Patients urge others to get jabs in new video, as 16- and 17-year-olds in England are offered first dosesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYoung patients experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid have urged people to…
Jeanie Finlay: ‘I don’t film alpha males. They don’t need more exposure’
She spent a year in her room as a teenager, and now makes heart-wrenching documentaries about people looking for safe spaces in record shops, on goth cruises – and even on the set of Game of ThronesThere are many wonderful moments in the films of Jeani…
UK’s most deprived areas have highest number of gambling outlets – report
21% of Britain’s gambling outlets are in the poorest tenth of the country, with 2% in the most affluent zonesThe UK’s most deprived areas have more than 10 times the number of betting shops than the most affluent parts of the country, research shows.Ga…
Labour to pledge shake-up of universal credit as part of wider ‘new deal’
Shadow work and pensions secretary expected to propose taper rate reduction that will be first element of social security overhaulLabour will promise on Monday to overhaul the universal credit system by allowing low-income workers to earn more without …
Love Island and the concerns about psychological distress that won’t go away
Contestants get more support after Caroline Flack and two islanders took their own lives but experts remain uneasy over formatIt has been a series full of drama, dumpings and more than a few heads turning at Casa Amor. But, after eight weeks, Love Isla…
The more children know of the natural world, the more they’ll want to protect it | Lucy Jones and Kenneth Greenway
Too many British children are deprived of nature. If they can’t recognise a swift, will they care if it doesn’t come back? When the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report was published in early August, it confirmed what was already being…
Denser cities could be a climate boon – but nimbyism stands in the way
Drawing people into cities could cut emissions and combat housing crises. But even progressives are hard to convinceIn San Francisco’s Sunset District, rows and rows of pastel-colored, two-storey homes flow from the edge of Golden Gate park into the sa…
Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts
According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency?Dr Anna Lembke, a world-leading expert on addiction, is concerned …
NHS data grab on hold as millions opt out
A plan to share GP data was set to launch in September, but an online summer campaign has prompted widespread dissentMore than a million people opted out of NHS data-sharing in one month in a huge backlash against government plans to make patient data …
When power thrives on unspoken fear, bravery is in saying ‘I am afraid’ | Nick Cohen
Admitting cowardice is a subversive act within cultures that demand lip serviceMost of us aren’t brave. We wouldn’t protest in the streets of Kabul as armed and triumphant clerical reactionaries fingered their guns. I am hardly breaking news when I say…