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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest Chinese GDP report and UK unemployment data UK wage growth has cooled, todays labour market report shows, but falling inflation means that real pay is actually accelerating. Regular pay (excluding bonuses) rose by 6.0% per year in December-February, a slowdown on the 6.1% recorded in November-January. The latest data suggests the UK labour market continues to cool, albeit at a gradual pace considering the strain ..

Justine Kurlands images capture her unique life raising a child on the road and offer up a joyous escape from the traditional family photo album Continue reading...

A five-day mindful adventure on the Knoydart peninsula one of the last great wildernesses in the UK offers the chance to fully unwind and leap into the unknown Its a relief to lay my rucksack down, plunge hot feet into the cool stream and pause to revel in the fairytale surrounds. Foxgloves stand tall against a cornflower-blue sky, ferns look almost luminous, the water glints in the early summer sunshine. A patch of moss-covered ancient forest provides shade, a cuckoo calls in the distance, ..

Correspondents in Port-au-Prince face danger as they play a vital role in chronicling citys state of siege Each day, Makenson Rmy wakes in the hush of the night to tell the story of his shattered home town, Port-au-Prince. Each day, he fears he might die. I am very worried for the city. I am worried for my family. I am worried for myself too, because at any moment I could go out and never come back, said the Haitian journalist who is responsible for the crack-of-dawn radio broadcasts that help ..

The One Day authors new will-they-wont-they tale, about two divorcees who find themselves walking the Lakes and Pennines, is a great comic novel and superb on the landscape The proximity of the publication of David Nichollss sixth novel, You Are Here , to the screening of the superb Netflix remake of One Day gives the new book an added sense of poignancy. If One Day (2009) saw Nicholls as a writer in his mid-40s looking back nostalgically on the loves and losses of twentysomethings, here we ..

Travelling across Russia in mostly silence, Ilya Povolotskys debut feature has a strange confidence in its own insistent dispiritedness With long journeys in a red camper van, long unbroken shots of shattered Caucasian landscapes, and very long silences between its alienated father and daughter, Ilya Povolotskys debut feature has a strange confidence in its own monumental dispiritedness. I want to know that you have a plan, says the teenager. And that we wont get stuck somewhere outside ..

For days now, every time I try to book, a pop-up menu adds 42 I have been trying for days to book a 520 train and hotel package to Lille in September via the Eurostar website. Each time I enter my card details and hit continue to pay, a pop-up window advises that the trip has increased by an extra 42. Each time I have cancelled the transaction and started again. Each day its still advertised at 520 on the Eurostar site, but the same price increase pops up when I try to pay. It seems Eurostar is ..

From simple lifestyle changes to choosing the right bedding and gadgets that can help Dr Nicola Cann, a sleep consultant and psychologist, says sleeping is a natural process that our bodies are primed for, so there is a lot you can do to improve it without spending anything. Continue reading...

More than 80,000 Nigerian women died from pregnancy-related complications in 2020, a statistic activists say reflects a lack of political will to fix a broken medical system Despite having the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria also loses more women to death in childbirth than most other countries in the world. In 2020, about 82,000 Nigerian women died due to pregnancy-related complications, a slight improvement on the previous year, but an increase on previous decades. The causes of death ..

Investigation launched after trio appear to let He cross line first Kenyas Willy Mnangat says they were all hired as pacemakers Organisers of the Beijing half marathon are investigating the mens race after two Kenyans and one Ethiopian runner appeared to deliberately allow Chinas He Jie to win. Footage of the final few hundred metres of the race seemingly shows Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat of Kenya and Ethiopias Dejene Hailu Bikila slow down and gesture in front of them, encouraging He to ..

NSW premier Chris Minns says a major and serious criminal investigation is under way after incident at Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley, which Anthony Albanese described as extremely concerning Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has pleaded for unity after a terrorist attack at a western Sydney church where a bishop and a priest were stabbed, and a subsequent riot ..

Hes owned by a group of ordinary blokes from Darlington and won at York races in 2022 can he do it again? Plus, Michael Palin heads to Nigeria. Heres what to watch this evening Continue reading...

Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendance Dozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning used to monitor staff attendance after a clampdown by the UKs data watchdog. In February, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) ordered a Serco subsidiary to stop using biometrics to monitor the attendance of staff at leisure ..

Exclusive: rollout of fresh testing for contested rape and murder convictions should have happened a decade ago, Malkinson says Andrew Malkinson has said that an announced rollout of fresh DNA testing for contested rape and murder convictions should have happened a decade ago when the science first became available, a move that would have spared him years in jail. Malkinson was cleared by the appeal court last year after spending 17 years in prison for a 2003 rape he did not commit. His ..

Figures show sales rose 3.5% in March, the first increase above inflation since early in the crisis High street retailers benefited from a jump in consumer spending over the Easter bank holiday weekend, according to industry figures showing an increase in footfall and sales despite the cost of living crisis. Data collected by doorway sensors at thousands of shops across the UK showed footfall increased by 7% compared with Easter 2023 over the four days from Good Friday to Easter Monday, while ..

Supreme court ruling left more than 90% of states surface waters with no pollution protections, since they dont run continuously New Mexicos rivers, which include the Rio Grande, Gila, San Juan and Pecos, are Americas most threatened waterways, according to a new report. This is largely due to a 2023 US supreme court decision that left more than 90% of the states surface waters without federal protections from industrial pollution, according to state officials. Virtually all the rivers in New ..

The former prime minister spent just 49 days in office but wants to stay on the world stage. Her attacks on Biden and praise for Trump are aimed at the populist right In her new book , the former British prime minister Liz Truss directs scathing attacks and mockery at Joe Biden, president of her countrys closest ally. Biden was guilty of utter hypocrisy and ignorance, Truss writes, when the US leader said he disagree[d] with the policy of cutting taxes on the super wealthy in the mini-budget ..

Underwater infrastructure vulnerable to Russian threats, says V Adm Didier Maleterre, after suspected sabotage of gas pipelines The security of nearly 1 billion people across Europe and North America is under threat from Russian attempts to target the extensive vulnerabilities of underwater infrastructure including windfarms, pipelines and power cables, a Nato commander has warned. V Adm Didier Maleterre, the deputy commander of Natos Allied Maritime Command (Marcom), said the network of ..

Humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as 11.6bn pledge slips The UK government has been accused of double counting 500m of overseas aid as climate finance in an attempt to meet its commitments under the Paris agreement . Money for humanitarian work in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia is now being classified as climate finance, according to documents released under a freedom of information request by the website Carbon Brief . Continue ..

What can sound tell us about nature loss? Guardian biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston tells Madeleine Finlay about her visit to Monks Wood in Cambridgeshire, where ecologist Richard Broughton has witnessed the decline of the marsh tit population over 22 years, and has heard the impact on the woods soundscape. As species lose their habitats across the world, pioneering soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause has argued that if we listen closely, nature can tell us everything we need to know about ..

Joining Grace this week is the multi-talented actor, comedian and rapper, Kiell Smith-Bynoe. Long before becoming a household name as the exasperated boyfriend in the hit series Ghosts, Kiell (AKA MC Klayze Flaymz) tells Grace how, as a teenager, he combined his performance skills in the ultimate London arena: the chicken shop. With the taste of success, Kiell and Grace chat about his journey to the stage and screen, via several years working in a call centre for unemployed actors. Answering ..

Teacher retention problems particularly acute in larger Mats, analysis finds Multi-academy trusts (Mats) in England have significantly higher annual turnover of classroom teachers at secondary level than schools maintained by local authorities, analysis has found. Teacher recruitment and retention is a challenge facing all schools but the problem is particularly acute in larger Mats where annual teacher turnover stands at 19.5% on average compared with just 14.4% at the median local authority, ..

It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein? For another five hours and 47 minutes, I can buy a Royal Blue Twist Front Cloak Sleeve Slit Back Dress for $5.90, a Striped Pattern High Neck Drop Shoulder Split Hem Sweater for $8.50, or a Solid Sweetheart Neck Crop Tube Top for $1.90. When todays 90%-off sale ends at 8pm, the crop top will revert to its original price: $4. There are 895 items on flash ..

Mary Dispenza spent years as a nun and working in the church before her buried memories rose to the surface. It was the start of her long journey towards justice and peace Mary Dispenza was almost 50 when sheexperienced her first flashback. At the time, she was in a workshop entitled Sexual Misconduct on the Part of the Clergy, which she had been asked to attend as part of her job in pastoral support for the Roman Catholic archdiocese in Seattle. To this day, she isnt sure what words unleashed ..

In Guardian Australias new series Who screwed millennials, co-host Matilda Boseley spoke to Yanis Varoufakis about how the Australian housing market entrenches inequality. In this bonus episode, we hear more from Varoufakis on the state of the economy, how young people are coping with financial hardship and how capitalism has mutated into something he calls technofeudalism You can subscribe for free to Guardian Australias daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify . Continue ..

There are no easy answers to undoing all the problems driving intergenerational inequality but hope is not lost. Young Australians are increasingly politically influential, making up 43% of voters at the last federal election. Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley call on Guardian Australia political reporter Amy Remeikis and the Australia Institutes chief economist, Greg Jericho , to find out whether this is influencing policy debates on everything from housing to climate change, and how millennials ..

How did a system that was meant to make access to university more equitable end up burdening students with the very $100,000 degrees John Howard promised Australia would never have? Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley talk to the Labor-appointed architect of the higher education contribution scheme to understand why student fees were introduced, who benefited and how he wound up at a dinner party where guests were planning to burn an effigy of him. In part three of Who screwed millennials? we hear ..

How did the government set fire to the Australian housing market? Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley look at how the threat of a communist uprising, a benign sounding tax review and one prime ministers admiration for two world leaders changed the lives of young Australians You can subscribe for free to Guardian Australias daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Read more: Continue reading...

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as a series of broken promises. In episode one of this new series from Guardian Australia, Full Story co-host Jane Lee and reporter Matilda Boseley sort through these broken promises, investigating why young people are living in a time of such economic strain. In this episode, we hear from a handful of experts featured in Who ..

Iowa star chosen with first pick by Indiana as widely expected LA take Brink with No 2 pick while Chicago tab Cardoso at No 3 WNBA draft 2024: all the picks as they happened Clark can take womens basketball to a level never seen before Caitlin Clarks professional basketball career took flight on Monday night when the University of Iowa star was selected by the Indiana Fever with the No 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft. The all-time scoring leader in major college basketball history, whose ..

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