Boris Johnson EU expected to reject outright Johnson and Hunt's backstop planThe Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt’s Brexit plan to axe the Irish border backstop from the withdrawal agreement will be rejected outright by the European Union, EU sources have said. Informed sources say that
Glasgow Scotland records huge rise in drug-related deathsThe Guardian - Libby Brooks Scotland correspondentScotland’s drug-related death toll has increased by 27% over the past year to reach a record high of 1,187, putting the country on a par in terms of the fatality rate per capita with the United States,
Play buttonMusic (UK) 'Everyone is welcome to the party!': the B-52s on 40 years of new waveThe Guardian - Michael Hann‘We never thought of ourselves as pop stars,” says Kate Pierson, reflecting on the B-52s’ 40 years of twisting the detritus of American popular culture into new shapes. They were so opposed to the notion,
Queensland Adani faces prosecution over allegedly false information in annual reportThe GuardianThe Queensland government has started prosecution proceedings in relation to information in Adani’s annual return for its Carmichael mine. The Queensland government’s department of environment and science
Celebrity Gossip Irn-Bru maker warns over profits after bad weather and sugar taxThe Guardian - Julia KolleweThe maker of Irn-Bru and Rubicon drinks has warned of a 20% drop in annual profits after being hit by poor weather and the impact of last year’s sugar tax. AG Barr, which also makes Rockstar energy drinks
Britain First Britain First fined £44,000 over electoral law breachesThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentThe now-defunct fringe far-right party Britain First must pay a fine of more than £44,000 for what the Electoral Commission has said were multiple breaches of electoral law, including undeclared donations
Opinion (UK) What is happening in America's Cancertown is tragic, immoral and evilThe Guardian - Reverend William Barber“Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people.” (Isaiah 10:1). I was reminded of this
Horse Racing Talking Horses: it seems astonishing that Arc weekend runs at a lossThe Guardian - Greg WoodFrench racing’s senior executives are clearly hard at work before October’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and briefed reporters at Longchamp for Sunday’s Grand Prix de Paris on their plans to avoid a repeat
Amazon Amazon employees in Minneapolis are fighting for better conditions. And it’s workingThe Guardian - Spencer CoxOn 15 July 2019 Amazon fulfillment workers outside Minneapolis in the suburb of Shakopee walked off the job for six hours, joining workers across Europe in an Amazon Prime Day strike. This was the first
Lifestyle (UK) Do our pets ever really love us – or do they just stick around for the food?The Guardian - Jules HowardIt is almost a year to the day since Dustin, our milky-eyed nervebag of a cat, died and we still miss him a great deal, although he was not a great giver of emotion. We miss his refusing to look our way
Jeffrey Epstein US briefing: the Squad, Prime Day protests and floods in south AsiaGuardian US - Tim WalkerDonald Trump has doubled down on his racist attack against the four congresswomen of color known as the “Squad”, who have urged Americans not to “take the bait” of his divisive rhetoric. The president,
Fashion (UK) Meet the artist contributing to Liam Hodges' Flintstones-style visionThe Guardian - Ryan CahillFrom the menswear designer who brought us prints of Mr Blobby and a British interpretation of Las Vegas Americana came a much lauded take on The Flintstones at London fashion week men’s last month. It
Unemployment UK pay growth strong despite economic slowdown fearsThe Guardian - Larry Elliott, Economics editorWorkers’ basic pay is growing at the fastest rate in cash terms for more than a decade as the British labour market continues to defy the slowdown in the economy. Despite some signs of weakness, the latest
13 Reasons Why Netflix cuts controversial suicide scene from 13 Reasons WhyThe Guardian - Gwilym MumfordNetflix has removed a controversial suicide scene from its teen drama 13 Reasons Why more than two years on from its premiere. In a statement, the streaming service said that the three-minute-long sequence
Dominic Grieve Grieve: senior Tories may have to vote down Johnson governmentThe Guardian - Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondentFormer cabinet ministers could be among those who feel they have no choice but to vote down a Boris Johnson administration in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit, Dominic Grieve has said. The former attorney
Kane Williamson The colour and drama of the Cricket World Cup – photo essayThe Guardian - Tom JenkinsEverybody is allowed to be themselves, and everybody should be a little bit different as well. Kane Williamson, New Zealand I’m not even going to try and make excuses. To blame bad luck is not an option
Cricket Benefits of victory will disappear once England go back behind paywallThe Guardian - Matthew EngelAn hour after the midsummer madness finished at Lord’s on Sunday night the phone rang. One of our relatives in Yorkshire had something to say. “I couldn’t handle the tension,” announced nine-year-old “Really,
Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion activists target east London concrete plantThe Guardian - Amy WalkerExtinction Rebellion activists have begun a second day of protest by blocking and chaining themselves to the entrance of a concrete factory. Throughout the country, the environmental activist movement
Lifestyle (UK) Tangram Smart Rope – why mess with the zen-like emptiness of skipping?The Guardian - Rhik SamadderThere exists no purer evocation of childhood than the skipping rope. A rope, two handles, hours of fun. Of course, adults have a way of taking the same ingredients and making them far less innocent. Which
Gabriel Martinelli Emery says Arsenal and Koscielny 'need to speak' as Martinelli scores on debutThe Guardian - AgenciesThe Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, has said he is awaiting a decision on Laurent Koscielny after the captain refused to travel with the squad for their pre-season tour to the United States but added the
What could happen in the Friends reboot?The Guardian - Joel Golby, Issy Sampson and Monica HeiseyWhat would the characters of Friends be doing now? Well, it’s a mixed bag. Joey, with his profile as former soap lead-turned-former buddy cop lead-turned-failed actor, gets a second-career wind and heads
Lifestyle (UK) Women as likely to be turned on by sexual images as men – studyThe Guardian - Nicola DavisThe belief that men are more likely to get turned on by sexual images than women may be something of a fantasy, according to a study suggesting brains respond to such images the same way regardless of
Max Verstappen Silverstone shows its class with a little help from sensible stewardingThe Guardian - Giles RichardsWith the signing of a new contract to host F1 for a further five years there was a celebratory air at Silverstone. That F1 had done the right thing was confirmed in spades on Sunday, when the old airfield
Books The best recent thrillers – review roundupThe Guardian - Alison FloodAdrian McKinty’s explosively brilliant The Chain opens as a 13-year-old girl, Kylie, is kidnapped from a bus stop as she checks the likes on her Instagram feed. A policeman is shot dead by the kidnappers
Gareth Bale Football transfer rumours: Gareth Bale back to Spurs for £54m?The Guardian - Gregg BakowskiIt’s Gareth Bale’s birthday and among the popping corks and sounds of party horns being blown there is also talk of happy returns, chiefly a move back to Tottenham Hotspur, the club that helped transform
World News El Salvador: woman whose baby died in toilet birth back in courtThe Guardian - Associated PressA 21-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby in a toilet in El Salvador has returned to court for a second trial for murder in a case that has drawn international attention because of the country’s highly
Ryanair Ryanair to cut flights due to Boeing 737 Max crisisThe Guardian - Julia KolleweRyanair has warned delays to deliveries of Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft will reduce passenger numbers next year and it plans to downsize or close bases at some airports as a result. Europe’s biggest budget
Armando Iannucci Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield film to open London film festivalThe Guardian - Catherine ShoardThe Personal History of David Copperfield, Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, is to open this year’s London film festival. The film will have its European premiere at the festival,
Lifestyle (UK) I had sex for the first time and now I feel disgusted and ashamedThe Guardian - Pamela Stephenson ConnollyI am a 23-year-old woman and just had sex for the first time. I pretended to enjoy it but it was uncomfortable – I just wanted it to be over, and was relieved that it didn’t go on too long. I now feel
Technology Facebook launches UK reporting tool to clamp down on scam adsThe Guardian - Press AssociationFresh efforts to tackle scam adverts across Facebook are being introduced in the UK following action taken by the consumer champion Martin Lewis. The social media company is releasing a scam ads reporting
