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Rail passengers face second day of chaos
Clacton by-election poll tracker: Could Count Binface win?
The IndependentDiageo to nearly double Guinness production
'Phallic Forest' set for the chop
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Scottish Labour has turned to rubble, claims leadership hopeful
Monica Lennon has not yet secured the support to get on the ballot to replace Anas Sarwar.
Press Association
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In Pictures: Blue skies as Bristol balloon fiesta gets up, up and away
The 48th Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, one of the largest in Europe, began on Friday.
- News
US and Asean bloc chair demand Myanmar immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi
Statements from US and the Philippines come after Suu Kyi held her first meeting with a foreign official since her detention in 2021
The Independent - News
British mother who smuggled £512,000 of Thai cannabis posted about ‘grass’ before arrest
Amy Jayne Durban, 45, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 6 July
The Independent - Celebrity
Inside Tom Holland and Zendaya's secret £500K Beaverbrook Hotel wedding with A-list guests and emotional speeches
The couple reportedly took over the five-star Surrey property this week to celebrate their nuptials after wedding earlier this year
The Evening Standard
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Sir Christopher Ondaatje obituary
Businessman and philanthropist who helped fund a new wing for the National Portrait Gallery
The Guardian
- Lifestyle
British artist takes to the skies to paint from hot air balloon basket
Emily Powell painted a canvas from 1,400ft above the city of Bristol, as part of the city’s annual balloon fiesta.
- Entertainment
Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets album review – drama, imagination and sonic flair
Clarinettist Mark Von de Wiel performs music by Anna Clyne, Ruth Gipps and Weber
- News
No 10 hits out at council's plan to clamp down on standing in pubs as licensing row escalates
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London chided against 'restrictive and anti-growth policies' in Soho and the West End
The Independent - News
Could the UK ever run out of water?
Last month in England was the driest July since records began almost two centuries ago. How concerned should we be?
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UK train chaos caused by 90 second power outage runs into second day
Rail bosses said a number of services are still experiencing delays after the brief ‘power outage’ on Thursday
The Independent - News
Mystery as fifteen elephants drop dead after eating tomatoes from nearby farms
Farmers near Kenya’s Amboseli National Park dispute claims that their produce is responsible for the deaths
The Independent - News
Police pepper-spray woman on mobility scooter during anti-migrant protests
Police tackling violent anti-migrant protests in a Norfolk market town pepper-sprayed a passerby on a mobility scooter.
The Telegraph
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‘My £500k home has been left cracked and irreparable by the heatwave – now I can’t sell it’
As England and Wales saw the hottest spring on record, many homeowners are suddenly finding their homes vulnerable to subsidence – with a soaring number set to be hit
The Independent - News
Detective ‘appalled’ by idea PC Harper’s killers could be released early
Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers might be freed halfway through their 13-year jail sentences
The Independent - Politics
Trump swoons over the looks of his hand-picked Fed chair Kevin Warsh: report
President Trump has previously complimented the Syrian president’s looks as well as the mayor of New York City
The Independent - News
‘Devious’ thief offered to help Eurostar passenger then stole £175k suitcase
Bilal Arbaoui, 32, distracted the woman with a tissue before grabbing her luggage
The Independent - Business
New wind-powered UK to France ferry service to begin trial runs
The 12-person catamaran will cross between Shoreham in West Sussex and Fécamp in Normandy
The Independent - Lifestyle
Coolcations: Why Brits are ditching the sweltering Mediterranean this summer
TRAVEL INSIDER: As extreme heat grips the Mediterranean, more holidaymakers than ever are turning to cooler destinations like Scotland, Norway and Canada – but with half the Travel Desk still booked into Crete, Croatia and Naxos, the 'coolcation' trend isn't the full picture, as Global Travel Editor Annabel Grossman reveals in the latest Travel Insider newsletter
The Independent - News
Moment ‘devious’ thief steals gold suitcase worth £175k from woman outside St Pancras Station
Bilal Arbaoui stole a gold suitcase containing £175,000 worth of items, while his accomplice distracted the victim offering a tissue for her ‘dirty’ trousers
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Mapped: All the UK rail lines disrupted by major power outage
National Rail has confirmed the chaos is due to an electricity supply failure at one of its communications centres
The Independent - News
Why Ukraine is targeting Russia’s ‘Amazon’ Wildberries with major strikes
At least 20 Wildberries warehouses have been attacked since July 18
The Independent - News
London council calls claims 'standing ban' is planned in pubs across West End and Soho 'ludicrous'
The council faced a pile-on of backlash following claims it planned on banning standing at pubs
- Business
JD Sports appoints former Ikea chief as chairman
The UK retail firm said Peter Agnefjall will take over the role from September 1.
- News
AE Expeditions launches cultural cruise itineraries including British Isle sailings
Stops on the route include Sark, the Isles of Scilly, Lundy, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, Mull, Skye and Rathlin Island
The Independent - News
Feds sacrifice rare fish in Colorado River to save power for millions
Federal officials will not be releasing water from one of the Colorado River's major reservoirs
The Independent - News
Primary schools will be forced to predict the future unemployed
Primary schools will be forced to predict which children are most at risk of unemployment when they leave school at 16.
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Former Mexican governor arrested over alleged cover-up in missing students case
The disappearance of 43 students in Mexico back in 2014 rocked the nation
The Independent - News
Second day of rail disruption caused by power outage
Electricity cut out in the main control hub for north-west England’s railways.
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Tories unveil ‘unserious and unworkable’ plan to evict foreign nationals from social housing to free up homes
Conservatives accused of copying controversial Reform policy while government data shows nine out of 10 social lets already go to UK nationals
The Independent - News
90-second power failure triggers two days of rail chaos
A 90-second power failure has triggered two days of chaos on Britain’s railways.
- Entertainment
Flo: Therapy at the Club review – skirting the dancefloor and overly sweating the small stuff
The British R&B girl group’s follow up to 2024’s Access All Areas is lyrically spicy and musically diverse but somewhat slow paced and lacking the euphoria and hedonism the title suggests
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Millions of plastic nurdles spreading dangerously along Northumberland coast
Volunteers are desperately racing against time to clean up the waves of plastic pellets being washed onto beaches amid fears the plastic could harm wildlife for years to come
The Independent - Business
Iberia to charter special solar eclipse flight – here’s how to watch livestream
The airline will stream the astronomical event from an altitude of 10,000 metres
The Independent - Politics
Trump endorsement falls short as Andy Ogles loses redrawn Tennessee primary
Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher defeated U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in a Republican primary Thursday for a significantly reshaped congressional district
The Independent - News
Tory plan to ban foreign nationals from social housing condemned as ‘divisive’
Housing charity says move would drive up homelessness, while Labour dismisses proposal as ‘unserious’
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Algerian stole woman’s £175k luggage with ‘dirty trousers’ trick
An Algerian stole a suitcase and £175,000 worth of valuables from a woman at a London railway station after telling her her trousers were dirty.
- Celebrity
Joan Jett cancels September shows after surgery for spinal fracture
Singer recently completed her first UK tour in 16 years, and says she will now take a break to ‘begin the necessary healing process’
The Independent - News
Four arrested and two in critical condition after violent clashes in South Wales
Four men have been arrested and two are in critical condition in hospital after violent disorder in South Wales. The disturbance involved a group of men in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, at around 7.15pm on Thursday, Gwent Police said. Firearms officers and the National Police Air Service supported police officers in Mill Road.
Sky News
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Probation officers threaten work-to-rule over early release crisis
Probation officers have threatened to protest against the early release crisis by working to rule and refusing overtime.
- Entertainment
Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison: Donn/Dubh review – British folk giants startlingly transform sacred histories
(Real World)Leaning on their Hebridean heritage, the duo meld 10th-century Celtic cantos with distortion, dream-pop and post-rock, with shades of Twin Peaks and Boards of Canada
- Politics
Trump says Dr Fauci should be prosecuted. What happens now?
Dr Anthony Fauci claimed in the hearing that Senator Rand Paul has an ‘obsession’ with calling for his prosecution
The Independent - News
July heatwave keeps shoppers at home in blow for high street
Total UK footfall was down 2.1% year-on-year in July amid soaring temperatures, figures suggest.
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Colombia on the brink: ELN guerrilla group prepares for return to war
As Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as president vowing a new military offensive, the country’s last leftwing rebels are getting ready to fight back
- News
American rescued from Antarctic base in rare midwinter rescue
The sun last set at the geographic South Pole on March 23 and will not rise until September 21
The Independent - News
Voices: ‘Tax the day trippers too’, say readers as UK’s first tourist tax sparks debate
YOUR VIEWS: As the UK’s first tourist tax arrives in Edinburgh, Travel Insider readers say the system has a fundamental flaw: overnight visitors pay while day trippers, who can cause just as much strain on a city, get off scot-free
The Independent - News
‘Waste colonialism’ – the Turkish city carrying the weight of Britain’s pollution problem
In this week’s newsletter: a Guardian investigation reveals that the UK exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to poor districts in Adana, where farmers are left to cope with microplastics, toxic smoke, and debris
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What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on a quest to solve youth jobs crisis
The former UK minister discovers how apprenticeships and support networks helped slash Ireland’s Neet rate
- Lifestyle
Elderflower cordial, rust remover and sink unblocker: The clever uses of citric acid
Citric acid has long been a favourite for descaling kettles and coffee machines, but its uses extend far beyond banishing limescale.
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