The network says I’m victim of a ‘Wangiri scam’ but I was in bed at 5am with my mobile nearby
Recently I discovered that O2 has billed me £150 for a mobile phone call it says I made to Armenia at 5am on 25 June.
As I was safely tucked up in bed at home, with my phone nearby, there was no way I could have made that call.
Look carefully around less-loved, gently crumbling resorts such as Rhyl, Bognor and Skegness and they are still teeming with hidden pleasures
Where tourists seldom tread, parts 1-10
Every summer, Which? magazine publishes a list of resorts – 126 this year – ranked according to hotel quality and prices, food and drink, attractions, shopping, scenery. The top slots are inevitably occupied by smaller, smarter places visited by the better-off, probably before or after a trip to France or Crete. The bottom, though, is far more interesting. After all, what are we to make of places built for consumption if there’s nothing worth buying besides fish and chips? What about the timeless qualities of the shore – the horizon, the tides, the big skies? Is the point of the seaside its ahistorical oddness – or can history rescue resorts that seem stranded, sinking or sad?
The following were all ranked in the bottom 10, or excluded altogether.
Some argued the suit was actually camel, while others online speculated Harris was trolling Republicans – or simply wearing her off duty suit
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a prominent female politician in possession of a wardrobe will have her outfits divined for clues about who she is and what she thinks. The Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, is no exception.
But the dissection of Harris’s choice of outfit took on a different tone after her surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention in Monday evening, with some asking simply: is she trolling us?
US president delivers reflective and optimistic address on first night of the Democratic national convention
Democratic national convention – live updates
Just one month after making the historic choice to withdraw from the presidential race, Joe Biden took the stage at the Democratic national convention on Monday to deliver a reflective and optimistic address, urging the nation to elect Kamala Harris to protect American democracy.
Looking back on his one and only presidential term, Biden reminded Americans that he took office just two weeks after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, when the country was still in the early grips of the coronavirus pandemic.
First night of the convention included impassioned speeches as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside
Democratic national convention – live updates
The Democratic national convention kicked off Monday in Chicago, just one month after Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy and paved the way for Kamala Harris to take over the ticket.
The first night of the convention included speeches from Biden, Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the convention. Here are key takeaways from the day:
Joe Biden speaks at DNC night one following surprise appearance by Kamala Harris
Pro-Palestinian protesters march before DNC
Here are the rising stars and politicians to watch this week
What to know about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
As a former NHS professional, I found the failings in Nottingham all too familiar. We can put them right without having another unhelpful inquiry
I have met dozens of Valdo Calocanes. What he did just over a year ago in Nottingham was grotesque, but he was not an exceptional patient. His presentation, elusiveness and early pattern of contact with services are very familiar to someone like myself.
On a summer’s night in 2023, Calocane randomly killed three strangers in Nottingham while experiencing intense delusional beliefs arising from his untreated psychotic illness. He had had intermittent contact with his local NHS healthcare trust over two years, some of it while detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act. However, he was discharged from its community service back to his GP nine months before the killings, on the grounds that he had dropped out of contact with his mental health team. Criticism of Calocane’s management by trust staff, led by the Care Quality Commission’s recent report, has been scathing and almost universal.
Design with bees on reverse, part of collection inspired by plants and animals, was voted people’s favourite
The first £1 coin bearing the official portrait of King Charles III has entered general circulation as part of a collection inspired by plants and animals found across the four nations of the United Kingdom.
The latest design, featuring two bees, has been issued to Post Offices and banks, with nearly 3m coins making their way into tills and pockets.
Transport secretary says government’s strategy for active travel could cut GP appointments by millions
The Labour government will invest “unprecedented levels of funding” in cycling and walking as a critical part of plans to improve health and inequality, the new secretary for transport has said.
A national network of safe cycle routes could cut GP appointments “by hundreds of thousands, if not millions a year” by helping people incorporate more physical activity into their lives, according to Louise Haigh, who also sits on the government’s health mission delivery board.
Exclusive: Regulator plans tighter rules to stop polluters from using four-star ratings to justify high CEO pay
Sewage-spilling water companies will no longer be able to justify high chief executive pay by getting “top marks” in the Environment Agency’s rankings, under plans to tighten rules, the Guardian understands.
Bosses presiding over companies found to “recklessly” discharge sewage have been able to justify their large pay packets because of being awarded the top rating, while companies that preside over sewage spills can call themselves “industry leaders”.
Carol Higgins was 15 when she first reported her father’s abuse to the police. They told her he wouldn’t be charged. But she refused to let it rest until he finally stood trial
When Carol Higgins was 15, she walked into Penistone police station in South Yorkshire with her mother to report that her father, Elliott Appleyard, had been raping her several times a week for the previous two years. She might not have used the word “rape”, because she wasn’t sure that was what it was. “I was upset, confused, petrified. I didn’t realise it was criminal because I thought he loved me,” she says. “I felt like I was to blame because I hadn’t kicked and screamed. He’d told me that it was normal. He said he had lots of friends who lived as man and wife with their daughters.”
There was no shortage of corroborative evidence. Her younger brother had seen them “snogging” (his word) and found intimate images of his sister in a tin box by his father’s bed. Higgins had once confided in a schoolfriend and talked to the girl’s parents about it. A neighbour had seen love bites on Higgins’s neck when she was about 13. Higgins’ mother – who didn’t live with the family at that time – had confronted Appleyard about their daughter’s allegations and he had replied: “You fucking prove it.” There was also a large tattoo on Higgins’ back that read, “Caz and Sam” with a rose in between (Sam was Appleyard’s nickname). The tattoo had been his idea and he had taken Higgins to the tattoo parlour, though she had never wanted it. (“I felt cheap,” she says. “He often used to call me a ‘slag’ and I felt like one with that tattoo on my back.”)
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