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100 years of motorways: Simon Calder’s complete history, from the first car to the best UK service station

All you need to know about the long and not-very-winding motorway

The Independent UK

Last coal-fired power station in Britain closes down in landmark moment for clean energy

Closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire puts an end to the country’s use of coal for electricity, which began in 1882

The Independent UK

The deep history of British coal – from the Romans to the Ratcliffe shutdown

With the last coal-fired plant closing on Monday, we chart the rise and fall of the once-indispensable fuel that powered modern Britain

The Guardian - UK

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Boris Johnson suspected Emmanuel Macron was 'weaponising' Channel small boats crisis to punish UK for Brexit

Former Prime Minister accuses French leader of allowing migrants to cross Channel to ‘punish’ Brexit Britain

Evening Standard

Britain's last coal-fired electricity plant is closing. It ends 142 years of coal power in the UK

Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing

The Independent UK

New Blow For UK's Starmer As Growth Data Disappoints

Britain's economy grew less than initially estimated in the second quarter, revised official data revealed Monday, dealing another early blow to new Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour government.

International Business Times

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation by Danny Dorling review – essential reading

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for our poorest children

The Guardian - UK

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Britain's Last Coal-fired Power Station Closes

The UK's last coal-fired power station will officially close its doors on Monday, making Britain the first G7 country to end its reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity.

International Business Times

End of an era as Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down

UK’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ends as turbines at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stop for good

The Guardian - UK

Tory chief met MI6 man in Bangkok amid fears of foreign plot to sway election which saw Liz Truss made PM

The revelations came as the Tories at their annual rally in Birmingham are in the process of choosing a leader to succeed Rishi Sunak

Evening Standard

Yimbys hear this – simply building more homes won’t solve our housing crisis

The ‘yes in my back yard’ voices are getting louder, but housebuilding quality is more important than quantity, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas?

Cherrypicking what has worked from decriminalisation abroad is far preferable to building more prisons, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

‘It commemorates collective moments’: Radiohead through the eyes of Colin Greenwood

Since 2003, the bassist has taken his camera to the studio and on stage to capture his bandmates at work. Now, a beautiful new book shares his intimate, delicate pictures of one of Britain’s best-loved groups

The Guardian - UK

“I had to threaten them. If they weren’t going to include all of my ideas on it, I was off. No one was expecting me to be quite so forthright”: Genesis’ Selling England By The Pound wore a smile over hidden depths

By the time they’d toured their 1973 album, they’d had a sit single, proved Phil Collins could deliver lead vocals, and offered a hint at what would come after Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel left

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Can liberal conservatism survive the remaking of the right? We’ll soon find out

The struggle between liberalism and reactionary strands of thought has gnawed away at the Tories since the party’s dawn

International Business Times

UK Conservatives Assemble To Find A New Leader And Future Direction

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

The Independent UK

Rick Stein says he opened his first restaurant to avoid bankruptcy after police shut down his nightclub

The chef spoke about his doomed venture at the Henley Literary Festival

The Guardian - UK

Urgent memo from his anxious ministers to Sir Keir Starmer: you need to get a grip of No 10

A better Britain can’t be built in a day, but unless voters see tangible changes soon, their patience will continue to run out

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The Guardian - UK

‘A cruel and painful year’: how 7 October tore apart UK Jewish families and friends

As the first anniversary of the conflict nears, communities in Britain reveal their internal divisions ... and a horrifying increase in overt antisemitism

The Guardian - UK

Sayeeda Warsi on leaving the Tories: ‘You have to recognise when a relationship is toxic’

She was Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister – and has faced questions for years about why she was in the Conservative party. Yesterday, she resigned the whip. She explains why

MusicRadar

“The bloody government tricked people into a bad vote. People in Britain weren’t told the truth”: Sir Elton John talks touring post-Brexit in new book

The superstar bemoans how politics have left the European touring industry in “a logistical nightmare”

The Conversation

UK election: Reform and Green members campaigned more online – but pounded the pavements less

It’s party conference season in Britain, a chance for members to meet and talk through their successes and failures from the election campaign – and start talking strategy for the next.

Evening Standard

Britain’s youngest knife murderers handed life term for machete killing

The youths, now aged 13, were both aged 12 when they took a machete to a park, where they killed stranger Shawn Seesahai.

The Independent UK

Britain’s youngest knife killers stabbed stranger to death in ‘horrific’ machete murder

Boys murdered teenager Shawn Seesahai in random and ‘senseless’ attack in Wolverhampton

The Guardian - UK

Two boys, 13, receive eight-year minimum terms for Wolverhampton machete murder

Britain’s youngest knife murderers, aged 12 when they attacked Shawn Seesahai last year, given life sentences

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