Worried about what your phone is doing to your brain? This new fad will make it worse | Imogen West-Knights
I have long known that internet detritus is bad for me. But with microdramas – stories told in episodes under two…
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Excessive wealth, extreme emissions – and ecocide: what I learned at Europe’s big superyacht show
These yachts are highly popular with the ‘super-bourgeoisie’ – and getting bigger. Can anything be done to stop them…
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‘It speaks very poorly of us as a society’: Lawrence Wright on his book on death row and redemption
The Pulitzer prize-winning writer’s new book looks at the women on death row in Texas and the nuns who have been trying…
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‘I survived for a reason’: Aberfan fights to preserve memory of disaster 60 years on
With living memory fading and thousands of Welsh coal tips still posing a threat, a community robbed of justice…
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Serbian prosecutor who investigated Belgrade Trump tower project ‘targeted with spyware’
Apparent attempt to hack Rade Bajić’s iPhone comes amid efforts to undermine landmark criminal case A Serbian…
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Houseplant hacks: will trimming brown leaf tips do any harm?
Cutting out dead material will make the plant look better without damaging it. But be careful not to slice into the…
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Ex-Greens co-leader urges council groups to reject Zionism policy
Exclusive: Adrian Ramsay calls conference motion a distraction and says councillors should maintain coalitions where…
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Alone With a Book by Tessa Hadley review – an acclaimed writer’s cultural prescription
This collection of essays from the beloved novelist is full of gem-like insights on art and books When Tessa Hadley was…
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A modest increase in bank taxes is not the end of the world for lenders | Nils Pratley
As long as Healey doesn’t go overboard, a small turn on surcharge dial will not seriously undermine flow of capital…
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Monster Mia review – kooky kid discovers school of beastly besties in wholesome Halloween fun
A scrappy girl discovers her tribe – which includes a vegan vampire – at a school for top scarers in this entertaining…
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The CO2-absorbing building made of old sinks, windscreens and toilets: Ghent’s £17m design museum is a green marvel
Inspired by a gothic cathedral partly built using human bones, this gleaming monument to recycling boasts 82,000 bricks…
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Dwight Yorke: ‘I’m not a kid trying to get into management – I’m a manager’
Ghana may soon come calling for Trinidad and Tobago’s former captain and manager, who is proud of his CV since his days…
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Villarreal’s Iñigo Pérez ready to meet Iraola again in test of old bond
Refused a work permit at Bournemouth, Pérez comes face to face with Liverpool’s head coach in Champions League On Iñigo…
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What’s the future for the Green party? Should it be ecosocialism? | Joe Todd
The party must aspire to be more than a Labour pressure group. It should offer a vision for radical reform – and ways…
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Why have countries been pushing for a vital global climate report to be delayed?
Saudi Arabia, Russia and China among those claiming developed countries have skewed findings of IPCC review The…
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‘How green are our valleys?’: in the footsteps of miners on south Wales’s new forest trail
The first stage of an ambitious new hiking route that will link woodlands across Wales takes walkers into the wild…
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The ‘Finger cutter’ and the ‘Brazilian Escobar’: the men accused of bringing cocaine cartels to Europe
A Belgian criminal organisation’s links with a Brazilian cocaine gang have been the focus of a major trial in Brussels,…
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‘No real sense of appeal’: Vinted sellers complain of unfair account ‘bans’
Some users claim online marketplace’s automated systems stack odds against them when sales go wrong After Catherine…
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The pest I’ll never forget: the maggots that rained down like hail
The record-breaking heat in London, in summer 2022, resulted in an appalling problem in my neighbourhood – which one…
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Gilgamesh by Simon Armitage review – an ancient epic is brilliantly translated for our times
The poet laureate’s visceral take on the legendary Mesopotamian hero’s wild adventures is a tour de force The poet…
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Hollywood AI-listers: is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?
As a freaky Val Kilmer doppelganger stars in a new western and faux starlet Tilly Norwood is set for her feature debut,…
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Googlebook review: Google’s new laptops are woefully underbaked
Great hardware let down by software flaws on these pricey machines that combine ChromeOS with Android Google’s attempt…
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‘You have to dance like everybody else!’ Burkina Faso in full colour – in pictures
Sanlé Sory is said to have taken a million photographs over six decades, documenting rapid change in his home country.…
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Who exactly will be affected by the UK review of benefits for young people?
Around one in eight 16- to 24-year-olds are ‘Neet’ – and Alan Milburn is hinting that the overhaul of their support may…
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The Cycle review – forensic scientist autopsies her dad in grisly psychodrama that turns supernatural
Tense story fritters away initial levels interest as generic horrors eclipse offbeat family dynamic This gloomy-toned…
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What the Helen Haines tragedy means for Australian democracy – podcast
Helen Haines, the independent federal MP for the Victorian seat of Indi, is in a critical condition and has lost a leg…
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Country diary: A species brought to the edge of extinction, recovering in the fens | Mark Cocker
Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire: The great egret’s story is remarkable, as is the conversion of this low-grade agricultural…
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‘Gay men keep my ego going – they message me all the time!’ Ed Gamble on Traitors, true love, weight loss and people-pleasing
As a Traitors obsessive, Gamble is in his element hosting its hugely popular companion show, Uncloaked. He discusses…
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‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen?
Over the past decade, Hungary has been a beacon for the ‘postliberal’ right, with pro-Trump thinkers making regular…
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At Kansas rally, Trump focuses closing midterm message on anti-Muslim racism – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for US Breaking News email A new Washington Post-ABC poll shows that Donald…
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Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy claims US deliberately delaying interceptor missile deliveries to Kyiv
Ukrainian president tells US senators the delayed missiles have already been paid for by European countries, amid…
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‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos
Scientists hope Martian material collected will shed light on the origins of the solar system and life on Earth Japan…
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Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds
Elk, bear, frogs and other animals have used the overpass, which connects 39,000 acres of habitat, since its completion…
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‘Like a family’: De Zerbi credits players’ talk and bonding trip for improving Tottenham
Spurs off bottom after first win against Coventry Lampard unhappy Marmoush goal stood Roberto De Zerbi said that…
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Ultra-endurance athlete completes 900-mile swim along entire California coast
Catherine Breed began unprecedented journey at northern end of state, swimming 10 miles a day to reach other end in…
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French authorities announce partial curfews as PM blames ‘ultra-left’ for exploiting protests – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across France French PM…
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