Robert O'Brien replaces John Bolton as Trump's national security adviserGuardian US - Julian Borger in WashingtonDonald Trump has appointed the state department’s chief hostage negotiator – whose most prominent international role until now was monitoring the Swedish trial of the US rapper A$AP Rocky – to be John
Three teenagers charged with murder of PC Andrew HarperThe Guardian - PA MediaThree teenagers have been charged with the murder of PC Andrew Harper, who was killed while responding to reports of a burglary in Berkshire, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. The 28-year-old constable
British Airways British Airways pilots call off second September strikeThe Guardian - Gwyn TophamBritish Airways pilots have called off a strike due next Friday, the union said. The second strike, following action on 9 and 10 September, was scheduled for 27 September. The British Airline Pilots Association
Our quiet county has nothing against McDonald’s. But we prefer our own burgersThe Guardian - Helen Walmsley-JohnsonRutland is a funny place. When I moved back here five years ago and told my London friends where I was going, the response was mostly: “Where?” A mere 18 miles at its longest point, it is England’s smallest
Shock tactics: can electric dog collars ever be ethical?The Guardian - Leo BenedictusIs it cruel to give your pet electric shocks? Just little ones? The work and pensions secretary, Thérèse Coffey, has come under fire for using one on her beagle-pug cross, Lola, which reportedly kept to
Sir Michael Edwardes obituaryThe Guardian - Martin AdeneyThe purposeful Michael Edwardes was a key player in the Thatcherite revolution: a businessman who confronted the unions and reshaped a national institution in a cliffhanging serial of industrial relations.
Labour heading for Brexit strategy showdown in BrightonThe Guardian - Heather StewartLabour MPs and activists are gearing up for a battle over Brexit at the party’s conference in Brighton next week, after Jeremy Corbyn made clear he is ready to take Britain out of the EU if a Labour deal
Music (UK) Werther review – Juan Diego Flórez hugely moving as obsessive romanticThe Guardian - Tim AshleyRoyal Opera House, London The tenor broods eloquently in this revival of Benoît Jacquot’s staging of the Massenet opera, while Edward Gardner successfully navigates the emotional complexities of the score
Media Industry Television workers twice as likely to have attended private schoolThe Guardian - Mark Sweney Media business correspondentTelevision workers are twice as likely to have attended private schools compared with other workers, according to a report from Ofcom, which has found a startling lack of diversity among UK broadcasters.
An Enemy of the People review – Ibsen told as Scandi-noir with Alex KingstonThe Guardian - Mark LawsonAn accidental trilogy of updatings of Ibsen plays by female dramatists began with Tanika Gupta’s relocation of A Doll’s House to British-run India and Cordelia Lynn’s recreation of Hedda Gabler as the
Play buttonFilm (UK) Best Before Death review – KLF's Bill Drummond bakes cakes for the worldThe Guardian - Peter BradshawPaul Duane’s intriguing and sometimes hilarious documentary is about artist and musician Bill Drummond – formerly of the pop band the KLF – who is now on what he describes as The 25 Paintings World Tour.
EastEnders 'Have I got your bra on?': the women making EastEnders great againThe Guardian - Hannah VerdierEastEnders is enjoying a Kathy Beale-style resurrection. Earlier this year, tabloids declared a “ratings crisis” with viewing figures dipping below 3 million as dear old ‘Enders was shunted around the
Play buttonPolitics Caroline Lucas: Lib Dem 'revoke and remain' stance is arrogantThe Guardian - Kate Proctor Political correspondentThe Green party’s Caroline Lucas has branded the Liberal Democrat revoke Brexit position as arrogant and says it risks inflaming further political tension. In a video for the Guardian the MP warned against
Rugby Union Jones hopes limited Russia can return home proud from Rugby World CupThe Guardian - Robert Kitson in TokyoThey are not the biggest beasts in the east but, win or lose, the unheralded rugby men of Russia are planning to enjoy their rare moment in the global spotlight when the World Cup kicks off on Friday While
Opinion The latest Iran-Saudi flare-up exposes Trump's bankrupt Middle East policyThe Guardian - Michael H FuchsThe fact that the United States is up in arms over an attack with no reported casualties on an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia – while at the same time supporting Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen that has killed
Music (UK) 'Most political in years': critics hail Mercury prize's return to protest musicThe Guardian - Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondentThere’s the politics of austerity, climate change, urban decay, the politics of the heart and the mind Jeff Smith, Mercury prize judge People want to feel like their anger is identified elsewhere, like
Foodies 'Can't I just say it's tasty?' Why food critics go too farThe Guardian - Zoe WilliamsIt’s easy to write beautifully if you can work yourself into a frenzy of love or loathing. Unfortunately, most meals are just quite pleasant I was a restaurant reviewer for 10 years, and then I was let
Play buttonNHS 'The NHS has been destroyed': Boris Johnson confronted by father of sick childThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorBoris Johnson has been confronted by an angry father at a hospital who told him his seven-day-old daughter had nearly died because the ward on which she was treated was “not safe for children” after years
World News Outrage in China as giant panda on loan to Thailand zoo diesThe Guardian - Erin Hale in Hong KongThe sudden death of a giant panda on loan to a zoo in Thailand has sparked outrage in China and calls for no more of the bears to be lent to the country. Chuang Chuang, a 19-year-old male, reportedly on
UK News BBC apologises to Prince Harry over ‘race traitor’ imageThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesThe BBC has apologised for failing to warn the Duke of Sussex before broadcasting and publishing online an image from a neo-Nazi social media group that called him a “race traitor” and depicted the royal
Have you been affected by the closure of pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond?The Guardian - Guardian readersPawnbroker Albemarle & Bond has been criticised for “woefully inadequate” communication with customers after the company closed its shops and website last Friday. The National Pawnbrokers Association the
World News Irish businessman abducted and assaulted in 'horrific attack'The Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll in DublinAn executive running companies once owned by one of Ireland’s richest men has been found at the side of a road near the Irish border after being abducted and assaulted in a “horrific attack”. The Police
David Cameron David Cameron: 'I wanted to believe Andy Coulson over hacking'The Guardian - Robert BoothDavid Cameron has admitted he was wrong to insist his Downing Street communications adviser Andy Coulson was innocent until proven guilty over phone hacking at the News of the World, suggesting he should
Politics Boris Johnson 'surprised' by level of Irish border checksThe Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsBoris Johnson expressed surprise to his advisers during lunch with Jean-Claude Juncker as he was informed about the scale of checks still needed on the island of Ireland under his alternative plan for
Rugby Union Volunteers introduce World Cup fans to Japan … and themselves to rugbyThe Guardian - Andy Bull in TokyoTwo days out from opening night, Tokyo Stadium was buzzing with workers fixing the trimmings, hanging banners from the gantries, stacking crates of beer behind the bars, peeling back the plastic wrapping
Opinion Will Corbyn’s Brexit referendum strategy work? Our panel respondsThe Guardian - Polly Toynbee, Tom Kibasi, Giles Wilkes, Lisa NandyNeutral! In mid-national crisis how does a party campaign on the great issue of our time with a leader who won’t say where he stands? Everything about the idea is preposterous. What do canvassers say the
Politics Britons overseas urged to register for proxy not postal votesThe Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentBritish nationals living overseas are being encouraged to nominate a friend or relative back home to vote in the next general election rather than rely on a postal vote. With heightened expectation that
Facebook Messenger Facebook to launch new Portal smart displays in EuropeThe Guardian - Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editorJust 10 months after launching its first voice-controlled, video-calling smart displays in the US, Facebook is trying again with new Portal, Portal Mini and Portal TV – and now they are heading for the
High School Saved by the Bell: will the revival be 2020's most depressing show?The Guardian - Stuart HeritageFirst there was Saved by the Bell. Then there was Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Then there was Saved by the Bell: The College Years. And now, according to the wishes of absolutely nobody, comes Saved
Play buttonMass Shootings Sandy Hook group releases 'hard to watch' school shooting awareness videoGuardian US - Abené Clayton in San FranciscoSandy Hook Promise, the group founded after 20 first graders and six adults were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut, released a video on Wednesday that begins like any typical back-to-school commercial with
