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‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting

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The unexpected pushback against America’s junk food culture

6h ago

Criminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts say

12h ago

Migrant care workers to leaflet Shabana Mahmood constituents over longer wait to settle

17h ago

‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit

17h ago

One person diagnosed with cancer every 80 seconds in UK, report reveals

22h ago

City firms bank on ‘savvy’ advertising campaign to push Brits towards investing

22h ago

RFK Jr faces intense questions in US Senate on measles and flu deaths

Wed

Why this weekend’s London Marathon will impact more than just knees

Wed

V&A East opens as ‘civic space’ for creativity and community

Wed

‘An element of exploitation’: the world of TikTok child skincare influencers

Wed

Temporary accommodation linked to deaths of 104 children in England in six years

Wed

Pollen season in UK and mainland Europe extended by climate breakdown

Wed

Black children in England and Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers – report

Tue

Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament

Tue

Social media executives deny platforms are inherently addictive to children

Tue

Ketamine, psychedelics, GHB: is the US falling out of love with cocaine?

Tue

Ready to take charge: three innovative types of energy storage

Tue

Minnesota boy fighting for life after rescuing younger brother from creek

Tue

Gut microbiome can reveal risk of Parkinson’s, scientists say

Mon

Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims

Mon

Myanmar military regime widens sanitary towel ban, claiming rebels use them for first aid

Mon

Canada has banned employers from ghosting job candidates

Mon

Trustpilot hosts reviews of illegal casinos, raising concern among MPs

Mon

William Hill owner Evoke in talks on £225m takeover by casino group Bally’s

Mon

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

Mon

‘The Moon and The Zoo’: Simon Armitage poem celebrates 200 years of ZSL

Mon

Get a grip on ‘scandal’ of illegal child social care in England, ministers are told

Mon

Don’t knock small talk. It has the power to mend a world ripped apart by rage | Bidisha

Sun

‘Oscar of science’ awarded to team behind gene therapy that restores lost vision

Sun

‘Whatever life throws at us, we don’t walk alone’: how a London synagogue attack birthed an act of solidarity

Sat

Inside smoky shelters, a fast-paced, illegal card game has taken off in Solomon Islands

Fri

The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice

Fri

Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment

Fri

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says

Fri

Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant

Fri

‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

Thu

Covid jab injury payments must be urgently reformed, says inquiry chair

Thu

Quakers among charities warning new regulator powers could stifle advocacy

Thu

The sustainable London markets championing local makers

Thu

Future of the NHS, saviour of the high street? High hopes for health hub in a Barnsley shopping centre

Thu

The surprising value of boring chats, ‘super El Niño’ and Alzheimer’s evidence reviewed – podcast

Thu

Effect of ‘gamechanger’ Alzheimer’s drugs ‘trivial’, review concludes

Thu

‘Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing

Wed

Child victims of online sexual abuse in UK inadequately protected, review finds

Apr 15

Sexual harassment is rife on comedy circuit and women lack protections, MPs told

Apr 15

‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert

Apr 15

Work in progress. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Apr 15

Balancing UK’s welfare and defence spending ‘not zero-sum game’, minister says

Apr 15

Chiang Mai’s New Year revelry hit by smog and war-related price spikes

Apr 14

Government sets aside extra £1bn for victims of UK’s infected blood scandal

Apr 14

Scottish Greens pledge free bus travel and basic income in election manifesto

Apr 14

EHRC updates guidance on how to apply supreme court ruling on gender

Apr 14

Officials who made errors before Southport murders ‘may still be making same mistakes’

Apr 14

Reform activist suspended over racist and antisemitic comments remains election agent

Apr 14

Powerful woman: Dolly Parton tops list of global figures in US favorability poll

Apr 14

Tuesday briefing: What needs to be done to tackle child poverty in the UK

Apr 14

‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

Apr 13

Almost 2bn to be affected by metabolic liver disease by 2050, study suggests

Apr 13

NHS improves genetic testing for minority ethnic cancer patients

Apr 13

AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug

Apr 13

More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says

Apr 13

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds

Apr 13

Thousands of unpaid carers to face DWP repayment demands during overhaul

Apr 12

Fried nuggets and steamed sponges off menu in school food overhaul in England

Apr 12

Votes for populist parties in May elections will put NHS at risk, Streeting says

Apr 12

State failing to learn lessons of Southport attack, say victims’ lawyers

Apr 11

Repurposed drug may extend survival in aggressive ovarian cancer, trial shows

Apr 10

Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members

Apr 10

Labour MPs propose specialist sexual offences courts to help trials backlog

Apr 10

Not just about Gaza: the Muslim voters turning from Labour to the Greens

Apr 10

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Apr 10

Four in 10 UK parents struggle to afford essentials for newborns, study says

Apr 9

Cost of living and mental health crisis driving mass animal rescues, says RSPCA

Apr 9

Church of England expected to formally apologise for its role in forced adoptions

Apr 9

Japan’s Yogurt Delivery Ladies Serve as a Support Net for Country’s Aging Population

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Mon

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

Sep 30

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

Mar 4 2024