A record of what was published, when, and how it changed.

Speeding for online glory: the internet subculture where young men drive dangerously for likes

By Robert Booth UK technology editor

Social media trend feeds on footage shot from cars racing down busy roads, with potentially lethal consequences The hashtags tell the story of the potentially lethal social media subculture where young men film themselves hurtling at illegal speeds down busy roads: #speedhunters, #needforspeed, #racing. The fast-driving internet trend on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube is fed by footage shot from a driver’s perspective

Going with the grain: how restoring biodiversity led one farmer back to heritage wheat

By Tomé Morrissy-Swan

Henry Astor looked back to his grandfather’s time for the inspiration to find older varieties that could help nature on his Cotswold farm It is the earliest harvest Henry Astor can remember. But walking through the scorched wheatfields of his Cotswolds farm, signs of life are everywhere – swarms of insects, kaleidoscopic wildflower meadows, bushy hedgerows several metres wide. A yellowhammer perches on a nearby tree.

Caffeine in Costa cappuccino 3 times that of Starbucks

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Coffee drinkers may be getting more or less caffeine in their drinks than they anticipated, with levels varying "wildly" between popular high street chains, a new study shows.

Syria's president hails removal from US terror list

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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has hailed the United States' removal of his country from the state sponsors of terror list, a major sanctions relief step.

Crow perches on BBC journalist's head during TV report

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The friendly bird was nursed back to health by a woman who found him injured in a park.

Trump bought shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June

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US President Donald Trump invested as much as $50,000 in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June, according to a public financial disclosure, giving him a financial stake in a major government contractor run by his former adviser.

Canada to match tariffs on $20bn worth of US goods

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Canada has announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging between 15% and 50%, intensifying the trade war between the historically close allies.

Canada to unveil response to Trump's steep new tariffs

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Canada has said it will announce its response to President Donald Trump's new tariffs, as neighbours that used to be close allies spiral into a trade war.

Trump threatens 50% increase in tariffs on all cars and trucks from Canada

By Ana Swanson, Tony Romm

Trump steps up insults against Canada as relationship with US neighbour morphs into a full-blown trade war

‘Sending just one secondary school child back to school could cost more than €1,000′

By Aideen Finnegan

Conor Pope’s guide to surviving the September squeeze on your finances

Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse?

By Guardian community team

As people grow used to AI chatbots, we’d like to hear your views about Google’s search engine Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest o

Zip Wire review – cancer-curing scientist is on the hook for cable-dangle thriller

By Cath Clarke

This nonsensical film sees an OCD-afflicted scientist fending off assassins while hanging from an aerial wire, and fails to get pulses racing for even a minute In this silly, low-adrenaline thriller, the title star is a rickety old zip wire bolted into the side of a mountain in the Italian Dolomites that was never intended for human use. It was constructed in the first world war to sling weapons and supplies hundreds

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Boat trips, swimming and seafood: 10 of the UK’s best harbour towns and villages

By Rachel Dixon

From smoked kippers in Northumberland to dolphin spotting in Dorset and a palm-fringed village on a sea loch in the Scottish Highlands The historic harbour is the hub of this working East Neuk fishing port, home to a fleet of about 30 small trawlers and creel boats. Their catches are sold at the covered market on the quay each weekday morning, and served at the harbourside Dory Bistro and Chip Ahoy at the Larachmhor

The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review – the fabulous life of Barbara Cartland

By Kathryn Hughes

A brilliant new biography that does its subject the favour of taking her seriously – even if few else did Barbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls taming wayward dukes, damaged airmen or misunderstood surgeons. Meanwhile Miss Savory, Mrs Smith or Mrs Morgan, picked for being unfidg

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Lloyds Bank is holding on to our urgently needed £5,500

By Anna Tims

We want our balance back, but we can’t access the money to pay for essential repairs and settle an electricity bill Last November, Lloyds Bank informed me, in my role as treasurer of my parish church, that the church account was to be closed and that I should open a new business account instead. This can only be done online, but a fault with their system prevented me – and local branch staff – from doing so. At the b

‘My way to escape reality’: LensCulture street photography awards 2026 winners – in pictures

By Guardian Staff

From pre-dawn Vietnam to cats scaling walls, the scenes in these prize-winning photographs show how the everyday can become mysterious, poetic and surreal Continue reading...

‘Why isn’t there hip-hop in 3/4 time?’: the groups reinventing a Polish folk dance for the modern age

By Jakub Knera

The oberek is a traditional dance beloved of state folk ensembles – but a new generation of musicians is reconfiguring its music into wild new forms, merging folk steps with electronics and the sound of Chicago footwork It’s 6pm on the first day of OFF festival in Katowice, and a crowd is gathering in front of one of the stages to watch newcomers Tercet Imperial. Sporting disco outfits of nylon jackets, tracksuits an

We’re moving from the Netherlands to Ireland and we need a new car

By Neil Briscoe

Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car

Trump administration plans to revoke visas of foreigners seeking asylum

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Rights groups say crackdown has ‌violated free speech, due process rights

Oil steadies as US plan offers little clarity on Hormuz deadlock

By Nicholas Lua

Countries will face a specific timeline to shut down links with Iran

Binyamin Netanyahu wages rearguard action as he fights for his political life (again)

By Mark Paul

A desperate Israeli prime minister gives his personal phone number to Israelis ahead of October elections

At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

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Excess mortality in Germany, France and Spain alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to provisional figure

AI-generated music banned from Australian charts

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Music made by artificial intelligence will be banned from Australia's top charts under new guidelines aimed at protecting "the human nature of artistry", an industry body said today.

How a cleaner was wrongfully imprisoned over asylum seeker leaks

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How a man was wrongfully accused before being kept too long in prison - prompting a CPS apology.

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Gnome-care: Butchers shop becomes figurine hospital

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Alistair Dent says he has restored hundreds of gnomes and feels people are happier if they own one.