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Rising UK consumer confidence gives Andy Burnham ‘golden opportunity’, survey says – business live

By Julia Kollewe

BRC says confidence in economy hits highest level since the lows reached at start of Iran war In Germany, factory gate inflation hit a three-year high in July, adding to signs of fresh inflationary pressures in Europe’s largest economy. Prices charged by manufacturers for their goods, ranging from food to cars and tools, climbed 3% year on year last month following June’s 1.8% rise, Germany’s statistics office said.

Erin Patterson’s mushroom murders sentence too lenient and she should die behind bars, prosecutors argue

By Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

Crown prosecutor tells Victorian court that all seven of Patterson’s grounds for appeal should fail while arguing for tougher sentence Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Triple murderer Erin Patterson should have been given no possibility of ever being released from prison, or a non-parole period so lengthy that she was likely to die behind bars, Victoria’s highest court has heard. Patterson,

‘The only way is up’: cycling Norway’s mountainous ‘Milky Way’

By Ailsa Sheldon

The Mjølkevegen was once used to bring milk from high pastures to the towns below. Now cyclists are discovering the road’s breathtaking panoramas of peaks and lakes, dotted with cosy inns ‘Norway is a hilly country,” shrugs Glenn Roar Berge. He’s not wrong, though he is fond of an understatement. I’m in Valdres in southern Norway to explore the cycle routes that skirt the edges of Jotunheimen national park. Glenn fro

Blizzards, nuclear anxiety and a fragile bond: two sisters in Japan – in pictures

By Guardian Staff

Sayuri Ichida and her sister used to be distant – until their mother died. This exhibition traces their close relationship through sun, wind and snow Continue reading...

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Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams

By Caroline Davies

Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faith A former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of misusing the UK’s Christianity “to channel anti-Muslim feeling” and said he also had “some awkward questions” for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Dr Rowan Williams, who was the archbishop of Canterbury for 10 years until 2012, said there was

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Capture the Dark 2026: Winning photographs

By Guardian Staff

A selection of winning images from DarkSky International’s 2026 Capture the Dark photography contest. It is the sixth edition of the annual night-time photography competition, which drew 2,288 submissions from 30 countries Continue reading...

How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle review – does protest make a difference?

By Andy Beckett

The comedian charts his life in demos from 1960s Liverpool to 2020s London in this fiery and addictive book At 74, the comedian Alexei Sayle is approaching a dangerous phase for veteran British leftists: becoming a national treasure. Once described by special branch, in a surveillance file gleefully quoted in this memoir, as an “intellectual thug” who made “foul-mouthed comments about the royal family”, Sayle now app

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Melancholy made in Hungary is fuelling bestsellers across the globe – and widely misunderstood

By Logan Scherer

A ‘capacity for despair’ forged by political oppression has long been considered a Magyar national trait. But after Orbán, writers in the country remind us that melancholy must not always be bleak A lone visitor looks for a garden outside an empty monastery. A morose housekeeper won’t let anyone behind the door of her own home. A retired general living alone on a crumbling estate waits 40 years to confront the only f

Working in Keir Starmer’s No 10 ‘unbearable’, says Sue Gray

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Former chief of staff tells of fears her conversations were being recorded and leaked to media by colleagues Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has lifted the lid on how “unbearable” it was working in No 10, revealing she feared her conversations were being recorded by colleagues seeking to leak her remarks to the media. Sue Gray, who was the most powerful adviser in Downing Street before her resignation in 2024, w

TV tonight: David Mitchell’s crime-solving Ludwig returns

By Phil Harrison, Hollie Richardson, Priya Elan,Jack Sealeand Simon Wardell

The popular cosy-crime drama is back – with a couple of changes. Plus: some late-starters get into the dating game. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One Continue reading...

Instant classics, odd inspirations and barcodes: 2026-27’s best and worst kits

By Hannah Jane Parkinson

A look at six of the best and worst of the new season’s strips gives us Pro Evo chic, throwbacks done right, and how – and how not – to use stripes The Premier League season kicks off on Friday and league debutants such as Christos Tzolis and Victor Muñoz, along with masses of fans, will be pulling on their teams’ shiny new strips. There were some lovely efforts at the World Cup (not least by the co-hosts the USA), a

Monstera magic: Barbican hands out cuttings as ‘green lung of the city’ closes

By Helena Horton

Five hundred people turn up to adopt plants from conservatory that will reopen in 2030 after renovation project Above the waxy monstera leaves and bright pink hibiscus flowers in the Barbican conservatory hangs a giant net to catch the panes of glass that are at risk of falling from the ceiling on the unwitting plant lovers below. This precarious situation has caused the estate to shutter its greenhouse on the third

From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty

By Aditya Chakrabortty

This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come This summer could be the hottest, driest and deadliest in English history. Successive heatwaves have so far claimed almost 3,000 lives. Nearly three-quarters of England and all of Wales is in drought, while key reservoirs are parched. Across this brown and stick

Thursday news quiz: A Clacton zero, a departed hero and a whopper Virgin Mary

By Martin Belam

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Tim Martin may have spent the better part of a decade trying to convince people that leaving the EU was the only way to secure cheap pub grub, but credit where credit is due: JD Wetherspoon is banning people from blasting out TikToks, videos and music on speakerphone in its pubs. The pub chain has not, however,

They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped

By Harriet Barber

The cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return home Artillery fire thundered. Windows shattered. Roofs caved in. And thousands of foreign workers – many who had been tricked and trafficked into the vast cyber-fraud industry that has flourished in south-east Asia – fl

Oxfam ‘can’t guarantee future’ of charity shops as it also reviews warehouse business

By Sarah Butler

Dwindling donations and stiff competition from secondhand sellers online prompt review but ‘no plans for closures yet’ Oxfam is reviewing the operations of its three warehouses in Batley, Bicester and Milton Keynes and says it “cannot give guarantees” on the future of its high street shops in a “difficult economic climate”. The charity said it had no plans to close warehouses or shops but insiders fear that Batley, w

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Watermelons in Bristol: how UK heatwaves are affecting growers

By Nicola Slawson

Most allotment holders say the heat has meant more work for smaller crops, although some have found a silver lining After a summer of repeated heatwaves and exceptionally dry weather in the UK, rain has brought some relief this week, but drought remains widespread and experts warn it will take weeks of sustained rainfall for water supplies to recover. For people growing their own fruit and vegetables, it has been a c

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with semi-dried tomatoes, garlic, herbs and breadcrumbs | A kitchen in Rome

By Rachel Roddy

Sun-drying tomatoes until they’re leathery on the outside and soft within is something of an art, but it’s more than worth it for this moreish pasta dish One set of guidelines I received in Sicily for sun-drying tomatoes was two to seven days, depending on temperature, humidity, wind and the size of the fruit. I might as well have been given a surfboard and told “go”, because that advice felt far too broad and genera

Trump threatens Iran’s trade partners, as military strikes make way for economic pressure

By Jonathan Yerushalmy

US president pivots towards ‘crushing’ economic operation against Iran and its trading partners as military strikes fail to bring Tehran to the table Donald Trump has announced a new campaign to isolate Iran’s economy, threatening “tremendous economic consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Tehran, a move that could set up a fresh confrontation with China if implemented. “Today, I am announcing

Harry and Meghan: the key moments, conflicts and controversies since their US move

By Guardian staff

Expected return to UK of Duke and Duchess of Sussex marks the latest twist in the long-running saga surrounding the couple since they left for the US in 2020 Prince Harry and Meghan ‘moving back to Britain this month’ Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will reportedly return to Britain after six years of living in the US, a move that triggered a long period of strained relations with King Charles III, the Prince and

Erin Patterson appeal live: prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for triple murderer

By Adeshola Ore

Victorian court of appeal also to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder convictions should be quashed Erin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prosecution turns to argument Patterson wasn’t severely ill after beef wellington McWilliams is touching on the prosecution’s argument

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Country diary: All hail the horsetail, a plant that could survive anything | Kate Blincoe

By Kate Blincoe

Newton Flotman, Norfolk: It looks like a toilet brush yet predates the dinosaurs. I can’t help but give it a stroke by the roadside, even if I get strange looks The rural road is flanked with a bank of green fuzz. It’s jungly and verdant – lush in a landscape that has turned brown and yellow from drought. I run my hand over the green bristles erupting from a bamboo-like stem. Equisetum arvense, or field horsetail, lo

Larry David says former friend Alan Dershowitz ‘made a deal with the devil’ as Trump’s lawyer

By Sian Cain

The Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator says Dershowitz, who also defended Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein, ‘only has himself to blame’ for being ostracised Larry David has opened up about the collapse of his friendship with Alan Dershowitz, saying that Dershowitz “made a deal with the devil” when he became Donald Trump’s lawyer. Dershowitz, a former Harvard University law professor, has been a member of l

The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost

By Jonathan Watts

Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds Heatwaves and wildfires are not just scorching forests, they are adding to the tipping point risks in the world’s vast permafrost regions, which contain three times more carbon than all the living vegetation on Earth. This is a major concern for Gustaf Hugelius, a professor at the Bolin

It used to be our imperfect bodies that made us insecure. With AI, it’s our minds as well

By Joseph de Weck

For most of modern history, technology sought to imitate humans. Humans increasingly seek to imitate technology Two faces that appeared on my Instagram feed in recent months gave me pause. One belonged to John Travolta at Cannes. The other to Carla Bruni on a date night with her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Both looked recognisably themselves, yet, they both also looked oddly unfamiliar. Their lo

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