Burnham expected to give mayors new powers over local planning decisions
The Guardianby Nadeem Badshah·23 Aug 2026
Andy Burnham is expected to give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale developments in proposals to be presented next week.
A supreme being, the nearly naked show and politics with paws: Edinburgh fringe pick’n’mix
The Guardianby Brian Logan, Lyndsey Winship, Arifa Akbar, Kate Wyver, Tim Jonze and Chris Wiegand·23 Aug 2026
Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday For new perspective on the strange ways we behave, we all know the thought experiment “if a visitor from space arrived on Earth, what would they think?” In...
Café Clement, London WC2: ‘Turns out it’s really rather good’ – restaurant review
The Guardianby Grace Dent·23 Aug 2026
Café Clement, the all-day restaurant inside Nick Jones’ new St Clement Hotel at 180 The Thames in central London, opened with a bang in June and immediately rocketed to the top of every “sell your...
‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
The Guardianby Miriam Margolyes·23 Aug 2026
A funny thing happened on the way to 2026: I got old and the world turned nasty. It happened very quickly and it’s to do with politics (the world) and pelvic floor weakness (mine).
British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition
The Guardianby Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent·23 Aug 2026
When Britain abolished slavery, plantation owners from powerful families notoriously received huge sums in compensation, while those who were enslaved got nothing.
A childhood sexual abuse allegation has rocked our family – what can we do about it? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
The Guardianby Annalisa Barbieri·23 Aug 2026
A young adult woman in our family has recently shared that her older male cousin once touched her inappropriately when she was aged six and he was aged 12. This happened 18 years ago.
Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump - and a headache for Britain’s new PM
The Guardianby Matthew Taylor Environment correspondent·23 Aug 2026
When oil was first discovered off the north-east coast of Scotland in September 1969, industry folklore has it that the duty superintendent on the rig carefully poured it into a pickle jar...
The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea
The Guardianby Pjotr Sauer·23 Aug 2026
It was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powerful explosion tore through a quiet square in a residential district of the Russian-occupied Crimean port city.
Let’s embrace French Sundays – the art of doing absolutely nothing | Polly Hudson
The Guardianby Polly Hudson·23 Aug 2026
They know what they’re doing when it comes to kissing, toast and horns, so get ready for a French Sunday.
Ukraine war briefing: Macron focuses on delivery of missile interceptors as Russian attacks intensify
The Guardianby Guardian staff and agencies·23 Aug 2026
- French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to strengthen support for Ukraine with the delivery of interceptor missiles after a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which they discussed...
Drive-in cinemas are rare these days. But the last one in Melbourne’s north still draws a faithful crowd
The Guardianby Reporting and photography by Mridula Amin·23 Aug 2026
Between a funeral parlour and a sink factory, a queue of cars slowly disappears down a driveway. Most arrive with plenty of time to spare – to turn their backseats into beds, tune their radios to...
José Mourinho marks Real Madrid return with late drama and touch of humility | Sid Lowe
The Guardianby Sid Lowe at the RCDE Stadium·22 Aug 2026
José Mourinho says he is calmer now so when the rest of the bench emptied, sprinting down the touchline to celebrate the 90th-minute goal that finally delivered victory on his first game in charge...
Arthur Fils blasts past Flavio Cobolli to reach first Masters final in landmark win
The Guardianby Tumaini Carayol in Cincinnati·22 Aug 2026
In the middle of a tense, erratic start to a rain-delayed semi-final day in Cincinnati, Arthur Fils found himself locked in defence and miles behind the baseline on his serve at 3-3.
Shabana Azeez: ‘The most disgusting thing I’ve seen on The Pitt? American coffee’
The Guardianby Rafqa Touma·22 Aug 2026
What is the most disgusting thing you saw on the set of The Pitt? I mean, American coffee. It’s bad over there. The de-gloved leg was gross. I saw a full vaginal birth. I drilled into a skull!
Roberto De Zerbi says Tottenham are ‘not a team’ and hits out at lack of fight
The Guardianby Jacob Steinberg at the Gtech Community Stadium·22 Aug 2026
Roberto De Zerbi said that Tottenham are “not a team” after they opened their season with a humiliating 3-0 defeat away to Brentford.
I’d heard ringing in my ears before. This time, it didn’t stop
The Guardianby Miranda Luby·22 Aug 2026
One night two years ago I was lying in bed when I began to hear a high-pitched, electronic hum. The scene that followed would be comical if it wasn’t so traumatic.
Could the macadamias hidden in Queensland’s rainforests be the key to saving ‘the world’s finest nut’?
The Guardianby Susan Chenery·22 Aug 2026
We are bouncing over a rough, steep gravel road on the hunt for macadamia trees in the wild. Here in the tangled rainforest at Mary’s Creek in Queensland is the macadamia’s main ancestral home.
‘Devastating’: Western Australia fears a black swan moment as bird flu threatens flagship species
The Guardianby Narelle Towie·22 Aug 2026
When the black swans start dying, Western Australians will know that bird flu has truly arrived. The birds are an “indicator species” because once they are infected with the H5N1 virus they are...
The moment I knew: Days after September 11, we flew through turbulence – all I could say was ‘I love you’
The Guardianby Scott Westerfeld·22 Aug 2026
I noticed Justine before she noticed me. We were at a literary award ceremony and she was wearing a dress, upcycled from a black Velvet Elvis painting, talking to a man three times her age.
European football: Inter start title defence with rout of promoted Monza
The Guardianby Reuters and AFP·22 Aug 2026
Inter kicked off their Serie A title defence with a 4-1 home win over Monza, after the promoted side recovered from conceding an early goal to go in level at the break before the champions turned...
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