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London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow

By Mark Sweney

Uber and Wayve had said they would start trips ‘later this summer’ but launch now looks unlikely this year Business live – latest updates The rollout of robotaxis on the streets of London is unlikely to happen this year, as regulatory and technical hurdles push back the ambitious schedule set out by the UK government. Only weeks ago Uber and London-based Wayve were granted the first minicab licences in the capital to

Raheem Sterling charged with dangerous driving and nitrous oxide possession

By PA Media

Former England forward crashed on M3 in late May Sterling is also accused of failing to provide a specimen Raheem Sterling has been charged with dangerous driving and possession of nitrous oxide after a crash involving a Lamborghini on the motorway, police have said. Hampshire and Isle of Wight constabulary said the charges followed a single-vehicle collision on the M3 southbound, near Minley interchange, on 28 May.

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Football transfer rumours: Jean-Philippe Mateta to Aston Villa?

By Sarah Rendell

Today’s fluff is splashing out regardless Liam Delap may not have broken any records during his time with Chelsea but he is setting one on his way out the door. The England youth international is thought to be breaking Nottingham Forest’s transfer fee record with Oliver Glasner bringing him in for an expected £50m. The fee comes despite a disappointing 2025-26 season with the 23-year-old striker scoring only one Prem

Adam Riches: The Captain review – the extraordinary glory of a ‘half man, half fish’ Victorian hero

By Brian Logan

Summerhall, Edinburgh An endurance test for a standup already starring in a fringe hit, this show resurrects the man who drilled the first ever cross-Channel swimmer ‘Who are these people that do what [the rest of us] cannot?” Adam Riches ’ solo play The Captain teases at the daredevil spirit, incarnate here in Capt Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the Channel unaided. Riches plays Fred Beckwith, a swimming coach

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Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and more pay tribute to Dolly Parton: ‘her legacy will be everlasting’

By Owen Myers and Benjamin Lee

Lily Tomlin, Beyoncé, Céline Dion and Oprah Winfrey are among those remembering the queen of country after she died aged 80 Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career that turned country music cliches inside out Dolly Parton – a life in pictures Dolly Parton celebrated by kd lang, Peggy Seeger, Annie Lennox and more Tributes have poured in for Dolly Parton, the country singer, songwriter and actor, after her d

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Martin O’Neill puts Champions League collapse among most painful Celtic nights

By PA Media and Guardian sport

Celtic lose against Lask in qualifier from 4-0 up on aggregate ‘That’s my team and that’s my responsibility,’ O’Neill says Martin O’Neill has admitted that Celtic’s Champions League qualifying collapse from 4-0 up ranks as one of his most painful nights as the club’s manager. Celtic held a four-goal aggregate lead against Lask on Tuesday when Callum McGregor scored in the 21st minute in Austria, building on a 3-0 fir

At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward

By Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Authorities at biggest state hospital in Islamabad say 15 babies were in the ward when fire broke out At least 14 newborn babies have died in a fire that broke out in the maternity ward at one of Pakistan’s most prominent state hospitals. The blaze began in the early hours of Wednesday and engulfed the ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, the biggest state hospital in Islamabad. Continue reading...

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The Last Sunrise review – Amazon’s soapy YA romance is thankless and bland

By Rafaela Bassili

Another familiar concoction fails to make use of its sunny location and chooses cheap melodrama over romantic charm A titular sunrise, a summer fling fantasy, exorbitant wealth, impossibly sculpted bodies: such are the profitable story ingredients that make up The Last Sunrise, the latest offering in Amazon’s endless catalogue of “romance content”. I wouldn’t ordinarily use that term to describe a film, but it fits T

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Brydon Carse incident points to a darker truth about life as a professional cricketer | The Secret Cricket Coach

By The Secret Cricket Coach

Cricket is a brutal game – you are basically being judged all the time. It’s no wonder players seek out ways of coping I once played with a young cricketer who would physically harm himself when he didn’t score enough runs. I won’t go into the detail of how because that isn’t really the point. The point is that a young professional cricketer had reached a place where getting out in a game of cricket meant he deserved

With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition | Rafael Behr

By Rafael Behr

Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winning Now is the twilight of Donald Trump’s supremacy. The US is still the richest and most heavily armed nation on Earth. That status is secure. The current president, contemptuous of law and indulged in lawlessness by a supine Congress, enjoys even greater power than the constitution allows. With

Heatwaves show UK must do more to promote cycling and walking, campaigners say

By Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissions Dozens of civil society groups have demanded the UK government do more to promote cycling and walking, after this summer’s extreme heat exposed the desperate need to decarbonise transport. This summer’s heatwaves and wildfires were “immediate, real-world manifestations of the climate emergency”, the groups s

After Dom Ballard’s backheel, what is the earliest goal of the season? | The Knowledge

By Guardian sport

Plus: player-managers earning international caps, out-of-position goalkeepers sent off and footballers called up to jury service Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “After watching Dom Ballard’s backheel volley for Bristol City against Birmingham in game week two of the Championship, it begs the question: what’s the earliest in a season a goal has gone on to win goal of the season?” asks Ricardio Sent

‘It destroyed me’ – your top true-crime TV shows of all time

By Alfie Packham and Guardian readers

From influencers gone (really, really) bad and the outrageous Joe Exotic to the greatest reveal in television history – here are Guardian readers’ favourite real-life documentaries and whodunnits I watched the BBC’s Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared when it came out and Damien Nettles, its subject, still pops up in my mind sometimes. It’s a comprehensive, empathetic and gripping investigation into a case I had never

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Labour’s energy bills crisis is getting worse. Political honesty is essential | Nils Pratley

By Nils Pratley

Ofgem and ministers should be transparent about why energy bills for households are expected to stay stubbornly high Britons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills rise 4% from October Another Ofgem energy price cap day, another increase in bills. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the new energy secretary, can blame the usual culprit on Wednesday – the fossil fuel price “rollercoaster”, given a shove this time by Don

Britons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills rise 4% from October

By Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Households in Great Britain will pay equivalent of £1,723 a year, prompting calls for more support Nils Pratley: Labour’s energy bills crisis is getting worse. Political honesty is essential Business live – latest updates Millions of households in Great Britain will face the highest energy charges in three years this winter after months of soaring market prices caused the government’s price cap to rise for a second t

From Jolene to Islands in the Stream: Dolly Parton’s 10 best recordings

By Rob LeDonne

The late star created some of the most beloved country and pop songs in American music Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career that turned country music cliches inside out Dolly Parton – a life in pictures Country music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – latest updates The death of Dolly Parton today at age 80 has the world mourning one of America’s most beloved entertainers: a generation-spanning performer

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‘An act of resistance’: holdout homes in the US – in pictures

By Mee-Lai Stone

Ben Marcin’s stunning photographs show lone houses, derelict homes and makeshift camps that stand as epitaphs to past lives and offer insight into how Americans on the margins live Continue reading...

Passage by Colin Thubron review – mortality and memory in a gem of a novel

By John Banville

A terminally ill woman makes a final trip to Egypt in an exquisitely wrought portrait of end-of-life reckoning Virginia Woolf said of Middlemarch that it is one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. In the shallow and infantilising age through which we are living, Colin Thubron dares to assume that his readers are adults. Passage is a very beautiful, very moving, authentic work of art. Hardly more th

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Would you pay for an algorithm to pick your friends? New social apps spread across cities

By Kimi Chaddah

With many adults admitting they feel lonely, meetup platforms offer the chance to make new connections Would you pay £20 a month for the chance of making a friend, on the understanding that an algorithm – not you – gets to decide who you’ll meet? Driven by the decline of “third spaces” such as youth centres and pubs, an increase in remote working and rising loneliness – 40% of adults aged 16 to 29 feel lonely “always

Hanging By a Wire review – cable car rescue documentary dangles viewers on the edge of disaster

By Leslie Felperin

The extraordinary fate of eight people trapped above a chasm in Pakistan makes for a tense, skilfully assembled survival story with unexpected flashes of comedy Survival documentaries are a weird little genre of nonfiction film-making that recount the stories of accidents and natural catastrophes – and more often than not, the daring rescues of people caught up in them. Eyewitnesses and the loved ones of those endang

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Walking on the edge: a three-day hike along Cumbria’s rugged, overlooked coast

By Chris Moss

In the shadow of the crowded Lake District, this quiet coast path offers great views, breathtaking nature and a striking new hotel on the historic waterfront What’s the edgiest region in the UK? I don’t mean in the sense of sketchy or fashionable, but where on the map of these four nations feels most at the margins of everywhere else? For my money, the north Cumbrian coast is a strong contender. Hemmed in by the Lake

A moment that changed me: I sought out rejection. Instead, strangers met me with profound generosity

By Sophie Jones

As I turned 21, fear was holding me back. So I decided to face it headfirst. It taught me that courage leads to connection – and people who owe you nothing can be astonishingly kind In May 2024, I decided to spend 30 days getting rejected on purpose. At first, it sounded ridiculous. After all, most people spend their lives actively trying to avoid rejection – and I was deciding to walk, full force, towards it. But it

TV tonight: the search for the murderer of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee

By Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

A documentary series gains impressive access to the detectives who have been hunting for the killer since 2019. Plus: Mark Gatiss returns as a bookish postwar sleuth. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 4 The 2019 murder of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry was a grim reminder that, while the Troubles are in abeyance, it’s still a stretch to describe them as being over. Filmed across seven years, this thr

Two years in limbo: the residents still paying mortgages on flats destroyed in east London fire

By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Spectrum Building leaseholders awaiting payouts after freeholder, Arinium, went bankrupt shortly after 2024 blaze Sarah Williams vividly remembers the night in 2016 when she camped overnight in a car park to put down a deposit on a flat in the newly completed Spectrum Building in Dagenham, east London. “People started queuing for those flats 24 hours before they went on sale,” she said. “It was basically the only fla

A Tamil summer vegetarian feast: Cynthia Shanmugalingam’s cucumber yoghurt curry and gooseberry pickle

By Cynthia Shanmugalingam

Serve this cold curry with a hot, fenugreek-flavoured preserve for a seasonal refresher This lovely summery “curry” is a cold, refreshing dish from Karnataka in India, and is eaten widely in Tamil Nadu, just 20 miles across the Palk Strait from my ancestral Tamil homeland in north and eastern Sri Lanka. Along with chefs Louis and Seb in our development kitchen, we decided that smacking the cucumbers helps give them a