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Man flies to Nepal to search for family missing in floods

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Pramod Poudel, from Uckfield, says he is travelling back to Nepal because 'my family needs me'.

Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls

By Alex Daniel

Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025 A company that made its money promising to protect older people from nuisance calls has been fined £190,000 for “hounding” them with hundreds of thousands of nuisance calls of its own. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Elderly Aids Ltd, a company selling call-blocking devices, made 758,053 co

Police investigating alleged assault in Carse incident

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An incident during which Brydon Carse was handcuffed is being investigated by Derbyshire Police, who say they are looking into allegations of assault.

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£50m Delap joins Forest – will he thrive at club?

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BBC Sport examines what went wrong for Liam Delap at Chelsea and how he could bounce back in new surroundings.

Suri Pro 2.0 electric toothbrush review: does this sustainable brush live up to the hype?

By Alan Martin

Suri’s eco-friendly brush fixes several flaws in the first-generation model – here’s what it does better (and what still needs work) • The best electric toothbrushes, tested When I wrote the Filter’s guide to the best electric toothbrushes, one brand I didn’t need a sample from was Suri. I already owned one of its brushes, drawn in by its impressive commitment to sustainability in a sector that seemed blissfully unbo

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How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

By Emma Bryce

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog so thick she struggled to see her own hands. She trailed a cord out to the coast and plop

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

By Keith Stuart

The flat routines of a dead end railway job screen out an approaching menace in a quietly intriguing game from the indie developer of Cat Lady and Lorelai Lonely jobs have provided excellent material for independent video games over the years. From Papers, Please to Firewatch to The Stanley Parable, players have been happy to spend hours dwelling in depressing cubicles or rural hideaways, usually because there is an

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‘We’re at a crisis point’: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigo’s female-only festival

By Emma Madden

Ahead of playing Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields, artists explain why female-first festivals are due for a resurgence When I first saw the poster for Olivia Rodrigo ’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in June, I assumed it was AI. Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, the Breeders, Bikini Kill and Garbage, all arranged in a neat line – and this was before I got to the words “special guests”. Karen O, Sarah McLachlan. And

UK’s small power plants face higher cyber risk into 2030s despite Iran-linked hack

By Jillian Ambrose

Decision not to improve resilience sooner described as ‘unacceptable gamble with our national security’ Hundreds of Britain’s smallest power plants could remain at a higher risk to state-sponsored cyber-attacks until the 2030s despite a successful Iran-linked hack last month, it has emerged. Officials this week briefed energy bosses on the breach, which is understood to have shut an unnamed small gas power plant for

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

By Diane Taylor

Report shines light on ‘catastrophic situation’ where young people make themselves more ill to avoid losing support Some of the most vulnerable children and young people in care are deliberately self-harming to avoid being abandoned when they get better or turn 18 and face a “cliff edge” of no further support, according to research. Abi Booth, a psychotherapist who works with children and young people, said some were

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'End of an era' for ice cream shop open 106 years

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The Tarr family say they are "devastated" to announce they will have to close due to rising costs.

Mexico arrests man for killing influencer on livestream

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Mexico has arrested a man who allegedly shot and killed an influencer during a live broadcast, authorities said.

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Liverpool agree £120m deal for Bradley Barcola after breakthrough talks with PSG

By Andy Hunter

Liverpool would pay £100m plus £20m in add-ons Andoni Iraola hints at exit for Cody Gakpo Liverpool are closing in on a £120m deal for Bradley Barcola after a ­breakthrough in talks with Paris Saint-Germain and will attempt to “improve other areas” according to the head coach, Andoni Iraola. Barcola has been Liverpool’s main transfer target all summer only for PSG’s £145m valuation to prove a ­significant hurdle. How

How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet floods

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A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the flooding disaster in Nepal and Tibet.

EU waiting on Meta's proposals to limit addictive designs

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The EU Commission is waiting on Meta to present changes to limit the addictive designs of its social networks, a Commission spokesperson has said.

Met Police defends drill rap use in court trials

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Drill rap lyrics have been used as evidence in recent London murder trials to help secure convictions.

UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Lawyers claim Eman el-Shazly, from Birmingham, was detained in effort to silence her sister, a critic of Sisi regime The UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to secure the release of a British-Egyptian woman who it is claimed has been arrested in Cairo because of her sister’s political activism. Eman el-Shazly, a 45-year-old based in Birmingham, was arrested on 16 August while visiting Egypt. Her lawyers say

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Clowns, punks and a queen: Dartmoor town’s carnival days in the 70s and 80s – in pictures

By The Scragg brothers

Nestled in the heart of Dartmoor, Moretonhampstead carnival celebrates its 101st edition in 2026. The Scragg brothers got among the crowds with Robert Frank-like ambition to document the town’s favourite day, capturing rural creativity and chaos from one decade to the next. Here they distil some of their rare gems from 1978 to 1984. The collection fulfils a promise from one sibling, Adrian, to the other, David, who d

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Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports

By Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

The once world-leading producer of crude oil has plunged into an energy crisis as Kyiv targets its refineries A sanctioned shadow fleet tanker carries oil from Nato member Turkey to a Russian Baltic port. A deal is signed for Russian oil to be processed in Kazakhstan. Fuel cargoes arrive from India via Egypt. The Kremlin pressures allies to sell it badly needed fuel. The data points may be diverse, but they point to

New Peak District red routes raise £4,600 in fines

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The new restrictions were introduced in May to tackle "inconsiderate" parking.

Share your tributes and memories of Yayoi Kusama

By Guardian community team

We would like to hear your tributes and memories of artist Yayoi Kusama – whether you met her, or appreciated her work Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who became a global superstar, has died aged 97. Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August, her company Yayoi Kusama Inc announced in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...

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‘Saved by a tree’: How a Nepali worker survived flash flood

By Gopal Sharma

About 1,500 people are missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet

Chelsea in talks to sign Atalanta defender Ahanor

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Chelsea are in talks to sign 18-year-old Atalanta and Italy defender Honest Ahanor for £34.3m.

V&A workers to strike over pay and conditions

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Workers at three Victoria and Albert museum sites are due to strike and further staff plan to work to rule.

Some people face choice between seeing a doctor and buying food, Dr Mike Ryan says

By Katie Mellett

Former WHO chief tells webinar on universal healthcare that making patients pay is ‘single worst way’ to fund health services