13 h. ago Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt | Alexander Hurst

Greenery, shade and swimming spots won’t solve the climate crisis, but they’re becoming ever more criticalThree years ago, in Zurich for the first time, I crossed a bridge over the Limmat River and saw people floating down it in rubber rings on their way home from work, some casually holding beers. The Limmat is so clear that it almost begs you not only to jump in, but to drink it.Paris’s Canal Saint-Martin has never produced either desire in me – but sweltering in last week’s 38C heat, I wanted to close my eyes, pretend it was the Limmat, and leap. Others weren’t so hesitant; there was a line of people going up one of the footbridges over the canal waiting for their turn to jump, dive, backflip or just belly-flop into the water.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Bridge collapse leaves at least nine dead after huge section of 'crumbling' 3,000ft

At least nine people were killed after a bridge over a river collapsed in India's western Gujarat state on Wednesday. 

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29 h. ago Fergie Reimagines 'London Bridge' Video 20 Years After Original Clip Was Filmed on Wrong U.K. Bridge

Fergie Reimagines 'London Bridge' Video 20 Years After Original Clip Was Filmed on Wrong U.K. Bridge  People.com

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38 h. ago Floods sweep away 18 people and bridge linking Nepal to China

Mountain river swollen by monsoon rains destroys main bridge linking Nepal to neighbouring country

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44 h. ago Monsoon floods sweep away 18 people and the main bridge linking Nepal to China

A mountain river swollen by monsoon rains has swept away the main bridge linking Nepal with China

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5 d. ago Texas floods sweep Kerrville summer camp cabin filled with people away as Guadalupe River floods kill many: Live

The Guadalupe River rapidly rose by more than 22-feet overnight, before breaking its banks and overtaking several small, rural towns across Kerr County.

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5 d. ago ‘Deeply concerning’ CCTV shows people using Scotland railway bridge as ‘extremely dangerous’ shortcut

Watch as people use a railway bridge in Scotland as an ‘extremely dangerous’ shortcut to nearby fields and the beach.

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8 d. ago Decapitated bodies are hung from a bridge after 20 people are slaughtered in latest Mexican massacres amid drug war sparked by El Chapo's sons

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Four decapitated bodies were found hanging from a bridge in the capital of western Mexico's Sinaloa state on Monday

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9 d. ago We need to 'bonk to save Britain' as birth rates fall and minister shares worry

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she wants 'more young people to have children'. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows fertility rates in England and Wales dropped to 1.44 children per woman in 2023

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9 d. ago Voices: ‘Have more children’ is simplistic and idealistic – who can afford to start a family, minister?

As education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests that young people should have more babies, Victoria Richards says it has a nice ring – but the government must do one little thing first

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1 week ago Start having MORE children and start families sooner, minister for women and equality says

Bridget Phillipson (left) said too many young people have been put off from having families because of soaring costs for things like housing and childcare.

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1 week ago The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a puzzle waiting to be decoded

Romance, sci-fi and family drama are thrillingly combined in this Booker-winning novel, shared between three narratorsIt’s 25 years since the publication of The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood’s intricately plotted, multi-narrative novel which led to her first Booker prize win. Blending romance, pulpy sci-fi and family drama, it opens with octogenarian Iris Chase Griffen recalling the moment she was told her sister, Laura, had driven off a bridge. The police inform her that two people witnessed Laura deliberately swerve off the road. Though Iris believes this to be true, she insists to the officers that it was an accident.We go on to hear about Iris’s privileged upbringing and marriage of convenience to Richard Griffen, the wealthy owner of a button factory, and her estrangement from her granddaughter with whom she hopes to reconcile. The book also contains excerpts from Laura’s posthumously published novel which features clandestine romantic encounters between an unnamed man – seem...

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2 w. ago Tories say they would support UK joining fight against Iran if Starmer deems it necessary – UK politics live

Iran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said.Campaigners from trade unions, voluntary organisations and the Church of Scotland have announced plans for an anti-poverty march to “demand better” from politicians in Scotland, reports the PA news agency.The campaign, Scotland Demands Better, will culminate in a march in Edinburgh on 25 October, walking from the Scottish parliament, up the Royal Mile and along George IV Bridge to The Meadows.Change for the better happens when people stand together and demand it. Scotland desperately needs that change.Too many of us are being cut off from life’s essentials. Too many are frightened of what the future will bring. Too many of us are feeling tired, angry, isolated, and disillusioned.Air pollution remains the most important environmental threat to health, with impacts throughout the life course.It is an area of health where the UK has made substantial progress in the last three decades, with con...

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3 w. ago Four people given suspended sentences for Vinícius Júnior hate crime

Effigy of Real Madrid forward was hung from a bridgeAll four signed a letter of apology to the BrazilianFour people have been handed suspended jail sentences by a Madrid court after being found guilty of a hate crime related to an effigy of the Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior.They were involved in hanging a banner reading “Madrid hates Real” and an inflatable black effigy in a replica of the Brazilian’s No 20 shirt on a bridge before a Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid and Atlético in January 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bridge collapses into river at tourist hotspot killing at least four people

"Everyone started running towards the main road as the structure halved and collapsed."

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3 w. ago Watch: Rescue operation launched after bridge collapses into river at tourist site in India

At least four people have died and more than 30 others injured after a bridge collapsed into a river at a tourist site in Pune, India.

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3 w. ago Bridge collapse horror as several dead and 51 injured after structure gives way

At least four people have died and 51 others are injured after a bridge collapsed in India on Sunday. More than 100 people were reportedly on the footbridge over the Indrayani river in west India when a section of the structure collapsed at 3.30pm local time

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3 w. ago At least four people dead and 51 injured after bridge collapses at tourist hotspot

A survivor who was on the bridge at the time, said the bridge was so crowded there was no space for anyone to move, adding: "Everyone started running towards the main road as the structure haved and collapsed"

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3 w. ago New benches unveiled at Dumfries and Galloway community woodland

Forty people attended the unveiling of Phil Daube's benches at Glaisters Bridge Community Woodlands near Corsock.

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4 w. ago The 'Tuesday sex' trick that could save your relationship: Intimacy co

Britain's first intimacy coordinator Ita O'Brien's credits include the hit BBC drama Normal People and Netflix's raunchy period drama Bridgerton.

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