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The Guardian
Drop in GDP makes tax rises yet more likely
May's unexpected 0.1% decline in GDP will make depressing reading for Rachel Reeves before a tough budget in the autumn.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Concert tour helps push Oasis back to top of the charts
One week after the first show of their long-awaited reunion tour, and before their first home town shows in Manchester this weekend, Oasis are taking over the UK charts.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves prepares to rally City amid bleak economic data
Rachel Reeves will attempt to shrug off the UK's anaemic economic performance at her Mansion House speech next week, after the latest official figures showed the economy unexpectedly shrank in May.
3 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Nurseries £1,200 refund for childcare that should have been free
A nursery has refunded a father almost £1,200 after an investigation found he had been charged mandatory \"top-up\" fees for hours of childcare that should have been free.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Police Investigation into migrant effigy bonfire
A loyalist bonfire that featured effigies of refugees sitting in a boat is being treated as a hate incident by Northern Ireland police.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
All frills included Nighties follow PJs out of the bedroom
In the first episode of Lena Dunham's new Netflix sitcom Too Much, viewers may be taken with cameos from Dunham, Jessica Alba and the model Emily Ratajkowski, or the romance between the characters played by Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Brown denies further charges over alleged bottle attack at London club
The singer Chris Brown has denied further charges over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
The phone rings... It's the anniversary of my most spectacular brain fade
In all of the coverage given to Rachel Reeves's tears in prime minister's questions, one thing got overlooked. Crying in the House of Commons is not unusual.
4 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Review may call for employer pension contributions to rise
Rachel Reeves is expected to trigger a review of the auto-enrolment pension scheme next week, a move that could ultimately force employers to increase their contributions to staff retirement pots.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Kneecap may be dropped from lineup in Manchester park over 'safety concerns'
The Irish hip-hop band Kneecap may be dropped from the lineup at Wythenshawe Park, Manchester, where they are due to support Fontaines DC in August.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
National Trust to Shed 550 Jobs Amid Rise in Employment Costs
The National Trust is to cut at least 550 jobs in an effort to save £26 million after changes made in Rachel Reeves's budget pushed up labour costs.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Toxic chemicals above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested
Nearly all rivers, lakes and ponds in England tested for a range of PFAS, known as \"forever chemicals,\" exceed proposed new safety limits and 85% contain levels at least five times higher, analysis of official data reveals.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Art of Diplomacy: Cultural Gifts Have Long Played a Part in Global Relations
This week's masterclass in the renewal of the entente cordiale was based on a desire by two countries to reconnect.
3 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
MPs and political candidates encountering 'industrial' levels of abuse, minister warns
MPs and political candidates are facing \"industrial\" levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines plans for stricter punishments for those found guilty of abuse.
3 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Louis Vuitton's UK operation is latest victim of cyber-attackers
Louis Vuitton said yesterday that data of some of its UK customers had been stolen in the latest cyber-attack on a leading retailer.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Trump Set To Impose 35% Canada Tariffs As He Issues Warning To EU
Donald Trump has said the US will impose a 35% tariff on imports from Canada from the beginning of August, and threatened to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most other trading partners.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Netanyahu Leaves Washington Without a Peace Deal But Gets What He Wanted From Trump
Benjamin Netanyahu arrived back in Israel yesterday without a ceasefire deal in the war in Gaza, despite heady predictions from US and Israeli officials that this week could provide a breakthrough.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Obamas to make HBO history sketch show with Larry David
The Obamas and Larry David are making comedy history for HBO.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Water firms urged to impose hosepipe bans as reservoir levels at 10-year low
Reservoirs in England are at their lowest levels for a decade, data reveals, as experts urge water companies to impose hosepipe bans immediately.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Palestine Labour MPs urge Lammy to recognise statehood
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2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Liverpool researchers find 1805 advert for slaver's ship
An advert for a 19th-century British slaver's ship has been discovered in Liverpool, where a site once at the centre of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people is being transformed into a contemplation space highlighting a long-hidden history.
2 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Culture wars' Hard-right group accused on Parthenon marbles claim
The former prime minister Liz Truss and a rightwing lobby group have been accused of stoking culture wars after putting their names to a letter claiming they will take legal action over alleged \"covert\" plans to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Backpacker found safe after 12 days in Western Australia outback
A German backpacker has been found alive after going missing 12 days ago in remote Western Australia bushland.
3 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Music festival axed amid uproar over Kanye West's Hitler song
A Slovakian festival that was due to feature Kanye West has been called off after the uproar over the US rapper's release of a song glorifying Adolf Hitler.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Two residents die after car in police chase crashes into care home
Two elderly women have died after a vehicle being chased by police crashed into their care home in Sunderland.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
No more 'sir' for female officials in Bangladesh
Bangladesh's caretaker government has overturned a longstanding protocol requiring female officials to be addressed as \"sir,\" calling it an \"odd\" relic of the regime of the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
1 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
The Texas Way: How Ideology and Big Oil Left State at Mercy of Nature
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, has had plenty of consoling words to offer following the flash floods in the Hill Country that have killed more than 120 people, including 27 girls and staff at the stricken Camp Mystic.
4 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Trump Ready to Restart Weapons Shipments to Kyiv via NATO
Donald Trump yesterday appeared poised to deliver weapons to Ukraine by first selling them to NATO allies in a major policy shift amid growing frustration with Vladimir Putin over his stalling negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
3 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
Cold comfort: From spaghetti ice-cream to borscht, how Europeans beat the heat
Wimbledon is no stranger to strawberries, but when the Polish tennis star Iga Świątek spoke of her favourite summer dish, it was far from the classic fruit and cream combination. \"Pasta, strawberries, a little bit of yoghurt,\" she told her seemingly perplexed on-court interviewer, the former British player Annabel Croft, who could only respond: \"How strange!\" Among watching Poles, however, there was no such bafflement. The beloved meal is reminiscent of long, hot childhood summers.
3 min |
July 12, 2025
The Guardian
North Korean defector sues Kim over torture in detention facilities
A North Korean defector has filed a lawsuit against Kim Jong-un in a South Korean court, alleging torture and sexual violence in the regime's detention facilities.
2 min |