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Mon 17 Aug 2026
Alan Milburn sits at a table talking to learning disabled and autistic young people.
Exclusive
Turbocharge special needs internships to help tackle UK youth jobs crisis, says Milburn
Robert Jenrick looks up with a serious expression during a press conference
Reform UK
Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut
Jason Arday, who has long dreadlocks and is wearing a dark shirt, leans against a cabinet in front of a hedge
Jason Arday
Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday
File image of an artillery drill carried out for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in May 2025
North Korea
Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North’s growing battlefield experience
Colourful mews houses on a narrow cobbled street in Knightsbridge
Housing market
Asking prices for newly listed homes in UK’s richest borough fall by £100k in one month
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In focus

An NHS staff member writes at a table beside the NHS Living Well Bus as a colleague smiles nearbyChristopher Thomond for The Guardian.
Cervical cancer
All aboard the cervical screening bus: how NHS clinic-on-wheels is saving lives
Arctic
After Hormuz, China looks to the promise – and peril – of the Arctic’s ‘ice silk road’
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Features

Su Pollard seen at the Club for Acts and Actors in central London, 13 August 2026
The big interview
‘I saw Cliff Richard dressed as a leek!’ Su Pollard on Hi-de-Hi!, Aids and her amazing celebrity encounters
Music
‘His ache is real’: Bob Dylan and more on the wild genius of honky-tonk hellraiser Gary Stewart
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Opinion

The Old Bridge in Dolceacqua, Riviera di Ponente.
quote  Italy’s mythic ‘month off’ in August was hard won. It would be good for us all
Jamie Mackay
quote  Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury
John Harris
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Sport

Amy Hunt is in dreamland after winning her fourth gold medal of the European Championships.
Athletics
Hunt’s ‘dream comes true’ with historic fourth European Championships gold
Community Shield
'That's the standard': Arteta hails Arsenal’s desire on blue day for Maresca
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Podcast

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The super-producer who made an album from his hospital bed – podcast
Podcast | 26:40
 
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Climate crisis

A hoverfly with striped wings and long legs hovers above a white daisy flower
Invertebrate of the year 2026
‘If only people knew’: the fascinating lives of flies
Environment
Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions
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Business & technology

A blurred digital sign at a German petrol station displays high fuel prices in blue and white
Analysis
Interest rate dilemma for central banks as inflation rises but growth slows
Business
‘Strategic change and grasping nettles’: where now for John Lewis as boss exits?
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In pictures

People take pictures of Madonna's face on a large screen at the installation
Photos of the weekend
A Madonna installation and wildfires in Europe