‘Amazing community’: how people are making new friends and connections as adults
As concern about loneliness and social isolation grows, we spoke to people who have joined groups and set up activitiesAmid growing concern about lone...
‘Songwriting instead of doomscrolling’: project inspires Port Talbot to tune into its heritage
Community groups and schools work with Wales’s folk arts organisation to set stories of the area’s people to musicGrowing up in Wales, Liz Puleston-J...
IS member sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in 2021 Kabul airport bombing
Mohammad Sharifullah, 28, was convicted of aiding the terrorist group that took credit for the suicide bombing An Islamic State group member was sente...
Trump administration denies entry visas to Palestinian officials ahead of UN general assembly
It is the second year this administration has barred the Palestinian delegation from US travel ahead of the forumThe US state department said on Wedne...
Father of Noah, three, thanks those who searched for his son as village reels from loss
Rhys Woods says there are ‘no words’ for family’s pain after Noah’s body was found in pond near Suffolk playgroundThe father of Noah, the three-year-o...
Ireland to boycott Eurovision again over ongoing deaths in Gaza
Ireland joins Netherlands in refusing to take part in 2027 song contest in protest against Israel’s participationIreland is to boycott Eurovision for ...
Attorneys for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs drop music mogul, alleging unpaid legal bills
The musician is serving a 50-month federal prison term for prostitution-related offensesAttorneys representing rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs say they are ...
Plan to limit number of NHS patients diagnosed with ADHD attacked as ‘rationing’ healthcare
Review due next week expected to say patients should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosisProposals to limit the number of patient...
Nicholas Brandram’s family deny he was ‘Putney pusher’ and say Met police pressure led to his death
Banker, 44, was arrested in connection with incident on bridge but family say ‘no credible evidence’ he was involvedThe family of Nicholas Brandram ha...
ICE agent arrested in Minneapolis on charges of assault and false reporting of crime
Christian Castro faced assault charges after shooting Venezuelan man through the door of his apartment while children were presentA federal immigratio...
Albanese government considers ‘world-leading’ ban on smart glasses in public office and buildings
Minister for public service says the devices pose ‘legitimate privacy and security concerns’ in commonwealth-run workplaces The Albanese government is...
Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issueBritish people underst...
Burnham has to sell Bank rate rises as ‘breathing space’ – good luck with that
PM’s push to cut cost of living is threatened by rising inflation and higher government borrowing costsBank of England holds interest ratesBusiness li...
Trump threatens EU with tariffs over membership offer to Canada | First Thing
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, is due to address the European parliament on Thursday. Plus, how the attention economy overwhelmed children’s TV...
Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls
Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctionsSpanish hotel chains. A...
Trump funding cuts may force Alzheimer’s disease study to shut down, affecting 600 aging adults
The Trump administration canceled a grant studying two low-income, majority Black neighborhoods in PittsburghScientific funding cuts imposed by the Tr...
Ilhan Omar brings bill to make ICE ‘pay the price’ for terrorizing communities
Make ICE Pay Act would block nearly $140bn in funding and redirect money to places reeling from Trump crackdownThe US congresswoman Ilhan Omar is set ...
Bank of England holds interest rates at 3.75% despite rising inflation
Policymakers keep steady course as jobs market comes under strain and Iran war pushes up energy costsBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of England...
Jürgen Klopp wants his Germany team to reclaim national pride from ‘the wrong people’
Comments follow far-right election win in Saxony-Anhalt‘I’d like to reclaim the flag for myself and for us,’ he saysJürgen Klopp has said Germany’s fo...
‘So many loopholes’: Democratic House leader Jeffries flags concerns over Russia sanctions bill – US politics live
Jeffries said the legislation had so many loopholes that sanctions harming Russia might not be appliedHello and welcome to the US politics live blog....
‘We live with a big burden’: US sexual abuse survivor hopes priest’s death brings closure
Keith Townsend says he hopes death of Ronald Paquin in prison helps victims and families to ‘keep pressing forward’A survivor of childhood sexual abus...
Thousands of Barclays staff revolt over return-to-office mandate
Union calls for payouts to help cover travel costs and exemption for those living more than 40 minutes awayBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is f...
Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds
Fact-finding mission says military strikes on school and sports facility in February constitute war crimesA UN fact-finding mission on Iran has said...
Tories challenge chancellor to rule out tax cuts in budget – UK politics live
The Conservatives want to brand Burnham’s administration as a ‘traditional tax and spend socialist government’Good morning. With less than six weeks s...
Next forecasts bigger profits after hot weather lifts sales
FTSE 100 retailer, which owns UK rights to US brands Gap and Victoria’s Secret, says prices could rise in autumnBusiness live – latest updatesNext has...
Trump threatens EU with ‘serious tariffs’ after proposal to make Canada first associate member – Europe live
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says such a partnership is for the European Union’s ‘common strength’US president Donald Trump has ...
Australia Post worker stole dozens of bank cards to fund ‘debilitating’ gambling addiction
Court hears Mauro Paul Coluzzi and two associates defrauded customers and banks of more than $130,000An Australia Post worker’s crippling gambling add...
Peers call for UK to enact tobacco-style ban on gambling advertising
Lords’ report faces criticism from lobby groups after suggesting ban would be ‘most effective’ way to reduce public harmsThe UK should introduce a ban...
Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’
Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledgeNearly half of all parliamentary co...
Thursday briefing: Yemen’s war continues to threaten oil supplies– but what about its people?
In today’s newsletter: The Houthi advance along the Red Sea coast raised fears for global trade and energy supplies, while more than 100,000 Yemenis h...
