From budget stalwarts to above-and-beyond luxurious, here are our picks for the best places to stay in the Eternal City

Whether it"s reconnecting with friends on a sun-drenched rooftop, hitting the town with the party people, or looking for a peaceful retreat on the coast, Ibiza has hotels that will cater to every need

Whether exploring Baroque Sicily or swimming in the Seychelles, thereas a trip for whatever way you choose to spend the month with two bank holidays

For convenient stays right next to the runway that doesnat skimp on comfort, start your holiday a night early at these Manchester Airport hotels

Ryanair has announced a subscription discount scheme that it says will save travellers up to APS250 (a!300) a year.

Claire Spreadbury says her family generally likes to do very little on holiday but on a trip to southern Greece, something was different

Federal regulations prohibit kite-flying near an airport

From Cairo to Rhodes, here are the best places to get away to in April to avoid the spring showers

Even on a tight schedule, there are ways to experience the Big Apple without breaking the bank, finds Rashmi Narayan

The Dark Hedges" starring role in Game of Thrones transformed the once-quiet road into a global tourist attraction

From soaking in outdoor heated pools to relaxing state-of-the-art treatments, find your much-needed getaway at these spa hotels in the Cotswolds countryside

Katerina Glazyrina hopes to raise awareness of the symptoms of pancreatitis

Exclusive: Some Manchester to Tenerife flights in August selling for over APS500 return

Five-star stays offer luxury and high-end hospitality a but where can you get all that without blowing the budget?

The UK government has issued new guidance to travellers visiting Thailand and Myanmar after the powerful earthquake struck

The UK is set to be the envy of Europe next week. Hereas where to make the most of the mini heatwave

Authorities are keen to avoid the mass protests that swept the Spanish archipelago in 2024

Sir Richard Bransonas company said it hopes to make an announcement shortly about services to rival Eurostar

Exclusive: 30 million passengers flying to, from and within the UK could be delayed this year a with Heathrow and Gatwick particularly stretched

With gorgeous walks, excellent dining options and picture-perfect pubs, these are some of the best places to base yourself during a stay in the Lake District

A cause of death has not been determined for Miller and is still being considered a death under investigation

The restaurant chain is celebrating National Burrito Day on Thursday, April 3

The actor shares her two kids a Malcolm Hia>>p and MA(c)i June a with husband John Mulaney

Cardi B announced she was filing for divorce from Offset in 2024 right after revealing her third pregnancy

The 65-year-old actor was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkinas lymphoma in October 2024

Guerreroas sister announced Jesus had died last month in a GoFundMe page

Staying hydrated is a simple - but incredibly important - task

The best products to use if winter has dulled your sparkle

With the first three rounds of March Madness over and the Elite Eight about to play, Brittany Miller writes about why your bracket has likely already been busted a and will continue to be at this stage, for years to come

More and more women are ditching dating and prioritizing solo life. They tell Rhian Lubin how they feel liberated abandoning the social norm of finding a partner before they check off the other big cornerstones of life

As Gen Alpha beg their parents for APS50 retinol creams and host parties at popular beauty retailers, Charlotte Cripps, a mum of two, explains why sheas stepping back from the aSephora kidsa trend before itas too late

A new social media trend is setting up the white-collar 9-to-5 as some kind of aspirational lifestyle aesthetic. Helen Coffey warns the next generation of workers that they are likely to be sorely disappointed by the reality of the corporate grind

The morning-after pill is to be offered without charge at pharmacies in England

The joint appearance comes after Sweeney halted wedding planning with her fiancA(c)

Customers who found a loophole to pay less for one secret menu item might be disappointed by the price hike

The two-time Olympic gold medallist is among 36 per cent of people with the condition who are clinically diagnosed

Fashion loves a hybrid - but are asneakerinasa a step too far?

aWeirdly, it does taste and feel like the real deal,a TV star said of luxury food item

With WH Smith set to disappear from the high street, we want to know which shops you miss the most a whether itas Woolworths, BHS, C&A, Debenhams, Blockbuster, or another favourite...

The Skims founder initially bid $15,000 for the bible, which hade an inscription from her late father

Hereas what you should switch to instead

The singer claims the drink helps her vocal cords

Actor transformed body for role in which he wears aone red piece of clotha

Wellness loves a fad, and the latest one to hit the UK is so-called contrast therapy, with gyms and spas introducing therapy rooms tailored to the hot-cold experience. Olivia Petter finds out what all the fuss is about

Itas a frequently overlooked cause of chronic pain in women

This fermented probiotic drink has numerous health benefits, says Emilie Lavinia

aI feel lighter, happier and calmer,a TV host said

Bezos and SA!nchez are reportedly planning a summer wedding in Italy

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said he would agree to allow American chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in the UK as part of a free trade deal with the US

TV doctor says protein guidelines should be increased by 50-100 per cent

As energy bills rise yet again this April, these five low-energy recipes promise comfort food without the cost a saving you time, money and up to 80 per cent on cooking energy

The holiday is a time of communal prayer, feasting, and new clothes

Kim Sae-ron, the star of Netflix K-drama aBloodhounds,a died by suicide in February

aShe should come and do it here,a co-host Ana Navarro declared while Whoopi Godberg said ayouave been inviteda

The drama is produced by three-time Emmy winner Nikki Boyer, who is played by Jenny Slate in the show

Full list of every single title being taken down in next 30 days

The aDonat Cha Knowa singer-songwriter hasnat released a full new album since 2010as aNew Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)a

Iave spent the last two years reporting on the campus protests. Hereas what two recent documentaries about the crisis get right a and the details they overlook, writes Josh Marcus

The divisive director said he is ahonoureda to be involved in the aincredible storya

The country singer previously performed on the late-night series in December 2020

Delaney is also known for her starring roles in daytime soap operas aAll My Childrena and aGeneral Hospitala

The actor experienced a wave of racist abuse after he was cast in the series

The biggest living art star meets with his friend and legendary curator Sir Norman Rosenthal for a conversation about their upcoming show in Paris. At the latteras London home, Geordie Greig learns why both of them will carry on making waves in the art world despite being in their eighties

aThank goodness they found me,a joked the star

Explorer projectile vomits after doing psychedelics with tribesmen in latest expedition

aIt wasnat the right way to engage in that conversation,a actor said

Condemnation of West for his latest stunt has been swift, with one person on X/Twitter writing: aThis dude just needs to go awaya

The 23-year-old Disney star is at the centre of an online asmear campaigna

In his new memoir, illustrious New York-based editor Graydon Carter travels back in time to the agolden eraa of print magazines, painting a picture of six-figure salaries, petty fights with stars, and carte blanche with the company credit card. Annabel Nugent mourns a bygone era

aLook, those clearly arenat the right emojis to send after a bombing because the right emojis are no emojis,a said Oliver

Jack Thorne said aitas absurd to say [knife crime] is only committed by Black boysa

New Mexico court weighs whether to block disclosure of an array of records about deaths of Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa

Even the presence of Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Paddy Considine canat save this swagger-free spectacle

The singer was a music guest on this weekendas episode, which was hosted by Mikey Madison

Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison appeared in the skit, later performing the opening monologue

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich called Amber Ruffin a agarbage, hate-filled comediana

Zegleras off-screen personality is getting attacked by trolls in wake of filmas release

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a adenial of democracya

The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris courtas apolitical decisiona to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as aa denial of democracya.

In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a a!100,000 (APS84,000) fine.

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces aone by onea and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said.

According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) and civil defence workers were on a mission to rescue colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day, when their clearly marked vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in Rafah cityas Tel al-Sultan district. A Red Crescent official in Gaza said that there was evidence of at least one person being detained and killed, as the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied.

Virginia Giuffre writes on social media she has agone into kidney renal failure a| theyave given me four days to livea

Virginia Giuffre, a victim of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who once alleged she was sexually trafficked to Britainas Prince Andrew, says she has just days to live after being involved in a vehicle accident.

aThis year has been the worst start to a new year a| I wonat bore anyone with the details, but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can,a she wrote in a post on on social media on Sunday, along with a photograph of herself lying in a hospital bed with a head injury.

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000

The fallout from Myanmaras earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with many more missing.

Rescue operations faced asignificant obstacles including damaged roads, collapsed bridges, unstable communications and the complexities related to civil conflicta, the WHO said in an update.

Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williamsa story markedly at odds with abandonment narrative painted by Trump and Musk

In the end, whatever Elon Musk and Donald Trump liked to insist, astronauts Barry aButcha Wilmore and Sunita Williams were never stuck, nor stranded in space, and definitely not abandoned or marooned.

The world heard on Monday, for the first time since their return to Earth two weeks ago, from the two Nasa astronauts whose 10-day flight to the international space station (ISS) last summer turned into a nine-month odyssey. And their story was markedly at odds with the narrative painted from the White House.

Court hears from publisheras head of investigations about actoras libel claim over sexual misconduct allegations

The actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating with the Guardian prior to the publication of its investigation into his behaviour, leaving them ashaken, fearful and in tearsa, the high court in London has heard.

The Guardianas head of investigations, Paul Lewis, was giving evidence in defence of Clarkeas libel claim against the news publisher over allegations of sexual misconduct.

Threat of deepening trade war on eve of Trumpas aLiberation Daya spooks investors across US, Asia-Pacific and Europe

Stock markets across the world fell heavily on Monday after Donald Trump suggested that new tariffs he is expected to announce this week would hit aall countriesa.

Shares fell across Asia-Pacific markets, in Europe and in the US after the US president crushed hopes that areciprocal tariffsa expected on Wednesday would target only countries that have the largest trade imbalances with the US.

Residents took firms owned by billionaire to tribunal for operating unlicensed houses in multiple occupation

Tenants of two buildings in east London have been awarded a six-figure sum in rent repayments by a tribunal after challenging a billionaire described by a judge as a arogue landlorda.

The group of current and former residents of Olympic House and Simpson House in Hackney took companies owned by John Christodoulou to tribunal for operating unlicensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), which meant the buildings were not subject to the safety and quality standards required by law.

Council leader says situation causing aharm and distressa with 17,000 tonnes of rubbish uncollected

Birmingham city council has declared a major incident over an ongoing bin strike, saying the daily blocking of depots by picket lines means vehicles are unable to pick up 17,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish across the city.

The council said it was unable to carry out its contingency plan due to striking workers blocking lorries on the picket line, and that there was now a risk to public health.

News Group Newspapers reports a pre-tax loss for the year to 30 June 2024 of APS18m, its smallest since 2011

The owner of the Sun has run up more than APS1.2bn in losses since the start of its costly battle to end allegations of illegal phone hacking almost 15 years ago.

News Group Newspapers (NGN), a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochas News UK which publishes the Sun and retains liability for the activities of the now defunct News of the World, reported a pre-tax loss of APS18m in the year to 30 June 2024.

The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday wrought destruction across central areas of the country, including the capital

A devastating earthquake has wrought destruction across central Myanmar, toppling ancient sites, bringing down hospital buildings and collapsing homes.

The 7.7 magnitude quake on Friday was followed by a number of aftershocks along the Sagaing fault. It also caused damage in neighbouring Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed in Bangkok.

Februaryas dip in inflation was only a blip a the pain for consumers and the UK economy is poised to continue

• Bill rises Britons face, from council tax to energy and cars

The painful jump in household bills from Tuesday will push the UKas poorest households further into poverty. The increase will also provide a further jolt to Labour ministers still reeling from a spring statement that prompted finger-jabbing accusations that their policies are Tory-lite.

The asqueezed middlea, put in the spotlight by energy secretary Ed Miliband when he was Labour leader, will also find that a recovery from the post-pandemic inflation shock has juddered to a halt.

Conviction is a huge blow to her party and harms her drive for respectability, while serving the victimisation narrative

It is a political earthquake that is almost certain to end Marine Le Penas ambitions for the 2027 presidential election and throws her far-right party into chaos just as it was setting its sights on taking power in France.

Barred from running for political office for five years with immediate effect after being convicted of embezzling European funds for her party, Le Penas political future is now thrown into doubt. She will probably not be able to mount a fourth campaign for the presidency in two yearsa time.

Last One Laughing UK, a reality show in which comedians like Mortimer, Daisy May Cooper and Richard Ayoade try to make each other laugh, has gone viral with good reason a| itas a total hoot

As you can probably tell by spending any time on it, Amazon Prime Video is in trouble. Citadel, its $300m Russo brothers-produced international spy thriller series, was met with widespread indifference. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a show that will end up costing Amazon a billion dollars, is destined to go down as one of the worst investments of all time. Everywhere you look, the platform is wall-to-wall duds.

And yet there is one glimmer of hope. The sole scrap of buzz Amazon has generated in months comes in the form of a cheap little reality show. Last One Laughing UK has been all over social media for the last couple of weeks, clipped up and shared across TikTok, Instagram and X. And this is down to its deceptively simple premise: a bunch of comedians sit in a room together and try to make each other laugh. If they laugh, theyare out. Thatas all there is to it.

The drama teachers behind the young actors in the Netflix smash say their lack of recognition ahas caused wide upseta

Adolescenceas stratospheric success has catapulted its young cast of unknown actors into the limelight. Reams of headlines have suggested that they have come from nowhere a yet the grassroots regional drama schools that trained them say this overlooks their hard work.

To find undiscovered talent for the show, Adolescenceas casting director, Shaheen Baig, visited two northern drama schools that work with children from underrepresented and deprived communities.

Outdated attitudes to women are so deep in 007as DNA that it couldnat be a female role, but a female villain could shake him into the 21st century

Helen Mirren has said that there is no earthly point in getting a woman to play James Bond because the worldas most famous fictional spy was aborn out of profound sexisma.

The first thing to say is that of course she is right. Of course Bond was born of reactionary attitudes and only a bore would point out what the DBE stands for in Mirrenas title. If you doubt the truth of what she says, watch the cringeworthy moment in Goldfinger when Sean Conneryas Bond dismisses his poolside masseuse Dink (played by Margaret Nolan) because he needs to discuss important stuff with Felix Leiter, and as Dink obediently leaves he slaps her behind and says: aMan talk a|a Obnoxious.

Government attacks people crossing the Channel in small boats in its latest bout of punching down

Forgive me for feeling underwhelmed. As a general rule, countries collaborating on crime have not yet managed to do away with crime. But I suppose that doing something a even if itas only being seen to do something a is better than doing nothing. So a big welcome to the 40 countries that have converged on Lancaster House in central London at Keir Starmeras invitation for a summit on tackling illegal migration.

The government has chosen some curious targets for its attacks since the election last July. Mostly punching down. First it had pensioners in its sights, as it cut the winter fuel allowance. Then it went after farmers. Recently it has had a go at cutting benefits for disabled people. Now it is the turn of migrants. Maybe itas just a wonder that Starmer took this long to get round to people making the small boat crossing from France. Every government is trying to out-Farage Farage these days.

Perhaps the most awe-inspiring of over 2,000 species is the amber comet, thought to only remain in Texas and Mexico

• More amazing nominations for invertebrate of the year

If invertebrates are mostly unheralded workers that keep life on Earth ticking over, then fireflies are the rare flamboyant stars that help make that life worth living. They are Elton John in platform shoes and outlandish glasses at his piano, they are Sabrina Carpenter in a glamorous dress as she drops her towel on stage.

Much like a Hollywood starlet who lounges around all day in a dressing gown eating crisps only to emerge later in stunning fashion on the red carpet, fireflies are creatures of the night, where their spectacular light shows both enchant and confound us.

Between 24 March and 2 April, we will be profiling a shortlist of 10 of the invertebrates chosen by readers and selected by our wildlife writers from more than 2,500 nominations. The voting for our 2025 invertebrate of the year will run from midday on Wednesday 2 April until midday on Friday 4 April, and the winner will be announced on Monday 7 April.

Steve Jobs famously wore a black turtleneck and jeans to work every day, and todayas young employees are emulating his approach. Is it due to a fear of being sacked?

Name: The gen Z work uniform.

Age: It started post-pandemic, so nearly two years old.

Thereas been no innovation in accessible TV since the 90s. Thatas why we created the personalised service Ultra Access, so everyone can tweak how they watch based on their own needs

When I was growing up, I was obsessed with watching TV. I would rush home after school and wake up early on weekends, just to soak up the magic of storytelling on screen. But as a child with partial deafness, I could only catch about 70% of the dialogue; the rest was guesswork. Like being in a foreign country, winging it with limited vocab, not having full access is tiring and everything is tinged with a sense of alienation.

One day in the early 80s my parents brought home a new TV set. Up flicked a page of blocky coloured digital text a Teletext. They pressed page 888 and subtitles suddenly appeared. It was a revolution, my own personal moon landing. The half stories were unlocked. I had full access.

More than a quarter of adults over 65 fall annually. Fortunately, itas avoidable, and when it happens you can recover

The National Institute on Aging reports that more than one in four adults 65 and older fall annually. Fortunately, itas an avoidable threat.

aFalls are not inevitable,a says Emily Nabors, the associate director of innovation at the National Council on Agingas Center for Healthy Aging. aThere are many things you can do to reduce your risk.a

Thanks to Trumpas administration, the US could soon have to fight wars to get things that, just a few weeks ago, were there for the asking

No one would allow that he could not see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit of his office.a
a Hans Christian Andersen, The Emperoras New Clothes

Elon Musk and Donald Trump inherited a state with unprecedented power and functionality, and are taking it apart. They also inherited a set of alliances and relationships that underpinned the largest economy in world history. This too they are breaking.

The far right leader is banned and disgraced. European leaders can seize this moment to show voters they will fight for them

The French justice system chose courage over surrender. The law was clear, and so was the court in its sentencing: no special treatment for Marine Le Pen, no deference to the powerful, no using a candidacy for office as an excuse to break the law with impunity.

For more than a decade, from 2004 to 2016, Le Penas reactionary rightwing party a named the Front National until 2018, when it became the Rassemblement National (RN) a operated an organised scheme to embezzle public funds by creating fictitious parliamentary assistant jobs at the European parliament, and to break other financial rules, in effect using European public money to finance a debt-ridden party domestically. Under a French anti-corruption law passed in 2016, the guilty verdict rendered against Le Pen comes with a sentence of ineligibility to run for office. The ban is for the next five years, effective immediately, which means that the sentence will hold all the way through an appeals process and will almost certainly torpedo any chance of her running for president in 2027.

Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist

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Research shows that while women experience feelings of revulsion from a young age, men catch them up in later years. Maybe I should stop scraping the mould off the jam a|

What disgusts you? I hope itas not inexpertly summarised research, because I have been intrigued by the recently reported finding that men get more disgusted as they age. Researchers at the Institute for Environmental Decisions in Zurich found that while young women generally aexperience more disgust than mena, later in life the difference between the sexes narrows, and amen and women will reach similar levels of disgust when they get oldera.

I donat think anyone who has encountered young menas bedrooms either in person or through the @boyroom social media account (a festival of coverless, unwashed duvets, defrosted bags of Ikea meatballs left to fester and stockpiled used tissues) will be surprised to learn that male disgust doesnat kick in early. However, the theory is that as physical vulnerability increases with age, it makes survival sense for men to become warier of potential contaminants. For women, disgust stays stable a high in their fertile years (perhaps an evolutionary safeguard for potential pregnancies) and high post-menopause too, as they become more susceptible to disease.

The key isnat chasing some impossible ideal of passion that never fades, but learning to appreciate love in all its evolving forms

The first thing a friend did when I told her the title of my book was laugh. aThe Sex Lives of Married Women?a She asked. aYou mean The No Sex Lives of Married Women.a

I laughed too. She wasnat wrong a married people arenat exactly known for their thriving sex lives. And I suspect the only couples reliably having sex must be the ones who have scheduled it into their Google calendars, probably in a shared folder alongside aBunnings tripa and aremortgage reviewa.

Attacks on the pillars of civil society are chilling speech. But American democracy was built on criticism

I was talking recently to a friend whoas a professor at Columbia University about whatas been happening there. He had a lot to say.

When he needed to run off to an appointment, I asked him if head text or email me the rest of his thoughts.

Choosing KKR as the preferred bidder for the UKas biggest water company may not fill Thames Wateras workers with joy

• Thames Water names KKR as preferred bidder

The answer to too much private equity ownership at Thames Water, it turns out, is more private equity ownership.

Say hello to KKR, the preferred bidder for the UKas biggest water company. If you remember them as the original abarbarians at the gatea, the US private equity firm would probably point out that the reference to a leveraged buyout of a US biscuit company is more than 35 years old. These days, the relevant unit of KKR would like to be known as an infrastructure investor, which has a cuddlier ring.

Sudanas capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from over

Ten days ago, in a major turning point in almost two years of war, the Sudanese army reclaimed the capital city from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which took it over in 2023. What little we know so far paints a picture of a city ravaged by unimaginable horror.

The war has sent Sudan hurtling into the largest humanitarian disaster in the world, triggering genocide in the west of the country, and starvation there and in other areas. Previously allies in power, the RSF a formalised and expanded from the remnants of the Janjaweed militia a and the Sudanese military went to war when their partnership fell apart. The victims have been the Sudanese people, whose lives were trampled beneath. Khartoumas centrality in the war, both in its prosperity and in terms of what it represents for the RSF as the seat of power, has meant the city has been subjected to a particularly intense and vengeful campaign: the RSF seized it and then proceeded not to govern the city, but strip it and terrorise its inhabitants.

Having been found guilty of systematic embezzlement, the far-right leader cannot claim to be a political martyr

Emmanuel Macronas troubled second presidential term�was already set to go down as one of the most turbulent in the history of Franceas Fifth Republic. A�succession of prime ministers have come and gone at dizzying speed. A snap election last July, foolishly called by Mr Macron in the hope of seeing off Marine Le�Penas far right National Rally (RN), almost catapulted it into power. None of that drama, however, remotely rivalled the coup de theatre delivered on Monday in a courtroom rather than a voting booth.

The decision by Paris judges to bar Ms Le Pen from standing for office for five years, having found her guilty of embezzling public funds while an MEP, has spectacularly shaken up a political landscape dominated by the far-right threat. Ahead of presidential elections in 2027 a in which Mr Macron cannot run a Ms Le Pen had become the candidate to beat, using her experience to exploit deepening discontent with the political mainstream. In a genuine�bombshell moment, it now seems likely that a replacement a probably her youthful protege, Jordan�Bardella, who is yet to turn 30 a will be obliged�to step in.

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The threat of council bankruptcies should focus minds on the need for a failing system to be reformed

The financial threat hanging over English councils, as a result of the last governmentas decision to mask special needs overspending with an accounting ruse, is made�plain in a Guardian investigation that used freedom of information requests to dig into their accounts. How ministers plan to deal with the APS5.2bn debt that will reappear on balance sheets in a year a having been temporarily hidden by the Conservatives a is unknown. But doing nothing is not an option.

The alarming mismatch between the steeply rising�need for special education and the budgets allocated to pay for it is one of the biggest challenges�facing the government a with at least 18�councils at risk�of insolvency. For families caught in the middle, the consequences can be devastating. Children waiting�years for autism and other assessments, or for�suitable placements, have their�lives placed on hold. A system of grants that was�meant�to support councils�to redesign services, and reduce spending, has�mostly failed.

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A reader who works for an integrated care board says there is no clear vision for the health service and proposed cuts of 50% mean patient care will suffer

Iam writing to respond to the governmentas recent changes to the NHS with regard to the closure of NHS England and the 50% cuts to integrated care boards (ICBs). I work for an ICB and generally support the governmentas view that the NHS needs reform. The recent report by Lord Darzi made it clear that substantial changes are necessary, and I, and thousands of my colleagues, recognise that it is vital that changes are made.

With all this said, the newly announced cuts are alarming for everyone. To put it into perspective, last year ICBs completed a round of 30% cuts, in real terms, for which they were given two years to complete. The newly announced 50% cut has apparently to take place before December this year. Two weeks on from the revelation of these planned cuts, ICBs have no further information to enable them to take action. No vision for what our remit will cover, whatas in and whatas out of the 50% cuts, or who will pick up the tasks we can no longer afford to perform.

Caroline Lucas thinks advancing the climate and nature bill is vital, while Colin Hines and Alison Downes say an expanded warm homes plan could generate jobs

Rachel Reevesas spring statement (Report, 26 March) has sidelined the nature policies that Britain needs to build a more prosperous economy, and tackle the planetary crisis that is threatening our way of life.

Days after Kemi Badenoch ditched net zero, Labour is following suit, with growth trumping net zero, fast-tracked airports, faltering marine protections and the climate and nature bill, backed by 192 MPs, kicked down the road. I first presented the bill in 2020 to lock the UKas climate and biodiversity commitments into law. Labour backed its ambition in 2023, yet whips blocked it in January.

When could the title and relegation be decided? How are European spots shaping up? We set out the top-flight latest

Liverpoolas 12-point lead means they need a maximum of 16 points from their nine games to put themselves out of Arsenalas reach and secure the title. If Arsenal go on a winning run this could take Liverpool into May even without dropping any points, but if Mikel Artetaas side lose their next three it could all be over as soon as 13 April, when Liverpool play West Ham at home. In the immediate future a couple of teams in particular could go a long way towards deciding things: Arsenal host Fulham and visit Everton in their fixtures this week, while Liverpool host Everton and visit Fulham. Even beyond those games the sides have comparable fixtures this month a neither will play a current top-half team a but Arsenal also have two Champions League fixtures against Real Madrid to deal with and must close the gap before the start of May.

• Gjert Ingebrigtsen denies all allegations of violence
• Former coach could face six years in jail if found guilty

The father of the Norwegian track and field superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen has denied kicking the double Olympic gold medallist and whipping his daughter in the face with a sweaty towel.

At the start of the second week of the explosive trial that has gripped Norway, Gjert Ingebrigtsen repeatedly broke down in tears as he insisted that he had never hit anyone in his life a and had been so against violence that he had been discharged from the military.

Manuel Pellegrinias team of misfits beat Sevilla in the league for the first time in seven years and celebrated in style

This weekend, 46,731 people came to see Betis and Sevilla but the derby wasnat until the following night a so 33 hours later they came back and did it all over again, even better. Saturdayas second-biggest attendance in Spain had watched the countryas most passionate rivals train. Sundayas biggest crowd saw them play, a record 58,538 fans still inside and still singing late into a night theyall never forget. The Benito VillamarAn was bouncing, smoke rising round the home fans as they belted out the clubas anthem a here we are, squashed together like cannon balls a as the players started a lap of honour. Somewhere in all the madness and the noise, Antony, stripped to the waist and sitting on the goalkeeper AdriA!nas shoulders, heaved a giant flag through the air. aThis is incredible,a he said, and it was.

This was Antonyas first Seville derby and head not seen anything like it for years: never mind Ajax or Old Trafford, this took him back to Brazil. But it wasnat just him, a debutant in a fixture that hits hard; nor had anyone else, the place going wild, something extra in the celebrations this time, Betis players still there half an hour after the end, parading round the pitch before bounding down corridors, singing and hammering at doors, cracking open the beers. Youad think they had won the Champions League. The one man there who has a five times a said that when it came to afeeling, vibrations, this is without doubt the most special game there is,a so Isco and his teammates celebrated something that, right there in the moment, felt even better: they had beaten rivals Sevilla 2-1.

Surrey wicketkeeper on the mental toll of his stop-start Test career, the freedom of moving on and T20 ambitions

The question hung around for years, jumped from one season to the next and never produced a confident answer. Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler or Ben Foakes: who should keep wicket for Englandas Test team?

That debate has lost relevance. When Jamie Smith went on paternity leave for the tour of New Zealand at the end of last year, Essexas Jordan Cox was his replacement. When Cox fractured his thumb before the series, Durhamas Ollie Robinson was next on the call sheet, though Ollie Pope ended up with the gloves for all three Tests. A younger crowd has moved in to take the space, Foakes and Bairstow having been left out after last yearas tour of India.

Loss to teenager Jakub Mensik in Miami final shows difficulty of maintaining such high standards at the age of 37

During a quiet period in the relentless calendar three years ago, the 16-year-old Jakub Mensik received an unexpected proposal. The Czech, who had just reached the boysa singles final at the Australian Open, was invited by Novak Djokovic, his idol, to train together at the Serbas academy in Belgrade. The pair quickly established a rapport, with Djokovic offering advice and counsel. For Mensik, this was a pivotal moment.

On Sunday, at the Miami Open, the pair stood across the net from�each other again, this time as�rivals, and he closed out a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) victory to win his first ATP�title in one of the top tournaments.

Former William Hill and Ladbrokes executive is well placed to address several issues but FOBT debate looms large

Five days before the Grand National, the most famous and popular race of the year, British racingas biggest employer has finally filled its most influential role after the Jockey Club announced Reach plc chief executive Jim Mullen will take over at the helm.

Mullen was unveiled a full 10 months after Nevin Truesdale announced he would be stepping down as the Jockey Clubas group chief executive and while the new appointee is a lifelong racing fan and owner, he was not the first choice for the role. He will replace an acting CEO who has been keeping the seat warm after an earlier pick for the role had second thoughts.

The Rugby World Cup winner on her journey from traumatic childhood haunted by domestic violence and alcoholism to being a Black Ferns superstar

aOh, mate, absolutely,a Ruby Tui exclaims from the other side of the world when asked if she will be in England for the womenas rugby World Cup in August. aItas not even a question, bro. Iall be there supporting my team or Iall be in my team. Whatever it is, thereas no way you can miss the World Cup 2025.a

We are deep in an interview that began at seven oaclock on a sleepy Monday morning in England, eight oaclock that evening in New Zealand, and Tui is flying. The most charismatic woman in world rugby has lit up the past 40 minutes with her powerful personal story and electrifying presence. It is a reminder of how she did the same in November 2022, at Eden Park in Auckland, soon after New Zealandas Black Ferns had beaten England 34-31 in the greatest game in the history of womenas rugby.

• Tournament winner in 2026 will receive APS1m cheque
• Increased field of 128 players compete for APS5m in total

The Professional Darts Corporation will award the 2026 world champion a record APS1m prize a double the amount Luke Littler received in January for claiming the 2025 title.

The biggest prize money increase in the history of the PDC has been confirmed, with an expanded 128-player field at the 2026 World Darts Championship competing for a APS5m prize fund at Alexandra Palace in London.

South Africaas Marion Island is a breeding ground for the birds, but their chicks are being eaten alive by rodents. Now, the worldas largest operation to eradicate the invasive species is about to get under way

By 2015, scientists knew from camera trap evidence that mice were attacking albatross chicks on Marion Island, but no one had ever witnessed it first-hand on the small volcanic outcrop off the coast of South Africa. So, when researchers Stefan and Janine Schoombie came across a badly wounded wandering albatross chick in a relatively accessible part of the island, they resolved to return at night. After hiking for 30 minutes in the dark, Stefan started quietly setting up his camera equipment behind a rock. aWe were expecting to have to stalk, but the mice were climbing all over us,a he says.

It didnat take long for the mice to start feeding on the albatross chick. aThe bird was a complete fluffball,a says Janine. aSo, they just climbed up its back and started nibbling at its head. We could see their teeth going into its flesh.a The bird, too young to walk let alone fly, could only shake its head in irritation. aAs scientists our job is to not intervene,a says Stefan. aBut we really wanted to help that bird.a

Annual peak is lowest on record, covering 5.53m sq miles a about 30,000 sq miles below the previous low in 2017

Winter sea ice in the Arctic has reached a record low in 2025, according to Nasa and the USas National Snow and Ice Data Center. The annual peak, recorded on 22 March, was the lowest since records began 47 years ago, with sea ice covering just 5.53m sq miles a about 1.1m sq miles less than last year a and 30,000 sq miles below the previous low in 2017. The Gulf of St Lawrence had almost no ice, while the Sea of Okhotsk experienced notably lower than average sea ice extent.

In late January, sea ice extent in the Arctic unexpectedly decreased, losing an area the size of Italy (more than 115,000 sq miles). This can be attributed to cyclones pushing southerly winds in the Barents and Bering seas, causing ocean waves that broke apart and melted thin ice at the edge of the ice sheet. Temperatures up to 12C above normal were recorded between northern Greenland and the north pole.

We asked 18 Republicans whose districts benefit most from Bidenas IRA climate law if they back Trumpas demands

Billions of dollars in clean energy spending and jobs have overwhelmingly flowed to parts of the US represented by Republican lawmakers. But these members of Congress are still largely reticent to break with Donald Trumpas demands to kill off key incentives for renewables, even as their districts bask in the rewards.

The president has called for the dismantling of the Inflation Reduction Act a a sweeping bill passed by Democrats that has helped turbocharge investments in wind, solar, nuclear, batteries and electric vehicle manufacturing in the US a calling it a agiant scama. Trump froze funding allocated under the act and has vowed to claw back grants aimed at reducing planet-heating pollution.

Downing Street says it areserves righta to respond to protect national interest when US levies are announced this week

Downing Street says it expects the UK to be hit by more tariffs when Donald Trump announces his latest round of trade barriers on Wednesday and said it areserves the righta to respond to protect the national interest.

Ministers are now expecting the UK to be hit by a tariff that will apply to all countries as part of the US presidentas aliberation daya, despite hoping to have secured a carve-out.

Guidelines could have led to criminals in England and Wales getting different sentences depending on their age, sex and ethnicity

The Sentencing Council has caved to pressure and suspended plans for new guidelines which could have led to different sentences depending on age, sex and ethnicity, as ministers prepare to force through a law to overturn proposals.

The climbdown a hours before the guidance would have come into force a comes after a standoff with the Ministry of Justice which will use emergency legislation to override the guidelines, which had provoked claims of a atwo-tiera justice system.

Documents before tribunal say UCU branch asked Edinburgh University to cancel screening of Adult Human Female

Two academics behind a gender-critical film have taken legal action against their union, accusing it of discrimination and harassment after it campaigned on social media to stop the documentary being screened.

Deirdre OaNeill, a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Hertfordshire, and Michael Wayne, a professor of media and film studies at Brunel University, describe Adult Human Female as the first UK documentary to look at the aclash between womenas rights and gender ideology/trans rightsa.

Friends and fans of Heklina denounce Metas investigation of unsolved death in her London flat

Nearly two years after the American drag artist Heklina was found dead in London, her friends and fans gathered outside Scotland Yardas headquarters to protest against the forceas handling of the case.

Heklina, whose real name was Steven Grygelko, was found at a flat in Soho, central London, on 3 April 2023, by a friend and fellow drag performer, Peaches Christ, real name Joshua Grannell.

US president says he hopes those responsible for spraying aGaza is not 4 salea on his Ayrshire golf course will be atreated harshlya

Donald Trump has described members of a pro-Palestine group accused of vandalising his Turnberry golf resort as aterroristsa.

The clubhouse at the five-star resort on the west coast of Scotland was graffitied this month and the course was dug up and painted with the words aGaza is not 4 salea.

Exclusive: Ministers halt money for radiotherapy auto-contouring that would reduce waiting times and address staff shortages

Ministers have cut millions of pounds of funding for potentially life saving AI cancer technology in England, which cancer experts warn will increase waiting times and could cause more patients to die.

Contouring is used in radiotherapy to ensure treatment is as effective and safe as possible. The tumour and normal tissue is amappeda or contoured on to medical scans, to ensure the radiation targets the cancer while minimising damage to healthy tissues and organs.

Elzbieta Olszewska refused time to complete paper application but was only told of decision after visitor visa had expired

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A Polish woman has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office because her application form to stay was accidentally filled in online instead of on paper.

Elzbieta Olszewska, 80, had been living alone in her flat in Warsaw before arriving in the UK last September. Her only child, Michal Olszewski, 52, an aeronautical engineer who lives in Lincoln with his wife, had been travelling regularly to the Polish capital to support her.

Rise from current limit of APS85,000 would be first big change to protection scheme since 2008 banking crisis

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UK savers would have up to APS110,000 of their deposits protected if their bank or building society goes bust under proposals put forward by the Bank of England.

The plan, put forward by the central bank on Monday, represents a near-30% hike from the current limit of APS85,000, and would mark the first substantial change to the saversa protection scheme since the 2008 banking crisis.

Sir Richard Bransonas airline returns to profitability but says consumer uncertainty is hitting bookings

Virgin Atlantic has warned of a slowdown in demand for transatlantic travel, prompting a further fall in the share price of rival British Airwaysa owner, IAG.

Both UK long-haul carriers lean heavily on lucrative routes between London and North America to boost their profits, and analysts have warned that economic uncertainty and growing tension between the US and Europe could start to harm their business.

Paul Marchant accepts behaviour fell below standards expected at owner Associated British Foods

The boss of Primark has admitted an aerror of judgmenta and resigned following an allegation made by a woman about his behaviour towards her in a social situation, the retaileras owner has said.

Associated British Foods (ABF) said Paul Marchant accepted that his actions fell below the standards it expected and had resigned with immediate effect, exiting on Sunday.

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing

Videos of Sudanas national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the countryas antiquities.

Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June 2023 and a year later satellite images emerged of trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the building, according to museum officials. But last week, as the RSF were driven out of Khartoum after two years of war, the full extent of the theft became apparent.

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Everything is right with the TV world now because Noah Wyle is back playing a doctor in an incredible medical drama.

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Now that viral Trump moment from Episode 3 makes even more sensea|

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Who do we call to get Jennifer Coolidge on a season of Survivor?

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Where is God"s country, and why are we all going there?

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