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Burnham urges retailers to stop selling disposable barbecues after emergency Cobra meeting – UK politics live

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

PM warns extreme heat conditions ‘could be with us fo some time yet’Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed. Sandra Laville has the story.On his visit to Stevenage, Andy Burnham also said he...

Politicians among mourners at funeral service for Ann Widdecombe

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Family, friends and colleagues attend service at Buckfast Abbey, which former MP described as her ‘safe haven’About 100 family, friends and colleagues of Ann Widdecombe have attended a funeral service for the former Conservative minister, who was killed in her home in Devon last month.Politicians and broadcasters were among the mourners at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, a Catholic abbey in Devon...

Politicians among mourners gathered for funeral service of Ann Widdecombe

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Family, friends and colleagues attend service at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, which former MP described as her ‘safe haven’Around 100 family, friends and colleagues have attended the funeral service of the former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, who was killed in her home in Devon last month.Politicians and broadcasters were among the mourners at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, a Catholi...

Double murderer and rapist Simon Levy sentenced to whole-life tariff

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Errors by police and prosecutors left serial sex offender free to murder Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl WilkinsSimon Levy, the prolific sexual predator left free by police and prosecution errors to murder two women, will never leave prison after being sentenced to a rare whole-life tariff.Judge Lucraft KC said Levy, 40, “ruthlessly” exploited women for his sexual pleasure, and had a proven ...

Honk if your barn is burning: pet goose alerts sleeping Texas family to blaze

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Family ‘extremely grateful’ to four-month-old ‘Goosey’ who ran out of fire-billowing building and repeatedly squawkedA pet goose is being credited with helping save a Texas family’s animals after sounding a honking alarm as a fire tore through their barn.The dramatic moment unfolded on the morning of 4 August in Fort Bend county, where four-month-old Goosey repeatedly squawked outside the burning ...

Unexpected hearing scheduled for Luigi Mangione sparks plea deal speculation

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Rumors of plea deal in federal case have been circulating since June for suspect accused of killing Brian ThompsonAn unexpected hearing in the federal stalking case against Luigi Mangione has been scheduled, leading to speculation that the alleged United Healthcare CEO assassin was seeking a plea deal that would in turn end a murder prosecution in New York state court beginning next month.Prosecut...

A huge AI datacenter is planned near Mar-a-Lago. The Everglades could pay the price

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Plans for hyperscale datacenter in Palm Beach county prompt concerns over water and electricity demandsAbout 16 miles (26km) west of the Mar-a-Lago estate on President Donald J Trump Highway, near the northern edge of the Florida Everglades, developers have proposed a hyperscale datacenter on a 202-acre (82-hectare) parcel of land surrounded by water. Local environmentalists warn that the proposed...

Great Britain braced to pay millions for backup electricity during solar eclipse

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Event expected to hit solar power just as fifth heatwave of summer increases use of air conditioning and fansGreat Britain is braced to pay millions for backup electricity supplies to prevent a shortfall on Wednesday evening as the near-total solar eclipse is expected to wipe out solar power generation.The government’s electricity grid operator is expected to make multimillion-pound payments to se...

WhatsApp ‘drops’, price hikes and queues: scramble for solar eclipse specs

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Amid doubling prices and fraying tempers, shoppers hunt for elusive eyewear to prepare for rare eclipse of sun • Europe solar eclipse – latest updatesA secretive WhatsApp group was pinging with notifications throughout Wednesday, letting its members know where in London the latest “drop” would take place.The group’s focus, rather than being for an illicit substance, was for the much-coveted eclips...

Francesca Hong backs David Crowley for Wisconsin governor as Democratic nominee vows to earn support from progressives – live

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Progressive Francesca Hong says her campaign ‘was not about getting one person into office’; David Crowley takes on Trump-backed Tom Tiffany in NovemberDavid Crowley wins Wisconsin Democratic primary for governorKey takeaways from primary nightSign up for the Breaking News US emailCore inflation, which measures prices without volatile goods like food and gas, rose by 0.2% in July, after not really...

Tennessee set to execute man despite botched attempt on another prisoner

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Darrell Hines’s lawyers ask supreme court to intervene, arguing he could face fate similar to failed execution in MayTennessee is scheduled to execute a man this week despite bipartisan backlash after the state botched its previous lethal injection, which dragged on for more than an hour before it was canceled.Darrell Hines, who was convicted of the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jackson Jenkins, a...

WhatsApp ‘drops’, price hikes and queues in scramble for solar eclipse specs

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Amid doubling prices and fraying tempers, shoppers hunt for elusive eyewear to prepare for rare eclipse of sun• Europe solar eclipse – latest updatesA secretive WhatsApp group was pinging with notifications throughout Wednesday, letting its members know where in London the latest “drop” would take place.The group’s focus, rather than being for an illicit substance, was for the much coveted eclipse...

Patriot Games: Trump’s ‘freedom finale’ to celebrate 250 is … a school sports day

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

‘Outstanding young Americans’ came together to catch a tennis ball for freedomThe Patriot Games, held this week in Ohio, was intended to be a “national athletic competition celebrating the character, determination, and excellence that define the American spirit”, according to a press release.The competition, which organizers insisted would be nothing like the Hunger Games, was to bring together “o...

David Crowley wins Democratic primary for Wisconsin’s governor in upset over progressive Francesca Hong

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Crowley pulls off last-minute victory in tight race after polls had shown Hong as the clear Democratic frontrunnerDavid Crowley, the Milwaukee county executive, won the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor after beating the democratic socialist Francesca Hong.Crowley pulled off a last-minute victory after re-entering the campaign and snagging an endorsement from Tony Evers, the outgoing gover...

Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota primary despite getting far fewer votes

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

With almost all votes counted in Republican primary for governor, Lisa Demuth is ahead by over 10% of ballotsProgressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE angerUS politics live – latest updatesMike Lindell, the pillow salesman, Trump supporter and election denier, has refused to concede defeat in Minnesota’s Republican gubernatorial primary, despite trailin...

Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota primary despite getting many less votes than winner

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

With almost all votes counted in Republican primary for governor, Lisa Demuth is ahead by over 10% of ballotsProgressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE angerUS politics live – latest updatesMike Lindell, the pillow salesman, Trump supporter and election denier, has refused to concede defeat in Minnesota’s Republican gubernatorial primary, despite trailin...

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Crew is in ninth month at sea and has spent 250 days consecutively without making land, record for an aircraft carrierMilitary families and Congress members are sounding the alarm about an intensifying mental health crisis aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, as its 5,000 sailors and marines endure a record-breaking deployment at sea tied to the war with Iran.Two leading specialist military papers, th...

ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts fears of overreach

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Managing director says guidelines will ensure no individual will ‘be the subject of comedy that is violent in its description in our programming’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pledge by the ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, to change editorial guidelines on satire and violence after the broadcaster aired a program...

ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts fears of overreach from academics and advocates

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Managing director says guidelines will ensure no individual will ‘be the subject of comedy that is violent in its description in our programming’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pledge by the ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, to change editorial guidelines on satire and violence after the broadcaster aired a program...

Victorian police investigate allegation a car drove deliberately at speed towards anti-racism protester

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Exclusive: ‘Peaceful community rally’ of more than 150 people was walking in Broadmeadows when car travelling in same direction allegedly approachedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian police are investigating allegations that a car was deliberately driven at speed towards a protester taking part in an anti-racism rally in Melbourne last month.More than 150 people g...

ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Managing director says guidelines will ensure no individual will ‘be the subject of comedy that is violent in its description in our programming’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pledge by the ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, to change editorial guidelines on satire and violence after the broadcaster aired a program featuring offensive comments about Gina Rinehart, has...

What’s behind Sydney airport’s heavy delays and near-miss incident?

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Air traffic controllers are short-staffed and exhausted – and new recruits face a difficult aptitude test and must train in MelbourneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTravellers flying in and out of Sydney airport had already been dealing with heavy delays even before a Jetstar plane narrowly avoided colliding with a Qatar Airways plane on the tarmac early on Sunday.The da...

Coalition plan to scrap energy rules for new houses condemned as ‘cost-of-living timebomb’

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Proposal to cut building costs by scrapping the construction code would increase bills for the poorest households, critics sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Coalition plan to abolish compulsory energy standards for new homes that help reduce people’s exposure to heat and cold has been criticised by advocates as a “cost-of-living timebomb” that would deepen inequality....

US credit card debt climbs to $1.26tn, nearing last year’s record high

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Mortgage and student loan balances saw ‘small decline’ with increases elsewhere, says post alongside Fed reportCredit card debt in the United States is growing close to a record high, having creeped up from $54bn to $1.26tn between April and June compared with the same period last year, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.That figure is just shy of last year’s record high...

UK heatwave: Burnham considers ban on disposable barbecues to prevent wildfires – as it happened

The Guardian • 3 weeks ago

Prime minister suggests possible measure as he prepares to chair emergency Cobra meeting in response to extreme heatHere’s today’s latest Met Office forecast for UK cities:Aberdeen 22CBelfast 24CBirmingham 32CCardiff 33CGlasgow 25CLiverpool 32CLondon 32CNewcastle 29CPlymouth 31CSheffield 31C Continue reading...