Play buttonAsylum Seekers Asylum seekers found crammed into rat-infested roomsThe Guardian - Diane TaylorHundreds of asylum seekers have been crammed into a network of “guest houses” provided by a Home Office contractor overrun by cockroaches, rats and mice, the Guardian has learned. Lawyers shown footage
Blackpool Toddler injured after falling from hotel window in BlackpoolThe Guardian - Josh Halliday North of England correspondentA toddler has sustained multiple fractures after falling from the second floor of a hotel in Blackpool. Emergency services were called to the Rooms Inn hotel, in the town centre, shortly before 9am on
Priti Patel Being an EU citizen in the UK was hard enough. Now Priti Patel has made it worseThe Guardian - Marie Le ConteThe past three years has forced EU citizens living in the UK to learn not to take things personally Being an EU citizen living in the UK for the past three years has largely had the same rhythm as an degree:
Opinion (UK) The real consequence of a no-deal Brexit is not short-term shock – it’s a long recessionThe Guardian - Ellie Mae O’HaganUnite's briefing was much more consequential and frightening than anything produced by the various pro-EU campaigns A couple of days before the UK voted to leave the EU, the official remain campaign, In,
Credit Cards NatWest and RBS customers hit by credit card glitchThe Guardian - Patrick Collinson Personal finance editorNatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers have been hit by computer problems preventing them accessing credit card information, with the bank’s call centres also unable to deal with credit card queries.
Phil Neville Phil Neville calls for social media boycott to combat racist abuseThe Guardian - Suzanne WrackPhil Neville has called for the football community to “send a powerful message” and boycott social media for six months in response to the rise in racist abuse of players after Paul Pogba was targeted
European Union Donald Tusk rejects Boris Johnson request to remove backstopThe Guardian - Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsDonald Tusk has rejected Boris Johnson’s request to strip the backstop out of the Brexit deal, with a thinly-veiled message that the British government was refusing to admit the lack of realistic alternatives.
Dutch Eredivisie The Dutch model of developing young footballers: let them sink or swimThe Guardian - Gavin WillacyThe best teenagers at Ajax, PSV, AZ and Utrecht do not play in a youth league. They face men in the country’s second division Despite Ajax going desperately close to reaching the Champions League final,
IVF Denying single women IVF is a cruel policy that belongs in the pastThe Guardian - Genevieve RobertsThe reality of families that have chosen invasive treatment is that all these children are so very wanted and planned When I look at my newborn son, whose eyes crinkle as he smiles, and his older sister
Separatism Cameroon anglophone separatist leader handed life sentenceThe Guardian - Agence France-Presse in YaoundéA military court in Cameroon has handed a life sentence to the head of the country’s anglophone separatist movement, Julius Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, and nine of his followers, lawyers said. The 10 were convicted
Puzzles Why are crossword puzzles always symmetrical?The Guardian - Guardian StaffThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Why are crossword puzzle patterns
Russia How will they move the Russian plane that landed in a cornfield?The Guardian - Guardian StaffThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts A Russian passenger plane made
World News Iran rejects appeal against UK resident's 10-year jail sentenceThe Guardian - Matthew WeaverThe family of a UK resident detained in Iran on spying charges have expressed their dismay after a 10-year prison sentence against her was upheld without a hearing. Aras Amiri, 33, a British Council employee,
Tennis Lee Duck-hee becomes first deaf player to win ATP Tour main draw matchThe Guardian - Associated PressLee Duck-hee tossed the ball into the air for his first serve in an ATP tournament match, and blasted it past his opponent with a loud pop. The 21-year-old South Korean never heard it. He was born deaf.
Average Selling Price Persimmon profits fall as housebuilder looks at repairing reputationThe Guardian - Kalyeena MakortoffProfits at the housebuilder Persimmon slipped as it invested in customer service in an attempt to to repair its reputation after criticism over shoddy workmanship and an overreliance on the government’s
Nuclear Energy Russia and China say US missile test could revive arms raceGuardian US - Agence France-Presse in MoscowRussia and China have said a new US missile test has heightened military tensions and risks triggering an arms race, weeks after Washington ended a cold-war-era weapons pact with Moscow. The US and Russia
Play buttonCricket The SpinThe Guardian - Emma JohnPresumably, these days, there is some sort of support group for those who have become overnight internet sensations. Somewhere someone who accidentally invented a new dance move, or tasered their own can
Play buttonManchester United Manchester United’s penalty fiasco puts Solskjær’s leadership in spotlightThe Guardian - Paul WilsonThe handy thing from Sky’s point of view about having Gary Neville as a match summariser is that when there is a Manchester United controversy, as with the penalty fiasco at Wolves on Monday night, he
Phil Neville Phil Neville gives four players first England Women’s squad call-upsThe Guardian - Guardian sportPhil Neville has given four players their first call-up to the England Women’s senior squad for the friendlies against Belgium and Norway. Chelsea’s forward Beth England and Manchester City’s defender
Books How John Steinbeck ‘opened up’ The Grapes of Wrath's readersThe Guardian - Sam JordisonWhen Steinbeck finished The Grapes of Wrath in 1938, he expressed doubts about its quality. Since then, critics and the public alike have decided that he needn’t have worried. Sure, there are some exceptions:
Ilhan Omar US briefing: Planned Parenthood, migrant 'torture' and Ilhan OmarGuardian US - Tim WalkerPlanned Parenthood has said it will withdraw from the federal family planning program, rather than abide by the Trump administration’s new “gag” rule, which prohibits clinics from referring women for The
Matteo Salvini Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepensThe Guardian - Angela GiuffridaThe Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, is widely expected to resign after delivering a blistering attack against Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far-right League. Conte, a law professor who was
UK News PC Andrew Harper: accused denies role in 'horrific murder'The Guardian - PA MediaA man accused of murdering PC Andrew Harper while he was investigating a reported burglary has denied any involvement in his killing. Jed Foster, 20, was charged on Monday over the death of the 28-year-old
Talking Horses: how Remorex won the Palio di Siena without his jockeyThe Guardian - Chris CookFor reasons of equine welfare, I imagine that many of you will share my reservations about the Palio di Siena, the medieval race which is still held twice a year around that city’s main square. But I Friday’s
It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night review – punk, trumpets and far-right friendsThe Guardian - Brian LoganAre we “trapped in separate echo chambers” and can the divides be bridged? Matthew Greenhough’s (almost) new solo show for Wound Up Theatre asks that question through the tale of two working-class Sheffield
Storytelling Take the kids to … Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghThe Guardian - Oliver Balch‘A story should be told eye to eye, mind to mind, heart to heart.” So runs the Scottish travellers’ proverb that inspires this cultural centre dedicated to the telling of tales and the sharing of stories.
‘I understand my wife’s lived experience better’: meet the men who have taken their wives’ surnamesThe Guardian - Ammar KaliaWhat’s in a name? While marriages between opposite-sex couples have been in gradual decline in the UK since the 1970s, with nearly 250,000 marriages in England and Wales in 2016, the vast majority of still
The supreme court's pro-gun radicalism puts us all in the crosshairsThe Guardian - Lawrence DouglasAfter 51 Muslim worshipers were gunned down in Christchurch, New Zealand, the country’s parliament swiftly moved to ban military-style semiautomatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines,
Lion King The Lion King missed an opportunity to talk about the climate crisisThe Guardian - Greta MoranThe Lion King was my first, brief encounter with grief. When watching the original 1994 movie, I bolted from the theater the moment the benevolent lion king Mufasa died, not yet able to stomach the idea
Amazon Amazon under fire for new packaging that cannot be recycledThe Guardian - Miles BrignallAmazon has been criticised by environmental groups and customers after introducing a range of plastic packaging that cannot be recycled in the UK. While supermarkets and other retailers have been reducing
