brentford

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    Sunderland’s Wilson Isidor applies the finishing touch to sink Fulham

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    Cyprus

    At least eight dead and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus

    Authorities say 237 people rescued and search under way for those who remain unaccounted for

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    Iceland

    Iceland rejects EU accession talks after divisive referendum campaign

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    Arizona

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    Business

    Recruiter places ‘phoenix’ firm into liquidation just months after repurchase erased millions in debt

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    Water

    South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows

  • A swimmer wearing sunglasses keeps their head above water at Brighton beach

    Water

    ‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution

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    The Guardian climate pledge 2026

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    Down to Earth

    Is the environmental impact of datacentres finally cutting through?

  • A group of protesters holding a banner denouncing the spycops scandal

    Spycops scandal

    Prosecutors consider charges against officers involved in spycops scandal

  • James Cleverly

    Politics

    Cleverly avoids culture war issues in pitch to be next London mayor

  • Robert Guanco

    UK

    Man killed by falling sign at Christian festival named as church pays tribute

  • Reconstructed face of Conquest Man

    History

    Researchers find Britain’s 11th-century ‘Conquest Man’ was Scandinavian – but did he land with the Norman army?

  • Space

    Nasa space telescope launches after surviving Trump budget cuts

  • Switzerland

    One person killed and multiple wounded in shooting at rave party, police say

  • West Bank

    Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank

  • Africa

    People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘dire and deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city

  • Artificial intelligence

    Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds

  • Gas

    ‘Winter panic’: EU gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years

  • Automotive industry

    On long road back from Brexit, north-east’s recovery rides on survival of Nissan’s ‘shining star’ plant

  • Petrol

    UK petrol prices hit highest level in almost four years as bank holiday getaway looms

  • Darren Raymond & Mark Rylance

    Theatre

    ‘That’s what saved me’: Darren Raymond and Mark Rylance on the prison drama workshop that brought them together

  • A man wearing a horned helmet sticks his tongue out.

    Culture

    J’ouvert celebrations at Notting Hill carnival

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  • Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg sits behind a desk with an open laptop

    Autumn arts preview

    Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning?

  • A bearded man in a headscarf sits in a vehicle, holding an orange fuel container

    Edinburgh festival 2026

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  • Pandora stands atop a mound of gold-painted dancers, arms raised triumphantly overhead

    Edinburgh festival 2026

    Mere Mortals review – a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age

  • A woman and a man in suits on the front desk in a courtroom, looking very very serious, the young man stroking his chin thoughtfully

    Television

    The Rainmaker review – please don’t hurt your eyes trying to find anything good in this legal drama

What to listen to

  • Jennifer Herrema standing against a chain fence under a blue sky.

    Honest playlist

    Jennifer Herrema: ‘After I had my cat stolen, I would listen to Funkadelic and cry and cry’

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  • Victoria Rose and Stone Rosenberg

    Autumn arts preview 2026

    ‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @

  • Gene Gallagher of Villanelle performs during All Points East at Victoria Park on August 2026 in London.

    Music

    Reading and Leeds have dropped BBC Introducing for a new ‘nepo baby stage’. Where does it leave DIY artists?

What to read

  • Dolly Parton

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    Building cities from wood, ancient rock art and Dolly Parton’s legacy

  • Author Adele Parks in red waistcoat and trousers against blue background

    The Q&A

    Adele Parks: ‘If I could ​edit my pas​t, I’d be fitter younger – I​ would have been hotter’

  • Small Monster, Big Monster by Allan Sanders.

    Books

    Children’s books roundup – the best new picture books and novels

  • Meg Mason.

    Book of the day

    Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason review – a tale of literary obsession, with cameos from real-life authors

What to play

  • A screenshot showing a huge bird-like creature looming over a man in a corn field.

    Summer games previews

    The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sun

  • A fierce woman warrior holds two curved knives, surrounded by ancient ruins and soldiers

    Games

    Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – picture-postcard retelling of haunting Minoan myth

  • Trainwatch game

    Summer games previews

    Trainwatch – alone with your thoughts on a railway line to nowhere

  • Rear view of a young man wearing a headset, gaming at a computer in a neon-lit room

    Pushing Buttons

    With the end of physical media in sight, gamers have had enough

What to visit

  • Comedian Dom McGovern performs on stage holding a microphone

    Edinburgh festival 2026

    Dom McGovern: Prize Hog review – a sharp standup who is sure to go stellar

  • Conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla leads an orchestra, baton raised, violinists playing around her

    Classical music

    Oslo Philharmonic/Gražinytė-Tyla/Kopatchinskaja review – weapons-grade charisma and anarchic delight

  • Mike Scott of The Waterboys sings into a microphone while playing electric guitar on stage

    Music

    The Waterboys review – Steve Earle joins a gloriously unruly return to Fisherman’s Blues

  • Omar Badawy.

    Edinburgh festival 2026

    Omar Badawy: Guided Detour – dizzying tales of decision paralysis

More culture

  • Elizabeth Jane Howard.

    Books

    ‘Who would dare take on Elizabeth Jane Howard’s fans?’ Louisa Young on reviving the Cazalet Chronicles

  • Stewart Lee standing in a wooded cemetery with he left arm stretched out and his left hand leaning on a pillar

    Comedy

    ‘I was miserable for a lot of this century’: Stewart Lee on divorce, his adoption and the twisted children’s poem that explains his life

  • Painting on wood featuring religious figures, including depiction of a Madonna draped in black robe with baby in lower centre panel.

    Art theft

    Messina mystery: theft of Renaissance art from Sicilian museum leaves investigators baffled

  • illustration of two books chatting

    Cartoon

    Tom Gauld on the end of the summer books season

  • Three adults lean together over a baby, with flowers and baby items nearby.

    It took a village

    Becoming a solo parent taught me the true meaning of friendship

  • Two people stand with arms around each other's shoulders, facing away, looking at stylized trees

    Parenting

    When my teenage son was struggling, my partner reached him in ways I couldn’t

  • Four women stand in a circle with their heads together, one holding a red ball, looking down at the camera.

    Stronger, better, braver

    How my netball family helped me come back from injury

  • An illustration of four people helping someone in a blue shirt, with others carrying items in the background

    Ageing

    To the friends who were there when I became a full-time carer – your kindness has carried me through

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    Grace Dent on restaurants

    Kismet, London SE1: ‘The sort of beans that make you want to move to the sun’ – restaurant review

  • A woman making a bed, and a man in the background holding cleaning products and a mop

    The experts

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  • An unbaked pizza with cheese and peppers sits on a stone inside an outdoor pizza oven made by ProCook.

    The Filter

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    The Filter

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  • A suncream tube, striped packing cubes, and a hiking boot arranged on a pink background

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  • A smiling woman sits cross-legged on a yoga mat, warming up amid exercise equipment and plants

    The Filter

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  • Felicity Cloake's key lime pie on a green plate, with slices cut off

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass

    How to make key lime pie

  • Yotam Ottolenghi smiles while tossing a pancake

    Food

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  • A lab technician observes in the background as a machine with a pointed instrument breaks a biscuit in half

    Remaking the biscuit

    From Doritos to digestives, why the UK’s snacks are being ‘reformulated’

  • Plates laid out on a table with a blue tablecloth, with the mozzarella and green bean salad on top

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    The moment I knew

    I’d never had romantic feelings for a man – then he touched my hand and it felt electric

  • Illustration of a small naked figure sitting in the mouth of a man lying down

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  • Composite of Mike and Caterina, both smiling, him on left with hand on chin wearing a pale shirt, her with hands in pockets wearing a cream waistcoat

    Blind date

    ‘She’s one of the easiest people to talk to that I’ve ever met’

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  • A woman holds a cup of tea and looks at a smart meter, with a kettle in the background.

    Energy bills

    Households could save up to £173 a year by switching to fixed energy deal

  • Lloyds bank online banking homepage shown on a computer screen.

    Consumer champions

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  • A couple install a solar panel on a wooden balcony

    Energy bills

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    Sexual consent

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  • The foot and hand of an African man is seen with pink blisters highly visible against his skin

    Global health

    Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?

  • A woman applies a transdermal hormone patch to her inner arm

    Health

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  • an illustration showing colorful human figure icons stand amid swirling black abstract paint brushstrokes

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    ‘It gives Shein’

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    Fashion

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    Fashion

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