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Giraffe review – sparkling one-woman show stands out from the crowd

By Mark Fisher

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh An unlikely relationship blossoms in Abigail Weinstock’s compelling and touching solo drama It takes a brave writer/performer to make her character a sociopath. How to keep the audience on board with someone who is callous and indifferent? In Abigail Weinstock’s sparkling one-woman show, 30-year-old Eliana has been caught making clandestine recordings in her neighbour’s bedroom and cann

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The Irish Times view on Ukraine: Zelenskiy’s new challenge

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The underlying story is of a leader steadily hollowing out his own support

Tongue and Robinson’s high fives put England in control against Pakistan

By Ali Martin at Headingley

First Test day one: Pakistan 171; England 112-2 Root (37*) and Cox (23*) add 64 to leave deficit of 59 For all that Joe Root was playing his 167th Test match for England, and had led the side on 65 previous occasions, there will surely have been a few butterflies as he pulled on the blazer and walked out for the toss on his home ground. Root was resuming what he once described as an “unhealthy relationship” with the

Farmers cast grateful glance to the skies as rain falls at Virginia Show

By Nicole McDermott in Virginia

Cattle breeders at Co Cavan agricultural show ponder future feed shortages as summer heat stunts grass growth

Robinson & Tongue give Root an ideal start to England's new era

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Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue each take five wickets to give Joe Root the ideal start to his second spell as England captain as Pakistan are skittled for 171 on the opening day of the series at Headingley.

London flat where boy fell to death could have had more safeguards, inquest told

By Nadeem Badshah

Aalim Ahmed, five, fell from 15th-floor window at tower block family had asked to be moved out of, court hears An inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from a 15th-floor window has heard that more measures could have been taken to make it safer. Aalim Ahmed, who was autistic, died when he fell from a kitchen window at a residential block in Plaistow, east London. His father, Makail Ahmed, rushed from

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Can Andy Burnham rewire the ‘Treasury brain’ to boost growth?

By Heather Stewart

PM wants to reduce department’s stranglehold on public purse and bring long-term thinking to economic policy Andy Burnham is far from the first prime minister to dream of taming the power of the mighty Treasury. Boris Johnson all but forced the resignation of Sajid Javid by handpicking his team; Margaret Thatcher favoured her economic adviser Alan Walters over Nigel Lawson, prompting the latter’s furious resignation;

England v Pakistan: first men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened

By Rob Smyth (earlier) and Tanya Aldred (later)

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue take five wickets each to give England the upper hand in the Headingey Test. Warm applause as Joe Root leads England out at the start of his second spell as permanent captain. Are there any precedents for this, an experienced former captain returning to the job on a permanent basis years later? Bob Simpson is the name sitting at the top of my head. I guess Mike Brearley qualifies, thoug

Family named after three die in sea off Shoreham beach

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Police say the family travelled from their home in London and went into the sea for a swim.

Edmonton Marathon admits 2026 route was more than half a kilometre too long

By Olivia Bowden

Canadian contest sparked outrage from scores of frustrated runners online and in Canadian media The organisers of the Edmonton Marathon have admitted the course was more than half a kilometre too long, after outrage from scores of runners who complained about the distance. The error resulted in the upending of runners’ personal bests and potentially prevented some from breaking records. Continue reading...

Alleged spiking incidents reported once every six days

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An alleged spiking incident is being reported to gardaí on average once every six days, new figures show.

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Owner returns home after fire and discovers theft

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The burglary may have happened while the house was evacuated due to the fire, the force says.

Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds

By Richard Adams Education editor

UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping out Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday. The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental wellbeing of students in England, Wales and Northern Ir

The Healy-Raes review: Riveting portrait feels like a soap opera moulded out of muck and cunning

By Ed Power

Michael’s falling out with brother Danny adds familial tension, while the lasting impression is of politicians who are perfectly aware of the divisive figures they cut

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Bail applications can fall within article 40 habeas corpus relief in ‘exceptional circumstances’, High Court finds

By Ray Managh

Cases taken in relation to lack of legal representation linked to Legal Aid strike had previously given rise to two very different decisions

UUP leader Jon Burrows to name North’s new health minister on Thursday

By Freya McClements

Burrows said Mike Nesbitt’s resignation was regrettable but did not rule out succeeding him

Protest calls for Palestinian students to get Irish visas

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Around 200 people have gathered outside the Department of Justice to protest against the Government refusing visas for a group of Palestinian students hoping to take up scholarships at third-level institutions this academic year.

Paddy Power attempt at lighthearted satire about the English falls foul of ad regulator

By Conor Pope

Watchdog said advert conveyed message English people ‘did not clean up after themselves’

Single guilty verdict in Palestine Action trial

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The Old Bailey jury is discharged after 37 hours of deliberations, after reaching one guilty verdict.

Sinkholes, the unlikely link between Monaghan and Montparnasse

By Frank McNally

Magheracloone holds the only Irish deposits of gypsum, while the French capital was extensively mined to make plaster of Paris

The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC: a case study in why international aid matters | Editorial

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The Trump administration’s ‘America first’ approach has contributed to the scale of the crisis now unfolding in one of the world’s poorest countries For months health experts have warned that the scale of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could surpass the one that swept west Africa in 2014-16. This week, the authorities in the DRC announced that a grim milestone has already been passed

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The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: Britain is letting companies pass the buck | Editorial

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Victims received less compensation than shareholders in the company behind its flammable cladding. Parliament must make corporations pay for harm caused There is something profoundly wrong when the company behind Grenfell Tower’s flammable cladding paid more compensation to its shareholders than to victims of the disaster. Of Arconic’s £86m in Grenfell-related settlements, all but £1.5m was covered by insurers. Hardl

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Teenage boy seriously injured in e-scooter crash

By Conor Pope

Incident is latest in wave of injuries among young e-scooter users prompting concern over recent weeks

'Tinker Tailor' director John Irvin dies at 86

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British filmmaker John Irvin, best known for adapting John Le Carre's espionage classic 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' for television, has died aged 86, his producer has said.

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Couple who died with their daughter off Sussex coast named by police

By Matthew Weaver

Officers still investigating deaths of Zeina Alayn, Hassan El-Khawas and daughter Sara El-Khawas at Shoreham-by-Sea A father, mother and their teenage daughter who died off the Sussex coast on Tuesday have been identified. Sussex police named the victims as Hassan El-Khawas, 55, his partner, Zeina Alayn, 37, and their 14-year-old daughter, Sara El-Khawas. A younger girl who was also part of the family is in hospital

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