The Independent

 Liz Truss considered scrapping all cancer treatment on the NHS in a desperate bid to repair the damage caused by her disastrous economic policies, according to a new book.The extraordinary claim is made in a new biography of Ms Truss by Sir Anthony Seldon.Sir Anthony, who is Britain’s leading political biographer, also states that Ms Truss’s allies feared her team could be targeted with a “cocaine” smear by unnamed figures at Tory HQ who wanted to stop her from becoming prime minister.Sir Anthony’s book, Truss at 10: How Not to Be a Prime Minister, is deeply critical of Ms...

Liz Truss considered scrapping all NHS cancer treatment after crashing economy, book claims

The Guardian

Scottish Fiscal Commission says emergency cuts are a result of under-budgeting for public sector pay awards

Scottish ministers largely to blame for spending crisis, says watchdog

 Watch as Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on Tuesday 27 August.The prime minister used a Downing Street speech to promise his government will do the “hard work” to “root out 14 years of rot” under the Tories and suggested the recent riots showed “the cracks in our society after years of populism and failure”.In a speech from the No 10 rose garden, he said: “The riots didn’t just betray the sickness, they revealed the cure, found not in the cynical conflict of populism but in the coming together of a country the morning after and cleared up...

Watch: Starmer vows Labour will reverse ‘populism and failure’ of Tories in first key speech as PM

The prime minister spoke about the economy and the riots and was asked about cronyism allegations.

Starmer's speech: Key points at-a-glance

The cliff fall near Peacehaven in East Sussex was photographed on Wednesday.

Warnings issued following significant cliff fall

The plants have an estimated street value of between £544,600 and £1,633,800.

Cannabis farm find 'one of the largest' - police

White paint daubed in three locations is removed by Birmingham City Council.

Police investigate 'no whites' graffiti on walls

Colin Whitney only had weeks to live, but after recovering, the treatment still takes its toll.

Terminal cancer recovery man addicted to morphine

The motorcyclist, a man in his 60s and from Chiseldon, died at the scene.

Motorcyclist dies in crash on country road

The Home Office says it will also deploy 100 intelligence officers to tackle people-smuggling gangs.

Ministers pledge to return more illegal migrants

They will be muted when it's the other candidate's turn to speak - but Ms Harris's team are pushing back.

Why Harris campaign is fighting for unmuted debate mics

The neighbouring hotel on the old A14 is advised to keep its doors and windows closed.

Former Burger King goes up in flames

Georgia State

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The Current GA

ATLANTA – Georgia lawmakers are having second thoughts about switching the University System of Georgia from a quarter to a semester system back in 1999. A state House study committee will begin meeting soon to take a fresh look at whether both the university system and the Technical College System of Georgia – which moved to semesters in 2011 – should switch back to quarters.

State lawmakers mulling switch of university system to quarters

 Liz Truss had planned to sign an energy deal which would have cost the British taxpayer £30bn extra on top of her economy-crashing ‘mini-budget,’ a new book has claimed.  The  former prime minister had argued in favour of buying long-term gas supplies from Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor, at a cost of £130 billion. This would have secured the deal at the same price for 20 years, regardless of price rises or falls.It is understood that Treasury officials had said the price was bad value for money as it was very likely to fall. The price fell...

Liz Truss wanted to sign eye-watering energy deal that would have cost bill-payers £30bn extra

BBC Investigations correspondent & Senior investigations producer. More than 700 people in the UK have posted on a pro-suicide website looking for someone to die with, a BBC investigation has found. The site, which we are not naming, has a members-only section where users can look for a suicide partner.

Hundreds of Britons advertise for suicide partner

If we have turned a corner, it is mainly because communities refused to stand for racism and thuggery, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The far right promised violence and mayhem last night – but decency took back the streets | Polly Toynbee

 Yvette Cooper is facing backlash over plans to reopen two troubled detention centres as part of a crackdown on immigration. On Wednesday, the home secretary announced a series of measures aimed at tackling illegal migration and improving border security, including a pledge to return the number of failed asylum seekers sent back to their home countries to 2018 levels over the next six months, meaning more than 14,000 deportations by the end of the year. However, the 14,000 figure is far lower than the 45,000 returned in 2010 under the former Labour government and less than the 19,000 migrants...

Yvette Cooper facing backlash over immigration crackdown as plans to ramp up deportations revealed

A "right to disconnect" rule has come into effect in Australia, offering relief to people who feel forced to take calls or read messages from employers after they finish their day’s work. The new law allows employees to ignore communications after hours if they choose to, without fear of...

Australians get 'right to disconnect' after hours

 Sir Keir Starmer has defended stopping all pensioners receiving the winter fuel payment, amid warnings it could create a “public health emergency”.The Prime Minister used a speech in Downing Street’s rose garden to claim he “didn’t want to means-test” the payment, but said it was a “choice we had to make” to help “repair the public finances”.The Government’s policy will stop winter fuel payments for people in England and Wales who are not in receipt of Pension Credit or other means-tested benefits.That policy is expected to reduce the number of pensioners in receipt of the up to £300 payment...

Starmer defends winter fuel payment cuts amid ‘health emergency’ warning

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Autumn Budget will be painful, warns Starmer

October's Budget will be \"painful\" and the government will have to make \"big asks\" of the public, Sir Keir Starmer has warned. Speaking from the Downing...

October's Budget will be "painful" and the government will have to make "big asks" of the public, Sir Keir Starmer has warned. Speaking from the Downing...

Autumn Budget will be painful, warns Starmer

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