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The Guardian
First fall in five years in rent charged for new private lets
Average private rents in Great Britain have fallen for the first time in five years as lower mortgage rates helped take some of the heat out of the rental sector, data shows.
2 min |
August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Links and Fresh Threads of 2025-26
Europe has to be the target. It's Fabian Hürzeler's second season and we've made more exciting additions to the squad.
1 min |
August 11, 2025

The Guardian
Race is on to adapt UK homes to the brutal reality of even hotter summers
The focus has been on keeping homes warm in winter, to stop them leaking heat. Cooling overheated homes is a new challenge
2 min |
August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Homes that can't cope with heat put thousands of people at risk
Lower-income householders, minority ethnic people and those with young children are more likely to live in homes at risk from dangerous overheating, research has found.
3 min |
August 11, 2025

The Guardian
Combat far right at gigs and football matches, says veteran activist
Counter-protesting does not go far enough to fight the growing threat of the far right, a veteran activist has said, adding that anti-racists must organise concerts and meet the public at football matches.
2 min |
August 11, 2025

The Guardian
One big number: 96-year-old is Countdown's oldest contestant
A 96-year-old former RAF corporal will become the oldest contestant in the history of Countdown when he appears on the TV gameshow today.
1 min |
August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Chatty or formal? Let L-drivers pick style of examiners, says study
Having a grumpy person sitting next to you in the car can be a distraction at the best of times, but it is all the worse when they are your driving examiner.
2 min |
August 11, 2025

The Guardian
A matter of life and deathbots How 'digital resurrection' is altering the grief process
A matter of life and deathbots
4 min |
August 11, 2025
The Guardian
Hostages Family members march on No 10
The chief rabbi has criticised Labour's pledge to recognise a Palestinian state at a \"national march for the hostages\" in central London organised by a number of Jewish groups.
1 min |
August 11, 2025

The Guardian
Stage review Palm reading: a haunting reflection on lost beauty
If you thought there could not be a more Edinburgh-centric show than James Graham's Make It Happen, with its appearances from Adam Smith and figures from the city's once great banks, think again.
1 min |
August 11, 2025

The Guardian
Food site killings Investigation shows sustained pattern of Israeli shootings
Ehab Nuor lies flat on the sand behind entangled metal, hiding from heavy machine-gun fire, as hundreds of Palestinians scramble away, carrying backpacks in which they had hoped to collect food.
6 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Bizarre and wrong' Danish zoo sparks row over how zoos feed their carnivores
When a Danish zoo posted a reminder of its long-running programme allowing people to donate their small pets to be \"gently euthanised\" and fed to predators, reaction poured in.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Surrounded Gloves off as bear-pit debate show goes viral
Mehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Future of 1m Palestinians now hangs in the balance
Global outrage over Israel's plans to take control of Gaza City
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
'We are the walking dead' Displaced residents brace for further misery
Displaced repeatedly. Forced to live in tent camps or amid the ruins of their homes.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Kyiv buries Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity
Viktoriia Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity last year, has been buried in Kyiv, in a ceremony attended by relatives and colleagues who paid tribute to her singular professional courage and the importance of her work.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
We live in a toxic world' Cancer patient inspires pesticide campaign
On the day French MPs gave themselves a round of applause for approving legislation to reintroduce a banned pesticide last month, a figure rose from the public gallery to shout: \"You are supporters of cancer... and we will make it known.\"
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Blowing hot and cold Air-to-air heat pumps show their worth in all seasons
When David Tester, 56, installed a heat pump in his home in the winter of 2022, freezing temperatures descended on the country alongside a series of named storms.
4 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Problems to overcome Timetables, tricky tickets and high prices
At 9.55am every day since December, a German ICE high-speed train has left the Gare de l'Est in Paris headed, via Strasbourg, Karlsruhe and Frankfurt, for Berlin Hauptbahnhof, where - all being well - it pulls in just over eight hours later.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
'A duty to intervene' The former lawyer arrested under the Terrorism Act
Handcuffed and being hauled into the back of a police van, Tim Crosland still managed to crack a smile after being arrested under the Terrorism Act last month.
2 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
A cornucopia of football' Record number of games televised live this season
This football season will be the most-watched and lucrative in UK history, with a record number of live televised games and seven-day-a-week viewing for fans.
4 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
'You have to ruffle feathers' The long history of controversial jeans adverts
There aren't many advertising campaigns that elicit responses from the US president and vice-president, the senator Ted Cruz and the rappers Doja Cat and Lizzo.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Charging ahead Will the new EV grant work for you?
Industry experts hope the government's new subsidy will boost the market - but not all models will be eligible, reports Zoe Wood
5 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
England's bathing waters five times more likely to be polluted than the EU's, survey finds
English swimming waters are five times more likely to be polluted than those in the EU, research has revealed.
3 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
'I became obsessed' Labour's 90s feuds fascinate TikTokers
This summer, TikTok has been revisiting very public, deeply personal and sometimes toxic feuds from the 1990s.
2 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
A liberal launch? Miriam González Durántez weighs up plan for Spanish party
For almost 30 years, she let her husband, Nick Clegg, soak up the political limelight, but 10 years after he quit politics, Miriam González Durántez is weighing up a move to enter the political fray herself.
2 min |
August 09, 2025
The Guardian
Canvey Wick Nightingales and bees thrive at abandoned oil refinery site
A brownfield site beside the Thames in Essex has become one of the most nature-rich places in Britain, home to 3,200 species including endangered shrill carder bees, pantaloon bees, water voles, cuckoos and long-eared owls.
2 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Immerse yourself! How about White Lotus Live as an experience for all?
This is the summer of the live immersive experience - Elvis, Grease, Traitors Live - but the biggest shows are expensive and tickets are already selling out.
2 min |
August 09, 2025
The Guardian
Film review Horror day on ice in the heart of Fargo country
From the freezing heart of Fargo country in snowy Minnesota comes a quite outrageously enjoyable suspense thriller starring Emma Thompson.
1 min |
August 09, 2025

The Guardian
Twist and shoot: McCartney's snaps of life before Beatlemania
A collection of photographs taken by Paul McCartney when the Beatles were on the brink of global stardom are to be shown in an exhibition that sheds light on the band's intimate moments they experienced fame.
2 min |