‘A small snippet’: what pubs make of Burnham’s £100m rates giveaway 24. July 2026 (08:00) Landlords say high costs of running hospitality business outweigh potential savings of business rates discountOne of Andy Burnham’s first policy measures as prime minister is a 20% reduction in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues.The policy, announced on Thursday, is part of a broader agenda to support the high street and will cost £100m. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff 24. July 2026 (07:00) Exclusive: Westminster survey finds one in two staffers experiencing clinical levels of psychological distressStaff employed by MPs are calling for urgently tightened security after reports of some being physically attacked and hundreds receiving threatening calls and messages.A survey of more than 500 MPs’ staff members found that 78% had received threatening communication and nearly one in three fear for their own safety or that of colleagues. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find 24. July 2026 (07:00) Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cutsA US study has found a 70% drop in hospital admissions and days off from work or school when people with poorly controlled asthma had their gas stove and hob replaced with electric.Ohio’s publicly owned MetroHealth began the study in December 2024 but funding was terminated early by the incoming Trump administration. It had been designed to investigate if replacing gas cooking improved asthma for 1,200 people living near Cleveland, Ohio. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference 24. July 2026 (06:36) Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservation groups have questioned why their advertisements targeting Labor politicians were pulled by Adelaide airport for breaking rules on political advertising while others promoting gas and mining kept running.Labor politicians including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, have been arriving through the airport for this week’s ALP national conference from Thursday to Saturday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Christian Brothers abuse victims to get ‘full’ compensation in backdown after controversial property sales 24. July 2026 (06:17) Edmund Rice Education Australia can be sued over abuse committed by Catholic order, after receiving much of its property holdingsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe entity gifted vast property holdings by the Christian Brothers has agreed to help compensate abuse survivors in full, in a stunning reversal after weeks of public pressure.The Christian Brothers, a Catholic order with a long history of clergy abuse, last month announced it was going broke and could not afford to meet civil claims from abuse survivors. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ side 24. July 2026 (06:00) Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academicWhen people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured. A better way of remembering the father of modern computing would be, an academic argues, as “playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex”.The Cambridge University English literature professor Sarah Dillon has transcribed and studied a little-known short story that Turing wrote in the year after his arrest in Manchester for gross indecency. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Burnham bounce’ and World Cup lift mood in July, says data firm 24. July 2026 (06:00) ‘Wave of optimism’ is sparked by prospect of new PM, England football team’s progress and hot weatherConsumer confidence in the UK jumped this month by its biggest margin for nearly three years as the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister became almost certain.The data company GfK said a “Burnham bounce” along with a strong run by the men’s England football team at the World Cup and sunny weather had lifted the mood of consumers in its long-running monthly survey. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial 24. July 2026 (06:00) Irish politicians concerned about Daniel Tatlow-Devally’s treatment in jail want Micheál Martin to send observers to Ulm 5 trialA cross-party delegation of Irish politicians has urged Dublin to send observers to a high-security trial of pro-Palestinian activists in Germany and to raise concerns about the Irish defendant’s detention when the German chancellor visits next week.Mairéad Farrell of Sinn Féin, a member of the seven-member delegation, said she and her colleagues had attended the hearing in Stuttgart on Wednesday of the so-called Ulm 5 activists, who are facing charges over an attack on an Israeli arms company. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Isla Bell death: man previously accused of killing Melbourne teen loses bid to have final charge dropped 24. July 2026 (05:20) Marat Ganiev, 55, fails in attempt to permanently halt remaining charge of perverting the course of justiceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe man previously charged with killing 19-year-old Melbourne woman Isla Bell has failed in his attempt to have the final charge against him relating to her death thrown out.Marat Ganiev, 55, was initially charged with the murder of Bell after her remains were found in a bag in a Dandenong rubbish tip on 20 November 2024, about six weeks after the night police believe she died. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast 24. July 2026 (04:00) South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen on the Cockroach movement – and the students driving India’s biggest protests in years‘I’ve never seen this many young people out on the streets,’ says Hannah Ellis-Petersen.For days, tens of thousands of Indians have been marching under the banner of the Cockroach Janta party. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
