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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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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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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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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...

‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports

By Alex Daniel

New quotas to protect UK firms and jobs appear to be having opposite effect in products such as galvanised steel At Tata Steel’s factory in Llanwern, south Wales, production lines that should be running full-time are now falling quiet for parts of the day, with workers being put on to maintenance and cleaning work while machines sit idle. There aren’t enough orders to keep them running all the time, the company says,

When I first moved to Glasgow from India, I felt welcomed and included. Now I just feel scrutinised | Sanghmitra Singh

By Sanghmitra Singh

The city that used to be full of kind strangers is increasingly witnessing racist disorder. I hope it can find its way back to its old friendliness Scottish people have always been known for their friendliness. “We’re not like the south of us,” they say, referring to England. The official slogan of Scotland’s largest city, “ People make Glasgow ”, appears everywhere – on T-shirts, buildings, bus stops and mugs. And w

‘So many people say things about my appearance – it’s not normal’: Jorja Smith on burnout, body-shaming and finding freedom

By Emma Loffhagen

Being recognised by the Brits, Grammys and Drake made the singer one of British music’s most famous names – and also left her exhausted. Now, after decompressing in her home town she returns with a record made for raving It is a sticky, sweltering July afternoon, and I have accidentally found myself at a wake with Jorja Smith. I’m told that the pub where we have met, in the leafiest part of leafy south-west London, i

Mayors to get new powers over planning decisions under Burnham proposals

By Nadeem Badshah and Kiran Stacey

Move would allow mayors to greenlight large developments and have more say on national housing funding Andy Burnham will give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale developments in proposals to be presented this week. The move will allow mayors to “call in” the decisions and direct councils to take them forward or refuse them. They will also be able to grant upfront p

Quench your thirst! 20 perfect spritzes and shandies to try now – from kumquat to portergaff

By Rachel Dixon

Whether you love a traditional spritz or tend towards a wilder libation, this August there are bubbly and sophisticated drinks to suit every taste This summer, UK web searches for “Hugo spritz”, an elderflower-flavoured aperitif, overtook searches for “Aperol spritz” for the first time. As the spritz craze shows no sign of slowing down, pub chains are taking wild liberties, calling anything fizzy and served in a larg

‘Pretty shambolic’: new EU border checks cause stress for UK travellers

By Jane Clinton and Rosie Peters-McDonald

Britons report that EES digital entry and exit system has led to frustration, visa mix-ups and long queues On top of fears about extreme heat and possible jet fuel shortages, Britons planning summer holidays in the EU this year had another thing to worry about – long queues and waiting times caused by the bloc’s new border checks. The EU digital entry and exit system (EES), which requires non-EU citizens to register

London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?

By Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them Ten years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people’s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room in London planning an air pollution campaign. “My phone started buzzing,” he said. “I took the call, and then told the room I needed to leave immediately. “I

UK orders reviews of franchising sector after Vodafone allegations

By Simon Goodley

Two studies will be used to shape government policy amid claims about a former franchisee who took his own life Ministers have commissioned a pair of in-depth reports into how franchising businesses are policed in the UK, as the government considers introducing new laws after high-profile allegations about conduct in the sector. The action follows a Guardian investigation last December, which revealed claims that Adr

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First Bus bans under-16s in Stoke-on-Trent travelling alone after 6pm after disorder

By Donna Ferguson

Company says decision comes after spate of antisocial behaviour since free travel scheme was introduced For some, it is a quotidian nuisance that inevitably occurs when you are in the vicinity of teenagers. For others, it is an expression of modern-day lawlessness among young people. Whatever view you take, antisocial behaviour on public transport has become a hot debate – and with the introduction of free bus travel

My best ever British holiday: ‘I’ve travelled further, at greater expense, and had nothing like as much fun’

By Max Benato, Kirsten Henton, Jill Mead, Marcel Theroux, Andy Pietrasik

Five travel writers share their favourite holidays at home, from gravel biking in Scotland and a steam train ride in Yorkshire to rowing all the way from Oxford to London One of my best UK holidays was the week I spent in June 2013 rowing from Oxford to London with two friends, James and Tom. Continue reading...

Nine out of 10 unsolved murders in London linked to minority ethnic victims

By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Exclusive: Analysis risks deepening perception of ‘unequal protection under the law’, say campaigners Killers who take the lives of black people have a greater chance of getting away with their crimes than those who target white people, new research shows. Analysis of unsolved homicides in London between 2019 to 2023 reveals a stark disparity: minority ethnic British people represented 61.7% of reported homicide vict

Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze

By Arusa Qureshi

Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Smart, slapstick and silly, this chaotic multicharacter comedy sends up the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Some of the most revered works of art across history feature women as their primary focus. But though they might appear as favoured subjects, so often these women are relegated to the margins, their stories untold as they remain silent and often sexualised via the male gaze. In her new mult

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Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

By Jillian Ambrose and Alex Clark

Surge in proposals follows Labour’s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to March Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned the Conservatives’ de facto ban in 2015. About 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Co

TV tonight: a hit jumpy horror series returns with Dan Stevens

By Phil Harrison, Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

The Terror is a terrifying drama anthology. Plus, tissues at the ready for a super emotional finale of The Piano. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Sky Atlantic Continue reading...