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Asda now the most expensive UK supermarket to buy fuel, study shows | Asda

Asda is now the UK’s most expensive supermarket fuel seller, research shows, after the retailer’s private owners ditched its long-held pledge to be the...

UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exporters | International trade

UK exports of clothing and footwear to the EU have dived since Brexit, according to a new study that shows the extent to which...

Novak Djokovic forced to withdraw from French Open after knee injury | French Open 2024

Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, has been forced to withdraw from the French Open because of a torn medial meniscus sustained during his dramatic...

A View from the Bridge review – Dominic West leads 50s drama into the present | Theatre

This revival of Arthur Miller’s slowly detonating study of illicit desire in a 1950s Italian-American household is advertised as a “timeless masterpiece” but the...

Queenie review – so half-baked it could have been made by AI | Television & radio

The eponymous heroine of Queenie is called a lot of things in the TV show based on the hit novel from 2019. She’s labelled...

England sink France in Euro 2025 qualifier to avenge home defeat | England women’s football team

England stunned group leaders France in St. Etienne with a 2-1 victory that kept their Euro 2025 qualification hopes very much alive. Sarina Wiegman’s...

Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers | Democrats

Progressive Democrats and immigration advocates have shared their outrage after Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that would turn away some asylum seekers.Biden’s...

Peaky Blinders: ‘no-holds-barred’ movie given Netflix green light | Peaky Blinders

Cillian Murphy hasn’t given up Tommy Shelby just yet; the Irish actor, fresh off his best actor Oscar for Oppenheimer, is set to return...

France v England: Euro 2025 qualifying – live | Women’s Euro 2025 qualifiers

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature17 min: Not a particularly electric opening to this game. And just as...

Clerical error was behind Michigan man’s viral suspended license hearing | Michigan

A Michigan man who recently went viral for allegedly driving with a suspended license during a virtual hearing on the matter should have had...

‘This whole case is extraordinary’: survival of Baby Elsa and her siblings was a miracle | Children

It was a miracle Baby Elsa survived. Less than an hour old, her umbilical cord still attached, she was found abandoned on a scrap...

Scandinavia ‘way ahead’ of UK in telecoms infrastructure, says BT boss | BT

The Nordic countries are “way ahead” of the UK in telecoms infrastructure and the government should look again at planning laws to help improve...

Owner of UK national lottery operator to sever ties with Gazprom | National lottery

The billionaire owner of Allwyn, the company that runs the national lottery, will sever his last remaining ties with Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom...

Biden calls Trump ‘reckless and dangerous’ over claims trial was rigged | Joe Biden

Joe Biden has called Donald Trump “reckless and dangerous” over the former president’s claim that the trial leading to last week’s felony conviction in...

Pressure grows on Benjamin Netanyahu to back Gaza ceasefire plan | Israel-Gaza war

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing growing pressure both at home and internationally to support a new ceasefire plan for Gaza, a move...

Campaign catchup: Debate looming, Farage soaking, Whitby Woman rebelling | General election 2024

Good afternoon. If you’ve felt bereft of opportunities to watch Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer bothering members of the public over the last few...

England v Scotland: T20 Cricket World Cup – live | T20 World Cup 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature3rd over: Scotland 26-0 (Munsey 13, Jones 12) Moeen Ali comes into the...

Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by former assistant | Kanye West

Kanye West and his Yeezy sneaker business are being sued for sexual harassment, breach of contract and wrongful termination by a former assistant of...

Biden attacks Trump as ‘convicted felon’ after 34-count guilty verdict in hush-money trial – live | US elections 2024

Biden savages Trump as 'convicted felon' in aftermath of convictionGood morning, US politics blog readers. Joe Biden went on the attack against Donald Trump...

Hot Dog Money: behind the bribery scandal that rocked college basketball | Books

On 26 September 2018, 10 prominent US college sports figures were arrested in connection with a federal investigation into fraud and corruption. Specifically, the...

Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger | Rebecca Solnit

Everything is weird and everyone is wrecked. This is maybe the biggest and least acknowledged truth of life in the United States and a...

Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him | Anthony Fauci

After Anthony Fauci appeared at a contentious US House hearing on Monday, the former top public health official who led the nation’s response to...

Fernandes seeks better Manchester United deal but wants clarity on future | Manchester United

Bruno Fernandes is pushing for a new contract from Manchester United that would take him into the top pay bracket with Marcus Rashford, Casemiro...

Council leader will not be Labour candidate for Barking, say sources | Labour

Darren Rodwell, the controversial leader of Barking and Dagenham council, will not be confirmed by Labour on Tuesday as the party’s local parliamentary candidate...

Euro 2024 team guides part four: Switzerland | Euro 2024

This article is part of the Guardian’s Euro 2024 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries...

David Squires on … the Champions League final and Viní Jr’s coronation

Our cartoonist looks back at a familiar story as Real Madrid were crowned kings of Europe yet againBuy a David Squires cartoon in the...

The Prank review – silver screen legend Rita Moreno graces twisty high school comedy | Movies

Nerdy swot Ben (Connor Kalopsis) and dropout-in-the-making Tanner (Ramona Young) are high school seniors and best friends. That seems mildly implausible given their wildly...

Feistily gorgeous Dior show renews auld alliance with Scotland | Dior

It is not every Dior show that opens with a skirl of bagpipes, three different ways to wear violet tartan, and a sporran dangling...

French Open 2024 quarter-finals: Coco Gauff v Ons Jabeur – live | French Open 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureI like the way Ons has started here: she’s not waiting to be...

Swedish Social Democrat warns against far-right alliance in next European parliament – Europe live | Europe

'I hope that scenario won’t happen': Swedish Social Democrat warns against far-right allianceEvin Incir, a member of the European parliament from the Swedish Social...

General election: Nigel Farage says aim should be ‘zero’ net migration – UK politics live | Politics

Nigel Farage says the UK should aim for 'zero' net migrationNigel Farage has made no secret of his intention to put immigration at the...

Vistry sells 1,750 homes to Blackstone; UK retail sales rise slightly in May – business live | Business

Key eventsStocks fall, oil prices extend lossesUK and European shares are in the red, while oil prices are extending losses as investors expect more...

Where east meets west: Tamal Ray’s recipe for Sichuan-style lasagne | Food

One of the pitfalls of being an avid home cook is that you end up with a hodgepodge of half-used spices and condiments from...

Where the magic happens: Americans let you into their bedrooms – in pictures

From campervans and parks to bedsits crammed with family members, photographer Barbara Peacock finds her subjects at their most vulnerable Continue reading...

Romeo n Juliet 4EVA review – Jamaican teens breathe fresh life into Shakespeare romance | Movies

Nothing is more calculated to trigger a groan of despair than “updated” Shakespeare performed by teenagers. But this cut-down Romeo and Juliet from Jamaica...

TV tonight: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer go head-to-head in first televised debate | Television

Sunak v Starmer: The ITV Debate9pm, ITVIt’s time for prime minister Rishi Sunak and opposition leader Keir Starmer to go head-to-head in the first...

‘Africa has zero PR in the west’: the Nigerian influencer using sarcasm on the clueless | Global development

When Charity Ekezie first joined TikTok and started posting videos from her home in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2020, she had just left a job...

It was all eco: Coldplay beats emissions target for world tour – via kinetic dancefloors and trains | Coldplay

Coldplay has announced that they have reduced their touring carbon footprint by 59% compared with their previous world tour – via some creative methods...

Philippines Kanlaon volcano erupts sending 5km ash cloud into sky | Philippines

Authorities in the Philippines have ordered residents living near Kanlaon volcano in the country’s west to evacuate, after an eruption sent a 5km (three...

India election results 2024 live updates: Modi widely expected to win historic third term as BJP eyes two-thirds majority | India

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHow are votes verified?Along with the electronic record of each vote cast through...

X changes porn policy to opt-in system that blocks under-18 users | X

Elon Musk’s X now officially allows pornographic content on its platform but says it will block adult and violent posts from being seen by...

‘Extremely impressive’: melanoma jab trial results excite doctors | Cancer

The world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma halves the risk of patients dying or the disease returning, according to trial results that...

Ukraine war briefing: Italy sending another Samp/T air defence system | Ukraine

Italy will send a second Samp/T air defence system to Ukraine, its foreign minister has said. The Italian-French system also known as Mamba...

English pupil funding at same level as when Tories took power, study finds | School funding

Spending on each schoolchild’s education in England has suffered an unprecedented 14-year-freeze since the Conservatives came to power, according to Britain’s leading economics thinktank.Funding...

Euro 2024 team guides part three: Scotland | Scotland

This article is part of the Guardian’s Euro 2024 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries...

Artificial cornea implant saves sight of man, 91, in NHS first | Health

A 91-year-old man who became the first patient in England to have his sight saved by an artificial layer in his cornea has praised...

Essex charged by Cricket Regulator over allegations of ‘systemic’ racism at club | Essex

Essex have been charged by the Cricket Regulator with failing to address alleged “systemic” racist language and conduct at the club between 2001 and...

Nigel Farage to stand for Reform UK in general election U-turn | Nigel Farage

The Conservative party’s faltering general election campaign suffered a potentially damaging blow when Nigel Farage announced he intended to stand as an MP and...