Neil Woodford Eddie Stobart suspends trading in its shares after accounting errorThe Guardian - Patrick CollinsonEddie Stobart, best known for its 2,700 green and red trucks plying Britain’s motorways, has stunned investors by suspending trading in its shares after an accounting investigation found that profits been
Southampton Brighton v Southampton: match previewThe Guardian - Guardian StaffSouthampton lost their opening two matches but tend to be tricky opposition for Brighton and will surely fancy their chances after Graham Potter’s attacking revolution stalled against West Ham. Kevin could
Opinion Afghanistan at risk of being abandonedThe Guardian - Sign inSimon Tisdall (Trump’s peace plan is a gross betrayal of Afghanistan, Journal, 20 August) is completely correct in his analysis of the US peace initiative in Afghanistan: it is all about enabling the of
UK News The perfect place to remember PeterlooThe Guardian - LettersManchester certainly needs to write Peterloo into its map, but Piccadilly Station is the wrong side of town, and St Peter’s Square is too well-established (Letters, 21 August). The ideal place is the paved
Cricket Testing conversation for the uninitiatedThe Guardian - LettersYour Test match report (23 August) quotes part of a conversation overheard between Leeds “locals” at Burley Park: “It’s looking a bit black over Bill’s mother’s.” “A little local knowledge goes a long
Personal Finance (UK) Let’s move to West Kirby, Merseyside: a monument to the way things used to beThe Guardian - Tom DyckhoffWhat’s going for it? Time was when the English middle classes were content with a semi, an extramarital affair and reasonable access to a golf course. Now it’s all cold-pressed drip coffee and single-estate
St Helens Warrington and St Helens determined to deliver in clash of childhood friendsThe Guardian - Aaron BowerSince the day they first met in the Sydney suburb of Revesby more than 35 years ago, Justin Holbrook and Steve Price always knew their paths would cross in the world of rugby league – though perhaps not
Norwich Norwich v Chelsea: match previewThe GuardianDaniel Farke found himself in the odd situation of having to play down expectations before Chelsea’s visit to Carrow Road. “Listen, we spent less than £1m this summer,” he said, “Chelsea are the Europa
Personal Finance (UK) The end of a scandal: banks near a final release from their PPI liabilitiesThe Guardian - Rupert JonesIt’s a date that some in Britain have been dreading, but that for others can’t come too soon. No, not 31 October, the Brexit date, but 29 August – the final deadline for complaints about payment protection
Jerome Powell Trump 'hereby orders' US companies to leave China after attacking Fed chairThe Guardian - Dominic Rushe in New YorkDonald Trump ordered US companies to leave China on Friday after launching another blistering attack on Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, asking “who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or [China’s]
Chopra The FiverThe Guardian - Nick AmesIt breaks the heart when kith and kin turn upon one another. So imagine the devastation on Tyneside as two Geordie legends go hammer and tongs, and on the eve of such a big game as well. Newcastle slink
MIT Media Lab MIT apologises for accepting $800,000 in donations from Jeffrey EpsteinGuardian US - Edward HelmoreThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been plunged further into crisis as a letter from its president revealed the scale of financial donations it received from the disgraced financier and convicted
Rugby Union Topping world rankings is not important, says England’s Ben YoungsThe Guardian - Gerard MeagherThe England scrum-half Ben Youngs has dismissed the significance of the world No 1 ranking after it emerged Ireland will leapfrog Wales at the summit if they win at Twickenham on Saturday. Last weekend
World News Heat and rail closures tipped to cause bank holiday traffic jamsThe Guardian - Gwyn Topham Transport correspondentHot weather and the closure of major rail routes are likely to bring more cars on to the roads for the bank holiday weekend, with traffic on Saturday expected to peak around lunchtime on popular tourist
Environment Keystone XL pipeline set to go ahead as court lifts last major hurdleThe Guardian - Associated PressNebraska’s highest court lifted one of the last major hurdles for the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday when it rejected another attempt to derail the project by opponents who wanted to force the developer
Jeffrey Epstein Paris prosecutor opens child rape inquiry linked to Epstein caseThe Guardian - Agencies in ParisThe chief Paris prosecutor has announced that he is opening an investigation into the rape of minors and a series of other charges linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case. A statement issued on Friday by the
Prince Andrew 'Boorish and self-centred': little love for Prince Andrew over Epstein linksThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesRandy Andy, Air Miles Andy, and now the Duke of Hazard: headline writers have always found evocative ways to shorthand the Queen’s second son at different stages in his royal career. As the Duke of York,
Jill Biden Joe Biden inspires no one — not even his own wifeThe Guardian - Bhaskar SunkaraThe case for Biden’s invincibility is baffling – he’s been running for the Democratic nomination (and losing) since the 80s Much like Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden’s Democratic primary campaign has
Tennis US Open form guide: Naomi Osaka faces struggle to retain titleThe Guardian - Jacob SteinbergThe world No 1 has struggled since collecting her second grand slam title at the Australian Open this year. She has been plagued by fitness concerns, endured an early defeat at the French Open and struggled
Marriage I no longer desire my husband and want to end our marriageThe GuardianI have no sexual desire for my husband of 23 years, although I love him as a person and the father of my children. I want to end the marriage, but he does not. I am in love with someone else and we would
Sheffield United Sheffield United v Leicester: match previewThe GuardianSheffield United have enjoyed an impressive reintroduction to Premier League life but their manager, Chris Wilder, is rightly wary about the threat posed by Jamie Vardy. Like Wilder, Leicester’s star is
UEFA Rangers punished for sectarian chants with Ibrox part-closureThe Guardian - PA MediaRangers have been ordered to close a section of Ibrox when they host Legia Warsaw after Uefa ruled some of their fans were guilty of “racist behaviour” – specifically, sectarian chants. At least 3,000
Film (UK) Rich territory: how class warfare is taking over the multiplexThe Guardian - Charles BramescoThe thing about rich people is that they need the working poor much more than the working poor need them. The new horror film Ready or Not imagines a circumstance under which the upper crust will literally
David Koch Trump slams Fed chair he appointed last year as an 'enemy' – live newsGuardian US - Amanda Holpuch in New YorkUS president said Jerome Powell had let the country down and compared him to a golfer who was unable to putt, ahead of Powell’s speech today Donald Trump was unusually focused on getting the rapper A$AP
Lifestyle (UK) Does overconsumption of bad TV lead to populism?The Guardian - Oliver BurkemanThe world is such a confusing place these days, politically speaking, that it’s easy to assume the reasons must be confusing, too. But what if it’s simple? What if, for example, part of the explanation
Lifestyle (UK) My two-year-old has become a bully while I’m working abroadThe Guardian - Annalisa BarbieriMy son is two years old. He has recently started bullying (hitting and pushing) children his age. This was shortly after I moved abroad to work while he stayed with my wife, his mother. He attends a nursery
Arsène Wenger Liverpool v Arsenal: match previewThe GuardianBoth teams have made a 100% start to the new season but it will require a first win at Anfield for seven years, or a rare display of substance at least, for the visitors’ credentials to be taken seriously.
Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank to pay $16m to settle US ‘princelings’ caseThe Guardian - Shane HickeyDeutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $16m (£13m) fine to US authorities overallegations that it hired unqualified relatives of powerful Russian and Chinese government officials to win business. The Securities
United Kingdom Dina Asher-Smith eager to keep streak going with 100m record at UK trialsThe Guardian - Sean IngleAt some point in the next few weeks, the bulldozers and wrecking balls will move in to the Alexander Stadium before its renovation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Before then, Dina Asher-Smith
United Kingdom How is Boris Johnson’s Britain viewed in other G7 countries? Our panel respondsThe Guardian - Roland Kelts, Sarah Jones, Jan Fleischhauer and Pauline BockRoland Kelts: ‘Seen from Japan, Britain is no longer recognisably British’ A nation of islands shaped by limited space and imperial ambitions, garden aesthetics and ceremonial teas – and stoic, stiff-lipped
