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Cleverly’s humiliating China visit was the perfect symbol of isolated, ill-led ‘global Britain’

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at both, says foreign policy commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

‘Who gets remembered and why?’: the exhibition asking uneasy questions about the Atlantic slave trade

Black Atlantic at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam museum explores how Britain’s role in slavery can be seen through its fine art. Rather than giving simple answers, reflection is its aim

The Guardian - UK

Ulez reveals a systemic problem with how UK government works – or rather, doesn’t

Most people want cleaner air and a better NHS, but partisan politics gets in the way. To bridge the gap, we need citizens’ assemblies, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

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A vintage butterfly summer in Britain – what’s going on?

A record number peacocks and red admirals have visited my garden, possibly thanks to the unsettled weather

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the UK and China: Britain is muddling along in dealing with Beijing

Editorial: The foreign secretary’s approach is an improvement, but there’s still a long way to go

The Guardian - UK

Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes Explore Britain by the Book: release date, interview and everything we know

Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes Explore Britain by the Book sees the actors showcase Dorset’s literary heritage.

WhatToWatch

Why I joined 70 economists and human rights experts urging Labour to change course

Labour seems spellbound by the Tories’ economically illiterate cult of austerity – but there is another way to help Britain thrive, says Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level

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Prince Harry says in a new Netflix series he lacked support when he returned home from Afghanistan

Britain’s Prince Harry says he didn’t have the support he needed when he returned home from combat in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

OPINION - How ‘old digital’ fuelled air traffic control data chaos: The Leader podcast

Britain’s air traffic control data meltdown has left thousands of Britons marooned in foreign airports.

Evening Standard

Tour of Britain 2023: Route details, startlist and jerseys guide

The Tour of Britain 2023 begins on Sunday September 3 - here's all you need to know

Cycling Weekly

Airline chiefs join forces to plead: ‘Don’t ever let this chaos happen again’

One travel industry consultant said the event was an “international embarrassment” and questioned Britain’s aviation infrastructure

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: James Cleverly’s visit only highlights Britain’s China confusion

Britain’s China policy tells a tale of confusion. Long gone are the chummy images of David Cameron and Xi Jinping sampling local ales in Buckinghamshire. Yet the Government does not seem quite as keen as the United States to turbocharge “decoupling” or “derisking” from Beijing. Instead, it is pursuing a…

Evening Standard

Britain delays post-Brexit border checks on EU goods until 2024

Britain has delayed imposing full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union by a further three months – pushing the start date back to January 2024.

Radio France Internationale

Here’s what’s missing from the history of rural Britain: the hidden stories of women who shaped it

Forestry wives, farmers’ wives, coalminers’ wives: they were the backbone of communities, says author Rebecca Smith

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The Gardener of Lashkar Gah by Larisa Brown review – Afghanistan abandoned

A deeply moving book that lays bare the human cost of the 2021 western withdrawal

The Independent UK

Britain's top diplomat visits China for the first time in 5 years, hoping to stabilize ties

Britain’s top diplomat, James Cleverly, has begun a long-awaited visit to China as the two countries attempt to stabilize ties that have frayed in recent years

The Conversation

Dizzee Rascal's Boy In Da Corner turns 20 – here's how it ushered in the era of grime

From before their election in 1997, New Labour politicians spun an image of Britain that held the promise of prosperity for all. Then we entered a new millennium. For the black community – especially its boys and men – it became clear the promise was as empty as Tony Blair’s…

The Guardian - US

New charges for Canadian accused of selling drugs to people at risk of suicide

Police say Kenneth Law, 57, linked to 88 deaths in Britain, may have shipped as many as 1,200 packages to 40 countries

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Canals are vital to our way of life. We cannot neglect them

Letters: The government must recognise the value of waterways to Britain’s economy, ecology and wellbeing, says Les Etheridge. Plus letters from Nicholas Falk, Marilyn Biles and Mike Annan

Evening Standard

Will the British Museum give back the Elgin Marbles? History explained

Greece argues that the scupltures were obtained illegally, while the UK says they were not

Fortune

The company operating Britain’s massive railway network is withholding bonuses from as many as 20,000 workers because they went on strike

The U.K.’s biggest rail strike in decades brought trains across the country to a halt.

The Week

Cleverly China visit: can UK pull off tricky diplomatic balancing act?

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visits China on Wednesday hoping to tread a fine diplomatic line between calling out Beijing over human rights abuses and posturing over Taiwan and seeking greater cooperation on economic ties and climate change.

Evening Standard

Team GB must maintain positive Budapest vibes into Paris Olympics

As the dust settled here on Britain equalling its best-ever medal haul of 10 at a World Championships, UK Athletics technical director Stephen Maguire spoke of a need for athletes to step up to another level at the Paris Olympics in a year's time.

The Independent UK

Britain's foreign secretary will visit China in an attempt to shore up ties

Britain’s top diplomat James Cleverly is set to visit China on Wednesday in the first trip by a U.K. foreign secretary to the country in more than five years

The Guardian - UK

A Very British Space Launch review – as flimsy as Richard Branson’s rockets

There’s lots of fascinating detail in this documentary about Virgin Orbit’s attempt to get Britain into the space race. But like the flight itself, it falls short

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