Aston Martin Aston Martin shares plunge after slump in sales across EuropeThe Guardian - Mark SweneyAston Martin’s share price plunged more than 20% after the manufacturer revealed a massive slump in sales, with dealers across Europe losing confidence in their ability to sell the luxury carmaker’s vehicles.
Boris Johnson How will the US-UK relationship evolve with Boris Johnson in No 10?The Guardian - Julian Borger in WashingtonBoris Johnson has already been dubbed “Britain Trump” by the current occupant of the Oval Office, who probably sees it as the highest compliment anyone could bestow. In designating the incoming prime a
Boris Johnson 'A new nadir': EU papers on Boris Johnson's ascendancyThe Guardian - Jon HenleyEurope’s press could not quite believe it either. “The Queen’s jester,” was the headline in France’s Libération as Boris Johnson prepared to enter No 10 Downing St. “He’ll start breaking his promises warned
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson finalises plans for cabinet to 'unite party'The Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentBoris Johnson’s key allies have said his government will take a unifying approach that looks beyond Brexit, as Theresa May’s successor finalised plans for his first cabinet before his official arrival
Women's World Cup Does revenue explain the USWNT's World Cup bonus shortfall?The Guardian - Caitlin MurrayWhen the Guardian reported the exclusive details of how small the World Cup bonuses for the US women’s national team are compared to their male counterparts, many of the responses to that article centered
Juventus Football transfer rumours: Spurs' Danny Rose to join PSG or Juventus?The Guardian - Scott MurrayIt’s not going to be the biggest transfer window in Liverpool’s history, but they might buy a player. That’s the hot news coming out of Anfield. As leads go, we’ll freely admit the Rumour Mill has published
North Sea North Sea jazz festival review – all tastes catered for as old meets newThe Guardian - Ammar KaliaEvent promotion for Rotterdam’s North Sea jazz festival will tell you it is the largest indoor jazz festival in the world. Yet nothing prepares you for the exhibition centre-cum-international train station
Books Zed by Joanna Kavenna review – a brilliant big-tech dystopiaThe Guardian - Stuart KellyA program for virtual spaces 'translates' what you have said into what it thinks you ought to have said Joanna Kavenna is a brilliantly unpredictable novelist: whatever you think she might do next, she
Boris Johnson Despised, ridiculed and unfathomably incompetent: does it really matter Boris Johnson is the UK PM?The Guardian - First Dog on the Moon
Fiji Australian UN worker Jennifer Downes allegedly murdered in Fiji Australia News - Lisa MartinAn Australian woman working for the UN has allegedly been murdered in Fiji. Police in the capital, Suva, said they were treating the death of Jennifer Downes as suspicious. Her husband, Henry Lusaka John,
Love Island Love Island to be screened twice a year as ITV adds winter editionThe Guardian - Mark SweneyITV is to air two seasons a year of Love Island as the broadcaster looks to bolster declining TV ad revenues with a winter version of the hit reality TV show. The broadcaster, which reported a 5% fall
Labour Party Jared O’Mara aide uses MP’s Twitter account to quit in angry tiradeThe Guardian - Helen Pidd North of England editorAn MP has been described as “the most disgustingly morally bankrupt person I have ever had the displeasure of working with” by his chief of staff in a series of scathing tweets posted from the politician’s
UK News UK weather: lightning strikes as hottest day on record loomsThe Guardian - PA MediaLarge swathes of Britain have experienced storms and lightning strikes as the country braces for what could be its hottest day ever later this week. Thunderstorms moved into southern and western areas
Matt Hancock Who’s Matt Hancock? The health secretary’s only legacy will be how quickly he’s forgottenThe Guardian - Denis CampbellI have never seen such an empty vessel as a cabinet minister”. This is one NHS chief executive’s verdict on Matt Hancock’s stint as health and social care secretary. It is a harsh judgment, but it reflects
Ken Livingstone Livingstone’s London by Ken Livingstone review – what contribution did he make?The Guardian - Owen HatherleyLivingstone is clearly still furious that he was swindled out of the mayoralty by a well-connected chancer Ken Livingstone, the figure who was until recently probably the most successful leftwing politician
Play buttonTaylor Swift Taylor Swift's surprise new song The Archer hits fans in the feelsThe Guardian - Guardian musicTaylor Swift fans have shared their emotional responses to the pop star’s surprise release of her new single, The Archer, as news broke that she had been nominated for 10 gongs at the 2019 MTV Video Music
Boris Johnson Is Boris Johnson really Britain's Trump?The Guardian - Cas MuddeLike Trump, Johnson’s 'gaffes' … include a litany of racist, homophobic, and sexist statement The United Kingdom has a new prime minister, again, roughly three years after Theresa May took over to clean
Personal Finance (UK) Mytrip’s hair raising fees … uncovered in the small printThe Guardian - Anna TimsThree readers have had unpleasant surprises after trying to save money by booking flights through online travel agency Mytrip.com. FK of Wigan wrote in on behalf of a Sudanese mother and her child who
Purdue Pharma Capitalism gone wrong: how big pharma created America's opioid carnageGuardian US - Chris McGrealKeep ’em comin’! Flyin’ out of there. It’s like people are addicted to these things or something. Oh, wait, people are… Steve Cochrane, a sales executive at KeySource Medical As Oklahoma’s attorney general,
Environment Fecal bacteria found at more than half of US beaches last year, report saysThe Guardian - Miranda Bryant in New YorkBefore diving into the waves this summer, beachgoers in the US might like to do some homework on what they will be diving into, according to a new report. The Environment America Research and Policy Center
Tokyo IOC ‘very satisfied’ with Tokyo 2020 preparations, say organisersThe Guardian - Gavin BlairDespite concerns about extreme heat, ballooning costs and accommodation shortages, organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are resolutely upbeat with one year to go until the opening ceremony
Opinion (UK) Is buying a ‘smart nappy’ really such a clever idea?The Guardian - Arwa MahdawiThis week’s instalment of innovations no one was waiting for is brought to you by Pampers, which has announced a “smart nappy” system. Lumi consists of a sensor that you stick to a specially designed the
Environment ‘It carried our dog away’: are the UK’s seagulls getting more aggressive?The Guardian - Emine SanerA slight ripple in the wind behind me, the briefest graze of my hair and, within a split second, the ice-cream cone had been snatched from my hand. One second I was holding a mint choc chip, the next wasn’t.
Play buttonFilm (UK) Share review – sobering, sensitive drama focuses on high-school rapeThe Guardian - Benjamin LeeThe innocuous bing of a new text message is transformed into a stomach-churning harbinger of doom in writer-director Pippa Bianco’s sobering, straight-to-the-point debut Share, a film offering up a devastating
Play buttonBoris Johnson Wednesday briefing: 'Pure rubbish', says EU to Johnson's claimsThe Guardian - Warren MurrayHello – Warren Murray with you on the first day of the Boris Johnson era. The EU has dismissed as “pure rubbish” claims by the incoming PM that the UK is already prepared for a hard Brexit via a series
China Chinese-Australian history predates the first fleet – and my family helped me find out howThe Guardian - Benjamin LawGrowing up in Queensland as ABCs (Australian-born Chinese), my siblings and I would get our backs up whenever strangers complimented us on our English – which was often. “Why wouldn’t I be fluent?” I’d
Banking Australia's ASX200 stock market nudges all-time high as bad news means good news for investorsThe Guardian - Martin Farrer and Ben ButlerA lot has changed since November 2007. Back then, John Howard was still prime minister, you could buy a nice house in Sydney for less than $500,000 and no one had ever heard of Instagram. It was also month
River Thames Three swimmers missing in river ThamesThe Guardian - Press AssociationPolice are searching for three people who have gone missing in the river Thames. The Metropolitan police said a swimmer went missing at Shadwell Basin on Tuesday evening, a second at Waterloo Bridge and
Fashion (UK) TV tonight: Animal Babies will fulfil your cute quota for the yearThe Guardian - Mike Bradley, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies, Jack Seale and Paul HowlettHow to Dress Like a Princess: Royal Fashion Secrets 10.15pm, More4 Normally the kind of thing you would expect to find squirrelled away between sharks and Nazis on Channel 5, this is a glamorous deconstruction
Aston Martin Aston Martin shares plunge after slump in sales across EuropeThe Guardian - Mark SweneyAston Martin’s share price plunged more than 20% after the manufacturer revealed a massive slump in sales, with dealers across Europe losing confidence in their ability to sell the luxury carmaker’s vehicles.
Boris Johnson How will the US-UK relationship evolve with Boris Johnson in No 10?The Guardian - Julian Borger in WashingtonBoris Johnson has already been dubbed “Britain Trump” by the current occupant of the Oval Office, who probably sees it as the highest compliment anyone could bestow. In designating the incoming prime a
Boris Johnson 'A new nadir': EU papers on Boris Johnson's ascendancyThe Guardian - Jon HenleyEurope’s press could not quite believe it either. “The Queen’s jester,” was the headline in France’s Libération as Boris Johnson prepared to enter No 10 Downing St. “He’ll start breaking his promises warned
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson finalises plans for cabinet to 'unite party'The Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentBoris Johnson’s key allies have said his government will take a unifying approach that looks beyond Brexit, as Theresa May’s successor finalised plans for his first cabinet before his official arrival
Women's World Cup Does revenue explain the USWNT's World Cup bonus shortfall?The Guardian - Caitlin MurrayWhen the Guardian reported the exclusive details of how small the World Cup bonuses for the US women’s national team are compared to their male counterparts, many of the responses to that article centered
Juventus Football transfer rumours: Spurs' Danny Rose to join PSG or Juventus?The Guardian - Scott MurrayIt’s not going to be the biggest transfer window in Liverpool’s history, but they might buy a player. That’s the hot news coming out of Anfield. As leads go, we’ll freely admit the Rumour Mill has published
North Sea North Sea jazz festival review – all tastes catered for as old meets newThe Guardian - Ammar KaliaEvent promotion for Rotterdam’s North Sea jazz festival will tell you it is the largest indoor jazz festival in the world. Yet nothing prepares you for the exhibition centre-cum-international train station
Books Zed by Joanna Kavenna review – a brilliant big-tech dystopiaThe Guardian - Stuart KellyA program for virtual spaces 'translates' what you have said into what it thinks you ought to have said Joanna Kavenna is a brilliantly unpredictable novelist: whatever you think she might do next, she
Boris Johnson Despised, ridiculed and unfathomably incompetent: does it really matter Boris Johnson is the UK PM?The Guardian - First Dog on the Moon
Fiji Australian UN worker Jennifer Downes allegedly murdered in Fiji Australia News - Lisa MartinAn Australian woman working for the UN has allegedly been murdered in Fiji. Police in the capital, Suva, said they were treating the death of Jennifer Downes as suspicious. Her husband, Henry Lusaka John,
Love Island Love Island to be screened twice a year as ITV adds winter editionThe Guardian - Mark SweneyITV is to air two seasons a year of Love Island as the broadcaster looks to bolster declining TV ad revenues with a winter version of the hit reality TV show. The broadcaster, which reported a 5% fall
Labour Party Jared O’Mara aide uses MP’s Twitter account to quit in angry tiradeThe Guardian - Helen Pidd North of England editorAn MP has been described as “the most disgustingly morally bankrupt person I have ever had the displeasure of working with” by his chief of staff in a series of scathing tweets posted from the politician’s
UK News UK weather: lightning strikes as hottest day on record loomsThe Guardian - PA MediaLarge swathes of Britain have experienced storms and lightning strikes as the country braces for what could be its hottest day ever later this week. Thunderstorms moved into southern and western areas
Matt Hancock Who’s Matt Hancock? The health secretary’s only legacy will be how quickly he’s forgottenThe Guardian - Denis CampbellI have never seen such an empty vessel as a cabinet minister”. This is one NHS chief executive’s verdict on Matt Hancock’s stint as health and social care secretary. It is a harsh judgment, but it reflects
Ken Livingstone Livingstone’s London by Ken Livingstone review – what contribution did he make?The Guardian - Owen HatherleyLivingstone is clearly still furious that he was swindled out of the mayoralty by a well-connected chancer Ken Livingstone, the figure who was until recently probably the most successful leftwing politician
Play buttonTaylor Swift Taylor Swift's surprise new song The Archer hits fans in the feelsThe Guardian - Guardian musicTaylor Swift fans have shared their emotional responses to the pop star’s surprise release of her new single, The Archer, as news broke that she had been nominated for 10 gongs at the 2019 MTV Video Music
Boris Johnson Is Boris Johnson really Britain's Trump?The Guardian - Cas MuddeLike Trump, Johnson’s 'gaffes' … include a litany of racist, homophobic, and sexist statement The United Kingdom has a new prime minister, again, roughly three years after Theresa May took over to clean
Personal Finance (UK) Mytrip’s hair raising fees … uncovered in the small printThe Guardian - Anna TimsThree readers have had unpleasant surprises after trying to save money by booking flights through online travel agency Mytrip.com. FK of Wigan wrote in on behalf of a Sudanese mother and her child who
Purdue Pharma Capitalism gone wrong: how big pharma created America's opioid carnageGuardian US - Chris McGrealKeep ’em comin’! Flyin’ out of there. It’s like people are addicted to these things or something. Oh, wait, people are… Steve Cochrane, a sales executive at KeySource Medical As Oklahoma’s attorney general,
Environment Fecal bacteria found at more than half of US beaches last year, report saysThe Guardian - Miranda Bryant in New YorkBefore diving into the waves this summer, beachgoers in the US might like to do some homework on what they will be diving into, according to a new report. The Environment America Research and Policy Center
Tokyo IOC ‘very satisfied’ with Tokyo 2020 preparations, say organisersThe Guardian - Gavin BlairDespite concerns about extreme heat, ballooning costs and accommodation shortages, organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are resolutely upbeat with one year to go until the opening ceremony
Opinion (UK) Is buying a ‘smart nappy’ really such a clever idea?The Guardian - Arwa MahdawiThis week’s instalment of innovations no one was waiting for is brought to you by Pampers, which has announced a “smart nappy” system. Lumi consists of a sensor that you stick to a specially designed the
Environment ‘It carried our dog away’: are the UK’s seagulls getting more aggressive?The Guardian - Emine SanerA slight ripple in the wind behind me, the briefest graze of my hair and, within a split second, the ice-cream cone had been snatched from my hand. One second I was holding a mint choc chip, the next wasn’t.
Play buttonFilm (UK) Share review – sobering, sensitive drama focuses on high-school rapeThe Guardian - Benjamin LeeThe innocuous bing of a new text message is transformed into a stomach-churning harbinger of doom in writer-director Pippa Bianco’s sobering, straight-to-the-point debut Share, a film offering up a devastating
Play buttonBoris Johnson Wednesday briefing: 'Pure rubbish', says EU to Johnson's claimsThe Guardian - Warren MurrayHello – Warren Murray with you on the first day of the Boris Johnson era. The EU has dismissed as “pure rubbish” claims by the incoming PM that the UK is already prepared for a hard Brexit via a series
China Chinese-Australian history predates the first fleet – and my family helped me find out howThe Guardian - Benjamin LawGrowing up in Queensland as ABCs (Australian-born Chinese), my siblings and I would get our backs up whenever strangers complimented us on our English – which was often. “Why wouldn’t I be fluent?” I’d
Banking Australia's ASX200 stock market nudges all-time high as bad news means good news for investorsThe Guardian - Martin Farrer and Ben ButlerA lot has changed since November 2007. Back then, John Howard was still prime minister, you could buy a nice house in Sydney for less than $500,000 and no one had ever heard of Instagram. It was also month
River Thames Three swimmers missing in river ThamesThe Guardian - Press AssociationPolice are searching for three people who have gone missing in the river Thames. The Metropolitan police said a swimmer went missing at Shadwell Basin on Tuesday evening, a second at Waterloo Bridge and
Fashion (UK) TV tonight: Animal Babies will fulfil your cute quota for the yearThe Guardian - Mike Bradley, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies, Jack Seale and Paul HowlettHow to Dress Like a Princess: Royal Fashion Secrets 10.15pm, More4 Normally the kind of thing you would expect to find squirrelled away between sharks and Nazis on Channel 5, this is a glamorous deconstruction
