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Pair left ‘shocked and angry’ after staff say they ‘do not want to see that’ Via: Lesbian couple 'jeered at by takeaway staff for kissing'

Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen as it crosses warm Atlantic waters, potentially becoming a Category 4 hurricane by the time it hits Florida’s eastern coast early next week. Via: Hurricane Dorian spares Puerto Rico but is expected to strengthen before hitting Florida

Author Philip Pullman sparked outrage on social media today after appearing to suggest UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be ‘hanged’ over his decision to prorogue Parliament. Via: Philip Pullman hints Boris Johnson should be HANGED

Giuseppe Conte, who resigned as Italian Prime Minister last week, was given the mandate Thursday after the Five Star Movement and rival Democratic Party agreed to share power. Via: Italy's ex-PM given mandate to form a new government in blow to Salvini

Soprano Kathryn Lewek, originally from Connecticut, wrote a scathing response to unnamed critics who’d called her ‘buxom’ and ‘stocky’ following a concert at the Salzburg Festival. Via: Soprano slams critics for shaming her 'mom-bod' after she returned to the stage post-birth

Jay Leno and the stars of Mythbusters have led a flood of tributes to Jessi Combs, 39, who was killed in a crash in the Alvord Desert in Oregon while attempting to break her own land speed record. Via: Mythbusters stars lead the tributes to 'bad ass' and 'fastest woman Read more

(Nonesuch)Manley/Ó Lionáird/Alarm Will Sound/PiersonDonnacha Dennehy’s ‘docu-cantata’ fuses his minimalist style with traditional Irish singing and a soprano voice Eight years ago, Nonesuch released a disc of Donnacha Dennehy’s music that included the remarkable Grá agus Bás, from 2007, in which the highly decorated, unaccompanied vocal lines of the Gaelic seán Read more

Petition calling for parliament not to be suspended reaches more than 1.4m signatures as Davidson quits as Scottish Tory leaderFull story: Davidson quits as Scottish Conservative leader‘Mad suggestion’: how Tory ministers once viewed call to prorogueThe Guardian view on proroguing parliament: an affront to democracy 2.55pm BST Daniel Hannan, the Read more

In interview with the Atlantic Jim Mattis shies away from making any sweeping judgments about the president’s leadershipSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.58pm BST The Trump administration is expected to announce today that it will loosen regulations on the powerful greenhouse gas methane.The Wall Read more

Johnson & Johnson and others profited from addiction and death – and yet they still don’t think they’ve done anything wrongJohnson & Johnson came out swinging after an Oklahoma judge ruled this week that the company has blood on its hands for driving America’s opioid epidemic. Related: OxyContin maker offers Read more