Comment
Jason Arday scandal lays bare the failures of marketized higher education
The Cambridge professor's resignation over plagiarism and fabricated credentials reflects a system that rewards image over rigour and treats universities as brands rather than public institutions.
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
Society
The Bonehill-Paine affair leaves the Tories with questions to answer
What sort of party wants a former neo-Nazi jailed for antisemitic abuse as a representative?
World
Ceuta migrant surge reveals EU border strategy that Canada watches closely
A mass crossing into the Spanish enclave exposes how Europe pays neighbours to stop migrants before they reach European soil, a model that echoes debates in Ottawa.
Politics
Before Count Binface, there was Catmando
Culture
The critic who shapes comedy careers at the Edinburgh Fringe
Steve Bennett has run Chortle alone for 25 years and his reviews can make or break a show at the world's largest arts festival.
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Fire
Urgent evacuation order issued for fast-moving wildfire near Summerland
The BC Wildfire Service says it's displaying aggressive rank 5 behaviour, with an organized flame front with a fast rate of spread and moderate to long-range spotting.
Canada
Prairie producers filed more than 4,000 crop insurance claims in stormy July
Thousands of storm-related crop insurance claims were filed in July as harvest season approaches, according to the Canadian Hail Crop Association.
Economy
Canada must avoid concessions in U.S. trade talks, dairy farmers warn
Dairy Farmers of Canada says it's urging the federal government not to offer any more concessions on dairy or supply management in talks ahead of Trump's Aug. 19 tariff deadline.
Consumer
Canada’s avocado supply not impacted by U.S. pause on Mexico inspections
The U.S. government this week halted inspection activities in Michoacan, Mexico's top avocado-producing state, where organized crime groups have extorted growers and exporters.
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Abbot’s kneecap returned 70 years after it was taken from 13th century grave
George Box, who died last year, was 11 when he swiped the bone fragment while on a school trip to Glastonbury Abbey in the summer of 1956.
Health
Stanford scientists just used AI to build a virus to target E. coli
Scientists at Stanford University have created the first-ever virus designed by AI. Researchers used a generative AI model called EVO 2 to create a specific kind of virus.
Canada
Perseid meteor shower and partial solar eclipse to light up skies next week
U-s-news
Minnesota woman sues Chipotle after being hospitalized for salmonella
Fire
Arson investigations launched for some B.C. fires as wildfires continue to burn
Canada
Ottawa sells 10 retired military planes to convert for aerial firefighting
Canada
Ford is planning an EV under $40K. Can it compete with Chinese vehicles?
Crime
Two 18-year-olds facing 37 charges in deadly Salsa on St. Clair shooting
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World
Arron Banks hired private investigators to look into Sunday Times reporter Gabriel Pogrund
The Weekend Essay
The closing of the Anglophile mind
The Burnham Project
The Productive State: A framework for Manchesterism
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Lawless in Gaza
World
Ceuta border breach exposes Europe's migration double standard as Spain's economy thrives
International Politics
ECHR derangement syndrome
The Weekend Essay
Apartheid fetishism
Economics
Gabriel Zucman: “There is an extreme wealth curse”
Culture
Ricky Gervais returns to Netflix with Alley Cats, an animated misfire that leans on tired provocations
News
Ed Balls: Burnham cannot miss this chance to tackle regional inequality
Economics
You can’t blame Brexit any more
Economics
Andy Burnham’s win-win-win-win-win-win economy
World
Europe's failure in Ceuta reveals a solidarity that buckles under pressure
Ideas
To save Britain, Burnham must take on the Treasury
Economics
Andy Burnham has made a fragile peace with the bond markets
Regional Development
What Greater Manchester teaches us about public service reform
Culture
Charred 14,000-year-old loaf in Jordan rewrites history of bread and civilisation
Cost-of-living Crisis
Andy Burnham must redress the balance between markets, fairness and poverty
Devolution
Devolution alone will not renew Britain
Devolution
Power without protection
The Ceuta crisis has exposed Europe’s hollow centre
The new nuclear terror
The responsibility of scientists
The betrayal of the South African dream
Reform vs Restore
Even the Royal Navy can’t save Nigel Farage
Polling
Has Zack Polanski reached his peak?
British Politics
Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative Party’s only hope
The Weekend Essay