First mass 24-hour event to help people put down their phones

Haunted by a pile of unread books? Or taunted by outdoor kit lurking in the cupboard? If you are one of the British adults who spends on average five hours a day looking at screens rather than participating in pastimes, perhaps it's time to join the offline revolution.

No longer the king of bling The staggering fall of rap star Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Brooklyn's grim Metropolitan Detention Center is, for the foreseeable future, home to Puff Daddy, AKA Sean Combs, one of the best-known voices in American entertainment and whose business empire once seemed to know no bounds.

Brandenburg stakes Last-minute push by German far right in key regional election

B jörn Höcke shielded his eyes from the lights as he peered from the stage into the crowds gathered on a square in front of a gothic church in central Cottbus.

'It's guerrilla war' The fire teams facing arson chaos in Amazon

The occupants of the military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil's wild west T survey the hellscape surrounding them.

"The horror of it' Trial of husband and 50 men accused of wife's rape shakes France

On the narrow streets of stone houses with pastel-blue shutters, residents of Mazan were appalled that this picturesque village in Provence was being referred to in the media as \"the village of the rapists\".

West End revival Will a traffic ban lure shoppers back to Oxford Street?

From the rooftop of John Lewis's flagship store, the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, laid out the changes planned for Oxford Street below: \"We want a public realm that is world class, green, healthy and safe but also increases footfall in the shops.\"

Live and let fly James Bond chopper firm awaits decision on £1bn deal

The Merlin helicopter sitting on a factory floor in Yeovil is a sight familiar to James Bond aficionados from the climactic shootout of the 2012 film Skyfall.

Mental illness is Britons' biggest health concern, survey finds

Mental health has overtaken cancer and obesity as the health issue that is the biggest cause of concern for most Britons, a global survey reveals.

Noise, crime, crowds Rise in tourism stokes tensions in bustling Lake District town

Even on a weekday afternoon at the very tail end of summer, Bowness-onWindermere is bustling with life. Outside the town's pubs and bars, drinkers sip lager and sparkling wine in the warm September sun.

EU's new proposals on youth mobility will put Starmer 'reset' to test

Fresh proposals to allow young people to move between Britain and the EU will be presented to the British government within weeks, in what is seen as a significant early test of Labour's \"reset\" in relations with Brussels.

Reform can win election, Farage tells conference full of hard-right rhetoric

Nigel Farage has predicted he can win the next general election at a packed Reform UK conference that announced a new structure for the party but also leaned heavily into hard-right tropes and occasional conspiracy theories.

Labour Party must focus on cost of living and NHS to keep voters-study

Keir Starmer won the election owing to a ruthless focus on winning over people who voted Conservative in 2019, but the party has been left with a \"fragile coalition\" of supporters who will abandon it if it fails to deal with the cost of living crisis and the NHS, a thinktank has found.

Angela Rayner 'Within five years, people will have a better life'

A longside Michael Foot's \"donkey jacket\", an empty can of BrewDog's Barnard Castle Eye Test beer and a pike from Peterloo, sits a new exhibit at the People's History Museum in Manchester: the jacket Angela Rayner wore when she first stood in at prime minister's questions against Boris Johnson.

The Perfect Couple Were cast right to try to veto opening dance?

Anyone who has been watching The Perfect Couple - Nicole Kidman's glossy whodunnit, which is Netflix's most popular show this month - will have many questions.

Jewish Chronicle How fabrications of writer who came 'out of nowhere' shook the paper

Elon Perry gave the impression he was a mover and a shaker.

Mossad mystery Chequered history of spy agency that is yet to admit sabotage

Israel's foreign intelligence service, usually known as the Mossad, has scored many spectacular wins in almost 80 years of undercover operations, earning a unique reputation for audacious espionage and ruthless violence.

A monster': Abusive Fayed likened to Savile by lawyers acting for alleged survivors

The former Harrods owner Mohamed AI Fayed was a \"monster\" whose sexual abuse of women could be compared to the cases of Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein, lawyers representing dozens of alleged survivors have said.

Not sci-fi: a full-body scanning chamber that can assess your health risks in minutes - for £299

In the 2016 movie Passengers, the crew of a spacecraft bound for a distant planet had access to a scanning chamber known as Autodoc that could instantly diagnose their medical problems and even predict the time of their death.

Israel says Hezbollah military chief killed in airstrike

Israel carried out an airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday that killed at least 12 people and wounded 66, in what it said was a targeted assassination of a senior Hezbollah leader.

We won't take any more clothes as free gifts - PM

Labour's first party conference as a new government risked being overshadowed by the donations row as Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner caved in to pressure to stop accepting clothes as free gifts.

"There is a racial element' - Hamilton upset as FIA chief tells drivers not to swear 'like rappers'

Lewis Hamilton has expressed disquiet at comments made by the president of Formula One's governing body, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, that F1 drivers should not swear like rap artists, stating that he was unhappy at the \"racial element\" implied by Ben Sulayem's choice of words.

Blunted City could yet sharpen Arteta's focus on victory at Etihad

The manner in which Inter's lowblock stifled the Premier League champions should give visitors hope on Sunday

Super Raya rescues point for Arsenal with stunning two-part penalty save

Mikel Arteta had promised that this week would be the acid test of how much Arsenal have improved this season and, on the evidence of this scrappy performance, they still have plenty to work on.

Head hits new heights to blow away England's attack

At the ground where England conjured up two record one-day international totals in the past came a seven-wicket defeat to Australia and a reminder of the task they face in bringing back those halcyon days.

Stats suggest Bath can step up and grab glory

Tough start will test mettle of last season's runners-up in a competitive field while return of relegation adds intrigue

Interest rates held at 5% but 'on path down', says Bank chief

The governor of the Bank of England has signalled readiness to resume interest rate cuts despite keeping borrowing costs unchanged yesterday at 5%, amid concerns over lingering high inflation.

Persecuted by Putin Indigenous Sámi people live in fear, say leaders

Sámi people in Russia are being forced to hide their identity and live \"outside the law\" for fear of imprisonment and persecution, figures from the community have warned, after the government labelled dozens of Indigenous organisations terrorists and extremists.

Georgian trans model'stabbed to death' after anti-LGBTQ+ law approved

A well-known Georgian transgender model has been murdered just a day after the government passed legislation that will impose sweeping curbs on LGBTQ+ rights in the country.

Russian military predicted Kursk incursion, seized papers show

Russia's military command anticipated Ukraine's incursion into its Kursk region and had been making plans to prevent it for several months, according to a cache of documents that the Ukrainian army said it had seized from abandoned Russian positions in the region.

'Big hill to climb' for Labour to win again in Scotland, says Murray

Labour faces big challenges to win the next Scottish election because of the \"dire\" economic situation and the country's volatile electorate, the Scotland secretary has said.