The Guardian - September 09, 2024

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September 09, 2024

Corruption 'red flag' on £15bn Covid contracts

Corruption \"red flags\" in government Covid contracts worth more than £15bn have been uncovered, representing nearly one in every three pounds awarded by the Conservative administration during the pandemic, according to a detailed study.

3 mins

Scores of MPs could refuse to back Starmer over cut in fuel payments

PM urges backbenchers to support measure he accepts is 'unpopular'

4 mins

Progress on heart disease 'at risk after Tory NHS failures'

Decades of progress in tackling heart disease and strokes is in danger of unravelling in part because of NHS failures under the last government, a report into the state of the health service in England will argue.

3 mins

Marseille has its time in sun as city with 'just the right amount of edge'

When a place becomes a meme, you know it is having a moment. This is what is happening to Marseille, which found its name plastered on a satirical Instagram account last week.

3 mins

Teacher left 'sick with nerves' over Brexit fight to stay in Spanish home

A British teacher has said he is \"sick\" with nerves about returning to his home in Spain amid a three-year battle to get post-Brexit residency. He was denied it because he was missing one month's medical insurance in the first year after the UK left the EU.

2 mins

Fireworks and lasers light up Paris Paralympics in electrifying finale

With an explosion of fireworks, laserbeams, breakdance and a thumping set by the giants of French electronica music, France bid goodbye to the Paralympic Games last night, with the biggest party it had ever thrown.

3 mins

Family of boy evacuated from Kabul are denied UK reunion visa

The Home Office has rejected a visa application from a family trapped in Afghanistan whose son was evacuated to the UK during the fall of Kabul.

2 mins

Hospital apologises after children suffered 'severe harm' under surgeon

A leading NHS children's hospital is reviewing the care 721 patients received after an investigation found that children treated by one of its surgeons came to \"severe harm\" during limb reconstruction operations.

2 mins

'Defying tradition': poly-friendly dating app doubles revenue

A dating app aimed at alternative relationships nearly doubled its revenues last year as non-monogamous, queer and kinky people helped the UK business expand around the world.

2 mins

'I am the police' Life under brutal rule of a West Bank settler

'Call me Yakov,\" the burly, red-bearded settler told the Palestinian villagers who lived in his shadow. They should, it was understood, consider him their mukhtar, their chief, mayor and sheriff.

4 mins

Joy derision Democrats swap good manners for ridicule

In her book Trump in Exile, the reporter Meridith McGraw describes how aides to Donald Trump set about destroying Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor who threatened to lure Republican voters away from the former president.

2 mins

'It's everywhere now' Starlink's conquest of the Amazon - and its implications for Brazil and beyond

The helicopter swooped into one of the most inaccessible corners of the Amazon rainforest.

4 mins

Billions lost through tax evasion as shops exploit system's weak points

The UK is missing out on billions of pounds of revenue each year from small retail businesses that exploit weaknesses in government systems to evade paying tax, the public spending watchdog has warned.

2 mins

Tuned in Sport bucks the trend and passes the screen test in trying times

There was an undisputed winner of the summer of sport, which ended last night as the most spectacular Paralympics in living memory came to a close. Sport, and the way it keeps so many of us watching - especially in a world where TV viewing figures increasingly resemble Tom Daley diving off a 10-metre platform.

3 mins

'Very emotional': Weir calls time on Paralympic career

After seven Games and 10 medals, Briton retires after finishing fifth in marathon

3 mins

Robinson marvels at 'old-school' Cudjoe after Giants win

Luke Robinson expressed frustration despite marking his first game as Huddersfield Giants' permanent head coach with a battling 22-16 victory against London Broncos at the John Smith's Stadium.

2 mins

Carsley finds England job is about more than just coaching

Interim manager needs support to emulate Southgate’s navigation of matters off the field

4 mins

Smith's damage-limitation job does little to disrupt Sri Lanka's Sunday stroll

There has been a distinct end-of-term feel about England in this Test, an early loosening of the tie before the final school bell rings.

3 mins

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