headlines
Thursday
28
July
2016
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Plan for every child to have 'named person' breaches rightsSupreme court finds SNP government’s proposals on child welfare breach right to privacy and family life
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Vauxhall and BMW among car firms linked to child labour over glittery mica paintPaint used by car makers including Vauxhall, BMW, Volkswagen and Audi linked to illegal mines in India reliant on child labour and debt bondage -
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Eco-festival on uninhabited island delayed by water and power failureFestival-goers hear last minute via Facebook of water and power failure on uninhabited island
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highlights
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Where have Hollywood's real villains gone?The release of Suicide Squad confirms a trend: all of our heroes are antiheroes and all of our bogeymen have been humanised
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Join us for a meeting on MerseysideWe invite readers of this project to discuss what we’ve discovered so far – and where we should be heading next
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Portraits of English cities in the 1970sPeter Mitchell worked as a truck driver in Leeds in the 1970s, photographing the city during his rounds. These fascinating portraits of factories and small shop owners in Yorkshire and London are found on his website Strangely Familiar
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Thank you, Jeremy, for sweeping away the third-way brigade, but it’s Smith who has the policies, daring and coherence to take the party to powerLabour has been adrift. Owen Smith can bring it back to land
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‘Honour’ killing may not be in your culture, but the problem belongs to us allAfter the murder of Qandeel Baloch, police are investigating the suspicious death in Pakistan of one of my constituents. We can stay silent no longer
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Imogen has done everything asked of her, yet administrative errors and built-in delays mean she resorted to taking out loans to liveThe farce and the agony of trying to get universal credit payments
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from the UK
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Resignation of EDF director paves way for Hinkley Point go-aheadGérard Magnin, who opposed construction of nuclear power plant, resigns before crucial board meeting
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Corrupt Brazilian businessman's UK property splurgeGuardian investigation finds Expedito Machado – who has admitted laundering bribes for his father, a former senator – spent £21m on British real estate
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around the world
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Emotional Obama passes baton of hope to ClintonThe president was up until 3.30am revising drafts of a stirring speech to the Democratic convention that offered optimism and inclusiveness
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Judge concerned for British woman 'imprisoned' by father in Saudi ArabiaHigh court urged to intervene in case of Amina al-Jeffery, 21, whose father has admitted locking her in his flat when he goes out
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close encounters
in brief
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The hairstyle makes a poignant returnIn the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, the reappearance of dreadlocks on the men’s catwalk has been significant
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Monaco has most millionaires in Europe - but London not far behindOne in three people in Mediterranean principality are millionaires, while London is fourth and Edinburgh 16th , with Dublin surprise entry in top 10
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Lonely, bored and neglectedWhat do our beloved animals get up to all day while we’re out? For too many it means insufficient exercise or social interaction: they are lonely and bored
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Yorkshire is most Anglo-Saxon region in the UKFamily history site Ancestry says county of David Hockney and Barbara Hepworth is 41% Anglo-Saxon, while UK average is 37%
in depth
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Rock boiled down to its absolute essenceDespite having percolated through rock and pop almost continuously for four decades, the most influential punk album of them all can still provide a prickle of danger and discomfort
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Seven decades of refugee stories in BritainIt’s 65 years since the Refugee convention was signed. In that time George Szirtes fled Hungary, Gillian Slovo escaped from apartheid South Africa and Ahmad risked his life in a leaky boat to get out of Syria
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The Africans buying sunshine with their phonesSolar-powered electricity units are removing the need for dangerous kerosene lamps and allowing Africans to stay connected
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From virtual communities to real-life enterprises … How Kickstarter generated more than $5bnThe crowdfunding platform – which notoriously funded the Oculus Rift – has the power to connect people, reignite dying markets and promote social wellbeing. All while raking in real hard cash for its project creators
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Directing Gérard Depardieu in Death ValleyMaking any film in the Mojave desert would be difficult – never mind with a wine-swigging, naked Depardieu in tow. Valley of Love director Guillaume Nicloux explains how he did it
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Samba, history, food and drink in Rio de JaneiroFor zest and spectacle it’s hard to beat Brazil’s shoreline city, and our readers aren’t short of suggestions, including samba parties, favelas and cultural hotspots
people
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James Cameron calls Donald Trump a 'madman'Ahead of a screening of his new film on global warming at the DNC, director calls Trump’s dismissal of environmental science ‘reckless and dangerous’
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Migrants column was in bad taste – but Ipso doesn’t cover thatWatchdog’s chief says Sun article comparing migrants to cockroaches was cleared because they are not a group that can be discriminated against
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Everybody wanted out from Panic! at the DiscoAs the only remaining member of the band, the singer no longer has to compromise – whether that’s about making music or being naked
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Don't waste her as a Bond girlThis is no Bechdel test-brandishing diatribe – Hollywood simply needs to do better if the best part it can find for the fabulous actor is 007’s latest squeeze
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The pope and polar bearsThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a papal trip to Poland
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An Armenian man dances for his lost son‘Tears streamed down his face. He told me his son had died – his pride and joy – and that I looked just like him. I asked if he would dance for me’
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The wonder of medieval manuscriptsThe Fitzwilliam Museum has brought together some dazzling, intricate manuscripts, whose colours foreshadow modern art … in the middle ages
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10 of the best summer topsFrom sightseeing to drinks on the terrace, here are the best tops to pack for a weekend away, that will see you through from dawn till dusk
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Storm chasing in AmericaEncountering lightning storms and erratic tornadoes are all in a day’s work for Jason Weingart, who has been chasing massive storm systems across America since 2009
Labour Corbyn sees off court challenge over leadership race
Live Corbyn labels challenge a 'waste of time'