The Guardian - November 27, 2024

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November 27, 2024

Biden hails 'historic' ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah

Netanyahu cabinet backs peace agreement despite opposition from far right

3 mins

Green targets blamed as Vauxhall plant closes

Vauxhall's owner said yesterday it would close its van factory at Luton, with 1,100 jobs at risk of being cut or moved despite the government preparing to relax rules on electric cars.

3 mins

Irregular bedtime raises heart attack risk - study

Failing to stick to a regular time for going to bed and waking up increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart failure by 26%, even for those who get a full night's sleep, the most comprehensive study of its kind suggests.

3 mins

Woman who kept her child in drawer for three years is jailed

The mother of a three-year-old girl who was kept in a drawer and had never seen daylight or another human face has been jailed for more than seven years.

2 mins

Final cut: London's Smithfield meat market to close for good after rejection of relocation plans

London's historic Smithfield meat market is to close for good, after the City of London Corporation voted to pull out of plans to relocate it and Billingsgate fish market to Dagenham, to the east of the city.

3 mins

Phantom gnome snatcher of 1977 says sorry after he is found at last

The closest residents in the sleepy seaside town of Formby got to violent crime in 1977 was, the BBC solemnly reported, by watching Kojak.

2 mins

Putin, Trump, Brexit Key takeaways from highly anticipated Merkel memoir

Angela Merkel was notoriously discreet and privacy-conscious as Germany's chancellor, rarely veering off message during her 16 years in office. In her eagerly anticipated political autobiography, Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021, she has hardly turned into a gossipmonger overnight. But across 721 pages - published yesterday - there are glimpses of a Merkel previously unseen. Here are eight things we have learned.

4 mins

Last group of asylum seekers leave Bibby Stockholm barge

The final asylum seekers housed on the Bibby Stockholm left the barge yesterday and crew members are set to leave today, with the controversial vessel's final day in port expected to be 8 January.

1 min

'We lost faith in the world,' says dance teacher who survived Southport attack

A dance teacher who survived the knife attack in Southport in which three children were killed has said she is hoping her voice \"will get louder and louder\" after the trial of her alleged attacker.

2 mins

Peace deal

What will the agreement entail?

2 mins

F-35 jet parts Activists ask court to block arms sales

Campaigners trying to block UK sales of F-35 jet engine parts to Israel will apply for an emergency high court injunction in light of the international criminal court (ICC) issuing arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

4 mins

Mother's tributes to girl who died after fleeing police car

The mother of a teenage girl who was struck by a car and killed after she fled a stationary police vehicle on a motorway has paid tribute to \"the most kindest, caring, loving, loyal girl ever\".

1 min

Plans to end NHS dental care crisis not working, warns spending watchdog

Plans to end the deepening crisis in access to NHS dental care are failing, leaving patients unable to get treatment, the government's spending watchdog warned today.

2 mins

Stewart 'proud and ready' for Glastonbury's Pyramid stage

Rod Stewart is to take to Glastonbury's Pyramid stage next year in the Sunday tea-time \"legends\" slot - 23 years after he appeared as a headliner at the festival.

2 mins

Russia bans UK cabinet ministers as relations sour further

Russia has banned UK cabinet ministers, including Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves, from entering the country under new sanctions announced by Moscow's foreign affairs ministry.

2 mins

Groucho Club closed as serious crime alleged

The Groucho Club, a private members' club in central London, has been forced to close as police investigate whether the venue was the scene of a serious criminal offence.

1 min

'Safety first' TikTok to ban children using beauty filters

Teenagers will be restricted from using beauty filters on TikTok amid concern they are contributing to rising anxiety and falling self-esteem.

1 min

Axa 'threatened to cancel cover' for Briton in coma after US crash

The daughter of a woman who suffered brain injuries while on holiday in the US has said she was told by her insurer that her mother must return to the UK, against the advice of doctors, or face having funding for her medical care withdrawn.

2 mins

Fresh weather warnings after more than 500 houses flooded by Storm Bert

More than 500 homes and businesses were flooded across Wales and England during Storm Bert, it has emerged, as forecasters issued another severe weather warning for rain in parts of southern Britain.

2 mins

Watchdog asked to investigate if MP was offered cash to defect to Reform

Labour has written to parliament's standards watchdog asking for an investigation into claims that Lee Anderson was offered a six-figure financial incentive to join the Reform party the year before he defected.

2 mins

'They are more straight-talking' Farage's party gaining support in Wales

Crossing Gwent Square on a cold, crisp day in Cwmbran, married couple Maxine and David Griffin have more in common with each other than they did a year ago. In July, the Brexit supporters both voted for Reform UK in the constituency of Torfaen; it was the first time they had both voted for the same party.

4 mins

Johnson emerges with a new pearl of wisdom: it's the church that has made children obese

For Johnson, the greatest crime is to be boring. For his words to go unreported. So he started ad-libbing to get their attention

2 mins

Labour confirms betting levy to fund NHS gambling treatments

Bookmakers and casinos will be forced to fund NHS services that tackle problem gambling, after Labour rubber-stamped the previous government's plans, which also include a cap of as little as £2 on the sums that can be staked on online slot machines.

1 min

Billboards and ad campaigns on assisted dying spark MPs' anger

Mass advertising campaigns about assisted dying, including billboards at Westminster tube station and targeted Facebook posts, have sparked anger among MPs.

2 mins

Born in year of Titanic sinking, world's oldest living man dies at 112

John Tinniswood, the world's oldest living man, has died at his care home in Merseyside surrounded by \"music and love\", his family said.

2 mins

Mother of prisoner in Egypt says Lammy must keep promises

The British-born mother of an Egyptian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 58 days is preparing to meet the foreign secretary, David Lammy, to urge him to secure her son's release.

3 mins

Record high number of England's bathing areas have poor water quality

Water quality has been designated as poor in a record number of bathing areas this year after 16 rivers were included in summer testing for harmful bacteria, figures reveal.

2 mins

McQueen chronicles century of protest as portrait of Britain

After retelling the story of the Blitz from a new angle, Steve McQueen's next project is an alternative photographic history of protest and campaigning in Britain, spanning a century from the Suffragettes to the Iraq war protests.

2 mins

Five survivors found a day after tourist boat sank in the Red Sea

Egyptian naval forces recovered four bodies and rescued five more people from the Red Sea a day after a large tourist boat sank in rough waters, officials have said.

1 min

Manager and seven staff at backpacker hostel held over tourist deaths

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from a suspected mass methanol poisoning.

2 mins

Mother killed herself but wrote 'I was murdered', court hears

A young mother killed herself and left a note saying \"I was murdered\" after suffering years of abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, a court heard yesterday.

1 min

Police accused of forcing Gypsy children to leave city on trains

Representatives from Gypsy and Traveller communities have said that they want \"accountability not apologies\" after children attending the Christmas markets in Manchester were \"forced on to trains\" by police.

1 min

Ruling on definition of 'women' challenged in Scotland

The supreme court has been urged to uphold \"the facts of biological reality rather than the fantasies of legal fiction\" in a case brought by Scottish campaigners about how women are defined in law.

2 mins

TfL to fine firms whose ebikes block pavements in London

Dockless ebike companies will be fined when their cycles block roads and spaces outside underground stations under a crackdown by Transport for London.

1 min

Warnings of trade war after Trump's tariff threat against China, Canada and Mexico

Donald Trump's threat to impose steep tariffs on goods imported into the US has sparked warnings of a bitter global trade war and drawn sharp responses from Canada, China and Mexico, with the latter threatening retaliatory tariffs.

3 mins

US politics Rivalries break out ahead of inauguration

Internal rivalries in Donald Trump's team have spilled into public view with Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to Trump, being accused of asking potential administration nominees to pay fees in exchange for promoting them to the president-elect.

1 min

America's fentanyl epidemic Is Chinese supply responsible for the crisis?

Donald Trump's announcement that he will impose a 25% duty on all goods from Mexico and Canada, and a 10% duty on China, on top of existing duties, was perhaps to be expected.

2 mins

Canada Trudeau calls emergency talks to discuss threat to exports

Justin Trudeau has called an emergency meeting with provincial premiers across Canada after the US president-elect, Donald Trump, threatened a 25% tariff on imports from the United States' northern neighbour and largest trading partner.

2 mins

Influencers need 'urgent' training on fact-checking, says Unesco

Social media influencers need urgent help to check their facts before they broadcast to their followers, in order to reduce the spread of misinformation online, Unesco has warned.

1 min

Seven dead as Khan supporters battle police in Pakistani capital

At least seven people were killed and dozens injured as thousands of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan forced their way through security barriers and entered Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, yesterday morning.

2 mins

Disenchanted youth hold key to Namibian presidential election

Namibians are going to the polls with the longtime ruling party's parliamentary majority under threat if dissatisfied young people turn out in big numbers amid a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment globally.

1 min

Ukraine suffers power cuts after Russia launches its biggest drone attack yet

Russia launched its biggest ever drone attack on Ukraine on Monday night and yesterday morning, sending a reported 188 drones into the country against various targets, resulting in power cuts in part of western Ukraine and damage to residential buildings outside Kyiv.

2 mins

They were children who looked like me' Netflix show recounts Rio police killings

Netflix show recounts Rio police killings

3 mins

Romania Pro-Russian's presidential bid troubles Europe

After an upset in the first of three crunch votes that could lead to Romania veering towards a more anti-EU, pro-Russian stance, the country will return to the polls on Sunday for a parliamentary ballot followed, on 8 December, by a presidential runoff.

2 mins

Paradise lost? Cruise ships are having a 'catastrophic impact' on the Bahamas, say activists

Joseph Darville has fond memories of swimming with his young son off the south coast of Grand Bahama island and watching together as dolphins frolicked offshore.

4 mins

Senior bankers to get bonuses years earlier under new rules

Senior UK bankers will receive their bonuses years earlier under plans by the Bank of England to relax post-financial crisis restrictions.

2 mins

Asda revival could take up to five years, says Leighton

It could take three to five years to revive Asda's fortunes, according to the veteran retail boss Allan Leighton, who first helped turn around the supermarket chain more than 20 years ago.

1 min

Fewer women in top FTSE 250 roles as 'glass ceiling' persists

The glass ceiling for women in top roles at FTSE 250 companies is still \"stubbornly in place\", according to research that found the number of women in executive director roles had fallen by more than 10% in the past two years.

2 mins

Bosses at Halfords and AO blame budget for predicted price rises

British consumers face paying more for car repairs and new kitchen kit after the retailers Halfords and AO.com warned that the autumn budget had increased their costs.

2 mins

Macquarie fined £13m for failings that allowed 400 fictitious trades

Macquarie Bank's London branch has been fined £13m by the UK's financial watchdog for \"serious failings\" that allowed one of its junior traders to record more than 400 fictitious trades over a period of 20 months.

1 min

Decarbonising Will making 2030 the goal cost more than 2035? Come clean, Labour

The government's plan to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030 is a vast undertaking.

3 mins

What does the RFU stand for? Annual report offers few clues

Annual report offers few clues

3 mins

Stokes clears the air with England on return to the city of his birth

Christchurch is having a positive effect on tourists' captain and hopefully will do the same for his Test side

4 mins

George in the groove and ready to rock for England

Manchester United left-back was never going to let rehab end her dream and hopes for a Wembley bow against USA

2 mins

'He's a cool cat' Special Bethell ready to pounce on Test debut

Test debutant has impressed everyone from a young age but can he carry off batting at No 3 against New Zealand?

3 mins

West Brom deny Isidor and hold out for draw

Sunderland extended their unbeaten run to 10 games but, as the smattering of gentle boos that greeted the final whistle testified, it was most certainly not a cause for celebration on Wearside.

2 mins

Kerr breaks new ground coaching men at Hearts

Shelley Kerr will lead male player development at the Edinburgh club

1 min

Slot says contract dispute may be bringing best out of Salah

Khephren Thuram on his father Lilian's activism, what Thierry Henry always told him, and facing Aston Villa

2 mins

City stunned by late fightback as Guardiola's winless run goes on

Manchester City's losing sequence is over - just. But they are still a listing ship that can go down at any moment.

3 mins

Saka leads Arsenal's charge to blast away doubts on the road in Europe

This was some response to charges of being shot shy. Arsenal's lack of cutting edge on foreign trips had been the pre-match talking point but it turned out they had saved up a hiding for the continent's form team.

3 mins

United spent £8.6m sacking staff in drive to cut costs

Manchester United spent £8.6m on redundancies in the first quarter of its financial year due to Sir Jim Ratcliffe's drive to reduce the workforce from around 1,000 by 250, the club's latest accounts show.

1 min

'I felt the scapegoat' Bellingham laments media treatment on England duty

Jude Bellingham has said he felt the \"whole world crumbling down on me\" after being mistreated and made a scapegoat for England's defeat in the European Championship final.

2 mins

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