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Grayson Perry on popularity, pottery and class: ‘I still enjoy looking for discomfort in the faces of the overeducated’

The Turner Prize-winning artist talks to Mark Hudson about why art shouldn’t feel like homework, why he used to have a ‘screwed up’ relationship with art dealers, and his new retrospective ‘Smash Hits’

The Independent UK

Tory policies left UK exposed to energy shocks – Labour

The International Energy Agency data shows that in 2021 the UK had the highest average domestic electricity price among several countries.

The Independent UK

China's plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London stall amid local opposition

China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local opposition to what would be the biggest diplomatic compound in Britain

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Josh Tarling and Ben Wiggins claim world championship medals for Britain

The British teenagers Josh Tarling and Ben Wiggins claimed medals in the men’s time trial disciplines in the cycling world championships in Scotland

The Guardian - UK

Don't just wait for the water firms – three things we can do right now to clean up Britain's rivers

Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies are coming under more and more pressure to fix things. Most recently, a law firm has announced its plans to take collective legal action against the UK’s six biggest water companies over alleged pollution…

The Conversation

The best house museums for 20th-century interiors, from a PoMo funhouse to Britain’s answer to Villa Savoye

Forget fusty stately homes — these domestic spaces are ripe with the relatable tastes of artists, architects and aesthetes

Evening Standard

Britain’s barge for asylum seekers faces new setback as legionella bacteria found in water system - OLD

Britain is removing 39 asylum seekers from a barge moored in southern England after environmental samples showed legionella bacteria in the water system

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Britain’s surging deer population is causing an ecological disaster. I have a solution: wolves

Humans have failed to keep numbers down. Reintroduce these predators, and let them get on with the job, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: The UK economy is stuck in a low-growth trap

The UK economy is not in recession but it is stuck in a low-growth trap. GDP in the three months to June registered a 0.2 per cent jump, marking the fifth successive quarter in which the economy has kept its head above water since a 0.5 per cent advance in…

Evening Standard

Beer in Britain's pubs just got cheaper, thanks to changes in the alcohol tax

The U.K. has lowered taxes on draft beers in pubs, in what it's calling its biggest shakeup to alcohol tax in a century. But taxes on other alcoholic beverages are rising, so not everyone is cheering.

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Timeline of Crooked House fire as ‘major questions’ remain over devastating blaze at Britain’s wonkiest pub

The Crooked House was recently bought by private buyers for ‘an alternative use’

The Independent UK

No 10 suggests Britain is still part of EU in embarrassing social media gaffe

Downing Street boasted UK had more AI companies than ‘any other EU country’

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 11

A variety of stories feature on the front of Britain’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

MP calls for closure of ‘potential loophole’ after Crooked House pub demolition

Britain’s ‘wonkiest pub’ was hit by a blaze which police are treating as arson.

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It’s time to professionalise our underemployed MPs

Letters: Readers on Britain’s elected representatives making millions of pounds through second jobs

The Guardian - UK

Luke Brooks inquest: a shocking spotlight on living conditions in modern Britain

Patricia Brooks had blamed mould and poor state of privately rented house in Oldham they lived in for death of her sonMouldy, damp house did not cause man’s death, coroner rules

The Independent UK

UK sanctions Lebanon’s former central bank governor

Britain, the US and Canada have announced coordinated designations against Riad Salameh and three associates.

Louder

"Their collective dishonesty is beyond shameful. God help Britain": Queen's Brian May hits out at the UK government and Britain's right-wing press

"The Tory Government and the Tory Press, are the WRONG PEOPLE to be in power" says Queen guitarist Brian May

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UK house price falls spread; Wilko falls into administration; US inflation rises to 3.2% – as it happened

RICS house price balance drops again … as more mortgage holders fall into arrears and Wilko takes ‘difficult decision’ to enter administration

Evening Standard

Comment: ‘the brutal lessons from Balfron Tower’s unsold flats’

In an uncertain property market, the fact a developer has been unable to sell any flats (priced from £365,000 for a one-bed) in a Sixties tower block next to the A12 repeatedly voted Britain’s ugliest seems unsurprising. Especially since the concrete building’s construction made it tricky to secure a mortgage.

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 10

A wide variety of stories feature on the front pages across Britain.

The Guardian - UK

Heartache for Katie Archibald but Emma Finucane sprints to gold

Katie Archibald missed out on a medal in the Omnium but Britain’s Emma Finucane won the sprint title at the UCI World Championships

The Independent UK

Internet sleuths turn to live stream to help catch people fly tipping in London skip

Skip Watch TV began filming as Britain’s builders say they have fallen victim to having their skip filled up with other people’s rubbish - forcing them to fork out money from their own pockets

The Independent UK

Emma Finucane becomes Britain’s first women’s sprint world champion in a decade

The 20-year-old got the better of Germany’s Lea Friedrich to win the final 2-0.

The Guardian - UK

Four of Britain’s biggest lenders cut rates on fixed mortgage deals

Halifax, HSBC, Nationwide and TSB reduce rates, easing pressure on hard-pressed homeowners

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