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The Guardian
Farage calls for BoE to halt bond sales and cut interest paid to banks
The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, called for the Bank of England to halt bond sales and cut the interest it pays to UK banks, after a meeting yesterday with its governor, Andrew Bailey.
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September 26, 2025
The Guardian
McGinn strike kickstarts Villa to end winless run
At last, a first win of the season for Aston Villa. They made harder work of it than they might have done against limited opponents, and there were rather more nervous moments than there probably should have been, but a win's a win, and after the start to the season Villa have had, that's the most important thing.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Obama attacks Trump's claims on painkiller's link to autism
Barack Obama says Donald Trump’s claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants could harm pregnant women if they became too scared to take pain relief. Speaking in London, the former US president said Trump’s claims about paracetamol - branded as Tylenol in the US - were “violence against the truth”.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Sarkozy sentenced to five years' jail for criminal conspiracy
The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy yesterday. It was the first time a former head of state had been sent to prison in modern French history.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Addicts and staff on slot machines that can ruin lives
Sam Badcock was 23 when he lost £100 - a birthday gift from his brother - on a gambling machine.
5 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Instagram safety tools failing to protect young people, say researchers
Children are still at risk from online harm on Instagram despite the introduction of extra safety protocols, according to research led by a whistleblower.
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September 26, 2025
The Guardian
'Britcard' plan may fit our hi-tech era but the old objections remain
It is 21 years since Tony Blair’s government made proposals for an ID card system to tackle illegal working and immigration abuse and to make it more convenient for the public to access services.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Co-op says months of disruption from hack attempt cost it £80m
The Coop has fallen into the red after it suffered an £80m hit to profits as a result of a cyber-attack.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Ticketmaster forced to change marketing after Oasis backlash
Ticketmaster has been ordered to change how it advertises concert tickets after a fan backlash over its handling of the Oasis reunion tour.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
'I could have become very resentful towards rugby'
'I found it hard, I really did,' Ben Youngs says as he explains why it was once so difficult to embrace his achievement of playing more times for England than any other men's rugby player.
5 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Under strain Is Trump right about the Russian economy?
Russia’s economy is in deep peril, Donald Trump assured the world this week in a dramatic change of tune on the war in Ukraine. The US president even claimed Kyiv now had a chance to win back all its territory.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Water firm underspends by £52m on work to cut pollution
The water company United Utilities has underspent by more than £50m on vital work in Windermere and elsewhere in northwest England to connect private septic tanks to the mains network and reduce sewage pollution, it can be revealed.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Little Layton voters left unmoved by £2m a year scheme
Little Layton voters left unmoved by £2m a year scheme
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Southport killer's taxi driver says he regrets delay in calling police
A taxi driver who took the Southport killer to the scene of the attack has said he regrets not phoning the police sooner.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Ford shows his class to guide Sale to emphatic win on opening night
Thursday may be the new Friday in some walks of life but when it comes to Prem rugby, the jury is out. Sale's victory over Gloucester to kick off the new season was workmanlike, enough to earn a bonus point but left you suspecting that our parents might have been right all along: do not play out on a school night.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Biometric tests to enter the EU could take nine months to fully enforce
Biometric registration to visit the EU may not be fully enforced for another nine months, with border officials allowed to relax the rules to alleviate queues or chaos at ports when the system finally goes live.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Battle over Palestine Action ban prolongs legal limbo for hundreds
The fate of hundreds of people accused of supporting Palestine Action will remain in limbo if a challenge to its proscription is blocked, the court of appeal has heard.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Newcastle's fresh optimism is fuelled by energy boost
Red Bull takeover has brought new life to club that finished bottom of the table for the past three years
4 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Starmer hits back at Burnham as Labour warfare breaks into open
Labour's internal warfare has broken into the open as Keir Starmer and several cabinet ministers criticised Andy Burnham over his comments dismissing the bond markets.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Skull puts past million years of evolution in new light
A human skull that is a million years old suggests the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside Africa.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
'An eye for an eye' Death squads still unrepentant over Duterte drug war
The kills were easier to swallow after a few drinks. After each operation the police death squads would haunt Manila’s bars to take the edge off, and because some were superstitious, to ward off malevolent spirits following them home.
5 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Romeo and Juliet grapple with Welsh-English language barrier
The subtleties of Shakespeare’s poetry and prose have proved a challenge for many a theatre company but a novel linguistic approach has been added into the mix in a new production of Romeo and Juliet.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
'Loyal and valued' aide becomes the latest insider to quit No 10
Keir Starmer's head of communications, Steph Driver, has announced she is leaving Downing Street. She is the latest in a series of trusted aides to the prime minister who have quit No 10 in recent months.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
JLR suppliers demand state support within days to survive cyber-attack
JLR has restarted a small number of computer systems hit by a crippling cyber-attack, but suppliers say government support is needed within days to save parts factories from permanent closure.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Flight diversion Jet takes long route 'to avoid arrest' in Europe
Benjamin Netanyahu has again taken a significantly longer flight route than necessary, avoiding the airspace of several European countries, this time while en route to the UN in New York.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Working-class white children least positive about school, study finds
White pupils from low-income families in England start secondary school with far lower levels of enthusiasm or effort than other ethnic groups, according to research that may partly explain differences in academic results and behaviour.
1 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Hamas will have no role in future Gaza government, Abbas tells UN
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has used a closely watched speech to the UN to decry Israel's \"war of genocide\" and settlement expansion, while condemning Hamas and saying the armed group would hand over its weapons in any postwar settlement.
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Labour Together Do donation claims about PM stack up?
The Conservatives are urging Commons standards officials and the police to investigate money donated to the Labour Together group and whether Keir Starmer potentially benefited from it. So what is the row about? And do the Tory claims stand up?
2 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
Johnson briefly becomes king of the world again - but he's just another bloke wanging on
It's been quite the week for rightwing populists shooting their mouths off. Trolling the world. We've had Donald Trump at the UN. Rubbishing medical science by advising pregnant women not to take Tylenol. Telling the Europeans they were all going to hell. Claiming to have brokered a peace with countries that weren't even at war with one another.
3 min |
September 26, 2025
The Guardian
One in three female university students 'sexually harassed'
One in three female students say they have endured sexual harassment during their time at university or college, with most of it taking place around campus, according to data published by England's higher education regulator.
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