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Woman found guilty of indecent assault against two pupils at London boys’ school in 1980s

By Caroline Davies and agency

Sally-Anne Bowen, now 65, convicted of assaulting boys at Christ’s College, Finchley, where she was chemistry teacher A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s. Sally-Anne Bowen, who taught at Christ’s College in Finchley, north London, assaulted the teenage boys when they were aged around 14 to 15 and she was in her mid-20s. Continue

Further deferral of increases in fuel prices beyond November remains possible

By Harry McGee

Now-delayed restoration of excise would have added 10 cent to litre of diesel and 9 cent to petrol from Monday

Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with woman dressed as Snow White after Epstein emails

By Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Jes Staley made comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to the convicted sex offender The former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein. The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as part of the

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Residents stall plan for hotel on Baggot Street Upper

By Gordon Deegan

Three appeals lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála against green light for 78-bedroom hotel

Greek Orthodox priest and cult musician clarifies views on homosexuality

By Philip Oltermann European culture editor

Father Dionysios Tabakis says his views are those of Orthodox church, ‘nothing more, nothing less’ A Greek Orthodox priest whose home-recorded album of drone metal and religious dubstep has made him a cult figure in experimental music circles has issued a statement in which he has clarified his stance on homosexuality and the Greek radical right. “As can be seen from my musical expression, I am in favour of unity, lo

Police await postmortems on Irish woman and her husband found dead in hot tub in Spain

By Guy Hedgecoe

Investigators have not ruled out accident as cause of deaths of couple in villa near Valencia

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Dario Vidosic to step down as Brighton manager and is leading Angel City candidate

By Tom Garry

Vidosic’s decision is surprise on eve of WSL season 39-year-old led Brighton to May’s FA Cup final The Brighton manager, Dario Vidosic, is to leave the Women’s Super League club a little over a week before the start of the new season, multiple sources have told the Guardian. The Guardian understands Vidosic is the leading candidate for the Angel City head coach role with a view to starting work before the 2027 NWSL s

Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal

By Aram Roston

Exclusive: Experts and former officials say accounts are running dry, and funding a war with no clear endgame is the main challenge Donald Trump’s war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis, with the US navy forced to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents obtained by the Guardian, and interviews with navy officials, contractor

Like a rhinestone cowgirl – Dolly Parton’s most glorious, joyful and meta looks

By Guardian writers

Across six decades, the late country singer and pop culture icon turned self‑presentation into a flamboyant art form • Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Dolly Parton may have had a record 25 US country No 1 singles, released 66 studio albums and earned six Golden Globe nominations, among many other achievements, but the Tennessee-born star also had an incredible number of fashion momen

Tim Curry obituary

By Michael Coveney

Actor and singer best known for his roles in The Rocky Horror Show and the 1990 Stephen King TV miniseries It In June 1973, I went to the Royal Court to see one of Edward Bond ’s best plays, The Sea. On my way out, I met a colleague who said he had a spare ticket for something called The Rocky Horror Show in the Court’s studio space, the Theatre Upstairs, starting at around 10.30pm. We had no idea what this was going

BBC chief proposes ‘public service algorithm’ with YouTube-style user-generated content

By Michael Savage Media editor

Speaking at Edinburgh TV festival, Matt Brittin says BBC platform would be free from interests of US tech giants The BBC director general has suggested opening up the BBC to YouTube-style user-generated content as he backed the idea of a “public service algorithm” free from the interests of US tech companies. Matt Brittin, who arrived at the BBC after 10 years leading Google in Europe, said the corporation and public

Finn Lynch second after opening Gold Fleet races at World Championship in Dún Laoghaire

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Singapore’s Ryan Lo is the new overall leader as sailors battle tricky conditions on Thursday

Father and son die after falling into silage tank

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Alan Ford, 72, and son Rick, 42, were working at the Cheshire farm and fell into the tank on Wednesday.

‘Tsunami from the sky:’ floods leave trail of devastation in Nepal and Tibet - The Latest

By Presented by Lucy Hough with Devika Bhat; produced by Annie La Vespa and Rosie Peters-McDonald; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin; executive producer Zoe Hitch

Hundreds of people are missing or have been killed after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Entire villages have been destroyed, many of which are popular pilgrimage and trekking destinations for tourists. Lucy Hough talks to global editor Devika Bhat about how the devastating event unfolded Continue reading...

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Teesside MPs call for more police help after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

By Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Labour’s Andy McDonald says gangs ‘clearly featuring’ in a series of incidents and police are underfunded Five MPs on Teesside have called on the government to provide more help to local police and fire services after a week in which nine people have died in two incidents. The MPs said the communities they represented should get the “strongest possible backing from the government”. Continue reading...

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Tadej Pogacar sprints past rivals but Enric Mas makes him sweat for Vuelta stage six win

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Mas moves above Primoz Roglic into second place but still trails Pogacar by three minutes and 34 seconds

Tadeg Pogacar sprints past rivals but Enric Mas makes him sweat for Vuelta stage six win

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Mas moves above Primoz Roglic into second place but still trails Pogacar by three minutes and 34 seconds

Number of EU nationals declaring themselves bankrupt in Republic accelerates

By Gordon Deegan

Bulk of those engaging in the process were from Germany

Students are being set up to fail by compulsory GCSE resits | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article calling for mandatory exam resits to be scrapped in a first step towards education reform I was delighted to read Polly Toynbee’s demolition of compulsory GCSE resits (How can we stop destroying the prospects of a generation? Scrapping compulsory GCSE resits will be a start, 24 August). Of course, level 2 qualifications in maths and English should be accessible to all school

We need new reservoirs – and it’s a job for the state, not private companies | Letters

By Guardian Staff

David Griffiths says mayors could be empowered to build water infrastructure, while Kevin Whately suggests incorporating communal storage into new housing estates Pete Ford (Letters, 20 August) rightly reminds us that “The Victorians … built reservoirs, aqueducts and local water-storage infrastructure.” But who were these “Victorians”? Generally speaking, they were local councillors and their professional engineers.

Government must prioritise heat pump installation to tackle climate chaos | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Colin Hines says Andy Burnham’s focus should be on drastically cutting fossil fuel use in a way that reduces bills and generates secure jobs It is hardly surprising that many who were optimistic and supportive of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister, but who also prioritised tackling climate chaos, are becoming increasingly unsure about him, given his tardiness in emphasising this threat as an overriding policy objec

Nvidia’s outlook fuels global tech stock rally

By Ian Curran

European shares mixed as French stocks dip amid political uncertainty

Surprising AI breakthroughs raise soul-searching questions for mathematicians | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Whether mathematics thrives or perishes in the age of AI depends on what it is that society values in the human intellect, writes Dr Henry Bradford I share Kasra Rafi and Bruce Schneier’s impression that recent mathematical breakthroughs by AI consist in clever recombination of existing ideas, not development of truly novel theory (No, AI doesn’t mean the end of mathematics – at least not yet, 25 August). The questio

Tadej Pogacar battles back from scare on descent to win stage six of Vuelta a España

By Agence France-Presse

Slovenian leader recovers after misjudging corner Britain’s Josh Tarling pulls out of event mid-stage Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Enric Mas to claim victory in stage six of the Vuelta a España on Thursday, his third stage win of the race. The Slovenian and Mas outshone their rivals on the gravel in the stage’s final climb, and Pogacar held off the Spaniard when arriving in Castellón de la Plana to extend his general ­c

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Report finds 700 ‘rogue’ OpenAI agents worked together on hack using unsanctioned message board

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Hugging Face hack an ‘AI lab leak’ that shows fears about technology ‘not just theoretical’ - Alabama AG