Union Jacks and the crosses of St George have begun to appear on lampposts up and down the UK in recent days. Much of the...

The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the rise of malnutrition in Gaza's children.

“Congress pays for bombs that kill kids in Gaza!” Ben Cohen, the 74-year-old co-founder of the ice cream company, shouted before being yanked away by a police officer.

We know some medications work differently in men and women. Why is it taking so long for studies to reflect this, asks author Caroline Criado Perez

Podcast Episode · Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip · 19/03/2025 · 1h 8m

We use the law for a better world. We know that the law, in the right hands, can be a fair and decent force for good. It is a practical tool for positive change and can make amazing things happen.

Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right Nigel Farage is a “political fraud and hypocrite” who is “cosplaying” as a working-class champion in order to win votes at this week’s local elections, the UK’s most senior union chief has warned. In a stark rejection of the Reform UK leader’s attempts to court the trade unions, Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, said there were “massive contradictions” in Farage’s positions on issues ranging from workers’ rights, the economy, industry and Brexit. Continue reading...

Newcastle's Snakes With Tits are back with new EP Tangents. If you love your music ethereally fuzzy, drenched in reverb and with stoner guitar grooves, this one's for you.

Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump

Forty years on, the Band Aid song continues to generate debate about the way it presents Africa.

Official figures put price of event at £72m but anti-monarchy group Republic says real cost is likely much more