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

Can Andy Burnham rewire the ‘Treasury brain’ to boost growth?

By Heather Stewart

PM wants to reduce department’s stranglehold on public purse and bring long-term thinking to economic policy Andy Burnham is far from the first prime minister to dream of taming the power of the mighty Treasury. Boris Johnson all but forced the resignation of Sajid Javid by handpicking his team; Margaret Thatcher favoured her economic adviser Alan Walters over Nigel Lawson, prompting the latter’s furious resignation;

England v Pakistan: first men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened

By Rob Smyth (earlier) and Tanya Aldred (later)

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue take five wickets each to give England the upper hand in the Headingey Test. Warm applause as Joe Root leads England out at the start of his second spell as permanent captain. Are there any precedents for this, an experienced former captain returning to the job on a permanent basis years later? Bob Simpson is the name sitting at the top of my head. I guess Mike Brearley qualifies, thoug

Family named after three die in sea off Shoreham beach

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Police say the family travelled from their home in London and went into the sea for a swim.

Edmonton Marathon admits 2026 route was more than half a kilometre too long

By Olivia Bowden

Canadian contest sparked outrage from scores of frustrated runners online and in Canadian media The organisers of the Edmonton Marathon have admitted the course was more than half a kilometre too long, after outrage from scores of runners who complained about the distance. The error resulted in the upending of runners’ personal bests and potentially prevented some from breaking records. Continue reading...

Alleged spiking incidents reported once every six days

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An alleged spiking incident is being reported to gardaí on average once every six days, new figures show.

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Owner returns home after fire and discovers theft

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The burglary may have happened while the house was evacuated due to the fire, the force says.

Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds

By Richard Adams Education editor

UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping out Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday. The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental wellbeing of students in England, Wales and Northern Ir

The Healy-Raes review: Riveting portrait feels like a soap opera moulded out of muck and cunning

By Ed Power

Michael’s falling out with brother Danny adds familial tension, while the lasting impression is of politicians who are perfectly aware of the divisive figures they cut

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Bail applications can fall within article 40 habeas corpus relief in ‘exceptional circumstances’, High Court finds

By Ray Managh

Cases taken in relation to lack of legal representation linked to Legal Aid strike had previously given rise to two very different decisions

UUP leader Jon Burrows to name North’s new health minister on Thursday

By Freya McClements

Burrows said Mike Nesbitt’s resignation was regrettable but did not rule out succeeding him

Protest calls for Palestinian students to get Irish visas

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Around 200 people have gathered outside the Department of Justice to protest against the Government refusing visas for a group of Palestinian students hoping to take up scholarships at third-level institutions this academic year.

Paddy Power attempt at lighthearted satire about the English falls foul of ad regulator

By Conor Pope

Watchdog said advert conveyed message English people ‘did not clean up after themselves’

Single guilty verdict in Palestine Action trial

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The Old Bailey jury is discharged after 37 hours of deliberations, after reaching one guilty verdict.

Sinkholes, the unlikely link between Monaghan and Montparnasse

By Frank McNally

Magheracloone holds the only Irish deposits of gypsum, while the French capital was extensively mined to make plaster of Paris

The Guardian view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC: a case study in why international aid matters | Editorial

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The Trump administration’s ‘America first’ approach has contributed to the scale of the crisis now unfolding in one of the world’s poorest countries For months health experts have warned that the scale of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could surpass the one that swept west Africa in 2014-16. This week, the authorities in the DRC announced that a grim milestone has already been passed

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The Guardian view on the Grenfell Tower fire: Britain is letting companies pass the buck | Editorial

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Victims received less compensation than shareholders in the company behind its flammable cladding. Parliament must make corporations pay for harm caused There is something profoundly wrong when the company behind Grenfell Tower’s flammable cladding paid more compensation to its shareholders than to victims of the disaster. Of Arconic’s £86m in Grenfell-related settlements, all but £1.5m was covered by insurers. Hardl

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Teenage boy seriously injured in e-scooter crash

By Conor Pope

Incident is latest in wave of injuries among young e-scooter users prompting concern over recent weeks

'Tinker Tailor' director John Irvin dies at 86

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British filmmaker John Irvin, best known for adapting John Le Carre's espionage classic 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' for television, has died aged 86, his producer has said.

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Couple who died with their daughter off Sussex coast named by police

By Matthew Weaver

Officers still investigating deaths of Zeina Alayn, Hassan El-Khawas and daughter Sara El-Khawas at Shoreham-by-Sea A father, mother and their teenage daughter who died off the Sussex coast on Tuesday have been identified. Sussex police named the victims as Hassan El-Khawas, 55, his partner, Zeina Alayn, 37, and their 14-year-old daughter, Sara El-Khawas. A younger girl who was also part of the family is in hospital

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Kim Jong-un’s sister casts doubt on Trump’s claims of secret US-North Korea talks

By Andrew Roth in Washington

President says he plans to meet dictator this year but Kim Yo-jong says Washington remains Pyongyang’s enemy Donald Trump has said he is planning to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un later this year, though the reclusive leader’s younger sister cast doubt on their communications and dampened hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough between them. Trump, who also claimed North Korea had 57 nuclear weapons, had suggested he and

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All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’

By Nils Pratley

Competition and Markets Authority on message with PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on charges Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School face investigation The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on-message with Andy Burnham’s declaration of war on the small – and sometimes not-so-small – hassles and expenses of everyday consumer life created by companies’ underhand and misleading pricing tacti

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Israeli strike kills nine Palestinians including teen at police station in Gaza, say medics

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⁠Separate strike on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza earlier kills one, taking Wednesday’s death toll ‌to ‌at ​least 10

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Human remains again found at Lake Mead as water levels drop amid drought

By Victoria Bekiempis

Discovery marks latest grim finding in lake as water levels in crucial reservoir outside Las Vegas continue to decline Human remains have once again been discovered at Lake Mead outside Las Vegas, Nevada, marking the latest in a line of gruesome discoveries as water levels in the crucial reservoir continue to drop, authorities said. These remains were discovered on 16 August, USA Today reported. The National Park Ser

Israel issues tender for homes in West Bank project opposed by Palestinians

By Mark Weiss

Tender covers part of a wider plan for 3,401 homes in area east of Jerusalem that Palestinians say could divide the West Bank

Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River

By Oliver Milman

Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in more than 100 years, in a further sign that New York’s previously befouled waterways are recovering some of their ecological health. The North American river otter was photographed by a motion-activated camera foraging near some vegeta