Year-round warmth and activities from sky to sea make this Atlantic island the ideal European destination for a dose of adrenaline, finds Monica Meade

More chimney pot views than a Mary Poppins film, cocktails that would make Hemingway swoon and a whole lot of Hausmann a these are the best hotels in Paris for 2025 stays

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

Soak in the natural thermal waters, try out a high-tech treatment or simply snooze on the massage table with these indulgent spa break hotels in Bath

Exclusive: CEO Vanessa Hudson tells The Independent: aWe wonat need to fly over Russiaa

The British countryside offers an escape for travellers as the weather heats up

The UK is set to be the envy of Europe next week a Sarah Marshall shares where to make the most of the mini heatwave

The park, with is celebrating its 75th anniversary, caused confusion when it made the announcement on 1 April

A quarter of a million passengers were affected by the closure a but Heathrow boss says its command and control system aworked exactly righta

Beautiful Cyprus is home to some of Europeas most crystal-clear beaches

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

Exclusive: The Independent predicts the worst traffic jams will be on the M5, M6, M25 and A303

Some of Europe"s most scorching spring temperatures are seen in Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey

The walled Maltese capital is a playground for heritage, art and traditional treats

Starline plans to connect the UK by rail to destinations including Ukraine, Turkey and Portugal

The new subscription service will give members exclusive access to flight sales and offers

Over 2,000 travellers were surveyed about what makes them auncomfortablea or auneasya on a flight

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

A red alert has been issued for the area

Nine of the top 10 worst roads named by drivers have had sections converted to controversial asmarta motorways

Walk through woodlands carpeted with these beautiful blue plants

The WWE star said he interpreted the experience as aa sign from God and the universea

European countries have issued specific travel warnings to transgender and non-binary citizens

The Blue Lagoon has closed as the latest eruption begins

Exclusive: Unofficial sites charging eight times the official price have already sprung up

No passengers were onboard the easyJet A320 at the time of the collision

Homes were flooded and cars swept out to sea

Plane Talk: Southendas success is in proportion to the scarcity of slots elsewhere

The 81-year-old was found afloating lifelessa about 15ft from the coast of the popular tourist Gili Trawangan island

The 62-year-oldas trouble began when he decided to sell his old iPhone 12 Max on Facebook Marketplace to pay his bills

Lord Charles OaHagan was one of Queen Elizabethas 30 godchildren

Powell and Sweeney were both seen at his sisteras wedding last weekend in Dallas, Texas

The 60-year-old philanthropist divorced the billionaire Microsoft founder in 2021

The Duchess of Sussex made headlines last month for her single-skillet spaghetti in aWith Love, Meghana

Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, which advanced to stage four and metastasized to her lungs and brain

The student said he has a 4.0 GPA and a high ACT score

Kylie and Jason announced their daughter was born on March 30 in an Instagram post

The Duchess of Sussex announced her brand revamp in late February

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

The grandmother sought medical advice after she started afalling over for no reasona and her speech began to deteriorate

Imagine youave planned the trip of a lifetime for your animal-loving family: a cruise to Antarctica with the unique opportunity to view penguins, whales and other rare wildlife. Your adventure-loving kids can kayak through fjords, plunge into icy water and camp under the Antarctic sky.

As Netflixas latest cheesy romcom aThe Life Lista prompts people to break up with their partners, Olivia Petter asks whether all of us can learn something from its schmaltzy message

Hereas what parents should know so they can provide support, writes Annabel Hoare

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

aAnyone But Youa stars were seen together at Powellas sisteras wedding over the weekend

aWoke up feeling (and looking) like I"d been smashed in the fact,a said McFly singer

Whether youare dealing with allergies or trying to shake off a virus, knowing what youare up against is key

While fine motor skills play a central role in getting children ready to write, it doesnat end there

Brittany Balinski uses TikTok to talk about the aversatilitya of wool

Could this fermented drink hold the key to better health?

Study also reveals which fast food chains are the quickest at handing out orders and which are most accurate

The decline of iconic high street brands like Woolworths, WH Smith, and BHS has significantly altered the landscape of our town centres

aItas a little disheartening that so many of the questions (and comments) were focused on my body instead of my music, my passion, or the decade of hard work that got me here,a Trainor wrote

The actor petitioned to remove his mother and father as his legal guardians when he was 15

Mildred Simoneriluto is on a ticking clock, as she has just weeks to find the ticket and claim her winnings

The Kansas City Chiefs tight end revealed he would be playing another season in the NFL last month

Dr Rupyas rigatoni with walnuts, tempeh and lentils is rich, hearty and high in protein a proof that healthy food doesnat have to taste like it

Mercury in retrograde supposedly creates havoc with communication, transport, and tech. Itas not about blaming it a or shifting responsibility onto a planet, says Charlotte Cripps. Itas just another small signpost in the journey of self-discovery

Dr Rupy Aujlaas spicy one-tray tikka bowl is a high-protein, high-flavour fix thatas as good for your taste buds as it is for your gut. Just donat skip the pickle

Dr Rupy Aujla stirs cinnamon, turmeric and cacao into this high-protein, high-fibre breakfast jar a proof that eating like a wellness influencer doesnat have to taste like it

Customers in possession of the product may either return it to Trader Joeas for a full refund or discard it

A New York judge has ruled that the Canadian staras legal team can begin discovery

Tony Bennettas two daughters have filed a new lawsuit

Hollywood actor, known for his intense performances and iconic roles, dies of pneumonia

aEveryone is treated the same on aThe White Lotus,aa producer David Bernad declared

The Kiss frontman said the hefty cost of being his tour roadie for the day is worth the experience

Jason Momoa also stars in this underwhelming adaptation of the hit video game

TV host and political commentator, whoas been a longtime critic of Trump, met with the president at the White House for a private dinner organized by Kid Rock

Rapper died on his 39th birthday after fleeing from police

Tarantino, who last year abandoned plans for his supposed final film, is reportedly attached to write the script for Fincher

Erik Per Sullivan, who played Dewey, is the only main cast member not returning for the reboot

aHeas such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again,a Cruise said of his co-star

West Side Story star shares Instagram post that quotes from statement slamming Zegler

Hollywood star died after years of health struggles

Walliams and Cowell are allegedly ano longer on speaking termsa

The star of aThe Doorsa, aTop Guna, aHeata and aBatman Forevera a who has died at the age of 65 a was notorious for clashing with directors and struggling with his own celebrity. Coupled with his undeniable talent, it made him one of Hollywoodas most complex stars, writes Adam White

Forthcoming series will see former aTop Geara host navigate the difficulties of becoming a pub landlord

aI spent the most bizarre five months of my entire life with Val Kilmer,a the aHarry Pottera star said

Pike swiftly grew embarrassed after a aclincha with Irish 007 star

The cause of death was pneumonia, his daughter says

aRemember Freedom of Speech?a

Political party workers vandalising a performing arts venue after a standup comic makes a joke about their leader shows crackdowns on comedy in India are escalating, Shahana Yasmin reports

Exclusive: David Hockney condemns adismala decision taken by Paris Metro over poster for biggest ever Hockney exhibition

Coon first played villain Proxima Midnight in 2018as aAvengers: Infinity Wara but didnat return for 2019 film

Jason Momoa says he is reprising role as swordmaster Duncan Idaho in third part of sci-fi blockbuster

aIntelligencea actor admitted he never watched the sitcom after filming wrapped in 2004

The singer hit out at his previous bandas adirty deedsa

Actor died this week at the age of 65

Rare intimate performance will take place a week before the release of the bandas first album in nine years

aIam ready,a Kilmer said in atomspheric clip

The category is dominated by new voices, joined by previous nominees Miranda July and Elizabeth Stout

With shows like aStacey & Joea, aThe Dog Housea and aThe Great British Sewing Beea, primetime terrestrial TV has never felt more wholesome. But, wonders Phil Harrison, is that entirely a good thing?

The country star is now selling hats and T-shirts bearing the phrase: aGet me to Godas countrya

Country star Wallen also stirred controversy with his aabrupta exit from show

Australian parliament passed landmark legislation in Novemeber banning social media platforms from allowing users under 16 to access their services

Showas cast lived and filmed in a luxurious hotel in Thailand for seven months

Mazin confirmed he wonat continue the story beyond the original video game series

Britain gets off comparatively lightly but US presidentas action could still cost billions in lost growth

• US politics a latest updates

Donald Trump has hit the UK with tariffs of 10% on exports to the US as he ignited a global trade war that could wipe billions off economic growth.

The US president accused other nations, including allies, of alooting, pillaging, raping and plunderinga the US, as he announced tariffs on economic rivals including 20% on the EU and 34% on China as part of what he dubbed aliberation daya.

Former neonatal nurseas legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts aserious doubta on guilty verdict

The evidence used to convict Lucy Letby of poisoning babies is flawed, seven leading experts have said, in a dossier that will be submitted to the miscarriage of justice watchdog.

The former nurseas legal team will on Thursday hand an 86-page report to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) which they say casts aserious doubta on her convictions.

Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage

A forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said there is evidence of execution-style killing, based on the aspecific and intentionala location of shots at close range.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the Palestinian Civil Defense and UN employees were on a humanitarian mission to collect dead and wounded civilians outside the southern city of Rafah on the morning of 23 March when they were killed and then buried in the sand by a bulldozer alongside their flattened vehicles, according to the UN.

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence

The fate of boys ais a defining issue of our timea, according to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, as she calls for more men to become teachers to combat atoxica behaviours.

Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Phillipson will warn that boys and young men growing up in Britain need stronger role models to counteract the dangers they face, illustrated by the Netflix series Adolescence.

Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients

Doctors have reported a rise in the number of patients with Victorian diseases such as scabies, as the Royal College of Physicians urged the government to do more to fight poverty.

The survey of 882 doctors found 89% were concerned about the impact of health inequalities on their patients, while 72% had seen more patients in the past three months with illnesses related to poor-quality housing, air pollution and access to transport.

There were fist-pumps from Arne Slot as he headed down the Anfield tunnel and roars from the Kop in answer to Andy Robertsonas beseeching. The 246th Merseyside derby proved not merely another step towards the Premier League title for Liverpool but a cathartic release, and the reactions showed it.

The league leaders cleansed themselves of recent torment against Everton and two deflating cup defeats in quick succession to secure a deserved derby win courtesy of Diogo Jotaas fine individual goal.

Offensive broadside was reportedly heard over portable radios at Manston processing site

An investigation has been launched after a racist message was reportedly ablasted outa on portable radios used by Home Office contractors at an asylum processing centre.

The deeply offensive broadside, saying afuck off you [N-word]s, go back to where you came froma, was reportedly heard at the Manston processing site for small boat arrivals in Kent.

Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated

Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.

Health records of more than 280,000 older adults revealed that those who received a largely discontinued shingles vaccine called Zostavax were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next seven years than those who went without.

Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard

The UK government is trying to placate peer and Labour backbencher concerns about copyright proposals by pledging to assess the economic impact of its plans.

Creative professionals including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Stoppard and Kate Bush have strongly criticised ministersa proposals to let artificial intelligence companies train their models on copyright-protected work without permission, unless the rights holder opts out.

Exclusive: Alliance Defending Freedom, which is funding case of activist Livia Tossici-Bolt, is lobbying against buffer zones around clinics

A rightwing US group backing an anti-abortion campaigner whose case has become a new source of UK tensions with the Trump administration is significantly expanding activities and spending in Britain.

The UK branch of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is funding the case of Livia Tossici-Bolt a who is being prosecuted for an alleged breach of a abuffer zonea outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic a increased spending on campaigning and other activities in the UK to more than APS1m last year.

More health-conscious young people take total to 11.5m memberships, report finds, as experts cite social aspect alongside fitness

Record numbers of Britons are going to the gym, as the desire of many gen Zers to socialise while getting fit instead of drinking in the pub drives an unprecedented surge in membership, a report shows.

In all, 11.5 million people aged 16 and overa a new high a now belong to a gym in the UK, a rise of 1.6 million from 2022. It means one in six people have taken out a membership.

There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade war

It was Jeopardy!, or The Price Is Right, come to Washington.

On an unseasonably chilly day in the White House Rose Garden, Donald Trump stood with a giant chart listing which reciprocal tariffs he would impose on China, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other hapless contestants.

Texas volunteers had prepared welcome for family fleeing Taliban now stranded in Pakistan in fear of being deported

The 24-year-old Afghan woman wants to become a surgeon a and she had set her sights on training in the US.

She wants to care for other women and girls, so they donat have to be afraid to visit the doctor a so at least in one crucial aspect of their lives they wonat have to endure the unwanted advances, dismissive comments and blatant disrespect that sheas experienced from many of the men who have always surrounded her, first in her native Afghanistan and now in legal limbo in Pakistan.

Itas almost as if KemiKaze herself believes Labouras mantra that the Tories are the source of all hopelessness

There will come a moment when the Labour claim that the Tories are to blame for everything will no longer stick. People will start shaking their heads and reckon that Labour have something to answer for. But weare not quite there yet. At least not at prime ministeras questions. For half an hour in the Commons every Wednesday the Conservatives remain the villains of the piece.

Partly itas the size of the Labour majority. The sheer volume of half-witted Labour MPs who are happy to bounce up and down to ask Keir Starmer whether he agrees with them that the Tories left the country in a shocking mess and only the prime minister can save their constituents. The Lib Dems and the SNP are only slightly fiercer critics of the present government. They too hate the Tories more than anyone else.

Full-throttle star turns from Jack Black and Jennifer Coolidge raise laughs but donat help the perfunctory plotting in this screen take on the game franchise

If youare not familiar with Minecraft as a game then this film, notionally a big screen version of same, wonat necessarily solve that. Minecraft, even more than most computer games, is what you make of it, an experience generated by the player. So in a way, the idea of making a film set in the Minecraft world is counterintuitive, because it can never replicate what is good about Minecraft, it can only tell you what is good about Minecraft. In addition to that, this comedy-fantasy takes aspects of the Minecraft world and uses them as building blocks in a rollicking adventure suitable for almost all ages, giving Jack Black and Jason Momoa carte blanche to wild out and be deeply silly. Your affection for and/or tolerance of this latter prospect will dictate to a large extent your enjoyment of this film.

Black plays Steve, a crafter who in the game was the original default player, although that doesnat especially matter here. Momoa is Garrett aThe Garbage Mana Garrison, a washed-up video game champ with an aesthetic stuck permanently and delightfully in the 1980s: pink leather fringed jacket and luscious locks flowing down past his prodigious shoulders like the first snowmelt off a mountain range. As this is kinda-sorta an ensemble film, we also have Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks) rounding out the good guys squad. Itas not the fault of any of the three latter actors, but itas hard for them to make an impression alongside Black and Momoa going full-throttle a and it would become an exhausting experience if they tried. That does mean their storylines feel like downtime, a chance to relax and catch your breath, rather than providing the emotional core that the writers presumably intended.

Since February weave gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now itas your chance to choose

• Read about this yearas contenders

Invertebrates a animals without spines a make up the vast majority of life on Earth. The Guardianas invertebrate of the year contest celebrates the unsung heroes of the planet. Readers have nominated thousands of amazing animals, weave chosen a shortlist of 10, and now you can vote for your favourite.

1. The tongue-biting louse burrows in through a fishas gills, clings to its tongue and eats what the fish eats.

The ex-member of Brother Beyond now writes chart-toppers for stars. Why has he decided to make a musical of seedy, gutter-life classic Midnight Cowboy, a film he canat bear?

Troop into Eg Whiteas living room, past the bright, spacious kitchen and the yapping terriers (aMeet the unwelcoming committee!a), then descend into the snug basement studio with its underfloor heating and you will have reached the place where pop bangers are born: hits for Adele (Chasing Pavements), Will Young (Leave Right Now), Duffy (Warwick Avenue) and countless others. The Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter, born Francis White, sits in front of a desk cluttered with screens and consoles and thingamajigs. In T-shirt, jeans and trainers, he looks as lean as the neck of a Stratocaster. When he is in quizzical mode, as he very often is, four deep grooves appear on his forehead like the strings on a bass guitar.

Whiteas newest project is the music for a stage version of Midnight Cowboy, the Oscar-winning 1969 buddy movie with Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman as deluded outsiders adrift in New York, adapted now by Bryony Lavery. Most of its 15 songs a from sanguine ballads to Latin-tinged stompers a were composed not here in Whiteas west London home but on a family holiday to Colombia. For two hours each morning, while his wife and children were still in bed, he wrote on a cheap baritone ukulele, which he plucks off the wall from between rows of guitars to show me. aYou can take it in the hand luggage,a he says cheerfully. aIf your kid sits on it, which happened a few times, it lives.a Presumably he means the ukulele, not the kid.

The language used in many job postings appeals to people with aa grand view of selfa, researchers find

Looking for an employee whoas ambitious, self-reliant and thinks outside the box? You might be fishing for a narcissist.

A study by behavioral researchers looked at the corporate speak used in job postings and found that certain turns of phrase are catnip for those with, as a researcher puts it, aa grand view of selfa.

aJapan is the mecca of cosplay. Monaka runs a cafe in Tokyo called Monster Party, where people go dressed as characters from a subculture known as tanganmen. Her brother is holding a picture of their muma

My personal projects have often focused on the topic of identity, so the world of cosplay immediately appealed to me. I knew nothing about it until I saw some photographs on Instagram and became interested in these people who spend their free time turning themselves into characters from manga, anime, movies and video games a or even into creations theyave come up with by themselves.

Italyas biggest annual cosplay event is held in the region where I live, Tuscany. I started going and taking pictures, just on my phone at first, and thatas where I first approached cosplayers to ask if theyad like to help me with a project I had in mind. In the 1970s, John Olson took some portraits for Life magazine of musicians such as Frank Zappa and Elton John at home with their parents. They contrasted the individual identity of the rock stars and the social identity represented by their parents, and that seemed the right way to photograph cosplayers, too. I thought it was far more interesting to show them in a domestic setting, alongside people in everyday clothes, than in the environment of a fantasy-themed event.

If youave just bought a pair of these rubber sandals, you may want to think twice before wearing them down to the beach

Name: Flip-flops.

Age: They date from 1500BC, although the modern version is adapted from Japanese thonged sandals called zori, brought back by US soldiers returning from the second world war.

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion

It would be aliberation daya in the US, the White House announced. Well, we shall see. Yet even if one puts the noise and nastiness that accompany a Donald Trump announcement to one side a in this case tonightas pronouncement that there will be an executive order announcing areciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the worlda, a 10% tariff on the UK and 20% on the EU a the significance of the theatre is hard to miss. Whether they presage the USas liberation, or instead the disintegration of the global trading order, Trumpas tariffs add up to an attempt to transform a badly broken economic model. And that is something that affects us all.

Trumpas announcement was awash with insult and rambling nonsense. The rest of the world had looted, raped and pillaged, had scavenged and ransacked America a shocking claims if they had come from any other US president, yet water off a duckas back today. But the hard core was there all the same: tariffs on the whole of the rest of the world. The shutters were up.

Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist

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Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic

One of the problems beleaguering political opponents of Donald Trump has been finding a form of protest that, given the scale of his outrages, doesnat seem entirely futile. You can parade outside a Tesla showroom. You can hold up dumb little signs during Trumpas address to Congress inscribed with slogans such as aThis is not normala and aMusk stealsa. You can, as Democrats appear to have been doing since the election, play dead.

Alternatively, you can go for the ostentatious, performative gesture. On Monday evening, Cory Booker, the Democratic senator for New Jersey who carries himself like someone whoad have been happier in an era when men wore capes, started speaking on the floor of the Senate and carried on for 25 hours and five minutes, breaking the chamberas record by almost 50 minutes and delivering a finally a a solid, usable symbol of rebellion.

Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist

Beware the backlash strategies used by Trump and Berlusconi. It is vital that the National Rally leader isnat able to capitalise on this verdict

The verdict is in: the National Rally (NR) and its leader, Marine Le Pen, have been found to have employed fictitious European parliament assistants between 2004 and 2016. The fraudulent scheme enabled the misappropriation of around a!2.9m in European funds, and Le Pen has now been barred from holding public office for five years. Could this mark the end for the National Rally? Highly unlikely a and the reason lies in the partyas strategy.

During the trial, Le Pen deliberately maintained silence in response to the allegations a a tactic some outlets dismissed as evidence of a weak defence, even questioning her credibility. Yet this quiet is far from a sign of weakness; it reflects a long-established approach that consistently shuns conventional manoeuvres in favour of an intentionally unpredictable stance.

Georgios Samaras is assistant professor of public policy at the Policy Institute, Kingas College London

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Loyalists worry that the PM displays little of the engagement and dynamism required. Five years on, neither they nor voters really know him or his plan

Upsetting backbench MPs is an occupational hazard for prime ministers. Government is an endless sequence of messy compromises. Incumbency is a drag on popularity. Poll ratings sink and nerves fray. Careers are thwarted. There are fewer ministerial jobs than ambitious candidates.

This is normal party discontentment. It grows over the course of a parliament, becoming critical at the point when rebel numbers threaten the leaderas majority. By that metric, Keir Starmer can afford to provoke a lot of dissatisfaction in the ranks. And, together with Rachel Reeves, he has.

Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist

Why is the moral panic only ever about younger generations? Itas time we heard what confuses or worries them about us

Every generation looks at the next generation, and the one after that, with bafflement and concern. Thereas probably a name for this phenomenon. Thatas not to say we (the olds) arenat right to be more worried than ever about what they (the young) are up to. Thereas a lot for us to be worried about and confused about in equal measure. The TV drama Adolescence got at this. Even having had its emojis and red pills a and emojis of red pills a patiently explained to me, I remain concerned and confused. Mainly confused. Itas all decidedly mysterious a and not in a good, exciting way.

This intergenerational bewilderment seems only to work in one direction: down, rather than up. We flail around trying to make sense of whatas going on with the young. If you are young, this is relevant to you, too, because you will soon be feeling like this about those coming up behind you. What I want to know is what, if anything, baffles the young about the old. Do they get together to express despair and confusion at the conduct of the olds? Is there stroking of chins, scratching and shaking of heads, as they ask: aWhatas going on with elderly people today? I can hardly understand a thing theyare saying. I donat know whatas going to become of them, Iam sure.a

To prevent a catastrophic failure of the drugs modern medicine relies on, look to animal farming in middle-income countries

If the antibiotics we use to treat infections ever stopped working, the consequences would be catastrophic. It is estimated that the use of antibiotics adds about 20 years of life expectancy for every person worldwide (on average). As the Kingas Fund put it, if we lose antibiotics, awe would lose modern medicine as we know ita. Doctors, public health experts and governments take the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) very seriously, yet the problem appears to be getting worse.

A report from the National Audit Office in February finds that out of five domestic targets set in 2019 to tackle AMR, only one has been met a to reduce antibiotic use in food-producing animals. Others, such as the target to reduce drug-resistant infections in humans by 10%, havenat made much progress; in fact, these infections have actually increased by 13% since 2018.

Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of How Not to Die (Too Soon)

External review of choice to close after fire would have more credibility than one by a board director. It is not too late

aWe purchase and pay for a resilient setup from our suppliers,a Thomas Woldbye, Heathrowas under-pressure chief executive, told the transport select committee, adding that the airport racked up energy costs of APS135m a year. aAre we then also supposed to have a setup next to it? And then we would have to have a whole power station at the cost of billions to the airlines.a

So runs Heathrowas case that there was no alternative to closing the airport for a full day last month after a fire knocked out a nearby National Grid substation, one of three serving the airport.

The White House and tech oligarchs are using free speech arguments as cover to suffocate any European attempt to regulate digital space

In 1858, when London could no longer tolerate the stench of raw effluent in the Thames, city authorities commissioned a system of sewers that operates to this day. A century later, when noxious fog choked the capital, parliament passed the first Clean Air Act, limiting coal fire emissions.

When a dangerous toxin assails the senses, polluting public space to the detriment of all that use it, the case for legislation is self-evident. The argument is more complex when the poison has no chemical properties; when it exists in a virtual realm. This is the conceptual challenge for regulation of digital content. It is made all�the more complex by conflation with arguments about free speech and censorship.

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Labour must ignore the business lobbies and forge ahead with Angela Rayneras landmark employment rights bill

A few years ago, the Harvard professor Michael Sandel used an episode in his Radio 4 series The Public Philosopher to discuss perspectives on the value of work. Canvassing the views of a Dagenham audience ranging from low-paid retail employees to whiteacollar professionals, Prof Sandel drew two principal conclusions: work was widely viewed as a potential source of self-esteem and communal purpose; but for too many its oppressive reality was one of stress, precarity and a sense of disempowerment.

Some of the bleak consequences of that divide are outlined in the impact assessments accompanying Angela Rayneras employment rights bill, which is now passing through the House of Lords. In 2022/23, for example, 17.1m working days were lost due to stress, depression or anxiety a equivalent to an estimated APS5bn in lost output. Around 2 million employees reported anxiety due to a lack of clarity over the number of hours they will work, or shifts suddenly being changed. A lack of adequate employment protection means that some 4,000 pregnant women and mothers returning from maternity leave lose their jobs each year.

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Readers respond to the US presidentas intimidatory behaviour and his imposition of tariffs on imported goods

I could not agree more with Jonathan Freedland (Trump is upending everything. The worldas leaders must tell the truth about what that means, 28 March). This ever-increasing threat to world stability from both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is obvious to all,�and�our leadersa fear of addressing it head-on is palpable. Our prime minister must now show�leadership and speak openly to the country about this threat.

We live in an era where free speech has been stifled. We are in fear of reprisal from a few rich and powerful people who appear to be able to act with impunity. The US has always been our ally, and there is no reason why this should not continue. The Senate and the American people must initially take the responsibility by rectifying their error in electing this dictatorial president. What happened to impeachment? Richard Nixon was removed for, by comparison, a minor misdemeanour. If the American people do not act, they will bear the burden of shame when this is over.
Royston Evans
Charlton, Wiltshire

Anthony Richards thinks democracies must defeat dangerous ideologies at the ballot box, not in the courtroom, while Dave Pollard calls out the hypocrisy of the far right. Plus letters from Colin Leisk and Michel Gratton

While I abhor the politics of Marine Le Pen, I believe the recent decision by the French judiciary to bar her from running for public office for five years raises important and uncomfortable questions about the relationship between justice and democracy (Report, 31 March).

The idea that someone convicted of serious offences may be unfit for high office is entirely reasonable. But in this case, the use of relatively new legal powers a at a moment of high political consequence a risks appearing politically motivated, even if it isnat. That perception matters. Democracies must defeat dangerous ideologies at the ballot box, not in the courtroom.

• DAaz set up Jotaas goal after coming from offside position
• aDo I like the rule? No. It does not help attacking teamsa

Arne Slot said he hates the rule that allowed Diogo Jotaas winner in the Merseyside derby to stand as Liverpool restored their 12-point lead at the Premier League summit with a hard-fought victory over Everton.

David Moyes, the Everton manager, claimed that Jotaas 57thaminute strike should have been disallowed for an offside against Luis DAaz in the buildup. DAaz came from an offside position to regain possession from a James Tarkowski attempted clearance to set up Jota for the winner. According to the rulebook, however, the Colombian had to be aclearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponenta to be adjudged offside. He did not.

Fabian HA1/4rzeler has had more enjoyable weeks. After being dumped out of the FA Cup quarter-finals here on Saturday by Nottingham Forest in a penalty shootout, there was more heartache for the Brighton manager as Marcus Rashfordas third goal in his past two games, yet another for Marco Asensio, and Donyell Malenas first for the club gave Aston Villa a crucial win in the battle for a topafive finish.

It meant Unai Emeryas side moved above Brighton and vastly improved their chances of matching their achievement last season of qualifying for the Champions League. They still have to play the fourth- and fifth-placed Manchester City and Newcastle in the run-in after hosting Forest on Saturday. Yet after making some shrewd acquisitions in January including Rashford and Asensio a who now has eight goals for Villa since joining on loan from Paris Saint-Germain a you wouldnat bet against them doing it.

Jack Grealish scored a first Premier League goal in 16 months then dedicated it to his brother, Keelan, on the 25th anniversary of his passing in an emotional post-victory tribute.

The attacking midfielderas strike came after only 70 seconds as Leicester were shredded by a Savinho dart down the right; the Brazilian found Grealish who beat Mads Hermansen to the goalkeeperas right. Afterwards on Instagram, Grealish said: aWith me always, especially this day a that was for you Keelan.a

• Fenerbahce coach clashed with Galatasarayas Okan Buruk
• Stuttgart sink Leipzig to book place in DFB-Pokal final

JosA(c) Mourinho appeared to grab rival manager Okan Burukas nose amid wild scenes at the end of Fenerbahceas 2-1 Turkish Cup defeat to bitter rivals Galatasaray.

Video footage showed Mourinho appearing to pinch Burukas nose following the final whistle, with the Galatasaray head coach falling to the pitch and holding his face in his hands. Buruk was left lying on his back as Mourinho was dragged away, following an ill-tempered game where three players were red-carded from the bench.

If Newcastleas rivals for a Champions League place had hoped Eddie Howeas players might be partied out after ending a 70-year domestic trophy drought they were destined for disappointment.

Admittedly Howeas team were not at their best but, thanks to the most audacious of impossibly angled winners from Sandro Tonali, Newcastle ultimately found a way to defuse Brentfordas clever, and near constant, threat.

• Super League clubs are unhappy with BBFas plans
• GBB League deal puts APS4.75m public funding at risk

The sports minister, Stephanie Peacock, has asked the government body responsible for elite funding, UK Sport, to investigate allegations of unlawful tender made against the British Basketball Federation. On Wednesday, the BBF signed a 15ayear agreement with an American consortium to operate a new menas professional league from 2026.

The existing nine Super League Basketball clubs are deeply unhappy with the BBFas plans for the sport. On their behalf Vaughn Millette, the Sheffield Sharks owner, wrote in February to the government after the BBF had entered exclusive negotiations with Marshall Glickmanas GBB League Ltd (GBBL), to outline their concerns.

• Invitational Australia & New Zealand side to play in July
• Players who have switched nationality will not be eligible

The British & Irish Lions are set to face a number of former All Blacks with Rugby Australiaas chief executive, Phil Waugh, confident players based in Japan can be recruited for the Anzac fixture in July. Waugh also confirmed that players who have represented Australia and New Zealand but subsequently switched nationality will not be considered, ending Israel Folauas hopes of appearing in another Lions series and ruling out Charles Piutau.

The Lions will lock horns with an invitational Australia and New Zealand side for the first time since 1989. When the fixture was announced in 2023, the then Australia head coach, Eddie Jones, turned his nose up, saying: aI donat want to be involved with the Kiwis.a With the former All Blacks head coach Ian Foster leading the combined side, Waugh believes the fixture in Adelaide will have star appeal.

Midfielder wants to win silverware with Real Madrid and inspire girls and boys in Scotland as the SFA launches GalA!ctica, a documentary about her

In a Dunfermline back garden, a young girl doing keepy-uppies in her No 5 Zidane Real Madrid kit turns, shoots and scores in the bottom corner of a green, handbuilt, wooden board, painted by her dad to mark the outlines of a goal. Her familyas video footage is a reminder that the one club Caroline Weir always wanted to play for was Real Madrid.

Fast forward two decades and that same all-white shirt a this time with Weir on the back a hangs on the walls of an Edinburgh cinema as the 29-year-old greets guests attending the premiere of a documentary the Scottish Football Association have made to honour their 108-times-capped midfielder. It feels fitting the film is being released within a fortnight of Weir scoring two decisive late goals in the womenas teamas first el clA!sico victory over Barcelona.

Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basket

About a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last fall, Rodger Winn and I met in an Asheville, North Carolina, supermarket parking lot. Head driven two hours from Little Mountain, South Carolina, where the passing storm had also left its destructive mark.

aWhen the power finally came back on,a Winn said, atwo of my freezers didnat work.a Winn was worried not about spoiled food inside, but his seed collection. On that autumn day, in an act of forced downsizing and seed philanthropy, Winn handed over two boxes filled with seeds. He wanted me, as founder of the non-profit Utopian Seed Project, to share the seeds with farmers across the region. The boxes contained a trove of Appalachian varieties: speckled field peas, white mountain half-runner beans, purple-podded bush beans and lots of butterbeans.

Appeal court finds in favour of anglers who said plans to clean up river were so vague aaas to be totally ineffectual

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A group of anglers trying to restore the ecosystem of a river have seen off a challenge by the environment secretary, Steve Reed, who claimed that cleaning up the waterway was administratively unworkable.

Reed pursued an appeal against a group of anglers from North Yorkshire, who had won a legal case arguing that the government and the Environment Agencyas plans to clean up the Upper Costa Beck, a former trout stream devastated by sewage pollution and runoff, were so vague they were ineffectual.

Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%

The world is on track for disastrous global heating a but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.

Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly.

More than half of Britainas 59 native species are in long-term decline, UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme finds

Last summer was the fifth worst in nearly half a century for butterflies in Britain, according to the biggest scientific survey of insect populations in the world.

For the first time since scientific recording began in 1976, more than half of Britainas 59 native species are in long-term decline.

Concerns about cable theft raised with airport before substation fire but Heathrow chief defends handling of incident

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Airlines warned Heathrow about risks to its power supply days before the airport was shut down by a substation fire, a Commons committee has been told.

Heathrowas chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, apologised for the disruption, which affected more than 200,000 passengers on Friday 21 March, but defended the decision to close as he said staying open was potentially adisastrousa.

Richard Hermer has responded to Robert Jenrickas calls for a senior judge to be sacked over sentencing guidelines row

Political attacks on judges are adangerousa and aa huge threat to the rule of law and the independence of the judiciarya, the attorney general has said in a direct rebuke to the shadow justice secretary.

Richard Hermer said politics was entering a adangerous momenta where politicians were aattacking judges on a personal basisa on the floor of the House of Commons.

Lexi Wilband, just four months old, collapsed after suffering bleeding on her brain and died in hospital six days later

A woman has been found guilty of the manslaughter of her four-month-old daughter, who died after being violently shaken.

Melissa Wilband, 28, was arrested after her daughter, Lexi Wilband collapsed at the family home at Newent in the Forest of Dean during the first Covid lockdown.

Kim Leadbeater tells colleagues they have duty to change law to spare terminally ill people dreadful consequences

If the bill to legalise assisted dying is thrown out by MPs later this month then athe conversation endsa on the subject, with dreadful consequences for many terminally ill people, the MP leading the process has said.

Speaking at a press conference organised by supporters of the bill, which has its third reading on 25 April when MPs will vote on amendments, Kim Leadbeater said her colleagues in the Commons have a aduty as parliamentarians to change the law nowa.

Chancellor says autumn budget enabled APS25bn of extra investment into NHS and shorter waiting lists

Rachel Reeves has defended the APS40bn in tax increases in autumnas budget as businesses brace for their impact, saying NHS waiting lists would now be higher if she had not taken action.

Employers are set for a APS25bn increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), which comes into force on 6 April, at the same time as consumers are being hit by a slew of increases in bills for everything from utilities to car tax.

Actor accuses newspaper of libel in articles about his alleged sexual misconduct

There was ano agendaa in the Guardianas investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke, the high court has heard.

In her second day in the witness box, Lucy Osborne, an investigative correspondent at the Guardian, defended the publicationas reporting in the face of questioning from the former Doctor Who staras barrister, Philip Williams.

Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal claims he is being amentally tortureda through unwarranted detention

The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4 March, his family have claimed.

Johal is still facing the exact same charges in a parallel case in a clear example of double jeopardy, his brother Gurpreet said when giving testimony at Westminster to an all party committee on arbitrary detention. He said the Indian courts have not granted his brother bail, despite the prosecutoras failure to produce any credible evidence or witnesses in the Punjab court.

Gurpreet said UK consular staff met his brother in jail on Tuesday and were told he had been put into solitary confinement with a 24-hour guard, adding no explanation had been given.

Recovery mission under way after 11-year-old entered water near London City airport on Monday

An 11-year-old girl who is missing after entering the River Thames in London on Monday has been named by police as Kaliyah Coa and a picture has been released.

Kaliyah, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered the water near Bargehouse Causeway near London City airport in east London.

Jacobite leader was unknowingly afollowing the footprintsa of megalosaurs after escaping to the Isle of Skye in 1746

When Bonnie Prince Charlie fled the Scottish Highlands after defeat at the Battle of Culloden, his route may have crossed the fossilised footsteps of massive meat-eating dinosaurs, researchers say.

Newly discovered impressions at Prince Charlesas Point on the Isle of Skye, where the Young Pretender is said to have hunkered down in 1746, reveal that megalosaurs, the carnivorous ancestors of the T rex, and enormous plant-eating sauropods gathered at the site when it was a shallow freshwater lagoon.

Insiders say Musk will leave soon, when 130-day cap on government service expires but aDogea team set to continue

Elon Muskas polarizing stint slashing and bashing federal bureaucracy will probably soon end, with the worldas richest personas government service hitting its legal limit in the coming weeks.

aHeas got a big company to run a| at some point heas going to be going back,a Donald Trump told reporters on Monday.

Known for his roles in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Tombstone, the prolific actoras cause of death was pneumonia

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Val Kilmer, the actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, has died at the age of 65.

His daughter Mercedes told the New York Times that the cause of death was pneumonia. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and later recovered, after treatment with chemotherapy and trachea surgery that had reduced his ability to speak and breathe.

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