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GB The Guardian GCSEs

Students are being set up to fail by compulsory GCSE resits | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article calling for mandatory exam resits to be scrapped in a first step towards education reform I was delighted to read Polly Toynbee’s demolition of compulsory GCSE resits (How can we stop destroying the prospects of a generation? Scrapping compulsory GCSE resits will be a start, 24 August). Of course, level 2 qualifications in maths and English should be accessible to all school

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GB The Guardian Water

We need new reservoirs – and it’s a job for the state, not private companies | Letters

By Guardian Staff

David Griffiths says mayors could be empowered to build water infrastructure, while Kevin Whately suggests incorporating communal storage into new housing estates Pete Ford (Letters, 20 August) rightly reminds us that “The Victorians … built reservoirs, aqueducts and local water-storage infrastructure.” But who were these “Victorians”? Generally speaking, they were local councillors and their professional engineers.

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GB The Guardian Environment policy

Government must prioritise heat pump installation to tackle climate chaos | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Colin Hines says Andy Burnham’s focus should be on drastically cutting fossil fuel use in a way that reduces bills and generates secure jobs It is hardly surprising that many who were optimistic and supportive of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister, but who also prioritised tackling climate chaos, are becoming increasingly unsure about him, given his tardiness in emphasising this threat as an overriding policy objec

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GB The Guardian Mathematics

Surprising AI breakthroughs raise soul-searching questions for mathematicians | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Whether mathematics thrives or perishes in the age of AI depends on what it is that society values in the human intellect, writes Dr Henry Bradford I share Kasra Rafi and Bruce Schneier’s impression that recent mathematical breakthroughs by AI consist in clever recombination of existing ideas, not development of truly novel theory (No, AI doesn’t mean the end of mathematics – at least not yet, 25 August). The questio

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GB The Guardian Vuelta a España

Tadej Pogacar battles back from scare on descent to win stage six of Vuelta a España

By Agence France-Presse

Slovenian leader recovers after misjudging corner Britain’s Josh Tarling pulls out of event mid-stage Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Enric Mas to claim victory in stage six of the Vuelta a España on Thursday, his third stage win of the race. The Slovenian and Mas outshone their rivals on the gravel in the stage’s final climb, and Pogacar held off the Spaniard when arriving in Castellón de la Plana to extend his general ­c

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GB The Guardian Nepal-Tibet flood disaster

Nepal flash flood: more than 350 killed amid warning of fresh danger from rising lake water – latest updates

By Tom Ambrose (now); Mabel Banfield-Nwachi, Martin Belam and Adam Fulton (earlier)

Authorities say water rising at lake at site of disaster and it could burst Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killed Visual guide: how the deadly flooding unfolded Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border, with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday morning when her group en

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GB The Guardian Ratko Mladić

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague

By Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide From the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague

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GB The Guardian Andrew Tate

Tate brothers urge release on bail in Miami as they fight extradition to UK

By Reuters

Andrew and Tristan Tate’s lawyer tells court that pair, who are wanted on rape charges, are not a flight risk A lawyer for the social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate urged a US judge on Thursday to release the brothers on bail from a Miami jail ⁠as they contest extradition to Britain, ⁠where they are wanted ​on rape charges. Howard Srebnick, a lawyer for the Tate brothers, told the Miami-based US magistrate

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GB The Guardian Art theft

Bronze age treasure stolen in four-minute Spanish museum heist

By Philip Oltermann and agencies

Gold collection known as Treasure of Villena, worth at least €1.7m, is target of ‘very well planned’ raid Thieves in Spain have raided the Treasure of Villena – a stunning collection of bronze age gold artefacts that has been described as the most important prehistoric trove in Europe – in the latest high-profile smash-and-grab heist on the continent. The raid on Thursday morning of the 66 mostly gold objects in the

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GB The Guardian UK weather

Homes damaged as storms follow heatwaves in England and Wales

By Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

Environment Agency issues 40 flood alerts across Midlands, Yorkshire and south-east of England Dozens of homes have been damaged by flooding and the Met Office had issued warnings for thunderstorms and heavy rain at the end of a summer in which most of England and the whole of Wales was declared in drought. The Met Office said thundery showers in England and Wales could cause 75mm of rain to fall in just 12 hours in

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