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UK rail passengers face ‘significant’ disruption as weekend strike goes ahead
Passengers will face “significant” disruption on busy rail routes this weekend as train managers stage another strike in a dispute over rest day working.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Avanti West Coast are due to strike on Sunday. In addition to strike delays, vital engineering …
‘It’s horrible’: Hooters plots British ‘breastaurant’ expansion via Newcastle
The (in)famous orange signage is up. Work is apace to be open in a fortnight. The job ad has gone out. Fifty “girls” wanted and they are “hiring in all positions”.
Hooters, the American “breastaurant”, known for its chicken wings and female waiting staff in skimpy nylon shorts and tight …
English writer’s forgotten ‘masterpiece’ predicting rise of Nazis gets new lease of life
Sally Carson was not an oracle or a prophet, just a young woman from Dorset, born in 1901. Yet she foresaw a dark and violent future for Europe and gave voice to those fears in a 1934 novel that is now being hailed as “an electrifying masterpiece”.
Carson’s book,
…‘We make the most of every minute’: relief and resolve at Gaza’s few reopened restaurants
It is a Thursday night in Khan Younis and business is good at the al-Sawafiri restaurant. Not far away, entire blocks have been reduced to rubble, but here, in this small corner of the city in the southern Gaza Strip, the damage is less extensive. Raed al-Sawafiri, the owner and …
Ukraine war briefing: North Korean troops back on frontline in Kursk, says Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian president has said North Korean troops have returned to the frontline in Russia’s Kursk region
, after reports Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses. “There have been new assaults in the Kursk operation areas ... the Russian army and North Korean soldiers have been brought …
Why are ‘friendly neighbourhood cats’ appearing on Google Maps all of a sudden?
Sanjana, I hear all the cool kids are going to a new Sydney landmark called “friendly orange cat”. What is this new kitty club and how do I get in?
That’s right, Emma. Locals are putting friendly felines on the map, literally. They’re listing good-natured suburban cats as …
From the sublime to the cringeworthy: Tim Ross on Australia’s housing dream (and nightmare)
Australia’s state libraries have opened their archives to writer, TV presenter and half of the Merrick and Rosso comedy duo, Tim Ross, to feed his passion for post-second world war suburban architecture and an ongoing exploration of Australia’s obsession with home ownership.
The trove of photographs the institutions unearthed became …
Prince Andrew aide fights to prevent release of statement about ‘Chinese spy’
Lawyers for an aide to Prince Andrew are fighting to prevent his statement in support of a man accused of being a Chinese agent, who briefly became a trusted business partner and associate of the prince, from being released to the press.
The Guardian is leading a group of media …
Hundred auction leaves counties feeling flush but no longer calling the shots | Ali Martin
Nine years ago one county chair revealed their club’s finances were so stretched that they were quite literally counting the loo rolls. Even the arrival of the Hundred in its first iteration – bringing an extra £1.3m per county per year – barely made a dent in some cases, the …
When it comes to Le Crunch, England don’t seem to know what their best XV is | Ugo Monye
When it comes to team selection, it’s important to remember that everything is subjective. Different coaches, five million different fans and the 80,000 people in the stadium will all have different views, different affiliations and different opinions about who should be playing for England. It plays a large part of …