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Press Awards recognise newspapers cross-platform Cotton Capital series amid wins for several Guardian reporters The Guardian has won a diversity award at the prestigious Press Awards after its expos on its founders links to transatlantic slavery, as one of its reporters took home the award for news reporter of the year. Judges at the Press Awards called the Guardians cross-platform Cotton Capital series, encompassing news articles, long-form essays, podcasts, video, a magazine, a 15-part ..

Which? says inconsistencies also found, with meaningless labels making it hard for shoppers to make informed choice Misleading and inconsistent labels make it hard for shoppers to know where their food comes from, the consumer champion Which? has said, as it found supermarket chains were selling products with meaningless statements on their packaging. Retailers must supply the country of origin for specific foods including fresh fruit and vegetables, unprocessed meats, fish, wine and olive oil ..

Prime minister to express concern about over-medicalising normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions Rishi Sunak will today claim Britain is suffering from a sicknote culture, as he warns there is a risk of over-medicalising normal worries by diagnosing them as mental health conditions. In a speech on how to reduce people being signed off sick from work, the prime minister will say the government is planning to trial getting work and health professionals to issue fit notes, ..

Campaigners express concern at new Ofcom figures, which also show that half of under-13s are on social media A quarter of three- and four-year-olds in the UK now own a smartphone, while half of children under 13 are on social media, according to new data that comes as ministers consider banning all children under 16 from owning a mobile phone. The figures, from the communications regulator Ofcom, show high and rising rates of online activity by children of infant-school age, with 38% of five- ..

Rising inflation and falling pupil numbers also forcing schools to cut spending on extracurricular activities Primary schools across England are having to shed staff and cancel trips and activities this year as rising inflation and falling pupil numbers cause a rapid deterioration in their finances. A survey of more than 1,000 school leaders and teachers by the National Foundation for Educational Research found that three-quarters said their primary schools were cutting teaching assistant ..

Two big Wembley meetings await in the Cup, while a desperation derby looks to be in store at Goodison Park There was a distinct end-of-season vibe at the Gtech Community Stadium following Brentfords recent win over Sheffield United, with Thomas Frank and his players performing what amounted to a lap of honour as they took plaudits from fans relieved that the spectre of relegation had finally been banished from their small corner of west London. Of course only time will tell if the Bees become ..

Critics condemn reckless and cruel expulsions and say deportees likely to be targeted by armed gangs who control much of country More than 70 Haitians expelled from the United States have been flown back to Haiti on the first deportation flight since heavily armed gangs launched a bloody insurrection which has paralysed the capital and forced the prime minister from office. The flight, which landed in the port city of Cap-Hatien early on Thursday, was described as inhumane by human rights ..

New post-Brexit border checks set to zero to avoid what Defra calls risk of serious disruption The UK government has reportedly told port health authorities it will not turn on health and safety checks for EU imports as new post-Brexit border controls begin this month. A presentation prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) highlighted the risk of significant disruption if the new measures were implemented, according to the Financial Times. It made clear that ..

First criminal trial of a former president one significant step closer to beginning after full jury selected in New York A full jury of 12 people has been seated in the criminal case against Donald Trump, bringing the first criminal trial of a former president a significant step closer to beginning. At least one of six alternate jurors had been selected before court concluded on Thursday. A guide to Trumps hush-money trial so far The key arguments prosecutors will use against Trump How will ..

Jrgen Klopp has taken Liverpool to four European finals, one Champions League trophy and places that players and fans alike may never have imagined possible but a journey that enriched his reign is over. There will be no fairytale ending in Dublin after one more feat of escapology proved beyond Klopps team against Atalanta. The 91st European game of Klopps nine-year Liverpool tenure was also his last despite a much-improved display and victory against Gian Piero Gasperinis shaky, nervous but ..

Bayer Leverkusen will be waking up with sore heads again. Their treble hopes remains alive, as does their sheen of invincibility, but only just. After the beer-stained celebrations that followed their regal charge to the Bundesliga title , Xabi Alonsos side looked groggy on a pulsating night at the London Stadium and can count themselves lucky to be in a Europa League semi-final against Roma after beating West Ham 3-1 on aggregate. The home fans responding to Jeremie Frimpongs late equaliser ..

This was not Donald Trump the business mogul or Donald Trump the 45th president it was Donald Trump the defendant With Donald Trump just a few feet away, a potential juror in the criminal case against him summed up the experience in just three words. This is bizarre, she said, with just a slight hint of a seasoned New York accent. Bizarre it was. There was a potential juror who once spent the night at one of Trumps lawyers homes more than a decade ago (Trumps team used one of its pre-emptory ..

Company says were off to a good start in 2024 as net income jumps 79% to $2.3bn, beating analysts expectations Profits at Netflix have surged as the worlds largest streaming service added millions of new paying subscribers. The entertainment giant added 9.3 million subscribers in the latest quarter more than expected by analysts on Wall Street leaving it with a record 269.6 million worldwide. Continue reading...

Siblings appear on stage with president at campaign event in Philadelphia and offer full-throated support of White House run Prominent members of the Kennedy political dynasty delivered a full-throated endorsement of Joe Bidens re-election campaign on Thursday, a pointed message that was in equal measure a stinging repudiation of their relative Robert F Kennedy Jr , who is making an independent run for the White House. Kerry Kennedy, one of six siblings of the controversial candidate on stage ..

Polands national prosecutor says man was preparing to share security details of airport used by Ukrainian president A Polish man has been arrested on allegations that he aided a plot by Russian intelligence services to assassinate the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors. The office of Poland s national prosecutor said in a statement that the man, identified only as Pawel K, was accused of being prepared to pass airport security information to ..

This super cute show about an animal hospital will have you crying happy tears from the off. And just wait till you meet the seal pups! The late great critic Roger Ebert once said that movies are like a machine that generates empathy the idea being that when we sit down and watch dramas, comedies, documentaries or even horror films, they take us out of ourselves and force us to share in the pain and triumph of others. In short, they can make us better people. Watching Wildlife Rescue, no one ..

Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes A Fulton county commissioner in Georgia has been operating a private Telegram channel for years, propagating debunked claims about the 2020 election, and spreading accusations of crimes by county employees, including Ruby Freeman, an election worker defamed by Rudy Giuliani in the wake of Donald Trumps 2020 loss. Bridget Thorne, a Republican representing the ..

Rowaa Ahmars claims were made in the court papers of a discrimination case against the Cabinet Office A former senior civil servant has said in court papers that a hostile racist working environment in the Cabinet Office meant she was forced to resign. Rowaa Ahmar, who has now withdrawn a discrimination case against the Cabinet Office, said that the racism within the Cabinet Office appeared to be unrelenting and systemic and claimed that she was frozen out of ministerial meetings after ..

Club disappointed and now risk losing personnel to rivals Heather Knight says cricket will be more viable career option Richard Gould, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has stressed that Yorkshire initially missing out on the revamp of the professional womens game is not a case of the club being punished for past sins. From next year the current eight-team regional womens system will switch to 15-strong full-time squads run directly by eight counties . Durham, Essex, ..

Jonathan Hall, Britains reviewer of terrorism legislation, says more children could be exposed to encrypted extremist content The UKs terror watchdog has criticised Mark Zuckerbergs Meta for lowering the minimum age for WhatsApp users from 16 to 13 , warning that the extraordinary move could expose more teenagers to extreme content. Jonathan Hall KC said more children could now access material that Meta cannot regulate, including content related to terror or sexual exploitation. Continue ..

Husband of Nicola Sturgeon was rearrested in connection with the embezzlement of funds from party, say police Peter Murrell, the husband of the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been charged in connection with embezzlement after being arrested for a second time by police investigating allegations regarding the funding and finances of the Scottish National party. Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, was first arrested and interviewed as a suspect by Police Scotland detectives ..

Tech firm released early versions of its latest large language model and a real-time image generator as it tries to catch up to OpenAI Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type prompts, as it races to catch up to generative AI market leader OpenAI. The models will be integrated into virtual assistant Meta AI, which the company is pitching as the most sophisticated of ..

High court hears arguments over prosecution of Trudi Warner for holding sign telling activists trial juries of their rights The prosecution of a woman for contempt of court for holding a sign reminding juries of their rights is not in the public interest, the high court has been told. During a hearing on Thursday, the court heard arguments for and against an attempt by the solicitor general to bring a case against Trudi Warner, 69, who was charged last year for holding a sign outside the trial ..

Development follows Labour calling for investigation into Tory MP alleged to have misused funds to pay off bad people UK politics latest updates A Conservative MP who was suspended over allegations that campaign funds were misused to pay off bad people is to be contacted by police over the matter. Keir Starmer earlier called for a police investigation into allegations that campaign funds were misused by the Fylde MP, Mark Menzies, who was also suspended as a government trade envoy to Colombia, ..

Case comes after insiders warned of a potential ageism row last year following merger of BBC News and World News channels The BBC is facing another damaging row over equal pay, with the presenter Martine Croxall taking legal action against the broadcaster for age and sex discrimination. Croxall is suing the corporation after being off-air for more than a year following the merger of the BBCs News and World News channels, according to listings for London Central tribunal court for 1 May. ..

Theres some low-stakes pleasure to be had in the first half of the gory new film from the team behind Ready or Not and Scream but things fall apart disastrously Last years handsome gothic horror The Last Voyage of the Demeter and bombastic Nic Cage comedy Renfield allowed Universal the opportunity to present known IP as something fresh, at least on the surface, stories involving Dracula but told in ways we hadnt seen before. They represented a nifty marketing strategy for a back catalogue of ..

The anti-growth coalition, Bank of England and the OBR are among those under fire from Liz Truss Raw free-market economics is missing in action. Somewhere between its 1980s ascendancy and today, the media, politicians, civil service and even the corporate mainstream abandoned small government and low taxes. At the heart of Liz Trusss new book, Ten Years to Save the West , the former prime minister reckons this is the reason for Britains economic drift, alongside unelected technocrats overruling ..

Commission to seek approval from leaders to start talks with UK on visa-free exchanges for 18- to 30-year-olds The European Commission has proposed opening negotiations with the UK to allow mobility enjoyed before Brexit to millions of 18- to 30-year-olds in a major concession. It said it would now seek approval from individual EU leaders to start the talks, which could partly eliminate one of the most controversial elements of Brexit, a block on the right to live in one anothers countries, ..

Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two hundred years ago France should repay billions of dollars to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the islands independence, according to a coalition of civil society groups that is launching a new push for reparations. The Caribbean island state became the first in the region to win its independence in 1804 after a revolt by enslaved ..

Lydia Simon, recovered along with three children born in captivity, was one of 276 schoolgirls taken in 2014 Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok. Lydia Simon was rescued in Gwoza council area, about 95 miles (150km) east of Chibok, from where 276 schoolgirls were seized in April 2014. As many as 82 are still missing a decade after the high-profile mass ..

Mayor says brand Andy move is utterly deliberate as people are sick and tired of Westminster The West Midlands mayor, Andy Street, has said it is utterly deliberate to exclude reference to the Conservative party from his campaign material, as he believes he is fighting an individual campaign and people are sick and tired of Westminster. Street is hoping to be elected to a third term in office in Mays election in a vote that could be the strongest indicator yet as to how the two main parties ..

Vital cystic fibrosis drug and HRT among medications people have struggled to find, as shortages become new normal in UK Patients have described the effect on their health and wellbeing of the new normal of drug shortages in the UK , which has led to three-month delays and 80-mile round trips to acquire medication. Simon Bell, a 43-year-old data analyst from Tyne and Wear, has cystic fibrosis and requires medication that allows him to digest food. For people with cystic fibrosis, the part of ..

Exclusive: Under Whitehall blueprint for water company some lenders could lose up to 40% of their money Thames Water could be renationalised, with the bulk of its 15.6bn debt added to the public purse, under radical plans being considered by the government, the Guardian can reveal. The blueprint, codenamed Project Timber, is being drawn up in Whitehall and would turn Britains biggest water company into a publicly owned arms-length body. Some lenders to its core operating company could lose up ..

Exclusive: police believe attack on dissident journalist was latest example of Tehran hiring criminal proxies to assault its critics in west Three suspects wanted for the stabbing of an Iranian dissident journalist on a suburban London street were from eastern Europe and were hired and flown into Britain to carry out the attack, investigators believe. Pouria Zeraati survived being stabbed in the leg in Wimbledon, south-west London, last month. His television channel, Iran International, had ..

Nursery worker Kate Roughley, 37, accused of manslaughter over death of Genevieve Meehan in May 2022 A Stockport nursery worker accused of killing a nine-month-old baby told the girl to stop your whingeing in the days before she died, a jury has heard. Genevieve Meehan, known as Gigi, was found unresponsive in the baby room at Tiny Toes Nursery in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, on 9 May 2022. Continue reading...