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The Guardian
Amorim left with more puzzles to solve after losing start
Manchester United had their moments, but could not dig out a result against Arsenal.
3 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Pulling existing levers may be the most politically palatable way to squeeze millionaires
Pressure to go further on wealth taxes - by creating new modes of clawing at hoards of hard-to-reach cash - is mounting.
3 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Chatbots able to cut off 'distressing' issues as debate on AI welfare grows
The makers of a leading artificial intelligence tool are letting it close down potentially distressing conversations with users, citing the need to safeguard the AI's \"welfare\" amid uncertainty about the burgeoning technology's moral status.
3 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Soho House strikes £2bn deal to go private as actor Kutcher joins board
The members' club chain Soho House has agreed a $2.7bn (£2bn) deal to take it private after a tricky four years listed on the New York stock exchange.
2 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Man arrested over 'Plasticine Action' T-shirt hopes to get protesters animated
It was only after Miles Pickering arrived at Scotland Yard following his arrest that the police realised they had got things embarrassingly wrong.
3 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
'Nothing is the same' Windrush victim finally allowed to return to UK after 28 years
Windrush victim finally allowed to return to UK after 28 years
5 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Tories' attack ad on asylum hotels 'makes us look silly', say MPs
Conservative MPs have expressed frustration at their party's \"piss-poor\" messaging over hotels housing people seeking asylum.
2 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Axing council finance watchdog led to soaring costs, says report
David Cameron's \"bonfire of the quangos\" decision to abolish England's council spending watchdog has left a broken system that is costing taxpayers more money than it was promised to save.
1 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Lucky escape for surfer as shark snaps his board
A shark that bit a large chunk out of a surfer's board yesterday has forced the temporary closure of Cabarita beach, about 20 miles north of Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia.
1 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Fishing club enlists law firm over draining of trout habitat
The singer and environmentalist Feargal Sharkey is threatening to take the Environment Agency to court for draining a river that hosts the oldest fishing club in England and putting a rare population of brown trout at risk.
1 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Parents' going without meals to afford school uniforms
Parents in England are skipping meals and turning to \"buy now, pay later\" services such as Klarna in order to afford school uniforms before the autumn term, according to a survey.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Children as young as six report seeing porn online by accident
Exposure to violent pornography has increased since the introduction of UK rules to protect the public online, with children as young as six seeing it by accident, research by the children's commissioner has found.
2 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Arsenal failed to impress but Arteta has cleared the trickiest first hurdle of title contenders
There was a thought at times in the second part of last season, when the set-piece goals dried up, that Arsenal had become over-reliant on them.
3 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Police at Notting Hill carnival banned from dancing with revellers
For George Michael, it was guilty feet that left him unable to dance. For Eddy Grant, a world full of problems left him rooted to the spot as the music played.
2 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Wildfires continue to sweep southern Europe
Relentless heat and raging wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe, with one-quarter of weather stations in Spain recording 40C temperatures, as the prime minister urged people to \"leave the climate emergency outside of partisan struggles\".
2 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
It's very worrying Falling leaves and ripening apples - why does it feel like autumn in August?
Science correspondent
3 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
President of Zambia in row with predecessor's family over his funeral
A row over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, is raging, as the deceased's family wages a legal battle in South Africa to try to stop his body from being repatriated to Zambia.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Calls for rent controls as data highlights strain on tenants
Renting a home in England is increasingly unaffordable, according to official figures that show tenants now pay an average of more than a third of their income on rent.
1 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Sweden's Former National Security Adviser on Trial After Documents Were Left in Hotel
Sweden's former national security adviser has gone on trial for the allegedly negligent handling of classified information, seven months after he resigned amid revelations he had left official documents in a hotel.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Labour 2-0 down but can still turn things around, says Sadiq Khan
Labour would be 2-0 down were its time in government a football match, one of the party's most senior figures has said while admitting its first year in office has been difficult.
1 min |
August 19, 2025

The Guardian
Grealish was never obedient at City but now a glorious third act beckons
A figure toils alone at Bodymoor Heath. The light fades, but against the setting sun his silhouette is distinctive: the floppy hair, the hunched gait, the vast calves. Jack Grealish is working, honing and polishing, inventing, striving at the limits of technical excellence.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Fifa Weighs Up Biennial Club World Cup
Fifa will consider holding the Club World Cup every two years from 2029 in a move that would put more pressure on the international calendar and trigger another backlash from the Premier League and Uefa.
2 min |
August 18, 2025

The Guardian
Bayindir's gaffe highlights Amorim muddle and hands points to Arsenal
Blazing sunshine and a new marquee serving craft ale behind the Stretford End: Manchester United began in a shiny new world and finished in the gloom of another defeat.
3 min |
August 18, 2025

The Guardian
Farke: I want to keep club in promised land
Manager insists Leeds 'belong in Premier League' as he builds a taller, tougher side to keep them there
3 min |
August 18, 2025

The Guardian
Bayindir blunders Amorim stands by keeper after Arsenal grind out win
Ruben Amorim defended Altay Bayindir after goalkeeping blunders returned to haunt Old Trafford when the Turkish player's error allowed Riccardo Calafiori to head in the winner for Arsenal.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Dry seasons: how rainy England could soon be running out of water
During the drought of 2022, London came perilously close to running out of water.
7 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
RFL faces loss of £16m funding
The Rugby Football League has been told it will not receive the next instalment of government funding due next month unless it addresses concerns in Westminster about the sport's governance.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Hamas attack Ex-spy chief said 50 must die for each Israeli victim
The Israeli general who headed military intelligence on 7 October 2023 has said 50 Palestinians must die for every person killed that day and \"it does not matter now if they are children\", in recordings broadcast by Israel's Channel 12 TV station.
1 min |
August 18, 2025

The Guardian
Seductive dark prince Mesmerising and unknowable - but a febrile kind of talent
A stranger arrives, makes love to everyone and then leaves,\" said Pier Paolo Pasolini to Terence Stamp, outlining the plot of his 1968 classic Theorem. \"That's your part.\" Stamp exclaimed. \"I can play that.\" It was the role that the man was born to play and would play, with subtle variations, throughout his career.
2 min |
August 18, 2025

The Guardian
Don't panic' Labour can repair trust - and defeat Farage, says Straw
Keir Starmer and his ministers must not \"panic\" about Nigel Farage, the former home secretary Jack Straw advises.
4 min |