Wakefield Magic Weekend: Tony Gigot edges Catalans Dragons past WakefieldThe Guardian - Aaron Bower at AnfieldTony Gigot’s late drop goal helped Catalans Dragons withstand a second-half comeback to beat Wakefield 25-18 in the opening encounter of Magic Weekend. The Dragons looked set for an easy afternoon’s work
Christchurch In the safest Tory seat in the country, who do angry, alarmed voters want to be PM?The Guardian - Andrew AnthonyAt the 2017 general election, voters in the Dorset coastal town of Christchurch delivered the largest Conservative majority in the country. Last Friday, with its ranks of moored leisure boats and mobility
Environment Survival of the fattest: why the country birds are coming to townThe Guardian - Stephen MossAs a child, I remember my nan throwing out a few crusts of stale bread for the birds. Not surprisingly, this attracted few birds apart from the odd sparrow or starling. Later on, we discovered packets
Donald Trump Trump arrives in Tokyo and digs Japan for 'substantial edge' on tradeGuardian US - Martin Pengelly and agenciesDonald Trump kicked off his state visit to Japan on Saturday by urging Japanese business leaders to increase investment in the US – but he also complained about his own central bank and knocked his hosts
Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11: the fight for the first footprint on the moonThe Guardian - David WhitehouseArmstrong was calm and confident. He had no ego. Aldrin desperately wanted the honour and wasn't quiet about it It was 1969. The last year for President Kennedy’s pledge to land a man on the moon and him
Lifestyle (UK) Home movies: how a coaching inn became a family house – and tiny cinemaThe GuardianWhen David and Juliet Mclay opened the door to their new home, an 18th-century coaching inn in Axbridge, Somerset, in 1997, they got something of a shock. “There were half-empty pints on the bar and fag
Apollo Missions Fly me to the moon: the best ways to mark the Apollo 11 anniversaryThe Guardian - Sydney LuntzThe Day We Walked on the Moon ITV, Thursday 11 July, 9pm To commemorate Nasa’s achievement, this July, ITV will premiere the documentary The Day We Walked on the Moon. Narrated by Mark Strong and directed
NASA Liftoff: the new race to the moon beginsThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkThere is no guarantee Congress will grant this request. The biggest question Nasa will be asked is: why the sudden rush? For Nasa employee Ryan Zeigler, the prospect of astronauts returning to the moon
Catastrophes and crowded skies set Iata’s airlines thinkingThe Guardian - Gwyn TophamEven without missiles being test-fired into the sky by a hostile regime 35 miles to the north, airline executives might be a little tense next weekend. More than 1,000 of them will gather in the South
British Steel Could the government step in to save stricken British Steel?The Guardian - Rob DaviesI am concerned the PM’s resignation will mean the government take their focus off of saving the steel industry Nic Dakin MP To see the Scunthorpe steelworks in action is to witness British manufacturing
Holograms Back to life, back to virtual reality as music stars return to stage as hologramsThe Guardian - Vanessa ThorpeWithin five years people will be able to ‘teleport’ themselves by hologram to interact with others Carl Guyenette, creative technology expert The Beatles live in the Cavern, Ziggy Stardust’s last outing
Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton pips Valtteri Bottas to Monaco GP pole as Leclerc slumpsThe Guardian - Giles Richards in Monte CarloLewis Hamilton took pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix with a fine lap around the streets of Monte Carlo, leaving his best to last to secure the place with his final lap of the day. He beat his Mercedes
Saracens Nick Tompkins’ hat-trick leads Saracens past Gloucester and into finalThe Guardian - Michael Aylwin at Allianz ParkThey are the best team in Europe, which means we knew already they are the best team in England. Whether Saracens go on to clinch the relevant gong at Twickenham next Saturday remains to be seen – sport
Play buttonJim Acosta 'Jim gets it': Acosta says in new book Trump war on press started as an actGuardian US - Martin Pengelly in New YorkNeutrality for the sake of neutrality doesn’t really serve us in the age of Trump Jim Acosta Donald Trump’s war with the US press began as an act in the absence of effective Democratic opposition then
Johanna Konta French Open: Johanna Konta puts faith in good feeling to banish past failingsThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Roland GarrosThe facts are incontrovertible: Johanna Konta goes into the first round of the French Open tomorrow on Monday against the world No 149 Antonia Lottner aware that she has failed to reach the second round
Poldark The art deco pub, the library and Poldark manor: Britain’s architectural gems at riskThe Guardian - Jamie DowardFor viewers of a certain age it is instantly recognisable. Botallack Manor, on the Penwith peninsula in western Cornwall, doubled as Nampara, the home of Ross Poldark and his family, in the original 1970s
Nikita Parris Nikita Parris and Jill Scott give England timely boost against DenmarkThe Guardian - Suzanne Wrack at Banks’s StadiumAn experimental England starting XI saw off a spirited challenge from Denmark in their penultimate friendly before they fly to France for the World Cup. Nikita Parris, the former Manchester City forward
Fashion (UK) Another fine mesh: how Game of Thrones chainmail couture is invading the catwalksThe Guardian - Ellie Violet BramleyCall it the Game of Thrones effect. Chainmail, once the preserve of medieval knights, 1990s supermodels and 1960s style icons, has won fashion’s favour this season, roaring back on to the catwalks and
World News The bid to save Velázquez’s childhood home inspired by … ShakespeareThe Guardian - Sam JonesThe light that pours into the twin patios of an old house near the centre of Seville reveals the familiar signature of time and neglect. Wood has rotted, plaster blown and paint bubbled. Mushrooms bloom
Lifestyle (UK) Astrology superstar Susan Miller: 'I can really respond to people online'The Guardian - Hanna HanraMillennials are looking for answers from a higher authority If I have bad news in the stars, I look for good parts in the chart If you’re not one of the 17 million readers of astrologyzone.com or one the
Play buttonFilm (UK) Booksmart review – fast, funny and feministThe Guardian - Simran HansBetween them, dorky best friends Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) have a superiority complex. Molly is headed for Yale University, while Amy will spend the summer “in Botswana helping make
Film (UK) Cannes 2019 week two roundup: insurrection in the airThe Guardian - Xan Brooks in CannesBefore every Cannes premiere, the cinema screen shows a live feed of the red-carpet arrivals. Early birds can sit in their seats and watch the stragglers come in. While the cameras are at pains to locate
Richard Ashcroft Richard Ashcroft making up with Mick can’t change the mouldThe Guardian - Rebecca NicholsonRichard Ashcroft received an outstanding contribution to British music accolade at the Ivor Novello awards last week, and took the opportunity to confirm that the rights to the Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony
McDonald's America’s 'best first job'? My story of sexual harassment at McDonald’sThe Guardian - Brittany HoyosI went a meeting where several managers and my harasser were present. I was told to 'stop bringing up the past' Three years ago, when I was 16, I began working at a McDonald’s in my hometown of Tucson,
Lifestyle (UK) Women are happier without children or a spouse, says happiness expertThe Guardian - Sian CainWe may have suspected it already, but now the science backs it up: unmarried and childless women are the happiest sub-group in the population. And they are more likely to live longer than their married
Play buttonPolitics EU citizens denied vote in European elections to sue UK governmentThe Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentThe government is facing the prospect of being sued by campaigners for EU citizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were denied a vote in the European parliament elections. John Halford, a public
Play buttonCyril Ramaphosa Cyril Ramaphosa hails 'new era' as he begins South African presidencyThe Guardian - Jason Burke in JohannesburgCyril Ramaphosa told South Africans on Saturday that “a new era” had dawned as he was sworn in for a five-year term as president, but said the troubled country was at a defining moment in its history.
Play buttonTexas Department of Public Safety Texas officials deny withholding video of Sandra Bland traffic stopGuardian US - Associated Press in AustinTexas authorities have denied withholding a cellphone video of a confrontational traffic stop involving Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who was found hanged in a jail cell near Houston in 2015.
Play buttonMusic (UK) One to watch: CollardThe Guardian - Tara JoshiThough he had a strict Mormon upbringing in south London, singer, songwriter and rapper Josh Collard’s oeuvre is far from restrictive. The 24-year-old makes soft, opulent, sometimes poetically plaintive
Play buttonJack White The Raconteurs review – maximum rock’n’rollThe Guardian - Kitty EmpireBoth men stand on the monitors: Benson, rangy to the point of undernourishment, and White, clearly having a ball The further we get from the 20th century, the harder it becomes to account for the appeal
