The pressure to change your face - podcast

Guardian US beauty columnist Jessica DeFino explores the rise of ‘tweakments’ and cosmetic procedures – and the pressure it puts on everyone to get something done

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Hotter summers may force RHS to move hydrangeas to north of England

Exclusive: British garden staple becomes plant most frequently reported as suffering in heat, charity reports

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Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping? – podcast

In the wake of the new PM’s bold pledge, Helen Pidd heads to a village for homeless people in Greater Manchester, where the former mayor first promised to take action

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A ‘dress rehearsal’ for life: inside the Manchester project helping homeless men rebuild

Embassy Village offers 40 canal-side flats and support with budgeting, cooking and finding work, to help men start new lives and rediscover community

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Charlotte Nichols MP on her rape trial ordeal – podcast

MP for Warrington North shares her experience as a complainant in a rape trial where the man she accused was acquitted

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What Nigel Farage will say for money

The Reform UK leader has a lucrative side-hustle sending paid-for Cameo messages. But an analysis of more than 4,000 of them show they include videos for a neo-Nazi group and a rioter. Henry Dyer repo...

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On the ground in the byelection that could end Starmer – podcast

Reform and the Greens both insist they can win Gorton and Denton from Labour – and if they do, it could be another nail in the prime minister’s coffin. Helen Pidd reports on how the candidates and vot...

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‘Bring me a gigantic Gladiator who can cradle me like a baby!’: behind the scenes of the most joyous show on TV

When it first returned to our screens, people said Gladiators was a tired format. They had clearly forgotten the joy of watching half-clad hulks with silly names go to battle, says superfan Helen Pidd...

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I was five and visiting a psychiatric hospital. I had the time of my life!

I toddled round the ward giving sweets to old women and wondering why so many of them were clutching teddies. It taught me not to be scared of people with mental illness

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Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like

Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reali...

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Donald Trump’s Epstein U-turn

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On the ground in the refugee and asylum capital of Britain - podcast

Helen Pidd heads to Crawley, West Sussex, the place in the UK with the highest number of asylum seekers and supported refugees relative to its population

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The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are

As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!

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The downfall of Jair Bolsonaro – podcast

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has been handed a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup – is there any way his political career can continue? Tom Phillips reports

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Today in Focus

Daily News Podcast · Updated daily · Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testi...

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Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns – podcast

Helen Pidd grew up in Morecambe, and life in seaside towns has only got harder since she was a teenager. She went back to find out why

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Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest? – podcast

A year after Southport, what’s driving the turmoil in Essex? Ben Quinn reports

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‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London?

£6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat? The Guardian’s former North of England editor asks if the city she’s worked in for 12 years is changing for the better – or wo...

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The Guardian announces new appointments

The Guardian has announced a number of appointments.

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Different drum: novice snares gig in the greatest free show on Earth

The annual brass band battle, fought across villages on the old Lancashire-Yorkshire border, is part Wacky Races and part Brassed Off

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Motorway icon turned buffet titan — Jay Rayner reviews the Royal Nawaab Pyramid

How did this enormous, impressive new Indian restaurant outsmart a struggling industry?

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My son Max, the boy who came back to life - podcast

Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since

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My son Max, the boy who came back to life - podcast

Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since

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‘Labour have done nothing but lie’: grievances fuel Runcorn byelection battle

‘Dogfight’ between Labour and Reform UK is turning ugly after Nigel Farage’s party put immigration centre stage

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Labour v Reform UK: on the road in Runcorn – podcast

Helen Pidd heads to the industrial town before this week’s byelection. How will Labour fare in its first big electoral test since taking power? Kiran Stacey reports

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