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The 33-year-old Scot has overcome misogyny and abuse and, she tells Donald McRae, is proud of becoming the first woman to take charge of a men’s Six Nations match

Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.

Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters

Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise

Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner

Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner

Target CEO Brian Cornell plans to step down Feb. 1. He helped reenergize the company but has struggled to turn around weak sales in a more competitive retail landscape.

Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer, as the company faces slumping sales and backlash to its retreat on DEI.

Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

Trump voices increasing irritation with Russia’s leader and promises to send more weapons to Ukraine. Key US politics stories from 8 July 2025

More than 8,000 people, including almost 300 children, are on waiting list, as NHS sees sharp drop in donors

The home tests will be offered so that women can check for cervical cancer without visiting a GP.

The latest estimate from CBO comes at a delicate moment for negotiations over the party-line package Republican leaders want to finalize in the coming hours.

Habeas corpus – a Latin phrase meaning ‘you shall have the body’ – protects any person, whether citizen or not, from being illegally confined. It’s a crucial element of US law.

The president has slashed $400m in funding from Columbia University. He wants to stifle criticism of Israel – but the real target is dissent, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Why Trump clings to Putin.

The UK needs UK needs machinery to anticipate and coordinate its US strategy.

A waste-water surveillance network of strategic international airports could quickly detect outbreaks of new diseases – and provide early warnings of future pandemics

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team said that it had “terminated” 89 of the department’s contracts, apparently targeting its research arm.

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In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO”

A new and original study has mapped our MPs on a left-right scale. What does it tell us about the people who govern us, in the East and nationally?