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Boy injured in crocodile enclosure discharged from hospital

By Jamie Grierson

Family of three-year-old allegedly thrown into pit at Cambridgeshire zoo say he is happy to be back at home A three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure has been discharged from hospital and is settling back in at home, his family has said. The child returned home a few weeks ago and was “happy to be home, playing with his toys, sleeping in his own bed and being a big brother”, his pa

WSL academy teams to play in third tier after FA approves controversial plan

By Guardian sport

Four WSL academy teams will play in WNL from 2027-28 FA says move will raise standards and help young players Four Women’s Super League ­academy sides will play in the third tier of the ­pyramid from the ­2027-28 ­season after the ­controversial ­proposal was approved by the ­Football ­Association’s board. The change forms part of what the FA described as a package of reforms to the Women’s National League “designed

Russian stadium says it will not host Kanye concerts – but promoter says shows have not been cancelled

By Laura Snapes

The controversial rapper now known as Ye was due to play two huge shows at St Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena, which now states it cannot host performances for contractual reasons The St Petersburg stadium that was set to host two concerts by Ye – making the rapper formerly known as Kanye West the biggest western act to play in Russia since start of the Ukraine war – has now said that the concerts will not take place at t

Israel threat on Gazan children's kites 'outrageous' - UN

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The UN has condemned Israel's threat to expel people from areas where kites are launched from within Gaza.

Israel threat on Gazan children's kites 'outrageous' - UN

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The UN condemns Israel's threat to expel Gaza residents over children's kite-flying.

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed. Experts have said this demonstrates the “serious threat” datacentres pose to the UK’s legally binding climate goals. Continue reading...

‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

By Jeremy Barr in Washington

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom organizations For 18 days this summer, veteran journalist Catherine Herridge walked to her Washington DC mailbox and dropped off a check for $800. The money was required by law to cover a judge-imposed sanction after she was found in contempt of court

As a doctor, I say this: before we even consider assisted dying, fix how we care for the most vulnerable | Zubir Ahmed

By Zubir Ahmed

A person’s wish to die can be shaped by whether they have access to proper palliative care – and in England and Wales, too many do not Zubir Ahmed is a transplant surgeon and former Labour minister As a doctor, I have spent much of my professional life caring for people at some of the most vulnerable moments they will ever face. I have seen the anxiety that surrounds the prospect of dying, and the desperate wish of p

Leeds and Rangers co-owner jailed after prostitution arrest

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Jed York pleaded no contest to two charges in Ohio after being arrested for soliciting prostitution.

Boy, 3, injured in crocodile attack returns home

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The boy's family say he is "happy to be home" after undergoing seven operations in hospital.

Man dies after car crash during police pursuit in Warwickshire

By Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

Another driver in critical condition as result of collision after man failed to stop for officers in Stratford-upon-Avon A man has died and a woman is critically injured after a police pursuit in Warwickshire. Police said officers tried to stop a black Audi on Birmingham Road in Stratford-upon-Avon at 5.23pm on Monday but the vehicle failed to stop and drove towards the A46. Continue reading...

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Gardaí warn of accommodation fraud ahead of college term

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Students are being warned about the "sharp annual spike" in accommodation fraud as they prepare to start or return to college.

Kate Cheka: The Last Funny Woman review – pregnant standup calls for comedy industry to grow up

By Anya Ryan

Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh Cheka considers her tendency to ‘live life like a joke’ in a frank hour, with her frustrations leaving a lasting impression Kate Cheka wasn’t supposed to be here. After her debut hour two years ago, she swore she would never do the fringe again. But now she’s back, mic in hand and eight months pregnant, walking us through her life’s greatest romantic escapades, from Marseille to Texas and Nepa

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Minister, RSA, gardaí to meet on motorway road safety

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Senior officials from the Departments of Transport and Justice, as well as gardaí, the Road Safety Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, are to meet on Friday to discuss motorway road safety.

Harris: Social media firms 'platforming illegal activity'

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Tánaiste Simon Harris has accused social media companies of "platforming illegal activity" and said they had a lot to answer for.

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PSNI officer dismissed over racist, homophobic messages

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A PSNI officer has been dismissed for sending "sectarian, racist, homophobic, antisemitic" and "misogynistic" messages to members of the public and police colleagues.

Fishy business: who really profits when sardines go viral? - video

By Richard Sprenger, Andrew Braun, Kyri Evangelou, Noah Payne-Frank and Katie Arnold

Once a cheap store-cupboard staple, sardines are fast becoming a luxury food item. Last year, #SardineGirlSummer saw influencers promoting the health benefits of sardinemaxxing, while sardinecore became the must-have fashion trend. Now, demand is accelerating just as Morocco’s sardine stock has collapsed, causing shortages on supermarket shelves. The Guardian travels to Matosinhos in Portugal, the cultural home of th

Food has turned into a class war – and it’s ruined my appetite | Zoe Williams

By Zoe Williams

More than half of what Brits eat is ultra-processed. Now we’re a nation of food snobs – with no ingredient safe from judgment Lewis Bassett is a young sociologist and chef who I first encountered through his podcast, The Full English, where he thinks about the cultural meaning of, say, Delia Smith; gazpacho; whelks. This was thinking you didn’t know you needed until you heard it. Now he’s written a book of the same n

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Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution review – never-ending hardman-on-a-mission franchise heads to Ibiza

By Catherine Bray

The seventh in the series takes longstanding lead gangster Tate, played to the hilt as always by Craig Fairbrass, to the White Isle to knock some heads together The seventh instalment in this seemingly never-ending series opens with a line of voiceover from star Craig Fairbrass, summarising forthcoming proceedings nicely: “They killed my best friend, now they all have to die.” The real-life hardman Pat Tate might hav

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US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, former mentor warns

By Graeme Wearden

Trump ally should cut budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields, says billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm the bond markets and push down America’s cost of borrowing have attracted a rebuke from the US Treasury secretary’s former mentor. The billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, who worked with Bessent at George Soros’s fund management firm in the 1990s, has warned that

Man died of extreme cold in plane landing gear

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The inquest hears the body was discovered in an Air Arabia flight which had arrived from Morocco.

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David Squires on … boos, barcodes and buzzcuts as the Premier League returns

By David Squires

Our cartoonist looks back at the big storylines and fresh looks as the English top flight swung back into action Buy a cartoon | Some of David’s favourite works And his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

UN, Red Cross issue urgent appeal over autonomous weapons

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The United Nations and Red Cross have warned that the world is "dangerously close" to a future where autonomous weapons could target humans, and issued an urgent appeal for international regulations.

Yorkshireman believed to be first Briton to die fighting for Russia against Ukraine

By Raphael Boyd

Bradley Townsend reportedly killed by a drone on 10 June in Donetsk region after joining up with separatists A man from South Yorkshire is believed to be the first British citizen to die fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Bradley Townsend, a 33-year-old fisher from Barnsley, left Britain in April to join up with Russian separatists in eastern Donbas to aid in their invasion of Ukraine, despite having no

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Tesco worker sacked for taking bakery items before they became ‘free to staff’ loses unfair dismissal claim

By Darragh McDonagh

Supermarket worker was dismissed for taking bakery items 40 minutes before they became free to staff

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