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US Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting pool
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US Olympian indicted after Trump alleged ‘vandalism’ at DC reflecting pool

Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation projectDavid Hearn, a three-time US Olympian and canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington DC after Donald Trump blamed vandals for damaging Washington’s reflecting pool foll...

Shrai Popat in Washington
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Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows
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The Guardian · World

Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on Starmer claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobsKeir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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Burnham ‘coronation’ will anger some Labour members, party bosses warned
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Burnham ‘coronation’ will anger some Labour members, party bosses warned

NEC told it must take steps to address fears – including not hiring Everton stadium to announce new leader before nominations even openLabour chiefs have been warned they must placate disgruntled Labour members who are angry at the lack of party democracy because Andy Burnham is not expected to face...

Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar
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Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death
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Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death

Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviourSitting for longer than half an hour at a time each day raises the risk of dying from cancer, a study suggests.Researchers who tracked more than 90,000 people over a decade found that...

Andrew Gregory Health editor
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Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
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Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced.The cu...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says
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Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says

Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024The UK government breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide, a watchdog has found.In 2023 and 2024, the Depar...

Pippa Neill Environment reporter
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Married at First Sight UK cast member arrested on suspicion of rape
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Married at First Sight UK cast member arrested on suspicion of rape

Anonymous individual arrested after claims of sexual misconduct on reality TV show and police calls for contactA cast member from Married at First Sight UK has been arrested on suspicion of rape, after claims of sexual misconduct on the reality TV show.The individual and the alleged victim are not b...

Michael Savage Media editor
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‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency
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‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency

NCA says offenders arrange to sexually assault and film victims via online networks with crimes often taking place in trusting relationshipsCriminal investigators in the UK say they have uncovered a “truly international network” of organised drug-facilitated sexual assault in which victims are sedat...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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Outrage over ‘cruel’ Florida move to ban undocumented students from college
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Outrage over ‘cruel’ Florida move to ban undocumented students from college

Critics condemn decision by education board aligned with hard-right Ron DeSantis to block access to college systemImmigration advocates in Florida have decried a “cruel and harmful” new rule by education officials aligned to hard-right Republican governor Ron DeSantis to ban undocumented students fr...

Richard Luscombe in Miami
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‘Why is your cat blue?’: Wilbur, the pet who changed colour, puzzles owners
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‘Why is your cat blue?’: Wilbur, the pet who changed colour, puzzles owners

Family find answers via social media after their furry friend returned home with an unusual makeoverWilbur the cat is usually a rather elegant grey, black and white creature, so her human family were a little taken aback, to say the least, when she came home bright blue.Concern that Wilbur might hav...

Steven Morris
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