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Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian
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Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian

Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sourcesRichard Tice has been accused of using “nasty tactics” in an attempt to intimidate journalists and deflect attention from his own financial affairs after issuing a legal threat to the Guardian.In a...

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The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer
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The Office actor Lucy Davis says she has incurable stage four breast cancer

Star, 53, says disease has metastasised to her bones and it is too late for chemotherapyLucy Davis, the actor best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in The Office, has said she has incurable stage four breast cancer.The 53-year-old said she was diagnosed a year and a half ago and the disease had metast...

Nadeem Badshah
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Florida paddleboarder rescues woman from alligator attack
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Florida paddleboarder rescues woman from alligator attack

Mike Heard used his paddle to strike gator that had latched on to swimmer in Silver River after hearing yells of ‘Gator!’A Florida paddleboarder rescued a woman from an alligator attack in Marion county over the weekend.On Saturday, an alligator bit the woman on the arm while she was swimming in the...

Maya Yang
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Will Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side?
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Will Andy Burnham’s everyday fixes be enough to get the public on his side?

The prime minister’s money-saving policies are popular but they are yet to convince voters he can take on the big thingsIt was last year that Martin Lewis, the money-saving guru, advised the government to find “100 small things that piss people off” and set about sorting them out.That approach has b...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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‘Abusive’ man found guilty of harassing Stella Creasy MP on tube train
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‘Abusive’ man found guilty of harassing Stella Creasy MP on tube train

Clifford Wilby, 63, started talking to Walthamstow MP about knife crime and her ‘failings as a member of parliament’A 63-year-old man has been found guilty of harassing the Labour MP Stella Creasy after he was “abusive and aggressive” on a tube train.Clifford Wilby, of east London, saw the MP for Wa...

Nadeem Badshah
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Probation staff vote to strike in blow to Burnham plans on early release
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Probation staff vote to strike in blow to Burnham plans on early release

Napo members overwhelmingly back action after union had criticised prisons proposals as rushedProbation staff have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike, in a potentially serious complication to Andy Burnham’s plans to tweak an early release scheme for prisoners to try to exclude more serious offende...

Peter Walker, Rajeev Syal and Caroline Davies
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University of Michigan to switch to pass/fail grades for first-semester students
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University of Michigan to switch to pass/fail grades for first-semester students

School said it is pivoting away from letter-grading system to ‘curb the mental health crisis’ among college studentsThe University of Michigan will pivot to a pass-or-fail-style grading system, instead of letter grades, for first-semester students in an effort to “curb the mental health crisis unfol...

Edward Helmore
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Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family
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Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family

Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic stateRussia has freed a former US marine who had been in jail since 2022, after Vladimir Putin granted the ailing American a pardon on humanitarian grounds.Robert Gilman, 32, an English teacher who briefly serve...

Pjotr Sauer
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‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record
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‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record

Key tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several daysThe battle to contain a large wildfire spreading across the New Forest will go on for several days, experts have said, as wind changes and a desiccated landscape fuel the flames.Smoke b...

Sandra Laville in the New Forest
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Record-breaking El Capitan climber dies in Sierra Nevada fall
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Record-breaking El Capitan climber dies in Sierra Nevada fall

Jacob ‘Jake’ Whisenant died in Sequoia and Kings Canyon wilderness in ‘climbing-related incident’, authorities sayA 30-year-old California climber known for breaking speed records died after falling in the Sierra Nevada wilderness last week, according to authorities.Jacob “Jake” Whisenant, from Mamm...

Coral Murphy Marcos
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The RBA likely believes it won’t need to hike rates again – but the worst thing it could do is say that out loud
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The RBA likely believes it won’t need to hike rates again – but the worst thing it could do is say that out loud

When it comes to the Reserve Bank, there’s a whiff of a parent making a threat they have no intention of carrying outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEvery parent makes threats in an effort to get their kids to behave – and every parent hopes they won’t have to follow throu...

Patrick Commins Economics editor
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Human rights groups sue Trump administration over ‘crippling’ ICC sanctions
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Human rights groups sue Trump administration over ‘crippling’ ICC sanctions

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s executive order targeting the ICC for its investigation of Israeli crimes in PalestineFour prominent US human rights organizations have accused the Trump administration of using its “crippling” sanctions regime against the international criminal court (ICC) to undermine gl...

Alice Speri
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Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt
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Canadian airline cancels flight after child refuses to wear seatbelt

Flight from Victoria to Toronto forced to return to terminal after repeated attempts to secure child in seat failedA Canadian airline cancelled a flight from Victoria to Toronto after a child refused to wear a seatbelt.The child was standing in their chair as the 6 August Porter Airlines flight taxi...

Olivia Bowden in Toronto
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Axe stamp duty? How Andy Burnham could change property tax
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Axe stamp duty? How Andy Burnham could change property tax

The new PM could bring in revenue for social care or defence with a land levy or by reforming council taxResidential property is the largest store of wealth in the UK, and has long been a target for those who believe homes should be taxed more. Real estate remains a juicy plum for Andy Burnham to pi...

Phillip Inman
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California’s Big Sur sees evacuation orders as Timber fire grows
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California’s Big Sur sees evacuation orders as Timber fire grows

Evacuations include famed tourist destinations as blaze grew to over 1,700 acres by MondayEvacuations have been ordered for areas along California’s famous Big Sur coast as a wildfire burns in the nearby steep, rugged mountains.The Timber fire in Monterey county started Sunday and grew to more than...

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Hard work or humour? Take the British values quiz
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Hard work or humour? Take the British values quiz

Poll finds consensus on what makes people proud to be British but deep divisions on issues such as immigrationYou may think it’s a commitment to buying a round, the ability to chat at length about the weather, or making a proper cup of tea. But when it comes down to what makes people proud to be Bri...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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Driver who broke the sound barrier to attempt another land speed record in Utah
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Driver who broke the sound barrier to attempt another land speed record in Utah

British driver Andy Green will try to beat his own record, set 20 years ago, with a hydrogen-powered carThe first – and only – person to break the sound barrier in a car hits the track in Utah this week with new wheels and his eye on another record.Twenty years ago, British driver Andy Green set the...

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Colombia reels after major earthquake kills at least 130 | First Thing
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Colombia reels after major earthquake kills at least 130 | First Thing

Buildings collapse and more than 470 people hurt in 7.4-magnitude quake. Plus, in such a vast universe why is there no sign of aliens?Good morning. More than 130 people died after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, collapsing and severely damaging scores of buildings in main cities, incl...

Martin Belam
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