The Guardian - March 07, 2025

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March 07, 2025

Ulez 'has improved London air rapidly'

People in London are breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the city's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found.

3 mins

A Watershed Moment: EU Leaders Agree Huge Defence Spending Rise

Push to support Ukraine after US halted aid and sharing of intelligence

4 mins

Donations to Tories race ahead as industry turns back on Labour

The Conservatives raised twice as much in donations as Labour at the end of last year, including £250,000 from Michael Ashcroft.

3 mins

Ministers 'may sue Abramovich' over £2bn Ukraine aid deadlock

Ministers are preparing to take Roman Abramovich to court in a final bid to free up more than £2bn from the sale of Chelsea FC to spend as aid in Ukraine, the Guardian has learned.

2 mins

Mysterious portrait identified as 'nine days queen' Lady Jane Grey

Known as the \"nine days queen\", she was a pawn in the ruthless plotting that defined the Tudor court. But for centuries historians struggled to find a single portrait of Lady Jane Grey painted during her lifetime.

1 min

Tennis stars win 'transformational' maternity rights under deal with Saudi investors

The Women's Tennis Association has become the first global sports body to introduce up to 12 months of paid maternity leave for players.

3 mins

Europe prepares for a severance with America that may come much sooner than anticipated

With a mixture of regret laced with incredulity, European leaders gathered in Brussels yesterday to marshal their forces for a power struggle not with Russia but the US.

3 mins

Donald Trump Most people see US president as threat to peace in Europe, poll finds

Large majorities in five western European countries think Donald Trump is a threat to peace and security in Europe, a survey has found, after the US president assailed Volodymyr Zelenskyy and suspended military aid to Ukraine.

3 mins

Zelenskyy's rivals deny plot to oust him despite holding talks with US

Ukraine's opposition leaders yesterday confirmed having discussions with members of Donald Trump's entourage but denied being part of any White House plot to remove Volodymyr Zelenskyy from power.

2 mins

Intelligence UK and France to continue to share data with Ukraine

Britain will continue to supply intelligence to Ukraine, though the more limited capabilities on offer from London and other European countries will make it difficult to replace the flow halted from the US this week.

3 mins

Tariffs Brief reprieve for Mexico and Canada

Donald Trump pulled back from his trade wars with Mexico and Canada yesterday, temporarily delaying tariffs on many goods from the two countries once again.

2 mins

Trade war China says it will fight US 'to the end'

China's ministry of foreign affairs has promised China will \"fight to the end\" with the US in a \"tariff war, trade war or any other war\", marking Beijing's strongest rhetoric on Donald Trump since he entered the White House.

1 min

Police Right To Pursue Pearson Over Alleged Racism, Review Finds

A review of Essex police's pursuit of Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over an allegedly racist tweet has concluded the force was right to investigate her.

1 min

Nasal surgery shown to restore sense of smell in trial among long Covid patients

Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it owing to long Covid with pioneering surgery that expands their nasal airways to kick-start their recovery.

2 mins

Boho is back Chloe brings easy-to-wear romanticism

Few trends have been rebranded for the mainstream quite like \"boho.\" Yet, at the Chloé show in Paris, on day three of its fashion week, the house's creative director, Chemena Kamali, doubled down on her efforts to push her breezy coolness and cash registers in the most relaxed way possible.

2 mins

Cooking on gas hob 'can create pollution worse than busy road'

Cooking on a gas hob can create higher levels of air pollution indoors than found on one of the UK's busiest roads, a study has found.

1 min

Girl, 10, who died in car collision at Kendal sports pitch is named

The child who died in a car collision at a sports pitch in Kendal, Cumbria, has been named as 10-year-old Poppy Atkinson.

1 min

The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo to headline at Glastonbury

This year's Glastonbury festival line-up will feature two first-time headliners: the British pop-rock group the 1975 and the US pop-punk songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.

2 mins

Mahmood to review powers of Sentencing Council

'As someone from an ethnic minority background, I do not stand for differential treatment like this' Shabana Mahmood Lord chancellor

2 mins

NHS England chief plans purge of senior executives

The new boss of NHS England is preparing a wide-ranging purge of its senior leadership team as he steers it into a much closer relationship with the health secretary, Wes Streeting.

1 min

BBC Will Deploy AI to Engage 'News Avoiders' and Under-25s

BBC News is to create a new department using AI to give the public more personalised content, as its leader warned that the corporation has been \"defying gravity\" in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.

1 min

Kylie is among King Charles's top artists, royal playlist reveals

Kylie has a legion of fans around the globe, but it might come as a surprise to many that the king is one of those who can't get her out of his head.

1 min

Theatre review Stellar cast balances the comic tragedy of thwarted lives

Chekhov described his country-house drama as a comedy, creating its serious yet silly characters \"not without pleasure\". Still, it is a test of tone and performance to render with humour a story that scales so much thwarted life.

2 mins

'Violent misogyny' Killer viewed hours of Tate videos before triple murder

Less than 24 hours before Kyle Clifford committed the triple murder which would leave his ex-girlfriend, Louise Hunt, her sister and mother dead, he searched the internet for misogynistic podcasts.

4 mins

Ex-soldier raped former girlfriend before killing her in 'final act of spite'

A former soldier was found guilty yesterday of raping his ex-girlfriend before murdering her with a crossbow in a \"final act of spite\".

3 mins

Revealed: peer's offer to get meetings with ministers for potential property client

Richard Dannatt told undercover reporters he could make introductions, despite House of Lords ban on lobbying

8 mins

'Clear breach'

Throughout the conversation with the undercover reporters, Dannatt emphasised that he would need to declare the client he was working with in any dealings with ministers.

2 mins

The trend to mend New plan to boost repairing

Here is a pause in the hubbub of conversation in the workshop and everyone watches as a young man plugs in the vacuum cleaner that just minutes earlier had been in several pieces on his workbench.

3 mins

Roy Ayers, musician behind Everybody Loves the Sunshine, dies at age 84

Roy Ayers, the jazz-funk pioneer whose hit Everybody Loves the Sunshine has become a summer staple across the globe, has died aged 84.

2 mins

Four in 10 Britons did not read a book in the past year - survey

Four in 10 Britons did not read or listen to a book in the past year, a survey has found.

2 mins

PM and taoiseach hail 'new era' in relations between UK and Ireland

Keir Starmer has pledged a \"new era\" in Anglo-Irish relations after years of toxicity caused by Brexit as he opened a summit between the British and Irish governments in Liverpool.

2 mins

With no eruptions from the orange man-child, Starmer was forced back to the daily grind

The PM has spent so much of his time schmoozing world leaders, he's rather out of practice at dealing with the little people

3 mins

Trump is trying to undermine the Gaza ceasefire, Hamas says

Hamas has accused Donald Trump of seeking to undermine the shaky pause in hostilities in Gaza with his latest intervention in the region: a fierce ultimatum telling the group to release all hostages.

4 mins

Israeli phone surveillance of Palestinians used for AI tool

Israel's military surveillance agency has used a vast collection of intercepted Palestinian communications to build a powerful artificial intelligence tool similar to ChatGPT that it hopes will transform its spying capabilities, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.

2 mins

Trump Gaza' Video Creator Says Clip Was Intended To Be Satirical

The creator of the viral \"Trump Gaza\" AI-generated video depicting the Gaza Strip as a Dubai-style wealthy paradise has said it was intended as a political satire on Trump's \"megalomaniac idea\".

2 mins

Driving ambition Musk leverages his Washington role to take Tesla to India

It is easy to believe that Elon Musk's reach knows no limits.

5 mins

Hamilton tour dates scrapped in protest at Trump's arts centre coup

The hit musical Hamilton is pulling out of plans to perform at a major Washington venue, citing Donald Trump's shakeup of the art institution's leadership.

1 min

South Korean air force mistakenly bombs village, injuring 15 civilians

South Korea's air force has apologised after one of its fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in the wrong place during a training exercise yesterday, injuring 15 civilians and damaging several buildings.

2 mins

Dominique Pelicot's daughter files sexual abuse complaint

The daughter of the convicted French rapist Dominique Pelicot filed a legal complaint against her father yesterday accusing him of drugging and sexually abusing her, months after he was jailed for drugging and raping her mother, Gisele Pelicot.

1 min

California man held over $25,000 Lego theft spree

A California man has been charged with stealing Lego worth up to $25,000 (nearly £20,000).

1 min

Japanese woman is oldest female barber at 108

A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been named the world's oldest female barber nine decades after she first started cutting hair professionally.

2 mins

Best way to cut benefits bill is to get people back to work, insists Kendall

The work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, has insisted helping more people back into a job is the best way to cut the benefits bill, as the chancellor looks for savings before the spring statement this month.

3 mins

UK construction activity drops at its fastest rate in nearly five years

Steep declines in housebuilding and engineering work have led to the biggest drop in UK construction activity since May 2020, according to a survey of building companies.

2 mins

ITV profits jump after record earnings at production arm

ITV's profits jumped in 2024 thanks to record earnings at the British broadcaster's production arm, ITV Studios, as it benefited from hits including Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the Jilly Cooper adaptation Rivals and Fool Me Once.

2 mins

Poundland's owner warns of lower earnings and says chain may be sold off

Poundland's owner could put the chain up for sale, saying it faces tough competition and increased wage costs from next month under Labour's tax-raising plans.

2 mins

Price insists she is 'calm' after scales row with Jonas's coach

Lauren Price has criticised the coach of Natasha Jonas after the pair successfully weighed in ahead of their unified welterweight clash at the Royal Albert Hall this evening.

2 mins

'I wish we came by train': activist FitzGerald on flying with British team

Teenage athlete known as 'Greta Thunberg of sport' reveals her concerns at travelling by air to compete

3 mins

Ireland and France play Risk in search of reward with forward thinking

The board game Risk describes itself as the pursuit of diplomacy, conflict and conquest for two to six players.

3 mins

'I meant no disrespect': Bradley rues Netflix gaffe

It transpires the viral moment of Netflix's latest series on golf may have been as much of a surprise to the main protagonist as those looking on.

2 mins

WSL relegation may be paused but never axed, says CEO

The CEO of the Women's Super League and Championship has ruled out the complete scrapping of promotion and relegation but did not deny they are exploring a relegation pause as part of league expansion plans.

1 min

Osaka rues her 'worst ever' defeat after latest comeback

Former world No 1 delivers scathing verdict on her first-round loss at Indian Wells

2 mins

England's Key 'just looking for the best person'

Workload? We don't want to risk other things as well. But there's always a way in England where you start thinking: 'What if it goes wrong?' You've also got to think: 'What if it goes right?' I'm just looking for the best person, really.

2 mins

Tuchel casts net wide with 55-man England longlist

Thomas Tuchel has reached out to a host of England players, seeking to build early connections as he works off a 55-man longlist for his first squad announcement next Friday.

2 mins

James and Fernández find finishes to put Chelsea in driving seat

Any jeopardy experienced by Chelsea in the Uefa Conference League is largely of their own making.

3 mins

'Wake-up call' Angry Son tells teammates what is at stake

Son Heung-min insisted that Tottenham's defeat by AZ in the Europa League must be a \"wake-up call\" for their hopes of winning silverware this season as Ange Postecoglou admitted his side did not have the \"right mindset for an away game in Europe\".

1 min

Bergvall own goal spells same old story for Spurs

If Ange Postecoglou was hoping that things might be different for Tottenham in the Europa League, then he was sadly mistaken.

3 mins

Cerny's Slick Double Puts Dismayed Mourinho on Back Foot

Football management moves pretty fast. Last Saturday Barry Ferguson was being beaten at home by Motherwell. Five days later the interim head coach was leading Rangers to a famous victory in Istanbul, responding to being patronised by José Mourinho by ending Fenerbahce's 18-match unbeaten run.

3 mins

Zirkzee and Onana keep United on the level

In the end, two outstretched hands were decisive. The first, from Bruno Fernandes, probably denied Manchester United their victory; the second, from André Onana, definitely denied Real Sociedad theirs.

3 mins

'Stupid not to look at him' Stokes lined up as England ODI captain - with T20 job for Brook

'Stupid Not To Look At Him'

3 mins

Fifa considers proposal for 64-team 2030 World Cup

Fifa is to consider a proposal to expand the 2030 men's World Cup to 64 teams, an adjustment that would mean more than a quarter of its 211 member associations would take part.

1 min

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