Saudi Arabia Carly Booth faces criticism over sponsorship deal with Golf SaudiThe Guardian - Niall McVeighThe Scottish golfer Carly Booth has suffered an online backlash after announcing a sponsorship deal with Golf Saudi in social media posts that were subsequently deleted. In posts on Twitter and Instagram,
Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion: assessing the impactThe GuardianOrganisers of the climate protests that have seen peaceful mass civil disobedience across London over the past two weeks have said the first stage of the “rebellion” is drawing to a close. How much of
Music (UK) ‘I've been harassed and groped’: can the culture of gig-going change?The GuardianDuring the riot grrrl scene of the early 90s, Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna declared: “Girls to the front!” It was a conscious effort to make women in the audience feel safer – but almost three decades
Media Industry New Statesman investigates how rival Spectator obtained interview tapeThe GuardianA dirty tricks row has broken out between two leading political magazines over how one of them came into possession of a recording of the other’s interview with a government adviser who was later sacked.
Liverpool FC Jürgen Klopp insists Liverpool will have no Premier League title regretsThe GuardianJürgen Klopp has said Liverpool will have no cause for regret should they miss out on the Premier League title as this season’s challenge represents the first of many. Liverpool can return to the top the
Gender Equality Women with master's degrees paid less than men without them in EnglandThe GuardianWomen in England with postgraduate degrees still earn less than men with only bachelor’s degrees, while salaries for graduate men are growing at a faster pace than for their female peers, according to
Huawei My way or the Huawei: who could be the cabinet leaker?The Guardian - John CraceFor some time now cabinet meetings might as well have taken place in public. Just on a slight time delay, now that ministers have their phones confiscated on arrival to stop them leaking details of proceedings
Manchester City The FiverThe Guardian - Barry GlendenningSWEET PFA The Professional Footballers’ Association team of the year has been announced, prompting the usual fan outrage, accusations of anti-mediocrity bias and one particularly loud “harrumph” believed
Essex Police Tory local election candidate is punched out canvassing in EssexThe GuardianPolice are investigating an alleged politically motivated attack on a Conservative local election candidate who was punched while out leafleting in Essex. Carla Hales said she was hit multiple times on
World News Antarctica: emperor penguin breeding ground sees sharp decline in populationThe GuardianFor the past three years, virtually nothing has hatched at Antarctica’s second biggest breeding grounds for emperor penguins and the start of this year is looking just as bleak, a new study has found.
Environment Dead crows left at Chris Packham's home in row over killing 'pest' birdsThe Guardian - Matthew WeaverDead crows have been strung up outside the home of the broadcaster and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham after he backed a legal challenge which led to the revocation of licences to kill “pest” birds.
Disability While Britain forces its disabled people to food banks, it is unfit for the 21st centuryThe Guardian - Marsha de CordovaIt is 2019, and the UK is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. But today’s figures released by the Trussell Trust show that more than 1.6 million emergency food parcels were given to people going
Huawei Huawei leak highlights collapse of discipline in May's cabinetThe Guardian - Heather Stewart Political editorLeaks from deep within Theresa May’s bitterly divided administration have become widespread and common: as one despairing official remarked recently, “this government is a sieve”. But the revelation of
Art Kyotographie 2019: the vibe of Japan's new eraThe Guardian - Karin AndreassonKyoto’s annual photographic festival, coinciding with the start of Japan’s new imperial era, will attempt to read the country’s mood and expose its hidden problems. On 1 May Japan enters the Reiwa era.
Politics Tory candidates suspended over racist and inflammatory postsThe GuardianTwo Conservative local election candidates and a woman honoured with an MBE are among 40 new self-professed Tory members who have shared or endorsed racist and inflammatory Facebook posts including Islamophobic
Music (UK) Steam Down Orchestra review – jazz collective share the spiritThe Guardian - Ammar KaliaStep into Steam Down, the weekly jazz jam in south-east London, and you’ll be pulled into a mass of jumping, writhing bodies. Horn notes might screech overhead as a kick drum pounds through your chest
Play buttonFilm (UK) Breaking Habits review – holy smoke: the nun who runs a marijuana farmThe Guardian - Leslie FelperinThe star of this chirpy, amusing if somewhat glib documentary is Sister Kate, formerly Christine Meeusen, a habit-wearing, self-anointed “nun” and businesswoman born in the American midwest who moved California
Music (UK) Elgar: String Quartet; Piano Quintet reviewThe Guardian - Andrew ClementsIn May 1919, the first public performances of Elgar’s String Quartet and Piano Quintet were given in a concert at the Wigmore Hall in London. The programme also included Elgar’s Violin Sonata, which had
Greta Thunberg Like Greta Thunberg, I am on the autism spectrum. She gives me hopeThe Guardian - Charlie HancockRarely have I identified with anything so strongly as when I listened to Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Nobel peace prize nominee, talking to Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Like her,
Play buttonThe Theatre Jekyll & Hyde review – this teenage riot is furious and fearlessThe Guardian - Gareth Llŷr EvansCalling Birmingham Rep’s production of Jekyll & Hyde “bold” doesn’t quite cut it. Far too quaint. Explosive or incendiary is more like it. Performed with fearlessness by the Young Rep company of actors
Opinion (UK) Northern Ireland’s abortion laws are an abomination. Westminster must step inThe Guardian - Polly ToynbeeThey were all there: Northern Ireland’s DUP and Sinn Féin leaders, side by side with the Good Friday agreement’s guarantors, the British and Irish prime ministers. All were gathered at the funeral of Lyra
Slavery UK modern slavery helpline receives over 7,000 calls in a yearThe Guardian - Kate HodalArrests and prosecutions remain thin on the ground despite 62% rise in reports of suspected labour exploitation More than 7,100 suspected victims of modern slavery were identified across the UK in 2018,
Sainsbury's Failed merger leaves Sainsbury's investors fearing there is no plan BThe Guardian - Larry ElliottHigher prices. Lower quality of service. A worse shopping experience. The Competition and Markets Authority could hardly have been more damning as it blocked the proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and
Manchester United Stoney and Turner braced for Manchester United’s WSL challengeThe Guardian - Suzanne WrackEverybody who has played a part this year won’t be forgotten. If we want to compete next season, we will have to evolve and get better Amy Turner The Manchester United defender Amy Turner is not used winning.
Joe Biden Biden joins 2020 race and vows to fight 'everything Trump embraces' – liveGuardian US - Erin Durkin in New York• Biden: ‘We are in a battle for the soul of our nation’ • Former vice-president joins crowded Democratic field • Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.52pm BST A Nevada endorsement Joe
Ukraine Ukraine adopts language law opposed by KremlinThe Guardian - Andrew Roth in MoscowUkraine’s parliament has adopted a law that will require the use of the Ukrainian language in most aspects of public life, a decision supporters say will strengthen national identity but that critics could
Film (UK) James Bond: 25th film launched in Jamaica – but still no titleThe Guardian - Lanre BakareFresh details of plot and cast for the 25th James Bond film have been revealed at an official launch at Ian Fleming’s villa in Jamaica. With the sea in the background, a platter of pears and papaya in
Catherine Pugh Maryland governor calls on Baltimore mayor to resign following FBI raidGuardian US - Guardian staff and agenciesMaryland’s governor has called on the mayor of Baltimore to resign. The state’s governor, Larry Hogan, a Republican, called on Thursday morning for Catherine Pugh to leave office “for the good of the Agents
World News Global youth movements: tell us about your grassroots campaignsThe Guardian - Guardian readersThe past year has seen two of the most powerful youth protest movements in decades. When 16-year-old Greta Thunberg started a school strike calling for climate action, she sparked a global campaign – more
Books Unspeakable by Harriet Shawcross – a personal study of silenceThe Guardian - Elizabeth LowryAt some point one in every 150 children will lose the ability to speak in certain situations, though we still don’t fully understand why. Such children were once thought simply obstinate. As their silence
