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What went right this week: the good news that matters

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Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff

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US health panel recommends easing restrictions on controversial peptides

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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital

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Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise

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The upside of the energy crisis

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Poorest children in England 40% more likely to be hospitalised for lung infections

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‘Why do I feel crappy?’: women are learning about their luteal phases - and Maha is weaponizing it

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‘I would rather be poor’: man says money cannot compensate for partner’s death after failed cancer diagnosis

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The rise of community-led football

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Bus fare cap coming from aid budget will hit world’s poorest, Burnham told

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NHS trust investigated for corporate manslaughter after Nottingham attacks

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Andy Burnham announces review of prisoner early release scheme

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Streeting and Mahmood accused of making ‘cheap jokes’ about prisoner early release scheme

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Lack of defibrillators could put 16m at risk of death by cardiac arrest in England and Wales

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Trump’s HIV funding cuts having ‘severe and devastating’ impact around the world

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‘A place of hope and solutions’: the building promising a better future

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UK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharply

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Gruel and graft: museum asks if you could survive a Victorian workhouse

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Burnham pledges to end rough sleeping in England in first speech as prime minister

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The underground fridge that keeps food cool – even in a heatwave

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‘We need to talk about how difficult it is’: why one couple are pinning surrogacy hopes on Mexico

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Rising numbers of younger midwives quitting NHS in England, data shows

Mon

Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard?

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Rise in overseas surrogates ‘increases risk of stateless babies’

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How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises

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Cyclospora: iceberg lettuce recalled in 27 states and more products may follow

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North Dakota men who discover they were switched as newborns sue hospital

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Scores of carers overpaid more than £20,000 last year despite reforms

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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

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In pictures: How forensic science is helping tackle wildlife poaching

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What went right this week: the good news that matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers

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

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

Jul 16

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

Jul 16

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

Jul 15

Deaf people excluded from gene-editing debate | Letter

Jul 15

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

Jul 15

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

Jul 15

The marginalised groups finding community through football

Jul 15

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

Jul 15

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

Jul 14

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

Jul 14

What positive change have you watched unfold over many years?

Jul 14

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

Jul 14

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

Jul 13

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

Jul 13

Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure

Jul 13

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

Jul 13

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

Jul 13

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

Jul 12

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

Jul 12

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

Jul 12

UK to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring football teams

Jul 12

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

Jul 11

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

Jul 11

‘A new consumer’: how weight-loss drugs are shaking up clothes shopping

Jul 11

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

Jul 11

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

Jul 11

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

Jul 10

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

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