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  • Rachel Reeves

    Rachel Reeves
    Treasury will ‘hardwire’ growth into tax and spending decisions

  • Man in beekeeper outfit and mask with long blue protective gloves removes bees from roof

    Heritage
    Bees move out while National Trust house in Wales gets new roof

    • Live
      Middle East crisis: Marwan Issa, key Hamas organiser behind 7 October attacks, killed, says US

    • Migration
      Families of missing say they were asked to pay hundreds for information on relatives

    • Electricity grid
      £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain expected to spark tensions along route

    • Football
      English regulator close as government confirms ‘historic’ bill

    • Live
      End of an era as Japan ends negative interest rates; Unilever cutting 7,500 jobs

    • Environment
      Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds

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Spotlight

  • Maybelle Blair beaming

    The people who started again in their 90s
    ‘I was in the closet for 95 years. Then that door blew open!’

    It’s never too late and you’re never too old – at least according to the nonagenarians who are coming out, completing PhDs and publishing their first books in their 10th decade
  • Slave Play at the Noël Coward theatre in London.

    ‘What’s the big deal?’
    London Black Out night welcomed despite No 10 concerns

  • Weaver ants crawling over each other in a pile

    Empire of the ants
    What insect supercolonies can teach us

    The long read: People have long drawn comparisons between ant societies and human ones – but in fact they are a reminder of how limited our influence on the world really is
  • Ade Adepitan in front of a collection of Afrikaner busts in Orania, South Africa

    Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure review
    A woeful failure to challenge racism

    Ade Adepitan is a charming presenter, but his ‘chilled-out’ approach to entering a ‘whites-only’ South African town is utterly feeble. At points, his passivity is borderline offensive
    • Buying a house at auction illustration

      Money hacks
      How to successfully buy a home at a UK property auction

    • Evalina Dias, a project manager at Djass, Portugal’s Association of African Descendants.

      ‘It’s a really big threat’
      Portuguese communities on the rise of the far right

    • 2004, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLE<br>JIM CARREY &amp; KATE WINSLET Character(s): Joel Barish &amp; Clementine Kruczynski Film 'ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND' (2004) Directed By MICHAEL GONDRY 19 March 2004 SSC8574 Allstar/FOCUS FEATURES **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of FOCUS FEATURES and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To FOCUS FEATURES is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

      Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at 20
      A love story that’s impossible to forget

    • Driving licence renewal application for driver aged over 70.

      Consumer champions
      After 40 years driving, DVLA now says my mother never passed a test

  • An illustration showing a young girl climbing over a stile, surrounded by beautiful woodland.

    As a child, I roamed Dartmoor – and it shaped me. But across England, that freedom is being trampled on

    Rosie Jewell
    How can we expect people to care for the countryside if they are denied access to it? We must fight for our right to roam, says illustrator and graphic designer Rosie Jewell
  • Aya Nakamura performing on stage in 2019.

    Aya Nakamura is a proud Black woman. Is that why she’s not ‘French enough’ for the Paris Olympics?

    Rokhaya Diallo
  • A placard of the  Ghanaian flag above its coat of arms saying "queer Ghanaian lives matter" attached to railings outside a building

    Men enthusiastically express their heterosexuality in Ghana, so why is being queer so unacceptable?

    Elliot Kwabena Akosa
    Ghana is the latest state to suppress LGBTQ people, calling us un-African. But the ‘traditional culture’ they seek to protect was imposed by colonialism
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    Boarding schools can do tremendous harm. Charles Spencer’s bleak memoir proves it

    Gaby Hinsliff
    Many boys educated privately hand their trauma to the next generation – and, dangerously, to those who are raised to govern, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
    • Children in Gaza try to get food relief.

      Famine is ‘imminent’ here in north Gaza – and I’m watching it begin to unfold

      Mahmoud Shalabi
    • Ben Jennings on Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in the Russian election – cartoon

      Cartoon
      Ben Jennings on Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in the Russian election

    • Zoe Williams

      If I give away a kidney, will it make me a better person?

      Zoe Williams
    • Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak

      Loyalty was once the glue that held the Tories together. But now they’ve come unstuck

      Simon Jenkins

Editorials & Letters

  • Vladimir Putin

    The Guardian view
    Russia’s election: in Stalin’s footsteps

  • Vaughan Gething

    The Guardian view
    Britain’s non-white political class: supporting change by embodying it

  • Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

    Letters
    Labour has not got long to find its moral compass

  • Bernie Grant and Diane Abbott (both standing) at the Labour party's annual conference in Blackpool in October 1988.

    Letters
    My late husband, Bernie Grant, received vicious abuse like Diane Abbott

  • Korean fans of Son Heung-min at Tottenham hold up a banner saying: 'We are from Sonny's hometown'

    Cultural division of football fans only serves those who wish to exploit it

    Jonathan Liew
    The battle between ‘true fans’ and ‘plastics’ weakens the ties between supporters and their inclination to unite and organise
  • Heather Knight scored a half century to help England defeat New Zealand in the first T20 in Dunedin.

    Cricket
    England Women begin tour of New Zealand with T20 win

  • Ed Miliband wearing a dark jacket and a red tie

    Net zero
    Sunak and ministers stoking division over UK target, warns Ed Miliband

  • Insulate Britain protest in London in 2021

    Environmental activism
    Climate protesters in England and Wales lose criminal damage defence

  • Cows poke their heads through fences to eat dry food from a trough

    Environment
    ‘Bewildering’ to omit meat-eating reduction from UN climate plan

  • Makeshift homes in dusty, arid conditions.

    South Sudan
    Country closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave

  • Composite showing the Garrick Club and some of its members

    Exclusive
    Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of UK establishment

    Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women
  • Nicholas Boys Smith takes a notably different stance to Rishi Sunak’s recent ‘plan for drivers’.

    Transport
    Boost walking and cycling in towns and cities, urges UK government adviser

  • Anne-Marie performs at Utilita Arena Cardiff

    Concert tickets
    ‘Sneaky’ fees add up to 25% to price, says Which?

  • West Midlands police and crime commissioner Simon Foster.

    West Midlands
    Police commissioner wins case to stop his powers being given to Tory mayor

    • ‘Extreme road rage’
      Man jailed for ramming motorcyclist off Milton Keynes bridge

    • Counter-terrorism
      More young people being radicalised online, says senior UK officer

    • Home Office
      Attempt to deport UK-born man was illegal, judge says

    • P&O Ferries
      Company has paid some crew less than half UK minimum wage

    • Barack Obama
      Former US president drops in on Rishi Sunak on London trip

    • Rose Dugdale
      English debutante turned IRA bomb maker dies aged 83

  • Shibuya Shopping District, Tokyo.

    Japan
    Interest rates raised for first time since 2007

  • Elon Musk

    Elon Musk
    Billionaire replies to post by far-right Austrian linked to Christchurch terrorist after X account restored

    • China
      Killing of teenager sparks debate about ‘left behind’ children

    • France
      Michelin hails ‘cultural dynamism’ as 52 restaurants earn first stars

    • King Charles III
      False death story spread by Russian media outlets

    • Peter Navarro
      US supreme court denies Trump ally’s bid to avoid prison

    • Russia
      West condemns ‘undemocratic’ election as results show Putin landslide

    • Donald Trump
      Lawyers say he can’t post bond civil fraud judgment

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  • Charles Sobhraj in The Real Serpent: Investigating a Serial Killer.Investigating a Serial Killer.

    TV tonight
    Who is The Serpent? Charles Sobhraj faces a real-life interrogation

    In this intense series, the convicted killer is asked about murders he has never been tried for. Plus: The Hairy Bikers Go West comes to a poignant end. Here’s what to watch this evening
  • RuPaul and friends, taken from his memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings.

    The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir by RuPaul review
    Poignant, egotistical and often wise

  • Images from Mandy Barker’s Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Imperfections.

    ‘People are anaesthetised to seeing rubbish everywhere’
    The book unearthing waste in our seas

  • Awestruck … Kip Anderson, a lamb and Kameron Waters in Christspiracy: The Spirtuality Secret

    Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret review
    Jesus was a vegetarian and other entertaining tosh

  • Diana Huia (Acushla-Tara Kupe) and Wiki (Vanessa Rare) in The Gone

    The Gone review
    It’s the rich, warm characters that make this thriller so compelling

  • Motherboard is a smartphone documentary feature about motherhood, recorded over 20 years by BAFTA winning British director Victoria Mapplebeck.

    Motherboard review
    Enthralling smartphone self-portrait of family life

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Diversity in banking

  • Young african woman writing on whiteboard during meeting in office. Business people having meeting in office.

    Social mobility in finance
    The new scheme tackling banking’s class ceiling

  • Businesspeople standing at desk in office and talking, black man looking at computer monitor. Diverse teamwork discussing strategy.

    ‘Representation matters’
    How a bank is supporting students from diverse backgrounds seeking a career in finance

  • Teamwork in creative meeting brainstorming innovative business strategy standing in boardroom.

    Ready for a comeback?
    The hiring scheme targeting workers on a career break

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    '100% the right path'
    Could an apprenticeship in finance work for you?

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  • Bike near medieval buildings in Brent Eleigh on the Wolf Way

    In the company of wolves and kings
    Suffolk’s new medieval cycle trail

    The Wolf Way – a magnificent, not too hilly, cycling route – takes in the county’s myths, market towns and Gainsborough landscapes
  • Hake with clams, chorizo and manzanilla in an iron pot with handles on a tablecloth next to a bowlful of it, a plate of torn bread, a bowl of clam shells and a wine glass

    Spanish food and drink
    José Pizarro’s recipe for hake with clams, chorizo and manzanilla

  • Palais Galliera in Paris, mounts a retrospective of fashion photographer Paolo Roversi (pictured with Claire Foy in 2020).

    Fashion Statement
    From Barbie to Naomi to Paolo Roversi, the style shows you have to see

  • Composite image of hands holding elements of handbag restoration including cleaner and scrubbing brush

    ‘Let’s give her a relaxing spa day’
    How to restore a leather handbag at home

  • Lemon drizzle cake

    Tarunima Sinha’s spring bakes
    Lemon drizzle, pistachio and blood orange, egg-free date

  • Serious tabby cat, not Tiggy but a model

    The pet I'll never forget
    Tiggy the serial killer, who ruled the house with naked menace

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  • Composite of a woman and man closely face to face while a person at left walks away

    Intimate details
    Tell us: how did your relationship survive infidelity?

  • Fridge magnet souvenirs in a closed shop window in Bridlington in north Yorkshire.

    Life and style
    Tell us about your holiday fridge magnets

  • Employers in Britain have been cutting vacancies, as unemployment figures rose, driven by more young people and older people outside the labour force.

    Business
    UK employers: what kind of vacancies have you been struggling to fill?

  • Copyright Sarah Lee - The operating theatre of the BPAS Abortion Clinic in Streatham. Pictured are the Abortion Register, the Anesthetic machine and an ultrasound scanner.

    Abortion
    UK patients: have you waited more than two weeks for a surgical abortion?

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  • A male Asian elephant with tusks stands in a road through jungle as a rickshaw skirts around it and others drivers wait for it to pass

    Environment
    Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka

    Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decade
  • An offshore island in Kinmen, an archipelago controlled by Taiwan but just a few kilometres from China.

    Kinmen island
    In the busy waters between China and Taiwan, the de facto border is being tested

  • Noya Lee in Taipei, Taiwan. She is sitting in front of a red slippery slide in a park and gazing into the distance

    24 in 2024
    Salsa parties, stinky tofu and being queer in Taiwan

  • Silvio Berlusconi gesturing with his hands, in front of a large artwork.

    Bulletproof windows and ‘bunga bunga’
    Berlusconi’s palace to be used by world’s press

  • BRIAN MULRONEY CAMPAIGNING DURING CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTION IN QUEBEC, CANADA - 1984<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sipa/REX/Shutterstock (110839a) BRIAN MULRONEY BRIAN MULRONEY CAMPAIGNING DURING CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTION IN QUEBEC, CANADA - 1984

    Brian Mulroney obituary
    Former Canadian PM

  • A philippine eagle observes the jungle

    Pythons for bait and dodging militias
    On the trail of the rare ‘monkey-eating’ eagle

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    'Acting like a loan shark’
    Church of England under fire over vicar’s widow falling £313,000 in debt

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    ‘People question everything now’
    How Kate’s photo scandal rips up the rules for royals and the media

  • Fog moving through cloud forest trees in the Tandayapa Valley on the western slope of the Andes mountains, Ecuador.

    Science
    Should forests have rights? – podcast

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    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
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    The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same – podcast

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    Booze, jigsaws and rainbows
    Revisiting Ray’s a Laugh

    First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, a new version of Richard Billingham’s seminal photobook features fresh images and the same stark depiction of poverty that feels more relevant than ever
  • Tamara Singer (L) and Angelita Eriksen gather seaweed near Flakstad.

    From ocean to plate
    The female-led seaweed company – in pictures

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    Star Wars coins, a new Banksy and a big cat

  • A school of barracudas at the North Seymour Island dive site in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador.

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