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Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds

By Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

Exclusive: Of 224 branded infant foods and snacks, more than half are in breach of guidelines brought in a year ago Almost a quarter of popular branded baby foods sold in UK supermarkets still contain excessive amounts of sugar, analysis suggests, a year after the government introduced voluntary industry guidelines. In August 2025 the government gave baby food manufacturers 18 months to reduce the sugar and salt cont

Dutch regulator fines Uber $966m for automating driver suspensions

By Reuters

European regulators have imposed billions in penalties on US technology companies due to privacy, competition and digital market rules The Dutch data protection authority has fined ⁠Uber €825m ($966m) for deactivating driver ⁠accounts through automated systems without ​adequately informing them, according to a 17 August decision. The penalty would be the second-largest issued yet under Europe’s General Data Protectio

Pull. Breathe. Kick. Glide … the cautionary tale of the first cross-Channel swimmer | Emma John

By Emma John

In this content-driven age, we consume sport as fleeting entertainment – but the fate of Captain Matthew Webb suggests we always have Pull. Breathe. Kick. Glide. Three decades since my last swimming lesson, I found myself sitting in a lecture theatre chanting these words with a few dozen strangers, all of us trying not to take anyone’s eye out as we matched them to the actions. Pull. Breathe. Kick. Glide. I’ve been t

You’re Killing Me review – did an AI monkey write this terrible Brooke Shields crime caper?

By Lucy Mangan

I desperately wanted this show to be Gilmore Girls meets Murder, She Wrote – but the story of a novelist turned amateur sleuth is just so lazy. And yet, I still have high hopes for the confirmed second season Look, we all want Brooke Shields to be in gainful employment. We all want her to have a fabulous third act to her career. God knows, the child model turned star of prurient fever dreams Pretty Baby and The Blue

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Usain Bolt set to play Sunday league football for star-studded veterans’ team

By PA Media

Bolt’s name appears in Wythenshawe FC squad list Team features several former Premier League stars The sprinting legend Usain Bolt appears set to turn out for a star-studded Sunday league team in Greater Manchester after his name appeared in their online squad list. The eight-time Olympic champion, who still holds the world records for the 100 metres and 200m, appears on the player list for Wythenshawe FC Veterans on

33m tons of toxic seaweed clogs Caribbean beaches – video

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A record amount of sargassum has piled up along coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Sargassum is a brown seaweed that causes lower oxygen levels and foul-smelling gases when it decomposes on beaches. Researchers and marine scientists have warned that the algae build-up starves underwater plant life of sunlight, affects human health and can leak arsenic into sand Continue reading...

Deselected candidate claims Lib Dems’ religious discrimination cost him £790,000

By Aletha Adu Political correspondent

David Campanale seeks damages after what he says was organised campaign against his faith in Sutton and Cheam How much is a career in politics worth? The Liberal Democrats, despite admitting claims of religious discrimination, say about £22,800. A former Lib Dem candidate claims £790,000. It is a question before the Central London county court after David Campanale argued that discrimination against his Christianity

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Trump administration begins transfer of $725m to UN, amid billions owed

By Reuters

UN secretary general has said UN faces ‘imminent financial collapse’ due to unpaid contributions from member states The Trump administration has started the process to transfer $725m to the United Nations, a congressional notification seen by Reuters ⁠showed – a move aid experts said ⁠was a welcome step towards paying ​billions in dues owed. There was no immediate response from Washington DC to questions about the re

US supreme court lets Trump continue work on White House ballroom for now

By Guardian staff

Chief justice signs temporary order to permit work while court considers emergency appeal from administration The US supreme court has allowed Donald Trump to continue construction of his controversial White House ballroom for now, temporarily pausing a lower court order that would halt much of the project. Supreme court chief justice John Roberts signed a temporary order on Friday, permitting work to continue while

Meghan reportedly in talks to join Guy Ritchie’s TV series The Gentlemen

By Benjamin Lee

The Duchess of Sussex is said to be discussing a return to acting in the third season of Netflix’s hit crime series The Duchess of Sussex is in talks to make her acting return in Netflix’s hit series The Gentlemen. According to Variety, Meghan is in discussions to join the third season, which has yet to receive an official greenlight. The Gentlemen is a spin-off from the 2019 crime comedy of the same name with Guy Ri

Britain’s railway prepares for more extreme weather as intense El Niño develops

By Priya Bharadia

Experts say more must be done to adapt to changing climate, after two trains derailed within 24 hours during a recent heatwave Railway companies are racing to prepare for another brutal summer next year, as a developing El Niño could see 2027 break more heat-related records. Britain’s railway system has already been under stress from extreme heat this summer, with several operators reducing timetables and train speed

MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

MPs receive Harry Styles concert tickets worth £858, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839, and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awards MPs have been accused of failing to learn their lesson over freebies after taking almost £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sport matches and other events this year, with Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Wes Streeting among those accepting tickets. Despite the outcry in 2024 over Keir

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The week around the world in 20 pictures

By Jim Powell

Wildfires in Europe, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Meta trial and swimming in Gaza – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading...

Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson steps away from running after cardiac arrest

By Guardian sport and agencies

39-year-old collapsed during event in June American won world title in 2011 Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson says she will not return to running after she collapsed during a track event in June. Simpson, a three-time Olympian and one of the most accomplished American female runners in history, was pacing a mile group at an event in North Carolina when she went into cardiac arrest. She was given CPR before sh

Root reveals incoming England coach Fleming was in daily contact during first Test win

By Taha Hashim at Headingley

‘It’s great that he’s very invested already,’ says captain England bowlers ‘don’t understand how good they are’ Joe Root celebrated a commanding start to his latest reign as England’s Test captain, his side thumping Pakistan in Leeds, and afterwards said Stephen Fleming had been in daily contact before he starts his role as head coach. Fleming does not take up his position until after the series against Pakistan but

Why is Trump’s ‘human printer’ aide Natalie Harp suddenly in the spotlight? - The Latest

By Presented by Helen Pidd with Paul Owen; produced by Bryony Moore; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin; executive producer Zoe Hitch

One of Donald Trump’s closest and most devoted aides, Natalie Harp, has faced intense media scrutiny this week, after a Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff, name-checked her in a speech that went viral. So what do we know about Harp, who is often referred to as the ‘human printer’? And why is everybody talking about her relationship with Trump? Helen Pidd speaks to international news editor Paul Owen Continue reading...

Konsa joins Arsenal; Shakhtar to play European home games at Chelsea: football news – as it happened

By Tom Bassam and Will Unwin (earlier), Niall McVeigh

The champions added another big signing and Leandro Paredes received a 10-game ban for his part in the World Cup final brawl Nothing like a bit of exclusive news to kick off the shift. Can we keep this momentum going? We shall see! Uefa and Concacaf have begun talks about setting up a combined Nations League tournament featuring all 96 European and North and Central American and Caribbean countries, in another direct

The many tragedies of the Jason Arday case | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to Guardian reports and commentary about the academic, who was found dead at his home last weekend Hugh Muir is right to muse on the tragic nature of the Jason Arday case (A rightwing witch-hunt focused on Jason Arday – but so did legitimate journalism, 19 August). For it’s a tragedy in so many, many ways. It’s a tragedy that a man has died, leaving a grieving family and friends behind. And it’s a tra

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Why I’m still annoyed about sharing a name with Jethro Tull’s flute-botherer | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to letters from the Guardian writers Stephen Moss and Stephen Moss about being confused with each other The two Stephen Mosses who both write for the Guardian (Letters, 14 August) and seem to have an amicable enough relationship have no idea what it was like being one of two Ian Andersons signed to Island Records in early 1969. Let’s just say it didn’t end well. I found having an extra initial to be t

Douglas Hurd didn’t say ‘prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse’ | Letter

By Guardian Staff

Jon Silverman says that the often misattributed line was probably written by the civil servant David Faulker, but with one crucial difference In his letter about ever-lengthier prison sentences (18 August), Nik Wood makes two familiar mistakes in attributing the quote “prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse” to Douglas Hurd. In fact, the line appeared in a white paper published in 1990 by Hurd’s succes

The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university | Letters

By Guardian Staff

Doug Kessler says parenting is a form of continuous grieving from the time your kids are born. Plus a letter from Mark de Brunner As a father who has seen both daughters fledge, I felt Zoe Williams’ pain and bafflement as her first son prepares to leave for university (My son is leaving home for university – and my severe denial has surprised me, 17 August). No one talks about it but, from the moment of birth, parent

Jannik Sinner and Jack Draper out of US Open as injuries take their toll

By PA Media

World No 1 makes ‘difficult decision’ to miss slam Draper still recovering from bone bruise in left arm Jannik Sinner will miss the US Open with a right knee injury. The world No 1 has not played a match since beating Alexander Zverev last month to successfully defend his Wimbledon title, missing the Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati. Great Britain’s Jack Draper is also out of the event. The news comes a d

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s buses: a blueprint for governing Britain | Editorial

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The prime minister is right to think that taking Manchester’s model national could widen opportunity, clean the air and rebuild state capacity. Other public services could be next Barely a month into his premiership, Andy Burnham is already taking the lessons of Manchester’s buses national. This week his government backed the West Midlands mayor Richard Parker’s move to bring the region’s main bus operation into publ

The Guardian view on the export of fossils: they deserve national treasure status | Editorial

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Scientific specimens are being sold to foreign museums or snapped up by the super-rich. They should have the same legal protections as works of art As Sir David Attenborough has observed, “there’s nothing more magical than finding a shiny shell and knowing you’re the first person to have seen it for 150 million years”. Senior museum figures are campaigning for fossils to be classed as national treasures, according to

Leandro Paredes receives 10-match ban as Argentina punished for World Cup final brawl

By PA Media

Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and Gavi also suspended Fifa issue $321,000 fine for Falkland Islands banner Three Argentina players have been banned for their part in a brawl at the end of last month’s World Cup final against Spain, but they have only been fined for displaying a Falkland Islands banner after the semi-final win over England. Leandro Paredes has been given a 10-match ban and a $90,000 (£66,000) fine by F