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Council drops plans to charge extra for wider cemetery plots
A council has decided against charging more for wider burial plots in Wolverhampton following condemnation that it was a \"fat tax\".
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August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Trump and Putin summit Excitement and trepidation grip Anchorage in run-up to Ukraine talks
Excitement and trepidation grip Anchorage in run-up to Ukraine talks
3 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Aviva sticks to climate goals amid backlash over net zero
Aviva's chief executive, Amanda Blanc, has reiterated the insurer's commitment to climate goals in the face of growing pushback against net-zero ambitions in the US and UK.
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August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Webb instructs referees to give more penalties for holding
Howard Webb has warned fans they can expect to see more penalties this season after he instructed referees to have another go at cracking one of the most incorrigible problems in the Premier League: players clinging on to each other in the penalty area.
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August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Economy Grows Faster Than Expected Despite Tax Rises and Trump's Trade War
The UK economy grew at a faster rate than expected in the second quarter, official figures show, despite a slowdown from a strong start to the year amid pressure from tax increases and Donald Trump's global trade war.
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August 15, 2025
The Guardian
StubHub Allowed Prolific Tout To List 300 Tickets For Sold-Out Concert By Pop Star Capaldi
The ticket resale website StubHub may have failed to prevent breaches of consumer law on its platform when it allowed a prolific tout to advertise more than 300 tickets for a Lewis Capaldi concert, experts have said.
3 min |
August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Norway 'Pro-Russia cyber actors' took over dam, says spy chief
Russian hackers took control of a Norwegian dam this year, opening a floodgate and allowing water to flow unnoticed for four hours, Norway's intelligence service has said.
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August 15, 2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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August 15, 2025
The Guardian
Stage review Audience gives all to celebrate communal joy
Thanks for Being Here Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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August 15, 2025
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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.
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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\".
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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.
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