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‘We’ve noticed water damage and cracks in a home we want to buy. Should we walk away?’

By Pat McGovern

‘The estate agent was unable to tell us whether the leak was an ongoing problem or if it had been fixed’

‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’

By Natasha May

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo. Each breath, he says, feels “like smoking a cigarette”. Continue reading...

Sydney shark attack survivor describes moment she came to face-to-face with ‘monster’

By Achol Arok

In her first media interview since the June incident, Leah Stewart, 34, says her thoughts while being bitten were of her one-year-old daughter An Australian woman who lost an arm after a shark attack at a beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has recalled the moment she came face-to-face with the “monster”. Leah Stewart, a 34-year-old teacher and mother of a one-year-old daughter, was attacked by a large shark while on a

Patrick Kavanagh and the beat poets: ‘I’ve always seen him as a punk’

By Jane Coyle

Kavanagh Weekend 2026 will explore the Irish poet’s US adventures and his affinity with Allen Ginsberg and the outsider spirit of the beats

‘Even the canteen lady knew my name at the PLC college. Everybody is so close-knit’

By Jen Hogan

Lana Dowling was ‘lost’ for a long time in secondary school, but PLC courses proved a huge help in building her future

The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! review – workplace meltdown borrows from classic sitcoms

By Chris Wiegand

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspection The sign says Plumstanton Library but this could be The Brittas Empire’s Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre, The Office’s Wernham Hogg or Torquay fleapit Fawlty Towers. Such is the instant familiarity of a failing workplace whose staff have a new manager and an inspector t

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The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street

By Oliver Bullough

Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police reluctant to investigate the scale of the problem? Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to order Leicestershire police won’t say who first told them about Jigar Gheewala, but you can see why, once they had heard of him, they decided to find out more

Gulf between Hezbollah and Lebanese state grows wider as Israeli occupation continues

By William Christou and Ali Awada in Beirut

People in south of country rely on group’s longstanding social welfare system that cash-strapped state fails to provide Fatima al-Ashkar used toys to explain to her children that their father had been killed. She arranged toy soldiers in a mock battle and picked up an airplane, miming an air raid on the plastic men below. “I started explaining to them: ‘Israel came and bombed here. Daddy was here. Daddy was martyred.

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Freddie Mercury’s ‘splendid things’ to go on display at V&A

By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Eight costumes spanning Queen frontman’s career will feature in a free trail developed with his former fiancee Eight famous costumes worn by Freddie Mercury, including the outfit featured on the cover of Queen’s debut album and the catsuit from the video for Bohemian Rhapsody, are to go on display at the V&A in London this autumn to mark what would have been the singer’s 80th birthday. Freddie Mercury | Splendid Thin

‘It looked stunning on Joanna Lumley!’ 10 writers on their biggest hair disaster

By Kate Lloyd, Rich Pelley, Jeffrey Ingold, Carys Afoko, Joel Snape, Viv Groskop, Paula Cocozza, Polly Hudson, Daniel Lavelle and Alexi Duggins

From bowl cuts to extreme mullets, punk dos to bad dye jobs, a terrible hairstyle can never be forgotten – even decades after it has grown out It’s the late 1990s. Big, round, feathered fringes are a huge deal at my primary school. Most of my friends have one, influenced by Britney Spears or Emma Bunton. I, too, have a fringe. Mine, as you can see, appears more inspired by Kevin Keegan circa 1993. Continue reading...

NHS England to offer women ‘gamechanging’ free home testing kits for cervical cancer

By Andrew Gregory Health editor

NHS has target of eliminating the cancer by 2040, but up to 4 million eligible women are not up to date with screening Millions of women in England who have missed cervical screening appointments will be offered free home testing kits on the NHS. The move comes amid concerns that only two-thirds of women attend in-person cervical screening appointments when asked to do so, leaving as many as 4 million women not up to

The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses

By Charlotte Higgins

From killings in Gaza to the alleged use of a sonic weapon on a vigil in Belgrade, the Lebanese-British artist reveals how his work for activist group Earshot is inseparable from his art Lawrence Abu Hamdan has a double identity. He is an artist who, in 2019, jointly won the Turner prize; and one of his works is, for my money, among the most striking on show at this year’s Venice Biennale. But he is also the director

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Creatine: is there truth behind the hype? – podcast

By Presented by Madeleine Finlay, with Ian Sample, produced by Ellie Sans and Joshan Chana, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive prodcers were Ellie Bury and Elizabeth Cassin

Creatine has become the go-to supplement for anyone wanting to give their fitness a boost and build muscle. It’s even made it out of the gym, with influencers touting its cognitive benefits. But what’s the science behind creatine, and does the evidence stack up? Madeleine Finlay hears from science editor Ian Sample and Dr Justin Roberts, professor of nutritional physiology at Anglia Ruskin University Is it true that

At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

By Jon Henley Europe correspondent

True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent. Excess mortality in three of the EU’s larger countries – Germany, France and Spain – alone has already

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Cork teaching conference offers evidence-informed CPD hours

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researchEd Cork is fantastic opportunity for teachers to engage with leading educational researchers and practitioners

UK tightens rules for Irish residents looking to beef up British state pension rights

By Dominic Coyle

Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years

Biggest hitters in streaming want you to use only their app

By John Koblin

Companies once focused on gaining new subscribers now more concerned with keeping those viewers

Looking to move abroad? Here’s what you need to know

By Fiona Reddan

Don’t let tax make your decision, adviser warns, as rules vary according to country and type of income and are subject to change

Maynooth-led sleep research will examine links with mental health

By Katie Mellett

DataGenChrono programme to bring together leading researchers from 12 organisations in Europe and Canada

The Castle by Jon Ronson: A great attempt to unpick modern masculinity in the digital age

By Sinéad Gibney

This insightful exploration of how masculinity is being shaped by current trends will linger long after you’ve closed the final chapter

Iran vows to resist sanctions, says US wants a deal

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Iran has vowed to resist expanded US sanctions, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict show tentative signs of progress.

Iran vows retaliation as US widens economic sanctions

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Iran has promised to retaliate against expanded US economic sanctions, which Washington said would cut off Iran's economic lifeline.

China is the biggest buyer of Iran’s oil. Could US sanctions threaten those ties?

By Guardian staff and agencies

The US has put the world on notice to cease doing business with Iran, but experts say Washington is wary China could retaliate against any sanctions The US has unveiled an expansion of sanctions that it says will cut off Iran’s economic lifeline but stopped short of the most punishing measures, instead putting the world on notice to cease doing business with the Islamic republic. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent ⁠war

Ukraine war briefing: Ozon next in Kyiv’s sights as sheds of Wildberries rival burn

By Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies

Putin decree lets Russian state scoop up companies that come under attack; ‘dig into our stocks’ of Patriots, British PM urges allies. What we know on day 1,644 Ukraine has targeted four more warehouses of Ozon – Russia’s second-largest online retailer after Wildberries, which has itself been crippled by Ukrainian attacks. Ozon’s shares fell by almost 30% on Monday ​after it reported strikes in southern Russia that b

Apology sought for deportees killed in Venezuelan quakes

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Relatives of Venezuelan deportees from the US who died in the earthquakes that struck their country have demanded an apology from Venezuela's interim government.

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