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The Guardian
Trading is toughest in 30 years' Rising costs blight hospitality sector's summer
On a sunny weekday in Norfolk, the lunchtime rush is getting under way at the White Horse in Brancaster Staithe.
5 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
'We are dying slowly' Palestinians powerless as their children starve
The people of Gaza did not need this week's official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the \"worst-case scenario of famine\" is unfolding there.
4 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
'She has nothing to lose' Why is Ghislaine Maxwell now keen to talk about Epstein?
After Ghislaine Maxwell met federal prosecutors last week, the imprisoned British socialite's legal team portrayed her as a beacon of truth willing to discuss all matters related to her child sex-trafficking co-conspirator Jeffrey Epstein's many crimes.
4 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Student banking What are the best perks and freebies?
As results days loom, we examine what the big lenders' accounts offer those heading to university. Rupert Jones reports
5 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves fends off growing calls for wealth tax, saying 'balance is right'
The government has \"got the balance right\" on tax, Rachel Reeves has insisted after a former Labour shadow chancellor said she should consider introducing a wealth tax.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Rosen pays tribute to author Allan Ahlberg
Michael Rosen has paid tribute to Allan Ahlberg and remembered him as a \"pioneer of great children's literature\".
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
From master actor to master spoof: why Liam Neeson is box office gold
Liam Neeson may have gained pop-culture immortality for his gravelly growl of a certain line of dialogue in the 2008 hostage thriller Taken - \"I don't have money, but what I do have is a very particular set of skills\" - but the release of his new film, a reboot of the spoof cop movie The Naked Gun, is another remarkable turn in his distinguished career.
3 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Police Arrest 10 Men Over Claims of Child Sexual Abuse in Bradford in 90s
Ten men have been arrested by police investigating allegations of child sexual abuse in Bradford in the 1990s.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
'Dodgy looking' Trump video clip sparks debate over cheating at golf
In Golf in the Kingdom, a classic sports book about adventures on a mystical Scottish links course - and the spiritual growth that can take place there - the narrator's ball ends up buried in a gorse bush.
3 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Labour MPs demand Thames Water recover £2.5m bonuses
Thames Water should claw back £2.5m in bonuses that were paid to executives in April; 27 Labour MPs representing constituencies served by the utility have urged.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Supreme Court Spares Lenders £44bn Payout Over Car Finance Loans
Millions of drivers will miss out on compensation after the supreme court spared lenders a potential £44bn bill for hidden commission payments in car finance contracts.
3 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
'Democracy in El Salvador has died' with term limit scrapped, says opposition
Activists and opposition leaders have warned that El Salvador is following Venezuela's path towards dictatorship after the country's congress scrapped presidential term limits, paving the way for Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite re-election.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Money hacks Want to retire in your 50s? Here's how to plan it
Retiring in your 50s can seem like a pipe dream, particularly with the high costs of living and restrictions on accessing your pension until age 55 – rising to 57 in 2028.
4 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
My 'scrapped' van has been taxed and passed its MOT
I recently tried to renew the tax on my van, but the DVLA told me that the vehicle had been registered as scrapped. This was news to me.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
House Prices Start Rising Again as Market Bounces Back From June Dip
House prices in the UK returned to growth last month, as the market recovered from a dip in June after the end of a tax break on stamp duty.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Woman who introduced the hula hoop to the world dies aged 101
The Australian woman who brought the idea of the hula hoop to America - but missed out on making a fortune from the idea - has died aged 101.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
A beautiful ballroom' $200m plan for the White House
The White House will soon begin construction of a new $200m (£150m) ballroom to be ready before Donald Trump's term ends in early 2029.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Nandy Urges Immediate Sale of Morecambe FC to Avoid Closure
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has called for the immediate sale of Morecambe football club to avoid the \"heartbreaking\" closure of the 105-year-old institution within days.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Gwynnie the who? Pretentious pets, Brad Pitt and cigarettes
When the author Amy Odell approached Gwyneth Paltrow's publicist about her plans for a biography of the actor, Goop founder and wellness pioneer, she was told that Paltrow would be glad to participate - if she was allowed to \"factcheck\" the book.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Rain on the window. Hurrah, the British summer has returned
She's an actor, a businesswoman, a guru and an influencer, but at heart - let's be honest - Gwyneth Paltrow is a sales guy, who has shown us time and again via Goop how thoroughly she understands how to monetise sneering.
4 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Study Suggests Pesticides Caused Butterfly Die-Off in California
A 2024 mass monarch butterfly die-off in southern California was probably caused by pesticide exposure, new peer-reviewed research finds, adding difficult-to-obtain evidence to the theory that pesticides are partly behind big declines in monarchs' numbers in recent decades.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Guest says images altered in false £12,000 damage claim
Airbnb has apologised to a woman after an apartment host falsely claimed she had caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage and used images she says were digitally manipulated to back up his allegations.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Lots of bottle How the Dutch are reducing litter and boosting recycling
When Mariama Kamara enters the Statiegeld return shop on Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam, she is on a mission. She has been tasked by her aunt, who runs a nearby restaurant, with depositing three giant blue bags of bottles and cans. In about seven minutes she feeds a machine about 350 cans, bringing in more than €50 (£43), which will go back into her aunt's business. \"It's a really cool idea, and so convenient,\" she says.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Trump's latest tariff blitz sparks global chaos and market jitters
Leaders of more than 60 countries have been plunged into a fresh race to secure trade deals with the US after Donald Trump unleashed global chaos with sweeping new tariff rates.
3 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Unprecedented heat, fuelled by climate change, hits Nordic nations
Cold Nordic countries are being seared by \"truly unprecedented\" heat, as hot weather strengthened and lengthened by carbon pollution continues to hit northern Europe.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Doctors' pay Strike action could affect a Streeting bid for No 10
From Jeremy Hunt and Alan Johnson to Andy Burnham and Ken Clarke, politics is littered with ambitious former health secretaries who did not make it into No 10.
3 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Promoting small boat crossings of Channel to be made an offence
Ministers are to outlaw social media adverts promoting to asylum seekers dangerous journeys on small boats across the Channel.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Inflation: Burgers and kebabs off the menu as prices soar
The weather is not the only thing putting a dampener on impromptu barbecues, as consumers balk at the soaring cost of burgers, sausages and chicken to put on the grill.
2 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Bishop of Fulham apologises for kicking choir out of his 'house'
A bishop who went on stage in a dressing gown and shut down a choir for making a \"terrible racket\" has apologised for the \"distress and offence\" he caused.
1 min |
August 02, 2025
The Guardian
Playing His Cards Close: Pope Leo Moves Clearly Along a Progressive Path
A few days after his election as pope in May, Leo XIV stepped into a chauffeur-driven black VW minivan with tinted windows and made a surprise visit to the international headquarters of the Augustinian order in Rome.
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