Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage ‘Rainbow Olympics’: Tokyo hailed as turning point Sign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefing In pictures: the best images from day seven in Tokyo Email Jonathan, tweet or comment below the line 3.51am BST Swimming – Great Britain have […]
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Transport secretary Grant Shapps ‘acted irrationally and unlawfully’ when he approved the £1.7bn project, judge rules Campaigners including archaeologists, environmental groups and druids have won a high court battle to prevent a controversial road project that includes a tunnel near Stonehenge. The £1.7bn scheme to overhaul eight miles of the […]
Unsettled weather forecast across England and Wales with ‘torrential thundery downpours’ in the east The Met Office has issued weather and flood warnings as Storm Evert moved eastwards across Britain with thunderstorms forecast for the weekend. Yellow wind warnings are in place for coastal areas in south-east England and East […]
Failings have led to ‘unjustified inequalities’, says landmark report that finds little progress in 22 years since Macpherson Police and governments have done too little to stamp out racial injustice in the ranks, with the failings being systemic and leading to “unjustified inequalities”, a report by an all-party committee of […]
Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage Lee steps up in Biles’s absence to take gymnastics glory Sign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefing Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.42am BST BMX Racing: France’s Romain Mahieu won the first men’s semi-final run ahead […]
Study warns regulator must take action as private equity firms and state-backed groups begin to dominate Foreign control of North Sea oil licences could put the UK’s plans to reach net zero emissions at risk, a study has warned. The research shows state-backed fossil fuel companies and private equity firms […]
Club observes 97-second silence for Andrew Devine, who was ruled a victim of disaster after brain injuries proved fatal The players and staff of Liverpool football club have observed 97 seconds of silence at their training base in Austria as a tribute to Andrew Devine, 55, who died this week […]
Experts warn against drawing conclusions from fluctuations as 31,117 daily infections reported Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The daily number of Covid cases reported in the UK has risen for the second day in a row, although experts have cautioned against drawing premature conclusions from the […]
Government must ramp up staff recruitment as job was ‘undoable’ even before Covid, says GP body Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Doctors are warning that general practice clinics risk cracking under the pressure of “unsustainable” workloads unless the government ramps up the recruitment of medical staff […]
Manufacturer halts shipments of some Alienware Aurora R10 and R12 PCs because they use so much energy they breach state standards PC maker Dell says it has stopped shipping some versions of its powerful gaming systems to California and five other US states because the products do not meet new […]