How did some City fans become aggressive defenders of a nation state’s regime? The Manchester City case is one example of how fandom has warped beyond previous boundaries in online spaces The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Green party of England and Wales facing international ostracism over ‘Zionism is racism’ vote European Green party says motion goes against its policy, with German Green co-leader calling it ‘intolerable and unacceptable’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Educating Rita review – Willy Russell’s classic still has plenty to teach us Director Cara Nolan keeps the play’s original 1980s setting but its message about how expectations are dictated by class and gender is anything but dated The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Zack Polanski may regret not using his influence when Greens needed him to act Party’s leader was absent when members voted to adopt policy stating that Zionism was a type of racism The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Tories unite behind Badenoch, but road to recovery remains long Farage’s woes have given some a reason to hope, but insiders say focus on economy over culture wars is needed to win back centrist voters The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’ Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Jude awakening: how a more fluid England are ‘unlocking’ Bellingham’s full potential Assistant coach Anthony Barry says new structure means their key attackers are not ‘caged in’ after 7-0 rout of Croatia The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Flydubai co-pilot originally planned attack for July, investigators believe Police and security agencies in multiple countries scramble to piece together background and intentions of Hamam al-Hammami The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
UK threatens to expel Israeli diplomats over planned East Jerusalem consulate closure Tit-for-tat expulsions expected after relations deteriorate as a result of UK ban on goods from illegal settlements The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
The Guardian view on Tory economics: Britain’s future needs more than Thatcher’s past Editorial: The Conservatives blame their failures on abandoning their 1976 principles. But the country needs investment and resilience rather than another round of spending cuts The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
The Guardian view on sexual abuse in schools: teachers cannot deal with this alone Editorial: Politicians must redouble their efforts to tackle a disturbing pattern of pupils assaulting classmates The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
Police occupy Djibouti FA headquarters amid attempt to oust Fifa council member Attempts to oust Souleiman Waberi as the president of the Djibouti football federation reached a dramatic climax on Monday The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
No queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference Birmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat The Guardian - UK · Oct 5
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Daryz’s Arc reputation secure but retirement would rule out folk-hero status Back-to-back wins is a huge achievement, but Daryz’s owners have more to think about than unprecedented third Arc
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 France 4-1 Belgium, Italy 3-1 Turkey, Northern Ireland 0-0 Georgia: Nations League – as it happened France score four goals in the last 13 minutes to come from behind to beat Belgium, while Italy beat Turkey and Northern Ireland daw with Georgia
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Manchester City’s spending and the fine margins of Premier League football Letters: Responding to articles on the team’s breaches of financial regulations, Mike Alhadeff says Man City got remarkably little for their money, Ed Barrett says Liverpool were robbed of titles, while Neil Smith warns against triumphalism
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 A shedload of trouble for the neighbours Letters: Jane Whitehead believes neighbours should be heard, not seen, while Paul Burton says the capacity of neighbours to take offence is limitless. Plus a letter from Joyce Corston
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Influencer degrees may be worth liking. Mickey Mouse qualifications have value Letters: Bill Gabbett recalls teaching media, communications and cultural studies, while Michael Fuller studied under the influence
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Medicine shortages will result if drug prices are driven too low Letter: Amanda Cole says the government needs to weigh the cost of medicines against the damage that a shortage can cause to the NHS and patients
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 The vapourware of the airline industry Brief letters: Heathrow’s third runway and aircraft emissions | Taking the hint | Editorial mischief | Girls and ladies | The bleeding obvious
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Badenoch is trying to match Farage step for step – but it’s a dance of death for the Tories At conference here in Birmingham I found a small battalion of centrist remainers with a vision for the Conservative party to come, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 BT’s purchase of TalkTalk is cosy – but probably politically sensible For all the howls of a ‘stitch-up’, it’s hard to see what ministers were supposed to do, as the alternatives risked worse outcomes
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 A former poet laureate and a Pulitzer winner lead TS Eliot prize shortlist 10 poets are in the running for the prestigious £25,000 prize, with collections that ‘remind us why it’s to poetry we turn to reorient ourselves’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places Camera-enabled Meta spectacles are already restricted in UK and US because of fears about unauthorised covert recording