The Guardian - September 07, 2024

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September 07, 2024

Labour acts to end no-fault evictions within months

Landlords will soon be banned from evicting tenants without cause, as ministers prepare to launch a long-delayed package of measures for renters to stop no-fault evictions within months.

3 mins

Probation officers get just days to prepare for early release of prisoners

2,000 Number of prisoners being released early on Tuesday, followed by another 1,700 on 22 October

2 mins

Starmer: We will tackle people smuggling gangs in same way we dealt with rioters

Keir Starmer has vowed to break up people-smuggling gangs in the same manner used to apprehend and jail hundreds of rioters this summer.

2 mins

Documentary claims romantic day out in 70s Berlin inspired Bowie's 'Heroes'

It was the unofficial soundtrack to the 2012 Olympics, inspired a Philip Glass symphony and is David Bowie's most popular track on Spotify.

2 mins

Pride in British history falls but support for arts remains, survey finds

A striking fall in pride in Britain's history, but widespread support for the arts, shows the public is choosing \"Shakespeare over invasion, exploitation and occupation\", a historian has said.

2 mins

Grammar schools in England fundraise with £70 mock 11-plus tests

£153,000 The amount a firm offering mock exams for £40-£60 gave Sutton grammar school's PTA in 2021-22

2 mins

Moving in - Starmer agrees to compromise on dog-like cat as family pet

On the face of it, the new kitten that joined Keir Starmer's family appears to have had a peaceful first week at an address where feline and human rivals have been known to get their claws out.

2 mins

Untouched parts of England's green belt at risk as councils face pressure to hit housing targets

1.5m New homes to be built across England over five years under Labour's pledge on construction

3 mins

Workers' rights Reform plans 'backed by senior managers'

Labour's plans to boost workers' rights have widespread support from senior managers, a survey suggests, as the TUC hits back at corporate lobbying against the proposals.

1 min

Suspended councillor denies encouraging violent disorder

A suspended Labour councillor has pleaded not guilty to encouraging violent disorder while addressing a crowd during an anti-racism demonstration in east London.

1 min

'I keep finding ways': Storey wins 19th gold in thriller

In a victory for middle-aged women everywhere, 46-year-old Dame Sarah Storey chased down and out-sprinted a teenager, the 19-year-old French star Heïdi Gaugain, to win the women's C4-5 cycling road race by half a wheel in a high-stakes last two kilometres into Clichy-sous-Bois.

3 mins

Calls for Pickles to lose peerage and government role after report criticism

Eric Pickles, the housing secretary at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire, is facing calls to quit as a Tory peer over the report into the disaster but he blamed \"middle-ranking officials\" for failing to act on a coroner's warning about fire safety.

3 mins

Ex-Top Gear presenter 'warned BBC about safety concerns'

The former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris has said he expressed safety concerns to the BBC three months before Andrew Flintoff's car crash, which left him with facial injuries and broken ribs.

2 mins

Abandoned sports centre may become first national skate park

An abandoned sports centre that escaped demolition after being turned into a backup Covid morgue could get a new role as Britain's first national skateboarding park.

2 mins

Poltava Military faces questions over toll in strike on 'elite' facility

Polina Melnyk and Ihor Tkachov were having breakfast on Tuesday when they heard the whistle of a missile fly low over their Poltava apartment block and, moments later, the sound of two explosions.

4 mins

US-Turkish woman, 26, shot dead at West Bank protest

A US-Turkish dual national has been shot dead reportedly by Israeli troops while participating in a protest against settler expansion in the occupied West Bank.

2 mins

Amsterdam's pot crackdown: pavement gardeners bemused over city's new rules

Residents have reacted with bemusement at plans by authorities in Amsterdam to crack down on what it sees as a plague of messy plant pots.

3 mins

The state of the race - Why North Carolina shows how tight the US election really is

The narrow geographical focus of the US presidential election is becoming sharply apparent, with the first ballots to determine the next occupant of the White House starting to be mailed out to voters.

3 mins

'Like a boiling pot' - How the maelstrom under Greenland's glaciers may help slow sea level rise

There are stadium-sized blocks of ice crashing from the soaring face of the Kangerlussuup glacier in western Greenland, fierce underwater currents of meltwater shooting out from its base and visibility below the surface is virtually zero owing to a torrent of suspended mud and sand. It's little wonder scientists have never explored this maelstrom.

6 mins

Owner of Ivy 'close to deal' to sell chain to private equity

Richard Caring and fellow shareholders are reportedly close to selling the Ivy chain of restaurants for £1bn to a little-known private equity group.

1 min

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