The GuardianHelicopters Nasa’s Mars helicopter in first powered, controlled flight on another planet verified_publisherThe Guardian - AgenciesNasa’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has completed the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, the space agency has announced. The small helicopter successfully took flight on the red planet on...
The GuardianIndia News Indian expansion of Covid vaccine drive may further strain supplies verified_publisherThe Guardian - Michael SafiIndia has announced it will soon open its vaccination programme to every adult in response to soaring Covid-19 infections – a measure that could further strain supplies in parts of the world reliant on...
The GuardianRental Housing Home ownership unaffordable despite 95% mortgages, analysis shows verified_publisherThe Guardian - Pamela Duncan, Hilary Osborne and Niko KommendaThe government’s scheme to turn generation rent into generation buy will not help single thirtysomethings get on the property ladder in much of England and Wales, Guardian analysis has found. The mortgage...
The GuardianShaving Female shaving: why women are removing their facial hair – from chin growth to peach fuzz verified_publisherThe GuardianName: Female face shaving. Age: That’s not a question you ask a lady. Not you. I meant the practice of women shaving their faces. Ancient, apparently. Japanese prints dating from the 16th century show...
The GuardianCelebrity (UK) Sophie and Edward: what key role after death of Prince Philip could mean verified_publisherThe Guardian - Caroline DaviesIn the immediate aftermath of the Duke of Edinburgh’s death, the royal who most regularly visited Windsor, gracing television screens and newspaper photographs, was the Countess of Wessex. Through Sophie,...
The GuardianIndia News India to go on England’s Covid travel ‘red list’ on Friday verified_publisherThe Guardian - Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondentIndia will be added to England’s travel “red list” from 4am on Friday, Matt Hancock has announced, as surge testing got under way to tackle a growth in cases of a coronavirus variant first discovered the...
The GuardianThailand Thailand and Cambodia rush to halt waves of Covid cases verified_publisherThe Guardian - Rebecca Ratcliffe in BangkokAfter managing to control the coronavirus for much of 2020, Thailand is battling a fresh outbreak of Covid-19, with officials setting up thousands of beds in field hospitals and warning the public to at...
The GuardianSurveillance Author’s killer ‘thought victim was working with Putin to spread Covid’ verified_publisherThe GuardianA children’s author and parish councillor died after a neighbour with mental health issues shot him in the face and stamped on his head, believing he worked for Vladimir Putin and was to blame for the...
The GuardianGrenfell Tower Grenfell residents were treated as ‘sub-citizens’, inquiry told verified_publisherThe Guardian - Robert Booth Social affairs correspondentGrenfell Tower residents told the council landlord three months before the disaster they were “seriously concerned” that people might die in a fire, but their fears were not properly addressed and they...
The GuardianClimate ‘Relentless’ climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report verified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThere was a “relentless” intensification of the climate crisis in 2020, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The coronavirus pandemic made the accelerating impacts of global heating...
The GuardianBerlin How we made Christiane F – the shocking cult film about a child heroin addict verified_publisherThe Guardian - Interviews by Erik MorseNatja Brunckhorst, played Christiane F The director Uli Edel and his team came to my school. I was sitting there eating an apple. Uli’s assistant came up and said: “We’re looking for girls for a film....
The GuardianClothing ‘It looks terrible and it’s going in the bin’: the lockdown outfits readers won’t miss verified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian readersMy Adidas Stan Smith trainers. They are size 3, white, although now cracked and muddy, with brownish laces. They feel soft and moulded to my feet. I’ve worn them every day since the beginning of lockdown,...
The GuardianRace & Ethnicity No 10 race report tries to normalise white supremacy, say UN experts verified_publisherThe Guardian - Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondentA controversial report into racial disparities in the UK attempts to “normalise white supremacy” and the government should reject its findings, UN human rights experts have warned. The report by the Commission...
The GuardianEuropean Super League Super League players face World Cup and Euros ban, warns furious Uefa chief verified_publisherThe Guardian - Sean IngleUefa’s president, Aleksander Ceferin, has insisted that players who join the new European Super League will be banned from World Cups and European Championships if the breakaway materialises. Ceferin it...
The GuardianRemote Working Britons working at home spend more time on job in Covid crisis, ONS finds verified_publisherThe Guardian - Richard Partington Economics correspondentPeople working from home during lockdown spend more time at their jobs and are less likely to be promoted or take time off sick, but are paid above average wages, according to an official study. Documenting...
The GuardianAlexei Navalny Alexei Navalny moved to hospital as fears grow for life of Putin critic verified_publisherThe Guardian - Andrew Roth in MoscowAlexei Navalny has been transferred to a prison hospital as concerns have grown among supporters that the Russian opposition leader is dangerously ill and could die “at any minute”. Navalny’s transfer...
The GuardianUK Knife Crime Fishmongers’ Hall terror attack witness describes holding dying victim verified_publisherThe Guardian - Kevin Rawlinson and agencyA witness to the Fishmongers’ Hall terror attack in central London has described holding one of the victims in his arms and telling her she was loved as she lay dying. Gareth Evans, a former HMP Grendon...
The GuardianEnvironment Environment protest being criminalised around world, say experts verified_publisherThe Guardian - Matthew TaylorPeaceful environmental protesters are being threatened, silenced and criminalised in countries around the world including the UK and the US, according to some of the world’s leading climate scientists...
The GuardianCivil Service Johnson defends top civil servants amid Greensill scandal verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jessica Elgot Deputy political editorBoris Johnson has insisted there are not “loads of people” working as civil servants while also employed by a business, after at least two senior officials in Whitehall were revealed to have worked simultaneously...
The GuardianMiddle East Ever Given crew fear joining ranks of seafarers stranded on ships for years verified_publisherThe Guardian - Ruth MichaelsonFor two years Mohammad Aisha has been the lone resident of an abandoned container ship marooned off Egypt in the Gulf of Suez. If he needs to charge his phone, get drinking water or buy food, he has to...
The GuardianFootball (Soccer) José Mourinho sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager verified_publisherThe Guardian - Sachin Nakrani and Fabrizio RomanoJosé Mourinho has been sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur. His position has come under increasing scrutiny following a run of form that has left Spurs dumped out of the Europa League by Dinamo Zagreb...
The GuardianShoes ‘Most expensive isn't necessarily best’: how to buy running shoes online verified_publisherThe Guardian - Stuart HeritageAlthough non-essential shops in England and Wales are allowed to reopen, some things remain easier to buy than others. Take running shoes, for instance: finding the right pair usually involves spending...
The GuardianHuawei Huawei ‘may have eavesdropped on Dutch mobile network’s calls’ verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jon Henley Europe correspondentThe Chinese telecoms equipment supplier Huawei was able to monitor all calls made on one of the Netherlands’ largest mobile phone networks, according to a confidential report seen by the Dutch newspaper...
The GuardianTV Series Game of Thrones at 10: can a deluge of publicity preserve its legacy? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Graeme VirtueIt’s time to crack open Cersei’s favourite Dornish wine and fill an incongruous takeaway coffee cup to the brim: Game of Thrones is 10 years old. To mark the occasion, HBO has inaugurated the Iron Anniversary,...
The GuardianUK Supreme Court UK supreme court gets second female judge as Lady Justice Rose joins verified_publisherThe Guardian - Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondentAppointment fails to quell concerns about all-white court’s lack of diversity Lady Justice Rose has joined the supreme court, doubling the number of female justices in the UK’s highest court in an appointment...
The GuardianSexual Harassment Ex-MP Jared O’Mara sanctioned over sexual harassment complaint verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jessica Elgot Deputy political editorThe former Labour MP Jared O’Mara has been sanctioned by the House of Commons for an “abuse of power” and the sexual harassment of a former staffer, sending her “inappropriate messages and approaches”....
The GuardianEuropean Super League Boris Johnson says government will try to stop European Super League verified_publisherThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentBoris Johnson has promised the government will “look at everything we can do” to block a plan by six leading English football clubs to join a breakaway European Super League, amid rising anger among politicians...
The GuardianComedy That’s not all folks: why is there so much animated TV for adults? verified_publisherThe Guardian - Graeme VirtueIn the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it, once and for all The phrase “The Simpsons did it first” gets...
The GuardianBrexit Half of Brexit supporters were not ‘left behind’ red wall voters verified_publisherThe Guardian - Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondentThe notion that the typical Brexit supporter was a working-class voter “left behind” in a red-wall constituency or dilapidated seaside town has been upended by research that shows half of leave voters...
