Fourth child dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east
People cool off at a mist fountain at Place du Trocadero in Paris on Friday. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty ImagesView image…
Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland
People walk across the Millennium Bridge in London on Thursday as record June temperatures hit the UK. Photograph: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA…
‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave
The heatwave across western Europe is breaking records, making daily life a challenge for many. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/ShutterstockView…
Europe heatwave live: UK June heat record broken for third day in a row; France and Belgium cancel events
The Met Office has just confirmed that a new provisional record for the hottest June day has been set once…
‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the common good
Mariana Mazzucato: ‘If there’s no purpose or direction, then what the hell are we doing?’ Photograph: David Levenson/Getty ImagesView image…
Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs
Alf Dubs has been described as the ‘conscience of the Labour movement’. Photograph: David Levene/The GuardianView image in fullscreenAlf Dubs…
At last, an economic policy we can all get behind – doubling the royal family’s funding | Marina Hyde
Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, arrive for the second day of Royal Ascot last week. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/ZUMA…
Court lifts anonymity order on 13 men charged alongside man accused of drugging and raping wife
Alan Keelan (right), one of the co-defendants, arriving at Minshull Street magistrates court in March. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAView image in…
‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering
‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island…
Wanted: a new PM, a new James Bond, a new Doctor – and a UK that can agree on its leading characters | Nadia Khomami
‘It seems Britain can no longer agree on who its protagonists are supposed to be.’ Composite: Shutterstock; Getty; AlamyView image…