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It's like a brick oven' Flat-dwellers feel the heat in hotter summers
The sweltering conditions inside Leaside Lock, a new-build development in east London, are hardly a secret. In June last year, a warning written in big, capital letters was stuck to the window of one flat. \"DO NOT BUY THESE FLATS. TOO HOT,\" it read.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Human waste could solve fertiliser shortages, study finds
Charcoal made from human waste could help solve fertiliser shortages as well as reduce pollution and energy use, a study has found.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Labour peer calls for Clive of India statue to be removed
A prominent Labour peer has called for a statue of Clive of India to be removed from its high-profile spot outside the Foreign Office in London, arguing that visiting Indian citizens and dignitaries should not be forced to walk past it.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Wikipedia can challenge online safety laws if services impeded
The operator of Wikipedia has been given permission by a high court judge to challenge the Online Safety Act if it is categorised as a high-risk platform.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Van Dijk calls for defensive improvement after defeat
Virgil van Dijk has acknowledged that Liverpool must improve defensively to retain the Premier League title, and backed the club to bring in more reinforcements before the end of the transfer window.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Stage review AI-led mischief from a tricksy comedic master
The Comedian's Comedian podcast, in which the comic Stuart Goldsmith interviews a standup for each episode, has now featured more than 500 guests. But never the tricksy comedian Luke McQueen.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Grealish to join Everton on season-long loan from City
Jack Grealish is poised to join Everton on a season's loan after agreeing to leave Manchester City in an attempt to revive his stalled career.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Party leaders told to end 'pernicious' rhetoric fuelling anti-migrant rallies
More than 200 refugee organisations, charities and trade unions have signed an open letter calling on Britain's political leaders to end \"pernicious and insidious currents\" of racism and hatred that underpin a slew of anti-migrant protests.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
After 66 years, British Antarctic explorer's remains found with his ski poles, pipe and a wristwatch
The remains of a British man who died in an accident in Antarctica 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier alongside ski poles, a pipe and a watch.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
The price of protest
What next for those arrested?
3 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Vietnam: Trump's golf resort plans outrage locals
Villagers whose farms in Vietnam will be bulldozed to make way for a $1.5bn (£1.1bn) golf resort backed by the Trump family have reportedly been offered rice and cash compensation of as little as $12 for a square metre of land by state authorities.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Warm weather and England's Euros success lift retail sales
Warmer weather and a series of sporting events boosted retail sales last month, but retailers said the return to growth \"barely touched the sides\" and warned that mooted higher taxes would lead to shop closures and job losses.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Peak China? The titan of industry is held back by its own internal contradictions
Proclamations about the inevitability of China's dominance of global economics - the so-called Chinese century - were made long before Donald Trump tried to stymie its trade with the US.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Patience and peripheral vision: Perseid shower reaches peak
It is time for stargazers to dig out their deckchairs and look skyward for what is considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Sunderland fear housing could hamper stadium plans
Sunderland are preparing a formal objection over council plans to build housing within 23 metres of the Stadium of Light.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Shares in wind power firm sink as it makes $9bn cash call
Europe's largest wind power company has blamed Donald Trump for derailing its business model after it announced a $9bn (£6.7bn) fundraising plan and its market value plunged by almost a third.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Trump says he and Putin will discuss land swaps at Friday's summit on Ukraine war
Donald Trump has confirmed that he and Vladimir Putin will discuss \"land swapping\" when they meet on Friday in Alaska for a high-stakes summit on the Ukraine war.
3 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Safety overhaul must target young drivers too, say campaigners
Motoring groups have welcomed plans by the government to overhaul road safety laws, which could result in over-70s being banned if they fail eyesight tests - but have implored ministers to go further with measures they believe could protect younger drivers and their passengers.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Bans for illegal suits mar opening of season
Ski jumping has become mired in more controversy with six months to go until the Winter Olympics, after the first high-level competition of the new season was marred by numerous athletes being disqualified over ill-fitting suits.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Sussexes defy reports by signing new Netflix deal
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have signed a fresh multi-year film and television deal with Netflix, contradicting reports earlier this year that the streaming company would not renew its contract with them.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Former teacher found guilty of abusing boys at Edinburgh academy
A former teacher has been found guilty of 26 offences of sexual and physical assault against boys at one of Scotland's best-known private schools.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Police seize ayahuasca and toad poison in spiritual retreat raid in Spain
Police in eastern Spain have arrested three people and seized 11 litres of ayahuasca, 117 San Pedro cactus plants and several bottles of toad poison after raiding two properties used to host lucrative spiritual retreats promising \"astral journeys\".
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Parish admits eyeing Guéhi sale before contract expires
The Crystal Palace chair, Steve Parish, has admitted that they are looking to sell their captain, Marc Guéhi, in this transfer window to avoid potentially losing him for nothing next summer.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Recognition Australia's PM to make move at UN
The Australian government will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly next month, Anthony Albanese confirmed yesterday, saying a two-state solution was \"humanity's best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza\".
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Luxury jeweller Fabergé sold for $50m to US tech investor
Fabergé, the jeweller famed for its imperial Russian Easter eggs, has been sold to a technology investor in a $50m (£37m) deal.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Politician dies after being shot in head in June
A Colombian senator who was shot in the head at a campaign event in June has died, his family has said.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
England Facing Water Shortage as Heatwave Adds Pressure to Supply
A nationally significant water shortfall is gripping England, the government has warned, with experts saying it could last until mid-autumn.
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August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Man survives trip on outside of high-speed train in Austria
A man has survived a journey on the outside of a high-speed train in Austria after reportedly using a station stop to smoke a cigarette on the platform.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
The Entertainer toy shop chain hands control to staff trust
The family behind Britain's biggest toy shop chain, The Entertainer, is handing over ownership of the business to its 1,900 employees.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
The Guardian
Ministers accused of 'false and defamatory' claims in Palestine Action row
The co-founder of Palestine Action has accused ministers of making false and defamatory allegations about the banned group and contradicting their own intelligence assessments in an attempt to justify the arrest of more than 500 people.
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