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The Guardian
Royal Mail gets go ahead to axe second-class post on Saturdays
Royal Mail has been given the green light to drop Saturday deliveries of second-class letters and provide services only on alternate weekdays from Monday to Friday under new rules announced by the regulator.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Government drops plan for zonal pricing of electricity after long consultation
The government has abandoned plans for \"zonal pricing\" that would have charged electricity users in the south-east of England more than those in Scotland, saying that a single national price would help ensure the system was \"fair, affordable, secure and efficient\".
1 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Children are limiting phone use to protect their mental health
Children are increasingly taking breaks from their smartphones to better manage their mental health, personal safety and attention spans, research suggests.
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July 11, 2025
The Guardian
The original Birkin bag sells for a record £7.4m at auction
A unique but well-worn handbag created for the singer and actor Jane Birkin by Hermès has fetched €8.6m (£7.4m) in Paris, making it the most expensive fashion accessory sold at auction in Europe.
1 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Two are killed in another wave of Russian strikes on Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday urged Ukraine's allies to speed up new sanctions on Russia after another huge wave of strikes on Kyiv killed two people, including a police officer, and left 23 wounded.
3 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
The bromance survives but Emmanuel can't resist a parting shot before he heads home
Nigel Farage couldn't believe his luck. Another cloudless sunny day. The mill pond flat. What better way to pass the time than to take to sea and film yourself for X?
2 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
One in a million': Teenage surfer found on remote island off coast of Australia
A 19-year-old surfer is in a stable condition in hospital after being found safe on a remote island off the northern New South Wales coast of Australia in an outcome his father described as \"one in a million\".
2 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Schools failing pupils, charity says, as exclusions top 10,000
More than 10,000 pupils were permanently excluded from England's state schools last year, alongside record numbers of suspensions of children under seven or with special needs.
2 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Two-child benefit cap now affecting 1.7m children, data shows
A further 37,000 children were affected by the two-child benefit limit in the year to April, with 1.7 million now living in households affected by the policy, according to new figures described as \"devastating and shameful\" by charities.
1 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Trump Praises Liberia's Leader for Speaking His Own Language
Donald Trump praised the Liberian president for his \"good English\" at a meeting of African leaders at the White House - despite English being the official language of the west African country.
1 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Stage review A riotous forerunner of modern marquee franchises
A riotous forerunner of modern marquee franchises
1 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Migrant returns deal Rejected Tory proposal that became a Labour coup
Starmer should stop telling people what a success he was making of running the country. He was only adding to the pull factors
2 min |
July 11, 2025
The Guardian
Small boats UN migration chief calls for policy rethink
The head of the UN’s organisation for migration said yesterday that it was too late to stop people from crossing the Channel in small boats by the time they had reached northern France.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Clash of cultures How Vikings took a grip on northern England
When Anglo-Saxons buried their jewellery in an attempt to keep it safe from marauding Vikings, it is unlikely they envisioned their treasures would be dug up a millennium later and studied by their descendants.
1 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
'Now Brexit is behind us' Business leaders hope Macron's state visit can strengthen ties
Keir Starmer hailed the Anglo-French relationship for being “as strong as it’s ever been” yesterday as he tried to use Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the UK to repair Brexit damage to trade links worth more than £100bn.
4 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Anglo-French migration deal hangs in the balance
Anglo-French talks over a migration deal were deadlocked last night with negotiators haggling over how much Britain would pay towards the cost of policing small boat crossings.
3 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
French far-right National Rally offices raided in funding investigation
Police raided the headquarters of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) yesterday as part of a new inquiry into alleged illegal campaign financing dismissed by Jordan Bardella, RN’s leader, as “a harassment campaign”.
1 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Facebook abuse after Kartal defeat 'shows routine misogyny' faced by female players
For Sonay Kartal, there was disappointment but a sense of pride as she walked off Centre Court to a standing ovation when her fairytale Wimbledon run came to an end.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Minister tells Prax refinery owners to 'do decent thing'
The government has urged the husband-and-wife team behind the insolvent Prax Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire to “do the decent thing” and support affected workers financially, amid concern that finding a buyer for the plant will be difficult.
1 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Labour ditches plan to charge south more for electricity
Ed Miliband has abandoned plans to charge southern electricity users more than those in Scotland after senior officials warned it could put off investors and make it more difficult to build renewables.
1 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Four killed and 14 missing after Houthi rebels attack second ship in Red Sea
Seven crew members of a cargo ship that sank in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi forces have been rescued but at least four were killed and 14 others were still missing yesterday, according to security firms involved in the operation.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Sinner shakes off elbow worries to crush Shelton
A few minutes into the long-awaited quarterfinal between Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton, the camera operators on No 1 Court had already completed their first searching look at the elaborate bandaging and long, white sleeve seemingly holding together the Italian's fragile elbow.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Court ruling finds 'massive scale' of Russian human rights abuses
Russia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of human rights found yesterday.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Welfare bill Ministers agree to make changes on safeguards
Ministers have made another concession to their key welfare bill in response to an amendment tabled by the Labour MP Marie Tidball seeking to enshrine safeguards for disabled people.
1 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
HS2 £6bn over budget with work only 60% finished, MPs are told
HS2 construction contracts priced at £19.5bn have already cost £26bn despite being \"just over halfway done\", the boss of the high-speed rail project told MPs yesterday.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
BBC faces decision over latest MasterChef series led by sacked presenter
The BBC is facing a fresh crisis over whether or not to show this year's series of MasterChef, during which the sacked presenter Gregg Wallace appears prominently throughout.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Thames Water paid £2.5m in bonuses from emergency loan of £3bn
Thames Water paid almost £2.5m to senior managers from an emergency loan that was meant to be used to keep the failing utilities company afloat - and has refused to claw back the payments, newly released documents reveal.
3 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Kennedy under fire for promoting ready meals
Robert F Kennedy Jr promoted a company whose meals contain ultra-processed ingredients - which he has repeatedly railed against - on his “Make America healthy again” tour.
2 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Archer's pace threat offers welcome string to bow in pivotal Test
Seamer's return brings timely refresh, but captain Stokes also needs top order firing to halt India's charge at Lord's
3 min |
July 10, 2025
The Guardian
Stokes backs Archer to find magic of 2019 after recall
Jofra Archer will play in his first Test in more than four years after being named as the only change in the England team to face India in the third Test that starts today at Lord's.
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