‘A southern economy in the north’: how Warrington has adapted to change

Good transport links and the quietly booming nuclear sector are helping the Cheshire town to thrive ...

Afternoon Update: protesters march on Invasion Day; heatwave hits SA and Victoria; and a ‘nation of rich cowards’

Demonstrations across major cities see Invasion Day rallies and anti-immigration March for Australia marches on Australia Day ...

Starwatch: Moon occultation will ‘wink out’ Pleiades star cluster

Seven sisters constellation’s brightest members will be hidden from view for about an hour ...

‘Eternally spellbinding’: the TV shows that baffle you – but you can’t get enough of

Crimefighting nuns, giant killer white balloons and Aubrey Plaza getting stuck in a wall … here are your favourite ever mind-bending TV series ...

BBC faces ‘profound jeopardy’ without funding overhaul, Tim Davie says

Exclusive: Outgoing director general indicates support for update to licence-fee model as part of wider changes ...
Opinion

Labour’s Burnham veto has made a tricky Manchester byelection much harder

Preventing the mayor from returning to Westminster deprives the party of its most potent candidate in Gorton and Denton ...

Country diary 1976: A journey through the watery jungles of the past

As I took a marsh boat through the Norfolk swamps, lapwings and golden plover circled round and mallard rose from the plashes ...

Country diary: Bursts of white in the winter murk

As chief clothes-washer in our home, I see egrets and snowdrops and wonder how anything living in the marsh or riverbank can stay so clean ...

Australia news live: clashes between anti-immigration and Invasion Day protesters in Melbourne; residents near out-of-control bushfire in Victoria urged to evacuate

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Opinion

Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work

Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off ...

‘It was a little scary at times’: the hilarious, heartbreaking film about one man’s riotous death

When André Ricciardi found out he had cancer, he asked a friend to film his final years. André Is an Idiot, the result, mixes in stop-motion puppetry to create an astonishing record of an extraordinar ...

We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home – podcast

Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We fear our exile will never endThis story, republished ...