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‘Jokes are strategic’: how Mykolaiv’s leader uses humour to resist Putin

Vitaliy Kim, the taekwondo-practising governor of Mykolaiv region, is famous for making anti-Russian gags on his social media channels, but deadly serious about defeating his foe in the Kremlin

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Priti Patel’s plan to end Channel crossings in disarray as navy threatens to ‘walk away’

Official figures reveal that number of migrants crossing in small boats has doubled since military brought in

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Sadie Jones: ‘As a teenager I thought Jilly Cooper’s novels beneath contempt’

The author on dreams of Narnia, the joy of Cold Comfort Farm, and finally finishing War and Peace after an 18-year break

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The Hong Kong Diaries by Chris Patten review – handover notes

The journal of Britain’s last governor makes for candid reading, supplemented by a polemical essay on Hong Kong 25 years on

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Her family’s home has stood 180 years — even her million-dollar bid can’t save it

Just off of Highway 49 in Clover, South Carolina, nestled in the heart of the Lake Wylie community, sits the Bigger house.

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Posing as delivery workers: New York police’s new ‘predatory’ tactic to patrol the subway

New York Police Department (NYPD) officers have taken on a new strategy for “deterring criminal activity” on the city’s subway: dressing up as mechanics, subway employees or even delivery workers to catch would-be criminals off guard. Since mid-June, several photos and videos shared online document the new tactic, which our…

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Mean Baby by Selma Blair review – negotiations with adversity

Written with warmth and candour, the actor’s new memoir chronicles her alcoholism and MS diagnosis – alongside tales of dressing up with Carrie Fisher

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The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton review – bold and thrilling sequel to The Miniaturist

This tale of a curious young woman in 18th-century Amsterdam finds the writer at the top of her game

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Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview; Joan Didion: The Last Interview review – crafty to the end

In these revealing late-life chats, the two doyennes of US journalism display all the acuity and intellectual toughness that made them household names

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Memory games: how to boost your brain power

When it comes to recall, it’s very much a case of ‘use it, don’t lose it’. Here’s how you can improve yours, at any age...

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May I have a word about… the overuse of the word ‘incredible’

‘Very’ or ‘remarkable’ are infinitely preferable. That the word is so ubiquitous is, frankly, beyond belief

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Human traffickers ‘using UK universities as cover’

Overseas students have vanished from courses and then been found working in exploitative conditions

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‘It was refreshing to see what Sherwood did’: how the BBC’s acclaimed miners’ strike drama went down in the real pit villages

In the Nottingham streets where the serial is set, the struggle now is to control the narrative of a fiercely contested history

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Lies, spies and dirty tricks: the truth about Britain’s undercover police

The Observer exposed infiltration practices in 2010 – the BBC’s Sherwood shows how TV drama can keep the issue alive

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Royal Navy promoted sailor despite joining neo-Nazi group

Would-be submariner exposed by Observer escaped discipline amid fear of extremism in forces

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Space odyssey: creating room in a family home in Kent

Opening up a 1900s house on the Kent coast

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Note Dublin: ‘Bright-eyed enthusiasm’ – restaurant review

Dublin’s restaurant scene is hard to navigate, but at Note you’ll definitely be leaving on a high, says Jay Rayner

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Food delivery drivers fired after ‘cut-price’ GPS app sent them on ‘impossible’ routes

Couriers who deliver for Just Eat were sacked by email and wrongly accused of taking ‘excessive detours’

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Women accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths

Dozens of investigations have been launched by police in England and Wales in the past 10 years into suspected breaches of an 1861 law

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‘We won’t stay silent any longer’ – 13 protest photographs that changed Britain

As a new law comes into place that restricts how people can demonstrate across the UK, we look at some of the images and moments that reshaped the nation

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Sinéad Gleeson, Gurnaik Johal and Guardian readers discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Bannockburn resident left angered after rubbish burned in local park

The images were taken in Ladywell Park last week.

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Customers complain tax rebate firm has cost them thousands

Taxpayers have lost huge sums by being persuaded to use an official-looking firm that offers to claim back overpaid tax from HMRC on their behalf

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Tricks of their trade: meet the UK’s most unusual master crafters

Glass eyes, traditional sieves, sails… Specialist makers are working hard to keeping these unique skills alive. By Chris Broughton

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‘We jumped in the car as soon as we heard’: Afghans race to help amid wait for international aid

While the Taliban and aid agencies rushed to respond, locals were already on their way bringing much needed support

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