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Trump attacks fellow Republicans for ‘hurting Texas’ during senate election race – US politics live
By Raphael Boyd
A GOP loss in Texas would be a major blow for the US president and the Republicans
#USnews #USmidtermelections2026 #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Céline Dion weeps as she performs first live show in more than six years
By Raphael Boyd
The singer’s triumphant return to the stage comes after health problems forced her to take a lengthy break
#ClineDion #Worldnews #Music #Paris #Culture #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Portsmouth experiences second weekend of anti-immigration protests
By Sammy Gecsoyler and Raphael Boyd
Rightwing activists faced a heavy police presence and counter-demonstrations to their march against small boat crossings
#Farright #Portsmouth #Protest #Immigrationandasylum #Politics #UKnews #Refugees #Glasgow #TheGuardian #SammyGecsoyler #RaphaelBoyd
New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’
By Raphael Boyd
No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UK
#Railtransport #UKnews #Railindustry #Transport #AndyBurnham #Manchester #Leeds #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Esther Rantzen now ‘too physically fragile’ to end her life in Switzerland
By Raphael Boyd
Broadcaster, 86, had intended to end her life in Swiss clinic after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023
#UKnews #EstherRantzen #Assisteddying #Society #Politics #Switzerland #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Man in Swindon charged with assisting Russian intelligence agency
By Raphael Boyd
Joshua Cammidge, 31, arrested after investigation led by counter-terrorism policing London
Fifteen Britons among 261 foreigners missing in China after floods
By Raphael Boyd
Total number of missing Britons between Tibet and Nepal at 48 as Beijing mobilises more than 2,100 rescue workers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/30/britons-foreigners-missing-china-tibet-nepal-floods
#NepalTibetflooddisaster #UKnews #Tibet #China #Nepal #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Train drivers secure 3.6% pay rise after threat of strikes on busy UK routes
By Raphael Boyd
Deal agreed between Avanti West Coast and Aslef is first to be approved by Burnham government
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/30/train-drivers-pay-rise-avanti-aslef-uk
#Railtransport #Tradeunions #Transport #UKnews #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
‘They make life much easier’: AI-powered shopping trolleys roll out in Lancashire
By Raphael Boyd
Customers give their verdicts as a Morrisons becomes first store in UK to trial trolleys that scan, weigh and add up costs
#Morrisons #UKnews #England #Retailindustry #Shopping #Business #Supermarkets #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Yorkshireman believed to be first Briton to die fighting for Russia against Ukraine
By Raphael Boyd
Bradley Townsend reportedly killed by a drone on 10 June in Donetsk region after joining up with separatists
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/yorkshireman-briton-die-fighting-russia-ukraine
#UKnews #Yorkshire #Russia #Ukraine #Europe #Worldnews #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
By Raphael Boyd
Luke Pollard warns government will force platforms to remove content, after latest deadly crash involving a car driving in wrong direction
#Socialmedia #UKnews #Politics #Motoring #Middlesbrough #NorthYorkshire #Police #Internet #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
‘Unsafe for swimming’: Ironman Leeds is latest casualty of heat-fuelled toxic algae
By Raphael Boyd
Athletes faced last-minute cancelling of 2.4-mile swim, as experts say pollution and extreme heat are causing blooms
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/22/ironman-leeds-swim-heatwave-fuelled-toxic-algae
#Water #Pollution #Environment #Triathlon #Leeds #UKnews #Extremeheat #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Palestine Action ‘Barclays five’ will not be sentenced as terrorists
By Raphael Boyd
Activists who targeted bank in Burnley were found guilty in June of causing damage exceeding £200,000
#PalestineAction #Law #Crime #UKnews #NorthofEngland #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Charity campaigner’s death from microlight crash injuries was accidental, coroner rules
By Raphael Boyd
Claire Lomas had been filming a series for Apple TV in Amman, Jordan when she lost control of the aircraft
#UKnews #AppleTV #Apple #Television #Media #Technology #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation
By Raphael Boyd
Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction
#Marinelife #Environment #Wildlife #Fish #Fishingindustry #Fishing #Yorkshire #UKnews #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Charity campaigner died in microlight crash while filming Apple TV series
By Raphael Boyd
Claire Lomas was filming content for project promoting tech company’s Vision Pro headset in Jordan, inquest hears
#Apple #AppleTV #Disability #Charities #Society #Technology #Jordan #Leicester #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Andy Burham to tour Britain in effort to reconnect government with public
By Raphael Boyd
PM expected to announce policies to tackle cost of living and indicate intent to help improve country’s high streets
#AndyBurnham #Labour #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Economicpolicy #Politics #UKnews #Retailindustry #TheGuardian #RaphaelBoyd
Baby safely delivered after mother died in nine-storey fall
By Raphael Boyd
Emma Atkinson, 38, was seven months pregnant when she fell from window of flat in Leeds tower block
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/06/baby-safely-delivered-mother-died-fall-emma-atkinson
South Yorkshire man who killed lodger and hid body in concrete gets 35-year sentence
By Raphael Boyd
Christopher Wright, 73, shot Richard Dyson in November 2019 and then dismembered his remains
Former Pakistani minister arrested over alleged child rape in 1990s Manchester
By Shah Meer Baloch, Josh Halliday, Raphael Boyd and Rajeev Syal
Exclusive: Rukhsar Ahmed was re-elected as an MP in Pakistan last week despite being on police bail in the UK
#UKnews #TheGuardian #ShahMeerBaloch #JoshHalliday #RaphaelBoyd #RajeevSyal