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‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires
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The Guardian · World

‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires

Thursday has been described by residents as ‘horrendous’, ‘distressing’ and ‘one of the scariest days of my life’People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated more than a dozen homes as “horrendous” and “distressing”, with one describing blazes that surpassed the height of residenti...

Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent
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French court blocks Macron’s social media ban for under-15s
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The Guardian · World

French court blocks Macron’s social media ban for under-15s

Constitutional council says curbs infringe freedom of expression and privacy as president vows to rework legislationFrance’s top court has blocked a ban on social media access for under-15s, ruling that it infringed freedom of expression and privacy.The decision is a blow to President Emmanuel Macro...

Dan Milmo Global technology editor
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Progressives back substitute teacher over Wasserman Schultz in Florida
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Progressives back substitute teacher over Wasserman Schultz in Florida

Group backs Elijah Manley in primary election in bid to unseat veteran Democrat in newly drawn districtA progressive group has endorsed a 27-year-old substitute teacher who overcame childhood homelessness in his bid to unseat the veteran Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida.The Progressive C...

David Smith in Washington
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Canadian plasma clinics pause collections after deaths of two donors
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Canadian plasma clinics pause collections after deaths of two donors

Government launches investigation into potential unsafe practices at Spanish healthcare company Grifols A chain of private plasma donation clinics in Canada has said it is pausing collections after the deaths of two donors and a new government investigation into potential unsafe practices.Grifols, a...

Olivia Bowden in Toronto
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Students squeezed out of university courses after bumper A-level grades
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The Guardian · World

Students squeezed out of university courses after bumper A-level grades

Students narrowly missing grades are being rejected, while some on oversubscribed courses are asked to deferStudents across the UK have found themselves unexpectedly squeezed out of their desired university courses as this year’s bumper crop of A-level grades ​h​as not always translated into ​​the p...

Richard Adams Education editor
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Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer
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Belgian student strikes gold worth €9m while digging a new sewer

Kobe, 18, who made discovery on site of former brewery in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, at first thought trove was €1 coinsFor a student with a summer job working on a Belgian building site, “money down the drain” has taken on a whole new meaning: excavating the trenches for a sewage system, he stumbled...

Jon Henley Europe correspondent
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Baby with heart defect at center of US surrogacy dispute handed to parents
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Baby with heart defect at center of US surrogacy dispute handed to parents

Biological parents given custody of child born in Texas amid dispute over surrogate mother’s claim of abortion requestA two-day-old baby with a rare heart defect at the center of a complex surrogacy dispute in Texas has been handed over to the parents’ custody and is receiving care, lawyers for the...

Edward Helmore
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‘Let’s see what he can do’: will Burnham bring Barnsley voters back to Labour?
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The Guardian · World

‘Let’s see what he can do’: will Burnham bring Barnsley voters back to Labour?

With questions over Farage’s finances and a new face in No 10, could Barnsley council be a bellwether for changing Labour fortunes?Labour marked its worst performance in more than 50 years when voters went to the polls in Barnsley in May, but 100 days on from those seismic local elections, the polit...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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