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Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide

By Ajit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno The ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land than ever recorded, forced more people from their homes than at any point since the second world war and caused what scientists suspect is the country’s first firestorm thundercloud

Walking the Peak District, I discovered a wonderful rejection of the right’s monotone vision of England | John Harris

By John Harris

The landscape was striking, but so was the diversity of the hikers. We can make this the new normal – and we should A fortnight or so ago, my two teenage kids and I set out on a three-night visit to the Peak District where temperatures were hovering at a comparatively tepid 28C. We stayed at a youth hostel – more of which in a moment – and began the trip with the 20-minute ascent of Mam Tor, a modest peak that pulls

‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page

By Meg Mason

As a lonely teenager, the novels of Nancy Mitford offered the Sorrow and Bliss author a lifeline - and an imaginary friend. She explores why reading can create a particularly intense bond with a favourite writer In the summer before university, my mother gave me a copy of The Pursuit of Love. We’d moved countries at the beginning of my A-levels and those months in between had been defined by a level of loneliness I h

Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life

By Dalya Alberge

Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’ Unprecedented insights into the literary and intellectual life on the island of Guernsey during the middle ages have been revealed through the discovery of 17 medieval manuscript fragments. Dating from between the 12th and 15th centuries, they offer evidence of wide-ranging reading tastes, with everything from an ex

Dining across the divide: ‘I thought he was going to be quite “stop the boats, bring up the drawbridge”’

By Zoe Williams

A Green party member and a Labour-voting Brexiter didn’t agree on the EU, but what about renewable energy and the NHS? • Want to meet someone from across the divide? Click here to find out how Joe, 41, Trafford, Greater Manchester Occupation Press officer at a university Continue reading...

When my husband died in a surfing accident, life as I knew it was destroyed. Ten years on, this is what I’ve learned about grief

By Hannah Richell

One crashing wave on one single day changed everything for our family. How would I keep going? Before they enter the water, surfers will study the ocean. They consider wind and tide conditions. They analyse currents and patterns, break points and swells. They try to read the waves. I have travelled across oceans and a day to sit here on Tamarama beach in Sydney on a high-tide weekday morning in 2024. A notebook and p

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Friedreich’s ataxia patients await HSE funding decision: ‘It shouldn’t come to money’

By Katie Mellett

Patients and families are calling on the HSE to fund Skyclarys, a treatment they say could help slow progression of the rare disease

Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart

By Heather Stewart

Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm bond markets is a sign of weakness not strength “Look, there’s nothing magic about that $40tn number,” the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, told CNBC insouciantly last week, as the country’s debt mountain surpassed another bleak record. Yet Bessent’s decision to intervene in government bond markets in an effort to combat soaring yields belied his studied calm in

Ebola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer

By Kat Lay, Laure Boulinier, Kaamil Ahmed and Sarah Bertram

More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. The Guardian's global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to CDC Africa's Yap Boum II to understand why health teams on the ground are struggling and what is being put in place to try to contain the spread Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in co

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Mateta’s Palace dispute deepens after losing appeals to end contract early

By Ed Aarons

Striker wants move and said final year of deal was invalid 29-year-old took his case to tribunal and Fifa but lost Jean-Philippe Mateta is in dispute with Crystal Palace over the final year of his contract but failed in an attempt to have it ruled invalid by an independent Premier League tribunal and Fifa. The France striker signed a four-and-a-half-year contract when he joined permanently from Mainz in January 2022

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Team with a head for heights keeps cathedral safe from lightning

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Mateusz Pierwola and Neil Fillery have been busy working at the highest point of Lincoln Cathedral.

Haribo Kimchi review – Korean snack bar serves lessons in belonging

By Mark Fisher

Festival theatre studio, Edinburgh Jaha Koo cooks up street-food treats for two lucky theatregoers as he reflects on how food preserves memory and cultural identity, with the help of a snail and an eel To get the measure of this slight but sweet one-man show, you need to listen to the singing snail. “In every soil grows a different version of you,” sings the animated creature in Korean, projected on a screen. It is e

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Thetford accused out of prison after charge dropped

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James Jobson is released from prison a day after a case against him is dropped.

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3D-printed patch aims to improve skin cancer treatment

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A new dissolvable 3D-printed patch has been developed by researchers in Belfast with the aim of improving treatment for localised skin cancer.

Abuse from Liverpool fans hurts - Alexander-Arnold

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Trent Alexander-Arnold says he still receives abuse from Liverpool fans online after leaving Anfield for Real Madrid 14 months ago.

Lucy Davis 'grateful' for support after cancer diagnosis

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Actress Lucy Davis told an audience on Saturday that she was "grateful" for their support as she made her first public appearance since revealing she had been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer.

Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey

By Ramon Antonio Vargas

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen broke record for farthest distance traveled from Earth The crew of the historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission have earned the US’s top space medal, officials have announced. Cmdr Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are set to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on 28 August, the US space a

Finland tried to end homelessness. What can we learn from its runaway success – and recent failures?

By Miranda Bryant in Helsinki

The Housing First policy led to the number of homeless people in Finland dropping by half. Those with firsthand experience explain why it worked At 3.30am, Vello Senkel awoke to a knock on his door. Standing on his doorstep were his neighbours with an urgent request: “Do you have salt? We want to boil macaroni.” He acquiesced, but it turned out that salt wasn’t the only ingredient they were missing: “And do you also

Trump’s continued distrust in election integrity has experts eyeing his next move

By George Chidi

President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned A series of moves by Donald Trump ’s administration to sow doubt in the integrity of US elections has intensified concern among voting experts – and sparked hope among election deniers – that it could declare a national emergency. The White House and US federal agencies have released a string of documen

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This is how we do it: ‘Since having cancer, I’m more open – before I was straight, now I’m queer’

By As told to Naomi Larsson Piñeda

Following the all-clear, Kevin and Jade found a new openness in discussing sex and intimacy – and also a shared desire for exploring polyamory • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously Since the all clear, my relationship with my sexuality has shifted a lot Continue reading...

Iran-linked hackers accused of cyberattack that shut down British power plant

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Small-scale energy generator was down for four days as a result of the attack last month

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Tributes to UK police officers killed in wrong-way crash

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Tributes have been paid to two British police officers who were killed in a wrong-way collision in which five other people also died.

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Slimming jab study aims to help alcohol dependency

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The £2.7m clinical trial will recruit NHS patients who are both dependent on alcohol and obese.

Blue plaque honour for former England striker

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Frank Worthington made eight appearances and scored two goals for England in 1974.

Could giant tuna fishing be set for a comeback?

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Atlantic bluefin are seen again off Scarborough and Whitby, which once had a big game industry.