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Our energy market is anti-competitive | Letters
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Pricing policies for renewables can discourage people from using climate-friendly energy sources, a…
‘I’m an all-or-nothing person’: actor Maisie Richardson-Sellers on risks, rewards and keeping it real
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Her first ever role was in Star Wars, but Maisie Richardson-Sellers is also fascinated by more down…
So, women aren’t doing enough ‘vigorous’ exercise? One more telling-off we can do without
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According to a new report, we need to go to the gym more. But that ignores the exertions of everyda…
‘It shows them they’re not alone’: inside the UK’s first refugee football team
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Changing Lives FC has lived up to the promise of its name, offering much-needed support to refugees…
Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges hundreds of thousands to evacuate Donetsk region
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Ukrainian president says ‘the more people leave Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian ar…
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of nine-year-old girl
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Lincolnshire police make arrest after death of Lillia Valutyte in Boston on Thursday A man has bee…
Yes, Republicans really did try to make abortion punishable by death | Arwa Mahdawi
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A bill introduced in the North Carolina legislature last year was largely performative but was part…
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for summer beans with basil aïoli | The new vegan
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Green beans and cannellini beans in a garlicky tomato sauce, with a basil mayonnaise-style sauce O…
England and Germany meet again for Euros final but goalposts have moved
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Teams met in the 2009 Women’s Euros final but that belongs in a different era – Sunday will show ho…
Rishi Sunak seeks to revive faltering No 10 bid by attacking ‘woke nonsense’
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Ex-chancellor vows to stop leftwing agitators ‘bulldozing’ British values as Tugendhat backs Truss …
The Fiver | All aboard for lazy stereotypes and a humdinger of a final at Wembley
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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Between England’s imminent Wembley showdown ag…
Finally, the Wagatha Christie battle is over. But did anyone really win? | Zoe Williams
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The appetite to watch women fighting is infinite, and Vardy v Rooney has given us enough material t…
Myths about generous benefits mask the truth of Tory Britain: shamefully low taxes for the rich | Polly Toynbee
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Until a hero like Marcus Rashford forces people to confront the reality of hungry children, misinfo…
Dolma, moussaka, and koftas: Aleksandar Taralezhkov’s summer courgette recipes
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Seasonal courgettes as they do it in Bulgaria: stuffed into dolma with smoky bulgur wheat and tomat…
Xi Jinping tells Joe Biden not to ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan in two-hour call
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US president reiterates opposition to undermining peace in Taiwan amid tension over potential Pelos…
Met officers in Couzens group joked about assaulting women, court told
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Prosecutor reads out messages allegedly shared by three defendants in WhatsApp chat in 2019 Metrop…
UK in diplomatic standoff over deletion of abortion rights from gender statement
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Exclusive: Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands refuse to sign edited version, drawing up new phrasi…
Humanity can’t equivocate any longer. This is a climate emergency | Rebecca Solnit and Terry Tempest Williams
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The climate emergency has been declared over and over. The future the scientists warned us about is…
The 'sadmin' after my mother’s death was hard enough – then I encountered Vodafone | George Monbiot
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After months of calls, hostility, and a referral to a debt collectors, the phone company cancelled …
Is Italy heading for its first far-right leader since Mussolini? – podcast
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The sudden downfall of Mario Draghi’s government could clear the way for Italy’s first far-right go…
Imagine the culture war the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony would spark now | Charlotte Higgins
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Danny Boyle’s extravaganza burnished what was best about the UK, but the myth it forged has been cr…
Lloyds profits take hit after more money put aside for defaults
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Bank says number of customers in arrears at ‘low levels’ despite soaring inflation Lloyds Banking …
Mystery of Somerton man’s identity solved after 73 years, researchers in Australia say
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Cryptic clues about man found on an Adelaide beach in 1948 spawned theories of jilted lovers and co…
‘It’s 2022 and we live in caves’: herders besieged by settlers on West Bank but still clinging to hope
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Images of pastoralist communities living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank and the impact o…
Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian-occupied Kherson
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Key bridge attacked using longer-range weapons in bid to cut off Russian supply routes * What we …
Highland shooting sparks outrage over gun law loopholes that let suspect slip through
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Illinois’s ‘red flag’ law could have disqualified shooter from legally obtaining guns but he was st…
Dr Who and the Daleks/ Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD review – retro Time Lord thrills
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Filmed in glorious Technicolor, these imaginative 1960s instalments focused on the much-loved baddi…
Keeping mum: TV’s problem with women who don’t want kids
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Nearly 25 years after Sex and the City, TV still has a hard time accepting child-free women. Post-R…
Latvia to reinstate compulsory military service as Russia tensions rise
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Defence minister announces move as ‘we have no reason to think Russia will change its behaviour’ …
I help rich people tackle inequality. Here’s how the cost-of-living crisis could be fixed | Stephanie Brobbey
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Wealth inequality is destabilising our economy and threatening the fabric of our society. But it do…
Sloviansk mayor urges residents to flee city as Russia steps up shelling
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Vadim Lyakh says 40 houses hit on Monday as Moscow shifts focus to main cities in Donetsk region af…
Director Paul Haggis released from hotel detention following sexual abuse claim
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Director’s lawyer says prosecutors in Italy are deciding whether to investigate allegation he had s…
UK gas prices hit three-month high as Norway workers strike
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European energy crisis intensifies amid suspension of production in Equinor oil and gas fields The…
Nigel Slater’s recipe for crisp gnocchi and chopped salad
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A cool and hot, crispy and succulent summer salad Hot, crisp garlic gnocchi, ice-cold cucumber, to…
Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles
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Soaring inflation piling pressure on country already struggling with shortages and stirring memorie…
Germany records first monthly trade deficit since 1991 as inflation soars
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May’s €1bn deficit came as rising prices, falling demand and supply chain disruption hit industrial…
Harry Hill on making TV Burp: ‘Watching every EastEnders omnibus was bloody awful’
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‘I get recognised by people in their early 20s who tell me, “You were my childhood.” That’s really …
Peter Brook was a theatrical pathfinder and a man of boundless curiosity
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In our many meetings, the director’s conversation was as invigorating as the way he led audiences t…
Joseph Coelho chosen as Britain’s new children’s laureate
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The poet and children’s author, who takes over from Cressida Cowell, was praised as an ‘extraordina…
Tory MPs, avocados and competitive grunting: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon
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Boris Johnson took official jet home from weekend with family in Cornwall
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PM spent weekend before Tiverton and Honiton byelection in Cornwall and Devon and flew back on gove…
‘TurkAegean’ tourism campaign draws angry response from Athens
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EU approval of slogan deepens rift between rival Nato members as Greeks claim their culture is bein…
Amber Heard’s attorneys request defamation verdict be tossed
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Actor says in 43-page memorandum that the jury’s verdict should be set aside on the grounds that it…
UK graduate students call for more support as cost of living crisis bites
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Graduates say this year’s 2.9% rise in student stipends is insufficient and could push them into po…
Access All Areas by Barbara Charone review – my rock’n’roll friends
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One of the most formidable music PRs in rock, ‘BC’ opens up about her decades of hanging out with t…
Dozens feared dead as ship sinks in South China Sea
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At least three people rescued from ship that broke in two during typhoon but more than two dozen st…
Could nuclear plant ruin Suffolk haven for avocets, bitterns and harriers?
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Sizewell C proposal will power 6m homes but could pose a threat to Minsmere nature reserve, the RSP…
Hugo Speer sacked from Full Monty reboot over ‘inappropriate conduct’ claims
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After an investigation, Disney+ said the 53-year-old English actor had been sacked from the follow-…
A look under the bonnet: why our fascination with the Regency era endures
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Whether it’s the new Persuasion adaptation or the counterfactuals of Bridgerton and, er, Pride and …