Weather Jul 20, 2026 Wildfire Smoke Gives Way to Powerful Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Northeast The Midwest and the Northeast are facing potentially intense thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. Wildfire Smoke Gives Way to Powerful Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Northeast The Midwest and the Northeast are facing potentially intense thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. See more
Fiction Jul 21, 2026 Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead review – final part of the Harlem Trilogy is freewheeling fun The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealerIn the summer of 1977 a bolt of lightning struck a substati... Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead review – final part of the Harlem Trilogy is freewheeling fun The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealerIn the summer of 1977 a bolt of lightning struck a substati... Share
Film Jul 21, 2026 Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog review – time-travel fun for plucky hybrid critters A half-chicken half-hare, a skunk and a tortoise go in search of a 3,000-year-old groundhog in this wholesome animation with a surprisingly complex plotAltho... Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog review – time-travel fun for plucky hybrid critters A half-chicken half-hare, a skunk and a tortoise go in search of a 3,000-year-old groundhog in this wholesome animation with a surprisingly complex plotAltho... Share
Newcastle United Jul 21, 2026 Joy, tears and tension: Kevin Keegan’s three-part Newcastle stay was gripping ‘Special K’ made the club more vivid and exciting in his playing and managerial stints and ‘wanted to stay for ever’Kevin Keegan dies aged 75The story of Kev... Joy, tears and tension: Kevin Keegan’s three-part Newcastle stay was gripping ‘Special K’ made the club more vivid and exciting in his playing and managerial stints and ‘wanted to stay for ever’Kevin Keegan dies aged 75The story of Kev... Share
Photography Jul 21, 2026 ‘Witty, engaging and absurd’: LensCulture critics’ choice award winners – in pictures Is that a rooftop crocodilian? Can you cause a forest fire in a matchbox? Things are not always as they seem with the winners of this year’s Lensculture crit... ‘Witty, engaging and absurd’: LensCulture critics’ choice award winners – in pictures Is that a rooftop crocodilian? Can you cause a forest fire in a matchbox? Things are not always as they seem with the winners of this year’s Lensculture crit... Share
Germany holidays Jul 21, 2026 Exploring Germany’s East Frisian islands: mudflats, marshes and millions of birds The seven inhabited isles off the North Sea coast, part of a Unesco world heritage site, are a sanctuary for wildlife – with great hotels and restaurants too... Exploring Germany’s East Frisian islands: mudflats, marshes and millions of birds The seven inhabited isles off the North Sea coast, part of a Unesco world heritage site, are a sanctuary for wildlife – with great hotels and restaurants too... Share
Money Jul 21, 2026 British Gas mixed up our energy meter – but now I’m being penalised When the problem was finally sorted out in our new-build home, it increased my tariff by 19%Residents in our new housing development are being billed for eac... British Gas mixed up our energy meter – but now I’m being penalised When the problem was finally sorted out in our new-build home, it increased my tariff by 19%Residents in our new housing development are being billed for eac... Share
Andy Burnham Jul 21, 2026 Burnham announces plans to cut VAT on electricity bills as first cost-of-living move The newly appointed chancellor John Healey said the cut would be funded this year from cancelling the Digital ID programmeAndy Burnham has announced a fresh... Burnham announces plans to cut VAT on electricity bills as first cost-of-living move The newly appointed chancellor John Healey said the cut would be funded this year from cancelling the Digital ID programmeAndy Burnham has announced a fresh... Share
Andy Burnham Jul 21, 2026 Tuesday briefing: Inside Andy Burnham’s first day In today’s newsletter: As the new prime minister enters No 10, our journalists take you through what it was like covering his first hours in powerGood mornin... Tuesday briefing: Inside Andy Burnham’s first day In today’s newsletter: As the new prime minister enters No 10, our journalists take you through what it was like covering his first hours in powerGood mornin... Share
Aerospace industry Jul 21, 2026 UK military ‘eyes innovative electric flying taxi’ as 2029 launch planned Vertical Aerospace says government has given £10m backing, taking its total investment in the project to £48mBritish flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace h... UK military ‘eyes innovative electric flying taxi’ as 2029 launch planned Vertical Aerospace says government has given £10m backing, taking its total investment in the project to £48mBritish flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace h... Share
World Cup 2026 Jul 21, 2026 Gaza celebrates World Cup victory of Spanish team they took into their hearts People gather at cafes and outdoor screenings to support team after Spain’s backing for Palestinian rights The Spanish football team’s World Cup win has been... Gaza celebrates World Cup victory of Spanish team they took into their hearts People gather at cafes and outdoor screenings to support team after Spain’s backing for Palestinian rights The Spanish football team’s World Cup win has been... Share
Royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion Jul 21, 2026 ‘Disturbing parallels’: Holocaust survivors president says exclusion of Jews from public life similar to Nazi Germany George Foster tells royal commission Australia’s democratic institutions fundamentally different ‘but I can’t ignore certain disturbing parallels in the soci... ‘Disturbing parallels’: Holocaust survivors president says exclusion of Jews from public life similar to Nazi Germany George Foster tells royal commission Australia’s democratic institutions fundamentally different ‘but I can’t ignore certain disturbing parallels in the soci... Share
Andy Burnham Jul 21, 2026 Burnham begins: what awaits the new British PM? - podcast Senior political correspondent Peter Walker and former No 10 press secretary Paul Harrison analyse Andy Burnham’s first day as PMOn Monday, Andy Burnham fina... Burnham begins: what awaits the new British PM? - podcast Senior political correspondent Peter Walker and former No 10 press secretary Paul Harrison analyse Andy Burnham’s first day as PMOn Monday, Andy Burnham fina... Share
