23rd January 2022

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds one in five homes rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘require improvement’ by CQC

US researchers show negative version of placebo effect behind many symptoms such as headaches and fatigue

Disgraced former PM and one-time ship’s crooner resorts to joke phone invitations to ‘bunga bunga’ parties

There is always an alternative to a custodial sentence, says Rona Epstein, an honorary research fellow

But the fight is not won yet. MPs will still have to confirm the decision of the Lords on this. And this is only one of the authoritarian anti-protest measures in this Bill. #PolicingBill #ProtestIsNotACrime— Dave Timms (@davetimms) January 17, 2022

Currently used in the United States to disperse crowds and tested by the Greek government against migrants crossing the sea, their use is controversial.

‘From his perspective, with troops in place and the West so distracted and divided, there may never be a better opportunity to invade,’ said the former defence minister

Mr Johnson is keen to ensure no new damning revelations emerge, and could reward the sacked minister who ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ for his silence

Some families say purifiers turned down by heads prioritising cleaning and open windows in absence of DfE guidance

Experts on whether getting Covid is inevitable and why, despite claims of ‘mildness’, the variant is highly dangerous

Blanket of ash hinders communications from towns believed to have been inundated by waves as first surveillance flights departs

Covid-19 has made the rich richer while poverty has increased, the charity Oxfam says.

Two days on, the scale of the damage is unclear, with communications extremely limited.

Gracie Spinks, 23, is thought to have been killed by a former colleague who stalked her.

Briton Malik Faisal Akram died in the standoff with police after taking four hostages.