Browsing: The Guardian

The climate crisis is “inevitable, unprecedented and irreversible” in the words of the Guardian. “The verdict is clear,” its leader column says. ‘There is no more room for delay’.

The Guardian says human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”.

The Guardian says the government has launched a £4m fund to back projects trialling running fibre optic broadband cables through water pipes to help connect hard-to-reach homes without digging up roads.

The Guardian says an eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country.

The Guardian says an Ariana Grande fan who attended the Manchester Arena concert in 2017 has been found dead in her bedroom after experiencing depression and PTSD following the bombing.

The Guardian says thousands of people have fled wildfires that are destroying vast swathes of pine forest and razing homes on Greece’s second-largest island, Evia.

The Guardian says the relaxation of lockdown rules in July sparked a surge of hiring among UK firms, but staff shortages caused by the pandemic and Brexit could still undermine the recovery

The Guardian looks ahead to the publication of a major report into climate change science. It quotes scientists who warn that “urgent climate action was needed decades ago”.

The Guardian says last November, after Belgium had beaten England 2-0 in the Nations League, Pep Guardiola messaged Kevin De Bruyne to ask what he had made of Jack Grealish.

The Guardian says Bronze, gold, bronze. Great Britain’s women made history by getting ribbon round their necks for a third straight Olympic Games