25 h. ago Now Donald Trump wades in on Britain's assisted dying plans as US condemns 'state

A branch of the US State Department appeared to encourage the House of Lords to block the law by 'reaffirming the sanctity of life'.

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34 h. ago Brad Pitt’s $5m house in Los Angeles ‘ransacked’ after break

Police say suspects broke in through the front window and fled with property while Pitt was on tour for his new film F1Police are investigating a break-in at a home reportedly owned by Brad Pitt, who has been on a globe-spanning promo tour for his new movie, F1, after three people allegedly “ransacked” the property.The Los Angeles police department confirmed they responded to a break-in Wednesday night at a house on the 2300 block of North Edgemont Street in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago DRDH uses red brickwork to bring "civic character" to London library and housing block

DRDH uses red brickwork to bring "civic character" to London library and housing block  Dezeen

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4 d. ago Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – a lively history of the Guardian

A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesignIn my early career as a cultural historian, I made many journeys along the Northern line in London to the now defunct British Newspaper Library at Colindale. It was a melancholy place, with that vanilla-and-almonds smell of decomposing ink and paper, and little crumbs of disintegrated newspaper on the floor by the reading desks. Like the mayfly, a newspaper is meant to die on the day it is born. News now lives longer on the Guardian website, but prominently displayed warnings tell us when an article is more than a month old. “Who wants yesterday’s papers?” the Rolling Stones sang. “Nobody in the world.”So newspaper history is a tricky genre that must capture the ephemeral and show why it matters. Ian Mayes’s excellent book follows two previous, quasi-official volumes of Guardian history by David Ayerst and Geoffrey Taylor. It begins in 1986 when the Guardian was...

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4 d. ago Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – behind the scenes at the Guardian

A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesignIn my early career as a cultural historian, I made many journeys along the Northern line in London to the now defunct British Newspaper Library at Colindale. It was a melancholy place, with that vanilla-and-almonds smell of decomposing ink and paper, and little crumbs of disintegrated newspaper on the floor by the reading desks. Like the mayfly, a newspaper is meant to die on the day it is born. News now lives longer on the Guardian website, but prominently displayed warnings tell us when an article is more than a month old. “Who wants yesterday’s papers?” the Rolling Stones sang. “Nobody in the world.”So newspaper history is a tricky genre that must capture the ephemeral and show why it matters. Ian Mayes’s excellent book follows two previous, quasi-official volumes of Guardian history by David Ayerst and Geoffrey Taylor. It begins in 1986 when the Guardian was...

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7 d. ago Assisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after bill passed by MPs

Terminally ill people with less than six months to live will have right to choose procedure after approval from doctors and panelUK politics live – latest updatesAssisted dying is set to become law after a historic vote in parliament, as MPs passed Kim Leadbeater’s bill by 314 to 291 votes, a majority of 23, to legalise the procedure for terminally ill people.Keir Starmer backed the bill, which will head to the House of Lords, though peers are not expected to block its progress. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Walters & Cohen completes library and dining annexe for west London school

Walters & Cohen completes library and dining annexe for west London school  The Architects’ Journal

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2 w. ago White House urges Keir Starmer to block Chinese 'super embassy' in London amid national security fears

‘The Chinese Communist Party has a clear track record of targeting critical infrastructure’, Trump administration warns

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2 w. ago White House urges Starmer to block Chinese 'super embassy' in London

White House urges Starmer to block Chinese 'super embassy' in London  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago Plans revealed for 50 new houses and flats on the site of a former block of flats

Trivallis housing association has just submitted plans for the Mitchell Court site in Tonypandy town centre

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