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The 20 most-read Guardian sport articles of 2023
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Including a host of live reports across a range of World Cups, we look back at out most-viewed piec…
Call to end ‘cruel’ winter rises as energy bills go up by £100 a year
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Campaign groups call on regulator to abolish January bill increase, saying households are facing an…
Vicars, tennis and a black sleuth… it would be a mystery if the BBC hadn’t updated Agatha Christie | Martha Gill
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Murder is Easy provoked outrage but the Queen of Crime was in safe hands in a fresh adaptation for …
‘They’ve knocked down hundreds of trees’: concerns over Cornwall’s new anti-gridlock road
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The infamous A30 summer holiday bottleneck will go when eight miles of dual carriageway opens in Ma…
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 676
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Russia launches overnight air assault targeting Kyiv, Ukraine says; Moscow reports 21 dead after Uk…
People on long-term sick leave in England to be offered therapeutic recreation
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Jobcentres, doctors, employers and social workers will be encouraged to suggest therapy and life co…
Don’t flake, don’t dump friends and don’t hold grudges: experts on what not to do in 2024
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Guardian writers including Marina Hyde, John Crace (and a few other successful types) reveal what t…
Streaming: the best party movies
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From the will-they-won’t-they romance of When Harry Met Sally to the acid-burn comedy of Festen, or…
Australia’s female First Nations rappers turn pain into power
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Indigenous women are merging the world’s oldest living cultures with hip-hop while wrestling with r…
Will Ratcliffe’s arrival put United back on an even keel or add to the circus?
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Ineos owner has a breadth of experience of running successful sports teams but tensions could manif…
Friends of Ukrainian girl who fell from Devon sea wall blame rail chiefs for safety failure
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Albina Yevko, 14, fled Ukraine for Dawlish and died after falling from barrier maintained by Networ…
Weather tracker: rain batters Argentina and DRC as fog shrouds India and Pakistan
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Turkey also affected by fog, with 10 killed and 57 injured in serious road crash involving three bu…
The week in wildlife – in pictures: airborne deer, cuddling macaques and Gaza gazelles
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading... http://dlv…
Israel-Gaza war live: Hamas delegation due in Cairo to look at Egyptian ceasefire proposal
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Egypt says it has put forward a framework proposal to end the conflict and includes three stages, e…
‘A generation of queer people are grieving for the childhood they never had’: Andrew Haigh on All of Us Strangers
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The writer-director’s devastating film, which stars Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal, is hoovering up a…
Squatting is on the rise again in Britain – and in this vicious housing crisis, is anyone surprised? | Jason Rodrigues
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Amid soaring rents, some are turning to the UK’s many vacant properties for shelter. Could this be …
‘Textile zombie’ v fossil fashion: the battle to clean up the clothing industry in 2023
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There was a huge rise this year in hyperfast fashion, with its huge carbon footprint and terrible w…
The year in World Cups: how Springboks won rugby’s battle of fine margins
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South Africa and their inspirational captain, Siya Kolisi, won their three knockout games in France…
Love, laughter and lifelong memories: 19 amazing facts every dog-lover needs to know
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Did you know that dogs can tell the time? Zoologists and other experts reveal everything they’ve le…
‘Historical reparation’: new bookshops in Europe give voice to female authors
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Greta Livraria in Lisbon and Rare Birds in Edinburgh are among the new stores dedicated to women’s …
On the scene: Tristram Kenton’s best stage shots of 2023 – in pictures
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Dramatic highlights of the photographer’s work for the Guardian this year include jaw-dropping danc…
A Christmas that changed me: My family was grieving and behaving oddly – so my wife took us to Norfolk
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After my mother’s death, I thought my American family would appreciate the escape of a British Chri…
From Passages to Priscilla: film’s biggest fashion moments in 2023
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Whether it’s leather jackets loaded with meaning or Emma Stone’s enormous sleeves, costumes are cru…
Gaza war puts US’s extensive weapons stockpile in Israel under scrutiny
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Israel appears to be receiving munitions from stockpile, but there has been little transparency T…
How did the world get like this? Eight books to help explain the way we live now
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Inequality and poverty arose by design, not chance and stories of human rights abuses and failures …
Fixing leaning tower of Bologna will take at least 10 years and €20m, says mayor
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Matteo Lepore compares project to save 12th century Garisenda tower from collapse to 10-year effort…
Carbon pricing would raise trillions needed to tackle climate crisis, says IMF
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Traditionally unpopular carbon taxes could be achieved with regulatory compliance, IMF head tells C…
Peas on toast trump smashed avocados as UK cost of living bites, says Waitrose
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Britons return to comfort food like fish and chips, chicken kyiv and macaroni cheese as food prices…
Tony Mowbray pays price for overachieving with Sunderland youngsters | Louise Taylor
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Sacked manager was key in attracting players to club but he probably knew his time was coming to an…
Elon Musk’s AI startup seeks to raise $1bn in equity
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Billionaire wants xAI to keep pace with rivals including OpenAI, Microsoft and Google Elon Musk’s…
Women behind the lens: ‘I’ve photographed more than 2,000 people in my mobile studio’
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The world is in a terrible state but travelling the world taking beautiful, fun portraits helps spr…
Royal Society Publishing photography competition 2023 – in pictures
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The microscopic world hidden within an autumn leaf has won the Royal Society Publishing photography…
Pregnant women near farms had higher weedkiller levels during spraying season
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Urine found to contain ‘significantly’ increased concentrations of glyphosate, which is associated …
Riaz Phillips’ recipe for Guyanan pepperpot with green seasoning
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An ancestral Guyanese stew often made at Christmas with a rich herb and spice mix for extra depth …
Long thought to be extinct in Kenya, giant pangolins are now being helped back from the brink
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In 2018, sightings of these solitary, nocturnal animals were recorded in Kenya for the first time i…
Obelisk celebrating pioneering Lady Mary Wortley Montagu given highest listing
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Aristocrat introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, saving many lives, yet remains largely unkno…
‘Jail crushes you slowly’: Kashmiri journalist reflects on prison ordeal
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Fahad Shah, whose case was a symbol of harassment of region’s media, says he has different outlook …
EU must not ‘appease’ Viktor Orbán by unfreezing billions earmarked for Hungary
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Commission may be prepared to to give Budapest €10bn after leader threatens to derail EU plans to o…
Can we save £15,000 stamp duty on our home purchase if we get married sooner?
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We both own homes and I have been told being unmarried will leave me liable to extra tax Q My par…
UK ad watchdog to crack down on ‘biodegradable’ and ‘recyclable’ claims
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Consumers left angry and dismayed when they found out the truth about these terms, says Advertising…
UK scores expected to fall in Pisa education study
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UK’s maths scores predicted to drop after a jump last time, with a less severe decline in English …
Akon City: Tumbleweed rolls through site of rapper’s Wakanda-inspired dream
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Star unveiled plans for a city on the Senegal coast five years ago but the project has been beset b…
Opposition candidates jostle for position before DRC election
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Contenders yet to unite around a single figure who could challenge incumbent Félix Tshisekedi Afr…
We used to have a ‘party season’. Now we have novelty jumpers
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I hate to Scrooge about it, but this isn’t what we were promised Growing up reading magazines, I …
Supermarkets in England ‘blatantly disregarding’ rules over where they place crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks
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Survey found stores put foods high in fat, salt or sugar in prominent locations despite government …
‘Women in greasy overalls’: the drive to lure girls into engineering, 1971
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The rewards could be considerable, including a scarlet Ford Capri, but only a very few technology w…
We’re laughing at Nigel Farage, not with him | Letters
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His appearance on I’m a Celebrity… shouldn’t worry us. It’s humiliating him Although Stewart Lee …
TV tonight: an action-packed climax for brilliant thriller Boat Story
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Will our unlikely drug thieves get away with it? Plus: a harrowing documentary about the Kerry babi…
We need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28
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Continent must have more resilient health systems and local vaccine manufacturing to prevent next p…