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Shamonda virus detected in human for first time in France

8h ago

One in 10 adults in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in last year, ONS finds

10h ago

BBC News to axe education editor role in cost-cutting move

11h ago

How Middleton’s revival could be grist to the mill for Britain’s struggling towns

12h ago

The farmer growing a future under Ghana’s trees

15h ago

Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing face losing prison privileges under new rules

15h ago

No surprise and lasting anger: families of people who died in care homes react to Covid inquiry report

Wed

Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban but faces likely veto from president

Wed

Burnham backs suicide prevention training for social workers after Matilda Davis’s death

Wed

Woman told she had cancer by NHS worker who inappropriately accessed her records

Wed

Streeting delays defence jobs plan for young people after union pushback

Wed

UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14

Wed

Firefighters voice growing concerns over water supplies to tackle UK wildfires

Wed

Baby who died from meningitis may have been saved if tested sooner, inquest finds

Tue

‘Superficial damp squib’: Covid inquiry recommendations fail to impress bereaved families

Tue

Ban ‘intrusive’ cameras in England’s mental health wards, say bereaved families

Tue

UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

Tue

Public support for founding principles of NHS is falling across UK population

Tue

New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests

Mon

Youth services in parts of England in state of emergency, children’s commissioner says

Mon

US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds

Mon

Volunteers became salmon, deer and earthworms. Then they set out to save their river

Mon

Burnham urged to launch inquiry into unequal health impacts of air pollution

Mon

Up to 20 maternity units in England may have to shut, NHS leader warns

Mon

Cut benefits to fund work support for young people, says Neet review author Alan Milburn

Sun

The Guardian view on plague in Russia: what is most worrying is the lack of information | Editorial

Sun

Manchester City owner’s £55m housing loan while Burnham was mayor investigated

Sun

Forget the seven-year itch: opposite-sex marriages more likely to end after two decades

Sun

‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action

Sun

‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off

Sat

Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England

Sat

Reform councillor resigns after being filmed making racist remarks

Fri

UK police force pays out after claims it protected officers accused of abusing women

Fri

Neet rates higher in England’s smaller cities and towns than in biggest cities

Fri

Pornography showing strangulation and incest to be banned in UK from early November

Fri

UK law could deny Fayed accusers recognition as victims of human trafficking

Fri

Tories call for 5-year freeze on minimum wage to tackle youth unemployment

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

UK HRT shortages: which products are affected and what to do about it?

Thu

Two 1960s London housing estates saved from demolition after decade-long battle

Thu

Top health civil servant urged to play no role in clampdown on ADHD clinics

Thu

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years for child sexual offences

Thu

Charity watchdog to criticise ‘intimidation’ after Farage calls for prosecution of groups helping asylum seekers – UK politics live

Thu

In Ukraine, the repair movement is heading underground

Thu

Stopping Pip for ADHD or autism would not make big savings, says thinktank

Oct 14

UK hospitality sector to offer up to 100,000 jobs to young people out of work

Oct 14

Reform UK councillors and candidates filmed making racist and extreme comments

Oct 14

Manchester City staff invited on government trade trip to India

Oct 14

‘English nationalist’ content creators film themselves in asylum seekers’ house

Oct 14

UK government apologises for past burials of stillborn babies in mass graves

Oct 14

Wildlife photographer of the year 2026, the winning images

Oct 14

Fostering in crisis: can flexible care models fix England’s child placement shortfall?

Oct 13

Hundreds of early-release prisoners in England and Wales not being tagged, say MPs

Oct 13

50 years on from Arts Britain Ignores: how much has changed for black and Asian artists?

Oct 13

Rightwing extremists increasingly likely to consider terrorist attacks, MI5 chief says

Oct 13

Second wave of early prison releases under way in England and Wales

Oct 13

Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’

Oct 13

English councils warn of ‘catastrophic’ Send debts forecast to hit £10bn by 2028

Oct 12

Putting a ring on it: the plan to green London’s beloved edges

Oct 12

Ex-director who oversaw Grenfell cost-cutting leaves council housing role after backlash

Oct 12

Drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more

Oct 12

Failure to fit tags left 5,000 offenders unmonitored in England and Wales, report finds

Oct 11

Flu cases higher than usual in England during September, experts say

Oct 11

Former Irish Olympic swimming coach and child abuser George Gibney to be sentenced

Oct 11

‘She was swaying, zoning out’: UK pets poisoned in record numbers by illicit drugs

Oct 11

‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action

Oct 11

Camden council was warned about paedophile nursery worker years before arrest

Oct 10

‘People are leaving’: New York City’s EMS workers are struggling to make ends meet

Oct 10

Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn

Oct 10

‘The real deal’: Sagal Abdi-Wali’s journey from child refugee to Labour MP in former PM’s seat

Oct 9

UK coastguard agency chief faces calls to resign over use of unverified data to back up pay plan

Oct 9

‘I can breathe again’. Readers share their experiences of a more balanced media diet

Oct 9

Labour chair of housing committee calls for urgent funds for affordable homes in England

Oct 9

Palantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts

Oct 9

You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? | Devi Sridhar

Oct 9

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Oct 9

Second UK health body drops Israeli drug firm after activist pressure

Oct 9

NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds

Oct 8

No ‘snowflakes’: mental health review says today’s youth have it harder and harms are real

Oct 8

NHS England mental health services review: what has it found and what does it recommend?

Oct 8

BBC pays compensation to PinkNews couple over false sexual misconduct allegations

Oct 8

Racial and religious hate crimes at record high in England and Wales, data shows

Oct 8

‘It’s not about sex but empowerment’: why I picked a ‘naked’ frock as dress of the year

Oct 8

Prince William launches kit to help communities prepare for emergencies

Oct 8

Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds

Oct 8

‘I feel perfectly safe’: white Lutonians on the town’s supposed no-go zones

Oct 8

Teenager becomes first person to have testicular tissue transplant in UK

Oct 8

More celebrities are embracing grey hair. For other women, it can come at a cost

Oct 2

‘I got married in it’: readers on their favourite secondhand fashion finds

Sun

Hunk – or ‘unc’? What magazine covers of Michael B Jordan and Tom Cruise tell us about manhood

Sat

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Sep 30 2025

Tired of the doom-scroll? This is how to find the kinder, more uplifting side of the internet | Chris Anderson

Mar 4 2024