UK inflation in surprise hold at 2.8% as slowing food prices offset transport costs
The Iran conflict has driven up fuel prices. Photograph: Kevin Wheal/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe Iran conflict has...
‘Tax break tart’: hospitality tipped to exploit summer VAT cut on children’s meals
As bosses ridicule the chancellor’s scheme, one venue is offering a £25 ‘kids’ menu of snails and anchovy butter toastRe...
Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?
In today’s newsletter: The far right are using social media to foster division, from Southampton to Belfast, but there a...
U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors
National Security U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 1, leaves 2 survivors June 17, 20261:47 AM ET By ...
Woman says she ‘didn’t understand mental health’ before daughter experiencing acute psychosis killed another child
Girl told mother she thought about killing people ‘all the time’, inquest into 10-year-old Biddy Porter’s death hearsFol...
Vozinha’s mum celebrates hero keeper son from afar
The mother of Cape Verde’s celebrated goalkeeper Vozinha says she watched his heroics on the TV.
Food shortages spark scuffles outside supermarket in Bolivia
Food shortages spark scuffles outside supermarket in Bolivia
BBC presenter Ashley Cain called women ‘slags’, ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’
Exclusive: Cain has been lauded by corporation for his appeal to young men despite history of abusive and misogynistic r...
A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession
Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, liter...
John Lewis injects £20m into Glasgow city centre store in wider branch reboot
Upgrade to Buchanan Galleries part of £50m spend this year and £800m by 2029 to revive appeal of department storesJohn L...
Fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault accused of stranglehold over French business press
Arnault’s addition of leading weekly to stable of publications raises concerns about media ownership in FranceHe is know...
Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms
Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maadi B...