Scheme will follow principles of Sure Start, helping families with infant feeding, mental health and bonding with babies

Bank of England governor Mark Carney says it is not politics but duty that makes him speak out over the risks of the EU referendum.

Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...

Journalist and author Mic Wright on what's really going on behind the headlines, why we don't get the news we deserve.

Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctioned David Hockney adored his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie and let them run riot – so much so that after one had an accident in the LA home of the actor Dennis Hopper, the painter is said to have quipped: “It’ll be dry in the morning, luv, and you can just pick it up.” But Hockney did not just indulge his four-legged companions, he treated them as portrait subjects for a series of paintings, one of which is to be sold by Christie’s. Continue reading...

Photo credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write...

Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans

The victims, aged 61 and 41, were travelling with 10 dogs at the time of the horror crash

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Sunnyfields Farm breaks its own record with a pumpkin portrait of Sir David Attenborough.

The arrivals of two unescorted migrant boats mark the first uncontrolled landings recorded in the UK since 2025.

Bishop’s Stortford funeral director’s charity golf day at Colne Valley raised £12,000 each for Isabel, St Clare, Farleigh and Arthur Rank hospices.

How do we help audiences of today encounter films from the past?

While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.

A new NHS scheme will reward people for walking, but can incentives really turn short-term activity into lasting healthy habits?