DC United Wayne Rooney has driven a revolution at DC UnitedThe Guardian - Graham RuthvenFor years, DC United had targeted June 2018 as a turning point. It was the moment everything would change for one of American soccer’s most storied institutions, which had fallen on tougher times in recent
Lifestyle (UK) 'Start low, and go slow': how to talk to your partner about sexThe Guardian - Hannah BoothSex is a life-affirming act, one of the most intimate things you can do with another person. But talking about it? So much harder. “You are much more vulnerable talking about sex than doing it,” says Lehmiller,
Watford Star players not close matches are the new turn-on for football’s TV watchersThe Guardian - Sean IngleThere was a moment late in Saturday’s FA Cup final when Manchester City turned the Wembley pitch into the world’s biggest rondo. Ping. Tap. Dink. Tap. Ping. Donk. Watford did not touch the ball for almost
World News Manchester airport 'back to normal' after cancelled flightsThe Guardian - Josh Halliday North of England correspondentPower problems affected 13,000 travellers at Britain’s third-busiest airport on Sunday Manchester airport has said its operations are “back to normal” after power issues led to the cancellation of almost
Media Industry Reality TV show staff and guests need better support, says unionThe Guardian - Mark SweneyThe UK’s biggest broadcasting union, Bectu, has passed an emergency motion expressing concern about the level of support and care that staff and guests on programmes such as Love Island and The Jeremy
Ukraine Ukraine's leader takes office and immediately calls snap electionThe GuardianUkraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, took the oath of office on Monday and immediately announced he was dissolving parliament and calling a snap election, aiming to win seats in a legislature
Oil & Gas Industry BP headquarters in London blockaded by GreenpeaceThe GuardianGreenpeace activists have blockaded all entrances to BP headquarters in London, demanding an end to all new oil and gas exploration. The campaigners arrived at 3am on Monday and encased themselves in containers
Jon Snow Game of Thrones recap: season eight finale – The Iron ThroneThe Guardian - Sarah HughesSpoiler alert: this recap is published after Game of Thrones airs on HBO in the US on Sunday night and on Foxtel in Australia on Monday. Do not read unless you have watched the finale of season eight,
Ryanair Ryanair profits slide due to lower fares and Brexit uncertaintyThe GuardianRyanair has reported its lowest profit in four years and forecast another slide this year, as air fares fell on the back of Brexit uncertainty and fierce competition in Europe. Michael O’Leary, the Ryanair
Tajikistan Dozens killed in riot at Tajikistan prison holding Isis militantsThe GuardianThree guards and 29 prisoners have been killed in a riot at a high-security jail in Tajikistan that holds Islamic State fighters, the country’s justice ministry has said. The ministry said the violence
Harry Maguire Football transfer rumours: Harry Maguire to Manchester City?The Guardian - Barry GlendenningThe imminent departure of Vincent Kompany from Manchester City will leave some big boots vacant and the Daily Mail reckons Harry Maguire is the man Pep Guardiola would like to fill them. A longtime Manchester
The Theatre Theatre's role models for deaf children: ‘they need to think anything is possible’The Guardian - Miriam GillinsonTheatres must be brave, take the risk and invite deaf directors in Paula Garfield Inspiration hit while theatre director Paula Garfield was reading bedtime stories with her two profoundly deaf daughters.
Play buttonEnvironment Scientists fear impact of deep-sea mining on search for new medicinesThe Guardian - Karen McVeighWhen Prof Mat Upton discovered a microbe from a deep-sea sponge was killing pathogenic bugs in his laboratory, he realised it could be a breakthrough in thefight against antibiotic resistant superbugs,
Boxing No Win Race by Derek A Bardowell review – a painful reflection of racism in British sportThe Guardian - Colin Grant“It’s hard being black. You ever been black?” Larry Holmes, a former heavyweight world boxing champion, once asked his interviewer. “I was black once – when I was poor.” That most tragic of sports always
London, UK London is still the UK’s golden goose – and that needs to changeThe Guardian - Jack BrownLondon could be justified in feeling a little unappreciated right now. Britons outside the capital think of its residents as “arrogant” and “insular”, an investigation by the Centre for London has found;
Brooks Koepka Brooks Koepka says fans' chants for 'DJ' helped him recover to win US PGA titleThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at BethpageBrooks Koepka has explained how crowd chants in support of Dustin Johnson inspired him towards victory at the US PGA Championship. Koepka, who held a seven stroke lead before the final round at Bethpage,
Matt Hancock MPs have a duty to pass Theresa May's Brexit deal, says HancockThe Guardian - Peter Walker and Heather StewartMPs have “a duty” to pass Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the House of Commons and ensure the UK leaves the EU, the health secretary has said, as the prime minister and her team prepared for a final push
Julian Assange Julian Assange: Sweden files request for arrest over rape allegationThe Guardian - ReutersThe Swedish prosecutor leading an investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange has filed a request with a local court for him to be detained in absentia. If granted, the court order would
Lifestyle (UK) How becoming a Samaritan helped me beat middle-aged angstThe Guardian - Peter OrmerodA ghostly, grey rubbery screen bulges with indistinct, yet recognisably human, shapes: a hand here, a face there. An unsettling hum underlies eerie, dislocated sounds. An icy voice half sings: “Is there
Play buttonCannes Streaming: Cannes from the comfort of your homeThe Guardian - Guy LodgeAnother Cannes, another Netflix standoff. For the second year running, no films distributed by the streaming colossus are premiering in the festival’s official selection. While French exhibitors insist
Ryanair Oil prices rise amid production cuts and Trump Iran threats – business liveThe Guardian - Jasper JollyOpec cartel members suggested that production cuts could remain in place to sustain prices All is not well in London’s property market (for owners, at least). Activity was at a record low in the first
TV Series Water mistake to make! Rogue bottle spotted in Game of Thrones finaleThe Guardian - Gwilym MumfordFirst it was a rogue coffee cup. Now, Game of Thrones fans have spotted another present-day item lurking onscreen in the fantasy drama: a water bottle. The erroneous object was detected by particularly
Art Lipstick, glitter and pink, pink, pink: selfies rule at Meccaland – a photo essayThe Guardian - Adam Curley and Isabella MooreOn a stage carpeted in hot pink, two young women race to apply lipstick while balancing on wobble boards. With seconds left on the clock, they make their way to a camera in the wings and pose for photos
Media Industry Murdoch’s ‘messiah’: News Corp gets biblical with coverage of Morrison’s resurrectionThe Guardian - Amanda MeadeThe Coalition victory has been celebrated across Rupert Murdoch’s mastheads with uniformly jubilant headlines, hailing the “miracle man” Scott Morrison as a messiah at the footy with a beer in hand. The
Puzzles Can you solve it? The Zorro puzzleThe Guardian - Alex BellosToday you’re going to get the chance to prove a theorem no one has ever proved before. First, the basic puzzle: What is the least number of straight lines you need to draw across a 3x3 square grid (illustrated
Books Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson review – an inventive reanimationThe Guardian - Johanna Thomas-CorrShe sees that evolutionary time is speeding up and that survival of the fittest now means survival of the smartest At an advanced stage of a prolific career, Jeanette Winterson has had a surge of inventiveness.
Personal Finance (UK) Swiftcover won’t pay out what I’m due after a serious car accidentThe Guardian - Miles BrignallJust less than a year ago my husband was involved in a serious car accident. He was badly hurt, taken by ambulance from the scene and kept in hospital for several days. The police had called a recovery
Mortgages Can my brother be my tenant even if my mortgage doesn't allow it?The GuardianQ I have been approved for a buy-to-let mortgage. It has always been my intention not to live in the property. I live in London and am buying a property in my hometown further north. It now transpires
Opinion (UK) Safer air for the kids? Grow more houseplantsThe Guardian - Charlotte ChurchWhen was it, maybe two weeks ago? I was just about clinging on to sanity’s rigging amid the daily tempest of trauma that has become my family’s morning routine. My 11-year-old was fuming loudly because
Hurricanes Are hurricanes getting stronger – and is the climate crisis to blame?The Guardian - Oliver MilmanA hurricane is a large rotating storm that forms over tropical or subtropical waters in the Atlantic. These low pressure weather systems draw upon warm water and atmospheric moisture to fuel their strength
