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UK braces for further leaks after more private health records appear on Chinese website

Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last weekThere have been further listings of confidential health records of UK volunteers on the Chinese website Alibaba since the breach reported last week and the government is...

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent 3 months ago

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AstraZeneca makes surprise U-turn with £300m pharma investment in UK

Drugmaker had stalled large-scale projects in England but has now pledged investment at two sites, announced by Keir StarmerBritain’s biggest drugmaker AstraZeneca has said it will invest £300m in the UK in a surprise U-turn after pausing large-scale projects last year.The drugmaker had pulled back...

Julia Kollewe 3 months ago

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Barclay brothers avoid bankruptcy after deal with HSBC over £143m debt

Bank says it has withdrawn proceedings against former Telegraph owners Aidan and Howard Barclay at high courtThe former owners of the Telegraph have avoided bankruptcy after reaching a settlement with HSBC over more than £140m in overdue debts.At a high court hearing on Tuesday, Europe’s biggest ban...

Mark Sweney 3 months ago

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Kim praises North Korean soldiers who blew themselves up to evade Ukraine capture

Leader mentions for first time lengths to which troops go to avoid falling into enemy hands while fighting for RussiaKim Jong-un has praised North Korean soldiers who blew themselves up with grenades in order to avoid capture while fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia’s western Kursk region, confirmi...

Luke Harding in Dnipro and agencies 3 months ago

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‘Flailing’ Georgia attorney general condemned over charges for Cop City protesters

Republican Chris Carr accused of trying to revive bid for governor with indictment – ‘the last gasp of a dying man’Georgia’s top law enforcement official has drawn accusations of using the weight of his office to lift his own political fortunes by bringing a new indictment against protesters of the...

Timothy Pratt in Atlanta 3 months ago

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Two stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London, says Jewish group

Suspect detained by members of Shomrim before police tasered him and arrested him, says volunteer groupA man has been arrested after two people were stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London, the Jewish neighbourhood watch group Shomrim has said.The man was seen running along Golders Green Road ar...

PA Media 3 months ago

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EU farmers and hauliers to get up to €50,000 to cover extra costs of Iran war

Fishing companies can also access subsidies in loosening of state aid rules to cover fuel and fertiliser price risesBusiness live – latest updatesThe EU is to subsidise up to 70% of the extra cost of fuel and fertilisers caused by the Iran war for farmers, fishing businesses and road hauliers as par...

Lisa O’Carroll 3 months ago

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Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim

Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights viewsSussex University has overturned a £585,000 fine by England’s higher education watchdog after the high court rejected claims the university had breached free speech regulations involv...

Richard Adams Education editor 3 months ago

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Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera

Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatresA performance of Dracula in the West End on Monday night was halted after its star, Cynthia Erivo, spotted that an audience member appeared to be filming the show.A representative for the prod...

Chris Wiegand 3 months ago

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Russia to scale back Victory Day parade as Ukraine extends its drone attacks

Annual event will feature no military hardware, which is vulnerable to long-range drones striking on near-daily basisEurope live – latest updatesRussia will hold a scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May, without military hardware for the first time in almost two decades due to fears of a...

Pjotr Sauer 3 months ago

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Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024

Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher HarborneNigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal.Farage had...

Anna Isaac 3 months ago

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King Charles visits New York after Trump says UK monarch ‘agrees with me’ on Iran – US politics live

US president said UK monarch agreed Tehran should not be allowed nuclear weaponsIn his state dinner speech King Charles appeared to suggest to president Trump that the purpose of his state visit was to “put the ‘special’ back into our relationship” – just as Queen Elizabeth II did almost 70 years ag...

Tom Ambrose 3 months ago

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Swearing banned by one in five councils in England and Wales, finds report on ‘busybody’ fines

Campaigners saying public spaces protection orders also being used to criminalise wide range of everyday activitiesOne in five local councils have banned swearing under new “busybody” orders, up from one in 20 councils in 2022.A new report by the Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life has found that...

Amelia Hill 3 months ago

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A peace process thriller, the DUP opera and countless cuppas: Belfast’s Lyric theatre at 75

What began as a tiny space above the founder’s stables became the beating heart of the city’s performing arts. Its leader Jimmy Fay reflects on recent hits and reveals what audiences can expect from the theatre’s anniversary year‘The Lyric gives voice to everyone in Northern Ireland,” says the theat...

Helen Meany 3 months ago

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Crewe religious group raided by police investigating allegations of serious sexual offences

About 500 officers deployed as part of operation at headquarters of Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light Police have raided the headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light following an investigation into allegations of serious sexual offences, modern slavery and forced marriage.About 500 of...

Maeve McClenaghan 3 months ago

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First Thing: Former FBI director James Comey indicted over Instagram seashells post

Comey, one of Donald Trump’s political enemies, charged with two felonies. Plus, Disneyland introduces facial recognitionGood morning.The justice department filed new criminal charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, on Tuesday.What has he been charged with? Two felonies: making a threa...

Clea Skopeliti 3 months ago

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DNA links Florida man in Philippines to 1989 child abduction

US suspect held in south-east Asia after genealogical DNA identified him in Tampa-area case involving 7-year-old girlA man accused of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in Florida in 1989 was recently arrested in the Philippines, according to authorities.Preserved DNA and genealogical...

Ramon Antonio Vargas 3 months ago

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CEOs of US’s top energy firms received average pay raise of $12.3m, review finds

Utility bills are up as much as 40% in some regions, and companies shut off power to customers 13m times in 2025The US’s top utilities’ CEOs enjoyed a 16% pay raise last year – to an average of $12.3m – even as consumers shoulder the pain from high bills spurred by continuing inflation, the Iran war...

Tom Perkins in Detroit 3 months ago

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Lloyds takes £151m hit from Iran war as it forecasts rise in UK unemployment

Bank expects its base case for GDP growth to be 0.5% this year, lower than IMF’s 0.8% prediction for BritainBusiness live – latest updatesLloyds has warned that the economic fallout from the Middle East conflict could cost it £151m amid rising unemployment and inflation and a slowdown in the housing...

Mark Sweney 3 months ago

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US supreme court to hear whether protected status of Haitians and Syrians can be revoked

Case looks at whether Trump administration has authority to strip hundreds of thousands of immigrants of TPSThe supreme court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday over whether the Trump administration can strip the temporary protected status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and Haitians, u...

José Olivares 3 months ago

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US in tough spot as it tries to avoid deal that highlights its failures in Iran

Washington facing long economic war or risky military action to reopen strait of Hormuz – which may now be more valuable to Iran than a nuclear weaponDonald Trump is learning first-hand about the perils of mission creep.The US-Israel war in Iran has just passed its eighth week – twice as long as the...

Andrew Roth in Washington 3 months ago

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Minister dismisses Labour rebels as ‘usual suspects’; Starmer prepares for final PMQs of parliamentary session – UK politics live

PM will face Kemi Badenoch and other MPs at final PMQs of the current parliamentary sessionMy colleague Jessica Elgot posted this on Bluesky last night about Darren Jones’s closing speech in the privileges committee debate.Keir Starmer had a lot to thank Darren Jones for today - he reminded his back...

Andrew Sparrow 3 months ago

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King Charles ‘agrees with me’ on Iran nuclear weapon ban, says Trump

Remarks by US president likely to cause embarrassment for aides of UK monarch, who usually remains neutralUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has said King Charles agrees with him that Iran should never be allowed nuclear weapons.Trump made the remarks at a White House state dinner on Tues...

Guardian staff and agency 3 months ago

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Bristol launches summer of activist events to become UK civil rights capital

Programme of events announced on anniversary of Bristol bus boycott aimed at inspiring new social manifesto for cityBristol has long been a city of activists prepared to work for change, from followers of John Wesley in the 18th century to the 21st-century citizens who toppled the statue of slave tr...

Steven Morris 3 months ago

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