Bodybuilding slang referring to making someone else look inferior was among entries concerning AI and climate crisisMogging – meaning to outperform or outshine someone or something – has been named Collins’s word of the year 2026.Announcing the winner in an article for Collins, t...
The prime minister wants an ‘honest discussion’ about how immigration has changed since Brexit Good morning. In a Today programme interview broadcast this morning at 8.10am, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, ended by saying this about her plans to tighten the rules that determ...
iPhone maker’s says decision to raise prices has offset some of impact, as revenues are stronger than expectedBusiness live – latest updatesApple has warned of an “unprecedented” rise in memory chip prices, as it battles with datacentres to lay its hands on supplies.The iPhone ma...
Polls open across the US where key Senate and House races will decide which party controls Congress for remainder of Donald Trump’s second termSign up for the Breaking News US emailWhat are the races to watch and why do they matter?It’s Tuesday 3 November, which means that after ...
Australia says easing of rules has led to surge in British visitor numbers, putting pressure on local workforceThe Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has told Andy Burnham he is looking at changing rules for British backpackers in Australia, after an increase in the num...
Merz said the German push to increase defence spending was triggered by Zelenskyy and Trump’s meeting last yearUkraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to make an unexpected visit to Berlin for talks with German chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of next week’s trilateral talk...
About 400 staff affected by closure at both Mater’s Brisbane and Springfield hospitals, with financial sustainability of pathology business a factorGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn-house pathology services at one of Queensland’s biggest hospitals will...
Up to 25% of 16,000 workforce could go as telecoms group says it will increase use of AI in areas including customer serviceBusiness live – latest updatesVirgin Media O2 is to cut thousands of jobs in an £800m cost-cutting drive as the telecommunications company aims to tackle it...
Parents of teenager stabbed in Southampton last year hit out at political ‘game’ played with son’s murderHenry Nowak’s family said he “would have hated” the riots that followed his death as they accused some politicians of playing a “game” with their son’s murder.Nowak, who was f...
Collection gems include 1605 Thanksgiving Act passed after Guy Fawkes’s failure and the longest act in the archivesAs Bonfire Night approaches and firework displays light up the UK, in a file on a shelf in the labyrinthine National Archives can be found a flat vellum page, inscri...
Hope Haven in Whitehaven is one of six trial open-access, 24/7 schemes in England offering preventive careThe night Tamara first walked through the doors of Hope Haven, a new community mental health hub in the heart of Whitehaven, she was afraid. “Terrified, actually,” she says. ...
Exclusive: Members may be vetted before getting security passes for parliament, and receive anti-harassment trainingMPs and others working in parliament could be required to take a criminal record check before being given a security pass, and receive anti-harassment training unde...
Control of the Senate and House of Representatives, both currently held by the Republicans, is at stakeAmericans are heading to the polls today in US midterm elections widely seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s second presidency and a chance for opponents to rein in his untram...
Geoff and Delwyn Ballantyne went out for an evening coffee last week. When they returned they found Hex admiring himself in the mirrorGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA peacock that seemingly fell hopelessly in love with himself in a bathroom mirror afte...
Minister says government will work towards banning fast-growing breed across country and throughout EUThe Danish government is pursuing a national ban on “turbo chickens” and is calling for the fast-growing breed to be prohibited across Europe.The move comes amid widespread outra...
Guardian and Mongabay reveal approaches to officials and MPs on behalf of Vantara zoo ahead of UK-chaired Cites meeting on endangered animal importsBritish government ministers were told not to engage formally with Vantara, the controversial mega-zoo run by the Indian billionaire...
Exclusive: Nonexistent precedent cited in alleged child rape case adds to dozens of AI-related errors plaguing court proceedingsA senior crown prosecutor acting in a high court case cited an imaginary legal precedent in an error that has sparked fresh concerns about AI hallucinat...
New York governor says case is ‘devastating reminder of what’s at stake’ when vaccine protections are erodedA child in rural northern New York has died after contracting measles, marking the state’s first death from the disease in 30 years, state officials announced on Monday.The...