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Mon 24 Aug 2026
Plate of battered fish with baked beans and chips on a tray held by a child.
School meals
Most English secondary schools are breaking healthy food rules, finds report
Andy Burnham and Volodymyr Zelensky, both dressed all in black, talk face to face on a quay of the naval harbour in Portsmouth
Ukraine
Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
Cars are spray painted at Jaguar Land Rover's advanced manufacturing facility in Solihull
Economy
UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds
A person walks with an umbrella past a tall council flat with laundry on balconies in Tower Hamlets
Reform UK
Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list
Composite of Donald Trump and Mark Carney
Trade
Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade war
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Special report

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Drill, Burnham, drill?
The oil basin that is a totem for Trump – and a headache for Britain’s new PM
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In focus

Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre said it had extended the invitation in the hope of dismantling some of the barriers that kept Black children away from the pool.
Germany
Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows
Holocaust
‘I’ll probably feel emotional’: Kindertransport centenarian prepares to revisit site of family separation
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Features

Russ in a white t-shirt with his hands covering his face and looking at the camera
TV comedy
‘In 1984, I worked 363 days’: how Russ Abbot soared to success – then walked away
Photography
‘I didn’t miss a thing’: How Nick Haymes photographed his sons’ entire lives from verrucas to homemade hamster coffin
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Opinion

Marine Le Pen in focus in foreground, next to slightly blurred Jordan Bardella
quote  Marine Le Pen’s career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever
Mujtaba Rahman
quote  The PM is promising to fix our everyday annoyances – and I have a list to get him started
Emma Beddington
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Sport

Newcastle supporters display a banner in memory of club favourite Kevin Keegan.
quote  Newcastle and Liverpool crank up entertainment in fitting Keegan tribute
Sam Dalling at St James' Park
Premier League
‘Call his agent’: Emery feels Watkins should explain absence from Villa’s rout by Brighton
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Podcast

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Black Box: episode 1 – The connectionists – podcast
Podcast | 39:54
 
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Climate crisis

Prof Carl Sayer reaching down to grasp some common centaury in the field
Environment
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
Australia
Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say
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Business & technology

Pedestrian walks by a Vodafone store
Vodafone
UK orders reviews of franchising sector after Vodafone allegations
Retail
‘Penchant for bling’: can Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley take a bigger slice of luxury retail?