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• Carillion investigation fast-tracked and 'extended in scope'

  16-01-2018 14:45
  An investigation into the collapse of construction giant Carillion will be fast-tracked and "extended in scope".Business Secretary Greg Clark gave the order on Tuesday that will see company directors past and present probed to discover if they "caused detriment to those owed money".
  
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• Lotto results: Winning National Lottery numbers with Thunderball on August 29

  29-08-2026 23:45 via express.co.uk
  The Lotto draw takes place every Wednesday and Saturday.
  
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• Burscough train crash RECAP: Horror as man dies after train hits van near Liverpool

  29-08-2026 23:40 via express.co.uk
  A major emergency response is under way following reports that a train has collided with a vehicle.
  
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• Boy, 13, stabbed at Taco Bell in Rochdale as two teenagers arrested

  29-08-2026 23:27 via express.co.uk
  CSI officers were seen carrying out enquiries at the scene as the Taco Bell remained cordoned off.
  
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• UK households urged to unplug lamps on Sunday

  29-08-2026 22:12 via express.co.uk
  Households are being urged to unplug non-essential electrical appliances.
  
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• UK pottery giant closes last store early after huge closing down sale

  29-08-2026 22:09 via express.co.uk
  All stores have closed earlier than planned after 217 years of trading.
  
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• Rescue launched for vessel 'in distress' in English Channel off coast of Plymouth

  29-08-2026 22:01 via express.co.uk
  The MCA was alerted just after 6pm on Saturday, with RNLI lifeboats scrambled to the scene.
  
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• British right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported back to UK from US

  29-08-2026 21:48 via express.co.uk
  British right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to the UK after being detained by US immigration officials.
  
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• Murder investigation after child found seriously injured next man's body in Dungannon

  29-08-2026 19:41 via express.co.uk
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
  
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• Major supermarket closing down on UK high street – in business just 8 months

  29-08-2026 19:22 via express.co.uk
  The store is closing down its doors for good on Saturday.
  
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• Knife-wielding Middlesbrough thugs avoid jail after promising not to reoffend

  29-08-2026 18:03 via express.co.uk
  Criminals in a region beset with "lawlessness and gang violence" can dodge jail if they promise not to reoffend, according to reports.
  
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• Artist defends Ronnie O’Sullivan mural in Sheffield saying it isn’t finished

  28-08-2026 17:34 via theguardian.com
  Critics say painting looks more like a zombie but artist Chris Ashmore says ‘touch-ups’ are still to happenA street artist has defended his mural of the snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan in Sheffield after critics suggested the world champion looked like a zombie.Chris Ashmore was commissioned to produce the artwork featuring the former seven-time world champion for the back wall of the Spot On snooker club, the BBC reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Russ Abbot: a class act, on stage and off | Letters

  28-08-2026 17:33 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to Simon Hattenstone’s interview with the retired actor and comedian Simon Hattenstone’s wonderful interview with Russ Abbot (‘In 1984, I worked 363 days’: how Russ Abbot soared to success – then walked away, 24 August) brought back a treasured story that leaves my family eternally grateful to him.During the summer of 2010, we travelled from Scotland on holiday, staying in Windsor, and attended Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. When the show
  
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• England v Pakistan: second men’s cricket Test, day two – live

  28-08-2026 17:33 via theguardian.com
  Updates from day two at Lord’s; play starts 11am
  Day one report | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Rob62nd over: England 266-9 (Atkinson 38, Tongue 14) Scrap that: Atkinson takes a leg-bye off the second ball of this over. As Tongue prepares to face Abbas, the keeper, Mohammad Rizwan, calls for a helmet and goes up to the stumps – so Josh Tongue is now being treated like Joe Root. The ploy could backfire by making Tongue’s nicks harder for the slips to pick up. And it doesn’t
  
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• Protect fossils from hammer-wielding tourists | Letter

  28-08-2026 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Jill White responds to an editorial calling for fossils to be given legally protected national-treasure statusI write this while sitting on Charmouth beach in Dorset with my required reading of the Saturday Guardian, as I do regularly. Your editorial (The Guardian view on the export of fossils: they deserve national treasure status, 21 August) produced a hollow laugh as – this being the centre of fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast – I am surrounded by armies of hammer-wielding tour
  
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• Families of 33 missing Britons rush to Nepal as fears grow of more floods

  28-08-2026 17:31 via theguardian.com
  Desperate relatives trying to reach loved ones last seen in area where entire villages have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Families are rushing to Nepal to search for the 33 British nationals who are still missing, as fears mount over the risk of a second wave of flooding in the region.The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down
  
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• There can be huge comfort in end-of-life preparation | Letter

  28-08-2026 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Gill Empson says her husband wanted to make sure that the family would not have a mess to sort out after his death from a terminal illnessSarah Phillips’ article struck such a chord (What end-of-life experts know about living well: love your wrinkles, celebrate birthdays and don’t obsess over work, 13 August). My husband, Dick, died last month with pulmonary fibrosis. His last few months were physically very difficult, but he gained an enormous amount of comfort from sorting out his
  
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• Emery and Watkins ‘shed tears’ saying goodbye; transfer latest; Celtic and Rangers punished: football – live

  28-08-2026 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Transfer news and buildup to this weekend’s fixturesPremier League things to look out for | Email MichaelBrighton women’s manager Dario Vidosic said of his time at the club:I have loved my time at the Albion and am proud of what we have achieved together. Leaving has been a difficult decision, but I believe it is the right time for me and my family to begin a new chapter.I would like to thank the players, staff and supporters for their support throughout my time at the club and wish
  
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• Focus on Paul McCartney’s feet down below his knee | Brief letters

  28-08-2026 17:29 via theguardian.com
  Abbey Road | Putin is no Marxist | Nort a homophone | 35mm film canistersJonathan Jones writes that, on the Abbey Road LP cover shot, the Beatles were “in perfect step” (Four blokes and a zebra crossing: the banality and beauty of the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover, 22 August). As was much commented on at the time, three of them were as described, all leading with their left leg, but Paul McCartney was not only barefoot (as indeed Jones noted), but was actually leading with his righ
  
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• US Federal Reserve’s Kevin Warsh warns there will be ‘work to do’ unless high inflation eases – business live

  28-08-2026 17:25 via theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of the latest events in global financial markets, the economy and major corporate movesIn the metals market, supply fears have pushed the zinc price up to a four-year high.Zinc, which is used to galvanise steel, hit $3,955 a metric tonne this morning, its highest since May 2022.LME [zinc] inventories have been drawn sharply lower, mine and smelter disruptions have restricted refined availability, and supply outside China has become notably tight.With consumers facing a thinner p
  
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• Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit review – quirky yarns and a pop quiz in maths

  28-08-2026 17:15 via theguardian.com
  Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHopping from a PowerPoint on hairlines to songs about favourite motorways, Towelling’s set is fun but drops a stitch or twoThe route from the classroom to the comedy stage is well travelled, and ex-maths teacher Tom Towelling makes it the thread of his show here, conducting his audience like so many recalcitrant pupils under his charge. In case that sounds triggering, never fear: this debut show is unlike any other schoolroom you’ve been in. Towelling is
  
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• UK urged to ban imports of Brazilian meat over health concerns

  28-08-2026 17:13 via theguardian.com
  Brazil failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farmingThe UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat, in light of concerns over the safety of imports.The National Farmers’ Union in England and its sister organisations in the devolved administrations wrote to the government on Friday warning that public health was at risk. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour rejects Zack Polanski’s call to ‘slam brakes’ on building AI datacentres

  28-08-2026 17:11 via theguardian.com
  Government says Green leader’s proposed moratorium on ‘energy-guzzling’ AI projects would be disaster for economyLabour has rejected calls to pause construction of major AI infrastructure in Britain after the Green party leader, Zack Polanski, said it was time to “slam the brakes on these energy-guzzling, water-guzzling datacentres”.The government hit back at the opposition party’s proposal of a “moratorium other than [for] local-scale datacentres for th
  
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• Choking is sold to teens as a safe sexual practice. The research says it never is

  28-08-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  More and more young people are engaging in sexual strangulation. But experts say there’s no safe pressure – and we have to start talking to teenagers about itWhen touching someone’s throat, it can only take the pressure of a handshake to cause serious injury, unconsciousness or death. These injuries, which include brain damage and stroke, are often internal and invisible, showing up days or even months after the initial incident occurred. Experts say many who participate in sex
  
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• Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid

  28-08-2026 16:46 via theguardian.com
  Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hoursAustrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty.Authorities in the capital released pictures of the suspects captured by security cameras during the heist at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), amid a rash of spectacular smash-and-grab thefts from
  
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• From sustainable sponges to seriously comfy walking boots: the best August bank holiday deals on the products we love

  28-08-2026 16:42 via theguardian.com
  We’ve rounded up genuinely good offers on Filter-recommended and tested products across home, beauty, travel and more• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAugust bank holiday is summer’s Boxing Day: the fun’s over, you’ve got no money left, and it’s probably raining. (As someone whose birthday falls at the fuzzy end of August, I can confirm that it always, always rains.) And, just as on Boxing Day, the shops erupt in discount fever.R
  
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• Nepal-Tibet flash flood: death toll rises above 540 as rescue operations resume – latest updates - The Guardian

  28-08-2026 16:31 via news.google.com
  Nepal-Tibet flash flood: death toll rises above 540 as rescue operations resume – latest updates  The GuardianFamilies of 33 missing Britons rush to Nepal as fears grow of more floods  The GuardianChina suspends Himalaya flood rescue efforts as lake overflows  Financial TimesMount Kailash, Sacred to 4 Faiths, Drew Pilgrims Lost in Himalayan Floods  The New York TimesNepal declines foreign rescue help, South Korea says it is 'negotiating'  R
  
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• Four men admit destroying Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green - The Guardian

  28-08-2026 16:31 via news.google.com
  Four men admit destroying Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green  The GuardianFour plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish ambulances  BBCFour plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish community ambulances  BBCFour men plead guilty to Golders Green ambulance arson attack  Sky NewsFour men admit Golders Green ambulance arson attack  The Telegraph
  
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• Four men admit destroying Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green

  28-08-2026 16:30 via theguardian.com
  Prosecutors allege men were deliberately targeting Jewish community when four vehicles were set ablaze in MarchFour men have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack causing about £1m of damage.Hamza ⁠Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and Judex Atshatshi and Saif Ali, both 18, admitted to a charge of destroying or damaging property being reckless whether life would be endangered. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Burnham to abstain on assisted dying bill to avoid influencing debate

  28-08-2026 16:30 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: PM also warns his ministers against trying to influence vote when bill returns to Commons next monthAndy Burnham has told Labour MPs that he will not cast a vote when the assisted dying bill returns to the Commons next month to avoid influencing the debate.While the move was welcomed by supporters of the measure, No 10 officials said the prime minister had no wish to affect the process in either direction, and was just doing what he thought was best to allow MPs to reach their own col
  
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