Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror (www.theguardian.com)
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Scorching heat caused deaths to double at busiest US-Mexico border route (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100 of 148 recorded deaths in El Paso sector were recorded between May and September when heat topped 100F
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
Military exercises near Taiwan aimed at combating ‘arrogance’ of separatists, says China (www.theguardian.com)
NT crocodile expert who once hosted David Attenborough pleads guilty to animal sexual abuse (www.theguardian.com)
Adam Robert Corden Britton, 51, tortured and sexually exploited more than 42 dogs and also transmitted child abuse material before his arrest in April 2022...
24,000 hospital letters lost due to NHS computer glitch (www.theguardian.com)
Healthcare regulator monitoring trust after report that results from scans and blood tests may have gone missing
‘Anything for my family’: Venezuelans in US welcome temporary protected status (www.theguardian.com)
Asylum seekers who arrived before the end of July – about 472,000 – will now be able to legally live and work in the US
US and Iran expected to complete $6bn prisoner swap deal (www.theguardian.com)
The US and Iran are expected to pull off a controversial prisoner swap on Monday involving the unfreezing by the Biden administration of $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian oil money held in South Korea since 2018....
‘It is not possible to organise in Iran’: jailed activist warns of totalitarianism after Mahsa Amini protests (www.theguardian.com)
The majority of Iranians wish for a “normal life and for a government similar to the governments based on the liberal democratic system”, one of Iran’s most prominent political activists has said, as he prepares to start a six-year jail sentence, leaving his wife and three-year-old daughter behind....
Police to launch inquiry into maternity failings at Nottingham hospitals trust (www.theguardian.com)
Officers say they are preparing criminal investigation into services at Nottingham university hospitals trust and will meet families
‘Complete’ models of human embryos created from stem cells in lab (www.theguardian.com)
Tiny structures are not identical to human embryos, but could have various uses in medical research...
Bill Richardson, former statesman and hostage negotiator, dies aged 75 (www.theguardian.com)
Bill Richardson, a 2008 presidential candidate, former New Mexico governor, congressman, secretary of energy and UN ambassador under the Clinton administration who later found a role as an international hostage negotiator, has died. He was 75 years old.
US cities say they turn food waste into compost. Is it a problem when they don’t? (www.theguardian.com)
The scraps in your bin marked ‘compost’ may end up as methane. Here’s what that means...
Hurricane Idalia heads for Florida as residents rush to evacuate – live (www.theguardian.com)
Storm expected to strengthen to category 3 before it makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf coast on Wednesday...
From botflies to eye worms, a brief history of rare parasites in humans (www.theguardian.com)
After a live roundworm was found in the brain of an Australian woman, we take a look at other unusual cases of parasites turning up unexpectedly and explore how worried we should be....
Labour blames postcode lottery in cancer care in England for delays (www.theguardian.com)
Analysis also reveals patients in more deprived areas are more likely to have their cancer diagnosed late
Families sue UK government over relatives’ deaths during Covid crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homes
Washington state wildfire leaves one dead and nearly 200 structures destroyed (www.theguardian.com)
Evacuations ordered after wind-fueled blaze expands unchecked near eastern city of Spokane and shuts highway...
‘We were once paid $50 to quit’: new wave heroes Devo on boos, Bowie and retiring after 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
And while Devo may be saying farewell to touring, it’s not entirely the end. A new box set of rarities, Art Devo 1973-1977, is coming in September along with a documentary in production by Tiger King director Chris Smith. However, there’s no sloppy sentiment about retiring from performing from Mothersbaugh. “I’m looking...
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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Nearly 4m fewer UK working days in past year due to strike action, study says (www.theguardian.com)
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms pay