Benidorm British tourist could be paralysed after Benidorm water park accidentThe Guardian - Haroon Siddique and agencyA British holidaymaker could be paralysed for life after breaking his neck in an accident at a Spanish water park, his family fear. David Briffaut, 23, lost consciousness and suffered serious injuries
Millennials Millennials won’t let go of children’s toys and films – and kids are paying the priceThe Guardian - Emily BeecherWe all need to take risks and show some creativity, be bold and try something different Last week Mattel announced the launch of a Ziggy Stardust-inspired Barbie. Yet the number of seven-year-olds saving
Cricket County cricket talking points: Yorkshire dent Somerset's title bidThe Guardian - Gary NaylorSomerset ran into three Yorkshire centurions, as Gary Ballance, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Harry Brook tucked into an attack shorn of Lewis Gregory and Jack Leach. All credit to the Tykes, for whom Keshav
World News Sudan military and protesters sign power-sharing accordThe Guardian - Jason Burke and Zeinab Mohammed Salih in KhartoumMilitary rulers in Sudan have signed a deal with protesters to share power with civilian leaders until elections are held in around three years. The agreement comes after lengthy and difficult negotiations
Boris Johnson What does Boris Johnson’s terrible novel Seventy-Two Virgins tell us about him?The Guardian - Mark LawsonBoris Johnson’s self-identification as the new Winston Churchill invites widespread scepticism. But, if the member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip forms a government this summer, he will, in one respect,
Art Helene Schjerfbeck review – a chilling blast of Nordic noirThe Guardian - Jonathan JonesThe Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck is not exactly a household name in Britain – and there’s no reason she should be. This is the first UK solo show of her sort-of expressionist works and it’s strictly
Fashion (UK) How the wig got bigThe Guardian - Leah HarperOutside of the the black community, wig-wearing in popular culture has traditionally fallen into two camps: fancy dress or hair-loss solution. Occasionally, celebrities have flirted with wigs to define
Sports Pete Cowen’s journey from Open loss-maker to coach of major championsThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Royal PortrushWhen Seve Ballesteros celebrated victory at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1979 few would have paid attention to the identity of the individual sharing 33rd in the Open Championship. Little did anyone know
Reece James Which football clubs have replaced players with same-name signings?The Guardian - Guardian sportPlus: outfield players wearing trousers and more tennis-playing footballers. Mail us or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “Last week QPR sold Matt Smith to Millwall and signed another Matt Smith on loan from Manchester
Books Andrea Camilleri, beloved creator of Inspector Montalbano, dies aged 93The Guardian - Alison FloodOne of Italy’s most popular authors and creator of the Inspector Montalbano series, Andrea Camilleri has died at the age of 93. Camilleri, who was born in Sicily in 1925, was taken to hospital in Rome
Steve Bruce Newcastle appoint Steve Bruce as manager to succeed Rafael BenítezThe Guardian - Guardian sportSteve Bruce has been confirmed as the manager of Newcastle United, replacing Rafael Benítez. The 58-year-old quit Sheffield Wednesday on Monday to take his first Premier League job since 2015. Bruce’s
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson backer Leadsom opposes proroguing parliamentThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorA leading supporter of Boris Johnson has said she would not be willing to stand for him proroguing parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit and does not believe he would take such a step. Andrea Leadsom,
Play buttonMusic (UK) Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol is most-played song on UK radio this centuryThe Guardian - Ben Beaumont-ThomasChasing Cars by Snow Patrol has been named the most-played song on British radio this century. The epic ballad was released in 2006 and only reached a high of No 6 in the UK charts, but went on to spend
Atlético Madrid Football transfer rumours: Real Madrid's Dani Ceballos to Arsenal?The Guardian - Barry GlendenningReports from Spain say Dani Ceballos is ready to go out on loan and Arsenal are in the box seat to get him. The Real Madrid central midfielder, recently voted player of the tournament at the Under-21 Championships
Anti-Semitism I challenged Corbyn on antisemitism a year ago. Things have only got worseThe Guardian - Margaret HodgeToday marks one year since my face-to-face encounter with Jeremy Corbyn in the lobby of parliament in which I called him a racist and an antisemite. Afterwards I went out for the evening and switched my
USWNT Christen Press's Barstool deal is a slap in the face to what the USWNT stands forThe Guardian - Shireen AhmedSince the end of the Women’s World Cup, the US women’s national team has been celebrating in jubilant and brilliant fashion. They have chanted “equal pay!” from atop floats at a ticker-tape parade in York
Books Stand By Me by Wendell Berry review – the soul of KentuckyThe Guardian - Jane SmileyWhen you say the word “Kentucky”, most Americans think of long-time Republican senator Mitch McConnell, arguably the man behind the curtain in the present US governmental collapse, as well as of horse
Play buttonBig Little Lies Screaming? Crying? Confessing? How will Big Little Lies end?The Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonIt’s quite possible that the coming second season finale of Big Little Lies will be the last time we’ll check in with the Monterey Five. Earlier this year, HBO’s president, Casey Bloys, said that the of
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband fears she will be forced to confessThe Guardian - Matthew WeaverBritish-Iranian woman held by Revolutionary Guards in mental hospital in Tehran The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran, says he is becoming increasingly
Joey Barton Fleetwood manager Joey Barton charged with actual bodily harmThe Guardian - Press AssociationJoey Barton, the manager of Fleetwood Town, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm after his Barnsley counterpart, Daniel Stendel, was left with facial injuries following a fracas in the South
Slavery Australia warned 'discriminatory migration policies' may be driving slaveryThe Guardian - Christopher KnausAustralia’s “restrictive” migration policies may be driving modern forms of slavery, a new report has warned. The federal government introduced a tough new regime designed to stamp out modern slavery last
Ripoff Private health insurance is in a death spiral because it is a massive, massive ripoffThe Guardian
Lifestyle (UK) Adventuring while female: why the relationship women have with nature mattersThe Guardian - Megan Mayhew BergmanIf you’re looking for a real declaration of independence, and a deeper social experiment, try a woman living alone in the Adirondacks for decades I want to see if my joy can outweigh my fear It’s Monday
Opinion (UK) Revealed: the three-word question consuming the world’s biggest brainsThe Guardian - Tom ClarkReligious, racial and national identities have come to the forefront of thinking during war or dictatorships What is preoccupying the world’s leading minds? It is an audacious question for sure. Some say
Brexit The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle review – a disingenuous, dishonest Brexit polemicThe Guardian - Fintan O'Toole“Never,” Rod Liddle writes in his jeremiad on the “betrayal” of Brexit, “have so many blameless people in this country been held in such contempt, or been subject to such vilification by an elite.” Really?
Technology Elon Musk's Neuralink unveils effort to build implant that can read your mindThe Guardian - Julia Carrie Wong in San FranciscoElon Musk’s secretive “brain-machine interface” startup, Neuralink, stepped out of the shadows on Tuesday evening, revealing its progress in creating a wireless implantable device that can – theoretically
Republicans Here's the real reason Trump is attacking 'the squad': he's scaredThe Guardian - Joshua LeiferAfter less than a year in office, the members of the Squad have greatly expanded the realm of political possibility in the United States What distinguishes them [the Squad] as much as who they are is they
Methamphetamine ‘Don’t flush your drugs m’kay’: police warn of the possibility of ‘meth-gators’Guardian US - Edward HelmorePolice in Tennessee are warning residents to stop flushing methamphetamine, the drug more commonly known as “meth”, down the toilet for fear that alligators in the sewage system could ingest the drug create
John Lewis John Lewis’s failure to honour its guarantee left me fumingThe Guardian - Anna TimsWe spent £18,000 on a new kitchen in 2012. We chose John Lewis for its reputation for customer service. In spring 2016 we noticed that laminate was peeling off two of our wall units, which were within
Iraq Iraqi Christians facing deportation feel conned by Trump: 'You vowed to protect us'Guardian US - Tom Perkins in DetroitTen years ago, police caught Iraqi Chaldean immigrant Rani Yousuf with a small amount of marijuana. He completed probation, paid fines, and the conviction was dropped from his record when he turned 21.
Benidorm British tourist could be paralysed after Benidorm water park accidentThe Guardian - Haroon Siddique and agencyA British holidaymaker could be paralysed for life after breaking his neck in an accident at a Spanish water park, his family fear. David Briffaut, 23, lost consciousness and suffered serious injuries
Millennials Millennials won’t let go of children’s toys and films – and kids are paying the priceThe Guardian - Emily BeecherWe all need to take risks and show some creativity, be bold and try something different Last week Mattel announced the launch of a Ziggy Stardust-inspired Barbie. Yet the number of seven-year-olds saving
Cricket County cricket talking points: Yorkshire dent Somerset's title bidThe Guardian - Gary NaylorSomerset ran into three Yorkshire centurions, as Gary Ballance, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Harry Brook tucked into an attack shorn of Lewis Gregory and Jack Leach. All credit to the Tykes, for whom Keshav
World News Sudan military and protesters sign power-sharing accordThe Guardian - Jason Burke and Zeinab Mohammed Salih in KhartoumMilitary rulers in Sudan have signed a deal with protesters to share power with civilian leaders until elections are held in around three years. The agreement comes after lengthy and difficult negotiations
Boris Johnson What does Boris Johnson’s terrible novel Seventy-Two Virgins tell us about him?The Guardian - Mark LawsonBoris Johnson’s self-identification as the new Winston Churchill invites widespread scepticism. But, if the member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip forms a government this summer, he will, in one respect,
Art Helene Schjerfbeck review – a chilling blast of Nordic noirThe Guardian - Jonathan JonesThe Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck is not exactly a household name in Britain – and there’s no reason she should be. This is the first UK solo show of her sort-of expressionist works and it’s strictly
Fashion (UK) How the wig got bigThe Guardian - Leah HarperOutside of the the black community, wig-wearing in popular culture has traditionally fallen into two camps: fancy dress or hair-loss solution. Occasionally, celebrities have flirted with wigs to define
Sports Pete Cowen’s journey from Open loss-maker to coach of major championsThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at Royal PortrushWhen Seve Ballesteros celebrated victory at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1979 few would have paid attention to the identity of the individual sharing 33rd in the Open Championship. Little did anyone know
Reece James Which football clubs have replaced players with same-name signings?The Guardian - Guardian sportPlus: outfield players wearing trousers and more tennis-playing footballers. Mail us or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “Last week QPR sold Matt Smith to Millwall and signed another Matt Smith on loan from Manchester
Books Andrea Camilleri, beloved creator of Inspector Montalbano, dies aged 93The Guardian - Alison FloodOne of Italy’s most popular authors and creator of the Inspector Montalbano series, Andrea Camilleri has died at the age of 93. Camilleri, who was born in Sicily in 1925, was taken to hospital in Rome
Steve Bruce Newcastle appoint Steve Bruce as manager to succeed Rafael BenítezThe Guardian - Guardian sportSteve Bruce has been confirmed as the manager of Newcastle United, replacing Rafael Benítez. The 58-year-old quit Sheffield Wednesday on Monday to take his first Premier League job since 2015. Bruce’s
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson backer Leadsom opposes proroguing parliamentThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorA leading supporter of Boris Johnson has said she would not be willing to stand for him proroguing parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit and does not believe he would take such a step. Andrea Leadsom,
Play buttonMusic (UK) Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol is most-played song on UK radio this centuryThe Guardian - Ben Beaumont-ThomasChasing Cars by Snow Patrol has been named the most-played song on British radio this century. The epic ballad was released in 2006 and only reached a high of No 6 in the UK charts, but went on to spend
Atlético Madrid Football transfer rumours: Real Madrid's Dani Ceballos to Arsenal?The Guardian - Barry GlendenningReports from Spain say Dani Ceballos is ready to go out on loan and Arsenal are in the box seat to get him. The Real Madrid central midfielder, recently voted player of the tournament at the Under-21 Championships
Anti-Semitism I challenged Corbyn on antisemitism a year ago. Things have only got worseThe Guardian - Margaret HodgeToday marks one year since my face-to-face encounter with Jeremy Corbyn in the lobby of parliament in which I called him a racist and an antisemite. Afterwards I went out for the evening and switched my
USWNT Christen Press's Barstool deal is a slap in the face to what the USWNT stands forThe Guardian - Shireen AhmedSince the end of the Women’s World Cup, the US women’s national team has been celebrating in jubilant and brilliant fashion. They have chanted “equal pay!” from atop floats at a ticker-tape parade in York
Books Stand By Me by Wendell Berry review – the soul of KentuckyThe Guardian - Jane SmileyWhen you say the word “Kentucky”, most Americans think of long-time Republican senator Mitch McConnell, arguably the man behind the curtain in the present US governmental collapse, as well as of horse
Play buttonBig Little Lies Screaming? Crying? Confessing? How will Big Little Lies end?The Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonIt’s quite possible that the coming second season finale of Big Little Lies will be the last time we’ll check in with the Monterey Five. Earlier this year, HBO’s president, Casey Bloys, said that the of
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband fears she will be forced to confessThe Guardian - Matthew WeaverBritish-Iranian woman held by Revolutionary Guards in mental hospital in Tehran The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran, says he is becoming increasingly
Joey Barton Fleetwood manager Joey Barton charged with actual bodily harmThe Guardian - Press AssociationJoey Barton, the manager of Fleetwood Town, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm after his Barnsley counterpart, Daniel Stendel, was left with facial injuries following a fracas in the South
Slavery Australia warned 'discriminatory migration policies' may be driving slaveryThe Guardian - Christopher KnausAustralia’s “restrictive” migration policies may be driving modern forms of slavery, a new report has warned. The federal government introduced a tough new regime designed to stamp out modern slavery last
Ripoff Private health insurance is in a death spiral because it is a massive, massive ripoffThe Guardian
Lifestyle (UK) Adventuring while female: why the relationship women have with nature mattersThe Guardian - Megan Mayhew BergmanIf you’re looking for a real declaration of independence, and a deeper social experiment, try a woman living alone in the Adirondacks for decades I want to see if my joy can outweigh my fear It’s Monday
Opinion (UK) Revealed: the three-word question consuming the world’s biggest brainsThe Guardian - Tom ClarkReligious, racial and national identities have come to the forefront of thinking during war or dictatorships What is preoccupying the world’s leading minds? It is an audacious question for sure. Some say
Brexit The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle review – a disingenuous, dishonest Brexit polemicThe Guardian - Fintan O'Toole“Never,” Rod Liddle writes in his jeremiad on the “betrayal” of Brexit, “have so many blameless people in this country been held in such contempt, or been subject to such vilification by an elite.” Really?
Technology Elon Musk's Neuralink unveils effort to build implant that can read your mindThe Guardian - Julia Carrie Wong in San FranciscoElon Musk’s secretive “brain-machine interface” startup, Neuralink, stepped out of the shadows on Tuesday evening, revealing its progress in creating a wireless implantable device that can – theoretically
Republicans Here's the real reason Trump is attacking 'the squad': he's scaredThe Guardian - Joshua LeiferAfter less than a year in office, the members of the Squad have greatly expanded the realm of political possibility in the United States What distinguishes them [the Squad] as much as who they are is they
Methamphetamine ‘Don’t flush your drugs m’kay’: police warn of the possibility of ‘meth-gators’Guardian US - Edward HelmorePolice in Tennessee are warning residents to stop flushing methamphetamine, the drug more commonly known as “meth”, down the toilet for fear that alligators in the sewage system could ingest the drug create
John Lewis John Lewis’s failure to honour its guarantee left me fumingThe Guardian - Anna TimsWe spent £18,000 on a new kitchen in 2012. We chose John Lewis for its reputation for customer service. In spring 2016 we noticed that laminate was peeling off two of our wall units, which were within
Iraq Iraqi Christians facing deportation feel conned by Trump: 'You vowed to protect us'Guardian US - Tom Perkins in DetroitTen years ago, police caught Iraqi Chaldean immigrant Rani Yousuf with a small amount of marijuana. He completed probation, paid fines, and the conviction was dropped from his record when he turned 21.
