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UK labour market shows signs of stabilising after job losses

2h ago

How barbershops and footy clubs are reaching men about their health

2h ago 6m read

Labour MPs call on Rachel Reeves to scrap council tax

3h ago

Parenting advice on social media is often poor quality, says Phillipson

4h ago

Dementia risk for people who quit smoking in middle age ‘same as someone who never smoked’

10h ago

Swinney says Scottish government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers

17h ago

AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say

18h ago

Education cuts in prisons ultimately endanger the public, watchdog says

23h ago

Kate Bush and artists harness power of Running Up That Hill for War Child appeal

Mon

Sharp global rise in antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals, WHO finds

Mon

Woman, 53, becomes UK’s longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

Sun

William Hill owner could shut up to 200 shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Sun

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Sun

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

Sun

‘The recovery process can be bleak, but we wanted to make sure it was joyous’

Sun 3m read

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Sat

Rachel Reeves looks for extra headroom in budget to insulate UK economy against bond market

Sat

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

Sat

TikTok influencers fuelling parallel market for unlicensed weight-loss drug

Sat

High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose

Fri

Millions of older Britons likely to have undiagnosed sight and hearing problems, study finds

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri 2m read

Dismay and anger over Labour’s visa plans | Letters

Thu

Phillipson presses Starmer and Reeves to abolish two-child benefit cap in full

Thu

Head of UK Muslim charity ‘deeply worried’ as anti-Muslim hate crimes up by a fifth

Thu

Richard Desmond asks for ‘generosity’ in £1.3bn National Lottery claim

Thu

Here’s the direct effect of our NHS blame culture: babies die. Tragedy after tragedy, it can’t go on | Jeremy Hunt

Thu

New London statue celebrates the unseen strength of mothers

Thu 2m read

NHS trust’s facilities staff vote to strike over pay discrimination claim

Thu

Look out for number one! Selfish self-help books are booming – but will they improve your life?

Thu

Overcoming Obstacles to Passwordless Authentication

Communications of the ACM

Wed 7m read

Peter Whybrow obituary

Wed

Iain Coleman obituary

Wed

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

Wed

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Wed

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers

Wed

US ‘undermining global health’ by threatening to strip funding from aid projects that do not fit its political agenda

Wed

Amplifying the power of music. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Wed 1m read

A Want in Her review – daughter’s searing portrait of family addiction and mental illness

Wed

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Wed

‘I have searched and searched for help’: the Sudanese women left alone to live hand to mouth in Chad’s desert camps

Wed

One in three UK workers have called in sick after work drinks, survey finds

Tue

Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’

Tue

The Guardian view on calls to ban sunbeds: prevention in healthcare raises hard questions about risks | Editorial

Tue

Colon cancer: the risks of ultra-processed foods and the need for early detection | Letters

Tue

Robert Jenrick accused of fuelling ‘toxic nationalism’ with Birmingham claims

Tue

AI in the Kitchen

Communications of the ACM

Tue 6m read

Securing Japan from Online Attacks

Communications of the ACM

Tue 7m read

Can AI Help Build Cities Better?

Communications of the ACM

Mon 7m read

Automating Call Centers with AI

Communications of the ACM

Mon 8m read

Cycle tracking isn’t woo-woo or a tradwife tool. It’s essential education for everyone – no matter the gender | Freya Bennett

Mon

Tories say people denied benefits in UK can return to home countries

Oct 6

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody reveals MND diagnosis

Oct 6

Step forward the ‘fully biodegradable’ shoe that leaves no footprint

Oct 6 2m read

One in four UK people fear a loved one drinks too much, survey finds

Oct 5

Two hours of exercise a week reduces joint pain and visits to GP

Oct 5

Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Oct 5

‘We all need someone’: the hairdressers tackling stigma of mental health issues in west Africa

Oct 5

Costco to sell weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy at half-price

Oct 4

‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig

Oct 4

Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control?

Oct 4

Trump administration to offer unaccompanied minors $2,500 to self-deport, memo reveals

Oct 4

Failed by the NHS on chronic fatigue illness | Letters

Oct 3

Man who murdered two-week-old son in Somerset baby unit to serve at least 18 years

Oct 3

Thousands Including Visitors Volunteer in Taiwan to Help Flood Victims Following Typhoon and Flood

Good News Network

Oct 3 2m read

California governor under pressure over bill to ban cookware made with Pfas

Oct 3

‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’

Oct 3

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Oct 3 1m read

Experience: I put on the world’s first deaf rave for deaf ravers like me

Oct 3

Call to allow ‘safe and effective’ at-home abortions up to 12 weeks in UK

Oct 2

Advantages of online GP booking systems | Letters

Oct 2

Will AI Take Your Job?

Communications of the ACM

Oct 2 7m read

How the White House used studies with ‘weak’ evidence to tie Tylenol to autism

Oct 2

Met chief says he will not resign over ‘vile’ BBC footage of toxic police culture

Oct 2

Life after: being on death row

Oct 2 5m read

‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty

Oct 2

Sunbeds should be banned in UK, skin cancer experts say

Oct 1

Can AI Make the Team?

Communications of the ACM

Oct 1 6m read

Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists

Oct 1

Foreigners underrepresented among prisoners in England and Wales, report finds

Oct 1

Samaritans to push on with branch closures despite volunteers’ objections

Oct 1

Swiping less, living more. How to take control of your digital life

Oct 1 7m read

Campaigners urged to counter far-right narrative on child poverty in Scotland

Oct 1

Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar

Oct 1

Scottish parliament votes in favour of allowing councils to cap rent increases

Oct 1

Zillow and accused of suppressing competition in US regulator lawsuit

Oct 1

Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Sep 30

Rosalind Hinton obituary

Sep 30

NHS 10-year plan will embed privatisation and hollow out the health service | Letter

Sep 30

Sperm racing is all the rage among the tech bros. Why am I not surprised? | Arwa Mahdawi

Sep 30

Hundreds of US women charged with pregnancy-related crimes since fall of Roe

Sep 30

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

Sep 30

Keir Starmer to announce NHS ‘online hospital’ to help cut waiting lists

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