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A new start after 60: I left marketing to be a barber – and I almost cried when my dad gave me his blessing Monday briefing: You ask the questions – is Britain ungovernable? TV tonight: Chris Packham’s wondrous series about evolution Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight Struggling pub landlords given a lifeline by England’s World Cup heroes ‘If a woman is killed, they say she fell, she took poison’: Pakistan’s devastating rise in ‘hidden’ sexual violence In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests UNSW academic subjected to Nazi salutes in class, antisemitism commission hears Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden Britons give classic round tomato the red card as coloured and vine varieties score My holiday from hell: blizzards, black ice, a broken-down bus – would I ever make it to New York? ‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people Forget being French president; Marine Le Pen is lucky not to be in prison. Why is she in public life at all? Mastermind of €88m Louvre heist thought they ‘could have taken more’ Swedish MEP files police complaint accusing Danish colleague of racist hate speech Jana Armstrong’s former partner appears in court charged with murder after body found near Toowoomba Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris ‘The trash does not stop’: life among the garbage mountains of the world’s biggest city Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy replaces PM and flags law enforcement overhaul

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A new start after 60: I left marketing to be a barber – and I almost cried when my dad gave me his blessing

silverguide.site – Phil Yates had never cut anyone’s hair before he decided to retrain at the age of 60. Yet inside the dissatisfied executive a ‘rocking barber’ was waiting to emerge…
A new start after 60: I left marketing to be a barber – and I almost cried when my dad gave me his blessing

Monday briefing: You ask the questions – is Britain ungovernable?

silverguide.site – In today’s newsletter: Andy Beckett takes your questions – and mine – about where UK politics is at and where it’s headed, from leadership churn and policy choices to electoral reform and more…
Monday briefing: You ask the questions – is Britain ungovernable?

TV tonight: Chris Packham’s wondrous series about evolution

silverguide.site – His epic exploration starts with the mystery of the African elephant. Plus: top prankster Oobah Butler takes on the housing crisis. Here’s what to watch this evening…
TV tonight: Chris Packham’s wondrous series about evolution

Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight

silverguide.site – Alignment will be one of the prettiest naked-eye sights of the month, if the sky is clear…
Young crescent moon to meet Venus in evening twilight

Struggling pub landlords given a lifeline by England’s World Cup heroes

silverguide.site – One manager expects takings to treble during England’s semi-final with Argentina on Wednesday; while national sales are up 10%…
Struggling pub landlords given a lifeline by England’s World Cup heroes

‘If a woman is killed, they say she fell, she took poison’: Pakistan’s devastating rise in ‘hidden’ sexual violence

silverguide.site – Karachi’s chief police surgeon condemns increasing acceptance of domestic murders and rapes of women and girls…
‘If a woman is killed, they say she fell, she took poison’: Pakistan’s devastating rise in ‘hidden’ sexual violence

In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik

silverguide.site – The suffering of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is no isolated case. The abuse of Palestinian detainees is happening in plain sight, yet nothing changes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik …
In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine Malik

June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

silverguide.site – Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C…
June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests

UNSW academic subjected to Nazi salutes in class, antisemitism commission hears

silverguide.site – Royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion hears lived experiences of Jewish students and academics…
UNSW academic subjected to Nazi salutes in class, antisemitism commission hears

Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden | Susie White

silverguide.site – Allendale, Northumberland: Farmers use it as cover crop, and I sow it into bare soil – but not before I’ve had a close look at its stunning details…
Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden | Susie White

Britons give classic round tomato the red card as coloured and vine varieties score

silverguide.site – Premium cherry-on-the-vine are poised to take top spot in Britain’s £1bn-a-year tomato market…
Britons give classic round tomato the red card as coloured and vine varieties score

My holiday from hell: blizzards, black ice, a broken-down bus – would I ever make it to New York?

silverguide.site – Flights were cancelled and we were told we’d be staying in Iceland for the night. But the hotel had no idea we were coming and people started screaming when I fell down, hard, on the ice…
My holiday from hell: blizzards, black ice, a broken-down bus – would I ever make it to New York?

‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people

silverguide.site – She has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it. It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everything…
‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people

Forget being French president; Marine Le Pen is lucky not to be in prison. Why is she in public life at all? | Rokhaya Diallo

silverguide.site – The far right leader’s career is not the issue: it’s whether a politician with her record has a legitimate right to seek office, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo…
Forget being French president; Marine Le Pen is lucky not to be in prison. Why is she in public life at all? | Rokhaya Diallo

Mastermind of €88m Louvre heist thought they ‘could have taken more’

silverguide.site – Alleged thieves in October 2025 robbery damaged a gem-encrusted crown worn in the 19th century by Empress Eugénie…
Mastermind of €88m Louvre heist thought they ‘could have taken more’

Swedish MEP files police complaint accusing Danish colleague of racist hate speech

silverguide.site – Abir Al-Sahlani targeted on social media after condemning anti-immigration chants in European parliament…
Swedish MEP files police complaint accusing Danish colleague of racist hate speech

Jana Armstrong’s former partner appears in court charged with murder after body found near Toowoomba

silverguide.site – Dharminder Singh ‘asserts his innocence’, lawyer tells reporters, amid outpouring of grief for young mother in Queensland city…
Jana Armstrong’s former partner appears in court charged with murder after body found near Toowoomba

Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris

silverguide.site – Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of ‘exceptional scale’, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hit…
Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris

‘The trash does not stop’: life among the garbage mountains of Jakarta, the world’s biggest city

silverguide.site – Indonesia’s government is grappling with how to manage waste at Bantar Gebang – Jakarta’s largest landfill – which supports the livelihood of thousands of waste pickers…
‘The trash does not stop’: life among the garbage mountains of Jakarta, the world’s biggest city

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy replaces PM and flags law enforcement overhaul

silverguide.site – Yulia Svyrydenko steps down, possibly to become US ambassador, amid reshuffle; Ukrainian strikes cripple Russian shipping in Azov sea. What we know on day 1,601…
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy replaces PM and flags law enforcement overhaul
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