Energy price cap: Typical household to pay £149 more a year from October (www.bbc.co.uk)
Former U.S. President Trump suggested that the streets of the United Kingdom were replete with death and destruction — and a Kamala Harris presidency would give the U.S. the same fate (www.rawstory.com)
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How climate crisis made this UK summer feel like a letdown (www.theguardian.com)
“There has been a widespread feeling that this summer was a big letdown, unusually cool and even cold at times. But was it really so bad?”
UK's first drugs consumption room to open in October (www.bbc.co.uk)
The consumption facility for illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine is set to open in Glasgow.
Paddington Bear giant sculpture spotted in Cheshire (www.bbc.co.uk)
Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested under Britain’s Terrorism Act (www.wsws.org)
Public rights of way applications backlog concerns campaigners (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mike Lynch's co-defendant dies after being hit by car days before yacht sinking (news.sky.com)
The two businessmen had faced charges of fraud and conspiracy but were acquitted by a US jury in June.
Mike Lynch's co-defendant in US trial dies in UK road accident, lawyer says (www.reuters.com)
Stephen Chamberlain, once Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in the U.S. fraud trial over the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard, has died after a road accident left him critically injured, days before Lynch went missing off the coast of Sicily, his lawyer said on Monday....
Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group (www.desmog.com)
UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch among missing after luxury yacht sinks (www.bbc.com)
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is among the six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning....
Government should “urgently” legalise e-scooters says shared transport charity - says serious safety incidents are rare (ebiketips.road.cc)
England riots: Emergency move to ease prison overcrowding activated (www.bbc.com)
England prison overcrowding emergency measures come into force (www.theguardian.com)
Outrage as librarians reveal schools banning LGBT+ books after parents’ complaints (www.independent.co.uk)
LGBT+ books are being banned from UK schools after complaints from parents, librarians have revealed....
Outrage as fundraiser launched for family of Bristol rioter who attacked police (www.independent.co.uk)
A fundraiser launched to help the family of a father who was jailed for attacking police outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Bristol has attracted anger online....
Giant spiders the size of rats making a comeback in UK (www.independent.co.uk)
The UK’s largest breed of spiders, which can grow to the size of rats and hunts fish, are making a comeback in Britain....
Ambulances called to Amazon’s UK warehouses 1,400 times in five years (www.theguardian.com)
Ambulances have been called out to Amazon warehouses more than 1,400 times in the past five years, the Observer can reveal. The figures, which were described as shocking by the GMB trade union, raise fresh questions about safety at the American giant’s UK workplaces....
Golden age of English universities could be over, says head of watchdog (www.theguardian.com)
The head of the universities watchdog in England has said the “golden age of higher education” could be over and all options should be on the table as the funding crisis facing the sector is “significant”....
Intervention as one in four school starters in nappies (www.bbc.com)
One in four children are due to start school in September without being toilet trained, a charity has said....
How a hybrid war with China could hurt UK consumers (inews.co.uk)
“High street chains forced to shutter their doors, medicine shortages, no phone network, international shipping routes blocked, and the UK’s critical national infrastructure under constant threat. This is not the plot of a disaster movie, but rather the very real potential consequences if China invaded Taiwan....
Foreign Office official resigns in protest over Israel arms sales (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rock Against Racism is reborn as gigs planned in riot towns across Britain (www.theguardian.com)
Anti-racism campaigners are planning to organise unity gigs in the towns and cities blighted by anti-immigrant riots to combat the growing influence of the far right in some parts of Britain....
UK Space Command successfully launches first military satellite (www.gov.uk)
“A UK satellite to support military operations successfully launched into space last night....
UK riots: Judge hands down longest jail sentences yet (www.bbc.co.uk)
Someone looted Lush....
