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An inspiration to youngsters' The rapid rise of Michelle Agyemang
Four years ago, Michelle Agyemang was a ballgirl at Wembley stadium, witnessing the Lionesses rule the pitch in a 4-0 victory against Northern Ireland.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Cleo Laine, Grammy winner and Britain's most successful jazz singer, dies aged 97
Cleo Laine, the UK's most successful and celebrated jazz singer, has died aged 97, her family has announced.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Music and memory Why some tunes have us stuck in a groove
When Bonnie hears the opening bars of the Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony, she is transported back to 1997. But it isn't a joyful memory that comes to mind - it is the painful recollection of coming home from school and seeing the locks being changed on her house.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Severe malnutrition in Gaza's under-fives triples in a fortnight, says charity
The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says the rates of severe malnutrition among children under five at its Gaza City clinic have tripled in the past two weeks as starvation in the Israeli-besieged strip worsens.
4 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Press shift How the rightwing media are turning their backs on the Tory party
As the 2015 election hove into view, one of Nigel Farage's team was frustrated. Ukip, the party Farage then led, had only recently caused what was widely regarded as a political earthquake by winning the European Parliament elections.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Moose meat and antlers on wing caused fatal Alaska plane crash
Antlers strapped to a wing and too much moose meat onboard caused the plane crash that killed the husband of the then Alaska Democratic congresswoman Mary Peltola in 2023, according to a newly released report.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Top Boy actor Ward charged with rape and sexual assault
Micheal Ward, the Bafta-winning actor who has appeared in Blue Story and Top Boy, has been charged with rape and sexual assault.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Neanderthals Were Not 'Hypercarnivores' and Feasted on Maggots, Scientists Say
For hungry Neanderthals, there was more on the menu than other mammals, roasted pigeon, seafood, and plants.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Head start £2 foam wrap keeps ponytails in check
Chloe Kelly will be remembered for many moments at 2025's Euros: a last-minute goal that kept England in the tournament, a signature penalty move and shinpads that featured an image of her wedding day.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
New evidence of Trump-Epstein link fans flames as controversy grows
The furore over Donald Trump's ties with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued yesterday as the US president's name appeared on a contributor list for a book celebrating Epstein's 50th birthday in 2003, according to reporting from the New York Times.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Canadian hockey players all acquitted in assault case
Five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior ice hockey team were found not guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a woman, after a trial that ignited debate over the nature of consent.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
French Court Cancels Assad Arrest Warrant for War Crimes in Syria
France's highest court has cancelled an arrest warrant for the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to chemical weapon attacks on civilians during the country's civil war.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Les années folles: Piaf and Joyce's 'crazy' Paris of the 1920s brought back to life
In 1926, James Joyce was working on his novel Finnegans Wake while living in a spacious apartment in the 7th arrondissement of Paris with his partner, Nora Barnacle, and their two adult children, Giorgio and Lucia.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Swinging in the rain didn't appeal; I stayed at home for a parcel
Spare a thought, please, for all the participants returning from the fifth annual swingers' festival Swingathon (suggested tagline \"Genitally bored? You don't have to be! But it's easier\") in Allington, Lincolnshire, whose weekend event was beset by thunderstorms and heavy rain.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
TV review Stylish tale of assassin on mission to entertain
A menopausal assassin has been a long time coming, even though there is no more perfect pairing in the world than a gun and a woman rapidly emptying of oestrogen. I blame the patriarchy, but I understand its unwillingness to confront the truth that if women were free to express themselves instead of being raised in mental straitjackets, then armed at 40, the world would look a very different place indeed.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
'Fast food schlocky' Tesla's robot-staffed diner shows early signs of malfunction
It was just before lunchtime on its third day of operation, and the queue outside Elon Musk's new Tesla Diner in Hollywood already stretched to nearly 100 people.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Call for wet wipe makers to fund waterway clean-up
Wet wipe producers should be charged to remove their pollution from England's waterways, the author of a government review into reforming the sector has said.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Animated White House response to South Park gets the brush-off
The South Park co-creator Trey Parker gave the briefest of responses on Thursday to anger from the White House over the premiere of the latest season, which showed a naked Donald Trump in bed with Satan.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Von der Leyen to meet Trump as US and EU inch closer to trade deal
The EU appears to be on the verge of signing a trade deal with Donald Trump after Ursula von der Leyen announced a hastily arranged meeting with the US president tomorrow, ahead of his four-day trip to Scotland.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Blue or red Where have the Smurfs' communist roots gone?
Smurfs, a new Paramount Pictures CGI spectacle directed by Chris Miller, has received an all-round critical panning and faltered at the box office.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Brigitte Macron Lawsuit marks new phase in fight against conspiracy theories
When the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, took the rare step of filing a US defamation lawsuit against the rightwing podcaster Candace Owens this week, it marked a new phase in a legal battle against the false claim that Brigitte Macron is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
'An obscenity': Nationwide boss gets £7m pay package
A £7m pay package for the Nationwide chief executive, Debbie Crosbie, has been labelled an \"obscenity\" and hypocritical by members of the mutual, even as it gained approval at the building society's AGM yesterday.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Samaritans May Close About 100 Branches Across UK and Ireland
Samaritans has announced plans to close at least half of its 200 branches across the UK and Ireland, move volunteers into larger regional hubs and pilot remote call handling in a shake-up that dismayed some volunteers.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Jay Slater died after accidental fall in Tenerife, coroner finds
A British coroner has concluded that the teenager Jay Slater, whose disappearance in Tenerife prompted a month-long search last summer, died after falling down a remote ravine in a dangerous area.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves could overrule supreme court in £44bn scandal over car financing
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is considering overruling the supreme court over a £44bn car loan commission scandal after lobbying by some of the UK's biggest lenders, the Guardian can reveal.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Surrogates may be at greater risk of mental illness than women who carry own child
Surrogates have a greater chance of being newly diagnosed with a mental illness during and after pregnancy than women who carry their own offspring, researchers have found.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
It's reasonable' Manchester medics defend their strike
Manchester medics defend their strike
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Wales to offer subsidy cards to help coeliacs with cost of gluten-free food
People with coeliac disease and severe gluten intolerance in Wales will be eligible for a pre-paid card designed to help with the cost of specialised foods.
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July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Protests We fear for our lives, say Epping asylum seekers
Asylum seekers at the Essex hotel that has become a target of protests and far-right incitement say they are now in fear for their lives.
3 min |
July 26, 2025
The Guardian
Wedding hosts cough up for after-dinner cigarette bowls
Coffee and chocolates traditionally signal the end of a meal at a wedding.
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