Andrew Sparrow    Succession of legal challenges and parliamentary hurdles have prevented Rwanda deportations policy from being implementedQ: Do you think you will be able to implement this without leaving the European convention of human rights Sunak says he thinks he can implement this without leaving the ECHR.If...

Ben Quinn    Christopher Berry, , and Christopher Cash, , accused of providing prejudicial information to a foreign stateA parliamentary researcher who was arrested last year on suspicion of spying for China has been charged along with another man with espionage offences.Christopher Cash, , who had access...

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent    Official UK figures show jump in deaths from alcohol specific causes from the highest since records began in Alcohol killed a record number of people in as heavier drinking in the Covid pandemic took its toll in the UK, official figures have revealed.Nearly, more people...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent    Researchers find memorable images make time feel slower because we are trying to gather more information about themIf every day appears to go in a blur, try seeking out new and interesting experiences, researchers have suggested, after finding memorable images appear to dilate time.Researchers have...

Geneva Abdul    Coroner opens and closes inquest into workplace death of TV star, pending outcome of criminal investigationThe Gogglebox star George Gilbey died from traumatic injuries to the head and torso after falling from a height at work, an inquest has heard.The year old reality TV star died after an...

Caroline Davies    Corporation says newsreader has left after years of service to allow all parties to move forward’The newsreader Huw Edwards has resigned and left the BBC, the corporation has said.A BBC spokesperson said: Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC. After years of service, Huw has...

Steven Morris    Coroner says Stephen Dymond’s inquest will not be roving inquiry’ into practices of reality TVJeremy Kyle pushed the results of a lie detector test in the face of a guest and called him a serial liar, a pre inquest hearing has been told.The television presenter is accused of leaving Stephen...

Diane Taylor    FoI data reveals about three quarters of people given notices of intent have since been put into asylum systemUK politics latest updatesMore than , asylum seekers threatened with being sent to Rwanda are now having their cases processed in the UK instead.Freedom of information data obtained...

Steven Morris    Teenager charged with attempted murder of two fellow pupils and staff member at Devon boarding schoolA teenager who attacked two fellow pupils with a hammer while they were asleep at a private school boarding house had researched serial killers and what happened to children found guilty of murders,...

Kevin Rawlinson    Gideon Falter, the antisemitism campaigner involved, says Dal Babu’s comments go far beyond victim blaming’An initial account of an exchange between a police officer and an antisemitism campaigner that sparked heavy criticism of Scotland Yard did not show the full picture, a former senior officer...

Eleni Courea and Diane Taylor    As crucial parliamentary vote due to be held, PM blames Labour and Lords for delays to flagship policyUK politics latest updatesThe first deportation flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda will not take off until July, Rishi Sunak has admitted in a significant delay to his flagship illegal...

Jim Waterson Political media editor    The News Agents’ Maitlis to present its general election results coverage alongside Alastair Campbell and Rory StewartChannel has hired The News Agents’ Emily Maitlis to present its general election results coverage alongside the Rest Is Politics’ Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart.Maitlis, who...

Pippa Crerar Political editor    Labour leader uses Telegraph column to emphasise his patriotic stance, but some worry it may alienate ethnic minority votersKeir Starmer has written to all of Labour’s general election candidates urging them to mark St George’s Day with enthusiasm and to fly the flag across the country as he...

Pippa Crerar Political editor    Conservative party inquiry found a pattern of behaviour’ that had fallen below the standard expected of MPsThe former Conservative MP Mark Menzies is quitting the party and parliament after an internal inquiry found a pattern of behaviour that had fallen below the standard expected of MPs.The...

Haroon Siddique    Muhammad cannot afford legal action or , fees, with Rwanda deportation a threat if his wife and children join himSunak pressed to end Rwanda bill impasse by exempting Afghan service veteransA former interpreter for British forces in Afghanistan has had his application to bring his wife and...

Mark Brown    Mayors say cynical’ changes to ID requirements risk disenfranchising thousands of voters at local electionsThousands of voters in the May local elections are at risk of being disenfranchised because of cynical rule changes that make photo ID compulsory, Labour’s metro mayors argue.Mayors...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent    Exclusive: Poll shows voters are put off by such messages and are prepared to show their displeasure at the ballot boxVoters have been left frustrated with desperate culture war tactics deployed by politicians and are prepared to punish those who use them at the ballot box, a survey has found...

David Pegg and Rob Evans    Government auditors must look into claims of complicity in corruption on arms deals with UK, says Labour peerAlleged Ministry of Defence complicity in the national scandal of bribery on arms deals in Saudi Arabia must be investigated by government auditors, a senior Labour politician has said...

Caroline Davies    Clive Myrie and Reeta Chakrabarti appear to lead the field, having frequently stood in for Edwards since his suspension last yearHuw Edwards’ resignation will allow the BBC to formally start the process of appointing a replacement lead presenter for the coveted News at Ten slot.Since Edwards’...

Harriet Sherwood    Thirteen minute video released by Sky News shows more nuanced discussion at pro Palestinian march where officer called man openly Jewish’Coverage of the exchange between Gideon Falter, the chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, and an unidentified Metropolitan police officer during...

Ashley Kirk    There are signs the party’s polling lead is a bit soft. But with the Tories trailing in leadership and economy, experts are not sure it will matterUK general election opinion polls tracker: Labour leading as election loomsUK politics latest updatesAs came to a close, it seemed Ed Miliband...

Pippa Crerar Political editor    Contest being treated as a general election bellwether and some MPs fear complete annihilation’ will spark further Conservative rebellionThe local elections on May have long been regarded as a moment of high peril for Rishi Sunak, with the results likely to anticipate his party’s fate at the...

Rachel Hall    Staff at the Black Dog in Vauxhall certain’ theirs is the pub mentioned in song of the same nameLast Thursday was shaping up to be a normal day for the Black Dog pub in south east London, until its social media traffic mysteriously started ramping up.The reason was that Taylor Swift’s new...

Steven Morris    Folk singer revives music believed to have been rejected by hymn book committees, after she found recordings in archive A trove of Welsh hymns believed to have been cancelled by all male committees because they did not like their open approach to issues such as mental health and addiction has...

Michael Sun    David Beckham shares video of former girl group singing their hit Stop at private club Oswald’s in London, as Mel B hints at a tourThe Spice Girls have reunited for a rare performance featuring all five members at Victoria Beckham’s th birthday party, where they danced to their classic hit Stop...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent    Author also discusses prospect of second Trump presidency and writing about his stabbing in launch event for his book KnifeSalman Rushdie has warned young people against forgetting the value of free speech and discussed the very big and negative impact of a second Trump presidency in a rare...

Mark Brown    Musician had held top roles at Glyndebourne opera and in Chicago, Melbourne and Toronto orchestrasSir Andrew Davis, a conductor who performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras, has died at the age of .Throughout his long career Davis held many roles, including for more than a decade...

Severin Carrell Scotland editor    The Wyllieum will showcase work of social sculptor’ who used humour to make serious criticisms of climate crisis and capitalismHe was the artist who sailed a paper boat past New York, set a straw locomotive on fire over the Clyde, and inserted a question mark into the word sculpture.George Wyllie...

Richard Brooks    Celebrated painter went down the drain from the s’, claims Rebecca John in a new interviewThe granddaughter of Augustus John, Britain’s most famous and successful artist of the early th century, has delivered a damning critique of his later works. Rebecca John, the leading authority on the...

Neha Gohil    Students speak out after a pupil lost her legal challenge against a top London school after it brought in a ban to promote social cohesionIt was in year nine when Hanzla started praying in the playground during lunchtime at his secondary school in Birmingham, despite restrictions from his teachers....

Lisa O'Carroll, Aletha Adu and Rowena Mason    Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would have allowed young Britons to live, study and work in EURishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study or work in the bloc for up to four years.The prime minister declined the...

Caroline Davies    Pilot to explore how to repurpose unused school space to increase capacity for funded childcareAn estimated , additional childcare places would be required by September to enable the government’s planned expansion of funded childcare for working parents in England, according to the...

Richard Adams Education editor    Rising inflation and falling pupil numbers also forcing schools to cut spending on extracurricular activitiesPrimary 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...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor    Exclusive: Study will be aimed at improving medics’ working lives by reducing frequency and repetition of coursesThe amount of time doctors have to spend doing compulsory training will be cut as part of an NHS drive to improve medics’ working lives, the Guardian can reveal.Concern that doctors have...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter    Exclusive: NHS cost threshold has not been raised by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence since People with motor neurone disease have spoken of their devastation over the likely loss of access to a life extending drug due to an NHS cost threshold that has not been raised since...

Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent    Lock ups are being reinvented and marketed as more than just storage amid overcrowding and record rent risesForget the gym membership and juicing regime: the new must have to boost personal wellbeing is a self storage unit.At least, that is the call from a new company urging space squeezed...

Katherine Rose    Katherine Anne Rose spent months documenting the Scottish charity, which welcomes and supports forcibly displaced people with the help of the local communityRefuweegee is a play on the words refugee and weegie, affectionate slang for a Glaswegian. The charity was founded in December by...

Shanti Das and Michael Savage    People affected by serious sexual and violent offences can face large fees to obtain written records from their casesMPs from across the political spectrum have urged the government to remove a barrier to justice that sees crime victims in England and Wales forced to pay hundreds or thousands of...

Matt Fidler    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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Guy Lane    In a speech on welfare changes, Rishi Sunak has said the UK has to change a ’sicknote culture’ in which people take long term leave from work. The prime minister announced fresh curbs on disability benefits, saying he wanted to explore whether some cash payments to claimants with mental health...

Anna White    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world Continue reading...

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