Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world

Britons believe the tax system is failing the nation’s pubs, with new polling showing that nearly three-quarters consider business rates unfair

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The late pontiff was a progressive pope who was outspoken on Trump, Gaza, the climate, and more.

Francis will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects Pope Francis’s body will be moved to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday morning where it will lie in state for three days to allow Catholic faithful to pay their final respects ahead of a funeral expected to bring a host of world leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump. The ceremony is scheduled to start 9am Rome (8am BST), and will see Francis’s body leave the Santa Maria residence where he lived and move in a procession into St Peter’s Basilica, entering through the main entrance. Continue reading...

Mistake at Queensland fertility care clinic results in woman unknowingly giving birth to another patient’s baby after embryos mixed up * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast A woman has given birth to another person’s baby after their fertility care provider mixed up their embryos. Monash IVF, which operates across Australia, has apologised after a patient at one of its Brisbane clinics had an embryo incorrectly transferred to her, meaning she gave birth to a child of another woman. Continue reading...

The 2025 Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon, on April 13, will pit humanoid robots against humans in the first race of its kind.

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