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Onshore Windfarm Applications Hit Decade High Following Labour’s Renewable Energy Policy Shift
England’s onshore windfarm sector is experiencing a significant expansion, with applications reaching their highest levels in over a decade following the Labour government’s reversal of the Conservative-era de facto ban
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Onshore windfarms surge as North Sea oil woes and bus strikes hit Britain
Windfarm applications hit a ten-year high while North Sea decline tests the PM, Arriva bus drivers plan a strike, First Bus curbs under-16 travel, Nevada’s Hawk Fire prompts a state of emergency, and Lincoln City lose on their Championship return.
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The PM is promising to fix our everyday annoyances – and I have a list to get him started | Emma Beddington
In this comment piece, Guardian writer Emma Beddington reflects on Andy Burnham’s push to tackle everyday “annoyances” – such as auto-renewed subscriptions, misleading sale prices, and capped bus fares – as a way of building public goodwill, drawing a parallel with New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s popular online campaign against the “annoyance economy”. She argues…
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Manchester City agree deal worth up to €100m for Lille’s Ayyoub Bouaddi
Manchester City have agreed a fee of up to €100m (£85.5m) with Lille for 18-year-old Morocco midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, taking the club’s summer transfer outlay to nearly £200m. The move follows the £116m signing of Elliot Anderson earlier in the window and is largely funded by last week’s £65m sale of Rodri to Barcelona, underlining…
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An ultra-rare piece of Microsoft history could be hiding on your shelf
Microsoft veteran engineer Raymond Chen has revealed why some very early boxes of the 1990 Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows carry a Tetris sticker rather than printed Tetris branding, explaining that the licensing deal for the game had not been finalised when the first print run went to press. Rather than scrap the boxes if…
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How ‘frail’ Ariana Grande is cashing in on her London tour by selling £120 hoodies, £60 posters and make-up ahead of an extended break
Ariana Grande’s team is capitalising on her final run of London shows before an announced indefinite hiatus, opening four pop-up stores selling merchandise, beauty products and jewellery alongside her ten-night residency at the O2 Arena. The hiatus was announced amid concern over her health and noticeably slender appearance, and her management is using the farewell…
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Iran’s president says country faces ‘many problems’ as US ramps up sanctions
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has publicly acknowledged that the country faces “many problems,” including inflation and unemployment, as the United States prepares to intensify economic sanctions it describes as unprecedented in severity. The admission is notable given Iran’s history of mass protests over economic hardship, including unrest at the end of last year that authorities…
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Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling
In this comedic opinion piece, Guardian columnist Dave Schilling laments that major US retailers such as Target and CVS are already stocking Halloween costumes, decorations and sweets in August, weeks before Labour Day and months before the holiday itself. He argues this creeping commercialisation, combined with worsening summer heatwaves from the climate crisis, is eroding…
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‘I was scared I was going mad’: Meg Mason speaks to fellow authors about the parasocial relationships that begin on the page
Author Meg Mason explores the “parasocial relationship” that readers can form with favourite writers, prompted by her own teenage bond with novelist Nancy Mitford’s books during a lonely period after moving countries. She examines why this phenomenon, recently named the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year, appears especially strong between readers and authors, drawing on…