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Fri 14 Aug 2026
Count Binface and Nigel Farage
UK politics live
Nigel Farage says he won’t attend count in Clacton byelection against Count Binface
Young graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards applaud a speech at the University of York, England
University funding
UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students
A woman drinks water during a hot day in London, Britain, 25 June 2026
Extreme heat
UK records hottest day of year as fifth summer heatwave reaches peak
An aerial view of smoke from the grassfire engulfing homes and woodland
West Midlands
Four taken to hospital and homes damaged in West Midlands fires
Aerial view of the derailed train
East Sussex
Two seriously injured after passenger train derails near Lewes in East Sussex
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In focus

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Analysis
Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities
Analysis
Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
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Features

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Film
Borges, ballet and BDSM: 10 must-see movies at Edinburgh international film festival
Reader interview
Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’
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The long read

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A mysterious bomb and a furious wife: the strange tale of the anti-Putin activist who spied for the Kremlin
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Opinion

A theatre in Mariupol destroyed by Russian bombing, 25 April 2022.
quote  Ukrainian cathedrals, Gaza’s archives, Iranian squares – modern war is systematically erasing human history
Simon Jenkins
quote  The Jason Arday affair must not spell the end for diversity. Here’s how – and why – we should defend it
Joseph Harker
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Sport

Amy Hunt with her gold medal
European Athletics Championships
Quicksilver Hunt flies to glorious golden double with 200m triumph
Premier League 2026-27
Preview No 9: Everton need progress under Moyes after spring struggle
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Podcast

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Prisons are full - who should be released early? – podcast
Podcast | 30:51
 
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Climate crisis

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The age of extinction
Wing and a prayer: how probiotics might save bat species from a killer fungus
The oil and gas industry is far more integrated in food production than many of us realise. Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks at the processes for meat, processed staples and fruit and vegetables
It's complicated
How our food became so dependent on oil
  Video | 6:20
 
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Business & technology

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Business