Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds
Exclusive: Cambridge research finds socioenvironmental stressors may influence body’s ability to function healthily in pregnancyStress from racism and...
Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds
Exclusive: 839,000 homes in urban areas face threat of surface-water flooding, with social housing tenants most vulnerable to costsEight in 10 of the ...
Earlier specialised care could prevent 10,000 miscarriages a year, UK study finds
Charity says starting specialised care after first miscarriage instead of third reduces risk of future lossesGiving women access to specialised care a...
Teaching in classes grouped by ability does not hamper progress of less able pupils, study finds
Research on maths teaching in English secondary schools upends decades of debate over mixed-ability educationTeaching pupils in classes grouped by abi...
Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds
Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are sufferingThe Middle...
Media freedom ‘under sustained attack’ across EU as public trust drops, report finds
Journalists face rising threats while media ownership is concentrated in fewer hands, leading civil liberties group warnsJournalists in the EU face in...
Half of England’s schools unfit due to leaks, mould and faulty toilets, poll finds
NAHT survey says widespread disrepair forcing closure of playgrounds and classrooms, with Send facilities also hitHalf of headteachers say parts of th...
People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds
Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countriesFindings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed l...
Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds
Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposuresSimultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate ...
Criminalisation of climate protesters in UK is counterproductive, research finds
Study of 1,300 campaigners finds arrests, fines and jail terms increase determination of activists to take direct actionThe criminalisation of direct ...
Baby died after NHS trust failed to warn mother of ‘unsafe’ home birth, coroner finds
Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died after complications during home birth encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospitalA mother who lost her baby a week a...
Nine in 10 UK voters across parties support right to abortion, poll finds
YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party politi...
Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds
More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with SendTwo-fifths of school leaders in Englan...
Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds
NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking n...
No evidence of antisemitism at Bristol school that postponed visit by Jewish MP, review finds
Independent inquiry into Bristol Brunel Academy found visit by Damien Egan was postponed solely on safeguarding groundsAn independent inquiry into a B...
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the clim...
‘Significant failures’ led two NSW foster children to be placed with serial killer, review finds
Two staff suspended after damning review finds department was warned last December that triple murderer Regina Arthurell was living in the homeFollow ...
Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds
2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate industry in the competitive rental market, Carly Kind saysFollow...
Dozens of US lawmakers faced harassment claims, study finds
Analysis finds 53 allegations against 30 lawmakers; nine still in office amid wave of resignations in CongressFifty-three allegations of workplace sex...
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn yearsNasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules o...
EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values
ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PMThe EU’s highest court has found ...
‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds
Growing use of AI tech comes at expense of workers’ rights, protections and pay, report warnsBillion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing fo...
