August 2020

Australia’s coronavirus death toll passes 300. Queensland goes a week without a community coronavirus case. Follow latest updatesFollow our global live blogAustralian stats interactive; Vic cases map; NSW cases mapSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 2.55am BST On some of the issues which have been raised so far in Read more

Greg Kelley’s conviction, which was overturned due to actual innocence and vacated on November 6, 2019, is the subject of a five-part documentary called Outcry on Showtime. Via: How a high school football player was WRONGLY convicted of molesting a four-year-old boy

ALISON BOSHOFF: Simon Cowell was recovering in hospital last night after breaking three vertebrae in a fall from a new electric bicycle. The TV mogul, 60, required six hours of surgery. Via: Simon Cowell will be 'back on his feet in three weeks', writes ALISON BOSHOFF

Australian state of Victoria records 19 deaths; US cases pass 5m; UK daily infections pass 1,000 for first time since June. Follow the latest updatesGlobal infections near 20mGreece sees highest daily case riseUS passes 5m Covid-19 cases as Joe Biden says pandemic ‘breaks heart’Brazil scientist’s despair as coronavirus deaths hit Read more

Exam boards are expected to lower nearly 40 per cent of grades using a computerised marking scheme to ensure results are not significantly higher than previous years. Via: Thousands of A-level pupils face race against time to win appeals

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office confirmed that French nationals had been killed in Niger. Pictured: The car where six tourists, their guide and their driver were attacked. Via: Gunmen kill six French tourists, their driver and guide in Niger

American hits final-round 64 to win his first major titleMorikawa finishes ahead of Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey Ultimately, there was no need for the kind of US PGA Championship playoff that could have risked social distancing infractions. Of the wave of data that will now surround Collin Morikawa, golf’s Read more