UK strikes £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states
Keir Starmer with Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s crown prince and prime minister. The Gulf deal has been criticised…
Three women found dead in sea off Brighton beach identified as sisters
From left to right: Jane Adetoro, Christina Walter and Rebecca Walter. Photograph: Sussex policeView image in fullscreenFrom left to right:…
‘Imperfections are what gives us character’: a prickly garden to help teenagers blossom
The garden features prickly poppies, a bird’s nest fern and verbascum arcturus. Photograph: Jim Powell/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe garden…
ChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study finds
Party campaign posters at a polling station in Edinburgh. A poll found 20% of voters surveyed had used AI chatbots…
Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use
Several hundred workers at Google DeepMind’s London headquarters have voted to unionise. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/GettyView image in fullscreenSeveral hundred workers…
Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech
Wes Streeting told MPs: ‘I left the government because we are in the fight of our lives against nationalism.’ Photograph:…
Birmingham Pride returns this weekend with route changes and cheaper tickets
Birmingham Pride 2026 is set to take place over the Bank Holiday weekend, with two days of pride celebrations on…
More than £52m reserved for social housing at risk after collapse of investment firms
More than £52m reserved for social housing at risk after collapse of investment firms Exclusive: 3,500 social homes could switch…
‘The flavour crisis’: a satirist’s exposé on the origins of broken Britain
Focusing on the plight of the ‘rudimentary First World’ … Patrick Gathara. Illustration: Joe Plimmer/Guardian pictures/AFP/GettyView image in fullscreenFocusing on…
Planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, says Keir Starmer
A Treasury announcement said that by the end of 2026 the freeze of fuel duty would have saved the average…