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Councils won’t be able to block betting shops | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Roger Cornwell says under government plans, councils will lose some planning powers, and Alan Knight says reducing high-street betting fuels illegal online gambling. Plus a letter from Katrina Kerr In your report (Burnham to give councils more powers to block vape and betting shops, 10 August) Angela Rayner is quoted as saying: “We’re giving local leaders the power to say no to what doesn’t belong on their high stree

The decent way for countries to engage with the Taliban | Brief letters

By Guardian Staff

Afghan diplomacy | Weather words | Delightful weeds | Thomas Paine’s remains | Reform UK benefits cuts You report concerns over increased diplomatic contact with Afghanistan and the Taliban (15 August). If nations wish to establish contact with the country and improve human rights, especially for women, may I suggest that they only use women to negotiate and to staff diplomatic bases. They might also insist on only d

Premier League to allow audio of conversations between players and referees

By Exclusive by Matt Hughes

Audio to be used during live broadcasts for first time Move is part of an expansion of the RefCam system The Premier League will permit audio of on-field conversations between players and referees during live broadcasts for the first time this season. The use of audio by the Premier League’s domestic TV rights holders, Sky Sports and TNT Sports, is part of an expansion of the RefCam system, which became a permanent f

Elderly man may have underestimated severity of burns from candle, inquest hears

By Jack White

Retired teacher was injured when his pyjama bottoms caught fire as he slept

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China’s economy showing signs that slowdown may be extending

By Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent

Industrial output and retail sales slump in July after one of the country’s weakest quarterly growth rates ever China’s economy is showing signs of extending a slowdown with a slump in industrial output and retail sales in July, adding to pressure on Beijing to intervene with measures to support activity. After the world’s second largest economy posted one of its lowest quarterly growth readings on record in the thre

US Supreme Court rejects Trump appeal in Carroll case

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The US Supreme Court declined to hear US President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million verdict in favor of E Jean Carroll after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine columnist.

Here’s why you should speak up if you see a fellow golfer cheat

By Denis Walsh

When players break the rules in golf, rule enforcement isn’t always straightforward

‘She never forgot where she came from’: Bonnie Tyler mourners turn out for Swansea service

By Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

Many in the crowd watching on screen outside minster have stories of meeting or knowing singer, who died in July Bonnie Tyler’s songs have echoed through her home town of Swansea in recent days in memory of the late singer, but on Monday the church bells stopped and wellwishers lining the streets fell silent as her coffin arrived for a service celebrating her life. As the white coffin, covered in bouquets of white ro

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Scottish FA the latest to withdraw Infantino support

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The Scottish Football Association has officially withdrawn its support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino, citing the "lack of transparency" shown over the plan to sell stakes in a World Cup company to private investors.

Lara Ricote: Inkling review – this fizzy standup’s smart new set is her best yet

By Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh A show about maturing and learning to listen to life’s signals doesn’t stint on tomfoolery and has some great gags What a rich and enjoyable show this is from Lara Ricote, a leap forwards from her already-excellent first two shows. It finds the Mexican-American comic in as endearing fettle as ever, her urge to communicate bubbling over in a show about divining the messages life puts yo

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Driver dies in M6 crash between lorries and a car

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A man is dead and two others are in hospital after the crash in Staffordshire, on Monday.

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What is Ebola and why is the outbreak in DRC causing so much concern?

By Denis Campbell and Rachel Savage

Strain of virus with no vaccine has potential to overrun response impeded by conflict and misinformation Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are losing their battle to contain the country’s deadliest Ebola outbreak. DRC’s health ministry declared an outbreak in Ituri province on 15 May, though sequencing shows it had begun in February. It has since spread to five other provinces and is on track

Nicola Jennings on the UK water industry and the drought – cartoon

By Nicola Jennings

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Over 500 apply to scheme to compensate Stardust survivors

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More than 500 people have applied for the Stardust payment scheme set up for survivors of the fire, according to the latest figures from the Department of Justice.

What will be the consequence for us this winter of higher oil prices?

By Conor Pope

Many Irish households are likely to be worse off by well over €300 a year

Former FAI director of football Marc Canham lands new role with Saudi Arabian FA

By Gavin Cooney

The 43-year-old worked for the FAI for just under three years, departing in April 2025

Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas TV specials cancelled as Brendan O’Carroll ‘breaks jaw’

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Comedian also postpones his Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Panto shows in Dublin and Killarney

Drink-driver jailed for death of 20-year-old woman

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Matthew McGrath told officers at the scene he had no idea the speed he was driving at.

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A job that changed me: After years of being a marriage celebrant, I became uneasy with the institution

By Jasper Peach

My favourite part was sitting with couples, talking about their lives and why they wanted to marry. But I’m equally happy to have left it behind Read more in this series here I was in my mid-20s in the mid-2000s when I became a professional yapper. I’d had to bow out of a career in Auslan (Australian sign language) interpreting due to injury, but could still talk under wet concrete. Studying to become a civil marriag

British Muslim student with valid visa refused entry to US after 23-hour detention

By Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

Laith Alani, who had booked week-long trip to visit theme parks and family, believes US border force profiled him on arrival in Orlando A British student who was detained and deported after flying to the US claims he was profiled for being Muslim. Laith Alani said he felt as if he had been kidnapped when he was interrogated for nine hours and detained in a holding cell for another 14 hours by US Customs and Border Pr

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Top album releases linked to rise in fatal crashes as ‘distracted’ drivers access music

By Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Harvard study finds traffic fatalities increase by 15% on release dates compared with similar days either side The release of a new album by Taylor Swift might be a cause for celebration among her fans, but such events have also been linked to a more sombre phenomenon: an increase in fatal car crashes. The team behind a new study say it sheds light on the impact of distracted driving. “You can’t randomise people into

Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City opener was startlingly bad

By Jonathan Wilson

The Community Shield isn’t always a sign of things to come, but City’s form in their defeat to Arsenal is concerning in the wake of Pep Guardiola’s departure Sign up for our free newsletter here There are caveats. It was only the Community Shield – and no side has gone on to win the league after lifting the Community Shield since 2018. It was against the league champions, whose pre-season has involved far less strenu

The Sinking City 2 review – Ukrainian cosmic horror, come hell or high water

By Nic Rueben

PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PC; Frogwares Frogwares’ Lovecraftian action-horror is full of grim tenacity and pulp paperback charm, despite a few frayed edges I’m standing in the prosthetics lab of a campy horror hospital, hunting for a preacher’s flayed face to wear so I can trick the world’s grisliest smart doorbell. Pinned to a board in the corner of the room are a dozen X-rays: shattered bones and metal splint

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M9 crash: Minister for Justice condemns ‘outrageously dangerous criminal behaviour’

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Gardaí to get pursuit training, Jim O’Callaghan says

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