The Guardian - September 17, 2024

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September 17, 2024

Suspect charged after apparent assassination attempt on Trump

Former president calls Biden and Harris enemy within’ after incident

4 mins

Khan to ban traffic from struggling Oxford St

Traffic will be banned from London's Oxford Street under plans announced by the mayor, Sadiq Khan, using new powers from Labour to push through long-thwarted pedestrianization of the capital's famous shopping strip.

3 mins

Lib Dems aiming to replace Tories 'at top table of politics', says Davey

The Liberal Democrats could take dozens more seats from the Conservatives at the next general election if the Tories select a leader who keeps pushing them to the right, party officials believe.

2 mins

Bitter dispute over proposed changes to Margate's 'brutalist masterpiece' tower

The 18-storey Arlington House in Margate, Kent, has long been considered a brutalist masterpiece. It inspired the English rock band Hawkwind's song High Rise and recently featured in Sam Mendes's Bafta-nominated film Empire of Light.

2 mins

Edwards given suspended prison sentence over child abuse images

The former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence, completing an extraordinary fall from grace after admitting accessing indecent photographs of children as young as seven.

4 mins

Five women on 2024 Booker prize shortlist

Five female authors including Rachel Kushner and Anne Michaels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize, the highest number of women in the 55-year history of the award.

2 mins

Meloni: Starmer 'interested' in the Italy-Albania deal to cut migration

Keir Starmer has shown \"great interest\" in the Italy-Albania migration deal, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said, as the UK vowed to send £4m to support her controversial crackdown on irregular migration.

2 mins

Waheed Alli Media chief turned Labour fixer who 'gets things done'

By the time Keir Starmer entered Downing Street, his ally and donor Waheed Alli had become so much part of the Labour operation that no one at the top of the party was surprised to see him floating around the building.

3 mins

At least 16 dead as 'catastrophic' rain and flooding hit central Europe

The death toll from torrential rain and flooding in central and eastern Europe rose to at least 16 yesterday, with several more people missing, as officials reported deaths in the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria, and warned the worst may be yet to come.

2 mins

Israeli strikes on residential buildings kill 16 in Gaza, officials say

At least 16 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across central Gaza on Sunday night and yesterday morning, including five women and four children, Palestinian health officials said.

1 min

France's European commissioner quits in row with EU chief

France's European commissioner, Thierry Breton, has resigned, citing \"questionable governance\" at the EU executive led by Ursula von der Leyen.

2 mins

Blow for Belfast shipbuilding as Harland & Wolff goes bust

Harland & Wolff, the owner of the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, is to enter into administration this week after failing to find new funding, in a blow to UK government hopes of shipbuilding in the city.

2 mins

John Lewis Hopes that former Tesco boss will speed up retail revival

Jason Tarry started his first day as chairman of the John Lewis Partnership yesterday with a full in-tray, after his predecessor, Sharon White, handed over control.

2 mins

Higher and higher Villa fans' lame resistance to ticket price greed gives hierarchy free pass

If the powers that be at Aston Villa were remotely concerned their decision to charge extortionately high prices for tickets to Champions League home games this season might lead to repercussions in the form of any sort of meaningful fan protest, they were sent a very clear message on Saturday night.

3 mins

'I literally just cried. I curled up into a ball'

Tom Curry feared a hip injury would end his career but the Sale and England flanker is back after gruelling recovery

4 mins

"That trophy, the moment lives with you for ever'

As Aston Villareturn to Europe's elite competition, we catchup with some of the squad who won the 198? final

7 mins

A new dawn, or just the richest clubs winning in ever more lucrative ways?

Uefa's new format is not about greater jeopardy, explains Jonathan Liew, but its desire to supplant sporting integrity with the thrills of the TV game show

6 mins

Do it for Gary Villa mourn 1982 hero on return to European elite

Unai Emery has said Aston Villa plan to dedicate victory to Gary Shaw if they beat Young Boys in the Champions League after the 1982 European Cup winner died yesterday aged 63.

2 mins

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