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Ofcom investigates GB News over guest’s pride and paedophilia remarks
Regulator acts after 12,000 complaints over comments by Caroline Farrow linking parades with bestiality and paedophilia
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Business
‘It’s very challenging’: how the Duke of Westminster’s farm is taking on the climate crisis
Amid world pressure from heatwaves and fertiliser shortages, billionaire’s business has invested in circular farming and biomethane
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Science
SpaceX plan for vast rocket launch site on Louisiana coast sparks backlash
Opponents fear Elon Musk firm’s plan to develop 18-mile strip of Pecan Island will badly damage fragile ecosystem
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Politics
Gen Z calls it ‘loud budgeting’ – small business owners have been doing it for decades
The practice of openly proclaiming to the world what you can’t afford can lead to lower fees, reduced prices and better deals
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Politics
Is Andy Burnham seriously about to tour Britain like some medieval monarch?
The ‘King of the North’ is on the march – or rather, on a bus. But maybe he’d be better off staying at home and thinking than heading out to press the flesh, writes Zoe Williams
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Politics
PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early release
Manslaughter exemption would mean more releases would be needed within 18 months, Prison Service officials say
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Technology
Live Updates From the ‘Made by Google’ Pixel 11 Event 🔴
Follow along with the Gizmodo crew as we cover all the Pixel 11 series phones, Pixel Watch 5, and any other new Pixel-related announcements.
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World
Women's World Cup 2027: Nigeria 'still have hope' after Wafcon 2026 exit
Nigeria must go "back to the drawing board" after missing out on automatic qualification for the 2027 Women's World Cup, says keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.
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World
Alleged rebel leader killed in Colombia as president targets armed groups
The military operation against Hernando Forero Mosquera was carried out just days after Colombia's new president was sworn in.
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Culture
‘For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it’: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane Katrina
The New Orleans native is a three-time Grammy winner at the top of his game – and is now using his instinctive style to celebrate the resilience and clarity of Katrina survivors
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Politics
Prison without hope or end is psychological torture. Burnham doesn’t need another review to tell him that
Political leaders have kicked the can of public protection tariff reform down the road for years – causing hopeless inmates to take their own lives, says Guardian writer Simon Hattenstone
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Business
Mars Bar from the 1990s found during house clearance
The woman who found the chocolate bar during a house clearance compares it with today's Mars Bars.
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Culture
Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle
Playing their biggest headlining gig to date, the Russell brothers are in a bouncy mood, though their grandstanding rave melodies lose some punch in an outdoor environment
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Science
World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures
Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions, as wildfires continue to ravage western Europe.
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Health
Richard Poole obituary
Other lives: Humanitarian aid worker who wrote books on his experiences in countries across the globe
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Politics
‘Shoved the tube so hard it tore my nose’: Kurdish film-maker recounts ‘inhumane’ ICE force-feeding
Gabar Choli tells of how, for months, he was shackled, pinned and forcibly fed – and the physical and emotional scars the ordeal has left
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World
‘Reaching 50 is a success story’: how one trans woman survived HIV and stigma in Latin America
Erika Castellanos has beaten the life expectancy of 35 for a transgender woman in the region, but warns aid cuts and a rollback in human rights risk reversing efforts to end Aids
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Business
Thames Water gave finance chief a £1m signing-on fee
The seven-figure payment was given to Steve Buck as part of package to persuade him to join the troubled utility company.
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World
At least 13 killed in Ukrainian drone strike deep into Russia
Russian officials say another 75 people were injured by the attack - one of the deadliest Ukrainian drone attacks since Moscow's full-scale invasion.
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Sports
Rodri transfer saga: Join Barcelona, Real Madrid? Man City stay?
After Rodri led Spain to World Cup glory, it's no surprise that Barcelona and Real Madrid both want him. Will he move this summer or remain at Man City?
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Science
Max’s heart stopped while playing basketball. It was a case of 'sudden cardiac arrest' – video
The first symptom of a sudden cardiac death can be, as in the case of Max, that the heart stops
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World
Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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World
Jacy got 'carried away' as goal celebration goes wrong
Brazilian player Jacy says he got "carried away" after he ended up falling down a hold in his goal celebration in Coritib's 2-1 win against Chapecoense.
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World
Bungalow destroyed in explosion near Milton Keynes caught on film
Footage also shows the home burning after the explosion, thought to have been caused by a gas leak.
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