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London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says

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What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?

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Digested week: So long primary school, it’s going to be hard – for me | Emma Brockes

Fri

In pictures: How forensic science is helping tackle wildlife poaching

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri

Cyclosporiasis: officials looking at Taco Bell lettuce supplier as potential source of outbreak

Fri

Energy drinks to be banned from sale to under-16s in England

Thu

Amnesty UK self-reports to watchdog after calling JK Rowling women’s centre ‘anti-rights’

Thu

Inquest reopened into death of 14-year-old boy after TikTok ‘blackout challenge’

Thu

UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’

Thu

Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government

Thu

UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers

Thu

‘People think you’ve got 10,000 cats’: the support group for hoarders

Thu

All newborns in England to be screened for spinal muscular atrophy from 2027

Thu

‘It’s like home’: Brixton market traders fight to stop site being sold to big business

Thu

Black doctors in England four times less likely to get training places than white counterparts

Wed

Deaf people excluded from gene-editing debate | Letter

Wed

Social media curfew for teens: is it pointless? – The Latest

Wed

Bristol declared ‘city of harm reduction’ as Greens seek less punitive drug policy

Wed

The marginalised groups finding community through football

Wed

Labour must stop just writing a cheque for benefit claimants, says McFadden

Wed

MPs call for ban on fast food outlets opening near schools to tackle obesity

Tue

Heat can be deadly, but sunshine itself? Science says we could use more of it | Rowan Jacobsen

Tue

What positive change have you watched unfold over many years?

Tue

‘We are dying little by little here’: asylum seekers at mercy of Home Office hotel closures

Tue

One of strictest US abortion bans could be overturned in November’s election

Mon

UK children will be one of unhealthiest generations in decades, doctors say

Mon

Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure

Mon

Young men report more ‘sextortion’ than any other age group, Australia’s online safety watchdog says

Mon

Can a ‘power phrase’ turn a spineless worm like me into a go-getter? I doubt it – but it’s worth a shot | Emma Beddington

Mon

Martha Lillard, last known US polio survivor using iron lung, dies aged 78

Sun

Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy

Sun

‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside

Sun

UK to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring football teams

Sun

Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis

Sat

NHS anaesthetist shortage prevents 1.5m operations a year, report finds

Sat

‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?

Sat

Ryanair has axed its family seating policy – but kids’ fees still add up

Sat

Protests engulf Indian state after rape and murder of 11-year-old girl

Fri

Reform Greater Manchester candidate criticised over ‘migrant rapists’ comments

Jul 10

UK Treasury must change disciplinary process after worker’s suicide, mother says

Jul 10

EU accuses Meta of failing to tackle mental health risks of ‘addictive design’

Jul 10

Children are overwhelmingly positive for the future, says survey

Jul 10

Developing countries spend more repaying foreign debt than on education, UN reveals

Jul 10

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Jul 10

Expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales will put public at risk, watchdog warns

Jul 10

Vape packaging and flavouring face restrictions under UK plans to reduce appeal to children

Jul 9

DJ and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Jul 9

UK swelters in third heatwave of the year as western Europe counts cost of hottest-ever June

Jul 9

MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS

Jul 9

Sharp rise in domestic abusers using finances for coercion, UK charities say

Jul 9

What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?

Jul 9

Reform activists urged to switch focus from Manchester to Farage’s Clacton contest

Jul 9

Revealed: the world’s most liveable cities in 2026

Jul 9

Disability benefits system ‘not working’ Timms review finds

Jul 8

Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs

Jul 8

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Jul 8

Progress against cancer not shared by poorer countries, WHO report finds

Jul 8

Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes

Jul 8

Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned

Jul 8

Reclaiming the game. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Jul 8

My patients use ChatGPT for therapy. Now I use it too | Sarah Dargouth

Jul 8

Disability benefits in England and Wales not fit for purpose, Timms review to find

Jul 8

Which? finds 150 potentially lethal baby products sold online

Jul 7

Men’s average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years, say scientists

Jul 7

Curry, bagels … and AI? Londoners fight plan for huge datacentre in Brick Lane

Jul 7

Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds

Jul 7

Air pollution linked to DNA changes in sperm, research shows

Jul 6

Prison education cuts driving drug use, self-harm and violence, says watchdog

Jul 6

UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says

Jul 6

Italy ordered to compensate woman who was told her rape allegations were ‘normal’

Jul 6

Parents shocked after children’s paper hedgehogs found to contain pages from explicit novel

Jul 6

‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre

Jul 6

NHS to rate English trusts on tackling violence and racism towards staff

Jul 5

Pioneer of ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism now says phrase unhelpful

Jul 5

Ofsted drops ‘clumsy’ and ‘offensive’ guidance linking autism and extremism

Jul 5

Burnham will change No 10 ‘boys club’ briefing culture, says Lucy Powell

Jul 4

Mayfair casino facing legal action after former waiter says he did not get fair share of tips

Jul 4

OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment

Jul 4

Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly

Jul 4

British Medical Association could axe up to a third of its staff amid cash crisis

Jul 4

Labour MPs call on water firms to save Britain’s lost lidos

Jul 4

‘My childhood stopped’: woman sues CPS after taking stepfather to abuse trial

Jul 4

Cornwall van dwellers face homelessness amid council crackdown

Jul 4

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