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We would like to hear from UK agriculture workers about how the heatwaves have affected their work

By Guardian community team

We would also like to speak to florists, groundskeepers, and professional gardeners about how they are planning for the future The heatwaves and drought conditions across parts of Britain this summer have brought a series of challenges for food producers and those working on the land. According to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, hot and dry weather has resulted in the earliest UK cereals harvest i

What England can expect from captain Root

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What can England expect from Joe Root's leadership, based on his first full-time spell in charge?

Hayden Panettiere: an actor so magnetic that entire shows were rewritten for her

By Zoe Williams

She starred in her first soap opera at 4 – then the hit show Heroes was totally reworked to allow her character, Claire the regenerating cheerleader, to live on. We celebrate the star, who has died age 36 • Hayden Panettiere – a life in pictures • Hayden Panettiere obituary When Hayden Panettiere arrived as Claire Bennet in Heroes, in 2006, she was 17 but not a newcomer. She’d starred in Tiger Cruise, a Disney Channe

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‘You’ve got to see this girl!’ Tanita Tikaram on making Twist in My Sobriety

By Interviews by Dave Simpson

‘People tell me it helped them with their rehab. I have to explain: Sorry, it’s not about alcohol – I was just a kid singing about injustice’ I wrote the lyrics on the floor of my bedroom in Basingstoke when I was 16 or 17, as a way of decompressing from studying for my A-levels. I had the idea for “Twist in my …” something, but didn’t know what else to put in there. I tried “Twist in my gravity” before ending up wit

Two teenage boys to be tried for man's murder

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Two teenage boys accused of attacking Alex Coughlan, who died after being severely injured in Blanchardstown, are to be tried for murder.

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‘Champagne and a KFC’: how Hunt celebrated historic haul at European Championships

By Sean Ingle

British sprinter catapulted herself into the mainstream by winning four golds in Birmingham and celebrated her final golden night in style Long before Amy Hunt catapulted herself into the mainstream by winning an unprecedented four gold medals at the European Championships, she was remarkably upfront about her ambitions. There was no coyness. No equivocation. She wanted the quadruple in Birmingham. And having talked

DUP MP charged with common assault of a woman

By Paul Higgins

Incident alleged to have happened on October 1st, 2023

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Stripe agrees more than $7bn deal to buy AI firm OpenRouter

By Yazhou Sun, Natasha Mascarenhas and Paige Smith

Deal would give Irish-founded Stripe a stronger footing in the fast-growing artificial intelligence sector

Next year’s Eurovision host is Burgas, not Sofia. Some Bulgarians are baffled

By Eden Maclachlan in Sofia

Next year’s competition won’t take place in the country’s capital, an announcement that even surprised Bulgarian winner, Dara Ever since Bulgarian singer Dara was crowned winner of the Eurovision song contest this May, it has been clear that the Balkan nation would for the first time in its history have the opportunity to host Europe’s biggest party. So when Bulgarian officials announced last week that the world’s la

Finland halts deportation of Russian family who ‘risked everything’ to oppose Ukraine invasion

By Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

Mother and son Olga and Nikita Belov say they were facing jail and potential torture after asylum case was rejected A Russian family who were on the brink of being deported from Finland after repeatedly being denied asylum – despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment and torture for their pro-Ukrainian activism – have won a court appeal and will have their case reconsidered. Nikita Belov and his mother, Olga Belov, f

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I thought testing ice-cream makers would be fun – then came the milk-fuelled madness

By Danielle Amato

After three dozen eggs, 30 lemons and a concerning amount of unplanned butter, our tester learned the hard way how to make the perfect ice-cream. Plus, how to buy a bike • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here You probably know that song about ice-cream, and it’s been playing in my head non-stop for the past month. But since I tested 13 ice-cream machines at once during the hottest days of the ye

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Glyn Razzell - what next for jailed killer?

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The man convicted and jailed for murdering his wife remains in prison after a High Court ruling.

UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans

By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Campaigners demand greater transparency into water companies’ plans not made public due to ‘security reasons’ The UK government has been accused of a lack of transparency and of acting irresponsibly for refusing to publish the emergency drought plans that are produced by water companies. Water firms are required to publish statutory drought plans every five years to detail the actions needed to ensure public water su

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Man Utd will reject any bid for Fernandes

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Manchester United have no intention of selling captain Bruno Fernandes despite Turkish club Galatasaray being prepared to lodge a bid for the 31-year-old later this week.

Donald Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of ending Iran war

By Joseph Gedeon and Andrew Roth in Washington

President issues threat to ‘bomb the shit out of them’ after previously threatening Gulf ally in May Donald Trump has again threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of his effort to end the US-Israel war on Iran, as the two-month window to negotiate peace with Iran expired on Monday with no end to the conflict in sight. The latest threats against Oman, which is not a party to the war, have illustrated how Trum

'I heard a big bang, like a bomb going off'

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A Pershore resident says he feels sad for the people affected and all the memories they have lost.

Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash in Co Kerry

By Sarah Burns

Man in his 30s and two women in their 30s and 40s taken to University Hospital Kerry

US tourist dies after being struck by lightning on Italy’s Mount Etna

By Associated Press

Italian firefighters say a man, 29, was killed by a lightning strike on the Sicily volcano while hiking in a restricted area A tourist from the US was killed by a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna while hiking in an area that was closed to visitors due to recent volcanic activity, Italian firefighters said on Monday. The 29-year-old man from Kansas was rescued by helicopter after being struck Sunday evening in

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Fly-tippers dump 200 tonnes of asbestos on roadside

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The "dangerous" material has been found in four lorry trailers at various sites, the council says.

Sainsbury’s store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation

By Helena Horton

Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customer Sainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop. “I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless,” Matt Arnold, 46, said of his ordeal. Continue reading...

Beatles film recreates iconic Abbey Road album cover

By Andrew Pulver

Social media footage this weekend revealed the cast of Sam Mendes’ four-film band biopic on the zebra crossing near the studio, posing for the famous image The production team behind the forthcoming four-film Beatles biopic, directed by Sam Mendes, has been spotted filming outside Abbey Road studios in London. Inevitably, this includes a recreation of the celebrated Abbey Road album cover, for which the band was phot

As Ebola kills thousands in DRC, a perfect storm is making the virus hard to stop | Devi Sridhar

By Devi Sridhar

New species and regional instability are factors – but decisions made in the US and Britain are also costing lives Did you know that there is a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it’s on track to be the deadliest ever? It is already the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history, with the fastest community transmission we have ever seen. It’s estimated that there have been at least 4,900 ca

Johnny Depp in talks to return to Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

By Laurence Phelan

The actor, who previously said he would not play Captain Jack Sparrow again for ‘$300m and a million alpacas’, is being lined up for sixth film in the series according to producer Jerry Bruckheimer Johnny Depp is in talks to return as Captain Jack Sparrow in a sixth Pirates of the Caribbean film, according to the producer of the series, Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer told Deadline: “We’re talking with Johnny, we’re w

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£2.14bn and counting - why Premier League spending could set new record

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Premier League clubs have spent £2.14bn this summer, with huge sums moving between top-flight rivals. BBC Sport examines the possibility of a new spending record.

Marble dust mounds and a praying mantis: photos of the day – Monday

By Elena Goodinson

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...