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Urban flats for sale in Great Britain for less than £500,000 – in pictures

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From a modern development in the heart of Edinburgh to a Grade II-listed townhouse in Ramsgate

Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless review – a great, fan-pleasing album

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(x2/Parlophone) The duo’s first LP in four years finds them refining and updating their late-80s heyday sound, with a new producer in tow

Digested week: Trump’s McDonald’s bill is big, but its prices have ballooned | Emma Brockes

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‘Coastal elites’ feel the pinch of fast-food price hikes too. Plus: Liz Truss bars Guardian journalists from book launch. Lol

Girl, 13, in court accused of attempted murder of two teachers and pupil in Wales

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Teenager remanded in youth custody for trial in May after playground stabbing in Carmarthenshire

County cricket: Surrey v Hampshire, Durham v Essex, and more on day one – live

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And Porter snaffles the first wicket at CLS, a nice little scoop and dive by Harry Duke behind the stumps. He’s immediately surrounded by back slapping team-mates. Durham 11-1.

Sunak under pressure to grant amnesty to unpaid carers fined for rule breaches

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Concern grows over legality of approach as figures show more than 150,000 carers facing huge penalties

British succulent society chair quits over row about taking specimens from wild

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The society banned plants ‘removed from habitat’ from its shows – causing uproar from enthusiasts

New species of jumping spider found on university campus in Cornwall

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Exotic spiders flourish in Britain helped by the effects of global warming and international trade

Is Connor Hubbard the most boring man on the internet? | Arwa Mahdawi

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His viral TikToks of his generic 9-5 life in a Texas suburb have become a Rorschach test of sorts

Manchester City turn up heat on title rivals before big weekend: football news – live

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Chris Wilder has been in contemplative mood this morning as the spectre of Sheffield United’s impending relegation (finally) moves in. A loss to Newcastle on Saturday will confirm their place in the 2024/25 Championship.

The Tories’ poisonous anti-culture politics has crushed the arts. Bring on election night | Polly Toynbee

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Museums have closed and festivals lost funding – but Labour will restore Britain’s creative superpower status

Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

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Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts

Arizona’s abortion U-turn points to Republican break from anti-abortion movement

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As support for abortion even in states as red as Kentucky and Kansas grows, the GOP appears to be breaking ranks with the hardliners

The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document?

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The indictment details the steps to push the concept of alternate electors in an alleged effort to overturn Biden’s victory

‘People think I hate pop’: super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honouring his friend Sophie

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As the boss of PC Music, the godfather of hyperpop confounded critics but won over Beyoncé and Charli XCX. Now, with a supersized new solo album, he’s continuing his mission to make pop more unpredictable

Resist the urge to fill all gaps in your borders, but if you must, sow hardy annuals

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Raid the garden centre for established plants – or better yet, sow your own into trays or pots for a riot of colour by summer

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UK consumers feeling more confident about finances, says NatWest boss

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For first time since August 2021 people expect position to be better in a year, Paul Thwaite adds

Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?

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The collaboration between the merc with a mouth and the clawed crusader has to work hard to mashup the alternate realities, but it could open portals to a lot of multiversal fun

Head of Co-op Live arena quits amid opening week chaos

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Gary Roden resigns as general manager after tickets cancelled and gigs forced to reschedule in Manchester

Scottish Labour says it’s ‘when, not if’ Yousaf resigns as it tables no confidence motion in Scottish government – UK politics live

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Scottish Labour’s no confidence motion could require first minister and all other ministers to resign if it passes

Anglo American rejects BHP’s £31.1bn proposal; Darktrace accepts takeover offer – business live

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as FTSE 100 hits another record high as Anglo rebuffs BHP’s approach

Humza Yousaf cancels Glasgow speech as speculation grows over political future

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Allies of Scottish first minister say he ‘will come out fighting’ after Greens say they would back no-confidence motion

Post your questions for Billy Idol

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As a 40th anniversary edition of Rebel Yell is released, the punk rock icon will answer your questions

Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

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Rain in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi kills at least 90 people and damages farmland and infrastructure

Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book

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South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume – and admits ‘a better politician … wouldn’t tell the story here’

Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’

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The British-Ghanaian author on having his mind blown by Malorie Blackman as a child, the allure of John Williams’s Stoner and why Zadie Smith made him want to write

Experience: I’m making a lifesize replica of the Bayeux tapestry

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It’s been eight years since I started, and I’m now 44 metres in. It’s taken its toll

The Cass review of gender identity services marks a return to reason and evidence – it must be defended

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Its author has had to fend off criticism and misinformation, but the report offers hope for a realistic conversation

My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

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It may have looked like something you’d see a bank teller use, but it withstood heavy battering. And it ran the coolest games