Flashing is a sexual offence, victims say it can have a lifelong impact and experts say it can lead to escalating crimes against women. Why is the police response so often dismissive?Cathkin Braes country park, in south Glasgow, is beautiful. You can s…
England needs to ditch its ‘vaccine just’ strategy for ‘vaccine plus’ instead | Christina Pagel and Martin McKee
Not for the first time, England is Europe’s odd one out – which may be why its neighbours are achieving better Covid outcomesOnly two months after being forced at the last minute to “cancel Christmas” in 2020, Boris Johnson committed to a “cautious and…
Homeowners demand full payout in Ireland’s crumbling homes scandal
Thousands could be left homeless in rural Ireland because of devastating building defectHomeowners in Ireland hit by a devastating building defect that causes walls to “crumble like Weetabix” are set to reject a government compensation scheme unless it…
‘I just wanted to write something funny for my friends’: Torrey Peters on Detransition, Baby
Her novel caused a storm when it was longlisted for the Women’s prize, and is one of the most talked-about of the year. She talks to a writer and trans dad about LGBTQ+ families and the ‘Sex and the City problem’Torrey Peters did not write Detransition…
Tom Daley on love, grief and health: ‘It was hammered into me that I needed to lose weight’
Fresh from winning gold in Tokyo, the diver answers readers’ questions on everything from gay role models to his passion for knitting and the secrets of his successTom Daley, Britain’s most decorated diver, grew up in the spotlight. He was 14 when he m…
Nurses in England to be balloted on possible strike action over pay
Royal College of Nursing says 92% of its members in England believe 3% pay offer is unacceptableThe prospect of nurses in England striking for the first time has drawn nearer after their union decided to ballot members on taking industrial action over …
WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa
World Health Organization’s director general hails ‘historic day’ in fight against parasitic diseaseThe World Health Organization has recommended the widespread rollout of the first malaria vaccine, in a move experts hope could save tens of thousands o…
Ask not what the NHS can do for us … but what we can do for the NHS | Adrian Chiles
We venerate the health service and howl at governments to fund it better. But, as individuals, what can we do to help this institution we profess to love so well?We love the National Health Service. It’s a pure, unconditional love. Most of us have expe…
Tulsi Vagjiani: the woman who lost her family in a plane crash – and found the beauty in her burns
After a tragedy that killed her father, mother and brother, and left her severely scarred, she endured years of taunts and rejection. Now she is fighting for all those with facial disfigurementsTulsi Vagjiani was 10 years old and had been in hospital f…
One in 10 in UK will have diabetes by 2030, charity predicts
Diabetes UK says UK faces a public health emergency unless urgent action is takenAlmost one in 10 people in the UK will have diabetes by 2030 amid alarming levels of obesity, according to a report.About 90% of diabetes patients have type 2, a condition…