Posted by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Europe, Italy, The Guardian, Unions, World News |
The villeggiatura, a month-long break, was popularised in the 1960s when trade unions were strong – and so was economic productivityOn the Riviera di Ponente, sandwiched between the glitzy resort towns of the Ligurian coast,...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Bob Dylan, Country, Culture, Music, The Guardian, US news, World News |
Worshipped by everyone from Willie Nelson to Joe Strummer, the country star with the amazing voice imploded in a blaze of guns, knives, drugs and infidelities. What’s behind his astonishing posthumous rediscovery?‘He sings like...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 16, 2026 | Benefits, Disability, Nigel Farage, Politics, Reform UK, Robert Jenrick, The Guardian, UK news |
Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’Reform UK has been accused of excluding the most vulnerable from society and punishing non-Britons living in the UK as...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 16, 2026 | Arron Banks, Conservatives, Investigative journalism, Media, Newspapers, Politics, Reform UK, The Guardian, UK news |
Revelation comes after it was disclosed that Reform UK backer had paid for spying on prominent journalistThe businessman and Reform UK backer Arron Banks commissioned a private intelligence firm to dig into the Conservative...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Aug 16, 2026 | Emergency services, England, Extreme heat, Greater Manchester, Manchester, North of England, Police, The Guardian, UK news, UK weather |
Force has seen busiest month in its history, with heatwaves putting added strain on criminal justice systemOn England’s hottest day of the year so far, Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester was thronging with pedestrians, many...
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