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The Guardian
Farmers seek meeting with chancellor over inheritance tax
The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has called for a meeting with Rachel Reeves to discuss Labour's changes to inheritance tax after fresh evidence from tax experts that they may not achieve their stated goal of removing the incentive for rich people to shelter their wealth from tax by buying up farmland.
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August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Razzle-dazzle Rehan Ahmed's upturn in performance could be enough to get him to Australia
As the Hundred fires into primary-coloured summer action, all free T-shirts and AI fan photos, I have been putting my feet up, coffee in one hand, notebook in the other, chewing over the County Championship season to date.
3 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Man faces further 24 charges linked to Liverpool fan parade
A former Royal Marine commando accused of deliberately driving his car into a crowd of Liverpool football fans at a victory parade wept in the dock as he made a court appearance yesterday to face an additional 24 charges, including two relating to alleged victims who were babies.
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Mind the gap More must be done to halt regional gulf in attainment
One of the messages the education secretary was keen to get across during her media round to coincide with A-level results was the government's commitment to tackling the \"yawning inequalities\" in educational attainment in England.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Stage review Audience gives all to celebrate communal joy
Thanks for Being Here Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
RFK Jr fails to get vaccine study retracted
A US medical journal is rejecting a call from the country's health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminium ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children.
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
The bounceback may be under way, but Reeves still has major difficulties to confront
The chancellor may need to be more explicit about who will pay the taxes needed to make the budget numbers add up
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Ofili portrait expected to sell for more than £1m
A work by the Turner prize-winning British artist Chris Ofili, featuring his signature use of elephant dung, will be auctioned for the first time at Christie's in October.
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills 40 in a week
The \"worst cholera outbreak in years\" has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Review What happens when a lefty kisses a Tory?
Swiping Right Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
People held under new 'one in, one out' plan say they had not heard of deal with France
Asylum seekers locked in detention centres as part of Labour's \"one in, one out\" deal say they had not heard of the scheme before arriving in the UK on small boats and were terrified of being returned home.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
What goes up must go down: can Burnley, Leeds and Sunderland buck trend?
We assess the chances of Premier League's new teams avoiding the same fate of promoted clubs for the past two seasons. By Andy Hunter and Louise Taylor
4 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Brentford omit outcast Wissa for Season Opener
Keith Andrews has revealed Yoane Wissa will not take part in Brentford's opening game against Nottingham Forest on Sunday amid strong interest from Newcastle.
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Countries urged to 'hold the line' in talks over world's first plastics treaty
Talks between nations to hammer out a treaty to end plastic pollution continued behind closed doors in Geneva yesterday, the final day of negotiations, as civil society groups urged countries to \"hold the line\" to secure a strong agreement.
3 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Thames Water says new reservoir may cost triple its original budget
Thames Water has said a new reservoir in Oxfordshire could cost more than three times the original budget, pushing the cost to be covered by water bill payers to as much as £7.5bn.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
I'm working on trusting myself at the top of the slope
Freestyle skier Kirsty Muir details her recovery from injury and how she wants a true Games experience
4 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Rooney hits back at Brady over 'unfair' comments
Wayne Rooney has bitten back at Tom Brady over comments aired in a recent documentary depicting their short spell working together at Birmingham.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
King marks 80th anniversary of VJ Day with televised address
King Charles will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day today with a message paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of military personnel in the second world war who fought and died in the Pacific and Asia, saying they will never be forgotten.
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
I feel like I'm 32, DiCaprio says after turning 50
Leonardo DiCaprio, the actor often romantically linked to women much younger than him, may have hinted at why the age gap is of no significance to him as he reflects on turning 50.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Birkenstock beats profit expectations thanks to 'ugly shoe summer'
Price rises and strong sales of closed-toe clogs helped the shoemaker Birkenstock beat profit expectations as it became the latest beneficiary of the \"ugly shoe summer\".
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
'Stigma' over abortion drug hinders breast cancer trials
A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of doctors and scientists.
1 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Carat and stick: woman mines own diamond for engagement
A New York woman has found a 2.30-carat colorless diamond in an Arkansas state park and repurposed it as her engagement ring.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Greenpeace hangs Kapoor artwork from North Sea gas platform
Greenpeace activists have scaled a gas platform, stretched a 96 sq metre canvas across its side and stained it crimson, in a protest designed with Anish Kapoor.
2 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Death of girl left unsupervised in psychiatric unit ruled unlawful
A vulnerable 14-year-old girl was unlawfully killed when an agency support worker failed to keep her under observation at a secure psychiatric unit, an inquest jury has concluded.
3 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
UK May Scrap Equality Pledge on Foreign Aid
Ministers are considering scrapping a commitment to spend 80% of foreign aid on projects that include work to support gender equality, the Guardian has learned. Critics said the move could worsen the impact of Donald Trump's rollback of funding for diversity and aid projects abroad, which has affected maternal and reproductive health services in developing countries.
3 min |
August 14, 2025
The Guardian
Football
Kelly Cates is ready to replace a broadcasting titan by doing it her way—in a busy season ahead on both Sky and BBC
3 min |
August 14, 2025
The Guardian
No free lunches: China's corruption crackdown hits hospitality industry
Close to a municipal government building in Beijing, a normally bustling high-end restaurant is now eerily quiet, with most of its seats empty at lunchtime.
3 min |
August 14, 2025
The Guardian
Traffic to most popular porn sites plunges as age checks introduced
British visits to popular pornography sites have slumped following the introduction of strict age checks last month, according to new data.
2 min |
August 14, 2025
The Guardian
Plainclothes officers pose as joggers to crack down on catcalling
Eighteen people have been arrested after a police force sent out female undercover officers posing as joggers to catch men harassing women while they were out exercising.
1 min |
August 14, 2025
The Guardian
'It's a robot war' Fighting back while Moscow is raining death from the sky
Nataliya Petrovna pointed to a crater on the edge of a football field. Around it lay bits of twisted metal. From nearby came loud banging as residents fixed plywood to their damaged five-storey apartment block. \"The last few days have been terrible,\" she said. \"We could hear the drones buzzing over us. The one that exploded near the school opposite was a Russian Shahed. Maybe some kind of new type.\"
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