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Comic says winning cheesiest joke award 'is bonkers'

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Fil Milton, who has been doing stand-up for four years, says he was inspired by Mark Simmons.

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’

By Danny Vincent in Hong Kong

UK Foreign Office condemns use of national security law to convict activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung Two Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 have been found guilty of “incitement to subversion” in one of the most high-profile cases in Hong Kong since Beijing imposed its national security law in 2020. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, “in

Premier League return 'major opportunity' for city

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Officials highlight the potential boost for tourism and businesses from visiting supporters.

State 'made mistakes' over Galway Ring Road CPOs - Canney

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Minister of State Seán Canney has said the State "made mistakes" in its handling of families facing CPOs of their homes to make way for the Galway City Ring Road.

‘If you’re just interested in answers, you are missing out’: philosopher Lani Watson on the power of asking questions

By Zoe Williams

The author and academic explains how an open, questioning mindset can bring people with opposing views closer together – and even change history Asking a question can change your mood, and having a questioning mindset can change your life – or, as the philosopher Lani Watson, an honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh, is more likely to put it, “create change in your life”. When you live in an answer-oriented

King penguin chick hatches in UK heatwave

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The "very important little penguin" is the first of its kind to hatch in the UK in more than a decade.

Wholesale electricity prices up 56% in 12 months to July

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New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that wholesale electricity prices rose by 14.8% in July when compared with June and were 56.2% higher than July of last year.

Call for technology to prevent Luas dragging passengers

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Railway accident investigators have called for all Luas trams to be fitted with new anti-drag technology after a series of incidents where passengers were dragged along station platforms after they, or their belongings, were caught in doors.

I worked at OpenAI. Here’s how tech companies can prepare for a slowdown | Miles Brundage

By Miles Brundage

I understand the pressure on AI companies to rush forward. But employees are right to be concerned Last month, more than a thousand employees at frontier AI companies signed a letter asking the US government to find a way to “pace” AI development, citing the risk of the technology spiraling out of human control as it begins to build itself. They were right to be concerned: just days earlier, two AI models that OpenAI

Can’t beat them? Eat them! Ten of the tastiest garden weeds

By Jack Wallington

Edible weeds grow in abundance in our gardens, streets and parks. With a little know-how, you can harvest delicious, nutritious, free greens Did you know that free food grows in our gardens, streets and parks without being planted by us? Not only does this food hide in plain sight, we’re encouraged to remove it from our gardens and throw it away. I’m talking about edible weeds, otherwise known as wildflowers. You may

Strangers in their own land: Mexicans deported from Trump’s America find refuge in ‘Little LA’

By Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

With plentiful jobs and community support, one Mexico City neighbourhood has become a haven for those who have lived much of their lives in the US With its wide avenues lined with tall palm trees, its quaint cafes and old-school cantinas, as well as the mix of English and Spanish spoken on the street, the Tabacalera neighborhood in downtown Mexico City has a certain US feel – so much so that it is has become known as

Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York

By Matthew Pearce

Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in North Ockendon would be incompatible with UK net zero targets A “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 27,000 flights from London to New York, planning documents show. The East Havering Data Centre Campus (EHDCC) in North Ockendon would be one of the largest datacentres

Marc Dubin obituary

By Jack Holland

My friend Marc Dubin, who has died aged 70, was one of the leading English-language travel writers on Greece, Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean. For more than four decades he wrote and edited guidebooks for Rough Guides, Insight Guides, Berlitz, DK Eyewitness and Lonely Planet, combining meticulous scholarship with an infectious enthusiasm for the places he loved. In the late 1970s, Marc left his home in Californi

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Church services

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Week beginning Saturday, August 22nd, 2026

We would like to speak to people who have been homeless in England about what helped them off the streets

By Guardian community team

Was it a government initiative or help from a charity? Or perhaps the support of friends and/or family? Andy Burnham has called on local leaders to offer all rough sleepers in England a route off the streets by Christmas, as he pledges another £100m to end street homelessness. The prime minister has promised he will mount a Covid-style campaign to get everyone off the streets this winter, arguing that rough sleeping

Flash-floods damage homes and businesses

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'My whole living room was full of dirty water' says one resident, after heavy rain triggered floods.

'Dangerous predator' secretly filmed children

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Richard Pooley was found with more than 87,000 indecent images of children, a court hears.

What if hustle culture had existed in the grunge era … the Stephen Collins cartoon

By Stephen Collins

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Leaving Cert points calculator: How many CAO points are your results worth?

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First round college offers will be out on August 30th

'Tough day for Carlow and wider area', says bishop

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The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has said that today is a "very tough day for Carlow and the wider area".

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by Belgian university

By Chris Osuh, agencies

Nathan Cofnas says Ghent University will ‘almost certainly fire me’

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Buddhist monk attacked by masked e-bike rider

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The monk says he was punched and kick in the latest attack on him in Hebburn's Riverside Park.

Late Late Toy Show kicks off search for this year's stars

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The Late Late Toy Show team has started the search to find the next generation of youngsters to feature on this year's show.

Ebola outbreak: five big questions

By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

On 23 August, it will be 100 days since the Bundibugyo strain was first reported. How did it became the DRC’s most deadly outbreak and what must be done to stop it becoming the world’s largest? Almost 100 days ago, Africa’s public health watchdog reported an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There have now been almost 5,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths since 15 May, making this Ebola outb

Appeal, wait, go abroad, repeat: what can you do if you don’t get your first CAO choice?

By Peter McGuire

Students from the class of 2026 have more options than ever