Four galleries to be overhauled and two more spaces to reopen, including Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition

The Natural History Museum in London has announced a major programme of transformation it says will mark aa step-change from being a catalogue of natural history to a catalyst for changea in response to the climate emergency.

The scheme to renovate the museumas celebrated Victorian building and develop a new research and storage facility will build on its aim to turn visitors into aadvocates for the planeta, it said on Thursday.

Shows presented by eBay and Oxfam are first on-schedule at fashion week to exclusively feature preloved pieces

If vintage fashion conjures visions of tea dresses and sweat stains, it is time to update your thinking. London fashion week kicked off in the capital on Thursday with clothes that might have been secondhand but felt very much of 2024.

In an event space underneath a railway arch in Shoreditch, eBay, in partnership with the British Fashion Council (BFC), sent clothes by leading British designers from different decades down the catwalk, in a nod to it being London fashion weekas 40th anniversary.

The actor answers your questions about football-spectator stress, playing down his good looks, and why head like to play Dickie Greenleaf in his 50s

Why did the paps used to call you aCelebrity Davea? peter1234
I didnat know the paps call me Celebrity Dave! If they do, itas probably because the name in my passport is David Jude as opposed to Jude David. No oneas ever called me David. My mum and dad called me Jude. It was just one of those odd things they did.

You were recently quoted as saying: aI didnat feel like I really ever leaned into playing handsome. I was trying to play against my looks in my early 20s, and now that Iam saggy and balding, I wish I had played it up.a You were joking, right? NonDairyCanary
I think I was slightly misquoted. What I meant was, in my 20s, I was very conscious of wanting to be taken seriously and play a variety of dramatic roles, so not to be simply cast in the sort of good-looking roles. I played it out in my own head with a lot of agitation and drama. As you get older and youare no longer cast in those roles, you think: aWhat was I thinking?a I suppose I can understand a 22-year-old wanting a healthy, broad career. The good aspect of getting into middle age is that your characters can carry a little more complexity.

From memorable meetings to seeing him on stage, and learning late that he had voiced Darth Vader, Guardian readers remember a great and generous actor

aC/ James Earl Jones: a life in pictures
aC/ Peter Bradshaw on a magisterial star who inspired love and respect

I got to meet James Earl Jones in 2010 for a moment after seeing the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello theatre in London. It was an all-black cast with James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad as well as Sanaa Lathan and Adrian Lester. It was quite the experience, especially as a black woman. I was a fan of James Earl Jones because of Coming to America, and Roots, so seeing him in the flesh and being able to say hello and tell him and how much I loved the play was exciting. I didnat want anything signed, but told him how much Roots had impacted me as a little black girl growing up in France and how funny he was in Coming to America. He was so kind and gentle. People were waiting for him to sign things and I didnat understand why he would sign Darth Vaderas pictures. It is the night I discovered that he was the voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa!

Finally, a politician acknowledges the reality that the health service is on its knees, but also that there is no easy fix

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If you are worried you may have cancer, take two aspirin and go to bed. If you arenat dead within six months, you will know it was a false alarm. If you think you need mental health services, just pull yourself together. Just stop it. Thank you for your time. There will be further updates in due course.

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Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss have created powerhouse tunes about friendship, family and heartache but this storyas romantic woes are often routine

Two writers of musical theatre are trying to pen a new show in this musical. To add to the meta mind scramble, they seem to be loosely based on Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the creators of Why Am I So Single?

aWrite what you know,a suggests their agent. That truism did not hold for Marlow and Mossas stratospherically successful first collaboration when they were still at university. Their fantastically subversive and uplifting Tudor musical Six, featuring Henry VIIIas wives as rock stars reincarnate, remains a West End sensation.

A growing crowd is hawking abeef lattesa and chomping on sticks of butter, with some touting anti-vegetable conspiracy theories. Experts warn their diet is unsustainable

Anthony Chaffee is dressed in a tight gray T-shirt that shows off his muscular physique. He works at a private medical practice in Australia that specializes in functional medicine, an umbrella term popularized in the 1990s to describe unregulated alternative medicine. He is telling me, as he tells many of his patients, that the solution to dealing with the threat posed by vegetables is to choose meat over almost all other types of food.

aPlants are trying to kill you,a Chaffee says within the first few minutes of our first video call. aWe have some defenses, and thatas why some plants are edible, but they still cause harm with long-term exposure over years and decades,a he continues, comparing the long-term health impacts of eating salad to those of cigarettes and alcohol.

Alcohol consumption can be hard to talk about, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but trying to subtly change your wifeas behaviour without explaining why is likely to make her bristle

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Iave been with my wife for nearly two decades. During that time, food and wine have been things weave enjoyed for leisure. When Covid came along I already had concerns about my own alcohol intake and in the lockdowns we both went a bit crazy. Since then, my wife has worked from home a lot more. While my intake has peaks and troughs, she will open a strong beer every day at 5pm and she often kicks on from there with wine or cocktails. Yesterday it was a bottle of wine, although I didnat have anything.

Her consumption is way over all published guidelines but she never loses control, sheas fun to be around, sheas always up to help our son prepare for school and she continues to excel in her high-pressure job. Drinking really isnat causing any problems. My worry is that this could suddenly spin out of control and I will feel awful for not having done anything. Also, her family has a history of dementia and I worry it could exacerbate that.

Thereas nothing like a bit of akitchen lipsticka to elevate even the most bog-standard food item

Where dinner is concerned, God is always in the detail. By this, I mean the kind of dinner you scarf by yourself when itas so late itas almost early; the thing you eat when nobody is watching and the options are meagre but you still regard yourself as a person of high gastronomic standards, who sees the lowliest of food items as merely the opening salvo in a negotiation.

Which is how I found myself one night pelting a chicken and mushroom Pot Noodle which just happened to be lurking in the cupboard, with freshly sliced spring onions and batons of ginger, shiny black ribbons of finely chopped toasted nori and dollops of sriracha sauce and crispy chilli oil. And lo: the humble instant noodle has been elevated to the king of snacks, courtesy of my exquisitely honed culinary sensibility, and my endearing conviction that more really is always more.

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Lord Darzias damning report on the crisis facing our health service will be the benchmark from which improvements will be judged

Broken but not beaten, is Lord Darzias verdict on the NHS in England. aMy colleagues in the NHS are working harder than ever but our productivity has fallen,a he writes, concluding: aThe NHS is in critical condition.a His report contains page after page of heart-stopping details that would shock the public to the core, if everyone didnat already know that the NHS was in crisis. Itas why the Tories were chased away so decisively. The health of the NHS stands as a symbol for the health of the nation and the fitness of any government to rule.

But we are where we are. One purpose of Darzias report is, of course, to lay the blame squarely where it belongs: with the Conservativesa unprecedented underfunding per capita for a rapidly rising, ageing and much sicker population. The public may long have forgotten the catastrophic effects of Andrew Lansleyas NHS re-disorganisation in 2012, but Darzi finds that the former health secretaryas ascorched eartha approach to health reform left deep scars.

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It is important that Kamala Harris continues to define and expose Trump. But it may not be enough to secure a victory

With the whole world watching, Kamala Harris did an extremely effective job at Tuesday nightas debate in demonstrating how absolutely unfit Donald Trump is to become president of the United States.

She exposed him for what he is: a hateful and vindictive man, a pathological liar, someone who thrives on divisiveness and xenophobia, and a candidate who has absolutely no vision for the future of the country. (After nine years as a candidate and president he is now working on a aconcepta as to how to address the healthcare crisis in our country. Really?)

We have more income and wealth inequality in this country than ever before. Never in our history have so few owned so much. Three people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck while the very rich continue to get richer, and 82% of Americans a including 73% of Republicans a want the wealthy and large corporations to pay their fair share in taxes.

We have a corrupt political system in which dark money Super Pacs, funded and controlled by billionaires like Elon Musk and Timothy Mellon, put billions of dollars into our elections. The total cost of the 2024 election is expected to come in at over $10bn, more than any in history. Democrats, Republicans and independents understand that we can hardly be called a vibrant democracy when a handful of the wealthiest people in this country a including Democratic billionaires a can spend hundreds of millions to elect the candidates of their choice. Seven in 10 Americans think there should be limits on election spending. We must overturn Citizens United and establish publicly funded elections.

In the richest country on earth itas absurd that 75% of seniors who need hearing aids donat have them, 65% of seniors donat have dental insurance and eyeglass frames manufactured for as little as $10 cost over $230. Some 84% of Americans a including 83% of Republicans a want to expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision. The vice-president should run on this.

At a time when about half of American households over the age of 55 have no retirement savings and one out of five seniors is trying to live on less than $13,500 a year, we must expand social security so that everyone in this country can retire with the dignity they have earned and everyone with a disability can live with the security they need. We can do that by lifting the cap on social security taxes, so that the very wealthy pay the same tax rate as working-class families.

Bernie Sanders is a US Senator and chairman of the health education labor and pensions committee. He represents the state of Vermont, and is the longest-serving independent in the history of Congress.

Among the ashes and the bodies, education goes on a and Iave seen the kind of help the international community can offer

• Manar Al Khodari is a medical student from Gazaas Rimal neighbourhood
  

I am supposed to be in my sixth and final year of medical school at al-Azhar University in Gaza a I was supposed to be called Dr Manar in a couple of monthsa time. Instead, my education in Gaza has been put on hold. Israelas genocidal onslaught has ravaged our home and left me and thousands of others struggling to finish our studies. I endured five months of fleeing and displacement.

In Gaza, our mornings once began with the sound of school bells and the laughter of children chasing each other as they lined up for morning exercises. But now, the mornings are shattered by deafening bombs. Instead of lining up for school, young children stand in lines for drinking water, hoping to survive another day.

Manar Al Khodari is a medical student from Gazaas Rimal neighbourhood

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There are signs of greater self-belief and a token bonus doesnat feel impossible after two years without

Donat get too carried away by the John Lewis Partnershipas prediction of a asignificant uplifta in profits this financial year. Last yearas outcome, after three years of losses, was a modest APS56m, so any figure above APS100m-ish could qualify as a asignificanta advance. The real target a the partnershipas definition of a asustainablea return a is APS400m, which isnat scheduled to arrive until 2027-28, two years later than originally intended. The turnaround plan is still firmly in turning territory.

Equally, though, letas not be too churlish. This is the first time in ages that the partnership has been able to use words such as abuzza in a positive way. The return of the anever knowingly undersolda slogan to the department stores in a revamped form points to greater self-belief. It is only a couple of years, remember, since the departing chair Dame Sharon White was chucking out the price pledge and scaring partners and customers alike with her vague thoughts on bringing in outside investors to the employee-owned business.

The way some healthcare professionals talk about our parents really grates on me a even if it does come from a good place

It turns out that I have strong views on the use of possessive determiners, which is odd because Iave only just found out thatas what they are called. Itas not their use that bothers me, but their absence. For example, if someone inquires about my motheras wellbeing, it narks me a bit if they ask, aHowas Mum?a, rather than, aHowas your mum?a This dropping of the possessive determiner a as with all jargon new to me, I will now take every opportunity to use it a only seems to happen in reference to oneas immediate, older relatives. Howas Mum, howas Dad, howas Grandad, howas Nan? No one has ever asked, howas Uncle, howas Daughter, howas Dog?

I mean, if itas a friend making the inquiry about a parent, then fine. Grates a bit, but no bother. Otherwise, the only people entitled to drop the my/your/our in reference to my mum and dad are me and my brother. Tellingly, I donat even feel itas appropriate for me to drop the second amya in that last sentence, as itas not my brother or close friends Iam addressing here.

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Grand schemes, many backed by governments, masquerade as positive action on the environment. They should be disowned

Letas talk about perceptionware. Perceptionware is technology whose main purpose is to create an impression of action. Whether it will ever work at scale is less important, in some cases entirely beside the point. If it reassures the public and persuades government not to regulate damaging industries, thatas mission accomplished.

Managing perceptions is an expensive business. Real money, especially public money, is spent on fake solutions. Take carbon capture and storage: catching and burying carbon dioxide emissions from power stations, oil and gas fields, and steel and cement plants. For 20 years, it has spectacularly failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, its only clear successes involve enhanced oil recovery: carbon dioxide is used to drive oil out of geological formations that are otherwise difficult to exploit. With astonishing chutzpah, some oil companies have claimed the small amount of carbon that remains trapped in the rocks as a climate benefit. Though it is greatly outweighed by the extra oil extracted, they have, as a result, received billions in government subsidies.

Rabid Trussonomics or naked nativism? With the race down to four runners, hereas my guide to a party reeling in two directions

Reams of commentary will be written about the battle for the Tory leadership, because newspaper pundits confuse blowing hard on cold ashes with real manual labour. But if reading it all seems too much like hard work, then this column is for you. Todayas piece wonat be about aWhat the Conservatives must do to become fit for governmenta, since I donat want them back in government, ever. No, the purpose of our inquiry is to suss out what kind of opponent the partyas next leader will be: the fights theyall pick, the parliamentary votes theyall force and the hurdles theyall heave into the path of better politics. And I believe the best way to do that is with a game involving two words. As you glance across the contenders, ask yourself this: are they a moron or a bastard?

I am not in the business of throwing insults, but using two technical terms with specific definitions that draw upon three decades of rightwing history.

Eleven months on from 7 October, the deaths of Palestinians and Israeli hostages are still mounting, and the risks of a broader regional war persist

It is approaching a year since the Hamas atrocities of 7 October, in which 1,200 people were killed, and the beginning of the Israeli retaliation. Health authorities in Hamas-controlled Gaza say that 41,118 people have now been killed, with 95,125 injured; a quarter of those are believed to have suffered life-changing injuries.

The pace of killing may have slowed, but the deaths and suffering are no less horrifying. On Wednesday, six UN aid workers were among at least 18 people killed by an Israeli strike on a school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, where displaced people were sheltering. The day before, at least 19 people were killed by an Israeli attack in a supposed asafe zonea in Khan Younis to which people had been urged to flee by the Israeli military. On�both occasions, Israel claimed it was targeting Hamas command and control centres. The strikes came less than a fortnight after six Israeli hostages were found dead, reportedly shot in the head by their captors as Israeli forces approached.

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Lord Darzias review of our ailing health system contains a diagnosis. Now Labour must figure out a cure

Lord Darzi has delivered to Keir Starmeras government a concise and clearly argued account of the NHSas woes in England. Some of its findings, such as those about waiting lists, are familiar. Themes and conclusions a�for�example, the underfunding of primary care relative to hospitals, and the rise of obesity and chronic�illness a are broadly as expected. But this is a valuable piece of work by a respected doctor, and an important step towards the 10-year plan that Labour has promised next year.

It sets out how record-high public satisfaction with the NHS in 2009 was reduced by austerity to a record low. It explains that the funding promise made on the serviceas 70th anniversary, in 2018, was broken. And it describes how inequalities in availability and delivery of healthcare mean that poorer people, ethnic minorities and those with mental illnesses are particularly poorly served.

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Paula Riseborough says the hypocrisy of allied countries supplying weapons while calling for a ceasefire is plain as day. Michael McLoughlin says the remaining 320 arms licences will still result in death

Far from being ashamed of the UK governmentas decision (Netanyahu condemns ashamefula UK suspension of some Israel arms sales, 3�September), I am relieved that, at last, ministers are acknowledging international humanitarian law in assessing the situation in Gaza, where devastation of civilian infrastructure and the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians have been caused by Israeli military action.

Many would say that the evidence of contravention of international humanitarian law by Israel is very clear and that Israel has gone far beyond a valid defence of its people in response to the dreadful attack on Israeli citizens by Hamas in October 2023. Many would wish to see the flow of weapons to Israel by its allies reduced much further in the light of so many innocent children killed by Israeli actions, whether by bombing or by malnutrition or disease due to lack of food and clean water.

David Kauders argues for a peopleas council, Les Bright hopes fiscal concerns do not slow reform and David Milton proposes giving peerages to the highest bidder

Jenny Jones rightly argues that removing the hereditary peers from the House of Lords is ajust a tweaka (I sit in the House of Lords a and hereas why getting rid of 92 hereditary peers wonat fix it, 10 September). Sadly, she concludes by regurgitating the Gordon Brown proposals for an elected second chamber.

Those proposals did not include restoring the pre-1911 right for the Lords to block the Commons. Their real purpose can be divined from the Lordsa second reading debate on the last governmentas Rwanda bill. Labour did not force a vote, even though repeal was Labour policy. Why? Was it because Labour and the Tories want to keep the absolute power they enjoy in turns: the appearance of a democratic second chamber without any substance?

A clash of colours in north London, Manuel Ugarte getting the Ten Hag call and more new faces featuring

After Casemiroas disastrous 45-minute outing in the thumping by Liverpool, Erik ten Hag looks certain to hand the Uruguayan midfielder Manuel Ugarte his debut at St Maryas. Last time out, Ten Hag was forced to send on the inexperienced Toby Collyer at the break to try to bring calmness alongside Kobbie Mainoo because Casemiro was so embarrassingly off the pace in gifting goals to Liverpool. Having not featured for Paris Saint-Germain before his deadline-day move to the Premier League, Ugarte got minutes in his legs with Uruguay, including a full 90 in Venezuela on Tuesday before returning to his new home to get to know his teammates. It seems a big ask for Ugarte to perform on Saturday lunchtime after a hectic few weeks but Ten Hag has little to no choice because he needs results and is heavily invested in the 23-year-old midfielder. Will Unwin

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• Hull to partner Esther Henseleit in opening foursomes
• aCharley and Esther are a good match. They are friendsa

Suzann Pettersen has sprung a shock as Europe begin their defence of the Solheim Cup by omitting Leona Maguire for the opening foursomes session in Virginia.

Pettersen has turned to Charley Hull to lead Europe off at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club on Friday morning. Hull and the European debutant Esther Henseleit will raise the curtain on the event against the world No 1, Kelly Korda, and Allisen Corpuz. Pettersenas faith in Hull comes after the 28-year-old was pictured lighting up a cigarette with the assistance of a spectator on Thursday.

The former Luton and Tottenham manager on spotting players, the limitations of data and his greatest game

aaNo. Iam afraid itas an addiction or an obsession a whatever you want to call it,a smiles David Pleat. Weare sitting in a hotel just off the M1 motorway where the 79-year-old recalled that he sold the defender Matt Jackson to the Everton manager Howard Kendall back in 1991 for APS600,000. aHead only played nine games for us a| that was one of my best bits of business.a

Pleat, whose long association with Tottenham came to an end only a few weeks ago when he left his role as consultant scout, has just been asked whether he has any other interests outside football. It later emerges that the former Luton, Spurs, Leicester and Sheffield Wednesday manager has already attended an astonishing 14 games this season despite it only starting a month ago, including a National League fixture at Wealdstone and an academy match at Watford.

• aHe is far away in Saudi. Everyone can have an opiniona
• United visit Southampton after consecutive defeats

Erik ten Hag has hit back at Cristiano Ronaldo by pointing out that the Portuguese admitted Manchester United are not well placed to win the biggest trophies this season despite criticising the manager for stating the same.

In a pre-season interview Ten Hag discussed Unitedas chances of winning the Premier League and Champions League. aWe are really a long way away from that,a he told the Dutch outlet AD Sportwereld. Ronaldo criticised this apparent lack of ambition on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, saying: aManchester United coach, you cannot say that youare not going to fight to win the league or Champions League.a But Ronaldo then effectively contradicted himself. aThey can win the Carabao [Cup] a Champions League or Europa League or Premier League, difficult,a he said.

• Ruling finds Hugo Mallo touched womanas chest
• He acompletely deniesa charges and has said he will appeal

Celta Vigoas former captain Hugo Mallo has been found guilty of the sexual assault of a woman who was working as the Espanyol mascot in the final moments before a game in La Liga.

A judge in Barcelona fined him a!6,000 (APS5,100) with a further a!1,000 with interest to be paid in compensation after ruling that Mallo put his hand inside the victimas parakeet costume and touched her chest as she and another mascot waited at the end of the line of players shaking hands with opponents. He will also have to pay costs. Mallo, who was then with Celta and now plays in Greece for Aris, has announced he will appeal.

There has been a big turnover in the squad since promotion to the WSL and the coach, Laura Kaminski, approaches new season on a game-by-game basis

Guardian writersa predicted position: 12th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downeyas prediction but the average of our writersa tips)

Last seasonas position: 1st (Championship)

It isnat a stretch, even at this very early stage, to think this could be the best Chiefs team of the Mahomes-Reid era

Sound the alarm: the Chiefs have that look again.

The most stunning thing about Kansas Cityas Super Bowl win last season was that it came in what should have been a retooling year. Sure, when you have Patrick Mahomes, every season carries championship expectations. But for much of last year, the Chiefs had that not-quite-good-enough feel of the mid-dynasty New England Patriots. Their defense was outstanding, but the offense had taken on too much water: their receivers couldnat catch; the offensive line struggled with injuries; the 34-year-old Travis Kelce showed inevitable signs of decline.

Surrey batting collapse hands victory to Somerset and breathes new life into County Championship title battle

I was just about to post, in my reliably jinxy way, that Gloucestershire have progressed quite serenely since their early loss, but then Ryan Higgins struck again, another lbw against Cameron Bancroft, who did that thing of exaggeratedly pushing his pads forward outside the line after theyad been struck. Umpire having none of it though. Gloucs 25-2 chasing 234.

Two big wickets at Chelmsford a Sam Cook has seen off both Nottinghamshireas overnight batters. Haseeb Hamedas defiant century is over, lbw to Little Chef for 105, followed by Joe Clarke, caught by Simon Harmer for 67. Notts, following on, are 194 for 4, still 170 behind Essex.

The stormas winds increased 35mph in 24 hours a something that global heating is only making more common

Hurricane Francine may now be weakening after pummeling Louisiana but the stormas rapid and surprise intensification into a category 2 storm is one that scientists say is only getting more common due to global heating.

Francine crunched into Terrebonne parish, in southern Louisiana, on Wednesday, bringing sustained winds of about 100mph (160km/h) as it came ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, causing flash flooding and power outages for hundreds of thousands of people. New Orleans got a monthas worth of rain within just a day.

UK government urged to change regulations so new homes incorporate solar panels, heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage

Building new homes to low-carbon standards would save the occupants thousands of pounds, new research has shown, as experts urged the government to change the regulations on housing development.

People living in a typical three-bedroom, semi-detached newly built house would save an average of APS1,341 a year if it was equipped with solar panels, a heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage.

Communities, states and advocacy groups push to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for role in climate crisis

Big oil is facing a soaring number of climate-focused lawsuits, a new analysis has found. Itas a sign that more communities are demanding accountability for the industryas contributions to the climate crisis.

For the report, published on Thursday, Oil Change International and the climate research organization Zero Carbon Analytics pulled data from a Columbia University database, focusing on cases in which the worldas 25 largest fossil fuel producers were named as defendants.

Clemency Jacques is one of 134,500 people repaying APS251m in careras allowance overpayments

An unpaid carer threatened with prosecution for fraud after inadvertently breaching benefit rules has had a APS1,300 penalty waived by officials after her case appeared in the Guardian.

Clemency Jacques, who cares for her disabled son and elderly mother, said she was given the choice of paying the charge or risking police arrest and a court appearance after running up a APS2,600 careras allowance overpayment.

Party took APS5m after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman for saying Abbott made you awant to hate all black womena

Diane Abbott has said the Conservatives are aonly paying lip service to fighting racisma after it emerged their controversial donor Frank Hester had given a further APS5m to the party before the election.

The donation, made by his company the Phoenix Partnership, brings his total funding to the Tories to more than APS20m, cementing his status as their single biggest donor.

Figure no longer treated as official statistic in embarrassing setback after 2021 census question misunderstood

Official figures estimating the number of transgender people in England and Wales have been stripped of their accredited status after an investigation found that too many people misunderstood the 2021 census question.

In an embarrassing setback, the Office for National Statistics has requested a reclassification of the finding that there were 262,000 trans people in England and Wales on census day, equivalent to 0.55% of the population.

Opening statement of Richard Baker KC at inquiry talks of toxic notions promoted by conspiracy theorists

Part of the opening statement of Richard Baker KC, a barrister speaking on behalf of the parents of Children C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, O, P and R:

aThe position of the families in this inquiry is unique. They are anonymised by ciphers, as are their children. Some are concerned that this has the effect of dehumanising them in the eyes of the public and media, and has cultivated an environment where people feel able to express vile opinions through social media, an environment where the serial killer who murdered or attacked their children is, by contrast, humanised or even venerated.

Metaas global affairs chief points to abehavioural issuea around child safety tools on the social media platforms

Parents do not use parental controls on Facebook and Instagram, according to Metaas Nick Clegg, with adults failing to embrace the 50 child safety tools the company has introduced in recent years.

Metaas global affairs chief said there was a abehavioural issuea around using the tools, after admitting they were being ignored by parents. Regulatory pressure is building on tech companies to protect children from harmful content, with the Australian government announcing plans this week to ban younger teenagers from accessing social media.

Modernisation committee to look at apotential conflicts of interest and attentiona as part of wider review

MPs could face a crackdown on paid media roles such as presenting for GB News after the Commons leader, Lucy Powell, said the new modernisation committee should review the rules.

Powell, a cabinet minister and the select committeeas chair, said it would look into the advantages of paid media engagements compared with the potential conflicts of interest and attention.

Fiona Cottrell among big donors to partyas election campaign who also include the party chair, Zia Yusuf

Nigel Farageas Reform party has attracted a new cadre of big donors including APS500,000 from Fiona Cottrell, the mother of his high-profile, unpaid aide George Cottrell.

Fiona Cottrell gave the sum in two tranches shortly before the general election, making her one of the biggest donors to the partyas campaign coffers, along with Richard Tice, the partyas former leader, who gave APS500,000.

Expanding access to Oxbridge and other leading institutions would boost social mobility, say authors of new book

Strictly limiting the numbers of private school pupils attending Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities is a aradicala move needed to boost UK social mobility and improve access to elite professions, according to the authors of a new book.

Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman, professors of sociology at the London School of Economics, argue that pupils from prestigious private schools such as Eton and Winchester have maintained a disproportionate grip on Oxbridge and Russell Group university places, despite recent improvements in admission policies.

Transport for London contacts 5,000 customers to say email and bank account details could have been accessed

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Police have arrested a teenager from Walsall in connection with the cyber-attack on Transport for London, as TfL said it had discovered that thousands of customersa details had potentially been breached.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, in relation to the attack launched on TfLas systems on 1 September. The teenager was arrested on Thursday last week and released on bail after questioning by NCA officers.

Prime minister promises 10-year plan after Darzi report concludes health service in a acritical conditiona

Keir Starmer has vowed to be bold and face down aloud oppositiona to his planned public health measures and NHS reforms after a major inquiry found the health service was ain critical conditiona.

The prime minister said he was prepared to take acontroversiala action to fix the NHS and public health in England after the findings by the cancer surgeon and former minister Ara Darzi.

Vice-president travels to swing state of North Carolina as Republican opponent says athere will be no third debatea

Kamala Harris embarked on a drive to exploit her strong debate performance on Thursday, as the Democratic presidential nomineeas campaign pledged to intensify efforts to persuade voters in battleground states deemed essential to winning the White House.

Meanwhile, her opponent, Donald Trump a whose debate performance has been criticized even by some of his supporters a said that he would refuse to debate Harris again. aThere will be no third debate,a he said in an angrily worded post on his Truth Social social media platform.

aStrawberrya models can break down complex problems into smaller logical steps, an area where other AIs stumble

OpenAI said on Thursday it was launching its aStrawberrya series of AI models designed to spend more time processing answers to queries in order to solve hard problems.

The models are capable of reasoning through complex tasks and can solve more challenging problems than previous models in science, coding and math, the AI firm said in a blog post.

Yossi Sariel takes responsibility for military surveillance unitas role in intelligence failures before Hamas-led assault

The commander of Israelas military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, has announced his resignation, publicly accepting responsibility for failings that contributed to the deadly 7 October attacks.

Yossi Sariel said on Tuesday that he had informed his superiors of his intention to step down after the completion of an initial investigation into Unit 8200as role in failures surrounding the Hamas-led assault last year.

Let"s get you and your home ready for cozy season.

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"Nothing compares with this fab product. I"ve tried them all," said one reviewer of a magical, frizz-busting hair product.

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This new-fangled electric toothbrush is designed to get the job done in 20 literal seconds d.

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"I thought about it and realized that she had never complimented me, supported me, nurtured me, consoled me, or showed any level of emotional care for me. All she did was complain that I didn"t do enough for her."

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Give. Your. Leggings. A. Break.

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Life"s too short for foot pain.

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Once you spend a few minutes flinging these Globbles at your ceiling and doing this cult-fave paint-by-number, you"ll forget capitalism even exists.

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Let"s go all-out for autumn.

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No checked baggage fees *and* no risk of lost luggage or waiting at the carousel a that"s what I call a win-win-win.

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"I"m on at least my 10th bottle," one editor said.

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We"re not just talking about fast-acting solutions but tools that prevent mess altogether, too.

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I watched someone get 50 filler injections in his penis and scrotum. Here are allllll the answers to your questions, including how much it costs and how much girthier his penis actually got.

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"Itas very hard for people to wrap their heads around death, especially someone choosing death."

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"The mental aspect of cleaning is by far the biggest hurdle." a@cindellkimbrough

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"That was the last bruise I"ll ever ignore."

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Brb, gonna spend hours in my new bathroom.

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"I"m not ready to leave this world."

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Don"t fret; you can clean your dirty dishwasher or bathtub *without* getting up close and personal to the yuck.

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For better or worse, the school year has started.

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If Taco Tuesday is your favorite day of the week, I recommend reading on.

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"While we were discussing final burial arrangements, I mentioned that I would like to be buried near my father in a rural 100-year-old cemetery. Her response: "Youall be buried by yourself!" No conversation, no "Whatas your thinking?" No discussion."

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How does a show that people argue is "the G.O.A.T." not have an Emmy?

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The rock "n" roll icon and his team got a "shout out" from Nashville police for getting the woman to safety.

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"She told me if I didn"t pump for her, she wouldnat buy me a coffee."

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"You can kiss your sales to the Republican audience goodbye, Taylor."

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Trump was highly emotional on the debate stage. Female candidates rarely have that luxury.

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So close to EGOT glory.

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New season, new aesthetics!

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I bet you can"t pass if you"re over 27!

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Moon juice, sex dust, asparagus water, oh my!

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It"s not every day you wake up to see Linda Ronstadt trending.

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Some of these are suuuper tough choices.

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I can"t believe how beautiful some of these dresses are.

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Sabrina kissing that alien was WILD.

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Halle appeared to ignore Tyla after Tyla seemingly asked her to hold her VMA because she wasn"t "strong enough."

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If you"ve never tried meal-prepping, this hearty salad "formula" might inspire you to start.

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It doesn"t get much worse than faking your girlfriend"s death and then attempting to "contact" her via an Ouija board.

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ShAgun and The Bear are the shows to beat this year.

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The tables turned on Trump.

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