Labour MPs urge Starmer to set targets to boost number of male teachers in England
Men and Boys group of MPs addresses ‘crisis of masculinity’ and joins campaign for longer paternity leaveGovernment ministers have been urged to set t...
Number of arrests after riots in Northern Ireland rises to 19
Police call for calm before anti-racist protests in Belfast and Glasgow as MPs warn of failure over online misinformationPolice said 19 people, includ...
Record number of young people fear long-term unemployment
Report says confidence among 16- to 21-year-olds has fallen sharply as they doubt hard work will be rewardedYoung people in England are increasingly “...
Record number of people waiting for NHS diagnostic tests in England
One in five of the 1.92m patients on list wait longer than six weeks for tests such as CT and MRI scans, analysis showsA record number of people are w...
Number of Neets in UK could hit 1.25m by early 2030s, Milburn review will say
Urgent action needed to avoid ‘lost generation’, says the former Labour health secretary’s report, due on ThursdayBritain risks a 25% rise in the numb...
Number of suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo passes 900 as health workers face attacks and shortages
World Health Organization says outbreak poses ‘very high’ risk for Congo, but risk of disease spreading globally remains lowCongolese authorities say ...
Number of air conditioned UK homes doubles to more than 4m in three years
Greater working from home and hot summer temperatures believed to be driving increase in ownershipAn estimated 4m homes in the UK now have air conditi...
Record number of dams dismantled in Europe in effort to help wildlife thrive
Weirs, culverts and sluices among 602 barriers demolished in year in attempt to restore 15,500 miles of rivers by 2030A few miles downstream from a la...
Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades
Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in the fall of 2027Harvard faculty has voted to impose a...
US government plans to increase number of white South Africans it admits as refugees
State department says Afrikaners in ‘emergency refugee situation’, a claim previously rebutted by South AfricaThe US government has said it will incre...
Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds
Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, Congress failed to make a d...
David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial
Justice secretary’s white paper will overhaul youth justice rules and could end lifelong criminal records for under-18sDavid Lammy has promised to cut...
Brooks Nader Says Bad Bunny Asked for Her Sister's Number at Met Gala
You have to love thy Met Gala run-ins.
And according to Brooks Nader, her sister Grace Ann Nader had one for the books after bumping into Bad Bunny at...
France has a record number of presidential hopefuls. Will any of them be able to hold back the far right?
About 30 people – nearly all men – have expressed an interest in taking on the far-right National Rally in next year’s ballotAt a Paris meeting hall t...
Is Gibbs-White favourite to start as England's number 10 at World Cup?
Morgan Gibbs-White has enjoyed an impressive resurgence in 2026, so is the Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder now the leading contender for the nu...
NSW to criminalise secret GPS tracking after report highlighting number of devices bought by DV offenders
Chris Minns says technology has been ‘weaponised against women, and our laws have not kept pace’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news po...
‘A profoundly distressing milestone’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW
There were 66 deaths in custody and police operations in 2025 – 18 more than the previous yearWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous ...
Number of executions in North Korea rose dramatically during Covid – report
Regime used its isolation after closing borders to escalate killings when global scrutiny disappeared, NGO claimsNorth Korea dramatically increased it...
Number of billionaires globally could reach 4,000 in next five years
There are now 3,110 billionaires but analysis shows ‘deep structural acceleration’ in wealth creation around worldThe number of billionaires in the wo...
