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As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’
This story was produced in partnership with the non-profit newsroom Type Investigations and the investigative reporting program at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and JournalismSigita Cahoon’s 16 September 2024 stretched through the night.From 3am to 6am, she bolted among three rooms in the Los Angeles general …
‘My social circles were not leaky’: Prince Harry testifies in court against Daily Mail publisher - live
Antony White KC, for Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), asked the Duke of Sussex about phone conversations he had with Rebecca English, now royal editor at the Daily Mail, during which he allegedly thanked her. Harry said he had no recollection of the calls, but that journalists were people who “we …
‘There is a sense of things careening towards a head’: TS Eliot prize winner Karen Solie
Early on in her latest collection, the Canadian poet Karen Solie apologises: “I’m sorry, I can’t make this beautiful.” The line appears in a poem, Red Spring, about agribusiness and its sinister human impact: the world’s most widely used herbicide, glyphosate, is “advertised as non-persistent; but tell that to Dewayne …
Why are onions turning up on Brighton beach?
Coral Evans was walking along the beach in Brighton on Tuesday evening when she came across an unfamiliar sight. “Hundreds of dust masks had washed up, along with single-use plastic gloves and cans of dried milk,” she said. “It was odd to see in winter – because nothing surprises us …
Melbourne or Sydney (or both!): a holiday in Australia’s biggest cities
Would you rather start the day with a flat white or short black? Drink a schooner of Toohey’s New or a pint of VB? Listen to AC/DC or Amyl and the Sniffers? Marvel at the landmarks of the Sydney Opera House or Flinders Street station? Stay on the south coast …
More gen Z men live with parents in this city than anywhere in the US. How do they date?
Are boys becoming men later?
Airstrikes, helicopters and a snatch squad with a blowtorch: how the US raid on Caracas unfolded
As they were jolted from their beds just before 2am on Saturday, many Caracas residents sought an innocent explanation for the racket that had interrupted their sleep: an exploding air conditioning unit, a tropical thunderstorm, an earthquake. Or perhaps a festive display of pyrotechnics over Venezuela’s mountain-flanked capital.“I thought it …
‘We live with war over our heads’: the Romanian villagers threatened by Russian drones
Intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s Danube ports bring blasts, evacuations and fear of escalation to border communities
Tuesday briefing: A surreal year in news gives our cartoonists endless material
Good morning. It’s been one of those years where the news cycle felt almost too surreal to caricature. From Jeff Bezos commandeering Venice for his lavish wedding at a time of a growing backlash over inequality, to the spectacle of Donald Trump returning to office for a second term, the …
Equal pay settlements for female council workers pass £1bn
GMB union says 30,000 claims settled with six local councils for average of £30,000 and expects 10,000 more in 2026.
‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026
Belgrave RoadManish Chauhan (Faber, January)An affecting tale of loneliness and love in Chauhan’s home town of Leicester, Belgrave Road tells the story of Mira, newly arrived in the UK from India following an arranged marriage, and Tahliil, a Somali cleaner who becomes her lunch partner, and her escape. By day, …
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
When Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returned home to London after six years of arbitrary detention in Iran, she brought back with her a small patchwork cushion. Pieced together from scrap material and made with the single sewing machine available in the prison, it was the product of a communal craft circle.“It’s something …
Use shop loyalty cards, invest, switch savings accounts: six ways to tackle inflation
Inflation measures how much prices rise over time. It is measured officially by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).For its main measure of inflation, the ONS tracks the prices of about 700 everyday goods and services in a representative “basket”. The total cost of this basket forms the consumer prices …
Hillsborough families decry ‘bitter injustice’ that no officers will face disciplinary proceedings
The families of those who died in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster have said it is a “bitter injustice” that no police officer will ever be held accountable for a catalogue of failings set out in the final report of the police watchdog after a 14-year investigation.The Independent Office for Police …
From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers
Tobacco, swiss roll, Irish whiskey, Guinness and monkey nuts: that’s the diet followed by one of the foremost poets of the 20th century.Dylan Thomas’ grocery bill is among a trove of famous writers’ personal documents and letters – many of which are as yet unseen by the public, and have …
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created its hugely popular deposit return scheme
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
Ban on Palestine Action is repugnant and should be lifted, high court told
The proscription of Palestine Action is a repugnant, unprecedented and disproportionate interference with the right to protest, the high court has heard.On the first day of a legal challenge to the ban brought by co-founder Huda Ammori, her lawyer said the group had been engaged in an “honourable tradition” of …
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
Building on the momentum of consumer boycotts against Target and other companies earlier this year, grassroots organizers want American consumers to use their economic power this Thanksgiving weekend to protest the Trump administration’s anti-immigration and anti-DEI crackdowns – and the big corporations that won’t oppose them.
‘Add some whimsy to your life’: Wicked fans bring magic to Leicester Square
Outside one of Leicester Square’s main cinemas, small crowds gathered in shades of green, pink and glitter, a loose palette of fairies and witches.As Wicked: For Good lands in UK cinemas on Friday and this weekend, some fans have decided that simply watching the film isn’t enough. They want to …
‘Add some whimsy to your life’: Wicked fans bring magic to Leicester Square
Outside one of Leicester Square’s main cinemas, small crowds gathered in shades of green, pink and glitter, a loose palette of fairies and witches. As Wicked: For Good lands in UK cinemas on Friday and this weekend, some fans have decided that simply watching the film isn’t enough. They want …
‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system
“There is a gap or a space where Alex should be,” Stacie Davies said. “Wherever I am, she’s not there.” At just 25 years old, her daughter, Alex Davies, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas Eve last year. She had been sent …
Experience: I played the trumpet for 25 hours straight
The first time Joshua Olusanya picked up the trumpet was 15 years ago. Before that, he had tried the drums and the clarinet. They didn’t quite stick. But when he blew my first note on the trumpet, it resonated with him in a way nothing else had. From that moment, …