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Trump’s continued distrust in election integrity has experts eyeing his next move

By George Chidi

President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned A series of moves by Donald Trump ’s administration to sow doubt in the integrity of US elections has intensified concern among voting experts – and sparked hope among election deniers – that it could declare a national emergency. The White House and US federal agencies have released a string of documen

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This is how we do it: ‘Since having cancer, I’m more open – before I was straight, now I’m queer’

By As told to Naomi Larsson Piñeda

Following the all-clear, Kevin and Jade found a new openness in discussing sex and intimacy – and also a shared desire for exploring polyamory • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously Since the all clear, my relationship with my sexuality has shifted a lot Continue reading...

‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports

By Alex Daniel

New quotas to protect UK firms and jobs appear to be having opposite effect in products such as galvanised steel At Tata Steel’s factory in Llanwern, south Wales, production lines that should be running full-time are now falling quiet for parts of the day, with workers being put on to maintenance and cleaning work while machines sit idle. There aren’t enough orders to keep them running all the time, the company says,

When I first moved to Glasgow from India, I felt welcomed and included. Now I just feel scrutinised | Sanghmitra Singh

By Sanghmitra Singh

The city that used to be full of kind strangers is increasingly witnessing racist disorder. I hope it can find its way back to its old friendliness Scottish people have always been known for their friendliness. “We’re not like the south of us,” they say, referring to England. The official slogan of Scotland’s largest city, “ People make Glasgow ”, appears everywhere – on T-shirts, buildings, bus stops and mugs. And w

‘So many people say things about my appearance – it’s not normal’: Jorja Smith on burnout, body-shaming and finding freedom

By Emma Loffhagen

Being recognised by the Brits, Grammys and Drake made the singer one of British music’s most famous names – and also left her exhausted. Now, after decompressing in her home town she returns with a record made for raving It is a sticky, sweltering July afternoon, and I have accidentally found myself at a wake with Jorja Smith. I’m told that the pub where we have met, in the leafiest part of leafy south-west London, i

Mayors to get new powers over planning decisions under Burnham proposals

By Nadeem Badshah and Kiran Stacey

Move would allow mayors to greenlight large developments and have more say on national housing funding Andy Burnham will give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale developments in proposals to be presented this week. The move will allow mayors to “call in” the decisions and direct councils to take them forward or refuse them. They will also be able to grant upfront p

Quench your thirst! 20 perfect spritzes and shandies to try now – from kumquat to portergaff

By Rachel Dixon

Whether you love a traditional spritz or tend towards a wilder libation, this August there are bubbly and sophisticated drinks to suit every taste This summer, UK web searches for “Hugo spritz”, an elderflower-flavoured aperitif, overtook searches for “Aperol spritz” for the first time. As the spritz craze shows no sign of slowing down, pub chains are taking wild liberties, calling anything fizzy and served in a larg

‘Pretty shambolic’: new EU border checks cause stress for UK travellers

By Jane Clinton and Rosie Peters-McDonald

Britons report that EES digital entry and exit system has led to frustration, visa mix-ups and long queues On top of fears about extreme heat and possible jet fuel shortages, Britons planning summer holidays in the EU this year had another thing to worry about – long queues and waiting times caused by the bloc’s new border checks. The EU digital entry and exit system (EES), which requires non-EU citizens to register

London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?

By Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them Ten years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people’s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room in London planning an air pollution campaign. “My phone started buzzing,” he said. “I took the call, and then told the room I needed to leave immediately. “I

UK orders reviews of franchising sector after Vodafone allegations

By Simon Goodley

Two studies will be used to shape government policy amid claims about a former franchisee who took his own life Ministers have commissioned a pair of in-depth reports into how franchising businesses are policed in the UK, as the government considers introducing new laws after high-profile allegations about conduct in the sector. The action follows a Guardian investigation last December, which revealed claims that Adr

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First Bus bans under-16s in Stoke-on-Trent travelling alone after 6pm after disorder

By Donna Ferguson

Company says decision comes after spate of antisocial behaviour since free travel scheme was introduced For some, it is a quotidian nuisance that inevitably occurs when you are in the vicinity of teenagers. For others, it is an expression of modern-day lawlessness among young people. Whatever view you take, antisocial behaviour on public transport has become a hot debate – and with the introduction of free bus travel

My best ever British holiday: ‘I’ve travelled further, at greater expense, and had nothing like as much fun’

By Max Benato, Kirsten Henton, Jill Mead, Marcel Theroux, Andy Pietrasik

Five travel writers share their favourite holidays at home, from gravel biking in Scotland and a steam train ride in Yorkshire to rowing all the way from Oxford to London One of my best UK holidays was the week I spent in June 2013 rowing from Oxford to London with two friends, James and Tom. Continue reading...

Nine out of 10 unsolved murders in London linked to minority ethnic victims

By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Exclusive: Analysis risks deepening perception of ‘unequal protection under the law’, say campaigners Killers who take the lives of black people have a greater chance of getting away with their crimes than those who target white people, new research shows. Analysis of unsolved homicides in London between 2019 to 2023 reveals a stark disparity: minority ethnic British people represented 61.7% of reported homicide vict

Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze

By Arusa Qureshi

Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Smart, slapstick and silly, this chaotic multicharacter comedy sends up the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Some of the most revered works of art across history feature women as their primary focus. But though they might appear as favoured subjects, so often these women are relegated to the margins, their stories untold as they remain silent and often sexualised via the male gaze. In her new mult

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Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

By Jillian Ambrose and Alex Clark

Surge in proposals follows Labour’s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to March Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned the Conservatives’ de facto ban in 2015. About 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Co

TV tonight: a hit jumpy horror series returns with Dan Stevens

By Phil Harrison, Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

The Terror is a terrifying drama anthology. Plus, tissues at the ready for a super emotional finale of The Piano. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Sky Atlantic Continue reading...

Café Clement, London WC2: ‘Turns out it’s really rather good’ – restaurant review

By Grace Dent

I am forever curious as to how these kind of sizzling places feel on a normal Tuesday two months in, especially when the celebrities are all off sunning their bottoms in Tuscany Café Clement, the all-day restaurant inside Nick Jones’ new St Clement Hotel at 180 The Thames in central London, opened with a bang in June and immediately rocketed to the top of every “sell your grandmother for a terrace table” list in Lond

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A supreme being, the nearly naked show and politics with paws: Edinburgh fringe pick’n’mix

By Brian Logan, Lyndsey Winship, Arifa Akbar, Kate Wyver, Tim Jonze and Chris Wiegand

From Taiwanese steampunk dance to Australian climate comedy, here are 13 quick-fire fringe reviews All our Edinburgh festival reviews For new perspective on the strange ways we behave, we all know the thought experiment “if a visitor from space arrived on Earth, what would they think?” In Born Sexy Yesterday, Anna Leong Brophy plays a supreme being implanted into a grown woman’s body to experience life for the first

British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition

By Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says When Britain abolished slavery, plantation owners from powerful families notoriously received huge sums in compensation, while those who were enslaved got nothing. Now evidence has come to light that Sandbach, Tinne and Company – a corporation closely linked t

‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain

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At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – and says there’s still time to save the nation from the bad guys A funny thing happened on the way to 2026: I got old and the world turned nasty. It happened very quickly and it’s to do with politics (the world) and pelvi

A childhood sexual abuse allegation has rocked our family – what can we do about it? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

By Annalisa Barbieri

Make the victim feel safe and able to talk at their own pace, and consider any danger the perpetrator currently presents to younger members of the family A young adult woman in our family has recently shared that her older male cousin once touched her inappropriately when she was aged six and he was aged 12. This happened 18 years ago. Then a second incident allegedly occurred eight years later. She shared the story

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Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump – and a headache for Britain’s new PM

By Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent

North Sea oil, once the driving force of the UK economy, may be dwindling but it remains a symbol of prestige and a rich resource for political debate When oil was first discovered off the north-east coast of Scotland in September 1969, industry folklore has it that the duty superintendent on the rig carefully poured it into a pickle jar commandeered from the canteen and took it back to Amoco’s Great Yarmouth office

The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

By Pjotr Sauer

Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through It was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city. Hidden inside a rubbish bin, a bomb containing the equivalent of about 500g o

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Is a French Sunday the secret to a healthier, happier life? | Polly Hudson

By Polly Hudson

The idea of being deliberately unproductive is certainly tempting. The only concern is that you might enjoy it too much... They know what they’re doing when it comes to kissing, toast and horns, so get ready for a French Sunday. A new theory suggests that embracing this intriguing-sounding strategy might just be the secret to life, and, more importantly, to dreading Monday less. Apparently in France the Sabbath reall

Shabana Azeez: ‘The most disgusting thing I’ve seen on The Pitt? American coffee’

By Rafqa Touma

The Australian actor on posing as a patient for medical schools, having multiple birthdays on The Airport Chaplain and the song ‘nobody likes’ by the Strokes What is the most disgusting thing you saw on the set of The Pitt? I mean, American coffee. It’s bad over there. The de-gloved leg was gross. I saw a full vaginal birth. I drilled into a skull! Continue reading...