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August 24, 2024

Rise in energy price cap to £1,717 prompts alarm

Households in Great Britain will begin the run-up to winter with a 10% increase in their energy bills after the industry regulator increased its cap on gas and electricity prices from October.

2 mins

Fears of 'cruel winter' if welfare fund help ends

Campaigners and MPs say efforts to cut public spending deficit could push people into poverty

3 mins

Top beer Clarkson's new country pub pulls in the punters

Still reeling from the Covid lockdowns and soaring energy costs, barely a week passes without another pub announcing its closure.

3 mins

Storm Lilian hits north England disrupting flights and festivals

Flights have been grounded and Leeds festival has been forced to shut down some of its stages amid severe weather warnings over Storm Lilian.

2 mins

Harris pledges to 'chart a new way forward' as she formally accepts Democratic nomination

Kamala Harris has accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a sweeping, pointed speech in which she vowed to prosecute the case against Donald Trump and carry the country to a brighter and fairer future.

3 mins

Locked out, but still lobbying Ceasefire in Gaza a shared goal for Israelis and Palestinians

It was late in the evening when Ruby Chen, whose son Itay was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October and later killed, approached and kneeled down next to Abbas Alawieh, a delegate from the \"Uncommitted\" pro-Palestinian movement who was planning to bed down for the night on the cement outside the venue where Kamala Harris this week formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination.

2 mins

Joy unleashed Kamala Harris stirs Democrats with new path out of darkness

Five weeks ago, Democrats were preparing to hold their national convention in Chicago under a pall, weighed down by fears of defeat and what Michelle Obama called a \"palpable sense of dread about the future\".

5 mins

Fit for office? Behind in the polls, Trump's unhinged reaction to Harris sows doubts

Even some of Donald Trump's supporters are now asking the question that was the undoing of Joe Biden: is the former president But while Biden's run for re-election was largely sunk by a single disastrous televised debate before a national audience, Trump is ramping up doubts with each chaotic, disjointed speech as he campaigns around the country.

4 mins

More women have made allegations against sacked pundit Jenas, reports say

More women have reportedly come forward with allegations against the TV presenter Jermaine Jenas, who was sacked by the BBC from Match of the Day and The One Show over complaints about his workplace conduct.

1 min

Arms firm abandons plan to drop bombs on heritage site

An arms company has abandoned plans to detonate fragmentation bombs in the middle of the Flow Country world heritage site, the Guardian can reveal.

2 mins

'Make the change' Massive Attack act to cut gig emissions

As pop stars fly on private jets and haul stage sets around the world, with their fans generating significant emissions via their own travel to gigs, Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja has said \"it's time to act\" and address the environmental damage wreaked by live music.

4 mins

Italy Prosecutors investigate potential manslaughter charges

Prosecutors in Italy are investigating potential manslaughter charges relating to the sinking of the superyacht Bayesian as the body of Mike Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, was recovered.

2 mins

"There was nothing left' As search for bodies ends, hunt for answers begins

In the photograph, the luxury yacht Bayesian is peacefully anchored in the waters of Porticello bay, its 75-metre (246ft) mast towering above.

2 mins

Riding high How the cowboy hat became the ultimate accessory

Taylor Swift's Eras, the highest grossing concert tour in history, concluded in London this week but its effect can still be seen on young women everywhere - with their tour T-shirts, arms stacked with friendship bracelets and the ubiquitous cowboy hat.

2 mins

Shin Bet chief condemns 'terrorism' by militant settlers in the West Bank

The head of Shin Bet, Israel's security agency, has warned the country's leaders that Jewish terrorism in the West Bank is out of control and has become a serious threat to national security.

3 mins

French left demands that Macron let it form new government

Leaders of France's leftwing coalition are demanding that Emmanuel Macron agrees to let them form the country's new government as the president holds a series of meetings to break the six-week political deadlock.

1 min

Five children a week killed or injured amid Haiti gang warfare

Five children have been killed or injured in Haiti for every week of the first six months of 2024, caught in the crossfire of warring gangs.

2 mins

Hogging the screen TikTok fuels increase in exotic pet ownership

In a quiet neighbourhood in California's capital, residents are used to the temper tantrums of a two-year-old.

3 mins

'My world had colour' A holiday and a new life

As the summer season draws to a close in Europe, three Guardian readers tell how a transformative holiday they took inspired them to make big life changes.

4 mins

Great Britain on track to hit new record for solar power

Great Britain is on track to generate record levels of solar power this summer, according to expert forecasts, as the government pushes forward plans to triple the country's solar energy capacity by the end of the decade.

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