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Is Bill Belichick’s glorious Patriots reign approaching an ugly conclusion?

The New England coach is the greatest football mind of the 21st-century. But his fortunes have been on the decline since Tom Brady left FoxboroughAs he lifted the Vince Lombardi trophy after his New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams at Super Bowl LIII in 2019, it seemed... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/31/bill-belichick-new-england-patriots-head-coach-nfl-football?utm_source=press.coop

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Ex-Tory MP threatens to sue Cambridge University over slavery research

Student says he has been pressured to remove a reference to Antoinette Sandbach, a descendant of a slave merchantThe former Tory MP Antoinette Sandbach has threatened the University of Cambridge with legal action after a historian named her as a descendant of... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/ex-tory-mp-threatens-sue-cambridge-university-slavery-research-antoinette-sandbach?utm_source=press.coop

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RSPB chief apologises for calling ministers ‘liars’ over green policy

Beccy Speight says frustration at ‘weaker protections’ prompted criticism of Sunak, Gove and CoffeyUK politics live – latest updatesThe head of the RSPB has apologised after the wildlife charity called Rishi Sunak and other ministers “liars” in a social media post.Beccy Speight,... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/31/rspb-chief-apologises-ministers-liars-green-policy-environment?utm_source=press.coop

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Cleverly’s humiliating China visit was the perfect symbol of isolated, ill-led ‘global Britain’ | Simon Tisdall

The foreign minister set off with the aim of both ‘standing up for our values’ and securing profitable trade. He failed at bothLike a proselytising lay minister naively intent on calming troubled waters, foreign secretary James Cleverly flew into... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/james-cleverly-china-visit-britain-values-trade?utm_source=press.coop

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Jurassic Park review – Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur-fest is still wondrous and exciting as ever

The classic movie’s unforgettable performances and CGI effects remain glorious 30 years after its original releaseThis has long since become a tired franchise, but’s a treat now to revisit Steven Spielberg’s original film for its 30th anniversary. It is a spectacular and... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/31/jurassic-park-review-steven-spielberg-dino-movie?utm_source=press.coop

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Rare blue supermoon illuminates sky – in pictures

A rare blue supermoon, the closest full moon of the year, has dazzled stargazers around the world. It was the second full moon of August, thus the blue label. And it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. If you missed it, it will be a long wait: the next blue supermoon will be in 2037 Continue... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2023/aug/31/rare-blue-supermoon-illuminates-sky-in-pictures?utm_source=press.coop

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Ben Wallace resigns as defence secretary as mini cabinet reshuffle expected – UK politics live

Rishi Sunak is expected to reorganise some of his top team todayBen Wallace has confirmed his resignation as defence secretary after four years in the post, saying the Ministry of Defence is “back on the path to being once again... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/aug/31/ben-wallace-resigns-conservatives-cabinet-reshuffle-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-news?utm_source=press.coop

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Palestinian motorist drives car into pedestrians in occupied West Bank

Israeli paramedics treat three people, one critically wounded, after attack at busy checkpointA Palestinian motorist has driven a truck into pedestrians at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, wounding three people.The violence on Thursday comes a day after... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/palestinian-motorist-drives-car-pedestrians-occupied-west-bank-israeli-checkpoint?utm_source=press.coop

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Rugby World Cup 2023: Pool B guide

The tournament’s closest thing to a group of death features Scotland facing a huge task pitched alongside Ireland and South AfricaShould Ireland lift the trophy in Paris on 28 October, no one could say they did it the easy way. Andy Farrell’s world No 1 side face meetings with South Africa, the defending champions, plus Gregor Townsend’s... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/31/rugby-world-cup-2023-pool-b-guide?utm_source=press.coop

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Men, want to optimise yourselves with science? Then you need the help of neuroscience bro Andrew Huberman | Emma Brockes

Welcome to the world of rugged wellness podcasts and newsletters, fronted by bearded men with very big shouldersThe concept of wellness is a relatively undermined one by now, if not entirely disgraced – thanks to sterling work from... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/bro-andrew-huberman-wellness-podcast-newsletter-beard-men?utm_source=press.coop

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Electric cars help UK factories recover; eurozone inflation expected to ease – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as easing of chip shortage boosts British car manufacturing by a thirdGood morning, and welcome to our live coverage of business,... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2023/aug/31/electric-cars-uk-factories-manufacturing-eurozone-inflation-us-ecb-bank-of-england-ftse-100-sterling-business-live?utm_source=press.coop

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‘Intense’: the day I captained the Basque Country in walking football

We may have lost our quarter-final to England in the first World Nations Cup but it was a tournament of brutally high qualitySolvitur ambulando, as Saint Augustine is alleged to have remarked, is the idea that things can best be solved by walking – a theme clearly appreciated by... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/31/intense-the-day-i-captained-the-basque-country-in-walking-football?utm_source=press.coop

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‘Who gets remembered and why?’: the exhibition asking uneasy questions about the Atlantic slave trade

Black Atlantic at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam museum explores how Britain’s role in slavery can be seen through its fine art. Rather than giving easy answers, reflection is its aim“I am the sugar at the bottom of the English cup of tea,” wrote the cultural... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/aug/31/black-atlantic-exhibition-fitzwilliam-museum-cambridge?utm_source=press.coop

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Nebraska volleyball set global women’s sports attendance record before 92,003 fans – in pictures

The University of Nebraska laid claim to the world record for largest attendance at a women’s sporting event with 92,003 spectators filling Memorial Stadium on Wednesday for their volleyball match against Omaha Continue reading... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2023/aug/30/nebraska-volleyball-attendance-record-memorial-stadium?utm_source=press.coop

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Hurricane Idalia batters Florida – in pictures

Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida with powerful winds splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small cars into boats. After coming ashore in the state’s Big Bend region, the storm swept into Georgia where it flooded roads and sent some residents fleeing to higher ground Continue reading... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2023/aug/31/hurricane-idalia-florida-in-pictures?utm_source=press.coop

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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch review – Ireland under fascism

This Booker-longlisted dystopia with shades of Cormac McCarthy is nightmarish yet horribly convincingThe Irish offspring of The Handmaid’s Tale and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Paul Lynch’s Booker-longlisted fifth novel is as nightmarish a story as you’ll come across: powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real.... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/31/prophet-song-by-paul-lynch-review-ireland-under-fascism?utm_source=press.coop

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Tokyo Story review – Yasujiro Ozu’s exquisite family tale stands the test of time

An elderly couple visit their grownup children in this stunning work of art from 1953, now re-released for its 70th anniversaryThe exquisite sadness of Yasujiro Ozu’s 1953 film, now re-released for its 70th anniversary, does not get any more bearable or less overwhelming with time. With each repeated... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/31/tokyo-story-review-yasujiro-ozu?utm_source=press.coop

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Cost of tuberculosis treatment halved in deal to permit generic versions

Johnson & Johnson’s year-long deal on life-saving drug bedaquiline is seen as critical move in campaign against diseaseThe cost of a crucial tuberculosis treatment has been halved after an agreement was made to allow the sale of generic versions of the... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/31/cost-of-tuberculosis-treatment-halved-in-deal-to-permit-generic-versions?utm_source=press.coop

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Tokyo’s coin-operated laundries – in pictures

There are an estimated 20,000 coin-operated laundries across Japan, a number that has doubled in the last two decades. In addition to the usual services, they provide speciality machines for cleaning sports shoes, pillows and heavy blankets. For Philip Fong they are a novelty not found in his hometown of Hong Kong.... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/aug/31/tokyo-coin-operated-laundries-japan-in-pictures?utm_source=press.coop

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It’s only a coat hanger. But it brings back such fond memories

A lifetime ago, in postwar Zagreb, my grandmother wrote her name on a wooden coat hanger. It means as much as any gravestoneWe spend an awful lot of time and money memorialising our loved ones. There is the gravestone, obviously, and then perhaps plaques on trees or park benches... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/its-only-a-coat-hanger-but-it-brings-back-such-fond-memories?utm_source=press.coop

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