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Burnham to be ‘relentless’ on small boat crossings after Ceuta crisis
Andy Burnham has pledged to be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings after tens of thousands of migrants entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta, and he said “safe routes”...
‘The greatest arms I’ve ever seen’: Matt Damon’s muscular female stunt double Devyn Dalton
A 35-year-old stuntwoman is one of the great unsung heroes of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster The Odyssey – standing in for Matt Damon and displaying what the actor called...
Healey’s profiteering warning on food and fuel risks row with retailers
The chancellor, John Healey, has said the government is standing by to prevent the public from “being taken for a ride at the pump or the till” as the...
Glasgow 2026 chief hails ‘phenomenal’ success of revamped Commonwealth Games
This year’s Commonwealth Games has been “phenomenal” and shown the event has the potential to carry on for another 100 years, the chief executive of Glasgow 2026 has told...
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
Britain could face shortages of certain foods after punishing drought in parts of England, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned as a heatwave was forecast to continue into...
Cleveland police failed to arrest man who later killed two-year-old girl
Cleveland police failed to arrest a paedophile for breaching a non-molestation order, 18 months before he sexually assaulted and murdered and his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter, a court heard.Isabelle Welsh...
The Guardian view on drought: hot, dry conditions make inequality starker | Editorial
Compared with rising heat-related deaths, and devastating wildfires in the Cairngorms and Suffolk, the announcement that the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is considering moving its hydrangea collection from Surrey to Greater Manchester...
The Guardian view on global corporate tax: a $500bn prize that states must seize | Editorial
Governments are told that public services must shrink because money is tight. Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says that countries could capture an extra $500bn a year...
Traffic, mobiles, music … let’s turn the volume down | Letters
Your editorial is right that noise pollution deserves to be treated as a public-health issue rather than a mere irritation (The Guardian view on noise pollution: keep it down,...
Burnham to focus on keeping child rapists in prison as release scheme talks enter final day
Andy Burnham is focused on preventing the release of child sexual abuse perpetrators as part of the government’s early release scheme, as urgent talks on which serious criminals could...