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The lace race: what to wear with slip skirts

By Melanie Wilkinson

Midis with a lingerie-inspired lace trim can do it all, whether you want to dress up for a wedding or down for the pub Continue reading...

Back on track: can Burnham fix the north’s woeful rail services?

By Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

From a new high-speed line to better intercity links, the PM has a chance to tackle problems he criticised as Manchester mayor For passenger rail travel, the north of England was the future, once. But since that first train from Darlington to Stockton in 1825, many have felt short-changed. As one angry passenger put it, 200 years later: “What is it about the rail industry which makes them think they can treat passeng

‘Billy’s thriving’: family’s joy as boy who helped legalise cannabis medicine in UK turns 21

By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Mother of Billy Caldwell, who has severe epilepsy, celebrates son’s story while pushing for better access to prescription cannabis for families who need it When Billy Caldwell was a baby he was not expected to survive infancy. A severe form of epilepsy condemned his tiny body to daily seizures – brutal, draining and each one potentially fatal. “They couldn’t get the seizures under control,” his mother, Charlotte, rec

I’ll admit it: I’ve cycled through red lights. But Britain’s traffic laws are to blame, not me | Simon Jenkins

By Simon Jenkins

The essence of cycling is to keep moving, but London’s chaotic roads often make this difficult. My solution: fewer, not more rules I plead guilty. I have loved and used the streets of London all my life, as a cyclist, driver and pedestrian. Touch wood, I have done so without accident, blemish or insurance claim. Yet now I find myself perpetually on the wrong side of the law. Regulation has become bureaucratic and cha

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Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for rosemary and cherry blondie ice-cream sandwiches | The sweet spot

By Benjamina Ebuehi

Blondies will happily take an ice-cream filling without falling apart, and when those biscuits are infused with herbs, they also help to cut through some of the sweetness Ice-cream sandwiches have really grown on me. I used to find them a bit tricky to eat; far too many of them had outer shells so hard they would crack a tooth, while the rest would turn to mush after a few minutes out of the freezer. Finding the bala

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

By Sandra Laville

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored

Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan

By Gavin Blair in Tokyo

Pacific fleet launched missile drills near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries. Russia’s Pacific fleet said on Thursday that it had fired Bastion surface-to-ship missiles from Etorofu, the larges

Country diary: Ten tonnes of solid muscle, basking sharks are booming here once again

By Tim Earl

Port Erin Bay, Isle of Man: A few years ago they disappeared from these shores, but with food stocks on the up, they’ve made a magnificent return Not long ago, my encounters with basking sharks were pretty close up. When a scientist researching them off the Isle of Man needed help, with my experience of driving inflatable ribs, I was tasked with steering his small boat up to a 10-tonne shark, closely and carefully en

Badgers review – the audience investigates in this true-crime podcast yarn

By Mark Fisher

Traverse theatre, Edinburgh Malaika Kegode delivers a supernatural story about the strange disappearance of a maudlin folk singer Playwright and performer Malaika Kegode tops and tails this show for Theatre Royal Plymouth with a message about the allure of storytelling. In a festival city bursting at the seams with stories, it is an unnecessary observation. A more important question is about which stories we choose t

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Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

By Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jaw A 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans. The 50kg reticulated python, named Jodie Foster after the Hollywood star, has just turned 23 and lives at Chester zoo. Keepers first became concerned that she ma

Anxiety over war, wildfires and cyber-attacks leads to growth in cash stocks in EU

By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Value of banknotes in circulation rises from €1tn in 2016 to €1.6tn in 2026 as people advised to keep stash of cash The number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an emergency stash of cash. While cash plays second fiddle to contactless payments in many cities across Europe, the a

Spa Weekend review – female answer to The Hangover spreads the slush with the massage oil

By Peter Bradshaw

Despite stars Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Isla Fisher and the writers behind The Hangover, this tale of friends at a luxury hotel is a dud Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are the screenwriters who struck gold nearly 20 years ago with The Hangover, a brilliant stag-weekend nightmare comedy about what happens in Vegas, which sadly spawned a terrible (though lucrative) franchise. Now, as writers and directors, they have tried

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‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie

By Ryan Gilbey

As his new film Bitter Christmas is released, the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself Black sunglasses indoors and a tufty cloud of cotton-wool hair: it can only be Pedro Almodóvar, bourgeois arthouse darling nonpareil and master of everything from screwball romps (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) to clammy thrillers (Live Flesh, The Skin I Live In) –

Experience: I fell 12 metres and smashed my pelvis into pieces

By Emily Brough

It was clear it was broken. I could feel the bones grinding together as the paramedics strapped me to a gurney Growing up in Utah, I was so active that my parents nicknamed me “The Blur”. My older siblings introduced me to rock climbing while I was still at primary school. By the time I was 15, I was hauling myself up cliff faces. One summer’s day in 2014, when I was 17, my friends and I went paddleboarding on a lake

Panama canal to reduce shipping as El Niño strikes vital route

By Agence France-Presse

Further restrictions on shipping lane possible as Central America gripped by severe drought The Panama canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific said Thursday. From 3 September, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low wat

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv protest organiser disowns Mykhailo Fedorov’s call for elections

By Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies

Demonstrations in support of sacked defence minister reportedly die down as supporters and experts say he went too far. What we know on day 1,640 Continue reading...

Sycophancy in stereo as former Trump hater Michael Cohen loses his nerve

By David Smith in Washington

Fawning, deferential, oleaginous – this was the Untruth and Reconciliation Commission as Trump called in to 77 WABC “Our next guest is a ‘ racist ’, a ‘ conman ’ and a ‘ cheat ’ – someone who behaves more like a ‘mobster’ than a president. Please welcome Donald J Trump!” That is how Michael Cohen could have introduced Trump on his New York radio show on Thursday. After all, Cohen used such terms to describe the US pr

Zomi Frankcom was killed by IDF drones. Australia says Israel’s response ‘falls far short’. How did it happen and what’s next?

By Ben Doherty

Two years after a deadly strike on the Australian aid worker and her colleagues, IDF officers have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing. Frankcom’s brother says it’s ‘an insult’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast “Serious failures in the process” was the euphemism of Israel’s military advocate general to describe a 2024 drone strike that k

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Progressive Aisha Wahab wins California special election to fill Eric Swalwell seat

By Dani Anguiano

State senator beats rival Melissa Hernandez and will replace US congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claims Progressive Aisha Wahab has been elected to Congress in a special election following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations. Wahab, a state senator, was widely consider

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Tupac Shakur trial: ‘Keffe D’ told detectives years ago his nephew fired the shots

By Associated Press

The former gang leader was charged with planning the drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in 1996 Jurors on Thursday heard Duane “Keffe D” Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur. Davis, who said in the interview that he was also in the car with Anderson, is accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of the 25-year-old hip-hop superstar

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California oil pipeline can continue to operate, judge rules

By Dani Anguiano

State sought to stop system off coast of Santa Barbara from resuming operations after Trump ordered its reopening An oil pipeline can continue to operate off the California coast after a judge gave it the green light this week, despite the opposition of state regulators and environmental groups. The system off the coast of Santa Barbara resumed operations earlier this year for the first time in more than a decade aft

Lily Hooper’s family was told she’d been found alive. ‘She’s coming home,’ her father said – then tears of joy turned to grief

By Ima Caldwell in Mittagong

After eight days missing in the rugged NSW bush, word came through that the 18-year-old had been located. Her family were waiting with presents Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The rugged landscape of the New South Wales southern highlands loomed large on Thursday evening. This country had just revived, then killed hope. A young woman w

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Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. Israel’s refusal to investigate her death and its failure to apologise is despicable | Geoffrey Robertson

By Geoffrey Robertson

The Israeli ambassador has claimed ‘a court came to a decision that there’s no criminal liability’ but there is no evidence that any court has been involved Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. She and her six colleagues were traveling in a clearly marked humanitarian convoy to distribute food to starving Palestinians on a route that had been communicated well in advance to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It bombed

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Jailed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan allowed brief hospital visit after uproar over health

By Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad

Supreme court ordered transfer of ex-leader whose health is reportedly deteriorating, but he was returned to prison several hours later Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was briefly taken to a hospital in the country’s capital on supreme court orders after weeks of uproar about his deteriorating health. Khan, 73, was transferred to the hospital in the early hours of Friday, but then moved back to Adi

Premier League: 10 things to look out for as the new season kicks off

By Guardian sport

Manchester United’s new-look midfield, Ipswich’s ambition is tested and Kevin Keegan tributes at Newcastle While Myles Lewis-Skelly looks likely to remain at the Emirates, the same can’t be said for Ethan Nwaneri. The 19-year-old was outstanding in his breakthrough season for Arsenal in 2024-25 but barely featured last season and was sent on loan to Marseille. That didn’t really work out and Arsenal are now exploring