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London bus drivers resume strike over heatwave working amid fears over air con deal

Drivers concerned that bus operator’s offer to retrofit cabs on 730 buses will not be complete by next summer

Joanna Partridge25 Aug

Billie Piper stalker jailed for 12 months after breaching prevention order

Philip Jerome, 49, repeatedly tried to contact actor in hope they would begin a relationship, court hears

Steven Morris25 Aug

Five more arrested over crash that killed seven people including two police officers

A total of 17 people have now been arrested over Saturday’s crash in which car drove wrong way along dual carriageway

Raphael Boyd25 Aug

Boy injured in crocodile enclosure discharged from hospital

Family of three-year-old allegedly thrown into pit at Cambridgeshire zoo say he is happy to be back at home

Jamie Grierson25 Aug

Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds

Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running

Pippa Neill Environment reporter25 Aug

Man dies after car crash during police pursuit in Warwickshire

Man failed to stop for officers in Stratford-upon-Avon and collided with another car, leaving female driver in critical condition

Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent25 Aug

Yorkshireman believed to be first Briton to die fighting for Russia against Ukraine

Bradley Townsend reportedly killed by a drone on 10 June in Donetsk region after joining up with separatists

Raphael Boyd25 Aug

‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom

Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond

Aisha Down Global technology reporter25 Aug

Man arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at car park used by Gatwick passengers

Blaze near Crawley destroyed 140 vehicles, damaged nearby businesses and led to power cuts on Saturday night

Harry Cockburn24 Aug

Twelve people arrested after A66 crash that killed seven including two police officers

Nine men and three women aged between 19 and 61 arrested as part of investigation of events leading to deadly collision

Raphael Boyd, Hannah Al-Othman and Robert Booth24 Aug

Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses

Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ mission

Caroline Davies24 Aug

Woman stranded in Spain after UK’s eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister

Nidia Webb, who is legally settled in UK, falls foul of ‘known issue’ with Home Office’s digitised immigration process

Kevin Rawlinson24 Aug

Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died

Tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way

Mark Brown North of England correspondent23 Aug

Does one care about the Sussexes’ return?

Brief letters: Harry and Meghan | Name clashes | MP gifting | Full-nesters | The Wirral

23 Aug

Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life

Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’

Dalya Alberge23 Aug

Two police officers killed in North Yorkshire crash named

Watchdog launches inquiry into collision in which seven people died involving police car and another vehicle

Geneva Abdul and Geraldine McKelvie23 Aug

Meghan’s casting in The Gentlemen reportedly withdrawn

Duchess of Sussex was believed to have been under consideration for season three of Guy Ritchie’s crime caper

Nadeem Badshah22 Aug

Chemical suppression: why the UK is exploring libido control drugs to treat sex offenders

Treatment is already required by parole boards in several countries, but some feel the practice is unethical

Rajeev Syal and Faisa Mohamed22 Aug

Unions worry Labour’s plan for zero-hours contracts may break manifesto pledge

Leaders claim scaremongering from business figures may cause key legislation to become ‘meaningless’

Heather Stewart Economics editor22 Aug

Girl, 6, dies three days after Shoreham sea incident that killed parents and sister

Saja El-Khawas had been in critical condition after being pulled from sea in West Sussex

Harry Cockburn21 Aug

The many tragedies of the Jason Arday case

Letters: Readers respond to Guardian reports and commentary about the academic, who was found dead at his home last weekend

21 Aug

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