Concern as scientists say vaccinating adults is more important than inoculating children or booster shotsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHundreds of thousands of people have failed to come forward for their second Covid jab…
Mother pleads for baby injured in Kabul airport attack to be brought to UK
Basbibi Raza says she had been cleared to board evacuation flight and was prevented from returning to reach her sonAfghanistan: live updatesThe mother of a baby who was critically injured when his grandfather, a London minicab driver, died in the Kabul…
‘This place is on the move’: how artists are reviving Cornwall’s St Austell
Project including UK’s tallest ceramic sculpture is raising profile of town often overlooked by holidaymakersTourists have long tended to bypass the Cornish town of St Austell on their way to the surfing beaches of Cornwall’s north coast or the bays an…
The weekend’s best photos: aerial ballet, Premier League fans and wild horses
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Surge in Britons booking ahead for UK holidays in 2022
Thousands of reservations taken for next summer as holidaymakers seek to avoid missing out on propertiesIt is a conundrum that British tourist boards have struggled for decades to solve: how do you persuade holidaymakers to swap sangria in Spain for Bl…
Spate of attacks across UK sparks fear among LGBTQ+ community
Hate crimes related to sexual orientation and gender identity have increased year on year since 2015Two weeks ago, Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, 50, was discovered with a fatal head injury in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, east London. The brutal attack w…
UK councils urged to offer housing and support to fleeing Afghans
Government calls on two-thirds of local authorities yet to come forward to make firm offers of helpAfghanistan: live updatesBritain’s councils have been urged to come forward and provide accommodation and other help for Afghans fleeing the Taliban afte…
Ministers ‘asleep on watch’ over safety of Afghans, says ex-British army chief
Gen Lord Richard Dannatt says ‘unfathomable’ why issue of those who helped British forces was not addressed earlierAfghanistan – live updatesA former head of the British Army has said it is “unfathomable” that the UK government appeared to have been “a…
Why OnlyFans had second thoughts on banning sexually explicit content
Site announced last week it was suspending adult content, only to quickly change its mindFor five days, it looked as if one of Britain’s most successful tech startups was on the verge of a make-or-break gamble, one that would either see it burst on to …
Andrew Neil enters his broom cupboard years | Stewart Lee
Thanks to the arrival of Nigel Farage at GB News, the veteran newsman now finds himself among the mops and DomestosA woman I went on a blind date with in 1988 told me that witches she knew would consort with the devil at midnight, on the meadow by the …