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UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund

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Ministers propose converting female prison estate into cells for men

3h ago

Pupils with Send plans in England likely to double to one in 10 in rush for support

17h ago

Councils in England and Wales accused of excessive fees to run outdoor classes

Sun

Robin Morgan, child star who became feminist, poet and editor, dies aged 85

Sat

Mental health groups have ‘failed to acknowledge’ risk of violence, says Mind chief

Sat

Woman, 45, killed in Florence in seventh alleged femicide in Italy since mid-August

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months

Thu

Hillary Clinton leads tributes to Gloria Steinem: ‘Her activism was rooted in optimism’

Thu

Richard E. Grant fronts Second Hand September as Britons try to buy fewer clothes

Thu

‘Internal exclusion’ of England secondary school students almost triples in three years

Thu

Maggie Gyllenhaal says film industry has a ‘systemic problem’ with sexism

Wed

What Brazil’s supercentenarians can teach us about living to 120

Wed

Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Wed

Autistic boy who took replica knife to school has exclusion quashed by high court

Tue

London’s Ulez linked to healthier lung growth in children

Tue

Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state

Tue

Thinktank reports epidemic of loneliness among England’s ‘disconnected’ young

Tue

Burnham warned running prison capacity near limit is ‘big risk’

Tue

Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots

Tue

‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds

Mon

Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up

Mon

NHS to offer free high-street cholesterol tests in England

Mon

Rejoining the EU, Burnham’s donors and the bedroom tax: Politics Weekly answers your questions – podcast

Mon

Andy Burnham pledge to end indefinite jail terms ‘a step towards healing’

Sun

Cells for arrested offenders may run out without early prison release, says Labour

Aug 29

‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham

Aug 29

Salmonella cases in UK likely to rise until source of outbreak is found

Aug 28

Sweetener used in chewing gum and jam linked to strokes and heart attacks

Aug 28

‘So much fringe science’: RFK Jr’s advisers are pushing an extreme makeover in autism research

Aug 28

ADHD and autism costs in England ‘running out of control’, NHS leaders warn

Aug 28

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Aug 28

FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines for dominant XFG variant

Aug 28

Birmingham seeks injunction to stop anti-migrant group erecting flags on infrastructure

Aug 27

Youth unemployment in UK falls below 1 million

Aug 27

UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

Aug 27

Vulnerable children deliberately self-harming to stay in care, research finds

Aug 27

City firms race to prepare for FCA crackdown on bullying and harassment

Aug 27

Wild swimming linked to higher risk of stomach bugs and skin rashes

Aug 27

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’

Aug 27

Forty children reported missing from UK asylum hotels still not found

Aug 27

Wes Streeting describes ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since becoming defence secretary

Aug 26

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How this outbreak can be contained

Aug 26

Shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds

Aug 26

Two years in limbo: the residents still paying mortgages on flats destroyed in east London fire

Aug 26

National lottery faces questions over new boss’s record in gambling industry

Aug 26

Autism and ADHD care complaints more than triple in five years in England

Aug 26

UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states

Aug 25

Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – UK politics live

Aug 25

Year of after-school care now costs £2,800 a child in parts of UK

Aug 25

NHS England to offer women ‘gamechanging’ free home testing kits for cervical cancer

Aug 25

‘Immense drop-off’ in support contributing to care leaver deaths in England, review says

Aug 24

Reform would evict social housing tenants over unkempt gardens

Aug 24

Survivors of violent crime criticise MoJ for not explaining offender restriction zones

Aug 24

How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires

Aug 24

New daily diabetes pill that helps with weight loss launches in UK pharmacies

Aug 24

‘An amazing relief’: implant offers hope for those with refractory angina

Aug 24

Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows

Aug 24

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

Tue

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

Mar 4 2024