39 m. ago Foreign policy was a ‘driver of 7/7 attacks’, says former counter

On July 7 2005, four suicide bombers targeted the capital’s transport network, killing 52 people and injuring more than 770.

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68 m. ago Pamplona festivities and an orphaned bear: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Culture

74 m. ago My phone was stolen on London vacation in wild mugging scheme — here’s the insane way I got it back

My phone was stolen on London vacation in wild mugging scheme — here’s the insane way I got it back  New York Post

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83 m. ago Man arrested after Windrush exhibition vandalised in Brixton

Man arrested after Windrush exhibition vandalised in Brixton  London Evening Standard

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83 m. ago Man arrested after Windrush exhibition vandalised in south London

Met Police officers were called to Windrush Square on Thursday following reports of damage to the display

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1 hour ago What Swansea City's best XI now looks like as key missing piece glaringly obvious

The Swans have already done a fair amount of business this summer - and there are already some potential selection headaches emerging

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1 hour ago ‘It is not jus. It is not a glaze. It is gravy!’ Britain’s gift to the world finally gets the love it deserves

Chefs have gone head over heels for the brown stuff. Some drown their burgers in it; others serve it with brioche and black pudding; one even turns it into ice-cream. What’s going on?Pub roasts, grannies, Sunday lunch, Ah! Bisto!: gravy triggers nostalgic food memories for Britons like little else. But unlike complex French sauces, for example, gravy is brown and plain, not gastronomic alchemy. Its homely bedfellows – potatoes and pies – have had fancy makeovers, but gravy’s potential hasn’t been much exploited on the modern menu. Until now.The nostalgic wave sweeping Britain’s food scene is reviving this ancient staple, but with a twist: gravy is going gourmet. It is appearing as a dip for burgers in London at the upmarket chain Burger & Beyond and at Nanny Bill’s. It is served with brioche and black pudding at Tom Cenci’s modern British restaurant Nessa in Soho, and even does a turn at Shaun Rankin’s Michelin-starred Grantley Hall in Yorkshire, where it is styled as beef tea a...

Politics

2 h. ago Man City locked into £256m transfer battle with Arsenal and Liverpool

Manchester City have strengthened in midfield for the upcoming season but so have two of their biggest rivals

Economics

2 h. ago Home Secretary hails work with French to stop small boat crossings

It comes after reports on Friday that French police officers had used knives to puncture a boat off the coast.

Society

2 h. ago Holiday home is trashed after gender reveal booking turns into 200

Police in riot vans were called to a 10-bed £635,000 home in the quiet village of Norden, Greater Manchester, after revellers from as far as London turned up.

Politics

2 h. ago BREAKING: Eurostar chaos LIVE: Passengers stuck on London train with 'lack of air' and 'no electric'

Passengers are facing major Eurostar disruption with one person saying that he has been left waiting for more than three hours inside a carriage and that bathrooms are not even working

Society

2 h. ago Man charged with murder following death of man, 85, in Lambeth

Man charged with murder following death of man, 85, in Lambeth  This Is Local London

Events

3 h. ago A Look At Shilpa Shetty's Scrumptious 'Son Day Binge' With Viaan In London

A Look At Shilpa Shetty's Scrumptious 'Son Day Binge' With Viaan In London  NDTV Food

Politics

3 h. ago The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequencesThroughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at the same time. She’d devour whatever texts my siblings and I were studying in school, handwrite notes for our lunchboxes and write in her diary every night. Our fridge door was a revolving display of word-of-the-day flashcards. Despite this, she also was and remains, by some margin, the worst speller I have met.By the time I was in primary school, she was already asking me to proofread her work emails, often littered with mistakes that were glaringly obvious to me even at such a young age. It used to baffle me – how could this person, who races through multiple books a week and can quote Shakespeare faultlessly, possibly think “me” is spelt with two Es? Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Huge development creating 500 jobs among the key plans for Greater Manchester

These are all the significant developments tabled with councils across the city-region

Politics

4 h. ago Man City transfer could trigger five quick departures in busy window

Manchester City have sent striker Divin Mubama to Stoke on loan and more of his teammates will be looking to move

Politics

4 h. ago Brad Marchand’s wife Katrina Marchand posts delightful video of NHL star playing table tennis in London

Brad Marchand’s wife Katrina Marchand posts delightful video of NHL star playing table tennis in London  Times of India

Politics

4 h. ago Bodies of two school girls discovered as 27 children still missing after Texas floods

Blair Harber, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, were among those killed in the flooding in Kerr County, Texas.

Events

4 h. ago Wimbledon star has the last laugh after being booed during post

No.10 seed Ben Shelton overcame Martin Fucsovics in straight sets at Wimbledon on Saturday evening before issuing a plea to the Court One crowd which prompted boos

Politics

4 h. ago Croydon warehouse fire: 80 firefighters battle huge blaze as area locked down

Imperial Way has been closed, with emergency services expecting the incident to continue for several hours

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