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Brighton thrash Aston Villa as João Gomes sees red
Aston Villa’s turbulent summer culminated in a chastening 4-0 defeat to Brighton at the Amex Stadium, with new signing João Gomes sent off on his debut for a high boot on Georginio Rutter as Unai Emery’s side capitulated. Both clubs had been weakened by off-season upheaval, but only Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton coped, easing to victory…
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West Brom surge back to floor Flemming-less Burnley amid transfer speculation
West Bromwich Albion came from behind to beat Championship promotion favourites Burnley 3-1 at the Hawthorns, with Isaac Price scoring twice in the second half after setting up Harry Whitwell’s equaliser. Burnley, missing injured striker Zian Flemming amid heavy transfer speculation, faded badly after the break, leaving Albion to maintain their unbeaten start to the…
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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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‘New season, new trim’ – Haaland reveals buzzcut
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has swapped his long, blonde hair for a buzzcut ahead of the new Premier League season, revealing the drastic change on social media with the caption “New season, new trim.” The move ends a long-running association between the 26-year-old and his distinctive man bun, one of football’s most recognisable hairstyles…
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What to try when an Android app keeps crashing
The article offers troubleshooting advice for Android users whose apps repeatedly crash, drawing on the author’s long experience with the operating system. It notes that crashes are more often caused by buggy app updates than by hardware problems, so the first port of call should be the Google Play Store rather than the phone itself,…
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Grand Theft Auto VI exists in its own universe
Grand Theft Auto VI has become one of the most hyped video game releases ever, and Rockstar Games appears able to weather any controversy along the way without denting public enthusiasm. Despite a huge 2022 hack that leaked 90 videos of the game, multiple release delays, union-busting accusations and the absence of a physical disc…
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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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Rows evacuated, backbenchers, royal drama, GTA6 leak and Mourinho’s Madrid return dominate
Labour MPs warn Burnham off a snap election, Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyers face a new royal drama, and heat sparks school-term rethink calls; abroad, a Florida beach plane crash, a Rockstar GTA6 leak hunt, National Treasure 3’s green light, and Mourinho’s winning Real Madrid return.
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M*A*S*H star’s daughter takes on Hebrides cafe over dog ban in year-long battle
Claire Kellerman, the adoptive daughter of late M*A*S*H actress Sally Kellerman, is pursuing a taxpayer-funded legal action against a community association on the Isle of Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides after its volunteer-run cafe refused entry to her disability service dog. The dispute has already run for a year and drawn political criticism, with…
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‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports
Tata Steel’s Llanwern factory in south Wales is running at roughly half capacity, with production lines sitting idle for parts of the day, as cheap imported steel undercuts UK producers despite new government tariffs meant to protect the domestic industry. The 50% import tariffs introduced in July were designed to shield British steelmakers, but the…