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Explainer-Luton Airport runway meltdown shows airports vulnerable to climate change

The temporary disruption at London's Luton Airport on Monday when soaring temperatures caused a small section of the asphalt to lift is an example of the challenges airports face in making their infrastructure resilient to climate change, experts say.

Reuters

Who Stole Tamara Ecclestone’s Diamonds? review – like Ocean’s Eleven meets Only Fools and Horses

This madcap documentary about Britain’s most lucrative burglary spree introduces us to a Romanian escort and Transylvania’s answer to Del Boy who definitely didn’t steal the jewels

The Guardian - UK

UK’s Moore Doubts Iran Supreme Leader Will Back Nuclear Deal

Britain's spy chief voiced doubt Thursday on reviving a landmark 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, saying Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei remained opposed despite marathon diplomacy with the United States. "If we can get a deal it's probably the best means still available to constrain the Iranian nuclear program. I'm not…

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How Thatcherite are Tory leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are fighting it out to become the next Prime Minister in a six-week challenge to secure the backing of the Conservative party membership

Daily Mirror

This heatwave highlights how complacent we’ve been

Letters: Roddy Urquhart and Margaret Vandecasteele say the poor design of Britain’s housing stock leaves it unable to cope with extreme temperatures. Plus Peter Afford, John Phillips, Rose Harvie and David Harper on keeping cool and fighting the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Russia about to 'run out of steam' in Ukraine, British spy chief says

Russia's military is likely to start an operational pause of some kind in Ukraine in the coming weeks, giving Kyiv a key opportunity to strike back, Britain's spy chief said on Thursday.

Reuters

Iran doesn't appear to want a nuclear deal, British spy chief says

Britain's spy chief said on Thursday he was skeptical that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei actually wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but he added that Tehran won't want to end the talks either.

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'Londongrad' losing its allure for corrupt elites, police say

London is losing its allure as a destination for corrupt Russian elites and other kleptocrats with the aid of new powers and a crackdown on "enablers" who help them channel their illicit money into Britain, British police said on Thursday.

Reuters

Report: UK clearly overwhelmed by surge in migrant crossings

An independent inspection has found that Britain’s response to the increase in migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats is poor and officials are clearly overwhelmed

The Independent UK

Europe's power system feels the heat as cooling demand soars

Just as Europe is racing to store enough gas to see it through winter, its power system is being strained by sweltering summer temperatures, forcing air conditioners into action and drying up rivers needed to cool nuclear plants.

Reuters

Analysis-Race for Downing Street drives tax policy split into UK Conservatives

Differences over how to revive Britain's slow-growth, high-inflation economy could hardly be starker within the ruling Conservative Party as the two remaining contenders to become its new leader, and thereby prime minister, clash over tax.

Reuters

Fuel protests to block rush-hour traffic on major roads across UK on Friday

Police are urging drivers to make alternative plans for travel

The Independent UK

Glam mum becomes one of Britain's youngest grans after her daughter fell pregnant at 14

Young nan Haley Tricker is enjoying being a 'glam-ma' - and there is only a six-year age gap between her youngest and her grandson

Daily Mirror

BBC agrees 'substantial damages' to ex-royal nanny over Diana interview

The BBC said on Thursday it had agreed to pay "substantial damages" to the former nanny of Britain's Prince William and Prince Harry over the broadcaster's now much-criticised 1995 interview with their mother, the late Princess Diana.

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Heat on Leclerc to Deliver Ferrari Hat-trick in France

Charles Leclerc will seek to complete Ferrari's first hat-trick since 2019 by fending off world champion Max Verstappen and a likely threat from reinvigorated Lewis Hamilton at this weekend's French Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Leclerc, who battled to victory in Austria last time out after team-mate Carlos Sainz triumphed in…

Reuters

UK boosts arms supply to Ukraine with more anti-tank weapons

Britain will send scores of artillery guns and more than 1,600 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in the latest supply of Western arms to help bolster the country's defence against Russia, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Covid inquiry chair warns: ‘We must prepare for another pandemic’, as first public hearings set for Spring 2023

The chair of the Covid-19 public inquiry said Britain must prepare for another pandemic as she promised a “rigorous and fair” investigation into whether lives could have been saved.

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Conservative leadership latest: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak clash as real race begins

Truss pledges action on cost of living while Sunak vows to govern like Margaret Thatcher

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UK's handling of migrants arriving by boat is unacceptable - official report

Britain's handling of migrants who arrive by small boats from Northern France has been unacceptable, ineffective and inefficient, an independent inspection published on Thursday said.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss vows to ‘bulldoze through’ policies needed to save Britain from recession

The Foreign Secretary denied her proposed tax cuts of around £30 billion would worsen the cost-of-living crisis by fuelling inflation

Evening Standard

We are still sleepwalking headlong into disasters that are all too visible

When to start worrying that something catastrophic is on the horizon? Most of us tend to start at some point after it has already happened. We buy insurance against a particular disaster only after we have experienced it (and then cancel it a few years later). We fail to evacuate…

The Independent UK

WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

The World Health Organization is convening its emergency committee to consider for the second time within weeks whether the expanding outbreak of monkeypox should be declared a global crisis

The Independent UK

2 contenders battle for Conservative votes in UK leader race

The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister have begun a head-to-head battle for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader

The Guardian - UK

This summer’s strikes are already working – unions, set your sights even higher

With spiralling inflation and a tight labour market, workers’ power is on a high. But that doesn’t guarantee success, writes labour correspondent Polly Smythe

Wales Online

47% of us say we've never seen a hedgehog

A new report highlights the native species many of us have never spotted

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